American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session Meeting in
Chicago Features Emory Cardiologists and Researchers
CHICAGO What impact does depression have on the physical functioning
of patients following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)? How did
the dramatic treatment known as resynchronization therapy help 500 patients
with severe congestive heart failure? Is there a new marker found in
the blood that can help identify people with the earliest signs of atherosclerosis?
Does social support predict
who will participate in cardiac rehabilitation after CABG? How do revascularization
therapies for cardiogenic shock effect women differently than men? When
is chest pain in women a sign of something ominous? And why are young
women at increased risk of dying in the hospital following angioplasty,
compared to men?
These are some of the topics
Emory Heart Center physicians will be on hand to discuss at The American
College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 52nd Annual Scientific Session. Considered
by many heart specialists to be the most comprehensive cardiovascular
educational event of the year, the ACC’s 52nd Annual Scientific Session
begins Sunday, March 30 and continues through Tuesday, April 1, in Chicago,
Illinois. (Extramural programs will also be held on Saturday, March
29, and Wednesday, April 2.)
"The ACC Annual Scientific
Session is always an exciting forum for sharing information on the latest
advances in cardiovascular medicine and discussing clinical decision
making skills," says Douglas Morris, M.D., Director of the Emory Heart
Center. "Emory cardiologists and researchers welcome the opportunity
to meet with our colleagues from all over the country and the world
at this meeting."
Dr. Morris will accept the
2003 "Ongoing Commitment to the Promotion of Diversity and Cultural
Enrichment in Medical Education Award" from the Association of Black
Cardiologists on behalf of Emory University School of Medicine and David
G. Harrison, MD, Director, Division of Cardiology at the ACC meeting.
At a time when almost half of the cardiology training programs in the
U.S. have never graduated an African American cardiologist, Emory's
cardiology program has graduated approximately 20 heart specialists.
The award will be presented at the Chicago Westin Hotel (Michigan Avenue)
Cotillion Ballroom at 7pm on Sunday, March 29.
Dr. Morris will also present
"New Biological Insights" on Tuesday, April 1, at 10:30 AM and "Approach
to the Post-Bypass Patient: Arterial and Venous Conduits", the same
day at 2:00 PM.
Additional Emory participation
at the ACC’s 52nd Annual Scientific Session will includes:
- Emory cardiologist Nanette
Kass Wenger, MD, Chief of Cardiology at Grady will preside over the
program "Hormones, Endocrinology and Heart Disease " and present "Heart
Disease in Women How Are We Doing in 2003"? (Saturday, March 29,
8:30 AM). Dr. Wenger will also be a participant in the session "Hormone
Replacement Therapy: New, Not So New, but Relevant to Clinical Practice"
( Sunday, March 30, 5:30 7:00 PM
- "Social Support as a Predictor
of Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation After Coronary Artery Bypass
Graft" presented by Liudmila N. Husak, M.D. (Sunday, March 30, 12:00
PM - 1:00 PM)
- "Correlation of Peripheral
Arterial Compliance and Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Evaluation"
presented by Warren W. Davis, MD (Monday, March 31, 1:00 PM - 2:00
PM)
- "The Outcome of Percutaneous
Coronary Interventions of Saphenous Vein Grafts in Diabetic Patients
Compared to Nondiabetic Patients", presented by Salman Ashfaq, MD
(Monday, March 31, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
- "Minimizing Ionizing Radiation:
A New Alternative Method for Minimally Invasive Surgical Biventricular
Resynchronization", presented by Omar M. Lattouf, MD (Monday, March
31, 3:00PM -5:00 pm)
- "Clinical Improvement
Seen in a Single Center Experience with Cardiac Resynchronization
Therapy with Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Report of 500
Cases", presented by Jeff Greenberg, MD and Angel Leon, MD (Monday,
March 31, 3:00 5:00 PM).
- "Resynchronization Does
Not Change the Incidence of Ventricular Arrhythmias", a presentation
by Angel R. Leon, MD., and other MIRACLE ICD (internal cardiac defibrillator)
trial investigators at Emory Crawford Long Hospital's Carlyle Fraser
Heart Center. (Monday, March 31, 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM).
- "The Relationship of Oxidative
Stress to Vascular Health in Humans", presented by Salman Ashfaq (Monday,
March 31, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
- "Clinical Improvement
Seen in a Single Center Experience With Cardiac Resynchronization
Therapy in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure: A Report of 500
Cases", presented by Jeffrey M. Greenberg, MD. (Monday, March 31,
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
- "The Relationship of Oxidative
Stress to Vascular Health in Humans", a poster session presented by
Salman Ashfaq (Monday, March 31, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
- "Resynchronization Does
Not Change the Incidence of Ventricular Arrhythmias", a presentation
by Angel R. Leon, MD., and other MIRACLE ICD (internal cardiac defibrillator)
trial investigators at Emory Crawford Long Hospital’s Carlyle Fraser
Heart Center. (Monday, March 31, 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM).
- "Clinical Outcomes of
Over 800 Radial Artery Grafts Used in Coronary Bypass Surgery", presented
by Edward P. Chen, MD (Tuesday, April 1, 10:45 AM -11:00 AM)
- "Redox State: A Novel
Marker of Oxidative Stress, Correlates With Early Atherosclerosis
in Humans", presented by Salman Ashfaq, MD (Tuesday, April 1, 11:45
AM -12:00 PM)
- "Chest Pain in Women:
It’s Either Benign or Something Really Bad", a panel chaired by Nanette
Kass Wenger, MD (Tuesday, April 1, 12:15 p.m. 1:45 p.m.)
- As part of a mini-course
entitled "Psychosocial, Post-Traumatic Issues and Cardiovascular Disease"
, Viola Vaccarino, MD, will present "Personality, Lifestyle and Depression
as Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors" at 2:00 PM and Christi Deaton,
Ph.D., RN, F.A.H.A. will present "Heart Disease and the Family"( Sunday,
March 29, 2:50 PM)
- Christi Deaton, Ph.D.,
RN, F.A.H.A. will be a panel participant in "Measuring Health Status:
Why Quality of Life is Important" (Tuesday, April 1, 12:15 1:45
PM).
- "Tripolar Pacing Reduces
Left Ventricular Capture Threshold in Patients Having Biventricular
Device Implantation" presented by Johnathan J. Langberg, MD (Tuesday,
April 1, 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM)
- John Puskas, MD, is presenting
an invited talk on "Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery After Failed Percutaneous
Intervention" ( Tuesday, April 1, 4:00PM -5:00 PM )
- "Fit Versus Fat: Does
It Matter What Patients Weigh", a symposium co-chaired by Nanette
Kass Wenger, MD (Wednesday, April 2, 8:30AM. 10:00AM)
- "Impact of Coronary Artery
Bypass Graft Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Stent
on Disease-Specific Functional Status in Diabetic and Nondiabetic
Patients: Results From the SoS (Stent or Surgery)Trial", presented
by William S. Weintraub, MD (Wednesday, April 2, 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM)
- "C-Reactive Protein in
Vascular Disease" co-chaired by Arshed A. Quyyumi, MD (Wednesday,
April 2, 10:30 AM. - 12:00 PM)
- "Effect of Gender According
to Age on In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Myocardial
Infarction in the ACC-National Cardiovascular Data Registry", presented
by Sean C. Beinart, MD (Wednesday, April 2, 11:00 AM -11:15 AM).
(Note: all times listed are Central time.)
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