2023 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
18 April, 2023 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. MDT
Denver, CO, USA
The Pediatrics MCS Master Class will be focused on the use of mechanical circulatory support in pediatric scenarios. Children who require MCS represent a unique population with many different challenges (small size with a lack of devices scaled to size, common use in “failed” palliation of congenital heart defects, difficulties around anticoagulation) than adults who require MCS. Participants will be able to discuss and share best practices for device and patient selection. In addition, there will be discussion regarding the complications that can occur and the best ways to prevent and treat them.
Academy Chairs
Holger Buchholz, MDAcademy Co-Chair
University of Alberta Children's Hospital
Edmonton, AB Canada
Matthew O'Connor, MDAcademy Co-Chair
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA USA
Antonio Amodeo, MD, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
Jennifer Conway, MD, FRCPC, Stollery Children’s Hospital/University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD,
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO USA
John Kim, MD, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO USA
Annemarie Krauss, German
Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Martin Schweiger, MD, Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Christina VanderPluym, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine,
Boston, MA USA