Wednesday, Feb. 22
Optional Preconference 1: International Symposium on Challenges Faced after Fontan Operation: Next Steps to Improve Quality and Duration of Life
Survival Outcomes for the Fontan Operation: Australia and New Zealand Experience – Yves D’Udekem, MD
Survival Outcomes for the Fontan Operation: The CHOP Experience – J. William Gaynor, MD
Survival Outcomes for the Fontan Operation: The Mayo Clinic Experience – Frank Cetta, MD
Biological Uniqueness of the Right Ventricle in Single Ventricle Type CHD: Potential Influence on Outcomes – Shelley Miyamoto, MD
Distinctions of Failure: When the Single (Right) Ventricle Fails – Andrew Redington, MD
Exercise and Hemodynamic Limitations in the Fontan Circulation – Lars Søndergaard, MD
Assessment and Accurate Physiological Evaluation of the Fontan Circulation: What Are We Missing? – Gruschen Veldtman, MD
Designing the Best Fontan Circulation Possible: If I Could This Is What I Would Emphasize and Why – Marc Gewillig, MD
Functional Outcome and Quality of Life After Fontan: Contributions from the Pediatric Heart Network – Andrew Atz, MD
End-organ Consequences: Defining the Pleiotropy of a “Fontan Circulatory Syndrome” – Jack Rychik, MD
Neurocognitive Outcomes after Fontan Operation – Jane Newburger, MD
Fontan Effects on the Lymphatic Circulation – Yoav Dori, MD, PhD
Exercise Training after Fontan: Can It Make a Difference? – Rachael Cordina, MD
Thromboembolism and Anticoagulation after Fontan: Where Are We Now? – Brian McCrindle, MD
Pharmacological Treatment: The Promise of a “Fontan Drug” – David Goldberg, MD
Challenges and Opportunities in Establishing a Specialized Clinic to Care for the Fontan Survivor – Kathryn M. Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC – Ventricular Assist after Fontan: Potential Devices and the Question of Whether to “Push” or to “Pull”
Christopher E. Mascio, MD – Parental Fears and Desires: What I Need to See From the Healthcare Community for My Daughter
Stacey Lihn – My Life with a Fontan Circulation … – Brian Rose, RN
The International Fontan Interest Group (I-FIG): What Our Community Needs to Do – Faculty Panel led by Yves D’Udekem, MD
Optional Preconference 2: Postoperative Management and Congenital Heart Disease: A Comprehensive Primer Review for Nursing and Front-line Providers
Defining “Normal” Cardiac Anatomy – Paul Weinberg, MD
How Soon Can We Know? – Jill Combs, MSN
Screening, Diagnosis and Preoperative Assessments – Kathryn M. Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC
Open Heart Surgery: What’s Going On in the Operating Room? – Susan Nicolson, MD
Early Postoperative Management – Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS
ECHO: Effusions, Function, Obstruction, Regurgitation, Thrombus, and Holes – David Goldberg, MD
What the Chest X-ray Can and Cannot Show You – Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS
How to Decipher Cardiac Catheterization Data – Matthew Schwartz, MD
Postoperative Arrhythmias: SVT, JET, Heart Block, VT – Maully Shah, MBBS
ECMO and Mechanical Support in Children with CHD – Chitra Ravishankar, MD
Sedation and Pain Management after Cardiac Surgery – Jodi Chen, MD
Ventricular Septal Defect
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Patricia Sieffert, MSN, ARNP
Complete Common Atrioventricular Canal Defect
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – James O’Brien, MD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Lisa Laddish, RN, DNP, CPN-AC
Tetralogy of Fallot
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – James O’Brien, MD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Lisa Laddish, RN, DNP, CPN-AC
Truncus Arteriosus
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – William DeCampli, MD, PhD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Kathryn M. Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC
D-Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – Christopher E. Mascio, MD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Kathryn M. Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – James O’Brien, MD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Patricia Sieffert, MSN, ARNP
Coarctation of the Aorta
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Lisa Laddish, RN, DNP, CPN-AC
The “Single Ventricle” Heart: Staged Palliation from First Stage Through Fontan
- Anatomy and Morphology – Paul Weinberg, MD
- Surgery – Christopher E. Mascio, MD
- Postoperative Care and Outcomes – Kathryn M. Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC
Discharge Planning and Home Monitoring – Karen Iacono, MSN, ARNP-BC
The Brain and Congenital Heart Disease – Daniel Licht, MD
Growing Up with Congenital Heart Disease – Yuli Kim, MD
Optional Preconference 3: Starting and Maintaining a Succesful Career in Congenital Heart Care
The Training: How to Get the Most Out of Your Fellowship – Meryl Cohen, MD
The Training: How to Select the Right Scholarly Project – Sara Pasquali, MD, MHS
The Training: From Concept through Publication — Taking a Research Question and Turning it into Disseminated and Accepted Knowledge – David Goldberg, MD
The Training: Mentoring and Menteeing — Finding the Right Match – Nelangi Pinto, MD
The Training: Presenting Your Findings and Learning How to Give that Great Talk! – Girish S. Shirali, MBBS
The Job: Practical Aspects of Starting Out — What You Need to Know and How to Do It – Mark Schwartz, MBA
The Job: Elements of a Successful Career in Private Practice I – Zvi Marans, MD
The Job: Elements of a Successful Career in Private Practice II – Vincent Zales, MD
The Job: Elements of a Successful “Junior” Career in Academic Pediatric Cardiology – Andrew Glatz, MD, MSCE
The Job: How I Go About Choosing the Right Faculty to Join My Group – Daniel Penny, MD, PhD
The Job: What I Expect from My Junior Faculty – Robert Shaddy, MD
My Self: Professionalism and Behaviors that Breed Success – Alan Friedman, MD
Opening Plenary Session I • 4 – 6:35 p.m.
Opening Remarks and Introduction to the Conference – Jack Rychik, MD
Will We Ever Have …
Mechanical Circulatory Support for the Failing Fontan? – Mark Rodefeld, MD
A Comprehensive Understanding of the Origins of Neurocognitive Deficits in Congenital Heart Disease? – Catherine Limperopoulis, PhD
Effective Treatment for Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease? – Christopher Caldarone, MD
A Reliable Means to Predict Sudden Death in the Young? – John Triedman, MD
An Ideal Transcatheter Approach to the Treatment of HLHS? – Dietmar Schranz, MD
A Complete Understanding of the Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease? – Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
The Possibility of Pacing the Fetal Heart? – Yaniv Bar-Cohen, MD
Thursday, Feb. 23
Nursing Pharmacology: Diuretics, Heart Failure Meds, ACEi/ARBs, Amiodarone and Adenosine: What We Should Know About These Medications
- Kathryn M. Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC
- Lisa Laddish, RN, DNP, CPN-AC
- Grace George, MSN, FNP
- Ashley Marshall, MSN, CPNP-AC
- Amber Huddleston, MSN, CPNP-PC
Fundamentals in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Care Case Based EKG
- Mitchell I. Cohen, MD
- Maully Shah, MBBS
- Yaniv Bar-Cohen, MD
Plenary Session II
Lymphatics: The Forgotten Circulatory System
Anatomy and Physiology: Current Understandings of the Lymphatic System – Marlys H. Witte, MD
Development of Lymphatic Treatment Strategies Through Catheter-based Interventional Techniques – Maxim Itkin, MD
Lymphatic Imaging: The Window Is Open for Treatment in Congenital Heart Disease – Yoav Dori, MD, PhD
Surgical Strategies for Lymphatic Conditions in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease – Viktor Hraska, MD
Moderated Panel of Experts
- You Think You Know Tetralogy of Fallot?
- The Unanswered Questions
- Andrew Redington, MD (Discussion Leader)
- Mark Fogel, MD
- Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD
- Viktor Hraska, MD
- Audrey Marshall, MD
- Jonathan J. Rome, MD
- Thomas L. Spray, MD
Plenary Session III
Healthcare Value in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Care
What Is Value in Pediatric Healthcare and How Can We Effectively Provide It? – Douglas G. Hock, MBA
Government Healthcare Policy and Congenital Heart Disease – Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD
Towards the Goal of Achieving Healthcare Value in Congenital Heart Care: What Is Necessary? – Sara Pasquali, MD, MHS
Concepts on Improving Value and Team-based Care in Congenital Heart Health – Arthur Garson Jr., MD, MPH
Healthcare Value: The Payor Perspective – Marc Kesheshian, MD
Panel Participant: Payor Perspective – Marc Keshishian, MD
Panel Participant: Patient and Family Perspective – Stacey Lihn
Panel Participant: Chief of Cardiology Perspective Daniel Penny, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion Leader Robert Campbell, MD
Simultaneous Breakout Sessions:
Breakout Session I – Nursing — Truth or Fiction: What Does the Evidence Say?
Does Interstage Follow-up Matter? – Lori Erickson, MSN, APRN
Should We Restrict Exercise in CHD Patients? – Juli-anne Evangelista, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Utility of Vasopressin in CHD Care? – Karen Iacono, MSN, ARNP-BC
Utility of Treprostinil in Care for Pulmonary Hypertension? – Stephen Walker, MSN, CRNP
No Pressure: Do Unit-Based Experts Make a Difference in HAPI (Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury) Prevention? – Margaret Cates, BSN, RN, CCRN
Is “Handoff” Really That Important? – Erika L. Wintering, MSN, RNFA, PNP-AC
Breakout Session II – Advances in Heart Failure and Transplantation in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Mechanisms of Heart Failure in the Young: Origins and Pathophysiology – Shelley Miyamoto, MD
Heart Failure in Friedreich’s Ataxia and Other Neurological Conditions – Kimberly Lin, MD
New Heart Failure Drugs: Are They an Improvement? – Damien Bonnet, MD, PhD
Management of Heart Failure in the Critical Care Unit – Antonio Cabrera, MD
Pulmonary Arterial Banding for Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Dietmar Schranz, MD
There Is No Way We Should Transplant This Patient: The Challenges of Risk Stratification in Pediatric Heart Transplantation – Joseph Rossano, MD
Update on Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Patient – Christopher E. Mascio, MD
Breakout Session III – Healthcare Administration: Providing Value in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Care
Pediatric Healthcare Value in a Changing Environment: How Best to Prepare for the Future – Patrick Frias, MD
Creating Value in Congenital Heart Surgery: Technical Performance and a Systems Approach to Operative Errors – Edward Hickey, MD
Congenital Heart Disease and the Cost of Mortality – Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD, MPH, MBA
Integrating Community Practices into the Hospital Healthcare System: Challenges and Opportunities – Mark Schwartz, MBA
The Future: When Healthcare Value Equals Reimbursement — How Do We Get There? – Maryanne Kessel, RN, MBA
Incorporating Healthcare Value into the Management of the Division of Cardiology – Robert Shaddy, MD
Breakout Session IV – Advanced Imaging in Congenital Heart Care
Computational Flow Dynamics in Congenital Heart Disease: Research Tool or of Clinical Value? – Mark Fogel, MD
Role of Imaging and Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease – Daniel Forsha, MD
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Ischemia, Infarction and Fibrosis in Congenital Heart Disease – Lars Grosse-Wortmann, MD
The Tools for Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in Congenital Heart Disease – Laura Mercer-Rosa, MD
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging During ECMO and Ventricular Assist Device Therapy – Michael Quartermain, MD
Utility of 3D Echo to Enhance Congenital Heart Surgery Decision Making – John Simpson, MD
Neural Network Topology, the Brain “Connectome” and Congenital Heart Disease – Ashok Panigrahy, MD
Breakout Session V – Care and Management of Transposition of the Great Arteries Throughout Life
Anatomical Considerations and Preoperative Imaging – Meryl Cohen, MD
Prenatal Diagnosis and Physiological Considerations – Damien Bonnet, MD, PhD
Surgery for TGA: The Arterial Switch and Other Subsequent Surgeries – Thomas L. Spray, MD
Catheter-based Care Throughout Life for TGA – David Nykanen, MD
Neurocognitive Deficits and Their Origins in TGA – Daniel Licht, MD
Outcomes and Care for the Adult with TGA – Yuli Kim, MD
Breakout Session VI – Perfusion — VADS Fads!
Tandem Heart Use in Pediatrics – Bradley Kulat, CCP
In Neonatal ECMO: Centrifugal Versus Roller — Does the Pump Make a Difference? – Gary Plancher, CCP
Mechanical Support: How Small Is Too Small? – Joseph Rossano, MD
Optimizing the ECMO Circuitry: Does Newer Truly Mean Better? – Kellie Schiavo, CCP
Heartware Bivad: Trials and Tribulations – Christopher E. Mascio, MD
Moderated Panel of Experts: VADS
- Hamish Munro, MD (Moderator)
- Kevin Charette, CCP
- Bharat Datt, CCP, CPC, FPP
- Christopher E. Mascio, MD
Friday, Feb. 24
Breakfast Forum III
Fundamentals in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Care Case-based Hemodynamics – Matthew Schwartz, M.D.
Plenary Session IV – Physical Activity in Congenital and Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease
Exercise Potential in ACHD: The Patient Perspective – Brian Rose, RN
Congenital Heart Conditions and Exercise: What Is Safe? – Julie Brothers, MD
Pediatric Arrhythmia and Exercise: What Is Safe? – Maully Shah, MBBS
Legal Aspects of Physical Activity and Exercise in Congenital Heart Care – Benjamin Post, JD
Physiological Limitations to Exercise after Fontan Operation: Are There Any Modifiable Variables? – Rachael Cordina, MD
Cardiac Rehabilitation in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease: Is There Merit? If So, Why Is it Not More Commonly Used? – Jonathan Rhodes, MD
Obesity in Congenital Heart Disease – Meryl Cohen, MD
Plenary Session V – Featured Plenary: A Focus on the Mitral Valve
Anatomical Structure: Normal and Abnormal – Paul Weinberg, MD
The Mitral Valve — Left Ventricle Relationship: Assessment of Structure and Function – LuAnn Minich, MD
Mitral Valve Mechanics and the Promise of Catheter-based Treatment in Children – Matthew Gillespie, MD
Surgical Repair of the Faulty Mitral Valve: A Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Perspective – Richard Ohye, MD
Special Featured Lecture: State-of-the-Art Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease – David Adams, MD
Simultaneous Breakout Sessions:
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Breakout Session I – Nursing Research and Oral Abstracts
The top eight nursing abstracts will be formally presented and discussed.
Breakout Session II – From Hospital to Home in Pediatric Cardiac Care
Discharge to Home: The Inpatient Cardiologist Perspective – Susan Schachtner, MD
Discharge to Home: What the Outpatient Receiving Cardiologist Wants and Needs to Know – Zvi Marans, MD
The Continuum of Care: Focused Outpatient Monitoring and Management for the At-Risk Fragile Neonate After Staged Palliation — Can We Improve on Outcomes? – David Brown, MD
Technology to Improve Home Care for the Infant and Child with Heart Disease – Girish S. Shirali, MBBS
Care for the Fragile Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension Outside of the Hospital – Stephen Walker, MSN, CRNP
Returning to Normal: Life Out of the Hospital for a Pediatric VAD Patient – Carley Bober, MSN, CRNP
Breakout Session III – Topics in Critical Care and Anesthesia in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Using National and Local Databases to Drive Improvement in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit – Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS
Anesthesia and Operative Monitoring: Impact on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in CHD – Kenneth Brady, MD
Simulation-based Training for Critical Conditions in Congenital Heart Care – Antonio Cabrera, MD
Team Communication in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Examination of the Handoff Process – Jodi Chen, MD
New Developments and Insights in the Management of Pediatric Sepsis – Vinay Nadkarni, MD
Cardiac Anesthetic Care for the Child with CHD Undergoing Noncardiac Procedures – James Steven, MD
Perspectives on Early Extubation and Other Strategies to Improve Healthcare Value in Anesthetic Care for Congenital Heart Surgery – Susan Nicolson, MD
Breakout Session IV – Care and Management of Coarctation of the Aorta Throughout Life
Anatomical Considerations – Paul Weinberg, MD
Conundrums in Prenatal Detection of Coarctation of the Aorta – John Simpson, MD
Imaging of the Aortic Arch Before and After Surgery for Coarctation – Craig Fleishman, MD
Surgical Considerations in the Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta – James O’Brien, MD
The Role of Catheter-based Care in Coarctation of the Aorta Throughout Life – Jonathan J. Rome, MD
Long-term Outcomes After Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta – Karen Stout, MD
Breakout Session V – Heart Care Before Birth
Variability in Prenatal Detection Rates of Congenital Heart Disease – Michael Quartermain, MD
Strategies to Improve Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease: Efficacy and Economic Impact – Nelangi Pinto, MD
The Placenta: The Ignored Organ in CHD? – Jack Rychik, MD
Efficacy of Fetal Cardiac Intervention: Are We Truly Changing Outcomes? – Lindsay R. Freud, MD
Cerebrovascular Blood Flow Patterns and Outcomes in Fetal Conditions – Shabnam Peyvandi, MD
Fetal Neuroplasticity and Neurocognitive Outcomes in CHD: Can We Change the Course of Nature? – J William Gaynor, MD
Breakout Session VI – Let’s FaceTime in Real Time: What’s Happening in Perfusion and Cardiac Surgery
ACT: Re-evaluating How We Measure – Tami Rosenthal, MBA, CCP
Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution: Daring or Dumb? – Hamish Munro, MD
Intraoperative Exchange Transfusion Utilizing the Bypass Circuit: Slow or Fast? – Kevin Charette, CCP
Myocardial Preservation: Is the Del Nido Solution the Wave of the Future for Infants and Neonates? – Kamal Pourmoghadam, MD
We are a team: Ask the Experts!
- (Perfusionist)—Bradley Kulat, CCP
- We are a team: Ask the Experts!
- (Surgeon)—James O’Brien, MD
- We are a team: Ask the Experts!
- (Intensivist)—Joseph Rossano, MD
- We are a team: Ask the Experts!
- (Intensivist)—Harun Fakioglu, MD
- We are a team: Ask the Experts!
- (Anesthesiologist)—Hamish Munro, MD
Plenary Session VII
The Approach to Complex Congenital Heart Disease Around the World
20 Years of Teaching in China: Advances and Contributions – Zhiyun Tian, MD
China: What Families Want for CHD Care and What We Can Currently Provide – Yiqun Ding, MD
France: The Perinatal Perspective and Thereafter – Damien Bonnet, MD, PhD
United Kingdom: How Oversight and the NHS Influence Care – John Simpson, MD
Congenital Heart Care in Latin America: Opportunities and Challenges – Christian Kreutzer, MD
Compare and Contrast: Australia, UK and USA — Strengths and Weaknesess of Each System – Daniel Penny, MD, PhD
Save a Child’s Heart (SACH): CHD Care in the Third World — Are We Doing Enough? – Sion Houri, MD
Saturday, Feb. 25
Simultaneous Breakout Sessions:
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Breakout Session I – Cutting-edge Challenging Nursing Cases
Join the nursing faculty in a presentation and discussion of challenging cases that taught us important lessons – Nursing faculty
Breakout Session II – Nutrition, Feeding and Growth in CHD
Feeding and Nutrition in Infants with CHD: Challenges and Opportunities – Chitra Ravishankar, MD
Nutrition and Growth in Congenital Heart Disease: Lessons Learned from NPCQIC – Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD, MPH, MBA
Longitudinal Growth in the Child with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome – LuAnn Minich, MD
Origins of Growth Limitations in CHD: Is it More Than Just Nutrition? – David Goldberg, MD
Risks and Benefits of Feeding Before Neonatal Surgery: What Is the Data? – Sinai C. Zyblewski, MD
Implementing Nutritional Protocols: Is That the Answer? – Amy Jo Lisanti, RN, PhD
Breakout Session III – Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension: Current Insights
Pulmonary Hypertension: A Primer on What the Pediatric Cardiologist Needs to Know – Delphine Yung, MD
The Genetics of Pulmonary Hypertension – Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
Lung Development, Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity and Pulmonary Hypertension – David Frank, MD, PhD
The Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension – Rachel Hopper, MD
Old and New Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension in 2017 – Erika Berman-Rosenzweig, MD
Lung Transplantation in the Young: Current Indications and Outcomes – Thomas L. Spray, MD
Breakout Session IV Care and Management of Tetralogy of Fallot Throughout Life
Anatomical Considerations – Paul Weinberg, MD
Fetal Diagnosis and Preoperative Imaging – Shubika Srivastava, MBBS
Surgical Strategies for TOF: Initial Approach – Edward Hickey, MD
Form and Function: Imaging After Repair of TOF – Mark Fogel, MD
Surgical Care for TOF after Initial Approach: Dealing with Residual Challenges and Valve Implantation – Peter Pastuszko, MD
Catheter-based Care for TOF Throughout Life – Audrey Marshall, MD
Outcomes and Care for the Adult with TOF – Craig Broberg, MD
Breakout Session V – Topics in Adult Congenital Heart Care
Mechanisms of Myocardial Dysfunction in Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Craig Broberg, MD
Endothelial Dysfunction and its Manifestations in the Adult with CHD – Rachael Cordina, MD
Considerations and Challenges in Heart Transplantation for the Adult with CHD – Stephanie Fuller, MD
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiological Considerations in the Adult with CHD – John Triedman, MD
Psychological Stress in the ACHD Patient – Yuli Kim, MD
Update on the AHA/ACC Guidelines for Adult Congenital Heart Management – Karen Stout, MD
Breakout Session VI – Perfusion: What We Are Doing Today and Tomorrow
Isolated Cerebral Perfusion: Is the Latest Trend Here to Stay? – William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD
How Clean Is the Water? … And Does it Matter? Heater/Cooler Contamination Issues and Solutions for CPB – Tami Rosenthal, MBA, CCP
How Clean Is the Water? … And Does it Matter? Heater/Cooler Contamination Issues and Solutions for ECMO – Kevin Charette, CCP
ECMO Anticoagulation: Has Adding More Tests Made a Difference? – Jodi Chen, MD
Pediatric Perfusion Practice and Its Influence on Adult Prime – Bharat Datt, CCP, CPC, FPP
Benefits and Unintended Consequences of Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes – J William Gaynor, MD
Sunday, Feb. 26
Plenary Session VIII – Casual Sunday Brunch: Roundtable Conversations on the Must-have Answers to Clinical Questions
How Do I Best Evaluate and Manage Pediatric Syncope? – Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD, MPH, MBA
What Should I Do with My Patient with a Coronary Artery Anomaly? – Julie Brothers, MD
Is Enzyme Replacement Therapy Feasible for Metabolic Disease Induced Cardiomyopathy? – Daniel Forsha, MD
How Do I Best Manage the Sick Fetus with Ebstein’s Anomaly? – Lindsay R. Freud, MD
What’s the Data on Whether I Should Have This VSD Closed? – Alan Friedman, MD
Should I Stent the Ductus Arteriosus or Ask My Surgeon for a Shunt in the Newborn with Pulmonary Atresia? – Andrew Glatz, MD
What Genetic Testing Should I Perform on My Patient with CHD? – Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD
How Do I Best Diagnose Arrhythmogenic RV Dysplasia? – Lars Grosse-Wortmann, MD
When Should I Have This Subaortic Membrane Resected? – Paul Stephens, MD
In Whom Is Echo During Exercise Data Helpful for Clinical Decision Making? – Jonathan Rhodes, MD
How Do I Best Manage My Patient with Postoperative Chylothorax? – Sinai C. Zyblewski, MD