Cardiology for the Practitioner
April 21, 2007 ~ Westin Harbour Castle Hotel ~ Toronto, Ontario


Agenda

Preliminary Agenda
Saturday, April 21, 2007
08:30 Welcome and Introduction Thomas Parker
I New Strategies in High Risk Prevention
Chair: Stuart Hutchinson
08:40 Implications of the Evidence-Based Canadian Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines to the Practicing Cardiologist

David Lau

08:55 Aggressive Interventions: From pre-diabetes to diabetes - The role of rosiglitazone
Amir Hanna
09:10 Global Risk Assessment:  The New Math 1+1 = 4 !
Beth Abramson
09:25

The Who, When and How of Imaging in the High Risk Asymptomatic Patient

Michael Freeman
09:40 Case Presentation / Panel Discussion  
10:10 - 10:40
Nutrition Break

 

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10:40

II Clinical Trials In The Past Year That Impact On My Practice

Chair: Abdul Al-Hesayen
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III What to do When the Plaque Ruptures
Chair: Robert Chisholm
11:10 The Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Top Ten
Shaun Goodman
11:25 DES: Benefit or Hazard
Michael Kutryk
11:40

The Risk-Management Paradox: Are we really selecting the right patients?

Andrew Yan

11:55 Case Presentation / Panel Discussion  
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch

 

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IV Improving Outcomes in Complex patients
Chair:Howard Leong-Poi
13:30 Acute Heart Failure: New Evidence, New Guidelines

Gordon Moe

13:45 Devices for Dummies

Victoria Korley

14:00 What’s new in Hypertension?

Juan Carlos Monge

14:15

The Chronic Vascular Disease Management Marketplace: But who is ihe investor?

David Alter

14:30 Case Presentation / Panel Discussion  
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V Debate
Chair:Thomas Parker
15:00

A Cardiologist’s Perspective: NSAID’s, including COX-2 inhibitors, are not safe

Protagonist:
David Fitchett

Antagonist:
Anatoly Langer

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16:00
Conclusion and Cocktail Reception

 


This program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to 6 Mainpro-M1 credits.
 
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the University of Toronto (6 credits).