2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium – Session IV

The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium brought together world-renowned pediatric and adult cardiologists, congenital cardiac surgeons, and adult cardiac and transplant surgeons to explore the evolution of management strategies in this complex patient population, including medical therapy, transcatheter interventions, rhythm-management device implantation, surgical intervention, and heart or combined organ transplantation. Importantly, this course discussed emerging technologies and techniques for cardiac imaging in these patients. Lifestyle considerations for patients living with Fontan-Kreutzer such as exercise, pregnancy, and mental health were also discussed.

View the presentations focusing on heart and heart/liver transplantation here.

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

Session IV: Heart and Heart/Liver Transplantation: Medical and Surgical Considerations

Moderated by Brian Feingold, MD, and Veena Venkat, MD

• Case Presentation: Heart Single Organ Transplant vs. Heart/Liver Combined Organ Transplant
  • Presented by: Natasha Wolfe, MD

  Heart and Vascular Institute | 2023 Fontan Conf Videos | Transplant in Fontan Circulation | Dr. Wolfe
• Surgical Considerations to Transplant
  • Presented by: David J. Kaczorowski, MD

Heart and Vascular Institute | 2023 Fontan Conference | Surgical Considerations to Transplant | Dr. Kaczorowski

• Novel Alternatives to Transplant: Biventricular and One-and-a-Half Conversion
  • Presented by: Victor O. Morell, MD

  Heart and Vascular Institute | 2023 Fontan Conference | Novel Alternatives to Transplant | Dr. Morell
• Panel Discussion

Heart and Vascular Institute | 2023 Fontan Conf Videos | Panel Discussion Session 4