Clinical update: Cardiovascular disease

Monday 27 September 2010

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

New developments continue apace in many areas of cardiovascular disease and it is often difficult for the non-specialist to focus on key advances and to translate them into everyday clinical care.

This clinical update will cover important advances in cardiovascular disease which have a direct impact on patient care.

Delegates will gain insight into a wide range of new developments in cardiovascular diseases such that they will be translated into individual patient benefits.

Who should attend? Cardiology trainees, trainees, surgeons, doctors/nurses working in A&E, GPwSI

Online registration is now closed. It is possible to register on the day directly at the registration desk. For further information please contact the coordinator.

Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £135
RSM Early bird Fellow: £65
RSM Retired Fellow: £65
RSM Student: £25
RSM Trainee: £65
RSM Associate: £65
RSM Fellow: £85
Student: £30
Trainee: £80
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £80

CPD: 5 credits

9.00 am	Registration and coffee
9.25 am	Welcome address
	Professor John Betteridge Associate Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
Session one
Chair: Dr Robert Greenbaum, Consultant Cardiologist, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital
9.30 am	New advances in anti coagulation & anti platelet therapy
	Professor Samuel J Machin, Professor of Haematology in charge of the Haemostasis Research Unit, University College London
9.50 am	Discussion
10.00 am	Arrhythmia essentials
	Dr Wyn Davies, Consultant Cardiologist, St Mary's Hospital
10.20 am	Discussion
10.30 am	New technologies for valvular heart disease
	Dr Simon Redwood, Consultant Cardiologist, King's College London
10.50 am	Discussion
11.00 am	Coffee break
Session two
Chair: Professor John Betteridge, Associate Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
11.30 am	Lipid lowering LDL & beyond
	Professor Ian Young, Queen's University Belfast
11.50 am	Discussion
12.00 pm	Non invasive imaging of the heart and arteries
	Dr Robin Choudhury, Consultant Cardiologist Clinical Director Oxford Acute Vascular Imaging Centre, University of Oxford
12.20 pm	Discussion
12.30 pm	The Polypill concept in the prevention of cardiovascular disease
	Dr David Wald, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Senior Lecturer in Preventive Cardiology, Barts and The London
12.50 pm	Discussion
1.00 pm	Lunch
Session three
Chair: Dr John Coltart, Emeritus Consultant Cardiologist and Physician, Guys and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust
2.00 pm	Management of angina
	Dr Malcolm Walker, Consultant Cardiologist, The Heart Hospital, London
2.20 pm	Discussion
2.30 pm	Genetic determinants of coronary disease
	Professor Alistair S Hall, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Leeds General Infirmary
2.50 pm	Discussion
3.00 pm	Long term management in post MI patients
	Dr Michael Norton, Honorary Consultant in Cardiology, Sunderland Royal Hospital
3.20 pm	Discussion
3.30 pm	Tea break
Session four: Hot topics
Chair: Professor Michael Marber, Professor of Cardiology, King's College London
4.00 pm	Cardiac resynchronisation in heart failure
	Dr Darrel Francis, Reader in Cardiology, Imperial College London
4.20 pm	Discussion
4.25 pm	Inflammatory markers: Do they help risk stratification?
	Professor Gordon Lowe, Emeritus Professor, University of Glasgow
4.45 pm	Discussion
4.50 pm	Troponins
	Professor Michael Marber, Professor of Cardiology, King's College London
5.10 pm	Discussion
5.15 pm	Final remarks
5.20 pm	Close of meeting

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Clinical update: Cardiovascular disease

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