David Belzile, MD
Cardiologist
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval
Université Laval
Aliya Izumi, HBSc
MSc Student
University of Toronto
Sayaki Ishiwata (he/him/his)
post-doctoral research fellow
Sleep Research Laboratories of the University Health Network, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (KITE) and Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto
Mohammed Albaghdadi, MD
Resident
London Health Sciences Centre
Mitchell Wagner, MSc (he/him/his)
Medical Student
University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Four abstracts—covering both clinical and basic science—highlight progress in heart failure management and transplant care. Presentations include a 20-year LVAD outcomes study, adaptive ventilation in HFrEF, a transitional care program reducing readmissions, and a comparison of pediatric heart preservation methods using machine perfusion versus cold storage.
Presentations:
Aliya Izumi – Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A 20-Year Canadian Single-Centre Experience
Sayaki Ishiwata – Effect of Peak Flow Triggered Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASVPF) on Mortality in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients with Prolonged Cheyne-Stokes Respiratory Cycle Length
Mohammed Albaghdadi – Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure: How a Comprehensive Transitional Care Program Decreases Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Utilization
Mitchell Wagner – Preservation of Pediatric Donor Hearts via Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion: Comparison to Cold Storage