Heart Care Education Foundation is pleased to present:

STATE OF THE  HEART   2004

Sunday July 25, 2004    5:30-9:30 pm
Sunset Cruise Aboard the Odyssey II 
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Chicago's Navy Pier,
            Odyssey II    Topaz Deck

Physicians...
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FACULTY:

Peter Kakavas, M.D.
Director Non-Invasive Cardiology
Director Risk Factor Modification Program   Medical Director Heart Care Research Foundation Heart Care Centers of Illinois

Sean Tierney, M.D.
Heart Rhythm Disorder Specialist
Heart Care Centers of Illinois

Marla Mendelson,  M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

Joseph Stella, D.O.
Cardiac Intervention Specialist
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.  Women and Heart Disease
  7:00–7:30 p.m.  LDL:  How Low is Low Enough?
  7:30–8:00 p.m.  Intermission
  8:00–8:30 p.m.  The Electrophysiologist's Perspective on Syncope:
                                       Who Needs a Referral?
  8:30–9:00 p.m.  Coronary Intervention:  2004 and Beyond

   Dinner will be served from 7 to 8:30PM on the Topaz deck

Henry Shin, M.D.
Hypertension Clinic Director
CME Program Director
Heart Care Education Foundation

Stavros Maragos, M.D.
CME Program Associate Director
Heart Care Education Foundation

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

• Optimize gender-specific risk factor modification in women
• Apply results from recent lipid lowering trials to clinical practice
• Identify patients with syncope at high risk for sudden death, who would benefit from an electrophysiology referral
• Explore new horizons in carotid and coronary interventions

SPONSORS:

AstraZeneca

Guidant Corporation

Novartis
 

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:

Kos
Medtronic
Pfizer
Schering-Plough
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 cardiovascular disease.

      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 ,  9am-4pm,