Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.    
Part I:  Management of STEMI Patients

• Pre-Hospital, ED Care, Cath Lab Activation
• Cath Lab Management, DES versus BMS, Adjunctive Therapies
• Post Procedure Care

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.    
Part II:  Hot Topics

• DES: Late Stent Thrombosis
• CT Angiography: Additive Value or Excessive Cost?
• Structural Heart Interventions: Which Patients, Which Devices?

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.  
Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
Part III:  Carotid Stenting

• Pre-Procedural Assessment including Appropriate PT Selection
• Intra-Procedural Management
• Post-Procedure Care including Management of Complications

11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Part IV:  Pathophysiology &  Management of Post Cath Complications

• Vascular Complications, Predictors of Complications, Use of VCDs
• Contrast Nephropathy, Risk Factors, Prevention

11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Interventional Cardiology: 2007 and Beyond