Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Current Direction of Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) – What We Have Learned Since REMATCH (Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure)
This opening session will summarize recent clinical trial successes and failures, and provide a critical analysis of the remaining obstacles limiting the growth of MCS.
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: State of the VAD Nation
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm
"Remaining Obstacles Limiting the Field of MCS: A Frank Assessment of Where We Are Now with Adverse Events (and Where We Would Be Without Them)"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
"Growth of MCS Within the Larger Medical Device Field"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
"The Impact of Next Generation Devices on Physicians and Patients"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Recent Evolution of MCS Industry
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Optimizing MCS Patient and Lifestyle Management
Determinants of exercise tolerance and capacity and how they can be coordinated for efficacy and patient compliance. Insight into MCS physiology from the Total Artificial Heart community. Home health monitoring as well as decision-making tools for patient management.
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Exercise Tolerance and Capacity"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
"Exercise Hemodynamics, Analysis and Modeling"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
General Discussion: Exercise and MCS
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:45 am
"Clinical Considerations and Patient Selection for the Total Artificial Heart"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
"Surgical Challenges of the Total Artificial Heart"
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:15 am
General Discussion: Total Artificial Heart
11:15 am - 11:30 am
"Decision-Making Tools for LVAD Patient Management"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
"VAD Self-Care: Providing a Patient and Caregiver-Centric Focus"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
"Psychosocial Risk Factors and Implications for VAD Self-Care"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion: Patient Case Studies
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Physiology of Adverse Events that Are Limiting the Growth of Assisted Circulation
The obstacles of hemocompatibility and right ventricular failure are discussed from a wide range of perspectives.
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"RV Failure Post Device Implantation; Assessment and Novel Therapies"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"RV Function, RV Failure, and RVADs"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
General Discussion: Right Ventricular MCS
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
"The Next Generation of VADs: How Much Better Will They Be?"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
"Balancing Bleeding and Clotting in MCS Patients: A Mechanistic View"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
"Angiogenesis in Patients Supported with Continuous Flow Pumps"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Hemocompatibility
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Selecting and Managing the Right Patient for the Right Outcome
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"The Future Role of MCS in Advanced Heart Failure"
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:45 am
"Selection and Treatment: Pediatric HF Patients Are Not Small Adult HF Patients"
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:15 am
"Recent Developments in Myocardial Recovery"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Myocardial Recovery May Be a Dead-End Target"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion: Myocardial Recovery
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Future of Intelligent Pumping
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"24/7 Beat-to-Beat Monitoring of VAD-Patients: Clinical Data Underline the Importance of Smart Pumps"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
"Experiences with Remote Home Monitoring with the Reliant Heart"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Integration of CardioMEMS Pressure Sensor into VAD Systems"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
"Smart Pump Control - What Has Been Done, How to Optimize, and What Are the Open Questions"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Academic Innovations and Prognostic Indicators
Novel approaches to overcoming the obstacles of MCS from academic labs in a variety of areas.
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Next Generation Ventricular Assist Devices and Diagnostics, Industry's Collaboration with Academia"
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
"Human Factors in MCS Design"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:45 am
"Biomaterials for Improving Myocardial Function"
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:15 am
"A Less Invasive Surgical Approach for MCS"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Barriers to Patient and Mainstream Acceptance of VADs: Observations of a Clinical Engineer"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Ramp Test in LVAD Patients Hemodynamics and Outcome"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Industry Innovations: New Advances in LVAD Pulsatility, Miniaturized MCS Devices, and Total Artificial Heart Design
Many small companies have developed novel designs that may be game-changers in the reduction of serious adverse events, short technical overviews of late-breaking innovations will be presented.
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
"Current Innovations in Device Design"
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
"Corwave LVAD - the 'Fishtail' Membrane, a Novel Approach to Pumping, Promises to Reduce Adverse Events"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
"NuPulse iVAS - A Minimally Invasive Long-Term Counterpulsation Device for Treatment of CHF"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
"The Nuheart Fully Percutaneous LVAD"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
"Coplanar Wireless Energy Transfer (CET) System for Fully Implanted VAD"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Global Future of MCS
What opportunities are there for growing the application of
MCS in health care? What are the economics of MCS and heart failure predicted
to be over the next 10-15 years?
9:00 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
"Global Initiatives in Standardization of MCS Therapy"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:45 am
"Emerging Markets for MCS: Pediatrics"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:05 am
"How PediMACS Will Enlighten Us"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
General Discussion: Pediatric MCS
11:30 am - 11:45 am
"Emerging Markets for MCS: India"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
"Emerging Markets for MCS: Kazakhstan"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Catalyzing the Next Steps to Solving Major MCS Challenges
Wide-ranging perspectives from experiences investigators
will challenge the assisted circulation community to define priorities for
immediate study as well as long-term direction.
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Role of MCS in an Integrated Health Care System"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
"Social Media as Support for MCS Patients"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
"Patient Pump Interaction - Clinical Insights from Waveforms"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure
