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Sunday, February 12, 2006 — 8:30 AM — Regency V
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- Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases of Native and Prosthetic Heart Valves and Devices
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Moderators:
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Bruce McManus, St. Paul's Hospital/UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Jagdish Butany, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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| 8:30 | Pathology of Inflammatory Diseases of Native Human Heart Valves - John Veinot, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| 9:00 | Pathology and Pathogenesis of Infective Endocarditis in Native Heart Valves - Gaetano Thiene, University of Padua, Padua, Italy |
| 9:30 | Pathology of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases of Prosthetic Heart Valves - Jagdish Butany, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:30 | Pathology of Ventricular Assist Devices and the Role of Biofilms - Robert F. Padera, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 11:00 | Presentation by the SCVP's Distinguished Achievement Award Winner: New Frontiers in the Pathology and Therapy of Heart Valve Disease - Frederick J. Schoen, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| This topic is of broad relevance to the current practice of cardiovascular pathology, hence to the surgical and autopsy pathologists who deal with both native and prosthetic heart valves and devices. |
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