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Villa Miani
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Takahiro Arimura, Kyushu University,
Dan Burkhoff
August 25, 2016
7:00 pm
A-CURE Cocktail and Dinner Reception
Villa Miani
Via Trionfale 151
00136 Roma, Italy
August 26, 2016
7:30 am – 8:15 am
Breakfast
8:15 am – 8:30 am
Introductory Comments by Conference Chairs
8:30 am – 12:00 am
Session 1
Advances in the Basic Science of Acute Unloading and Myocardial Salvage
Discussion Leaders: Roger Hajjar, Elazer Edelman
8:30 am – 9:15 am
Opening Lecture
Eugene Braunwald
(Harvard School of Medicine)
Acute MI to Heart Failure: The Past, the Present, and the Future
9:15 am – 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am – 9:45 am
Dan Burkhoff
The Science Behind Acute Unloading
9:45 am – 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am – 10:05 am
Kenji Sunagawa
Neuromodulation and Cardiac Unloading
10:05 am -10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am – 10:25 am
Navin Kapur
Primary Unloading in AMI and Minimizing Infarct Size
10:25 am – 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break
Discussion Leaders: Andreas Schäfer, Jose Henriques
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Patrick Hunziker
Cardiogenic shock: From Hemodynamic Simulations to Patient Management
11:00 am – 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am – 11:20 am
Michele Esposito, Tufts Medical Center, Winner of the Young Investigator Scholarship,
“From Door to Balloon to Door to Unload: A Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies that Primary Unloading Globally Shifts Gene Expression and Preserves Mitochondrial Integrity within the Infarct Zone during the Acute Phase of AMI
11:20 am – 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am – 12:00 pm
Panel Discussion #1: Translational research opportunities and challenges
Dan Burkhoff, Kenji Sunagawa, Navin Kapur, Elazer Edelman, Patrick Hunziker
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch & Poster Viewing
1:00 pm – 1:45 am
Keynote Speaker
Joseph Hill, MD, PhD
“HEART FAILURE: THE PATH AHEAD”
UT Southwestern
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Editor-In-Chief, Circulation
1:45 am – 2:00 pm
Q & A, Discussion
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Session 2
Advances in the Clinical Science of Acute Unloading and Myocardial Salvage
Discussion Leaders: Jacob Møller, Stavros Drakos
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm
Mark Anderson
Unloading the heart is not a new concept: Surgical perspective and clinical utility of acute unloading
2:10 pm – 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm – 2:25 pm
William O’Neill
Acute unloading in the setting of AMI complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
2:25 pm – 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm
Talk selected from Abstracts, James Udelson, MD, Tufts Medical Center
“Incorporating Infarct Size into Trial Composite Endpoints: Implications for Unloading Trials”
2:40 pm – 2:45 pm
Discussion
2:45 pm – 2:55 pm
Takahiro Arimura, Kyushu University,
Winner of the Best In Research Scholarship
“Neuro-Mechanical Unloading for Acute Myocardial Ischemia Synergistically, Strikingly Reduces Infarct Size and Prevents Heart Failure in the Long Term”
2:55 pm – 3:00 pm
Discussion
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break
Discussion Leaders: Nir Uriel, Navin Kapur