Drug-Eluting Stent Management Dilemmas II

How Do you Manage the Patient with Recent Drug Eluting Stent Placement Who Requires Urgent Non-cardiac Surgery?

H. Vernon (Skip) Anderson, MD



ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

From the 10th Biennial IAGS Meeting (January 25–31, 2009) South Africa

ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction I
Speakers: Howard Cohen, Michael Mooney
Moderator: William O’Neill
Panelists: George Vetrovec, Adam Greenbaum, Tim Fischell

INTRODUCTION
William O’Neill, MD: We are going to go ahead and shift focus a little bit. I was thinking this morning that one of the great things about this meeting is that sometimes you can get an “ah ha” moment or an insight and I got that yesterday when I was listening to Bonnie (Weiner) speak about messaging. If



10th Biennial Meeting

Purpose and Overview

Introduction to the Proceedings from the
10th Biennial Meeting of the
International Andreas Gruentzig Society
held January 25–31 in Cape Town, South Africa

From its beginnings at the first gathering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1990, the International Andreas Gruentzig Society (IAGS) has brought together cardiovascular specialists from around the world to honor Andreas Gruentzig and continue the spirit of his innovation that led to the development of coronary angioplasty in the mid 1970’s. Over the years, the attendees of this meetin



Introducing the IAGS blog

Visit this space regularly for selected blogs from IAGS members providing updates from the sessions presented during the 10th Biennial IAGS Meeting (held in South Africa in January 2009) and related discussions.

PROGRAM
Drug-eluting Stent Design: Perils, Potential, Progress
Speakers: James Zidar, Campbell Rogers
Moderator: Nickolas Kipshidze
Panelists: Michael Mooney, Thomas Mabin, Jamey Jacobs, Hall Whitworth

Drug-eluting Stent Management Dilemmas I
Speakers: Alfredo Rodriguez, Bonnie Weiner
Moderator: Richard Gray
Panelists: George Vetrovec, J. Jef