The Symposium on Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Advancements in Oral Anticoagulation Therapy & LAA Closure 2019

This enduring educational activity is comprised of proceedings from an educational symposium held at ACC.19 in New Orleans.

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Session I: LAA Closure for Stroke Prevention
	Conceptual Basis of LAAC & Outcomes: Mortality and Net Clinical Benefit Vivek Reddy
	Device-Related Thrombus: Incidence, Management & Outcomes Miguel Valderrábano
	Why LAAC? Understanding Intracranial Hemorrhage Risk before It Happens Edip Gurol
	Case Presentation: Watchman-Flex Implantation William Whang
	Panel Discussion *Moderator:* Vivek Reddy *Panel:* William Whang, Edip Gurol and Miguel Valderrábano
Session II: AF-Related Stroke & Anticoagulation
	NOAC Use in “Special Populations”: CKD, Liver Disease, Obesity, Elderly Valentin Fuster
	Using NOAC Reversal Agents: When and How? Jonathan Halperin
	Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: Incidence and Management Taya Glotzer
	Panel Discussion *Moderator:* Johnathan Halperin *Panel:* Vivek Reddy and Taya Glotzer

Educational support provided by:

Boston Scientific.

Program Director

Vivek Reddy, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Program Director

	Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC Director, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
	Edip Gurol, MD, MSc Director of High Hemorrhage Risk Stroke Prevention Clinic Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
	Taya Glotzer, MD, FACC, FHRS Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ
	Jonathan Halperin, MD Professor of Medicine, Cardiology The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
	Miguel Valderrábano, MD, FACC Lois and Carl Davis Centennial Chair, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Professor of Cardiology, Institute for Academic Medicine Associate Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist Houston, TX
	William Whang, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY