RV Failure, Mechanical Ventilation, and Right-Sided MCS: Heart-Lung and the Machines

Overview of the approach to assessment, imaging, and hemodynamics in the critical care setting. This session will also address how this information can predict response to therapeutic management.

Summary of the complex interactions between right heart hemodynamics and positive pressure ventilation in patients with concomitant pulmonary hypertension from left heart disease and in those with isolated right ventricular failure. Discussion will include optimal positive pressure ventilation modalities and settings to support right heart function.

Review of short-term mechanical circulatory support for the management of acute right heart failure and cardiogenic shock, including timing of escalation and criteria for optimizing patient selection.

Agenda

• Moderator - Manreet Kanwar, MD
• Moderator - Sabrina Dunham, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
• Heart-Lung Interactions: Positive Pressure Ventilation in Right Heart Failure - Daniel Gerber, MD
• Right-Sided Mechanical Circulatory Support: Who and When - Rebecca Cogswell, MD
• Panel Discussion