April 22, 2009  |  The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland

 2nd Annual Cardiovascular Care Update

1:00 p.m. Registration

1:45 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Robert E. Hobbs, MD, FACC
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, CCDS, FHRS, FAHA

2:00 p.m. Management of Cardiometabolic Syndrome in Cardiovascular Disease
Anna Broz, RN, MSN, CNP

3:00 p.m. Assessment of the ECG in a Patient with an Implantable Device: A Potpourri of Case Studies for Non-EP Cardiac
Clinicians
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, CCDS, FHRS, FAHA

3:45 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m. Pulmonary Hypertension in Heart Failure
W. H. Wilson Tang, MD, FACC
pdf handout

5:00 p.m. Peripheral Vascular Disease: What You Need to Know in 2009
Joseph F. Pietrolungo, DO, FACC

5:45 p.m. Evaluation and Certification Distribution

6:00 p.m. Adjournment

46th Annual Carl J. Wiggers Memorial Lecture

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Registration & Reception

7:00 p.m.
Dinner

7:45 – 9:15 p.m.
Multimodality Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease:
Current Progress & Promise for the Future
George A. Beller, MD, MACC
Listen to the lecture (mp3)

We wish to thank the following companies for their very generous support:

Unrestricted Educational Grant
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Boston Scientific
Bristol-Myers Squibb / Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership
Medtronic
St. Jude Medical
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.

Gold
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Boston Scientific
St. Jude Medical

Silver
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
CardioNet
CV Therapeutics
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio
Lantheus Medical Imaging
Lilly
Medtronic, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
The Medicines Company
ZOLL Lifecor