Arkansas Cardiology Symposium
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2024 SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
7:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits
7:50 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Invocation
Jay Geoghagan, MD, FACC
David Jones, MD, FACC
Steve Greer, MD, FACC, FACP
8:00 a.m. Hypertension
Dwight Chrisman, MD, FACC
8:30 a.m. Aortic Aneurysm Diagnosis and Management
Wesley Fiser, MD, FACC
9:00 a.m. DAPT after PCI
Tom Conley, MD, FACC, FSCAI
9:30 a.m. Morning Break and Exhibits
9:45 a.m. Exercise and Sports Cardiology
Jay Geoghagan, MD, FACC
10:15 a.m. Non-Surgical Structural Options – What the PCP Needs to Know
Evan Watts, MD, FACC
10:45 a.m. Women and Heart Disease
Christen Johnson, MD
11:15 a.m. Management of Chronic Coronary Disease
Charles Caldwell, MD, FACC
11:45 a.m. Lunch and Exhibits
12:45 p.m. HFrEF
Patrick Campbell, MD, FACC
1:15 p.m. HFpEF
Bernard Gojer, MD, FACC
1:45 p.m. ECG Review
Jeff Neuhauser, DO, FACC, FHRS
2:15 p.m. Afternoon Break and Exhibits
2:30 p.m. Afib
Breck Sandvall, MD
3:00 p.m. Nutrition
Alex Orsini, MD, FACC
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
Objectives
- Review ACC/AHA guidelines related to the treatment of poorly controlled hypertension.
- Review options for hypertension management.
- Discuss types of Aortopathy.
- Review known causes of Aortopathy.
- Discuss the appropriate duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting.
- Review the data for short- and long-term dual anti-platelet therapy.
- Discuss sports recommendations in post-COVID patients.
- Know the rationale and suggested use of the AHA/ACC Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes.
- Review the current technological advances in the interventional management ofstructural heart diseases, including minimally invasive heart valve interventionson aortic, mitral and tricuspid disease.
- Discuss improvements to safety, quality and patient satisfaction surroundingnon-surgical structural procedures.
- Discuss risk factors for Women with known coronary artery disease.
- Evaluate treatment options for Women with known coronary artery disease.
- Explain how managing health behaviors and risk factors are an important aspectof lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Discuss exercise strategies for patients with known cardiac disease.
- Review clinical treatment strategies to address patients with Heart Failure withReduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF).
- Assess the implications of new treatments for HFrEF.
- Review clinical treatment strategies to address patients with Heart Failure withpreserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).
- Assess medications used to treat HFpEF.
- Review normal and abnormal ECG findings.
- Determine appropriate treatment options for specific arrhythmias.
- Review clinical literature relating to novel anticoagulant medications.
- Discuss the complications of atrial fibrillation and the reasoning behind theprescribing of an anticoagulant.
- Review Dietary trends and discuss the role they play in overall CardiovascularHealth.