past Events

Cocktail Reception

Dinner

BREAKFAST: BERLIOZ ROOM

Discussion leaders: Ralf Westenfeld, Kenji Sunagawa

Dan Burkhoff (Columbia)

Topic: The State of the Field of Unloading

Howard Chen (Tufts Medical Center)

Topic: A Novel Imaging Probe for the Detection of Autophagy in Preclinical Swine Models of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Lija Swain (Tufts Medical Center)

Topic: Acute Unloading Preserves Energy Substrate Utilization and Protects the Functional Integrity of Mitochondrial Complex I in Preclinical Models of Ischemia without Reperfusion

Nanna Udesen (Odense University Hospital)

Topic: Winner: Young Investigator Scholarship, Impact of Concomitant Vasoactive Treatment in Active Left Ventricular Unloading in Cardiogenic Shock

Kiyotake Ishikawa (Mt. Sinai Hospital)

Topic: Improving the Gene Transduction Efficiency of Intracoronary Delivery Using the Impella

Heimo Ehmke (University Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

Topic: Winner: Best in Research Award, Reversal of Myocardial Infarction-induced Changes in Gene Expression by Ventricular Unloading in Rats

Dan Burkhoff (Columbia University)

Topic: A Novel Superior Vena Cava Occlusion Catheter System Reduces Biventricular Filling Pressures While Maintaining Cardiac Output in a Model of Acute Congestive Heart Failure

Poster Session #1

Keynote Speaker
Introduction: Dan Burkhoff
Douglas Mann, MD

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
The Role of Hemodynamic Load in Left Ventricular Remodeling and Reverse Left Ventricular Remodeling

Panel Discussion: Recovering the Failing Heart: What’s the best approach?

Douglas Mann, Rob Dowling, Navin Kapur, Dan Burkhoff, Ryan Tedford, Jacob Møller
Moderator: Bart Meyns

Poster Session #2

Discussion leaders: Claudius Mahr, Andreas Schäfer

L. Christian Napp (Hannover Medical School)

Topic: Impella Mechanical Circulatory Support for Takotsubo Syndrome with Shock

Navin Kapur (Tufts Medical Center)

Topic: Cardiorenal Implications of Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support

Bernard Schieffer (University Hospital Giessen and Marburg)

Topic: Impact of Microaxillar Mechanical Ventricular Support on Renal Resistive Index in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock After Myocardial Infarction

Carsten Tschöpe (Charite, CVK)

Topic: Prolonged Impella – Mode of Action and Clinical Implications

Alexander Bernhardt (University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf)

Topic: Long-term Support Using Surgically Implanted Impella Devices

Discussion leaders: Patrick Hunziker, George Vetrovec

Bill O’Neill (Henry Ford Hospital)

Topic: Update from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative

Jason Williams (Ocean Springs Hospital)

Topic: Peri-procedural Ventricular Unloading with Impella Optimizes Outcomes in High-risk Patients at a Community Hospital

Jaime Hernandez-Montfort (UTMB Health)

Topic: Longitudinal Impact of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support on Durable Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes: An IMACS Registry Analysis

Bart Meyns (KU Leuven)

Topic: How to Unload the Heart on ECMO

Closing Comments, Audience Feedback, and Adjourn

Navin Kapur (Tuft Medical Center), DTU Clinical Trial Update