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Monday, February 22, 2010
TimePresentationSpeakers
7:55 AMWelcome & Introduction
Renu Virmani, MD (Speaker)
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Speaker)
8:00 AMClinical Need for Determination of Vulnerable Plaques
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Speaker)
8:10 AMNew Insights in the Pathophysiology of Vulnerable Plaque and Patients
Renu Virmani, MD (Moderator)
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Moderator)
8:10 AMDevelopment of the Necrotic Core
Renu Virmani, MD (Speaker)
8:20 AMNecrotic Core Area, Fibrous Cap Thickness and VP Development
Roderic I. Pettigrew, MD, PhD (Speaker)
8:30 AMRole of Inflammation and Immune Responses
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Speaker)
8:40 AMRole of Focal Calcifications
Pedro R. Moreno, MD (Speaker)
8:50 AMThe Emerging Role of the Vasa Vasorum and Intraplaque Hemorrhage Haptoglobin
Pedro R. Moreno, MD (Speaker)
9:00 AMRole of Intraplaque Hemorrhage in the Development of VP
Renu Virmani, MD (Speaker)
9:10 AMRole of Apoptosis in the Development of VP
Pedro R. Moreno, MD (Speaker)
9:20 AMPreclinical Models to Assess Vulnerable Plaque
Juan F. Granada, MD (Speaker)
9:30 AMPanel Discussion
Juan F. Granada, MD (Panelist)
Pedro R. Moreno, MD (Panelist)
Roderic I. Pettigrew, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Renu Virmani, MD (Panelist)
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Moderator)
10:05 AMCoffee Break
10:20 AMNon-invasive Imaging (Clinical Studies)
Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, MD (Moderator)
Stephen E. Epstein, MD (Moderator)
10:20 AMCardiac Imaging of High-risk Plaques
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD (Speaker)
10:30 AMThe Future of Non-evasive Molecular Methods for Identification of Patients
Stephen E. Epstein, MD (Speaker)
10:40 AMMRI Imaging of High-risk Plaques
Renu Virmani, MD (Speaker)
10:50 AMFDG/PET Imaging of High-risk Plaques
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD (Speaker)
11:00 AMCarotid IMT: A Relevant Marker?
Allen J. Taylor, MD (Speaker)
11:10 AMPanel Discussion
Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, MD (Panelist)
Stephen E. Epstein, MD (Moderator)
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Allen J. Taylor, MD (Panelist)
12:00 PMLunch & Visit the Exhibits
1:00 PMRelevant Biomarkers of Plaque Instability
Robert S. Schwartz, MD (Speaker)
1:10 PMVulnerable Blood
Jeffrey S. Berger, MD (Speaker)
1:20 PMInvasive Imaging of Vulnerable Plaques I
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Moderator)
Sergio Waxman, MD (Moderator)
1:20 PMOCT and Vasa Vasorum
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Speaker)
1:30 PMUse of Angioscopy to Localize Vulnerable Plaques
Yasunori Ueda, MD, PhD (Speaker)
1:40 PMOCT and Stent Thrombosis
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Speaker)
1:50 PMCan OCT Image Cells in vivo?
Marc D Feldman, MD (Speaker)
2:00 PMOCT & Vulnerable Plaque: Natural History Studies
Sergio Waxman, MD (Speaker)
2:10 PMDiscussion
Marc D Feldman, MD (Panelist)
Juan F. Granada, MD (Panelist)
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Moderator)
Yasunori Ueda, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Sergio Waxman, MD (Panelist)
2:55 PMRefreshment Break
3:10 PMInvasive Imaging of Vulnerable Plaques II
Sergio Waxman, MD (Moderator)
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Moderator)
3:10 PMIVUS and NIRs in DM/HC Pigs
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Speaker)
3:20 PMNear Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Technology Update
James E. Muller, MD (Speaker)
3:30 PMNear Infrared Spectroscopy Case Studies and Clinical Relevance
Sergio Waxman, MD (Speaker)
3:40 PMCombined NIRS and IVUS: Clinical Results
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Speaker)
3:50 PMNew Virtual Histology Findings
Paulina Margolis, Other (Speaker)
4:00 PMHow Plaque Morphology Assessment Should Guide PCI
Sergio Waxman, MD (Speaker)
4:10 PMDiscussion
Paulina Margolis, Other (Panelist)
James E. Muller, MD (Panelist)
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Sergio Waxman, MD (Moderator)
Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Moderator)
4:40 PMClinical Trials
H. Bryan Brewer, MD (Moderator)
Ron Waksman, MD (Moderator)
4:40 PMEndothelial Shear Stress Update on PREDICTION and CORE 320 Trials
Peter H. Stone, MD (Speaker)
4:50 PMLessons from the IBIS Trials
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Speaker)
5:05 PMTake Home Message from PROSPECT
Gregg W. Stone, MD (Speaker)
5:15 PMDelipidation for ACS Patients
Ron Waksman, MD (Speaker)
5:25 PMSelf-expanding Stent for Plaque Lesion Sealing Update on the SECRITT Trial
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Speaker)
5:35 PMWill DES be an Option for Sealing Vulnerable Plaques?
Renu Virmani, MD (Speaker)
5:45 PMDiscussion
H. Bryan Brewer, MD (Moderator)
Eveline S. Regar, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Gregg W. Stone, MD (Panelist)
Peter H. Stone, MD (Panelist)
Renu Virmani, MD (Panelist)
Ron Waksman, MD (Moderator)
6:00 PMAdjourn