HF

EP

SURG

CSI

ACC

Plenary

CCS/ACC JOINT PLENARY: THE CANADA VS. USA DEBATE SERIES

Co-Chair(s)

• Marc R.

  Marc Ruel, MD, MPH

  Professor, Departments of Surgery & Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  University of Ottawa Heart Institute
• 

  Mary Walsh

  Medical Director, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
  St Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IN
  St. Vincent

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

  DEBATE: PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION SHOULD ROUTINELY BE REFERRED FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION, YES OR NO?
  Mary Norine Walsh – St Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IN; Jason G. Andrade, MD, FRCPC – Vancouver General Hospital
• 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

  DEBATE: TAVI VS. SURGERY
  Anita Asgar, MD, MSc – Montreal Heart Institute; Alistair Phillips