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AHA President Steven Houser welcomes you to New Orleans

Steven Houser, President, American Heart Association, describes some of the exciting science scheduled Nov. 12-16, at Scientific Sessions 2016 in the Big Easy.

Scientific Sessions 2016 Program Highlights

Frank Sellke, MD, program chair Scientific Sessions 2016 and Eric Peterson, MD, vice chair provide an overview of some of the science being presented in New Orleans this year.

• Resuscitation Science Symposium: Best of the Best Oral Abstract Presentations
• Resuscitation Science Symposium: Selected Late Breaking Resuscitation Abstracts

Opening Session: Presidential Address

Steven Houser, president of the American Heart Association, delivers a personal story of his cardiovascular education journey in his Presidential Address at the Opening Session of Scientific Sessions 2016 in New Orleans. Introducing him is Nancy Brown, CEO. (Parts 2, 3 and 4 are in the conference YouTube Playlist)

2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease

Mark Creager, MD, immediate past president of the American Heart Association, announces the publication of the 2016 Peripheral Artery Disease Guidelines and highlights PAD programming at Scientific Sessions 2016 intended to inform practitioners about the new recommendations for optimizing patient care and outcomes.

• Circulation article
• Supporting materials: Commentary, slide set, AHA news article, news release

Frontiers in Science: Arrhythmia Research Summit

Gordon Tomaselli, MD, past president, American Heart Association, and Dan Roden, MD discuss the science planned for the Frontiers in Science Arrhythmia Research Summit.
See all the Frontiers in Science Summits offered this year.

Frontiers in Science: Thrombosis Summit

Joshua A. Beckman, MD, Chair of the council on PVD and Steven R. Lentz, MD, Chair of the council on ATVB, discuss the science planned for the new Frontiers in Science Thrombosis Summit at Scientific Sessions 2016.
See all the Frontiers in Science Summits offered this year.

Aruna Pradhan, MD, MPH, Jose Diaz, MD, and Matthew Allison, MD, discuss the science planned for the Frontiers in Science Vascular Disease Summit during Scientific Sessions 2016. See all the Frontiers in Science Summits offered this year.

• Resuscitation Science Symposium: Selected Posters
• Resuscitation Science Symposium: Selected Oral Abstracts - Clinical and Cardiac Arrest Epidemiology
• Late Breaking Clinical Trials 01 - Big Trials for Big Questions
  • EUCLID
  • Precision
  • HOPE-3
  • TRUE-AHF  
• 2016 Poster Winner: Clinical Science

A Conversation with Nobel Laureate James Rothman

Steve Houser, PhD, president of the American Heart Association, interviews James Rothman, who was invited the give the Nobel Laureate Lecture for Scientific Sessions 2016.

PIONEERing the FUTURE of HeART Interventions

Tim Gardner, MD, past president of the American Heart Association, Manesh Patel, and Laura Mauri, MD provide an overview of the late-breaking clinical trial science on outcomes in cardiovascular interventions presented for Scientific Sessions 2016.

Risk Reduction Strategies on a Global Stage

Sid Smith, MD, past president of the American Heart Association, Mark Huffman, MD, MPH, and Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD discuss some recent global risk reduction strategy initiatives.

Cell Therapy Ready for Prime Time?

Timothy Henry, MD, reviews the latest clinical science special reports on cell therapy presented for Scientific Sessions 2016.

• Clinical Science Special Reports 03 - Risk Reduction Strategies on a Global Stage
  • Video: Risk Reduction Strategies on a Global Stage
  • Response 2
  • HCPIA (Argentina)
  • GHP-CHANGE
  • BiomarCaRE
     
• Late Breaking Clinical Trials 02 - Pioneering the Future of HeART Interventions
  • ART
  • FUTURE
  • PIONEER AF-PCI
  • GARY  
     
• 2016 Poster Winner – Population Science (Preventive Interventions) 
• 2016 Poster Winner – Population Science (Sports Cardiology) 
• 2016 Poster Winner – Special Focus
• 2016 Poster Winner – Basic Science
• Clinical Science Special Reports 01 - Cell Therapy: Ready for Prime Time?
  • MOBILE
  • PACE
  • POSEIDON-DCM
  • TIME

Dark Genome: Non-Coding RNA’s in Cardiovascular Disease

Stefanie Dimmeler, MD, PhD discusses the science she delivered Tuesday as the Paul Dudley White Lecturer.

Hi Impact EP Registries and Clinical Trials

Gordon Tomaselli, MD, Past President, American Heart Association, and Mark Estes, MD, review the high impact EP registries and clinical trials presented for Scientific Sessions 2016 in New Orleans.

Insights from New Therapeutic Trials for Lipids
Anne C. Goldberg, MD, Raul Santos, MD, MSc, PhD, and Seth Martin, MD, MHS review the new therapeutic lipids trials that were presented during Scientific Sessions 2016.

• Late Breaking Clinical Trials 03 - Insights from New Therapeutic Trials for Lipids
  • Orion-1-a
  • GLAGOV
  • AEGIS-I
  • Ionis-angptl3-lRx Reduces Plasma Angptl3 and Lipids in Healthy Volunteers With Elevated Triglycerides
  • MILANO-PILOT  
     

• Clinical Science Special Reports 04 - Hi Impact EP Registries and Clinical Trials 
  
  • SMAC AF
  • ASSERT II
  • POST SCD
  • Re-Verse Ad
     
• Clinical Science Special Reports 02 - Precision Medicine on the Front Lines
  • GUASS 3
  • Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Norway
  • A Loss-of-Function Variant in CETP Is Associated With Altered Lipid Metabolism but Not With CD
  • A Multi-Site Investigation of MACE Outcomes in a Real-World Setting

Top Science Stories from Scientific Sessions 2016

Steve Houser, MD, president, American Heart Association, Frank Sellke, MD, and Eric Peterson, MD review the big science stories from Scientific Sessions 2016 in New Orleans.

Guiding the momentum to effect heart failure outcomes
Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, James C. Fang, MD, and Milton Packer, MD review the heart failure science presented during Scientific Sessions 2016 in New Orleans.

• Late Breaking Clinical Trials 04 - Guiding the Momentum to Effect HF Outcomes- Ironing out the Wrinkles
  • REDUCE LAP HF
  • ATHENA-HF
  • IRONOUT HF
  • EFFECT-HF
  • MOMENTUM 3
  • multiSENSE