HRS and ABC Joint Scientific Session
B014. – Management of Arrhythmias and Heart Failure in Populations Underrepresented in Clinical Trials
Join ABC @ HRS for an Evening of Networking and Education
Contemporary Strategies for Stroke Risk Reduction in NVAF Patients
Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Program Chair: ABC President John M. Fontaine, MD, MBA
Keynote Speaker: Kevin F. Kwaku, MD, PhD
Faculty: (Management of Arrhythmias and Heart Failure in Populations Underrepresented in Clinical Trials)
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Chair Felix O. Sogade, MD, FHRS. Macon Electrophysiology Associates, Macon, GA
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Chair Ogundu Obioha Ngwu, MD. Holy Cross Health, Silver Spring, MD
10:30 AM – 10:48 AM
Genomics and Epigenetic Factors in Heart Failure
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
10:48 AM – 11:06 AM
Prevalence, Management and Clinical Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans
Larry R. Jackson, MD. Duke University Medical Center, Cardiology, Durham, NC
11:06 AM – 11:24 AM
Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Eric S. Williams, MD, FHRS. Mercy Clinic Heart & Vascular, Saint Louis, MO
11:24 AM – 11:42 AM
Gender Differences in Cardiac Arrhythmias: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes
Jacqueline Eubany, MD, FHRS. Orange County Cardiology, Mission Viejo, CA
11:42 AM – 12:00 PM
Medical and Device-Based Therapy for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention and Heart Failure: Minority Representation in Clinical Trials and Therapeutic
John M. Fontaine, MD, FHRS. Drexel Univ College of Medicine – Hahnemann Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA