The American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session & Expo

The American College of Cardiology together with the World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.23/WCC) will host its 2023 Annual Scientific Session & Expo in New Orleans, LA, on March 4 – 6, 2023. ACC.23/WCC is your time to network with colleagues, see the latest science and innovation, and learn about practice-changing updates in care.

In tandem with ACC.23/WCC in New Orleans, LA, ACC is planning a robust and engaging ACC.23/WCC Virtual that will allow colleagues who are unable to attend in person to participate in real-time with a global audience and on demand.

View the Schedule-At-A-Glance for additional details.

March 4, 2023

Developing a Cardio-Obstetrics Program in Your Institution: Advice From Both Cardiologists and Maternal Fetal Medicine Physicians

Co-Chair, Session Number 7010
On Demand 8: 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Colleen Harrington, MD

Developing a Cardio-Obstetrics Program in Your Institution

Discussant, Session Number: 7010
8:00 a.m.
Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP

Non-clinical Challenges Facing Cath Lab Programs

Session Number: 604
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Ada C. Stefanescu Schmidt, MD, MSc

Statins to Prevent the Cardiotoxicity From Anthracyclines: The STOP-CA Trial

Session Number: 402
Great Hall: 10:10 a.m. – 10:22 a.m.
Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH

Cardiovascular Care in the Post Dobbs Era

Chair
Heart 2 Heart Stage: 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Malissa J. Wood, MD

Critical Care Cardiology Intensive I: Cardiogenic Shock - Featuring the 54th Annual Louis F. Bishop Keynote

Co-Chair, Intensive, Session 51
La Nouvelle B: 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
David M. Dudzinski, MD

A New Marker for High-risk Coronary Plaques: A Proteomics and Optical Coherence Tomography Study

The "I's" Have It: ICE, IVUS, and Other Invasive Imaging
Multimodality Imaging Moderated Poster Theater 12, Hall F: 1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Takayuki Yamamoto, MD

CardioSmart Health Equity Hub Panel

Panelist
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Cardiovascular Risk and Systemic Inflammation in Professional Rugby: An Unexpected Prevalence

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Cliodhna McHugh

Plaque Burden, Plaque Vulnerability and Vascular Inflammation

The "I's" Have It: ICE, IVUS, and Other Invasive Imaging
Multimodality Imaging Moderated Poster Theater 12, Hall F: 1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Keishi Suzuki, MD

Sex Differences in the Pattern of Coronary Plaque Progression

Interventional and Structural: Coronary Interventions 5
Poster Hall F: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Lena

Critical Care Cardiology Intensive II: Cardiac Arrest - Global Approaches to Cardiac Arrest Care: Inequities and Solutions

Co-Chair, Intensive, Session 52
La Nouvelle B: 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
David M. Dudzinski, MD

RV Size Measured by Deep Learning Predicts Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure and Mortality

Spotlight on Special Topics: Spotlight on Special Topics: Innovation, Digital Health, and Technology 7
Poster Hall F: 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Mostafa Al-Alusi, MD; Kavya Kopparapu; Pulkit Singh, BA; Paolo Di Achille; Emily Shou Wai Lau, MD, MPH; Christopher Reeder, PhD; Shaan Khurshid, MD; Patrick Ellinor, MD, PhD; Jennifer Ho, MD; Michael H. Picard, MD; Puneet Batra, PhD; Steven Lubitz, MD, MPH

FIT Forum: Mix and Mingle

Session Number: 404
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Ada C. Stefanescu Schmidt, MD, MSc

Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Educational Symposium and FREE Dinner

Sponsored by Heartfelt Dreams Foundation
Omni Riverfront Hotel, New Orleans: 6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Ada C. Stefanescu Schmidt, MD, MSc, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD, and Christopher Learn, MD
This event is registered as an independent certified event affiliated with ACC.

March 5, 2023

Effect of Medicare Advantage on Hospital Readmission and Mortality Ranking: Implications for Value-based Programs

Oral Presentation: Young Investigator Award Competition
Andrew Oseran, MD

Cardiovascular Health of Masters Athlete

Co-Chair
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH

Association Between Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression and Cardiovascular Events in Female Patients With Cancer

Presentation Number: 1045-05
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH and Giselle Suero Abreu, MD

When Routine Becomes Interesting: How to Deal With Surprises and a Toolbox for Challenging Cases in Congenital and Structural Interventions

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ada C. Stefanescu Schmidt, MD, MSc

I Just Sent You Twenty-Five Recordings of My Heart Rhythm. Can You Look At Them?

Doc, My Watch Says I Have AF: Integrating Consumer-facing Device Findings Into Clinical Care
Room 335: 9:55 a.m.
Mostafa Al-Alusi, MD

Predictors of Persistent Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Report of the iSCAD Registry

Hall F: 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Malissa J. Wood, MD

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials III 

Panelist: Session Number 406
Great Hall: 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Malissa J. Wood, MD

Diagnosis of ICI Myocarditis: ECHO First, Any Role for PET?

Session Number: 676
Room 229: 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH

Adjudication of Heart Failure Hospitalization Using Natural Language Processing in the Electronic Health Record

Session Number: 911-05
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Jonathan Cunningham, MD; Pulkit Singh, BA; Emily Shou Wai Lau, MD, MPH; Shaan Khurshid, MD; Julian Haimovich, MD; Ashby Turner, MD; Xin Wang, PhD; Scott D. Solomon, MD; Patrick Ellinor, MD, PhD; Steven Lubitz, MD, MPH; Puneet Batra, PhD; Jennifer Ho, MD

Microvascular and Metabolic Reserve in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Session Number: 1593-173
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Jenifer M. Brown, MD; Emily Shou Wai Lau, MD, MPH; Sanjay Divakaran, MD; Leanne Barrett Goldstein; Anna Perillo; Wesley Xiong; Jennifer Ho, MD; Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD

Top 10 Considerations in Management of INOCA

Top 10 Breakthroughs in the Cardiovascular Disease in Women From Pregnancy to Menopause
Room 213: 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Colleen Harrington, MD

Speaker on Menopause Transitions and Hormone Replacement

Top 10 Breakthroughs in the Cardiovascular Disease in Women From Pregnancy to Menopause
Room 213: 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Athlete ECG

Panelist
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH

Toward Precision Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Keynote Speaker: Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award 
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP

Statins to Prevent the Cardiotoxicity From Anthracyclines: The STOP-CA Trial

Session Number: 408
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH

Cardio-Obstetrics: Disparities and Long Term CVD Risk

Moderator: Session Number 1069
Hall F Moderated Theater 4: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Malissa J. Wood, MD

Imaging for Two: Cardiovascular Imaging

Chair: Session Number 705
Pregnancy Room 227: 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Malissa J. Wood, MD

March 6, 2023

Why Do We Do What We Do? Can We Do Better? Ethics and Comprehensive Care in Valvular Heart Disease

Co-Chair, Scientific, Session 726
Room 221: 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
David M. Dudzinski, MD

Coronary Inflammation and Plaque Vulnerability: A Coronary Computed Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Highlighted Original Research: Multimodality Imaging and the Year in Review
Room 229: 9:19 a.m. – 9:29 a.m.
Haruhito Yuki, MD

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Progression of Atherosclerosis Among Patients With Lung Cancer

Poster Contribution
Poster Hall F: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Zsofia Drobni, MD

We Can Versus We Should: Procedural Management of Cardiac Diseases in Pregnancy

Co-Chair, Session Number 740
La Nouvelle B: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Colleen Harrington, MD

Athlete Imaging

Co-Chair
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH

Myocarditis: What Is Fueling the Flame?

Session Number: 729
Room 252: 11:00 a.m.
Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH

Drugs and Lifestyle: Tools for Hypertension in Pregnancy

Session Number: 738 
11:30 a.m.
Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP

How Does Sex Affect Etiology of Heart Failure? Differences Between Women and Men in the PREFER-HF Study

Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies: Clinical Science 17
Poster Hall F: 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sharon Grossman, MD; Melvin G. Joice, MD; Pradeep Sundaram Rajendran, MD; James A. Alzate, MD; Christy Taylor, MD, MPH; Reza Mohebi, MD; Davis Kimaiyo, MD; Kemar Brown, MD; Megan McCullough, MD; Yuxi Liu, MS; Kyra Weaver, Jason Chen, MD, PhD; Mia Grayson; James L. Januzzi, MD; Hanna Kim Gaggin, MD, MPH

Atrial Fibrillation Prior to Heart Failure Onset Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Patient Regardless of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies: Clinical Science 18
Poster Hall F: 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Pradeep Sundaram Rajendran, MD; Yuxi Liu, MS; Sharon Grossman, MD; Melvin G. Joice, MD; James A. Alzate, MD; Davis Kimaiyo, MD; Christy Taylor, MD, MPH; Reza Mohebi, MD; Kemar Brown, MD; Kyra Weaver; Jason Chen, MD, PhD; Mia Grayson; James L. Januzzi, MD; Hanna Kim Gaggin, MD, MPH

Comparison of Maximal Oxygen Consumption Predicted From Consumer Wearables Vs. Measured Using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sarah Gustus, MS, ATC

Expanding Horizons: Multimodality Imaging in Special Populations

Poster Moderator
Multimodality Imaging Moderated Poster Theater 12, Hall F: 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Michael T. Osborne, MD

Sports Cardiology Wrap-up

Panelist
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH

Expand Your Differential: Recognizing the Unique Chest Pain Presentations in Women

Panelist: Session Number 759
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Malissa J. Wood, MD

Other

Learn by Doing: Immersive Simulation Experiences

Simulation Lounge
March 4 – March 6, 2023
Ada C. Stefanescu Schmidt, MD, MSc, Proctoring

The POCUS Recording Studio: Ethical and Legal Implications of Image Storage and Report

Session 664
David M. Dudzinski, MD

Through Thick and Thin: Anticoagulation Agents in Valvular Heart Disease

Co-Chairs, Session 700
David M. Dudzinski, MD, Suzanne J. Baron, MD, MSc