UCARS 2026 - Session 3 - Myocardial Recovery and Advanced Therapies Pathways

Chairs: Stephen McKellar, MD, Intermountain; Josef Stehlik, MD, U of U

1. How to (a) individualize the probability of recovery and (b) guide recommendations for ‘direct transplant’ vs ‘VAD as bridge’. — Tom Cascino, MD, U of Michigan
2. ISHLT guidelines for myocardial recovery. — Igor Gosev, MD, Newark Beth Israel
3. Long-term outcomes after VAD weaning: results from VAD WEAN Recovery Registry. — Van-Khue Ton, MD, MGH
4. UNOS and INTERMACS evidence of underutilization of myocardial recovery path and how to address this. — Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, Houston Methodist

Discussants: Joseph Rogers, MD, Texas Heart Institute/Baylor; Shelley Hall, MD, Baylor/Dallas; Abdallah Kfoury, MD, Intermountain; Yaron Barac, MD, Wake Forest