Day 1
Thursday, January 21, 2027
Introduction and Welcome
Van-Khue Ton; Lana Tsao
8:10-8:15 am
Keynote: Cardiogenic Shock in 2027: Beyond Rescue Toward Precision, Recovery, and Systems of Care
Mandeep Mehra
8:15-8:30 am
Q&A
Mandeep Mehra
8:30-8:35 am
Talk 1: Hemodynamics Matter: From Bedside to Advanced Profiling
David Berg
8:35-8:45 am
Talk 2: Inotropes and Vasopressors: Friends or foes?
Erin Bohula
8:45-8:55 am
Talk 3: Hemodynamic Dissonance: Beyond Flow
Ameesh Isath
8:55-9:05 am
Q&A
David Berg; Erin Bohula; Ameesh Isath
9:05-9:20 am
Case (#1): Recognizing Shock Phenotype and Choosing Initial Stabilization
David Berg; Mandeep Mehra; Erin Bohula; Ameesh Isath
9:20-10:05 am
Break/ Exhibit Hall
10:05-10:20 am
Talk 4: tMCS gallery: Mechanisms, Strengths and Limitations
Brian Bergmark
10:20-10:30 am
Talk 5: tMCS: Troubleshooting Alarms, Position and Unloading Failure
Gina Sun
10:30-10:40 am
Talk 6: tMCS as Physiological Support: Unloading, Recovery, and Bridge Strategy
Leah Kosyakovsky
10:40-10:50 am
Q & A
Brian Bergmark; Gina Sun; Leah Kosyakovsky
10:50-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:15 am
Case #2: Choosing, Escalating, and Weaning Temporary Mechanical Support
Brian Bergmark; Gina Sun; Leah Kosyakovsky; Jonathan (Jona) Ludmir
11:15 am-12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00-2:00 pm
Debate
2:00-2:20 pm
In HF-Cardiogenic Shock, Early Transfer to an Advanced Shock Center Should Precede Prolonged Local Escalation
Akshay Desai; Gregory D. Lewis
2:00-2:20 pm
Q&A
Akshay Desai; Gregory D. Lewis
2:20-2:25 pm
Talk 7: VA-ECMO in Cardiogenic Shock — Indications, Hazards, and Optimal Use
Raghu Seethala
2:25-2:35 pm
Talk 8: ECMO configurations: the Right Circuit for the Right Problem
David Miranda
2:35-2:45 pm
Talk 9: Regional Systems of Care for ECMO and Mobile ECMO: Building a functional Network
Jerome Crowley
2:45-2:55 pm
Q&A
Raghu Seethala; David Miranda; Jerome Crowley
2:55-3:05 pm
Break
3:05-3:15 pm
Case #3: ECMO Strategy, Transfer Decisions, and Failure to Recover
Akshay Desai; Raghu Seethala; David Miranda; Gregory D. Lewis; Jerome Crowley
3:15-3:45 pm
Break
3:45-4:00 pm
Talk 10: “Exit Strategies" from Shock and tMCS: Considerations for Heart Replacement Therapies
David D'Alessandro
4:00-4:10 pm
Talk 11: Shared Decision Making Under Crisis in Futility
Ajar Kochar
4:10-4:20 pm
Talk 12: Palliative care: Concurrent Support, Communication, and End-of-Life Planning
Christine McCarthy
4:20-4:30 pm
Q & A
Christine McCarthy; David D'Alessandro; Ajar Kochar
4:30-4:45 pm
Take Home
Van-Khue Ton; Lana Tsao
4:45-4:55 pm
Day 2
Friday, January 22, 2027
Welcome back
Van-Khue Ton; Lana Tsao
8:00-8:05 am
Heart Failure in 2027
Gregory D. Lewis
8:05-8:20 am
Beyond the Left: Why the Right Side is the Real Maverick in Heart Failure
Michael M. Givertz
8:20-8:35 am
Seeing the Unseen: Diagnostic Imaging in Heart Failure
Raymond Kwong
8:35-8:50 am
Primary prevention of SCD in nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Have the Goal Posts Moved?
Christine Albert
8:50-9:05 am
Case 1
9:05-9:20 am
Panel Q &A
Michael M. Givertz; Raymond Kwong; Christine Albert
9:20-9:35 am
Break
9:35-9:50 am
Device based Disease Management: Rise of the implantable Sensor
Akshay Desai
9:50-10:05 am
Acute heart failure with worsening renal function: novel pharmacologic and device strategies for decongestion
Milica Vukicevic
10:05-10:20 am
Iron as a Disease Modifier
Gregory D. Lewis
10:20-10:35 am
Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll: A Discussion of Alcohol, THC, and Sexual Dysfunction
Ioannis Mastoris
10:35-10:50 am
Case 2
10:50-11:05 am
Panel Q & A
Akshay Desai; Milica Vukicevic; Ioannis Mastoris
11:05-11:20 am
The Broken Pump: Architecture of the Failing Heart
Robert Padera
11:20-11:50 am
Panel Q&A
Robert Padera
11:50 am-12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00-1:00 pm
The 4 Pillar Playbook: Decoding the “Who, When, and Wow” for HFrEF
Muthiah Vaduganathan
1:00-1:15 pm
Back to the Future: Cardiac Glycosides Revisited
Karola Jering
1:15-1:25 pm
Evolution of Pacing Strategies in HFrEF
Usha Tedrow
1:25-1:40 pm
Outsmarting the Heart: Autonomic Modulation
Lana Tsao
1:40-1:50 pm
Beyond Pacing: Powering up the Failing Heart with CCM
Theofanie Mela
1:50-2:00 pm
Clinical Pearls in HF Management
Lori Arrighi; Theresa Comerford; Jacqueline Ruckel; Julia Allen
2:00-2:30 pm
Panel Q & A
Muthiah Vaduganathan; Karola Jering; Usha Tedrow; Lana Tsao; Theofanie Mela
2:30-2:45 pm
Break
2:45-3:00 pm
Evolution of GDMT for HFpEF
Scott Solomon
3:00-3:15 pm
Obesity in HFpEF
John Ostrominski
3:15-3:30 pm
RV Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction in HFpEF: Sotatercept, Levosimendan or Denervation to the Rescue?
Mandeep Mehra
3:30-3:45 pm
Case 3
3:45-4:00 pm
Panel Q & A
Scott Solomon; John Ostrominski; Mandeep Mehra
4:00-4:20 pm
Wrap Up
Van-Khue Ton; Lana Tsao
4:20-4:30 pm
Day 3
Saturday, January 23, 2027
Welcome
Van-Khue Ton; Lana Tsao
8:00-8:05 am
Genetic testing for Cardiomyopathy
Yuri Kim; Christopher Newton-Cheh
8:05-8:15 am
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Myosin Inhibitors and beyond
Neal K. Lakdawala; Christopher Newton-Cheh
8:15-8:30 am
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Navigating the Path from HCM to HF
Sthuthi David
8:30-8:45 am
Unique Hearts, Unique Needs: Adult Congenital Heart Failure is not “regular” Heart Failure
Rob Morelend
8:45-9:05 am
Panel Q&A
Yuri Kim; Neal K. Lakdawala; Sthuthi David; Christopher Newton-Cheh
9:05-9:15 am
Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies
Garrick Stewart
9:15-9:35 am
Mastering the Misfold of TTR Cardiac Amyloid from Diagnosis to Disease Modification
Sarah Cuddy
9:35-9:50 am
The Toxicity of Light: Understanding AL Cardiac Amyloid
Bin Quan Yang
9:50-10:05 am
The Heart Cancer Collision: Saving Lives without Breaking Hearts - Cancer Induced Cardiomopathy
Daniel Zlotoff
10:05-10:20 am
Panel Q & A
Garrick Stewart; Sarah Cuddy; Bin Quan Yang; Daniel Zlotoff
10:20-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:50 am
Fixing the Flow: Revascularization in HF
Pinak Shah
10:50-11:05 am
Surgical vs Interventional Approach to MR
Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje; Serguei Melnitchouk
11:05-11:30 am
Structural Solutions for Functional Problems: The TEER and TTVR Evolution for TR
Evin Yucel; Nilay Patel
11:30-11:50 am
Case 1
11:50 am-12:05 pm
Panel Q&A
Pinak Shah; Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje; Serguei Melnitchouk; Evin Yucel; Nilay Patel
12:05-12:15 pm
Lunch Break
12:15-1:15 pm
Stop Waiting, Start Advancing: The Art of the Timely Referral for Advanced Therapies
Erin Coglianese
1:15-1:30 pm
Palliative care: Tender Care for Tough Hearts
Lauren O'Shea
1:30-1:45 pm
Knowledgeable Together: The Secret to Better HF Outcomes
Maxwell Afari; Samuel Coffin; Christopher Link; Guilherme Marmontel Nasi; Tapan Mehta; Andrew Schwartzman
1:45-2:00 pm
Shared Care Cases and Roundtable
Maxwell Afari; Samuel Coffin; Christopher Link; Guilherme Marmontel Nasi; Tapan Mehta; Andrew Schwartzman
2:00-2:45 pm
Panel Q & A
Lauren O'Shea; Maxwell Afari; Samuel Coffin; Christopher Link; Guilherme Marmontel Nasi; Tapan Mehta; Andrew Schwartzman
2:45-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
CPET Challenge
Gregory D. Lewis
3:15-3:45 pm
When Two Hearts Beat as One (Unsafely): Navigating Pregnancy with Heart Failure
Emily Lau
3:45-4:00 pm
Taming the Two-Headed Monster: Mastering AF and HF together
Moussa Mansour
4:00-4:15 pm
Heart Failure AI: Predicting Tomorrow’s Failure Today
Jonathan Cunningham
4:15-4:30 pm
Panel Q & A
Emily Lau; Moussa Mansour; Jonathan Cunningham
4:30-4:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Van-Khue Ton; Lana Tsao
4:45-4:50 pm