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Program - Â鶹ԼÅÄ/MUHC Third Annual Women's Heart Health Symposium 2021

Cardiovascular Emergencies in Women

Learning objective:Ìýto understand sex differences in clinical presentations, prognosis, and response to therapy of acute cardiovascular conditions

Thursday, November 18, 2021

8:30 - 13:00

Virtual FormatÌýÌý(ZOOM link will be sent to all registrants)

8:30Ìý- 8:40

ZOOM waiting room

8:45 - 9:00

Welcome - Natalie Dayan, MD MSc

Rhian Touyz, MBBChÌýMSc(Med) PhD FRCP FRSE
Executive Director, Chief Scientific Officer RI- MUHC

What is new in vascular disease research?ÌýÌýHighlights of sex differences.

PART 1:

Moderator - Natalie Dayan, MD MSc

9:00 - 9:30

Nadia Giannetti, MD
Associate Physician-in-Chief
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Health Centre

Sex Differences in the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure and the New CCS Guidelines

Learning Objectives

  1. Define sex differences in the epidemiology of acute heart failure
  2. Discuss the elements of presentation and diagnosis of heart failure specific to women
  3. Describe the CCS heart failure guidelines in relation to heart failure management in women

9:30 - 10:00

Isabelle Malhamé, MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Â鶹ԼÅÄ
Obstetric Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Complications in Pregnancy

Learning Objectives

  1. Define acute cardiovascular emergencies in pregnancy, and review its epidemiology
  2. Summarize the elements distinguishing physiological symptoms in pregnancy from cardiovascular conditions warranting additional testing
  3. Describe guiding principles for theÌýmanagement of cardiovascular emergencies during pregnancy and the immediate postpartum periodÌý

10:00 - 10:30

VickyÌýTagalakis, MD FRCPC MScÌý
Associate Professor, Â鶹ԼÅÄ
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine,ÌýÂ鶹ԼÅÄ
Division of General Internal Medicine, and Centre for Clinical Epidemiology of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchÌý
Jewish General HospitalÌý

Sex Differences in Acute Pulmonary Embolus

Learning Objectives

  1. Define the epidemiology of acute PE in men and women
  2. Review sex-specific prognostication tools after PE
  3. Describe management strategies for hemodynamically unstable patients with significant PE, and any sex differences

10:30 - 10:45

Break

PART 2:

Moderator - Louise Pilote, MD MPh PhD

10:45 - 11:15

Catherine Legault, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Stroke in Women

Learning Objectives

  1. Review sex differences in the epidemiology of stroke
  2. Identify sex-specific strategies for the prevention of stroke
  3. Identify sex-specific stroke management strategies

11:15 - 11:45

Sherry L. Grace, PhDÌýFCCSÌýFAACVPRÌýCRFC
Professor, Faculty of Health
York UniversityÌý

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Women

Learning Objectives

  1. Outline the status of cardiac rehabilitation in women versus men
  2. Identify the components of a successful cardiac rehabilitation program
  3. Describe the benefits and challenges of providing cardiac rehabilitation

11:45 - 12:00

Kristin Honshorst, MSc
Senior Specialist, Research Partnerships & Strategic InitiativesÌý|ÌýHeart & Stroke

Heart & Stroke updates and opportunities in Research on Women's Heart and Brain Health

12:00Ìý- 12:55

Keynote Speaker:

C.ÌýNoelÌýBairey Merz, MDÌýFACCÌýFAHAÌýFESC
Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Sex Differences in ACS Presentation

Learning Objectives

  1. Review sex differences in coronary anatomy
  2. Describe coronary microvascular dysfunction: pathophysiology, presentation diagnosis and prognosis
  3. Explain promising avenues for improving heart disease in women
12:55 - 13:00 Closing Remarks - Wendy Wray, RN MScN BScN


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