I’m here in New Orleans for the start of AHA’s 2008 Annual Scientific Session. With over 30,000 attendees, this meeting is a great opportunity for cardiovascular professionals to catch up on the latest science. I know several important late-breaking trials will be released in the next couple of days, and I’m looking forward to working with our colleagues at AHA.

Annual meetings, like AHA or ACC’s ACC.09 in March, are an important opportunity for physicians to enhance their medical knowledge and learn from colleagues across the country and around the globe. There’s an exchange of clinical information and ideas at these meetings that just doesn’t happen anywhere else. Physicians get to learn first-hand about the newest methods and clinical evidence from leading experts. Leaving the meetings, they have a new-found knowledge they can put into their own practice to ensure patient value – the highest quality of care at the most effective cost.