The largest peripheral
arterial disease medical conference
and 4th largest cardiovascular
conference in the nation,
New Cardiovascular Horizons
will be held in New Orleans
July 9-11 at The Roosevelt
hotel. NCVH is the only true
multidisciplinary conference
that encompasses the management,
treatment and evaluation
of all fields of medicine with a
primary focus on PAD and cardiovascular
disease.
Dr. Craig Walker,
founder, president and medical
director of Cardiovascular Institute
of the South in Houma,
founded NCVH in 1999.
NCVH currently operates as a
nonprofit organization, and CIS
is the continuing medical education
provider for the conference
through certification from
the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
PAD is a debilitating
disease that often affects blood
flow in the lower extremities, as
well as other critical areas.
Often, the recommended treatment
is amputation; however,
recent peripheral arterial interventions
can restore blood flow
allowing patients a high quality
of life without limitations.
As the population continues
to get older, the prevalence
of PAD is increasing, but
new technologies continue to be
developed expanding new treatment
options. NCVH serves as
a forum for the release of new
technologies and for the sharing
of new treatment options
among physicians and other
health care professionals.
NCVH will be the first
conference to be held at The
Roosevelt, which features 504
guest rooms, 60,000 sq. ft. of
flexible meeting and banquet
space, and a fully restored and
world-famous Blue Room
which allows the historic hotel
to accommodate more than
1,200 attendees, 90 exhibitors
and 160 faculty for the threeday
conference.
Attracting thousands
of medical professionals worldwide,
NCVH will offer discussions
on the latest
advancements in limb salvage,
podiatry, wound care and peripheral
arterial disease treatment
as well as catheterization
lab advancements.
This year, renowned
physicians from around the
world such as Julio Palmaz,
M.D., the inventor of the coronary
stent that bears his name,
and Edward Dietrich,M.D., the
inventor of the sternal saw used
in open heart surgery, are
scheduled to present as faculty
at the meeting.
Registration is still
open and includes seven meals
and a variety of social events
with New Orleans flavor. The
conference will feature the 5th
Annual International Multidisciplinary
Critical Limb Ischemia
Summit, which brings
together world leaders to address
the “global epidemic” of
CLI, deep vein thrombosis and
amputations.
Additionally, NCVH
will include live satellite broadcasts
of cases performed at Terrebonne
General Medical
Center in Houma, La as well as
an international case from
Leipzig, Germany. A panel of
world-renowned physicians
will narrate and discuss the
cases.
Conference founders
and co-chairs are Dr. Craig
Walker of Cardiovascular Institute
of the South and Dr. David
Allie of the Louisiana Cardiovascular
and Limb Salvage
Center.
“This conference is really
aimed at the entire spectrum
of the treatment of patients
with cardiovascular disease —
not just the heart, but disease
from head to toe,” said Dr.
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