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2008 Fifth National ACHA Conference: Post-conference follow-up
Thank you to everyone who joined us May 1-4 , 2008 for ACHA's Fifth National Conference at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott in Philadelphia, PA!
Following are links to PDF files of many of the presentations given at the conference, arranged chronologically.
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Friday
Key Recent Developments in ACHD Care (Gary Webb, MD): Download PDF
Eisenmenger's Syndrome (Michael McConnell, MD): Download PDF
Get the Beat: Avoiding and Treating Rhythm Problems (Larry A. Rhodes, MD): Download PDF
It's All in the Pump: Avoiding and Treating Heart Failure (William R. Davidson, Jr., MD): Download PDF
Fontan/Norwood (Gary Webb, MD; Barbara J. Deal, MD): Download PDF
Rastelli/Arterial Switch (Jean A. Ballweg, MD): Download PDF
Heart Rhythm Treatment: What's New? What's Around the Corner? (James C. Perry, MD): Download PDF
Medications and Interventions (Barbara J. Deal, MD): Download PDF
Heart Rhythm Devices (Joshua M. Cooper, MD): Download PDF
What's New in ACHD Surgery? (Thomas L. Spray, MD): Download PDF
What's New in Pulmonary Hypertension? (Michael Landzberg, MD; Donna Turransky, RN): Download PDF
What's New in Transplant? (Lee R. Goldberg, MD, MPH): Download PDF
Managing Your Anticoagulation (Mitchell S. Laskin, RPh): Download PDF
What Everyone Should Know About Advanced Directives (Elizabeth D. Shore, MSW, CSW): Download PDF
Saturday
10 Things Every ACHDer Should Know (Amy Verstappen, MEd): Download PDF
What Every ACHDer Should Know About Their Medical Records (Jim Wong, PhD): Download PDF
Insurance: The Challenges and Possilibities (Symme Trachtenberg, MSW): Download PDF
Traveling with CHD: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles (Arwa Saidi, MB, BCh): Download PDF
More on Medical Records (Jim Wong, PhD): Download PDF
Adoption for ACHDers (Loretta Ninivaggi, NP): Download PDF
Panel: Heart and Mind (Adrienne Kovacs, PhD; Gil Wernovsky, MD; Kathleen McCue, LSW, CCLS; Maggie Lichtenberg, PCC; Suzanne Bores, LCSW): Download PDF
Managing Depression and Anxiety (Adrienne Kovacs, PhD): Download PDF
Helping Your Children Manage Your CHD (Kathleen McCue, LSW, CCLS): Download PDF
What's New: ACHD and Exercise (Disty Pearson, PA-C): Download PDF
Ask the Experts: Keeping Fit with CHD (George H. Warren, MD; Kimberly Russell): Download PDF
Getting Started with Exercise (Disty Pearson, PA-C): Download PDF
Taking Charge of Your Health: For Young Adults (Adrienne Kovacs, PhD): Download PDF
CHD, the Brain, and Learning: What Does the Data Say? (Gil Wernovsky, MD): Download PDF
Sunday
CHD and Genetics (Elizabeth A. Sparks, MS, C-NP): Download PDF
CHD and the Environment (Christopher Loffredo, PhD): Download PDF
More on Causation (Elizabeth A. Sparks, MS, C-NP): Download PDF
Communicating with Your Health Care Team (Desiree Fleck, RN, MSN, CRNP): Download PDF
More on End-of-life Planning (Jeanine Harrison, MN< APN): Download PDF
Report from the ACHA Research Symposium (MIchael Landzberg, MD): Download PDF
NIH: What Do They Do For You? (Jim Wong, PhD): Download PDF
Questions? E-mail conference@achaheart.org or call ACHA's office at (888) 921-ACHA.