26th Annual Meeting & Workshops

Moderators: Scott T. Reeves, MD/Jack S. Shanewise, MD

• Mechanism and Surgical Repair of Mitral Regurgitation - A. Stephane Lambert, MD
• Mechanism and Surgical Repair of Aortic Valve Disease - Scott T. Reeves, MD
• TEE Assessment of Endocarditis - Jack S. Shanewise, MD
• Thoracic Aorta Dissection, Aneurysms and Endografts - Steven N. Konstadt, MD

David F. Torchiana, MD

Moderator: Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS

• Demographics of Congestive Heart Failure: The Role of Gender Differences in the Presentation and Management of Heart Failure - Michael H. Picard, MD
• The Role of Emerging Technology in the Cardiac Surgical Patient with Heart Failure - Michael Banbury, MD
• Anesthetic Management Issues for the Patient with Advanced Heart Failure - Marc E. Stone, MD
• Questions & Answers

Session B: Anesthesia & Analgesia

Moderator: Charles W. Hogue, MD

• New Advances in Pulmonary Vasodilators - Eric Jacobsohn, MB, ChB
• Should all Surgical Patients Receive Beta-Blockers? - Martin J. London, MD
• Perioperative Hemostatic Management: Risk of Bleeding vs Risk of Thrombosis - Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD

Moderators: Judy Kersten, MD/C. David Collard, MD

• Stents and Angioplasty before Non-cardiac Surgery - Kim A. Eagle, MD
• Statins for the Heart - Judy Kersten, MD
• Anti-Platelet Agents to Prevent MI: Implications for Anesthesiologists - Brian S. Donahue, MD, PhD

Session B: The Geriatric Heart

Moderator: G. Alec Rooke, MD, PhD

• Atrial Fibrillation and Other Common Dysrhythmias in the Aged Heart: Implications and Management - David Amar, MD
• Diastolic Dysfunction in the Older Heart - Leanne Groban, MD