PROGRAM

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Maryland A
Managing the Patient with Newly Diagnosed
Heart Failure
Moderators: David Whellan, Philadelphia, PA
Hector Ventura, New Orleans, LA
7:00 Approaches and Challenges to Making the
Diagnosis
Marvin Konstam, Boston, MA
7:15 Determining Etiology: Implications For Further
Management
Biykem Bozkurt, Houston, TX
7:30 Initiating Therapy. Getting It Right from the Start
Barry Greenberg, San Diego, CA
7:45 Stratifying Risk and Preventing SCD
Wayne Levy, Seattle, WA
8:00 Bad News and Good News – Patient and Family
Education For New Diagnosis
Ann Laramee, Burlington, VT
8:15 Adjourn
Learning Objective: Effectively diagnose, determine etiology,
initiate therapy and strategy risk in patients with newly
diagnosed heart failure.
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Maryland C
Clinical Fundamentals III: Acute Heart
Failure 360
Moderators: Gerasimos Filippatos, Athens, Greece
Laura Wexler, Cincinnati, OH
7:00 Current Concepts in the Pathophysiology of
Acute Heart Failure
Stefan Anker, Berlin, Germany
7:15 Acute Heart Failure - Past Trials
Christopher O’Connor, Falls Church, VA
7:30 What’s Next in Acute Heart Faillure: Ongoing
Trials
John Teerlink, San Francisco, CA
7:45 Regulations Impacting the Management of
Acute Heart Failure
Paul Heidenreich, San Francisco, CA
8:00 How to Treat Acute Heart Failure- Tips from a
Master Clinician
Mariell Jessup, Philadelphia, PA
8:15 Adjourn
Learning Objective: Describe the pathophysiology of acute
heart failure, key trial results, and clinical strategies for
managing patients.
Abstracts/posters of interest: 32, 304, 254, 135, 123
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