AGENDA

Tentative to change

Friday, October 10

12 - 3 PM Board Meeting  - By Invitation Only
5 - 6 PM Registration

 

Saturday, October 11

7:00a

Breakfast/Product Theater/Exhibits/Registration

Product Theater 
Topic: Introduction to Amvuttra (Vutrisiran)

 

 

 

8:00a Conference Welcome Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC
8:05 - 9:00a

Session 1 - Prevention

1. Obesity Epidemic (Consequences of Obesity)/ GLP1
2. Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Scoring to Personalize Preventive Cardiology
3. All you need to know about Lp(a)
4. Establishing a Preventive Cardiology Clinic (How to Set Up & How to Prescribe) 

 

9:00 - 10:00a

Session 2 - Atrial Fibrillation - Redefined

1. Atrial Fibrillation Guideline Update
2. The Role of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in AF Management
3. The Benefit of Early Rhythm Control
4. Device Detected AF & AF burden in Anticoagulation Management

 
10-10:15a Break, Exhibits, and CVT Family Feud  
10:15 - 11:15a

Session 3 - Updates in Structural Heart Disease

1. CAD management in TAVR evaluation: What and when to stent?
2. Special populations in AS: Asymptomatic AS; Moderate AS and LV dysfunction 
3. Tricuspid regurgitation:
-How to classify on echocardiography
-When to refer for consideration of transcatheter therapies and whether to choose T-TEER for TTVR

 

 

 

11:15 - 12:15p Poster Judging and Exhibits  
12:15-1:15p

Lunch & Learn | Exhibits

Product Theaters
Topics

  • To Be Announced

 

 



1:15 - 2:15p FIT Jeopardy

 

2:15-3:15p CV Team Reception
 
2:15-4:00p FIT Exclusive
 
6:00p Mentorship Program Reception  

 

Sunday, October 12

 

7:15-8:15a

Breakfast/Product Theater/Exhibits/Registration

Product Theater -
Topic: Real-World Data Meets Clinical Practice for Patients with ATTR-CM

 
7:45-8:30a Michigan Chapter Business Meeting 

Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC

  Chapter Awards Presentations  
  Your College and Chapter  
  Advocacy Updates Sunil Rao, DO, FACC
8:30-9:30a 2025 Legacy Lecture

"The Agony and the Ecstasy - Lessons from the Frontline of Cardiovascular Device Innovation"

Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, MSCAI
9:30-9:45a Break, Exhibits & Networking  
9:45-10:45a

Session 4: Women's Heart Health

1. Sex-Specific Risk in Cardio-Oncology
2. INOCA and MVD
3. SCAD is fire
4. Cardio-Obstetrics: a Patient's Journey

 

10:45-11:30a

Session 5: Cardiac Zebras: Infiltrative, Inflammatory, and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies

1. Cardiac Amyloid: Building a Rare Disease Program
2. Cardiac Sarcoidosis
3. Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies

 
11:30 - 12:30p Session 6 - Advanced Heart Failure Devices 
Sponsored by National ACC
 
12:30p  Conference Dismissed  

 


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