The Rise of Heart Failure Devices: Calling All Avengers

This session will update the heart failure community on contemporary devices for the treatment of chronic Stage C heart failure, presented in the format of two debates. These will address device therapies (e.g., Barostim, cardiac contractility modulation, and MitraClip) and their interplay with, and optimal sequencing alongside, guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and advanced therapies such as left ventricular assist devices and transplants.

Agenda

• Moderator - Jerry Estep, MD
• Moderator - Amit Alam, MD, HF-CERT, FHFSA
• (PRO) Tony Stark Before the Arc Reactor: GDMT Before Devices for HFrEF Patients - Sandip Zalawadiya, MD
• (CON) Tony Stark Is Iron Man: Devices With GDMT for HFrEF Patients - Marat Fudim, MD, FHFSA
• (PRO) Captain Marvel Before Captain America? Advanced Devices Before Advanced Therapies? - Richa Gupta, MD
• (CON) Captain Marvel Before Captain America? Advanced Therapies Before Advanced Devices? - Dmitry Yaranov, MD
• Panel Discussion