Success With Failure: Strategies for the Evaluation and Treatment of Heart Failure Management
August 3-5, 2023
In-Person or Livestream | Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler-BC, Canada
Registration Closed
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(14.5),
Nursing
(14.5),
ABIM MOC
(14.5),
Price: $825-$900
Program
12:00 a.m.
Thursday, August 3
Livestream airs in Pacific Time
6:30 a.m.
Registration | Continental Breakfast
7:20 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction | Pre-Test Course Directors
7:30 a.m.
FOCUS ON HEART FAILURE INCLUDING REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION
Moderator: Barry Borlaug, MD
7:30 a.m.
What is Heart Failure, and What Is Pre-Heart Failure?
Shannon Dunlay, MD, MS
7:50 a.m.
Questions and Answers
7:55 a.m.
Novel Approaches to Diagnosis and Management of Congestion in Heart Failure
Michael Felker, MD
8:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:20 a.m.
Echocardiographic Imaging in Heart Failure
Jeffrey Geske, MD
8:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:45 a.m.
Use of Exercise Testing in the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Heart Failure
Barry Borlaug, MD
9:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:10 a.m.
Management of Chronic HFrEF: 4 Pillars, But in What Order, and Then What?
Michael Felker, MD
9:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:50 a.m.
Management of Acutely Decompensated HF
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
10:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break – Visit Exhibits
10:35 a.m.
FOCUS ON HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION
Moderator: Alfredo Clavell, MD
10:35 a.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension in Left Heart Failure
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
10:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:00 a.m.
Myocarditis
Melissa Lyle, MD
11:20 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:25 a.m.
Biomarkers in Heart Failure
Margaret Redfield, MD
11:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:50 a.m.
Outpatient Cases
Panel: Drs. Redfield, Felker, Reddy, and Lyle
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
12:45 p.m.
Adjourn
12:00 a.m.
Friday, August 4
Livestream airs in Pacific Time
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:25 a.m.
Welcome | Course Directors
7:30 a.m.
FOCUS OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (HFpEF)
Moderator: Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
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.
What Is the Therapy of HFpEF in 2023, Any Pillars?
Barry Borlaug, MD
8:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:45 a.m.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Jeffrey Geske, MD
9:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:10 a.m.
Integrating Implantable Pulmonary Artery Hemodynamic Monitoring Into Practice
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
9:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
9:50 a.m.
UNIQUE CAUSES OF HEART FAILURE
Moderator: Alfredo Clavell, MD
9:50 a.m.
Amyloid Heart Disease: Evaluation Pearls and New Treatment for an Old Problem
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
10:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:15 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology: The Next Frontier in HF, Regardless of EF
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
10:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:40 a.m.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Alexander Egbe, MBBS
11:00 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:05 a.m.
Inpatient Cases
Panel: Drs. Clavell, Borlaug, Rosenbaum, and Felker
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
11:30 a.m.
CASE BASED LEARNING
Moderators: Barry Borlaug, MD, Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
11:30 a.m.
Advanced Heart Failure With Preserved and Reduced EF
Shannon Dunlay, MD, MS
11:50 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:55 a.m.
Contractility Revisited in Heart Failure
Michael Felker, MD
12:15 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:20 p.m.
Cardiac Sarcoid
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
12:45 p.m.
Adjourn
12:00 a.m.
Saturday, August 5
Livestream airs in Pacific Time
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
LESSONS FROM THE PATIENT: CLINICAL CASES AND CRITICAL LESSONS
Moderator: Alfredo Clavell, MD
7:00 a.m.
Functional MR and TR in Heart Failure: New Treatment Options
Mayra Guerrero, MD
7:25 a.m.
Questions and Answers
7:30 a.m.
Rar(ish) Cardiomyopathies: Peripartum, Apical Ballooning, ARVD, and Iron Overload
Melissa Lyle, MD
7:50 a.m.
Questions and Answers
7:55 a.m.
Atrial Fibrillation: Rate, Rhythm, Drug, Catheter?
Ammar Killu, MBBS
8:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:20 a.m.
Approaching the Patient With Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Hypertension
Hector Cajigas, MD
8:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:45 a.m.
TAVR in the Heart Failure Patient
Mayra Guerrero, MD
9:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:10 a.m.
LVAD & Heart Transplant: Timing, Selection, and Management
Alfredo Clavell, MD
9:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break – Visit Exhibits
9:45 a.m.
LESSONS FROM THE PATIENT; CLINICAL CASES AND CRITICAL LESSONS
Moderator: Barry Borlaug, MD
9:45 a.m.
Surgical Advances That Benefit the Heart Failure Patient
Philip Spencer, MD
10:05 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:10 a.m.
Case Studies in Mechanical Cardiac Support
Alfredo Clavell, MD, Drew Rosenbaum, MD, Philip Spencer, MD
10:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:35 a.m.
Device Therapy in HF: ICD, Pacing, CRT, and Beyond
Ammar Killu, MBBS
10:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:00 a.m.
Case Studies in Transplant
Alfredo Clavell, MD, Drew Rosenbaum, MD, Philip Spencer, MD
11:25 a.m.
Summary and Closing Comments
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™14.5
-
Nursing14.5
-
ABIM MOC14.5
Price: $825-$900
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