Agenda

Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (U-CARS) 2025

Thursday, February 20,2025 (all times MST)

7.00-8.00am. Breakfast Industry Theater (Non-CME) - TBD

8.00-8.15am. Introduction

8.15-9.30am. Session 1: Innovation in cardiac adrenergic receptors in disease
Chairs: Robin Shaw, MD/PhD, U of U; Kirk Knowlton, MD, Intermountain Health; Jared Bunch, MD, U of U

  1. Molecular mechanisms of b-adrenergic stimulated cardiac contractility. Steven Marx, MD, Columbia 
  2. Spatiotemporal activation of cardiac b-adrenergic receptor signaling. Donald Bers, PhD, UC Davis   
  3. Allosteric modulation of b1-adrenergic receptors for catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, Howard Rockman, MD, Duke  

(15 min talk + 10 min discussion each)

9.30-10.30am. Keynote address
Michael Bristow, MD/PhD, U of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

10:30-11:00am. Break

11:00am-12:15pm. Session 2:  Interorgan and intercellular signaling in cardiac health and disease
Chairs: Scott Summers, PhD, U of U; Jared Rutter, PhD, U of U; Sihem Boudina, PhD, U of U

  1. The heart in a muscle-liver-adipose "Bermuda triangle". Robert Gerszten, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard
  2. Immune cells at the crossroad to cardiac fibrosis and heart failure. Pilar Alcaide, PhD, Tufts
  3. Hepato-cardiac signaling in control of pathologic cardiac hypertrophy. Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD, U of Cincinnati

(15 min talk + 10 min discussion each)

12.15-1.15pm. Lunch Industry Theaters (Non-CME)

  • Abiomed (Ballroom)
  • Pending (Amphitheater)

1.15-3.00pm. Session 3: Myocardial recovery: evidence and implementation
Chairs: James Long, MD, Integris Health; Stephen McKellar, MD, Intermountain Health

  1. How is progression of disease/HFrEF affecting the cardiac recoverability? Is this the same for all HFrEF therapies? Liviu Klein, UCSF
  2. How to (a) individualize the probability of recovery and (b) guide recommendations for ‘direct transplant’ vs ‘VAD as bridge’. Maya Guglin, MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson 
  3. Durability of recovery after VAD weaning: results from VAD WEAN Recovery Registry. Benjamin Sun, MD, Minneapolis Heart Institute
  4. Upgraded recommendations for recovery in the ISHLT guidelines. Michael Tong, MD, Cleveland Clinic
  5. UNOS and INTERMACS evidence of under diagnosis and underutilization of LVAD-mediated recovery. Anelechi Anyanwu, Mount Sinai
  6. Reasons for under diagnosis and underutilization and ways to address them. Palak Shah, MD, INOVA

Discussants Panel: Snehal Patel, MD, Montefiore; Amanda Vest, MD, Cleveland Clinic; Kartik Sundareswaran, PhD, U of U;  Abdallah Kfoury, MD, Intermountain Health; Stavros Drakos, MD/PhD, U of U

(10 minutes each and 45 minutes panel discussion at the end)

3.00-3.30pm. Break

3.30-5.00pm. Session 4: Cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic crosstalk in acute and chronic HF 
Chairs: Srinivasan Beddhu, MD, U of U; Aylin Rodan MD, PhD, U of U; Yan-Ting Shiu, PhD, U of U

Featured Presentation: Amino acids for renal protection in cardiovascular disease. Alessandro Belletti, MD, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy (20 min + 10 min discussion)

  1. Intersection between skeletal muscle and myocardial muscle recovery in HF. Amanda Vest, MD, Cleveland Clinic
  2. Metabolic mechanisms of pulmonary vasculopathy in heart failure. Vojtěch Melenovsky, MD, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
  3. Cardiogenic shock, vasoplegia and cardiorenal syndrome. Tom Hanff, MD, U of U

(12 min talk + 8 min discussion each)

Discussants Panel: Alfred Cheung, MD, U of U; Nirupama Ramkumar, MD, U of U; Brandi Wynne, PhD, U of U 

5.00-6.00pm. Poster Presentations Session (Non-CME)

7.00-10.00pm. Symposium Gala Dinner Reception
Ken Garff Red Zone, South Tower, level 1 (located on south end of Rice Eccles Stadium)
451 S 1400 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Get directions HERE
 

Friday, February 21, 2025 (all times MST)

7.00-8.00am. Breakfast Industry Theaters (Non-CME)

  • Bristol Myers Squibb (Ballroom)

8.00-10.00am. Session 5: Featured Research Presentations- Best Submitted Abstracts (Non-CME)
Chairs: Markus Amann, PhD, U of U; Ade Aromolaran, PhD, U of U; Roberta Florido, MD, U of U; Eleni Tseliou, MD/PhD, U of U

  1. Epigenetics of myocardial recovery. Omar Wever-Pinzon, MD, U of Miami
  2. Multi-modal biomimetic human translational models for understanding myocardial load response. Michael Ibrahim, MD, PhD, U Penn
  3. Role of microcirculation in assessing myocardial recovery. Nir Uriel, MD, Columbia
  4. Innovation in stem cell therapy for HF patients. Bojan Vrotvec, MD, U of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  5. LV unloading and its effect on RV contractility and RV-pulmonary coupling in LVAD recipients. Steven Hsu, MD, Johns Hopkins 
  6. Ventricular restoration to mediate reverse remodeling: AccuCinch trial. Ulrich Jorde, MD, Montefiore/Einstein
  7. Innovation in recovering donor hearts: insights from the Donor Heart Study. Kiran Khush, MD, Stanford

(Additional topics to be announced based on abstract submissions.)

10.00-10.30am. Break

10.30-12.15 pm Session 6: Debates on vexing clinical issues 

Debate 1: Severe multi-vessel coronary artery disease in HF 

Chair: James Fang, MD, U of U

Option 1: Revascularization: David Taggart, MD, U of Oxford, England

Option 2: Optimal Medical Therapy: Gerasimos Filippatos, MD, U of Athens, Greece

Discussants Panel: Ivan Netuka, MD, IKEM, Prague, Czechia; John Ryan, MD, U of U; Matthew Goodwin, MD, U of U; Brigham Smith, MD, U of U; Tara Jones, MD, U of U; Libo Wang, MD, U of U

The speakers and panel will discuss various associated clinical characteristics and how this variability may further inform the potential therapeutic options.

(15 min each and 20 min discussion)

Debate 2: Therapeutic approaches to moderate and severe mitral valve regurgitation in HF

Chair: Fred Welt, MD, U of U

Option 1: Interventional approach. Brian Whisenant, MD, Intermountain Health

Option 2: Surgical approach: Christopher Salerno, MD, U of Chicago

Discussants Panel: David Taggart, MD, U of Oxford, England; Ivan Netuka, MD, IKEM, Prague, Czechia; Ethan Tumarkin, MD, U of U; Anwar Tandar, MD, U of U; Vikas Sharma, MD, U of U 

The speakers and panel will discuss various associated clinical characteristics and how this variability may further inform the potential therapeutic options.

(15 min each and 20 min discussion)

12.15-1:15 pm Lunch Industry Theaters (Non-CME)

  • Abbott (Ballroom)
  • CVRx (Amphitheater)

1:15-2:45pm Session 7: Interesting Cases – Interactive Discussion
Discussants Panel: Antigone Koliopoulou, MD, Onassis, Greece; Rami Alharethi, MD, Intermountain Health; Sean Overton, MD, U of U; Spencer Carter, MD, U of U; Laura Geer, RN, U of U; Marisca Nelson, RN, U of U

  1. Berlin Heart Institute case – Felix Schoenrath, MD, Charite, Berlin, Germany
  2. Karolinska Institute case – Emil Najjar, MD, Karolinska, Sweden
  3. U of Utah case – Speaker TBD 

(15 min presentation and 15 min discussion each)

2:45-3:15pm. Break

3.15-4:30pm Session 8: Acute HF and cardiogenic shock
Discussants Panel: Ulrich Jorde, MD, Montefiore; Alessandro Belletti, MD, Milan, Italy; Felix Schoenrath, MD, Berlin, Germany; Anna Ciullo, MD, U of U; Joseph Tonna, MD, U of U

  1. Native heart recovery and temporary MCS in cardiogenic shock. Manreet Kanwar, MD, U of Chicago
  2. SCAI/SoCCC SHOCK TEAM Think Tank 2024: summary and action items. Jason Katz, MD, NYU
  3. Reasons for Success and Failure in Developing a Shock Team. Shashank Sinha, MD, INOVA

(15 min presentation and 10 min discussion each)