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The Engage Stage and Heart2Heart Stage combine to offer attendees unique and interactive ways to learn and connect over the course of ACC.25. In addition, ACC.25 will debut two new learning experiences — Fireside Chats and Town Halls — which combine with the Gameshow Room to provide attendees with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the learning process, to support deeper learning, and improve retention and the application of knowledge.

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Quick Links: Engage Stage • Fireside Chats • Gameshow Room • Heart2Heart Stage • Town Hall

Engage Stage

Get all the questions to your answers at the Engage Stage. Cheer on your favorite ACC Chapter in the annual Battle of the Chapters FIT Jeopardy Competition and find out which team will be crowned this year's Jeopardy Champion. The ENGAGING line-up also includes the Young Investigator Awards sessions, with winners being announced during Convocation on Monday, March 31, along with Heart Tank For the Cardiovascular Investigator, patient stories in Critical Care Cardiology, and FIT Stump the Professor.

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FIT Jeopardy: Battle of the Chapters

Session 701. Round 1
Session 704. Round 2
Session 706. Round 3
Session 708. Semi-Finals
Session 709: Finals

Young Investigator Awards Competition

Session 703. Basic and Translational Science
Session 707. Clinical Investigations
Session 711. Outcomes Research

Session 702. Critical Care Cardiology: Patient Stories
Session 705. One Condition, Five Opinions: Skit-Based TED Talk Style Debates in Critical Care Cardiology
Session 710. Heart Tank For the Cardiovascular Investigator: Tournament of Champions
Session 712. FIT Stump the Professor

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Fireside Chats: Conversations in Cardiology

The all-new Fireside Chat offers a platform for intimate, in-depth conversations with experts. These sessions will dive deeper into complex topics while creating a space where professionals feel comfortable discussing nuanced challenges and sharing their insights.

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Session 203. Meet the Legends and Leaders in Pulmonary Hypertension
Session 219. Preventive Cardiology Legends on Tomorrow's Innovations in Heart Health
Session 235. Innovation, AI and Careers: Futures in Valvular Heart Disease
Session 303. Lessons From the Legends in Congenital Heart Disease
Session 335. The Value of Remote Monitoring and AI in Community Heart Failure Care: Good Vibes, Bad Vibes or No Vibes
Session 351. Women in Electrophysiology: Fellowship Training and Beyond
Session 367. Cardiovascular Update For the Clinician IV: Fireside Chat with Valentin Fuster
Session 383. Steps to Success in the Cath Lab
Session 403. A Passion For Clinical Research
Session 419. Cardiovascular Imaging Editors-in-Chief as Mentors-in-Chief

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Gameshow Room: Let the Clinical Games Begin

Our March Matchup and April Adventure sessions return for a third year — in the new Gameshow Room. Find out which interventional trial of 2024 will be crowned the winner in this 'March Madness' bracket-style debate, or "Don't Let the Beat Drop" while you sharpen your ECG interpretation skills. Cheer for your favorite team of all-star cardiac imaging experts as they tackle tough, tricky Jeopardy-style questions or test your knowledge against the experts in a trivia goldmine gameshow covering clinical practice essentials from four recent guidelines.

From debates to trivia and Jeopardy to Who Wants to be a Millionaire, join us for an unforgettable series of Gameshow Sessions, each providing a unique clinical adventure with a blend of education and entertainment.

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Session 210. Cardio Clash: Imaging Jeopardy Extravaganza
Session 226. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: PAD Guidelines!
Session 242. "Oh Crap" Ischemic Heart Disease Cases: Audience Versus Expert
Session 310. Pulmonary Hypertension Trivia Challenge: Audience Versus Experts...Testing Your PH-IQ
Session 326. Tackling Cardio-Ob Myths: Battle of the Cardio-Ob Teams
Session 342. Don't Let the Beat Drop: Interactive ECG Interpretation
Session 358. Fontan Fiascos
Session 374. Guideline Goldmine Gameshow: Mastering Clinical Practice Essentials From The Four Most Recent Guidelines
Session 390. Critical Care Cardiology International Family Feud... The Gloves Are Off
Session 410. Trials and Tribulations: Top Interventional Trials of 2024
Session 426. The Great GDMT Debates: A Heart Failure Family Feud
Session 442. High Acuity Valve Disease: The Great "Around the Horn" Debate
Session 458. Cardio Clash: Faculty Face-Off on Cardiovascular Health

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Heart2Heart Stage

Located in the Lounge & Learn Pavilion, join ACC leaders, global experts and others at the Heart2Heart Stage for informal discussions on a wide range of clinical, academic, and clinician well-being topics. As we work together to achieve a world where science, knowledge and innovation optimize care and outcomes, these heart-felt discussions are vital to moving us forward.

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Session 601. Giving From the Heart
Session 602. Game Changers to Grow the Mental Fitness Culture
Session 603. Transforming Cardiovascular Care Through International Collaboration
Session 604. Stemming the Tide: Non-Compete Agreements and State Based Advocacy Strategies
Session 605. JACC Journals Reveal Secrets of Peer Review
Session 606. Gerotechnology and Cardiovascular Health: Innovations and Challenges For Older Adults
Session 607. JACC Report Card: CV Mortality Among Black Americans
Session 609. Cardiovascular Services in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Session 610. JACC Case Reports: Top Cases of 2024... How Can I Apply These to My Practice
Session 612. An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: Application of the 2024 US Medical Eligibility Criteria For Contraceptive Use in Patients With Cardiovascular Conditions
Session 613. Heart Talk With Cathie: Technology and Teamwork Shape the Future of Cardiac Care
Session 614. Optimizing the Backstage: How AI Improves Non-Clinical Operations in Cardiovascular Care
Session 615. Are Many Senior Cardiologists Practicing Too Long? Mid-Career Versus Advanced Career Opinions
Session 616. ACC's Solutions Sets: Real-Time Support For the Frontline Cardiovascular Clinician
Session 617. Roadmap to Improving Health Equity in Clinical Practice

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Town Hall: Your Questions, Expert Answers

The all-new Town Hall sessions provide a venue focused on providing expert answers to audience questions and encourage attendees to share experiences, raise concerns and seek advice directly from experts on stage. Don't miss sessions focused on a new era of competency-based continuing certification; conversations with interventional experts; debate surrounding comprehensive care centers for pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery; tackling reimbursement challenges in cardiac imaging; implementation of some of the newest ACC/AHA clinical guidelines; and more.

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Session 201. Shifting the Paradigm: Competency-Based Continuing Certification
Session 217. Let's Be Real: Initiation and Optimization of Heart Failure Core Medications in Ambulatory and Inpatient Care
Session 233. Opportunities and Challenges in Cardiovascular and Cardiac Electrophysiology Training: Can We Shorten Training While Maintaining Quality?
Session 301. Ask the Experts Your Burning Questions on Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management and Prevention
Session 317. Tackling Reimbursement Challenges in Cardiac Imaging
Session 333. Talking About the New ACS Guidelines
Session 349. Stepping Into the Future of Care for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease With the 2024 Guidelines
Session 365. Pulmonary Hypertension Office Hours: Ask the Experts!
Session 381. The Debate Surrounding Comprehensive Care Centers For Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Session 401. Innovations in Valvular Heart Disease: A Townhall on Future Frontiers
Session 417. Difficult Interventional Case Subsets: A Discussion With the Experts

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