2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Heart Valve Symposium: Aortic Valve Disease

The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Heart Valve Symposium is an annual CME-accredited symposium featuring a range of discussions about the latest advancements in diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients with complex valve and structural heart disease. The 2023 symposium included in-depth discussions about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the future of surgical aortic valve replacement, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, upcoming clinical trials, and more.

View the presentations focusing on aortic valve disease here.

For more information or to refer a patient, please email HVIReferral@upmc.edu.

Section 1: Aortic Valve Disease: Moderated by A.J. Conrad Smith, MD

• TAVR in the Low-Risk Patient Population – Are We There Yet?
• Valve Selection in TAVR – How Do I Decide?
  • Presented by: Amber Makani, MD
• Percutaneous Coronary Interventions with TAVR – Tips and tricks
  • Presented by: Catalin Toma, MD
    
• Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: What Does the Future Look Like?
  • Presented by: Ibrahim Sultan, MD
    
• Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: State of the Art
  • Presented by: Timothy C. Wong, MD
    
• Aortic Valve Repair: When to Do It?
  • Presented by: Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD
    
• From the Bench to the Bedside: Novel Druggable Target Driving in Aortic Stenosis
  • Presented by: Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD
    
• Panel Discussion
  
• Moderated Live Case Recording Panel: UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
  • Moderators: Hemal Gada, MD, MBA; Dustin Kliner, MD; Amber Makani, MD; Ibrahim Sultan, MD; Catalin Toma, MD