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Valves in the Heart of the Big Apple III: Evaluation & Management of Valvular Heart Diseases 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
August 19, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York City May 8 - 9, 2003 The conference program is not yet finalized. This year's conference will provide updates on evaluation and management issues covered in the preceding conferences, as well as updates on timing of surgery for common valve lesions. New topic areas include: * Age as factor in deciding whether to operate for valve diseases. * Surgical intervention for sub- and-supravalvular aortic stenosis. When and why? * Pacemaker therapy for mitral regurgitation: Is there a role? * Is primary repair of the bicuspid aortic valve in adults viable? * Apoptosis: Is it important in the genesis of heart failure in valvular diseases? Can it be identified on clinical testing? * Pharmacologic heart rate slowing: Benefits in valvular heart diseases * Calcific mitral stenosis of the elderly: Pathogenesis, prevalence, prevention and treatment * ICD therapy after valve surgery: Does data support its use? What criteria to support its application? * Catheter-based ablation for atrial fibrillation --technique, results to-date, comparison with Maze procedure, applicability in asymptomatic patients with valve diseases |
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Organized by: | Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Diseases of Weill Medical College of Cornell University | |||||||||||||||
Invited Speakers: | Speakers invitations in process | |||||||||||||||
Deadline for Abstracts: | January 31, 2003 | |||||||||||||||
Registration: | Early registration (prior to March 14, 2003) - $550 ACC members - $575 Physicians' Assistants/Nurse Practitioners - $450 Fellows & Residents - $355 (with letter from training director) All others - $650 |
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E-mail: | msljy@lesliejyerman.com | |||||||||||||||
Posted by: | leslie j. yerman | |||||||||||||||
Host: | nycmny1-ar1-4-43-253-197.nycmny1.elnk.dsl.genuity. | |||||||||||||||
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