Deep Dive into Oral Presentations from ISHLT2021

Wednesday, 16 June, 2021, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT


 
This webinar features four oral presentations based on top-scoring abstracts, covering a multidisciplinary range of topics spanning all four core therapies featured at the 2021 ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. The 2021 and 2020 Scientific Program Chairs will conduct in-depth interviews with each presenter, and the program will conclude with a message from the 2022 Scientific Program Chair.
 

Scientific Program

Moderators: Peter Hopkins, FRACP and Stephan Ensminger, MD, DPhil

Welcome and Introductions
Peter Hopkins, FRACP, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
 
Extracellular Vesicles Surface Protein Profile as Biomarkers to Characterize Allograft Rejection in Heart Transplanted Patients
Chiara Castellani, PhD, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Moderated Q&A
Led by Stephan Ensminger, MD, DPhil, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
Intra-Subject Variance of Respiratory Oscillometry Reflects Graft Injury and is Associated with Acute Rejection and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) Post Lung Transplant
Anastasiia Vasileva, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Moderated Q&A
Led by Peter Hopkins, FRACP, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Outcomes of Ventricular Assist Device Use in Children for Bridge to Heart Retransplantation
John Dykes, MD, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, CA, USA

Moderated Q&A
Led by Stephan Ensminger, MD, DPhil, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
Pulmonary Endarterectomy (PEA) vs. Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA) in Chronic Thrombo-Embolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH): Comparison of Improvements in Hemodynamics and Functional Capacity
Havard Ravnestad, MD, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Moderated Q&A
Led by Peter Hopkins, FRACP, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Message from the ISHLT2022 Program Chair
Laurie Snyder, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

ISHLT Announcements
Greg Schultz, ISHLT CEO

Continuing Education Information

No continuing education credits will be offered for this session.