UCARS 2026 - Session 2 - Vexing Clinical Issues in Myocardial Recovery

Chairs: Manreet Kanwar, MD, U of Chicago; Rami Alharethi, MD, Intermountain

How to bridge unstable patients with new HF diagnosis to the “GDMT goldmine”:

 a) Pharmacological bridge to GDMT: vasodilation, inotropes po/iv & other paths. — Brian Houston, MD, MUSC

 b) Mechanical bridge to GDMT: short-term, intermediate or durable? — Gavin Hickey, MD, U of Pittsburgh

 c) Is all of the above a “band-aid” resulting in higher risk Transplant/DT VAD surgeries? — Bart Meyns, MD, U of Leuven, Belgium