Plenary Session I: From Discovery to Therapeutics – How Basic Science Can Help to Address Unmet Clinical Needs in Cardiovascular Medicine

9:20 a.m.

Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Cardio-Metabolic Diseases

Rosanne M. Crooke, PhD, Boston, Massachusetts

9:40 a.m.

Altered Genes Triggering Acute Aortic Dissections Implicate Mechanotransduction as a Primary Driver of the Disease

Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD, Houston, Texas