Event Profile

Dates

Thursday, June 17 to Saturday, June 19, 2010

Symposium Location

All symposium presentations and live broadcasts take place at the Centaur Theatre (453 Saint-François-Xavier Street). Built in 1903 to house the Montreal Stock Exchange, this handsome edifice lies just a few steps away from Notre-Dame Basilica and Place d’Armes square in the historic Old Montréal district. Symposium lunches will be served in the private gardens of the Saint-Sulpice Seminary, adjacent to both the Basilica and the Centaur Theatre.

Satellite symposia are held at a Symposium hotel in Old Montréal, located within short walking distance from the Centaur Theatre.

Highlighted Topics

• Clinical management of ACS (USA-NSTEMI)
• Decision making (multivessel, investigation)
• Approach to Acute STEMI (primary vs. facilitated)
• Updates in DES; new designs; new alloy
• Optimal medical management; diabetes
• Complex anatomy (LM, CTO, bifurcation, SVG)
• Stem cells: Present and future
• Percutaneous valvular intervention
• Protective devices, new drugs, new approaches
• Radial approach; how to minimize bleeding

Language

All presentations for the Symposium will be held in English.

Event Structure

Live cases, broadcast from each of the Symposium partners
Invited presentations by experts in the field
Industry and academic buzz, providing short, topical updates on pertinent issues
Satellite symposia, offering in-depth discussion of selected topics
Gala dinner, a full evening activity in a choice location
CME credits available, on application

Who Should Attend?

Interventional and general cardiologists
Internists
Cardiac surgeons
Interventional radiologists (peripheral cases)
Residents
Fellows
Nurses
Pharmacists
Technicians
Students in cardiovascular health-related fields

Partners

Montreal Heart Institute (Montréal, Québec)
Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria, British Columbia)
Duke University Medical Center (Durham, North Carolina)

History

2009 2009 Centaur Theatre, Montréal, Québec
639 Participants
     
2008 2008 Centaur Theatre, Montréal, Québec
467 Participants
     
2007 2007 Centaur Theatre, Montréal, Québec
462 participants
     
2006 Centaur Theatre, Montréal, Québec
387 participants
     
2005 Mount Royal Centre, Montréal, Québec
407 participants
     
2004 Mount Royal Centre, Montréal, Québec
382 participants
     
 2003 Mount Royal Centre, Montréal, Québec
418 participants