7th Annual SCCT Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Symposium 

Play a key role in applying patient care and modifying treatments to ensure patients have the best chance of preventing future cardiovascular disease.

This interactive symposium – which will feature some of the most prominent leaders in preventive cardiology — will provide an overview of the changing landscape of preventive cardiology and an update on novel therapies and risk assessment tools for preventing cardiovascular disease. Learn how to incorporate the latest advances in pharmacologic and lifestyle interventions for lowering cardiovascular risk.

Organizing Committee:

Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT, chair
Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, FSCCT, co-chair

 

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Program

Time (Eastern)	Session
10:00am - 10:20am	Sponsored symposium | HeartFlow
10:30am - 10:35am	Introduction and overview
Session 1: The Cross Road of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac CT
10:35am - 11:20am	Session chairs	Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT and Patrycza Galazka, MD, FSCCT
10:35am - 10:45am	Update on CAC testing: indications, clinical trials, and coverage	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT
10:45am - 10:55am	When and how should we use CCTA for prevention?	Matt Budoff MD, MSCCT
10:55am - 11:05am	What is the role of the fat attenuation index?	Charis Antoniades MD, PhD, FRCP
11:05am - 11:20am	Panel Discussion
Session 2: Novel approaches to risk assessment in young adults
11:20am - 12:20pm	Session chairs	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT and Martha Gulati MD, FSCCT
11:20am - 11:30am	Do risk scores work in young individuals?   Which one should we use?	Sadiya Khan, MD
11:30am - 11:40am	How to use polygenic risk scores in clinical practice	Pradeep Nataragan, MD
11:40am - 11:50am	Risk Assessment in young women	Martha Gulati, MD, FSCCT
11:50am - 12:00pm	The forgotten risk factors: the environment, mental stress, and sleep	Sadeer Al Kindi, MD
12:00pm - 12:20pm	Panel Discussion
12:20pm - 12:40pm	Lunch break
Session 3 Panel Discussion: How would you treat the following patients
12:40pm - 1:30pm	Session chairs	Michael Blaha, MD, MPH and Brittany Weber, MD, PhD
12:40pm - 12:43pm	54 year old male with CAC score of 1268, asymptomatic	Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
12:43pm - 12:50pm	Panel Discussion	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT; Martha Gulati, MD, FSCCT; Michael Shapiro MD, FSCCT
12:50pm - 12:53pm	48 year old female with LP(a) of 234 nmol/L and history of pre-eclampsia	Malamo Countouris, MD
12:53pm - 1:00pm	Panel Discussion	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT; Martha Gulati, MD, FSCCT; Michael Shapiro MD, FSCCT
1:00pm - 1:03pm	46 year old male with A1C 6.2%, BMI 28, CAC score 320	Michael Blaha, MD, MPH
1:03pm - 1:10pm	Panel Discussion	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT; Martha Gulati, MD, FSCCT; Michael Shapiro MD, FSCCT
1:10pm - 1:13pm	49 year old female with LDL 192, CAC=0	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT
1:13pm - 1:20pm	Panel Discussion	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT; Martha Gulati, MD, FSCCT; Michael Shapiro MD, FSCCT
1:20pm - 1:23pm	46 year old female with psoriasis	Brittany Weber, MD, PhD
1:23pm - 1:30pm	Panel Discussion	Khurram Nasir MD, MPH, FSCCT; Martha Gulati, MD, FSCCT; Michael Shapiro MD, FSCCT
Session 4: Preventive Therapies
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Session chairs	Michael Shapiro MD, FSCCT and Danielle Belardo, MD
1:30pm - 1:45pm	Keynote talk: Treating Inflammation: the next frontier in cardiovascular prevention	Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
1:45pm - 1:55pm	LDL Lowering Therapies: when statins are not sufficient	Chris Cannon MD
1:55pm - 2:05pm	Lp(a) lowering	Ron Blankstein MD, MSCCT
2:05pm - 2:15pm	Lifestyle: Diet and exercise recommendations	Danielle Belardo, MD
2:15pm - 2:30pm	Panel Discussion
2:30pm	Closing remarks

 Thank you to HeartFlow for their support of this event.

Continuing Medical Education: CME will be available for the recorded enduring content of this event, not for the live event.  The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography designates this internet activity enduring material for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Registration cancellation policy

The SCCT Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Symposium registration fee is partially refundable if you cancel your registration by 11:59pm EST on September 16, 2024. Any cancellation made by September 16, 2024 is subject to a $25 administration fee. Any cancellation after this deadline will not result in refund. 

Cancellation of conference registration does not constitute a cancellation of your hotel room. Please be sure to handle both separately. 

In the event that the educational meeting, workshop or event does not take place, registration fees will be refunded.