“RISE OF THE RESISTANCE” - What to do with the Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidate with Elevated PVR

11 March, 2025 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST

• Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
• Advanced Lung Failure & Transplantation
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Pediatrics
• Professional Communities
• Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH)
• Webinar

This webinar will focus on significant pulmonary hypertension in pediatric heart transplant candidates. A case will be presented, and then discuss pre-transplant evaluation and management, post-transplant strategies, and the role of combined heart-lung transplantation in the current era.

Moderators

Neha Bansal, MD
Friederike Danne, MD

Presentations

Case Presentation
Presented by Mohan John, MD

Pre-transplant Considerations of Pulmonary Hypertension in Left Heart Disease
Presented by Rachel Hopper, MD

Post-transplant Management of the Heart Recipient with Elevated PVR
Presented by Fawwaz Shah, MD

Pediatric Heart-Lung Transplantation in 2025
Presented by Rossa Brugha, BMBCh MA(Oxon), MRCPCH, PhD

Panel Discussion

Speakers

Neha Bansal, MD

Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital

Friederike Danne, MD

German Heart Institute Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Mohan John, MD

Emory University / Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA USA

Rachel Hopper, MD

Stanford University

Stanford, CA USA

Fawwaz Shaw, MD

Emor University / Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA USA

Rossa Brugha, BMBCh, PhD

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, UK