Mark Your Calendar for the
Missouri & Kansas Chapters of the American College of Cardiology
3rd Annual Update in Cardiovascular Diseases
Saturday, October 29, 2011 | 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, Missouri
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Mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual Update in Cardiovascular Disease sponsored by the Missouri and Kansas Chapters of the American College of Cardiology. This year's program will be held in Kansas City at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on Saturday, October 29, 2011.

Keynote Address: "Appropriate Use Criteria & Challenges to Translating Evidence-Based Medicine to the Bedside - Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Clinical Practice"
John Spertus, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Clinical Director of Outcomes Research, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart & Vascular Institute, Kansas City, MO

Luncheon Keynote: "How Old is Atherosclerosis? CT Scan Findings in Egyptian Mummies"
Randall Thompson, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Cardiologist, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart & Vascular Institute, Kansas City, MO

Sessions Addressing:

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease Office Practice
• Interventional & Hybrid Procedures, What is Possible in 2011?
• Congenital Heart Surgery in 2011
• Update on Catheter Based Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease
• Updates in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation - What Has Changed in the Last Decade?
• Broken Heart Syndrome & Other Stress Cardiomyopathies
• Lipid Modification & Other Preventive Strategies

Missouri & Kansas ACC CME Committee:
Geetha Raghuveer, MD, MPH, FACC, Program Chair
Víctor G. Dávila-Román, MD, FACC, Committee Chair
Andrew M. Kates, MD, FACC
Michael Main, MD, FACC

Gregory Flaker, MD, FACC, Missouri ACC Governor
Lambert Wu, MD, FACC, FACP, Kansas ACC Governor

Presented by:
American College of Cardiology,
Missouri & Kansas Chapters

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