State of the Heart Symposium

Saturday, May 28th, 2011
8:00am to 3:00 pm
The Westin Harbour Castle,
1 Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario



The second annual State of the Heart program again met with an overwhelming success. Our program for this year was oversubscribed and had wait list attendance. We hosted a stellar internationally reputed faculty who discussed contemporary assessment and management of patients with cardiovascular diseases.

This program was specifically designed for physicians and health care professionals who have a particular interest in cardiovascular disease and was designed to enhance their knowledge of the temporal changes in cardiovascular management. This program covered the latest CV management guidelines, late-breaking clinical trial results, and address patient care issues encountered in daily practice.

Plan to attend our 3rd annual State of the Heart symposium coming May 2012.

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Agenda:


Co-Chairs:

Dr. Milan Gupta and Dr. Howard Leong-Poi

  • 7:15am Breakfast

    • Session 1 - Year in Review

  • 8:10 Acute Coronary Syndromes - Contemporary Antiplatelet Strategies
    Shamir Mehta, MD
  • 8:30 Preventing Clinically Important Outcomes in People with Type 2 Diabetes - What's New?
    Hertzel Gerstein, MD
  • 8:50 When Should an Antiarrhythmic Drug be Used in Atrial Fibrillation?
    Milan Gupta, MD
  • 9:10 Atrial Fibrillation - New Options in Stroke Prevention
    Paul Dorian, MD
  • 9:30 Question and Answer with the session panel
  • 10:00 Break

    • Session 2 - A Glimpse into the Future

  • 10:30 Percutaneous Valve Replacement - The Future is Now
    Mark Peterson, MD
  • 10:50 Heart Failure: Combination Treatment Strategies
    Michael McDonald, MD
  • 11:10 New CETPi – A New Era in Raising HDL
    Jean-Claude Tardif, MD
  • 11:30 Bedside Genetic Testing - Are We There Yet?
    Robert Roberts, MD
  • 11:50 Question and Answer with the session panel
  • 12:20 Lunch

    • Session 3 - Life Style Modifications and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

  • 1:20 Dietary Salt Restriction in the Prevention and Management of Hypertension
    Arun Chockalingam, MD
  • 1:40 Empowering Patients to Stop Smoking
    Robert D. Reid, MD
  • 2:00 A Global Perspective to Risk Reduction
    Salim Yusuf, MD
  • 2:20 Question and Answer with the session panel
  • 2:50 Closing Remarks
    Subodh Verma, MD
  • 3:00 Symposium Close

 

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Accredited Symposium

This course is held under the auspices of the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Canadian Cardiovascular Research Network (CCRN).

This program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to 5.5 Mainpro-M1 credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the University of Toronto (5.5 credits)

This program has been endorsed by