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12:45-1:25 p.m.
Registration & Exhibits

1:25 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Christopher J. Cooper, MD, FACC; Anna Broz, RN, MSN, CNP, AACC

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Herbal & Over the Counter Products: Their Outcomes/Interactions with Cardiovascular Medications
Sherry (Sharon) K. M. LaForest, Pharm.D., BCPS
pdf Handout

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Broken Heart Syndrome: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
William R. Colyer, Jr., MD, FACC, FSCAI
pdf Handout

3:30-4:00 p.m. Break

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond the AFFIRM Trial
Daniel J. Cantillon, MD, FACC, FHRS
pdf Handout

5:00-6:00 p.m.
Advanced Heart Failure Therapies: Care for LVADS, New ICDs and More
Melissa K. Williams, RN, MSN
pdf Handout

50th Annual Carl J. Wiggers Memorial Lecture
Guest Lecturer: Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, FACC
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

6:00-7:00 p.m. Registration and Reception

7:00 p.m. Dinner

7:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Newer Concepts in Pathobiology and Treatment
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, FACC
Listen to the mp3 of the lecture.

Appreciation is expressed to the following companies for providing educational grants:
St. Jude Medical

Appreciation is expressed to the following companies for exhibiting at the meeting:
AbbVie
Actelion
Amarin Pharma
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
AstraZeneca
Biotronik, Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Boston Scientific
Bristol-Myers Squibb
CardioNet
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (2)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Kaneka Pharma America, LLC
Kowa Pharmaceuticals
Lantheus Medical Imaging
Lilly USA, LLC
Medtronic
Otsuka
St. Jude Medical (2)
ZOLL Cardiac Rhythm Management

Special thanks to Dr. Robert Mosteller for the photographs of the evening Wiggers Lecture activities.

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