So many sessions, so little time. Here are 10 presentations at ACC.15 that could change how you treat patients and do business.

1. 10 Sessions You Can’t Miss at ACC.15
So many sessions, so little time. Here are 10 presentations at ACC.15
that could change how you treat patients and do business.

2. PROMISE
Which is better: Anatomic or functional diagnostic testing for evaluating chest
pain? Look for Saturday’s late-breaker to answer that question.
• LBCT, Saturday

3. PROMISE Plus
But is the best the best value? On Sunday, the PROMISE team will add costs into
the equation.
• LBCT, Sunday

4. PCSK9 Inhibitors
There’s been much hubbub about monoclonal antibodies’ ability to reduce low-
density lipoprotein cholesterol. This Sunday late-breaker may take it further with a
look at the effect of Evolocumab on cardiovascular outcomes.
• LBCT, Sunday

5. PARTNER at Five
The five-year results for this pivotal trial will shed light on the durability of the
Sapien transcatheter aortic valve and the long-term outcomes in recipients. This is
a Sunday late-breaker.
• LBCT, Sunday
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6. Access Wars & Bleeding Events
Monday’s MATRIX results may help settle the dispute of radial vs. femoral
interventions. The late-breaker compares strategies for reducing bleeding
complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
• LBCT, Monday

7. Radiation Safety: Imagers Take Charge
Cardiology and imaging often go hand-in-hand. This joint modality symposium on
Saturday is designed to show ways to reduce radiation exposure to patients (and
probably operators, too).
• Patient-based Radiation Reduction and Safety, Saturday

8. The Mobile Movement
Mobile technologies promise to change how healthcare is delivered. Digital
medicine, mobile medical imaging and patient monitoring soon may be the norm
for cardiologists.
• Mobile Technology in Healthcare: The Future of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saturday

9. Payment Models & You
Reform continues to shake up healthcare. This Sunday session will provide an
update on bundling, accountable care organizations and other models.
• Transforming Care: Innovations in Delivery and Payment Systems in Cardiovascular Care, Sunday

10. A Year of Research & More
If you want bang for your buck, try this session. Various journal editors will give a
rundown of 2014’s practice-changing research, followed by a lecture that looks to
the future.
• Best of JACC 2014 and the Eugene Braunwald Lecture on Future Directions in Cardiovascular
Medicine, Monday

11. Prize-winning Poster
Warfarin has served as the standard of care in practice as well as in trials that
compare it to novel oral anticoagulants. But are warfarin patients really in
the therapeutic range? This evaluation in the “Anticoagulation for Atrial
Fibrillation” category provides the answer.
• Myth of the Stable INR Patient: Results from ORBIT-AF, Saturday