AHA 2010 schedule

Here is the page we will use to coordinate the TV events at AHA 2010. Open time slots are indicated below in red. Filming Location: TBA

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Saturday November 13, 2010

Sunday November 14, 2010

Monday November 15, 2010

Tuesday November 16, 2010

Wednesday November 17, 2010

1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Adrian F. Hernandez and Dr. Christopher M. O'Connor and Dr. Randy Starling
 * Trial: Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure Trial (ASCEND-HF)
 * Embargo lift: 5:23 PM on Sunday November 14, 2010

1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Clyde Yancy
 * Topic: ASCEND: Historical perspective, implications for patients

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Manesh Patel and Dr. Ken Mahaffey and Dr. Keith Fox
 * Trial: : Stroke Prevention Using the Oral Direct Factor Xa inhibitor Rivaroxaban Compared with Warfarin in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF)
 * Embargo lift: 10:55 AM Monday November 15, 2010

3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Zubin Eapen
 * Topic: AHA 2010: A Cardiology Fellow's Perspective

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Christopher M. O'Connor and Dr. Robert Harrington
 * Topic: Duke's Presence at AHA, What's Happening, What to Expect

5:00 PM
OPEN TIME SLOT

5:30 PM
OPEN TIME SLOT

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Deepak Voora
 * Trial: A Whole Blood RNA Signature Accurately Classifies Multiple Measures of Platelet Function on Aspirin in Healthy Volunteers and Highlights a Common Underlying Pathway
 * Embargo lift: 3:15 PM Monday November 15, 2010

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Kenneth Ellenbogen
 * Trial: Primary Results from the ADVANCE Bridge to Transplant Trial Trial: A Randomized Trial Comparing Empiric, Echocardiographic Guided and Algorithmic AV Delay Programming in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
 * Embargo lift: 4:39 PM Monday November 15, 2010

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. David Cohen
 * Trial: Health-Related Quality of Life After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation vs. Non-Surgical Therapy Among Inoperable Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis: Results From the Randomized PARTNER Trial (Cohort B)
 * Embargo lift: 4:55 PM on Monday November 15, 2010

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Jonathan Piccini
 * Trial: Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Are Infrequent Events but are Associated with Increased Arrhythmic and All-Cause Death Following Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
 * Embargo lift: 12:00 PM on Wednesday November 17, 2010

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Thomas Povsic
 * Trial: RB006, a Direct Factor IX Inhibitor Results in Consistent and Near Complete Inhibition of Factor IX in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A RADAR Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Substudy
 * Embargo lift: 11:00 AM on Tuesday November 16, 2010

3:30 PM
OPEN TIME SLOT

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Karen Alexander
 * Trial: 1. The Coming Tsunami: Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly 2. Frail Older Adults at Risk for Loss of Independence following MI
 * Embargo lift: 1. 5:45 PM Monday November 15, 2010 2. 11:00 AM on Monday November 15, 2010

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Renato Lopes
 * Topic: The Process of Building a Small Data Coordinating Center

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Tracy Wang
 * Trial: Under-Utilization of Emergency Medical Service Transport Among Contemporary Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Findings from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ACTION, Get with the Guidelines
 * Embargo lift: 4:08 PM Tuesday November 16, 2010

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9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Christoph Kaiser
 * Trial: Late Cardiac Death And Myocardial Infarction Associated With Late Stent Thrombosis In Large Vessel Stenting After 1st Or 2nd Generation Drug-eluting Compared To Bare-metal Stents: the BASKET PROspective Evaluation Examination (BASKET PROVE)
 * Embargo lift: 11:39 AM Tuesday November 16, 2010

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
 * Interviewee: Karen S. Pieper
 * Trial: Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Is Likely a Marker for, Rather than a Cause of, a Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Events – Insights from PLATO
 * Embargo lift: 9:15 AM Tuesday November 16, 2010

10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Kristin Newby
 * Topics: 1. MURDOCK Study Progress and Substudies 2. Biomarkers: Challenges and Opportunities

10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
 * Interviewee: Prof. Murray Esler
 * Trial: Symplicity HTN-2: International, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Of Endovascular Selective Renal Sympathetic Denervation For The Treatment Of Hypertension
 * Embargo lift: 12:01 PM on Wednesday November 16, 2010

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Otavio Berwanger
 * Trial: Acetylcystein for the Prevention of Contrast-Induced nephropaThy (ACT) Trial: a Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Acetylcysteine for the Prevention of Renal Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Coronary and Vascular Angiography
 * Embargo lift: 12:01 PM Tuesday November 16, 2010

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Anthony Furlan
 * Trial: CLOSURE I: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the STARFlex® Septal Closure System Versus Best Medical Therapy in Patients with a Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack due to Presumed Paradoxical Embolism through a Patent Foramen Ovale
 * Embargo lift: 12:01 PM Monday November 15, 2010

3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Keith Aaronson
 * Trial: Evaluation of the HeartWare® HVAD Left Ventricular Assist Device System for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure: Results of the ADVANCE Bridge to Transplant Trial.
 * Embargo lift: 4:17 PM Sunday November 14, 2010

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Matthew Price
 * Trial: Standard Versus High-Dose Clopidogrel According to Platelet Function Testing After PCI: Results of the GRAVITAS Trial
 * Embargo lift: 10:55 AM on Tuesday November 16, 2010

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. James Daubert
 * Trial: QTc Prolongation During Therapeutic Hypothermia: Does It Deserve Attention?
 * Embargo lift: 6:45 PM on Saturday November 13, 2010

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Renato Lopes
 * Topic: AHA wrap-up (Portuguese)

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9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Sunil Rao
 * Trial: : A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Intravenous Erythropoietin to Reduce Infarct Size After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Primary Results of the REVEAL Trial
 * Embargo lift: 4:10 PM Monday November 15, 2010

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Stephen J. Nicholls
 * Trial: : Results of the First Major Clinical Trial of An Oral Agent Inducing Apo A1 Synthesis: A New Approach to HDL Raising and CV Risk Modification
 * Embargo lift: 11:39 AM on Wednesday November 17, 2010

10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Richard A. Becker
 * Topic: : Pathways in Anticoagulation: what's most efficacious, safest.

10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
 * Interviewee: Dr. William Weintraub
 * Topic: : Top 100 Vocabulary Project

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM 2. Mission Lifeline Update: 2010
 * Interviewee: Dr. Christopher Granger and Mayme Roettig, RN
 * Trial: 1. State-Wide Care is Imporved in the Reperfusion of Acute MI in Carolina Emergency Department Emergency Response (RACE-ER) Systems Imporvement Program: Preliminary Results
 * Embargo lift: 10:15 AM on Tuesday November 16, 2010

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Jennifer Li
 * Trial: : Lessons from Pediatric Cardiovascular Drug Trials.
 * Embargo lift: 8:20 AM on Sunday November 14, 2010

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Sara Pasquali
 * Trial: : Patient, Operative, and Center Factors Impacting Post-operative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing the Fontan Operation: Analysis of a National Clinical Database and; The Impact of Intensive Care Unit Structure on Post-operative Outcomes Following Congenital Heart Surgery: Analysis of a Multi-institutional Database
 * Embargo lift: 4:30 PM on Tuesday November 16, 2010 and 12 PM on Monday November 15, 2010.

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Christopher P. Cannon
 * Trial: Primary Results of the DEFINE trial: Determining the EFficacy and Tolerability of CETP INhibition with AnacEtrapib
 * Embargo lift: 11:17 AM on Wednesday November 17, 2010

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Robert A. Harrington
 * Trial: Beyond 2010. The Future of Antithrombic Therapy – Old Agent Replacement, Combination Therapy, and the Impact of Generics
 * Embargo lift: 5:00 PM on Tuesday November 16, 2010

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Magnus Ohman
 * Topics: 1. TRILOGY: an update 2. LVADs:  improving outcomes

3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Peter R. Kowey
 * Trial: Efficacy And Safety Of Prescription Omega-3-Acid Ethyl Esters (P-OM3) For The Prevention Of Recurrent Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
 * Embargo lift: 11:39 AM Monday November 15, 2010

4:00 PM
OPEN TIME SLOT

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Zubin Eapen
 * Trial: Do Heart Failure Disease Management Programs Make Financial Sense Under a Bundled Payment System?
 * Embargo lift: 2:45 PM Tuesday November 16, 2010

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Sergio Leonardi
 * Trial: Lack of Implementation of ESC/ACC Definition of Myocardial Infarction in Contemporary Randomized Clinical Trials
 * Embargo lift: 2:08 PM on Tuesday November 16, 2010

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9:00 AM
OPEN TIME SLOT

9:30 AM
OPEN TIME SLOT

10:00 AM
OPEN TIME SLOT

10:30 AM
OPEN TIME SLOT

11:00 AM
OPEN TIME SLOT

11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Matthew Brennan
 * Trial: 1. Predictors of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Failure: Results in 73,616 Patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery National Database 2. Contemporary Risk of Follow-up Adverse Events in Older Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: A Report from the Merged NCDR CMS Registry
 * Embargo: 1.5:00 PM on Wednesday November 17, 2010 2. 5:00 PM on Monday November 15, 2010

12:00 PM
OPEN TIME SLOT

12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
 * Interviewee: Dr. Robert Harrington
 * Topic: Duke Day in Review

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