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Program Overview

The 2010 Cardiology Fiesta Symposium will provide the attendee with clinical and evidence-based, relevant presentations representing real world case scenarios. Stimulating discussions of best patient care, practices and interactive approaches to improve care in daily practice will be emphasized. Controversial outcomes utilizing case presentations will enhance and illustrate state-of-the-art evidence and best clinical practices. Rapidly evolving technologies and techniques will also be presented to allow attendees to appreciate the impact they have in their future practice.

Target Audience

Interventional Cardiologists who wish to learn about new interventional techniques.
Non Invasive Cardiologists and physicians who manage patients with complex cardiovascular conditions.
Nurse Practitioners, Intensive Care Nurses and Catheterization Laboratory Personnel who wish to learn more about patient selection and management of complex conditions.

Objectives

Upon completion of this symposium, participants should be able to:

Review the new guidelines and emerging concepts in MI and ACS Therapy.
Evaluate the optimal methods for quantitating myocardial ischemia.
Contrast and compare imaging methodologies in diagnosing and planning treatment strategies for valvular heart disease and atherosclerosis.
Review optimal treatment modalities for complex coronary lesions.
Identify interventional techniques for treatment of atrial fibrillation and decreasing the risk of systemic embolization.
Identify the roles of transcatheter and surgical therapies in patients with complex valvular heart disease.
Describe treatment strategies for the management of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Understand the current indications and outcomes of Endovascular Therapies of thoracic and abdominal aorta.
Review the emerging indications for treating congenital heart disease.