Lectures

We are pleased to offer a robust offering of specially curated group of lectures on topics in advanced heart failure, left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and cardiac transplantation in addition to dedicated intensive care unit management topics, including:

Heart Failure Lectures

Myocarditis
Infiltrative cardiomyopathies
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)
Outpatient management of heart failure
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Pulmonary hypertension
Heart failure secondary to cancer chemotherapy
Heart failure and congenital heart disease
Functional assessment of heart failure
ICD/CRT
Heart failure and arrhythmias
Mechanical support : ECMO/IABP/percutaneous VAD
End of life: Palliative care /hospice
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF)
Right ventricle (RV) failure
Revascularization for acute and chronic heart failure
CT/MRI use in heart failure
Heart failure guidelines
Surgical management of heart failure

LVAD Lectures

LVAD selection criteria
Echocardiographic evaluation of LVAD
Perioperative care of the VAD patient and LVAD operation
Anesthesia essentials pre LVAD /TX
LVAD operation system
Psychosocial evaluation pre LVAD

Transplant Lectures

Immunosuppression
Infectious workup/opportunistic infections
Acute cellular and antibody-mediated rejection
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV)
Transplant immunology
Transplant pathology