15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
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Sept. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
AM<br />
ROUNDTABLE<br />
Tuesday, September 20<br />
7:00-8:15 AM<br />
Room 304<br />
CLINICAL FUNDAMENTALS<br />
Tuesday, September 20<br />
7:00-8:15 AM<br />
Room 302<br />
Sept. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
AM<br />
Roundtable: Centers for VAD/Transplant/<strong>Heart</strong><br />
<strong>Failure</strong>: All or None?<br />
Clinical Fundamentals: Transplantation/<br />
Palliative Care<br />
TuesdAY<br />
Moderator: Clyde W. Yancy, Chicago, IL<br />
7:00 <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Management<br />
John B. O’Connell, Atlanta, GA<br />
7:10 Patient Selection within Centers <strong>of</strong> Excellence<br />
Dennis Irwin, Minneapolis, MN<br />
7:20 Discussion<br />
7:35 VAD Over Transplant<br />
Maria Rosa Costanzo, Naperville, IL<br />
7:45 VAD with Transplant<br />
Robert L. Kormos, Pittsburgh, PA<br />
8:00 Discussion<br />
Learning Objective: Outline the important issues<br />
surrounding certification <strong>of</strong> centers for heart transplantation<br />
<strong>of</strong> VAD implantation.<br />
Moderators: Kismet D. Rasmusson, Murray, UT<br />
Stuart D. Russell, Baltimore, MD<br />
7:00 Identifying Patients Who Have Failed Optimal Medical<br />
Therapy<br />
David J. Whellan, Philadelphia, PA<br />
7:10 Selection, Priority, Early and Late Outcomes with<br />
Transplantation<br />
David O. Taylor, Cleveland, OH<br />
7:20 Current Immunosuppression Regimens and Rejection<br />
John Chin, Sacramento, CA<br />
7:35 The Rest <strong>of</strong> the Regimen and Why<br />
Connie L. White-Williams, Birmingham, AL<br />
7:45 Allograft Vasculopathy<br />
Stephanie A. Moore, Boston, MA<br />
7:55 Changing Goals <strong>of</strong> Care in Advanced Disease<br />
James N. Kirkpatrick, Philadelphia, PA<br />
8:10 Questions and Answers<br />
Faculty<br />
Learning Objective: Describe strategies for identifying and<br />
treating patients with advanced heart failure appropriate for<br />
transplantation or palliative care.<br />
TuesdAY<br />
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