New Zealand Beyond Statins
Time: 7.15 am - 8.15 am (breakfast served at 6.45 am)
Speakers: Professor Ralph Stewart (Chair), Associate Professor Adam J Nelson
Synopsis: Contemporary guidelines recommend lower LDL-C cholesterol goals and more intensive treatment regimens. However despite these recommendations, many patients struggle to reach their LDL cholesterol goals leaving them at elevated risk for adverse cardiovascular events. RNA-based therapeutics is ushering in a new era of molecules that may not only help us address medication adherence allowing more patients to reach LDL-C goals, but enable us to completely re-think our preventive care paradigms.
Initial local and global experience with the PulseSelect Field Ablation System
Time: 7.15 am - 8.15 am (breakfast served at 6.45 am)
Speaker: Dr Nigel Lever