UCARS 2026 - Session 9 - Innovative Approaches to Myocardial Recovery - Clinical

Chairs: Alison Brann, MD, U of U; Joel Trinity, PhD, U of U; Spencer Carter, MD, U of U

Featured Presentation: Novel devices in HF: is a tsunami coming? — Marat Fudim, MD, Duke

1. Aortic stenosis and TAVR as a model to better understand cardiac remodeling and recovery — Andrew Perry, MD, Vanderbilt
2. Advanced Hemodynamics and Cardiac Energetics as Physiologic Targets of RV and LV Recovery — Jonathan Grinstein, MD, U of Chicago
3. Ventricular and vascular biomechanics of VA ECMO: diagnostic and therapeutic implications — Kay Everett, MD/PhD, U of South Florida/Tampa General
4. Promoting vascular recovery during LVAD therapy: role of pulsatility and nitric oxide augmentation — Omar Saeed, MD, Montefiore/Einstein
5. LVEF-agnostic HF prognosis and access to advanced therapies: are we disadvantaging HFmrEF and HFpEF pts? — Chris Kapelios, MD/PhD, U of Athens, Greece

Discussants Panel: Aysha Amjad, MD, Intermountain; Matthew Griffee, MD; Anwar Tandar, MD; Ethan Tumarkin, MD; Libo Wang, MD, U of U