The purpose of this symposium is to educate the cardiovascular team, as well as internists, with the most clinically relevant information regarding heart failure, arrhythmias, and structural ischemic and vascular issues.

1. Second Annual
Heart Failure and
Arrhythmia Symposium
May 30, 2015
The Westin Hotel
2350 M Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037
Register online by March 20th
and Save $$$
smhs.gwu.edu/cehp/activities/courses/heart-failure-arrhythmia
course Directors:
Gurusher Panjrath, MD, FACC, FAHA
Director, Heart Failure and
Mechanical Support Program
Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington University
Division of Cardiology
Marco A. Mercader, MD, FACC, FHRS
Director, Arrhythmia Research
Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington University
Division of Cardiology

2. Meeting Registration Fees Include:
• Entrance into the course general sessions
and exhibits
• One copy of the symposium materials
• Continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon
refreshment break
To register, please visit:
http://smhs.gwu.edu/cehp/activities/courses/heart-
failure-arrhythmia/registration-fees
The purpose of this symposium is to educate the cardiovascular
team, as well as internists, with the most clinically relevant
information regarding heart failure, arrhythmias, structural,
ischemic and vascular issues.
2 Second Annual Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Symposium
registration and fees
Registration Type Early Regular
(Before March 20, 2015) (After March 20, 2015)
Physicians $100 $125
Resident or Fellows $25 $25
Allied Health Professionals (Non Physicians) $50 $65
This symposium is designed for clinicians involved in
multidisciplinary cardiology care including, but not limited
to cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, nurses,
physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
Upon participation in this activity, attendees will be able to:
• Recognize different approaches to reduce hospital
re-admission for heart failure and arrhythmia.
• Describe a multidisciplinary and comprehensive
approach to evaluate and manage atrial and
ventricular arrhythmias.
• Incorporate new evidence-based guidelines for
hypertension, lipid, arrhythmia and heart failure
management.
• Recognize the various percutaneous and
implantable circulatory support devices for
management of advanced heart failure and shock.
Continuing education credit
For Physicians
The George Washington University School of Medicine
and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
The George Washington University School of Medicine
and Health Sciences designates this live activity for
a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For Nurse Practitioners
Application will be made to offer continuing education
credit to nurses and nurse practitioners. There will also
be specific pharmacology credit for nurse practitioners.
Online registration will close at 3 pm on Thursday,
May 28. Onsite registration will be available starting
at 7:30 am on Saturday, May 30.
Cancellation Policy
Notification of cancellation must be received in writing
(e-mailed to cehp@gwu.edu or faxed to 202-994-1791)
by May 8, 2015.
• Registration fees are not refundable after
May 8, 2015.
• Substitutions will be accepted only with written
authorization from the original registrant.
Second Annual
Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Symposium
Who Should Attend

3. May 30, 2015 • Washington, DC 3
7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:00 Welcome Introduction...................................................................................Marco Mercader, MD and
Gurusher Panjrath, MD
Session I Heart Failure Management
Moderator: Gurusher Panjrath, MD
8:15 Advances in Heart Failure Diagnostics and Home Monitoring..........................Richard Katz, MD
8:35 Recent Heart Failure Trials.................................................................................Gurusher Panjrath, MD
8:55 Update on Mechanical Support Devices............................................................TBD
9:15 Cardiac Transplantation, Selection and Outcomes............................................Shashank Desai, MD
9:35 Panel and Audience Discussion
9:45 Break Exhibits
Session II Arrhythmia management
Moderator: Marco Mercader, MD
10:00 Advances in ICD Therapies: Subcutaneous ICD and Others.............................Andrea Russo, MD
10:30 Atrial Fibrillation: Prevention of Neurocognitive Deficits and Stroke................Allen Solomon, MD
10:50 Atrial Arrhythmias: Guideline Based Management............................................Cynthia Tracy, MD
11:10 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure: Optimizing Results........Marco Mercader, MD
11:30 Ventricular Tachycardia Management and Ablations........................................Scott Shapiro, MD
11:50 Panel and Audience Discussion
12:00 pm Lunch
Session III Cardiac Imaging and Heart Failure
Moderator: Jannet Lewis, MD
1:00 Case Presentation..............................................................................................Sanjay Shah, MD
1:10 Multimodality Imaging in Cardiomyopathies....................................................Brian Choi, MD
1:30 Echocardiogram in Evaluation of RV Dysfunction and
Pulmonary Hypertension...................................................................................Jannet Lewis, MD
Session IV Updates in Interventional Cardiology and Surgery
Moderator: Ramesh Mazhari, MD
2:00 Antiplatelet Therapy for Stent Patients: One vs. two drugs,
which ones, how many and how long?.............................................................Jonathan Reiner, MD
2:20 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement...........................................................Christian Nagy, MD
2:40 Extra Corporeal Support for Shock and Post Cardiotomy................................Farzad Najam, MD
3:00 Endovascular Therapies for Peripheral Vascular Diseases...............................Ramesh Mazhari, MD
3:20 Break Exhibits
Session V Intersection of Cardiovascular and Internal Medicine
Moderator: Brian Choi, MD
3:40 Link Between Sleep Disorders and Heart Failure...............................................Vivek Jain, MD
4:00 Dyslipidemia Management in Patients at Risk for
Atherosclerotic Heart Disease............................................................................William Borden, MD
4:20 Hypertension Control to Prevent HFpEF............................................................Lisa Martin, MD
5:00 Wrap Up and Adjourn........................................................................................Gurusher Panjrath, MD
and Marco Mercader, MD
Agenda

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About The GW
Heart Vascular Institute
Mission
The mission of the GW Heart Vascular Institute is to
promote cardiac and vascular research, education, and
community service with the goal of accelerating the pace of
scientific discovery, reducing mortality and improving the
quality of life of Americans with heart and vascular disease.
To achieve these goals, the GW Heart Vascular Institute
seeks to provide an interdisciplinary structure to integrate
basic and clinical investigators, clinicians, medical
educators, health policy experts and community leaders.
The Institute’s goal is to be the leading center for heart
and vascular research, education and community service –
and to do so by leveraging the enormous resources of
The George Washington University.
Cardiology
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www.gwheartandvascular.org
Second Annual
Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Symposium
may 30, 2015