Cardiovascular Grand Rounds - 2021

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Date Presenter Details
December 16, 2021

Marco Spaziano, MD
Interventional Cardiology, MUHC
Assistant Professor, McGill University

2019 & 2020 Dr. George Fraser Award Recipient

Improving care pathways of STEMI patients through a novel mobile application

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December 9, 2021

Émilie Laplante, RN
Nurse Practitioner
St. Mary's Hospital

Mathieu Walker, MD
Director, Division of Cardiology
St. Mary's Hospital

HFpEF Beyond the guidelines - Case presentation  

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December 2, 2021

Allan D. Sniderman, MD FRSC
Edwards Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
McGill University

Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Questions that need to be asked. Answers that need to be found.

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November 25, 2021 Matthias G. Friedrich, MD FESC FACC FSCMR
Cardiologist
Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, McGill University Health Centre
Scientific Director, Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program

The Impact of Processed Food on Cardiovascular Disease

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November 18, 2021
McGill University/MUHC Third Annual Women's Heart Health Symposium
Cardiovascular Emergencies in Women 

Keynote Speaker:
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD FACC FAHA FESC
Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Sex Differences in ACS Presentation

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November 11, 2021

Jean Francois Yale, MD, CSPQ, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
McGill University Health Centre

Effects of novel therapies on progression of diabetic nephropathies

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November 4, 2021 Nicolo Piazza, MD PhD FRCPC FESC FACC
Co-Director, Interventional Congenital & Structural Heart Disease Program

Clinical case examples from the transcatheter valve clinic

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October 28, 2021 Isabelle Malhamé, MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Obstetric Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Challenges in the anticoagulation management of patients with mechanical heart valves in pregnancy

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October 21, 2021 Matthias G. Friedrich, MD FESC FACC FSCMR
Cardiologist 
Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, McGill University Health Centre 
Scientific Director, Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program

New Developments in Cardiac MR Imaging

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October 14, 2021 Robert Scott Kiss, PhD
Associate Professor
McGill University

Warburg-Micro Syndrome is caused by a cholesterol biosynthesis deficiency

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October 7, 2021

Professor Mark Petrie
Professor of Cardiology, University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Management of Hyperkalemia in Patients with Heart Failure

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September 30, 2021

Melissa Garcia, MSN, NP 

Magdi Sami, MD
Division of Cardiology
MUHC

Clinical challenges of the AF Clinic. Interesting cases for discussion

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September 23, 2021

Faiez Zannad, MD PhD
Professor Emeritus of Therapeutics-Cardiology University of Lorraine, CHU of Nancy, France
Doctor of Medicine (University of Lorraine)
Specialist in Cardiology, Principal Investigator of the EMPEROR Preserved study

Heart failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, what is new?

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September 16, 2021

James Brophy, MD PhD
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
McGill University 

Bayes meets the NEJM

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September 9, 2021 Magdi Sami, MD
Cardiology Division
MUHC

Highlights from ESC 2021

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June 17, 2021

Joy Outerbridge Sjoberg
RN (Edinburgh) BScN.(UBC) M.Sc. (University of London South Bank) M.Ed. Adult Learning and Global Change (UBC)

The INUIT - The Impact of History, Socioeconomy Forces and Climate Today in Nunavik-Hudson and Ungava 

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June 10, 2021 Giuseppe Martucci, MD FRCP(C)
Interventional Cardiology
Adult Congenital & Structural Heart Disease (Co-Director)
McGill University Health Centre
Assistant Professor
McGill University 

Acute Heart Failure: An Interventional Perspective

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June 3, 2021

Abhinav Sharma, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Experimental Medicine
McGill University
Director, Heart Failure Fellowship Program
Director, DREAM-CV Lab
McGill University Health Centre

How Formula-1 Races Can Improve Quality of Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Introducing the DECIDE-CV™ Clinic

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May 27, 2021
Maurice McGregor Cardiovascular Research Day

Participants must register for the event (Deadline May 26th - 11:30PM)

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May 20, 2021 Nicolo Piazza, MD PhD FRCPC FESC FACC
Co-Director, Interventional Congenital & Structural Heart Disease Program

Transcatheter mitral valve replacement - are we reaching the “SUMMIT”?

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May 13, 2021 Ariane Marelli, MD MPH
Professor of Medicine
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence

Lifespan Perspective on Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes- Is it possible and how do we get there?

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May 6, 2021 Jacqueline Joza, MD
Division of Cardiology
McGill University Health Centre

Welcome to the Future: Cardiac Conduction Pacing and Beyond

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April 29, 2021

Thao Huynh Thanh, MD PhD
Division of Cardiology
McGill University Health Centre

Whose lives matter?

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April 22, 2021

Martin L. Bernier, MD
Co-Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program

Stereotactic VT Ablation

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April 15, 2021

Nadia Giannetti, MD
Associate Physician-in-Chief
McGill University Health Centre

Abhinav Sharma, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Experimental Medicine

2021 Heart Failure guidelines: new and improved!

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April 8, 2021 George Thanassoulis, MD MSc FRCP(C)
Director, Preventive and Genomic Cardiology
FRQ-S Clinician-Scientist/Chercheur-Boursier Clinicien
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University
McGill University Health Centre

HERE THEY ARE:  The new 2021 CCS dyslipidemia guidelines! 

Objectives:
1. Provide an evidence-based context to the new 2021 dyslipidemia recommendations 
2. Discuss the clinical utility of lipoprotein(a) and apoliporoteinB
3. Provide clinical context to the new guidelines through case-based discussion

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April 1, 2021 Thomas Mavrakanas, MD MSc FRCPC FASN
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
McGill University
Montreal, Canada

Anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with AF and advanced kidney disease or kidney failure: DOACs, VKAs, or no anticoagulation?

Learning Objectives:
1. Clinical use of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with advanced kidney disease: potential advantages and limitations
2. Anticoagulant-related nephropathy: association of anticoagulant choice with acute kidney injury and chronic renal failure progression
3. Use of oral anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients on maintenance dialysis

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March 25, 2021 Matthias G. Friedrich, MD FESC FACC FSCMR
Cardiologist 
Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, McGill University Health Centre 
Scientific Director, Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program

Post-COVID Syndrome and the Heart

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March 18, 2021 Vidal Essebag, MD PhD FRCPC FACC FHRS
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, McGill University Health Centre
Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Recent trials in AF and impact on AF guidelines

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March 11, 2021

Jacques Genest, MD FRCP(C) Cardiologist
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center

Laura Craigie, RN BN MSc(A) CCN(C) 
Advance Practice Nurse, Cardiology, Medical Mission, MUHC

Patrick R. Melanson, MD
Associate Professor (Clinical), Emergency Medicine

Giuseppina Angelicola, RN BScN
Student in Master Applied Science of Nursing McGill University 

GENEST: Overview of CODE BLUE Clinical flags, algorithms, COVID precautions, legal oversight, CODE MAUVE; introduction to ERT

GRAIGIE: Statistics on CODE BLUE 2019 vs. 2021; adherence to proper procedures; Major concerns

MELANSON: Evolution towards Emergency Response Team, role of CODE BLUE team, Feedback sessions

ANGELICOLA: Implementation of CODE BLUE Debriefing at the MUHC

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February 25, 2021

Richard Haichin, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Can we not get rid of Coumadin?

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February 18, 2021 George Thanassoulis, MD MSc FRCP(C)
Director, Preventive and Genomic Cardiology
FRQ-S Clinician-Scientist/Chercheur-Boursier Clinicien
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University
McGill University Health Centre

Icosapent ethyl - from REDUCE-IT to EVAPORATE and more

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February 11, 2021 Jacques Genest, MD FRCP(C) Cardiologist
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Genetic Lipid Disorders: Precision care, personalized medicine -mAb, siRNA, apheresis and gene therapy

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February 4, 2021

Nikola Stikov, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute
Co-Director of NeuroPoly, the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory at École Polytechnique, University of Montreal

Thinking outside the black-box: A vendor neutral solution to quantitative MRI

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January 28, 2021

Amale Ghandour, MSc
Adult Nurse Practitioner (cardiology and cardiac surgery) 
Division of cardiology and cardiac surgery, MUHC 

SGLT-2 inhibitors : more than a diabetes treatment

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January 21, 2021 Ali O. Abualsaud, MD FRCPC
Assistant professor of Medicine, McGill University
Interventional Cardiology & Adult Congenital Heart Diseases
Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for the treatment of Chronic ThromboEmbolic Pulmonary Hypertension

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January 14, 2021

Jan Steffel, MD, FESC FEHRA FHRS
Vice Chairman and Professor of Cardiology at the University Hospital Zurich
Senior Consultant in Invasive Electrophysiology and Implantable Cardiac Devices

Comparing the European AF guidelines vs the Canadian : Where do we differ? 

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