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Would you recommend percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to a 60 year old man with single vessel disease and silent RCA ischemia and normal LVEF by perfusion scan?
Aggressive medical therapy only.
Aggressive medical therapy with follow-up perfusion scans.
PCI with bare metal stents (BMS) in addition to medical therapy.
PCI with drug eluting stents (DES) in addition to medical therapy.
Need additional trial data in this patient population.
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SIS 2009 Symposia

SIS 2009 Course Directors

Mark Reisman, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Research & Education
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

William A. Gray, MD
Director of Endovascular Services
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Faculty

Gabriel S. Aldea, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
William K. Edmark Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Section Chief, Adult Cardiac Care
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Peter Casterella, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Seattle Cardiology
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

George Dangas, MD, PhD
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Director, Academic Affairs and Interventional Pharmacology
New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Larry S. Dean, MD
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Amish Desai, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Tim Dewhurst, MD
Cardiologist
The Polyclinic
Seattle, Washington

David Gartman, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
Swedish Cardiac Surgery
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Steven L. Goldberg, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Paul Huang, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Cardiovascular Research & Education
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Howard S. Lewis, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

William L. Lombardi, MD
Medical Director
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
St. Joseph Hospital
Bellingham, Washington

Vinay Malhotra, MD
CT Angiography
Cardiac Study Center
Tacoma, Washington

John L. Petersen II, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Research
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Gregg Stone, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Research and Education
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
Columbia University Medical Center
Chairman, Cardiovascular Research Foundation
New York, New York

R. Jeffrey Westcott, MD
Medical Director
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Swedish Medical Center
Medical Director
Seattle Cardiology
Seattle, Washington

S. Chiu Wong, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York