Cardiovascular conference coming to area

Medical professionals are flocking to New Orleans for the New Cardiovascu-lar Horizons, the nation’s fourth largest cardiovascular conference.

Founded by Dr. Craig Walker, president and medical director of Houma’s Cardiovascu-lar Institute of the South, the conference encompasses the management, treatment and evaluation of all fields of medicine with a primary focus on peripheral arterial (PAD) and cardiovascular disease.

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 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 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 (CLI) Summit, which brings together world leaders to address the “global epidemic” of CLI, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and amputations. Additionally, NCVH will include live satellite broadcasts of cases performed at Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, as well as an international case from Leipzig, Germany. A panel of world-renowned physicians will narrate and discuss the cases.

“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,” Walker said.

For more information on NCVH, visit www.newcvhorizons.com or call 1-337-993-7920.