LVADs and RV Dysfunction: Is It Manageable? | ASAIO Webinar

CTSNet continued its webinar series with ASAIO Journal on June 20, 2024 by enrolling cardiac surgery and heart failure professionals to discuss the topic, "LVADs and RV Dysfunction: Is It Manageable?" Panelists included Dr. Jennifer A. Cowger, Section Head of Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, and Mechanical Circulatory Support and Member of the Shock, Structural, Sarcoid, and Amyloid Programs at Henry Ford Hospital; Dr. Jiapeng Huang, Deputy Director, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and Associate Director, Translational Research Support Core at the University of Lousiville; and Dr. Joyce W. Wald, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director, Shock Team, and Director, Practice Development Heart Failure, Transplant, and MCS Programs at the University of Pennsylvania.

Topics covered:

• Preoperative Assessment and Optimization
• Right Ventricular Dysfunction During Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Roles of Anesthesiologists
• Delayed Right Heart Failure After Durable LVAD

Throughout the three presentations, the live audience submitted Q&A questions to the faculty. The webinar was moderated by host Dr. Mark Slaughter and moderator Dr. Ashok Kumar C.J. Watch to the end to hear the panelists discuss greater details and audience questions on this pivotal topic!

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