2016 U-CARS Highlights
More than 450 attendees from around the world participated in the 4th Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (U-CARS), which was held on January 14-15, 2016 at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT.
Keynote addresses were delivered by Jay Cohn, MD, and Philippe Menasche, MD, with Jeroen J Bax, MD, PhD as a featured guest. The 2016 U-CARS symposium topics expanded across the basic, translational, and clinical sciences to provide a unique forum to push the field of heart recovery forward.
Agenda
Thursday, January 14, 2016
9:00 - 10:00am
Session 1: What is myocardial recovery? Chairpersons: Dean Y Li, MD, PhD, University of Utah; Donald Lappe, MD, Intermountain Medical Center
| Topic | Speaker |
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1. Understanding myocardial recovery: translational perspective |
Lorrie Kirshenbaum, PhD, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada |
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2. Understanding mycardial recoverey: insights from biomarker clinical research |
Wilson Tang, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
10:00 - 10:45am
Keynote Address: Jay Cohn
Cardiac and vascular remodeling: mechanisms of progression and recovery Jay N. Cohn, M.D, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
10:45 - 11:00am
BREAK
11:00 -1:00pm
Session 2: Paradigms of cardiac recovery Chairpersons: John Doty, MD, Intermountain Medical Center; Roger A. Freedman, MD, University of Utah
| Topic | Speaker |
| 1. Revascularization leading to myocardial recovery: do we understand it? | Jeroen J. Bax, MD/PhD, Leiden University, The Netherlands/ President European Society of Cardiology (ESC) |
| 2. Pacing the failing heart; the good, the bad, the ugly, and the confused? | John Cleland, MD, Harefield/Imperial College, London, UK |
| 3. Through the lens of calcific aortic stenosis |
Brian Lindman, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 4. Peripartum cardiomyopathy lessons for the cardiac recovery field |
Uri Elkayam, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
1:00 - 2:00pm
LUNCH - Poster Viewing
2:00 - 3:30pm
Session 3: Right heart failure and recovery Chairpersons: John J. Ryan MD, University of Utah; David E. Morgan, MD, University of Utah
| Topic | Speaker |
| 1. Right heart diastology: prognostic and therapeutic implications |
Marielle van de Veerdonk, MD, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2. Recovering the failing heart: insights from clinical and experimental studies | Stephen Mckellar, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 3. Recovering and restoring RV function in PAH: Is it possible? | Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
3:30 - 3:45pm
BREAK
3:45-5:00pm
Session 4: ORAL PRESENTATIONS OF BEST SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS Chairpersons: Josef Stehlik, MD, University of Utah; Sarah Franklin, PhD, University of Utah
| Topic | Speaker |
| 1. HeartMate PHP initial clinical experience in INTERMACS 1 patients | Jiri Maly, MD, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic |
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Symposium Dinner
Friday, January 15, 2016
8:00-9:00am
Session 5: Before the heart is burnt-out and VAD/Tx is necessary Chairpersons: Stephan Schueler, MD, PhD, Newcastle, UK; Edward M. Gilbert, MD, University of Utah
| Topic | Speaker |
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1. The case for VAD therapy in earlier HF stages: pros and cons |
Keith Aaronson, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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2. Innovative strategies for the refractory HFpEF patient: Devices, unloading, and beyond |
Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY |
9:00 - 9:15am
BREAK
9:15-11:15am
Session 6: Mechanical unloading and cardiac recovery Chairpersons: James W. Long, MD, Integris Baptist; Jean-Bernard Durand, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson
| Topic | Speaker |
| 1. Type of unloading, degree of unloading, and other new concepts |
Nader Moazami, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
| 2. Optimizing mechanical unloading: what can we do with the current technology and what is my wish list for the future. | Nir Uriel, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 3. Unloading and Recovery: From heterotopic transplant model and VAD registries to prospective studies and beyond | Stavros G. Drakos, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 4. NIH RFA for the mechanical unloading and cardiac recovery field: Is it required? | J. Timothy Baldwin, PhD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland |
11:15-12:30pm
Panel Discussion: How can the unloading/cardiac recovery field advance?
Dean Y Li, MD/PhD (University of Utah); James C. Fang, MD (University of Utah); Abdallah G. Kfoury, MD (Intermountain Medical Center); James W. Long, MD (Integris Baptist); Emma Birks, MD (University of Louisville); Josef Stehlik, MD (University of Utah)
12:30-1:30pm
LUNCH - Poster Viewing
1:30-2:15pm
Keynote Address: Philippe Menasche, Paris
Cardiac recovery: When will stem cells be standard-of-care Philippe Menasché, MD, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
2:15-3:45pm
Session 7: New therapeutic approaches for myocardial recovery Chairpersons: Kirk U. Knowlton, MD, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City; Simon Maltais, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
| Topic | Speaker |
| 1. VAD-induced unloading and stem cells: Why combine them? |
Joseph Woo, MD, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2. VAD-induced unloading and modulation of inflammatory resonse: Why combine them? |
Craig H. Selzman, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 3. Immune response in cardiac remodeling and recovery: therapeutic opportunities |
Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama |
3:45 - 4:00pm
BREAK
4:00-5:45 pm
Session 8: Acute heart failure and cardiac recovery Chairpersons: Frederick G. Welt, MD, University of Utah; Joseph Tonna, MD, University of Utah
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1. SHOCK Case Presentations:
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Omar Wever-Pinzon, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Anwar Tandar, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Joseph E. Tonna, MD, FAAEM, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2. INTERMACS 1: How to select patients and mechanical support therapeutic strategies? | Brad Rasmusson, MD, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake |
| 3. Cardiogenic shock: From percutaneous VAD and ECMO to the exit strategy. | Ulrich Jorde, MD, Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore, Bronx, New York |
| 4. Debate: Cardiogenic shock therapies: Surgical approach vs. percutaneous approach | Ivan Netuka MD/PhD, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic Jeff Teuteberg, MD, UPMC, Pittsburgh |
6:30 - 9:00pm
Faculty Dinner