U-CARS 2024 - Session 6: Featured Research Presentations

Chairs: Spencer Carter, MD, U of U; Anthony Donato, PhD, U of U; Sarah Franklin, PhD, U of U; Joseph Palatinus, MD/PhD, U of U/Intermountain

(a) Featured Abstracts

1. Uncovering the surfaceome of human cardiomyocytes reveals novel insights into regional differences in HF.  Roneldine Mesidor, BS, U of Nebraska
2. Single-cell transcriptions of myocardial remodeling after unloading in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy and HLHS. Diwakar Turaga, MD/PhD, Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital
3. C-type natriuretic peptide expression and innovative therapeutics for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. David Armstrong, MD/PhD, Vanderbilt
4. C-MIC Berlin Heals device: a novel treatment for HF patients.  J. Eduardo Rame, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
5. Temporal trends in the utilization of HF medical therapy in LVAD-supported patients: a single center experience. Gregor Poglajen, MD, Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Slovenia
6. Quality dashboard using Natural Language Processing for identification of post-LVAD myocardial recovery patients. Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, Houston Methodist
7. Multicenter personalized calculator to identify advance HF therapies candidates with high potential for post-LVAD myocardial recovery. Eleni Maneta, MD, U of U
8. Left ventricular assist device explant versus decommissioning: A VAD Wean Registry analysis. Ian Nickel, MD, U of U

(b) Invited Original Research (9.00-10.30am)

1.    The ubiquitin system and reverse cardiac remodeling - can we control it? Yaron Barac, MD/PhD, Tel Aviv University, Israel

2.    Reversing heart failure with ketones: current update.  J. Eduardo Rame, MD, Jefferson Health.

3.    Mechanisms of RV dysfunction in advanced HFrEF. Vojtech Melenovsky, MD/PhD, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic

4.    The role of microcirculation in assessing mechanical circulatory support. Nir Uriel, MD, Columbia, NY

5.    Design and testing of the 3R VIGOR implantable counter-pulsatile circulatory assist system. Steven Tsui, MD, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England

6.    Report from the international multicenter VAD WEAN Registry. Snehal Patel, MD, Montefiore/ Einstein