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i2 Summit 2009
Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction 
The treatment of myocardial infarction and ischemia has never been better, but new information brings new challenges and controversies. Be at the forefront of cardiology with the latest updates from late-breaking clinical trials, in-depth case presentations, expert discussions, and state-of-the-art symposia — all focusing on what you need to know every day to manage complex clinical problems.

HOT TOPICS

Antithrombin Therapy for NSTE ACS

  • Deciphering the guidelines
  • Selecting the best option for your patients
  • Case presentations and discussion by international experts

Hemorrhagic Risk-Profiling in ACS

  • Can we predict bleeding?
  • Blood transfusion: A therapeutic dilemma
  • Reducing bleeding to improve outcomes in ACS and primary PCI
  • Platelet inhibition and urgent surgery: Lessons learned

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

  • Role of tight glucose control: Lessons from ACCORD
  • Insulin sensitizing vs. insulin providing: Which is the therapeutic mainstay?
  • Early revascularization therapy in diabetic patients

Multivessel Disease: Making the Right Choice

  • PCI vs. CABG: Which is best?
  • Hybrid approaches to revascularization
  • Medical therapy: The only option for some?


ClinCard Spotlight

  • Atrial fibrillation: Drug therapy, catheter ablation, antithrombotics, avoiding pitfalls in cardioversion
  • SPECT/PET: Appropriateness criteria
  • New technology for circulatory support
  • NSTEMI as a complication of illness: Controversies in treatment
  • Acute decompensated heart failure: Best practices


More Highlights

  • Gender specific differences in antiplatelet therapy?
  • Extending the benefits of PCI/CABG
  • Management of STEMI complications
  • Cell therapy: Promises and pitfalls


Learn from the Experts

  • Mild troponin elevation in the ER: What to do?
  • Creating a successful primary PCI network
  • Master clinicians tackle challenging cases
  • CT angiography for chest pain: Ready for the ER?

 

PLUS
With Full-Access registration, i2 Summit also offers:

  • Imaging of vulnerable plaque
  • How to treat complex lesions and complex patients
  • Interventional pharmacology
  • Interactive case presentations and discussions throughout the day on clinical strategies of importance to both interventional and general cardiologists