15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
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Sept. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
AM<br />
SYMPOSIUM<br />
Tuesday, September 20<br />
10:30 AM-NOON<br />
Room 304<br />
SYMPOSIUM<br />
Tuesday, September 20<br />
10:30-NOON<br />
Room 306<br />
Sept. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
AM<br />
Mechanisms to Prevent Sudden Death<br />
Genes in the <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Moderators: Frederica del Monte, Boston, MA<br />
Joshua I. Goldhaber, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Moderators: Ray E. Hershberger, Miami, FL<br />
Neal Lakdawala, Boston, MA<br />
TuesdAY<br />
10:30* Are There Any Novel Antiarrhythmic Agents on the<br />
Horizon?<br />
Peter R. Kowey, Wynnewood, PA<br />
10:48* Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release as a Target for<br />
Ventricular Arrhythmias<br />
Donald M. Bers, Davis, CA<br />
11:06* The Ryanodine Receptor is the Final Common Mediator<br />
<strong>of</strong> Lethal Arrhythmias<br />
Xander H.T. Wehrens, Houston, TX<br />
11:24* Calcium Channels as a Target for Ventricular<br />
Arrhythmias<br />
Henry M. Colecraft, New York, NY<br />
11:42* Device Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias: Is the Day <strong>of</strong><br />
Antiarrhythmic Agents Over?<br />
Barry London, Pittsburgh, PA<br />
10:30 Desmosomes<br />
Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Boston, MA<br />
10:50 Dystrophin Defects: Inherited and Acquired<br />
Elizabeth M. McNally, Chicago, IL<br />
11:10 When Are Viral Genomes Pathogenic in the <strong>Heart</strong>?<br />
Jeffrey A. Towbin, Cincinnati, OH<br />
11:30 How Should We Counsel and Follow the Carrier?<br />
Carolyn Yung Ho, Boston, MA<br />
11:45 Panel Discussion<br />
Learning Objective: Describe the role <strong>of</strong> genetics in heart<br />
failure and genetic counseling in the management <strong>of</strong> heart<br />
failure.<br />
TuesdAY<br />
*15 minute presentation, 3 minute audience discussion<br />
Learning Objective: Describe the mechanisms <strong>of</strong> sudden<br />
death and potential interventions to prevent it in heart failure<br />
patients.<br />
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