2014 Annual Meeting – American Heart Association, Chicago, November 15-19

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Exhibits:  November 16—18 Sessions:  November 15—19 ReSS:  November 15—16 CVN:  November 18—19 PVD FIT:  November 15 Chicago, Illinois scientificsessions.org

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2014 Programming Highlights

Programming is designed to improve patient care by communicating the most timely and significant advances in basic, clinical, translational and population health research, spanning the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease from a variety of perspectives, from prevention, through diagnosis and through treatment.

• 26 Tracks
• Plenary Sessions and Special Sessions
• Late-Breaking Clinical Trials
• Early Career
• Global Congress on Big Data
• Case Theaters: Learning at the Movies
• Maintenance of Certification Learning Sessions
• Over 4,000 abstracts of original research (oral and poster)
• Special Lectures
  • Presidential Address, Elliott Antman, Boston, MA
  • Lewis A. Conner Memorial Lecture, Don Ingber, Boston, MA 
  • Paul Dudley White International Lecture, Lars Wallentin, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Nobel Laureate Lecture, Robert Lefkowitz, Durham, NC
  • Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Robert M Califf, Durham, NC
  • The LVAD and Daily Life: The Patient Experience, VP Dick Cheney, Washington, DC

SOURCE

http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Sessions/ScientificSessions/Programming/Programming-Scientific-Sessions_UCM_316970_Article.jsp

Session Track

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
• Cardiac Structure and Function
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing
• Cardiovascular Stem Cell Biology and Development
• Congenital Heart Defects, Children and Health Throughout the Life Span
• Diabetes, Lipids and Cardiometabolic Syndrome
• Early Career/Professional Development
• Electrophysiology
• General Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease
• Genetics/Genomics
• Global Congress on Big Data
• Heart Failure
• Hypertension and Kidney Disease
• Imaging
• Interventional Cardiology
• Myocyte Signaling and Ion Channels
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Pharmacology
• Prevention, Behavior Change and Healthy Lifestyles
• Pulmonary & Systemic Vascular Biology and Disease
• Quality of Care Outcomes and Epidemiology
• Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
• Surgery
• Systems Biology/Physiology, including Omics

Case Theaters: Learning at the Movies

Updated:Sep 19,2014

Attend 45-Minute Live Presentations of recorded cases by experts in procedures such as structural heart disease, vascular surgery, VAD + transplant, electrophysiology, TAVR, and heart failure management.

Each presentation is accompanied by panel discussion and audience response.

Case Theater Topic	Presentation Time
Coronary	Sunday, November 16, 2014, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Structural Heart Disease- Residual Problem After Mitraclip	Sunday, November 16, 2014, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
PAD/Vascular Surgery – Retrograde Pedal Access	Monday, November 17, 2014, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
VAD+Transplant-  VAD Clot/Dysfunction	Monday, November 17, 2014, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
EP – Complex VT Ablation	Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 10:00 am – 10:45 am
TAVR – Paravalvular Leak After TAVR	Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 11:00 am – 11:45 am
Heart Failure Management	Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

SOURCE

http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Sessions/ScientificSessions/Programming/Case-Theaters-Learning-at-the-Movies_UCM_443660_Article.jsp