Heart Care Education Foundation is pleased to present:

STATE OF THE  HEART   2003

Sunday July 20, 2003    5:30-9 pm
Sunset Cruise Aboard the Odyssey II 
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Chicago's Navy Pier

Physicians...
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Heart Care Education Foundation
of Illinois

FACULTY:

William Elliott, M.D.
Director of Preventative Medicine
Rush-Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago, IL

Mihai Gheorghiade, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiology Clinical Service
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

Chuck Kinder, M.D.
Director of Electrophysiology Services
Heart Care Centers of Illinois

Dominick Stella, M.D.
Coronary Intervention
Heart Care Centers of Illinois

Ramesh Veeragandham, M.D.
Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
Heart Care Centers of Illinois

  5:30–6:00 p.m.  Timely boarding of the Odyssey II at Navy Pier
  6:00–6:30 p.m.  Opening Remarks, Refreshments
  6:30–7:00 p.m.  Congestive Heart Failure:  Beyond ACE's and Beta-Blockers
  7:00–7:30 p.m.  JNC VII:  Putting it all together for HTN?
  7:30–8:00 p.m.  RESTORE AND MAZE: Adjunct Surgery for CHF and A Fib.
  8:00–8:30 p.m.  New Guidelines for Defibrillator and Biventricular Pacemakers
  8:30–9:00 p.m.  Cryptogenic Stroke:  Understanding and treating the problem

   Dinner will be served from 6:30 to 8:00PM aboard the Odyssey II

Henry Shin, M.D.
Hypertension Clinic Director
Heart Care Education Foundation Program Director
Heart Care Centers of Illinois

Stavros Maragos, M.D.
Heart Care Education Foundation Associate Director
Heart Care Centers of Illinois

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

• Integrate the latest medical treatment options in patients with CHF
• Apply the new hypertension treatment guidelines from JNC VII
• Define the indications for defibrillator and biventricular pacemaker implantation in patients with cardiomyopathy
• Develop a systematic approach to the workup of patients with cryptogenic stroke
• Describe the role of the RESTORE and MAZE procedures in patients undergoing CABG

SPONSORS:

Medtronic: Pacing & Defibrillator Division

Guidant Corporation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:

AstraZeneca
Sanofi-Snythelabo
Scios Pharmaceuticals

TARGET AUDIENCE:

The target audience for this activity is cardiologists, internists, and family practitioners with an interest in the management of patients with hypertension, stroke and congestive heart failure.

      ACCREDITATION: 

The Heart Care Education Foundation is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of the Illinois State Medical Society through the sponsorship of the Heart Care Education Foundation.

The Heart Care Education Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 credits in Category I toward the AMA Physicians' Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

ACTIVITY FEE:

There is no fee to attend this CME event.

For more information or to register-

call: (708) 478-3600