Heart to Heart: Advances in Cardiovascular Critical Care and Resuscitation
April 13-15, 2023
In-Person or Livestream | Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, AZ
Registration Closed
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(20.25),
Nursing
(20.25),
ABIM MOC
(20.25),
Price: $975 - $1,075
Program
7:00 a.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2023
Livestream airs in Mountain Daylight Time
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Courtney Bennett, DO, Ayan Sen, MD
7:40 a.m.
CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE I
Moderators: Courtney Bennett, DO, Amanda Solberg, APRN, CNP, DNP
7:40 a.m.
Cardiac Critical Care: What Does the Future Hold?
Courtney Bennett, DO
8:00 a.m.
Cardiogenic Shock Management: 2023 and Beyond - The Critical Care and Cardiologist Perspective
Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH
8:20 a.m.
Building Cardiogenic Shock Teams
Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Parag Patel, MD
8:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH, Courtney Bennett, DO, Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Parag Patel, MD
8:55 a.m.
Clinical Conundrums I: Challenging Cases
Gregory Barsness, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD, Trevor Simard, MD
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
10:15 a.m.
CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE II
Moderators: Arun Jayaraman, MD, PhD, Sharon Nyquist, APRN, MSN, ACNP-BC
10:15 a.m.
Inotropes and Vasopressors: When and Why?
Jacob Jentzer, MD
10:35 a.m.
TEE in Cardiac Arrest
Hiroshi Sekiguchi, MD
10:55 a.m.
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)
Suraj Yalamuri, MD
11:15 a.m.
Optimizing Cerebral Perfusion and Neuroprognostication After Coronary Angiogram (CA)
Lauren Ng, MD
11:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Jacob Jentzer, MD, Lauren Ng, MD, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, MD, Suraj Yalamuri, MD
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m.
CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE: POINT | COUNTERPOINT
Moderators: Stephanie Blakeman, RN, Ayan Sen, MD
1:00 p.m.
Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Dead or NOT Dead?
Gregory Barsness, MD, Sean Caples, DO
1:30 p.m.
To Cool or Not to Cool? The Current Practice of Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)
Lauren Ng, MD, Alejandro Rabinstein, MD
2:00 p.m.
Post Cardiac Arrest Angiogram: Who Needs a Squirt?
Gregory Barsness, MD, Jacob Jentzer, MD
2:30 p.m.
Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis of Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Sean Caples, DO, Alex Wallace, MD
3:00 p.m.
ACLS Training Needs a Revamp / Stay the Same
Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH, Ayan Sen, MD
3:30 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
5:30 p.m.
Conference Reception and Humanities in Medicine
Participants, guests, and faculty are invited to attend.
6:00 a.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Announcements for the Day
Courtney Bennett, DO
7:40 a.m.
CRITICAL CARE CARDIOLOGY: STRUCTURAL DISEASE
Moderators: Parag Patel, MD, Amanda Solberg, APRN, CNP, DNP
7:40 a.m.
Update in Percutaneous Valvular Interventions
Trevor Simard, MD
8:00 a.m.
Pocus-Guided Management in the CICU: Case-Based
Sunil Mankad, MD
8:20 a.m.
Valvular Emergencies
Trevor Simard, MD
8:40 a.m.
Adult Congenital Hemodynamics: Which Way is the Blood Flowing?
Christopher Jain, MD
9:00 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Christopher Jain, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD, Trevor Simard, MD
9:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
9:30 a.m.
CRITICAL CARE CARDIOLOGY: EXTRACORPOREAL SUPPORT AND TRANSPLANT
Moderators: Kristen Sell-Dottin, MD, Sharon Nyquist, APRN, MSN, ACNP-BC
9:30 a.m.
Venoarterial ECMO and Cardiogenic Shock
Heidi Dalton, MD
9:50 a.m.
Hybrid Configurations of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
10:10 a.m.
Is LV Decompression Always Necessary?
Kristen Sell-Dottin, MD
10:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD, Heidi Dalton, MD, Kristen Sell-Dottin, MD
10:45 a.m.
Mechanical Support for RV Failure
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
11:05 a.m.
Lung Protective Ventilation or Cardiopulmonary Protective Ventilation in Cardiac Critical Care?
Bhavesh Patel, MD
11:25 a.m.
ECMO Cannulation Proceduralist: Who & How?
Suraj Yalamuri, MD
11:45 a.m.
Impact of the UNOS Heart Transplant Allocation Reclassification
Julie Rosenthal, MD
12:05 p.m.
Questions and Answers
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD, Julie Rosenthal, MD, Ayan Sen, MD, Suraj Yalamuri, MD
12:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:15 p.m.
CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE III
Moderators: Jacob Jentzer, MD, Amanda Solberg, APRN, CNP, DNP
1:15 p.m.
Cardiac Rhythm Disorders in ICU
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
1:35 p.m.
Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy
Kianoush Kashani, MD
1:55 p.m.
Ablation in VT Storm
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
2:15 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence in Machine Learning in Cardiac Critical Care and EC Therapies: The Future?
Ayan Sen, MD
2:35 p.m.
Questions and Answers
Kianoush Kashani, MD, Bhavesh Patel, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD
2:45 p.m.
Round Table Panel Discussion: End-of-Life Care in Advanced Heart Failure Patient
Joy Allen, APRN, DNP, CNP, Tiffany Coco, MSW, LCSW, Ellen Meltzer, MD, MS
3:30 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
6:00 a.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023
7:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The concurrent sessions are offered to enhance your individual learning experience. Reserve your spot for your preferred session at the time of registration. **For livestream attendees, the Cardiovascular Critical Care session is the only session that will be available via livestream.**
7:45 a.m.
CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE
**This session will be livestreamed** This interactive session will build on the evidence-based advances in the practice of modern cardiac critical care medicine as illustrated on the first two days through cases, posters, and trivia to test knowledge and skills. Participants will gain clear strategies to immediately improve their practices. The session will highlight cutting edge delivery, clinical practice, medical research, and quality improvements to help providers improve their practices.
7:45 a.m.
Illustrative Cases: Cardiac Critical Care
Lauren Ng, MD, Alejandro Rabinstein, MD, Julie Rosenthal, MD
9:00 a.m.
Cardiogenic Shock Phenotype
Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH
9:20 a.m.
Integration of APP's into the CICU
Joy Allen, APRN, DNP, CNP
9:40 a.m.
Noninvasive Ventilation for Cardiac Patients
Sean Caples, DO
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
10:15 a.m.
Poster Presentations
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m.
Critical Care Trivia
Sean Caples, DO, Arun Jayaraman, MD, PhD, Kianoush Kashani, MD, Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, MD, Suraj Yalamuri, MD
Moderator: Sunil Mankad, MD
2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
3:00 p.m.
Putting It All Together: Cases in Shock Management
Jacob Jentzer, MD, Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Parag Patel, MD
Moderator: Arun Jayaraman, MD, PhD
4:30 p.m.
Course Adjourns
7:45 a.m.
RESUSCITATION TEAMS IN CARDIAC ARREST
**In-Person Attendance Only - Registration is Limited** Effective team communication is crucial in the resuscitation of critically ill cardiac patients. This interactive session will provide key pearls and pitfalls to share with your team members for optimal team development for successful resuscitation outcomes. Workshop leaders will facilitate collaborative analysis for building high-performing teams through leadership, role clarity under pressure and crisis communications in a time sensitive environment. This session will be led by a team from Mission Critical Teams Institute.
7:45 a.m.
Overview and Orientation: The C3R Problem Set - Why Teams Matter
Courtney Bennett, DO, Ayan Sen, MD
8:15 a.m.
High-Performance Communication
Routine vs. Crisis Communication | Rituals, Transitions, Sterile Moments Regroup, and Sign-Outs | Feedback and Harnessing the Whole Team
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
10:15 a.m.
Designing Elite C3R Teams
Principles of Intact vs. Swarm Teams | Edges and Interfaces with Other Teams | "The July Problem" - Onboarding and Accelerating
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m.
Building Culture in the CCU
Culture is Who We Are, Culture is What We Do (Recognizing Culture in Elite Teams) | Large Moments: Mission Statements, Visions, and Defining Our Culture | Small Moments: Building Culture From the Group Up
2:30 p.m.
Residue and Evolution
Allostatic Emotional Load and Residue | Telling the Hard Stories | The Commitment to Never Waste Suffering
4:00 p.m.
Closing Comments + Next Steps
Identifying Team Priorities | The 1% Better Challenge
4:30 p.m.
Course Adjourns
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™20.25
-
Nursing20.25
-
ABIM MOC20.25
Price: $975 - $1,075
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