A Year in Cardiology 2014

A BCS national symposiumheld at the Royal College of Physicians, London

12December 2014

Morning Session- Guidelines and Hot Topics
Chair: Dr Sarah Clarke
08:30–09:00 / Registration
09:00–09:10 / Welcome & Introduction / Dr Sarah Clarke
& Dr Shouvik Haldar
2014 ESCClinical Practice Guidelines Update – Key messages
09:10 –09:30 / Acute Pulmonary Embolism
09:30–09:50 / Myocardial Revascularisation
09:50–10:10 / Cardiomyopathies
10:10–10:30 / Aortic Disease
10:30 – 10:50 / Tea & Coffee
10:50–11:10 / Non-Cardiac Surgery: Cardiovascular Assessment & Management / Prof Steen Kristensen
2014 NICE Guideline updates – Key messages
11:10–11:20 / ICD & CRT for arrhythmias and heart failure / Professor Martin Cowie
11:20–11:30 / Management of Atrial Fibrillation / Professor John Camm
11:30–11:40 / JBS 3
11:40–12:15 / Ask the Experts– Chair Professor Keith Fox
Floor open for questions to morning experts / Panel – Morning Speakers
12:15–12:45 / Key Note Lecture / ProfessorGabriel Steg
12:45–13:55 / Lunch
Afternoon Session- The Subspecialties
Chair: Dr Iain Simpson TBC
13:50–14:10 / Electrophysiology / Dr Tim Betts
14:10–14:40 / Coronary Artery Disease
Interventional Cardiology – 15 mins
ACS – 15 mins / Dr Stephen Hoole
Dr James Cotton
14:40–15:00 / Structural Heart Disease and Renal denervation
15:00–15:45 / Cardiac Imaging
Echo – 15 mins
CT – 10 mins
CMR – 10 mins
Nuclear – 10 mins / Dr Ed Nicol TBC / Steve Harden
Prof John Greenwood
15:45–16:05 / Tea & Coffee
16:05–16:20 / Heart Failure & Devices / Dr Rakesh Sharma
16:20–16:35 / Adult Congenital Heart Disease
16:35–17:00 / Ask the Expert – Chair Prof Keith Channon
Floor open for questions to afternoon experts / Panel – Afternoon Speakers
17:00 / Closing Remarks

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