UCARS 2025 - Session 6: Debates on vexing clinical issues

Session 6: Debates on vexing clinical issues 

Debate 1: Severe multi-vessel coronary artery disease in HF 

Chair: James Fang, MD, U of U

Option 1: Revascularization: David Taggart, MD, U of Oxford, England

Option 2: Optimal Medical Therapy: Gerasimos Filippatos, MD, U of Athens, Greece

Discussants Panel: Ivan Netuka, MD, IKEM, Prague, Czechia; John Ryan, MD, U of U; Matthew Goodwin, MD, U of U; Brigham Smith, MD, U of U; Tara Jones, MD, U of U; Libo Wang, MD, U of U

Debate 2: Therapeutic approaches to moderate and severe mitral valve regurgitation in HF

Chair: Fred Welt, MD, U of U

Option 1: Interventional approach. Brian Whisenant, MD, Intermountain Health

Option 2: Surgical approach: Christopher Salerno, MD, U of Chicago

Discussants Panel: David Taggart, MD, U of Oxford, England; Ivan Netuka, MD, IKEM, Prague, Czechia; Ethan Tumarkin, MD, U of U; Anwar Tandar, MD, U of U; Vikas Sharma, MD, U of U