Thoratec - HFSA Video Presentation

4:00 pm - Introduction:
Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, FACC, FACP - Chair
University of Maryland Medical Center
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4:05 pm - Progress and Barriers to MCS:
An Introductory Perspective
Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, FACC, FACP
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• Highlight the general progress in MCS
• Introduce the artificial lines of distinction between
bridge-to-transplant (BTT) and destination therapy (DT)
• Discuss the key limitations of current device therapy

4:15 pm - Where Does the Patient Fit In?
Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
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• Describe patient perceptions to device therapy
• Outline appropriate risk algorithms for referral of patients
• When does "optimal therapy" fail?
• Discuss early versus late referrals

4:35 - pm INTERMACS:
A Global Registry-based Solution
James K. Kirklin, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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• Describe the rationale and current status of INTERMACS
• Outline how INTERMACS will define the future of MCS

5:05 pm - New Pumps, New Data:
Joseph G. Rogers, MD
Duke University Medical Center
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• Discuss the 2nd and 3rd generation pumps in development
• Describe new trial data on 2nd generation devices -
BTT and DT
• Introduce the concept of cardiac recovery

5:30 pm - Panel Discussion:
(moderated by Chair)
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• Focus on developing and maintaining an MCS program;
implications of communitybased practices and their
interactions with an implanting center