Heart Failure Seminar: Focus on HFSA Scientific Statement on Cardio-Oncology and Heart Failure

April 8, 2025 - April 8, 2025 | Virtual

Program

Join us as we identify and discuss key takeaways from the Focus on HFSA Scientific Statement on Cardio-Oncology and Heart Failure. A Focus on Key Takeaways, utilizing a Case-Based Discussion of the Statement.

Intended Audience

This activity is intended for trainees, fellows, mid-career physicians, APPs, nurses, and intensivists.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be better able to:

  1. Recognize the lack of uniform guidelines and the need for standardized cardiac monitoring in cancer therapies beyond anthracyclines and trastuzumab. 
  2. Explain the evolving concept of permissive cardiotoxicity and how it may allow continued cancer treatment while managing cardiac risk in high-risk patients. 
  3. Identify urgent treatment steps for ICI-associated myocarditis and explore therapies beyond corticosteroids. 
  4. Discuss heart transplant eligibility in cancer patients, emphasizing a personalized approach.  

Program Agenda

All sessions are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

05:00 pm - 05:05 pm

Welcome Remarks and Event Background

Michelle Bloom, MD and Ana Barac, MD, PhD

05:05 pm - 05:20 pm

Case Presentation #1 and Panel Discussion

Daniel Lenihan, MD & Panelists

A Case of Lung Malignancy and EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Induced Cardiomyopathy Patient with Lung Cancer and Osimertinib who develops cardiomyopathy

05:20 pm - 05:35 pm

Case Presentation #2 and Panel Discussion

Ana Barac, MD & Panelists

A Case of Metastatic Breast Cancer Complicated by the Development of Heart Failure

05:35 pm - 05:50 pm

Case Presentation #3 and Panel Discussion

Nicolas Palaskas ,MD & Panelists

A Case of Metastatic Prostate Cancer and Fulminant Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Related Myocarditis 

05:50 pm - 06:10 pm

Case Presentation #4 and Panel Discussion

Alana Ferrari, PharmD, BCOP & Panelists

A Case of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Associated Cardiomyopathy 

06:10 pm - 06:25 pm

Case Presentation #5 and Panel Discussion

Anju Nohria, MD, MSc & Panelists

A Case of Recent Malignancy and Consideration for Advanced HF Therapies

06:25 pm - 06:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Michelle Bloom, MD and Ana Barac, MD, PhD