Meeting Agenda (Product Engineer Symposium Agenda)

The 3rd Annual Cardiovascular Interventions: Head-to-Toe

July 15th – 17th, 2010
The Meritage Resort, Napa, CA
Salon VII

 

Friday, July 16, 2010
EP SESSION I
moderator: Stephen Stark, md
1:00 –1:30 pm	Evaluation and Therapy of Syncope, 2010; When Does Syncope Equal ICD David Benditt, MD
1:30 – 2:00 pm	Current Therapy for Neurocardiogenic Syncope David Benditt, MD
2:00 – 2:40 pm	Primary Prevention of SCD: Who needs an ICD; and Who Does Not Need an ICD; ICDs in Octogenarians: Are We Pushing The Envelope? Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD
2:40 – 3:00 pm	Break/Visit Exhibits (Salons I & II)
3:00 – 3:40 pm	Sudden Cardiac Death Syndromes in the Young; Identification and Therapy Arrhythmogenic RV Dysplasia, Brugada Syndrome, Long QT Syndrome Frank Marcus, MD
3:40 – 4:20 pm	Advancing Indications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; CRT for Mild Heart Failure, AV Block Syndromes Ulrika Birgersdotter–Green, MD
4:20 – 5:00 pm	Transvenous Lead Extraction: Tools and Techniques Raymond Schaerf, MD
Saturday, July 17, 2010
EP SESSION II
Moderator: Stephen Stark, MD
8:30 – 9:00 am	Incidence, clinical relevance of Atrial Fibrillation John P. Dimarco, MD PhD
9:00 – 9:30 am	Mechanism of Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Remodeling, Vagal Mediated AF, AF and the Athlete Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD PhD
9:30 – 10:00 am	Contemporary Management of the Atrial Fibrillation Patient: Clinical Trial and Practice Guidelines - Putting It All Together John P. Dimarco, MD PhD
10:00 – 10:30 am	Appropriate use of Amiodarone Ventricular Arrhythmias Atrial Arrhythmias; Is Ophthalmologic and Pulmonary Toxicity Real Problems, Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Management John P. Dimarco, MD PhD
10:30 – 10:50 am	Break/visit exhibits (Salons I & II)
10:50 – 11:20 am	Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Current Agents and Future Promise; Can Dronedarone Replace Amiodarone John P. Dimarco, MD PhD
11:20 – 11:50 am	Catheter ablation of Atrial Fibrillation; indications, results, complications Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD PhD
11:50 – 12:20 pm	Surgical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation James Longoria, MD