UCARS session 7: Acute Heart Failure and Shock

Chairs: Anna Ciullo, MD, U of U; Tom Hanff, U of U, MD; Joseph Tonna, MD, U of U

State-of-the-art lecture: Cardiac arrest toll in 2024 – how to build a large-scale life-saving program?  (20 min talk and 10 min discussion) Demetris Yannopoulos, U of Minnesota (20 min talk and 10 min discussion)

Case from Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Anantha Madgula, MD, Allegheny Pittsburgh 

Debate: Temporary MCS is an effective therapeutic approach in cardiogenic shock.

Pro: Navin Kapur, MD, Tufts

Con: David Morrow, Brigham and Women’s/Harvard

Bonus talk: Cardiogenic shock: everything works but nothing works - lessons from Taylor Swift and colleagues. David Baran, MD, Cleveland Clinic Florida