Annual Conference NC/SC Chapters of the ACC 16th Annual Joint Meeting September 11-13, 2009 The Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of our 2009 Annual Joint Meeting Supporters Platinum Supporters ELA Medical Gold Supporters AstraZeneca Sanofi-Aventis Silver Supporters Abbott Laboratories Abiomed Actelion Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Berekley HeartLab Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Boston Scientific Cardiac Assist, Inc. Cardio Dynamics CardioNet Consolidated Planning Cordis Corporation Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals Datascope Corporation eCardio Diagnostics Gilead Sciences Lilly USA, LLC MAG Mutual Insurance Company The Medicines Company Medrad Interventional/ Possis Medtronic Merck/ Schering-Plough Novartis Pfizer Philips Remote Cardiac Services SC JUA & SCPCF Schering Corporation Siemens Healthcare St. Jude Medical Takeda Pharmaceuticals TeraRecon, Inc. TyRx Inc. Wells Fargo Advisors Zoll LifeCor