American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Best of Sessions - Live Webcast
Best of Sessions

Learning Objectives | Program Agenda | Panelists | Disclosures | Presenters | Accreditation
This 90-minute Webcast provides insight to CVD clinicians and investigators on key presentations made at Scientific Sessions in New Orleans. The program includes pre-produced video segments of interviews with presenters. The segments focus on imaging, heart failure, inherited heart disease and late-breaking clinical trials. A group of panelists with in-depth understanding of the topics and presentations provide insight and commentary following each of the video segments.

Rose Marie Robertson, M.D., chief science officer of the American Heart Association, moderates the program.

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Learning Objectives -
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Summarize the results of recently reported late-breaking clinical trials.
  2. Explain when natriuretic peptide monitoring is helpful for chronic management of a patient with heart failure.
  3. Discuss the impact that cardiovascular molecular imaging will have on the diagnosis of CVD.
  4. Explain how to apply genomics and proteomics to the care of children with heart disease.
Program Agenda
Program Open, Introduction and Agenda – Peter Carey, Program Host

Welcome message from the AHA President – Tim Gardner, M.D.

Opening Remarks – Rose Marie Robertson, M.D., Medical Moderator

International Congress on Imaging

  • Introduction
  • Pre-recorded Segment
  • Panel Discussion: Elyse Foster, M.D., and Joao A. C. Lima, M.D.

Heart Failure

  • Introduction
  • Pre-recorded Segment
  • Panel Discussion: Mariell Jessup, M.D., and Clyde Yancy, M.D.

Inherited Heart Disease

  • Introduction
  • Pre-recorded segment
  • Panel Discussion: Donna Arnett, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., and Burns C. Blaxall, Ph.D.

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

  • Introduction
  • Pre-recorded segment
  • Panel Discussion: Gordon F. Tomaselli, M.D., Raymond Gibbons, M.D., Sidney C. Smith, Jr., M.D.

Closing Remarks – Rose Marie Robertson, M.D.


Panelists

Rose Marie Robertson
Moderator
American Heart Assocation
Dallas, Texas

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials: Clinical trial data provides clinicians with evidence-based science on which to make important treatment decisions.

Gordon Tomaselli
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Baltimore, Md.

Raymond Gibbons
Mayo Medical School
Rochester, Minn.

Sidney C. Smith, Jr.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.

International Congress on Imaging: Discussions will provide healthcare providers an overview of the new cardiac imaging modalities and how these test results can impact patients care and treatment.

Elyse Foster
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.

Joao A. C. Lima, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.

Heart Failure: Panelists will discuss practice patterns in managing patients with heart failure based on the latest guidelines and clinical evidence.

Mariell Jessup
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pa.

Clyde Yancy
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Inherited Heart Disease: Panelists will explore the latest research that suggests a form of heart disease can be passed from generation to generation.

Burns Blaxall
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, N.Y.

Donna Arnett
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.



Disclosures

Rose Marie Robertson
American Heart Association
Dallas, Texas
Nothing to disclose.

Gordon Tomaselli
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Baltimore, Md.
Nothing to disclose.

Raymond Gibbons
Mayo Medical School
Rochester, Minn.
Disclosures: Therox; King Pharmaceticals; KAI Pharmaceuticals; TargeGen; Consumers Union; Cardiovascular Clinical Studies; TIMI 37A.

Sidney C. Smith, Jr.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Nothing to disclose.

Elyse Foster
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.
Nothing to disclose.

Joao A. C. Lima, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.
Disclosures: Research Grant PI, Modest, 2. Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received).

Mariell Jessup
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pa.
Disclosures: Scios, Modest,2. Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received); Medtronic, Modest,7. Consultant/Advisory Board; Ventracor, Modest,7. Consultant/Advisory Board; CardioMems, Modest,7. Consultant/Advisory Board; Scios, Modest,7. Consultant/Advisory Board.

Clyde Yancy
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Disclosures: GSK Pharmaceuticals; Medtronic, Inc.

Burns Blaxall
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, N.Y.
Nothing to disclose.

Donna Arnett
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.
Disclosures: PI for 3 NIH grants, all on genetic epidemiology, Significant,2. Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received).



Presenters

Selected by volunteers, not all presenters are committed.
Disclosures for each Presentation can be found through the Program/Itinerary Planner

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

JUPITER - Rosuvastatin in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events Among 17,802 Men and Women with Elevated Levels of C-Reactive Protein
Paul M. Ridker
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Mass. 

ATLAS ACS-TIMI 46 - Randomized Comparison of Rivaroxaban, an Oral Direct Factor Xa Inhibitor, with Placebo in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
C. Michael Gibson
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Mass. 

THINRS - A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Home INR Testing on Clinical Outcomes: The Home INR Study, VA Cooperative Study #481 

Alan K. Jacobson
Loma Linda University and VA Medical Center
Loma Linda, Calif. 

David Matchar
Duke University and Durham VA Medical Center
Raleigh Durham, N.C.

APPROACH - Assessment on the Prevention of Progression by Rosiglitazone on Atherosclerosis in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Cardiovascular History 
Richard W. Nesto
Lahey Clinic
Burlington, Mass. 

SEARCH - Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions in Cholesterol and Homocysteine): Randomized Comparison of Folic Acid 2 mg Plus Vitamin B12 1 mg Daily versus Placebo for 7 Years in 12,064 Myocardial Infarction Survivors 
Rory Collins and Jane Armitage
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom 

PHS II - A Randomized Factorial Trial of Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Men: The Physicians’ Health Study II 
Michael Gaziano
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Mass. 

ACTION-HF - Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes from Aerobic Exercise Training in Heart Failure: Results of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) Study 
David Whellan
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA

I PRESERVE - A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Irbesartan in the Treatment of Heart Failure in Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Barry M Massie
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.

Peter Carson
VA Medical Center
Washington, D.C.

International Congress on Imaging

COURAGE Revisited: Can Noninvasive Identification of Ischemia Identify a Long-term Therapeutic Benefit of CABG or PCI versus Medical Therapy
Rory Hachamovitch
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Left Atrial Volume Index and Left Ventricular Geometry Independently Predict Mortality in 47,865 Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Dharmendrakumar Patel
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, La.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-invasive 64-row Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography (CCTA) Compared with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI): The PICTURE Study, A Prospective Multicenter Trial
Matthew Budoff
Los Angeles Biomedical Research
Los Angeles, Calif.

Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Impacts Age Based Differences in Exercise Capacity
Jasmine Grewal
Mayo Clinic
Toronto, Canada

Identification of Late Gadolinium Enhancement by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Major Risk Factor for Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ronen Rubinshtein
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.

The Amount of Myocardial Fibrosis by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Mortality Late after Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Severe Aortic Valve Disease: Validation against Quantitative Histopathology
Clerio Azevedo
Heart Institute (InCor) University of São Paulo Medical School
São Paulo, Brazil

Aortic Valve Calcification is Prospectively Associated with Primary Cardiovascular Events Independent of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease Severity: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
David Owens
University of Washington
Seattle, Wash.

Inherited Heart Disease

MicroRNA Control of Heart Disease: From New Biology to New Therapeutics
Eric Olson
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Important Role of Positive Family History of Sudden Death in Risk Stratification and Prevention of Death with the Implantable Defibrillator in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
J. Martijn Bos
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.

Integrated Network and Microarray Analysis to Identify New Biomarkers of Heart Failure after Myocardial Infarction
Yvan Devaux and Daniel Wagner
CRP-Sante
Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Leukocyte Telomere Length is Preserved with Age in Adults Who Exercise and is Related to Vascular Endothelial Function
Thomas La Rocca
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colo.

Impact of Adding a Single Allele in the 9p21 Locus to Traditional Risk Factors on Risk Classification for Coronary Heart Disease and Implications for Lipid-Modifying Therapy in the White Population of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
Ariel Brautbar
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Significant Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Associated with Atrial Fibrillation Located on Chromosome 4q25 in a Whole Genome Association Study and Association with Left Atrial Gene Expression
Mina Chung
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Cytochrome P450 Genetic Variants Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes following Treatment with Clopidogrel but not with Prasurgrel
Jessica Mega
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Mass.

Heart Failure

Hypertension and New Onset Heart Failure: Changing Population Attributable Risk
Donald M Lloyd-Jones
Northwestern University
Chicago, Ill.

Amyloidosis: Where Are We Now?
Rodney Falk
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Mass.

Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy in Elderly Patients: Outcome Data. A Secondary Analysis of CARE-HF
Christophe Leclercq
University Hospital
Rennes, France

Diagnostic Approach to Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction in the Community
Carolyn Lam
Mayo Clinic & Foundation
Rochester, Minn.

Medicare Beneficiaries with Mild to Severe Heart Failure See 15-23 Different Providers Annually
Robert Page
University of Colorado Denver, School of Pharmacy
Denver, Colo.


Accreditation

Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Heart Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

All faculty participating in CME/CE activities sponsored by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience (1) significant financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of products from the commercial supporter(s) and/or the manufacturer(s) of products or devices discussed in their presentation; and (2) unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentation. Such disclosures will be made in writing in the course presentation materials.

Continuing Medical Education Accreditation-Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Continuing Education Accreditation - Nurses
This program (08-NC-197) has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 1.50 Contact Hours, Category A, File number 00014666.

Continuing Education Accreditation-Pharmacists
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Credit: 1.50 Contact Hours or 0.150 CEUs. Universal Program Number: 256-000-08-584-C01-P.

Successful completion of this CE activity includes the following: (1) Register and view the Webcast. (2) You will be sent a link via e-mail to the AHA online CME/CE site Professional Education Center. Use this link to connect to the Web site. (3) Sign in using your AHA Username and Password. (4) If you do not have a Username and Password, you will be prompted to sign up. (5) Complete the post-test, activity evaluation survey and print your CME/CE Certificate from your own printer. There is no fee for CME/CE credits for this activity. The link to the CME/CE Professional Education Center Web site is learn.heart.org.


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