Success With Failure: Strategies for the Evaluation and Treatment of Heart Failure
August 2-4, 2019
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV
Registration Closed
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(15.75),
ABIM MOC Points
(15.75),
Price: $775 - $875 | Early registration saves $100
Program
12:00 a.m.
Friday, August 2, 2019
6:30 a.m.
Registration | Continental Breakfast
7:20 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction and Pre-Test
7:30 a.m.
Focus on Heart Failure Including Reduced Ejection Fraction
Moderator: Brooks Edwards, MD
7:30 a.m.
Evaluation of the Patient With New Heart Failure
Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD
7:50 a.m.
Questions and Answers
7:55 a.m.
Atlas of Heart Failure With Reduced EF (HFrEF): Invasive and Noninvasive Assessment
Melanie Bois, MD, Barry Borlaug, MD, Barry Karon, MD
8:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:50 a.m.
Imaging in Heart Failure - What Is the Right Test for My Patient?
John Bois, MD
9:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:20 a.m.
The Evolving Role of Biomarkers in Heart Failure Diagnosis and Management
Margaret Redfield, MD
9:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:50 a.m.
Echo Imaging and Heart Failure
Barry Karon, MD
10:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:35 a.m.
Focus on Heart Failure Including Reduced Ejection Fraction
Moderator: Barry Karon, MD
10:35 a.m.
Use of Exercise Testing in the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Heart Failure
Brooks Edwards, MD
10:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:00 a.m.
Cardiorenal Management: Collaboration with Nephrology / Modern Day Treatment of HTN
Suzanne Norby, MD
11:20 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:25 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology: Practical Daily Approach
Barry Karon, MD
11:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:50 a.m.
Street Drugs and Heart Failure
Robert Scott, MD, PhD
12:10 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:15 p.m.
Myocarditis
Richard Rodeheffer, MD
12:35 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:40 p.m.
Sarcoid Heart Disease
John Bois, MD
1:00 p.m.
Lightening Round: Cases in Outpatient Management - Panelists: Drs. Norby, Scott, Bois, and Borlaug
Moderator: Barry Karon, MD
1:45 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Early Bird Concurrent Session -7:00-7:30 am - select 1 to attend
7:00 a.m.
In-Patient Decompensated Heart Failure (Main Meeting Room)
Jacob Jentzer, MD
7:00 a.m.
Heart Failure Clinic Set-up (Fillmore/Van Buren Room)
Jean Wagner, APRN, CNP
7:00 a.m.
Hypertension and Heart Failure (McKinley Room)
Suzanne Norby, MD
7:30 a.m.
Focus on Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Moderator: Barry Borlaug, MD
7:30 a.m.
What Is Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)? How to Recognize and Diagnose
Margaret Redfield, MD
7:50 a.m.
Questions and Answers
7:55 a.m.
Atlas of Heart Failure with Preserved Heart Failure (HFpEF): Invasive and Noninvasive Assessment
Melanie Bois, MD, Barry Borlaug, MD, Barry Karon, MD
8:45 a.m.
What is the Therapy of HFpEF: Pharmacologic and Devices
Barry Borlaug, MD
9:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:10 a.m.
Integrating Implantable Pulmonary Artery Hemodynamic Monitoring Into Practice
Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD
9:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break
9:55 a.m.
Focus on Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Moderator: Brooks Edwards, MD
9:55 a.m.
When Epidemics Collide: Obesity and HFpEF
Barry Borlaug, MD
10:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:20 a.m.
Amyloid Heart Disease: Evaluation Pearls and New Treatment for an Old Problem
Alfredo Clavell, MD
10:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:45 a.m.
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Jacob Jentzer, MD
11:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:10 a.m.
Cath Lab Interventional Approaches to HFpEF
Barry Borlaug, MD
11:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:45 a.m.
Breakout Session - Select 1 breakout to attend - 11:45 am -12:20 pm
11:45 a.m.
Real World Advanced Heart Failure Cases (Main Meeting Room)
Brooks Edwards, MD, Jean Wagner, APRN, CNP
11:45 a.m.
Implantable Devices: What Diagnostic Information do They Provide. How Can they Help? (Fillmore/Van Buren Room)
Barry Boilson, MD, Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:45 a.m.
LVAD Management (McKinley Room)
Elizabeth Bechtum, APRN, CNP, DNP, Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
12:25 p.m.
Breakout Session - Select 1 breakout to attend - 12:25-1:00 pm
12:25 p.m.
Real World Advanced Heart Failure Cases (Main Meeting Room)
Brooks Edwards, MD, Jean Wagner, APRN, CNP
12:25 p.m.
Implantable Devices: What Diagnostic Information do They Provide. How Can they Help? (Fillmore/Van Buren Room)
Barry Boilson, MD, Fred Kusumoto, MD
12:25 p.m.
LVAD Management (McKinley Room)
Elizabeth Bechtum, APRN, CNP, DNP, Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
1:00 p.m.
Adjourn
6:00 a.m.
Sunday, August 4, 2019
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Utility of Genetic Testing for Cardiomyopathy
Richard Rodeheffer, MD
7:30 a.m.
Lessons From the Patient: Clinical Cases and Critical Lessons
Moderator: Barry Karon, MD
7:30 a.m.
Lightening Round: Inpatient Management of Patients with Heart Failure - Panelists: Drs. Clavell, Behfar, Scott, Stevenson, and Daly
Brooks Edwards, MD
8:15 a.m.
Atrial Fibrillation: Practice Pearls for the Patient with Heart Failure
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:40 a.m.
Dealing With the Failing Right Heart
Robert Scott, MD, PhD
9:00 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:05 a.m.
Pulmonary Artery Dilatation
Barry Borlaug, MD, Brooks Edwards, MD
9:25 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:30 a.m.
Knowledge Assessment
9:40 a.m.
Refreshment Break
9:55 a.m.
Lessons from the Patient: Clinical Cases and Critical Lessons
Moderator: Brooks Edwards, MD
9:55 a.m.
Transplant Timing, Selection, and Management
Alfredo Clavell, MD
10:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:20 a.m.
Surgical Advances That Benefit the Heart Failure Patient
Richard Daly, MD
10:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:45 a.m.
Discussing Prognosis, Palliative Care and Hospice for Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Jean Wagner, APRN, CNP
11:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:10 a.m.
Regenerative Medicine: Treatment of Heart Failure With Cell Based Therapies
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
11:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:35 a.m.
Summary and Closing Comments
11:45 a.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
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AMA PRA Category 1™15.75
-
ABIM MOC Points15.75
Price: $775 - $875 | Early registration saves $100
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