The New York Ace Meeting 2007

Course Directors of the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute

Howard Cohen, MD
Kirk Garratt, MD, MSc
Gary Giangola, MD
Richard Green, MD
Harvey S. Hecht, MD
Sriram Iyer, MD
Joseph Puma, DO
Manish Parikh, MD
Robert J. Rosen, MD
Gary Roubin, MD, PhD
Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD
Daniel Soffer, MD
Valavanur Subramanian, MD
Jiri Vitek, MD, PhD

Co-Course Directors

James R. Wilentz, MD
Vicken Pamoukian, MD

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Who Should Attend New York ACE 2007?

This educational activity is designed for interventional cardiology, endovascular surgery, interventional radiology and cardiothoracic surgery clinicians, nurses, technicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals with an interest in cardiovascular and endovascular therapies.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Understand the current state of percutaneous heart valve technology (PHVT) and the need for additional clinical trial data to better assess it’s role in the treatment of valvular disease
Understand the needs and opportunities associated with stent technologies that are currently in clinical use
Understand how new technologies and procedures will redefine complex cardiac interventions, as well as the types of these interventions that will be performed
Discuss topics at the core of PVD and identify factors critical to successful peripheral disease management
Identify and discuss new technologies and procedures for treatment of carotid artery disease and PVD
Discuss recent updates in genomic and cell therapies in the treatment of acute and chronic ischemic heart disease
Discuss role of endovascular stent grafts in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms, new technologies and causes and treatment of endoleaks
Understand opportunities to utilize minimally invasive endograft therapy in the repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm
Understand role of newer therapies in improving survival in the presence of cardiogenic shock
Understand new less invasive procedures for repair of septal defects that allow for decreased morbidity and mortality
Discuss options for infarct stabilization and function preservation in the non-revascularizable patient
Recognize new opportunities to improve medical management of CHF patients through recently developed drugs and devices
Understand current data regarding carotid artery stenting and the potential risks and benefits identified by this data
Obtain insight to international perspective on carotid artery stenting when compared to carotid endartectomy
Understand new technologies and procedures for treatment of PVD and their potential impact on optimal treatment of this disease including acute limb ischemia
Recognize expanding treatment options for patients with structural heart disease including minimally invasive surgical intervention, as well as percutaneous approaches that will avoid the need for surgery in some patients
Utilize newer imaging technologies to better identify issues requiring surgical intervention
Discuss new endovascular techniques improving the treatment of arteriovenous malformations and fistula and latest embolization techniques
Recognize opportunities for the use of venous ablation in the elimination of venous reflux disease
Evaluate data presented and determine clinical significance of late-stage thrombosis following use of DES stents when compared to BMS stents
Determine roles of oral vs. infusible platelet therapies in patients undergoing interventional procedures
Compare and contrast CABG vs. stenting for left main disease and determine appropriateness for diabetic patients
Identify role of operator training, background and experience on success of carotid stenting procedures
Discuss what needs to be done in order to expand carotid stenting procedures to a larger patient population
Evaluate data presented on percutaneous valve repair and determine current viability of these procedures as replacements for standard of care

Accreditation and Designation

Lenox Hill Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor CME programs and seminars for physicians. Lenox Hill Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Lenox Hill Hospital requires that faculty participating in a CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship with a pharmaceutical or industrial concern which might pose a potential, apparent or real conflict of interest with regard to the faculty’s contribution to the program.

This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with ACCME Essentials and Standards.

Sixty minutes of physician participation in New York ACE equals 1 credit. This does not include breakfast meetings, dinner meetings, simulator workshops, or other specialty programs. It does include the ACEing the Interventional Cardiology Board Exam Workshop.

CME certificates will be awarded only to New York ACE registrants submitting program evaluation forms. A certificate of attendance is available for all attendees.

Please note that the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) and the American Association of Physician’s Assistants (AAPA) accept AMA Physician’s Recognition Award Credit(s).

EduPro Resources LLC is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by NJSNA, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

EDUPRO is also an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP-14387.

This activity is accredited for up to 20.5 contact hours in nursing.

Disclaimer: Accreditation refers to educational content only and does not imply endorsement of products by NJSNA, ANCC, CBRN, or EduPro Resources LLC.

Nursing contact hours will be awarded based upon the number of sessions attended. Each person requesting a nursing education certificate is responsible for filling out the form identifying the sessions attended and submitting the original at the end of the activity. No certificates will be issued after the program is over.

Nursing contact hours do not include breakfast meetings, dinner meetings, simulator workshops, or ACEing the Interventional Cardiology Board Exam Workshop.

Approval status as a provider refers only to its continuing education activity and does not imply EDUPRO, NJSNA, or ANCC endorsement of any commercial products.

Program Evaluation

All registrants are asked to complete a program evaluation to provide feedback on New York ACE 2007 program content, presentation, and fair balance. Evaluation forms will be provided with meeting materials.

Faculty Disclosure

As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, Lenox Hill Hospital must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities. EduPro Resources LLC is an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by NJSNA and must also ensure the standards of the ANCC Commission on Accreditation are met. All faculty, including course directors and planning committee members, participating in a sponsored activity are required to disclose to the activity participants:

Any financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer of any commercial product or provider of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation or commercial contributor(s) of the activity
Any discussion of a commercial product that is unlabeled for use or an investigational use of a product not yet approved

The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent faculty with a financial or other relationship from making a presentation, but rather to provide learners with information on which they can make their own judgments. It remains for the audience to determine whether the faculty’s interests or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusion. The course director or moderator will communicate all disclosure information. If there is no information to be disclosed, this too will be communicated to the audience in the program or syllabus, and/or verbally.

ADA

Lenox Hill Hospital fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any program participant is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to contact the program office to receive service.

Program Sponsorship and Support

New York ACE 2007 is sponsored by the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute and is funded through educational grants from commercial supporters. Specifically, it is a multi-company supported meeting, with more than one commercial supporter. All program content has been developed in accordance with ACCME guidelines and ANCC standards, and without influence from commercial supporters.