Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship Conferences
Information and Schedule
Once weekly an hour long conference consisting of didactic lectures, clinical case presentations, relevant journal article reviews, or on-site clinical research activities will be presented and discussed. Advanced heart failure and rotating fellows will participate in presentations along with clinical faculty.
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Topics covered will include the following areas which are relevant to clinical competency for the ABIM Board Certification in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology:
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Heart Failure
- HF risk factors and prognosis
- Heart Failure Guidelines (2 part talk)
- Pathophysiology of the Normal and Failing heart
- Remodeling and other compensatory mechanisms in CHF
- Medical management of chronic heart failure
- Contraindications in heart failure: medical and therapeutic mismanagement
- OSA in CHF
- Disease management and Palliative Care in CHF
- Biomarkers in heart failure
- Reversible causes of heart failure
- Constrictive and Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Determining myocardial viability and indications for revascularization
- Cardiac surgery in heart failure patients
- Determining candidates for advanced heart failure therapies
- Cardiorenal syndrome
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- HFpEF
- Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies
- Genetic Cardiomyopathies
- Other causes of Cardiomyopathy
- Pathophysiology of heart failure including flow volume loop interpretation
- Cardiac MRI in heart failure management and diagnosis
- Management of atrial arrhythmias
- Ventricular arrhythmias and ICD indications
- CRT indications and physiologic considerations
- CHF Hemodynamics
- Catheterization, Biopsy and RHC
- Improving transition from inpatient to outpatient CHF care and initiatives for the reduction of readmission
- Heart Failure care in the emergency department
- Physical exam and bedside assessment of hemodynamics in heart failure
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MCS
- LVAD basics, terminology, pumps and indications
- Patient selection and outcomes in MCS
- Teaching and education in the MCS candidate
- Psychological assessment and social considerations in MCS pts
- MCS/ECMO in cardiogenic shock
- External driveline care
- LVAD/MCS infections
- The role of biventricular support in MCS including TAH
- Post op RV failure and management of the right ventricle
- Implantation management
- Concomitant procedures with MCS
- Post implant LVAD management
- Echocardiographic assessment of LVADs
- Imaging in MCS pts
- Complications and side effects of MCS therapy
- GI bleeding post LVAD
- Thrombus formation and thrombotic complications in the MCS pt including hemolysis
- Anticoagulation of MCS pts
- End of life considerations in pts with MCS
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Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary hypertension in left heart failure
- Determining PHTN WHO Group
- Medical management of PHTN
- Managing the medically refractory PHTN patient
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Transplantation
- Introduction to heart Transplant overview and selection
- Issues in determining candidacy for Transplantation
- Managing Donor issues prior to transplant
- Immunology basics PRA and sensitization
- Desensitization strategies of the highly sensitized patient
- Managing immunosuppression and Drugs
- Rejection, management and drug therapy
- Management of acute and chronic allograft rejection
- Post transplant management issues HTN, dyslipidemia, renal disease
- Late complications and co morbidities in OHT pts
- Combined organ transplant