Faculty members with the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center will give key presentations at the upcoming 2023 ACC Conference, the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.

The high-profile event is being held in partnership with the World Congress of Cardiology in New Orleans March 4-6.

To learn more about research and education activities, meet faculty members or discover how Houston Methodist is leading medicine across the full spectrum of cardiac care, please visit us at ACC Conference Booth #1928 or stop by one of our many oral and poster presentations.

Speaking highlights include:

Late Breaking – Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Aortic Stenosis Patients at Low Surgical Risk: 3-Year Outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk Trial

Be in the room for the exciting first reveal of this transformative TAVI research.

Presenters: John Forrest, Michael Reardon (PI), et al

Details: March 5, 2023, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM, Great Hall

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Highlighted Original Research: Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease and the Year in Review

This session features a keynote address from a leading physician in pediatric and congenital heart disease and presents the top pediatric and congenital heart disease abstracts of ACC.23/WCC.

Presenter: Huie Lin, Co-Chair

Details: March 5, 2023, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM, Room 238

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Hemodynamic Controversies in Valvular Heart Disease Diagnosis and Management

Understand how differences in hemodynamic conditions may influence the accurate assessment of valvular heart disease and recognize the strengths and limitations of different methods of assessing valvular heart disease severity.

Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Why Guidelines Can't Agree on Definitions of Severe

Presenter: William Zoghbi, Panelist

Details: March 5, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, La Nouvelle C

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Interventional Echocardiography Update 2023: Joint Symposium of the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology

Review the recent updated guidelines in training and screening in structural heart disease utilizing both a didactic and case-based approach in adults with acquired and congenital heart disease.

Presenter: Stephen Little, Co-Chair

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Case Presentation – My Toughest Imaging Case and Lessons Learned: Transcatheter-Mitral Valve Replacement

Presenter: Nadeen Nader Faza

Details: March 6, 2023, 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM, Room 227

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