16th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America

Sept. 11
Tuesday
Posters
Posters
VADs/Transplant/Surgery
Posters
VADs/Transplant/Surgery
Sept. 11
Tuesday
Posters
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135 Mitral Valve Pathology in Severe Impaired Left
Ventricles Can Be Successfully Managed Using the Right
Side Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach
Jens Garbade 1 , Joerg Seeburger 1 , Bettina Pfannmueller 1 , Sven
Lehmann 1 , Markus J. Barten 1 , Michael A. Borger 1 , Friedrich-
Wilhelm Mohr 1 ; 1 Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University of
Leipzig, Germany
136 Can the Seattle Heart Failure Score (SHFS) Be Used
To Select Non-Inotrope Dependent Severe Heart
Failure Patients with Appropriate Risk for Mechanical
Circulatory Support?
Bart Meyns 1 , Filip Rega 1 , Alessandro Barbone 2 , Ettore Vitali 2 ,
Deborah Morley 3 , Daniel Burkhoff 4 ; 1 University Hospital
Leuven, Belgium; 2 Istitutio Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy;
3
CircuLite, Saddle Brook, NJ; 4 Columbia University, New York,
NY
137 The Choice for Patients “without a Choice”: Interviews
with Patients Who Received a Left Ventricular Assist
Device as Destination Therapy
Keith M. Swetz 1 , 2 , Abigale L. Ottenberg 2 , Katlyn E. Cook 1 , 2 ,
Luke A. Mueller 1 , Nou Chang 1 , Paul S. Mueller 1 , 2 ; 1 Division
of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN; 2 Program in Professionalism and Ethics, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN
138 Hospital to Home: LVAD Patient Management
Lindsey J. Carroll 1 , Julie H. Webster 1 , Shelina Merali 1 ; 1 Advanced
Heart Failure Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA
139 Successful Use of Ultrafiltration for Decompensated
Heart Failure in LVAD Patients
Sitaramesh Emani 1 , Darla Talbott 2 , Donald Kikta 3 , Yazhini Ravi 2 ,
Robert Higgins 2 , Pallavi Solanki 1 , Garrie Haas 1 , Chittoor Sai-
Sudhakar 2 ; 1 Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner
Medical Center, Columbus, OH; 2 Surgery, The Ohio State
University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; 3 Internal
Medicine, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
140 New Safety Concerns with Higher Dose Statin Therapy
in Heart Transplantation: Time To Panic?
Stacey D. Frampton 1 , Rami A. Alharethi 1 , Kimberly D.
Brunisholz 1 , Benjamin D. Horne 1 , Kyle D. Balling 1 , Deborah
Budge 1 , Bruce B. Reid 1 , Jen L. Nixon 1 , Josef Stehlik 1 , Joe
Tuinei 1 , Kismet D. Rasmusson 1 , Melanie Everitt 1 , William
Caine 1 , Abdallah G. Kfoury 1 ; 1 UTAH Cardiac Transplant
Program, Salt Lake City, UT
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141 Impact of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation on
Renal Function in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure
Ankit Gupta 1 , Ashim Aggarwal 1 , Antone Tatooles 1 , Pat Pappas 1 ,
Geetha Bhat 1 ; 1 Advocate Christ Medical Center, Chicago, IL
142 Outcomes of LVAD Insertion in Ischemic vs Non-
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients
Sanjay Kumar 1 , Charisse Ward 1 , Sharven Taghavi 2 , Lynn
Wilson 1 , Abeel A. Mangi 1 ; 1 Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale
University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 2 Division of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA
143 Long Term Outcome of Arteriovenous Malformation
Bleeding in Patients with HeartMateII Left Ventricular
Assist Device
Niyada Naksuk 1 , Andrew Rosenbaum 1 , Prangthip Charoenpong 1 ,
Ranjit John 2 , Peter M. Eckman 1 ; 1 Cardiology Division, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; 2 Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
144 Resource Utilization in HeartMate II Left Ventricular
Assist Device Patients with Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Niyada Naksuk 1 , Eva Tone 1 , Prangthip Charoenpong 1 , Brian S.
Milavitz 1 , Ranjit John 1 , Peter M. Eckman 1 ; 1 Cardiology Division,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
145 An Aggressive, Targeted Perioperative Management
Strategy Results in Low Rates of Postoperative Right
Ventricular Failure after Left Ventricular Assist Device
Implantation
Amresh Raina 1 , Manreet Kanwar 1 , George Sokos 1 , Robert
Moraca 1 , Stephen Bailey 1 , Raymond L. Benza 1 , Srinivas
Murali 1 ; 1 Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, PA
146 Increased Right Ventricle/Left Ventricle Diameter Ratio
Is Associated with Lack of Right Ventricular Contractile
Reserve in Patients with Continuous-Flow Left
Ventricular Assist Devices
Rey P. Vivo 1 , 2 , Andrea M. Cordero-Reyes 1 , Matthias Loebe 1 ,
Brian A. Bruckner 1 , Guillermo Torre-Amione 1 , Arvind
Bhimaraj 1 , Jerry D. Estep 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Methodist DeBakey
Heart Vascular Center, Houston, TX; 2 Cardiology, University
of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
147 Muscular Strength Is Associated with Functional
Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients with Recently
Implanted Continuous-Flow LVADs
Celeste T. Williams 1 , Dennis J. Kerrigan 1 , Jonathan K. Ehrman 1 ,
Kyle Bronsteen 1 , Matthew A. Saval 1 , John R. Schairer 1 , Cheryl
Smith 1 , Steven J. Keteyian 1 ; 1 Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
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