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
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Sept. 21<br />
Wednesday<br />
AM<br />
SYMPOSIUM<br />
Wednesday, September 21<br />
10:30 AM-NOON<br />
Room 304<br />
SYMPOSIUM<br />
Wednesday, September 21<br />
10:30 AM-NOON<br />
Room 306<br />
Sept. 21<br />
Wednesday<br />
AM<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Making Decisions with Level <strong>of</strong> Evidence C<br />
Moderators: J. Thomas Heywood, La Jolla, CA<br />
Corrine Y. Jurgens, Stony Brook, NY<br />
10:30* How Do You Initiate Aldosterone Antagonists<br />
in Someone on ACEI/ARB, Diuretics, and K+<br />
Replacement?<br />
Akshay M. Desai, Boston, MA<br />
10:45* Fluid Restriction - Essential or Water Torture?<br />
Nancy M. Albert, Cleveland, OH<br />
11:00* When Do You Decrease Beta Blockers in a Patient Who<br />
Still Feels Tired After Six Months?<br />
W.H. Wilson Tang, Cleveland, OH<br />
11:15* When Is It Time to Introduce Palliative Care?<br />
Harleah G. Buck, University Park, PA<br />
11:30* End-<strong>of</strong>-Life Symptoms and Therapies<br />
Carol Flavell, Boston, MA<br />
11:45* Whom Do You Send Home on Intravenous Inotropic<br />
Therapy?<br />
Randall C. Starling, Cleveland, OH<br />
*10 minute presentation, 5 minute audience discussion<br />
Learning Objective: Describe clinical recommendations<br />
in difficult clinical circumstances in the treatment <strong>of</strong> heart<br />
failure.<br />
Hope for <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> with Preserved Ejection<br />
Fraction<br />
Moderators: James C. Fang, Cleveland, OH<br />
William C. Little, Winston-Salem, NC<br />
10:30* Why Are <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Patients with Preserved Ejection<br />
Fraction Short <strong>of</strong> Breath?<br />
Barry A. Borlaug, Rochester, MN<br />
10:45* A Disease <strong>of</strong> Diastole?<br />
William C. Little, Winston-Salem, NC<br />
11:00* Co-Morbidities in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> with Preserved Ejection<br />
Fraction as Alternate Targets for “Therapy”<br />
Flora Sam, Boston, MA<br />
11:15* Clinical Trials in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> with Preserved Ejection<br />
Fraction: Can We Learn From <strong>Failure</strong>?<br />
Nancy K. Sweitzer, Madison, WI<br />
11:30* Is It All About Fluid?<br />
Stuart D. Katz, New York, NY<br />
11:45* Is It Time to Relax?<br />
Gregory D. Lewis, Boston, MA<br />
*12 minute presentation, 3 minute audience discussion<br />
Learning Objective: Describe current knowledge about<br />
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and identify<br />
treatment strategies.<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
144<br />
145
Change language