Cardiovascular Diseases

Location: Salon 5

Session Co-Chairs: Vicken J. Aharonian MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, Harry Balian, MD, FACC, FSCAI,
Leo Polosajian, MD, MS, FACC

13:30 Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias: When to Medicate or Ablate?
Leo Polosajian, MD, MS, FACC
13:50 Avoiding Common Complications of Complex Cardiac Surgery Using Minimally Invasive
Techniques
Ara Klijian, MD
14:10 Treatment of Heart Failure: When to Implant an ICD or a Bi-V + ICD?
Leo Polosajian, MD, MS, FACC
14:30 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Evaluation and Differentiation of Pulmonary Hypertension and
Congestive Heart Failure cme
Harry Balian, MD, FACC, FSCAI
15:00 Question and Answer Session / Panel Discussion
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Novel Treatment Modalities for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension cme
Harry Balian, MD, FACC, FSCAI
16:00 Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Vitamin K Antagonists and Newer Anticoagulants
Armen Chalian, MD
16:20 Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for Severe Aortic Stenosis – 2013
Vicken J. Aharonian MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
16:40 Question and Answer Session / Panel Discussion