SHAPE SYMPOSIUM 2008
In conjunction with
The 2008 Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association

 

Opening Remarks

Presented By :
Dr. Morteza Naghavi
Founder and Chairman,
Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE)
,
Houston, TX
 

Dr. PK Shah
Professor and Director
Cardiology Division and Atherosclerosis Research Center
Cedars-Sinai, Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

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  Why We Need Better Markers of Cardiovascular Risk
Limitations of existing tools for screening and monitoring response to therapy, at population vs individual levels, long term vs. short term, initial screening vs. follow-up and monitoring.


Presented By:
Erling Falk, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Cardiovascular Pathology
Aarhus University
Denmark
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  The Value of Coronary Calcium Imaging Is Now Established by the NIH-Sponsored MESA (Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)
Time to "Shape" up the NCEP Guidelines

Presented By:
Matthew Budoff, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac CT
Harbor-UCLS Medical Center
Torrance, CA
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Increasing Role of Carotid IMT Imaging from Drug Testing to Individual Risk Assessment
What can we learn from ARIC and ENHANCE?

Presented By:
Allen Taylor, M.D.
COL, Medical Corps
Professor of Medicine, USUHS
Chief, Cardiology Service
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington DC

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  Emerging Role of Vascular Function Measurements in Primary Prevention Clinics
Additive values to Framingham Risk Scoring and vascular structural imaging

Presented By:
Amir Lerman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
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Statin Non-Responders and Residual Risk
Early detection and management of patients with progressive atherosclerosis despite lowering LDL to optimum levels

Presented By:
Harvey Hecht, M.D.
Direcctor of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute
New York, NY

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Closing Remarks

Presented By:
Dr. Naghavi & Dr. Shah
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