Full Schedule

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Registration Hours

Location: Sapphire North Foyer

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

Industry Symposium: Cases and Conversations™: Uniting Heart and Kidney Care: Optimizing Outcomes in Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Disorders Supported by Boehringer Ingelheim

Location: Sapphire 410

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT

American Heart Association Dinner Symposium: Get With The Guidelines® Welcome Exchange: Innovation in Heart Failure Care

Location: Aqua Salon EF

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT

CE Breakfast Symposium: Winning Strategies for Managing Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Supported by an Independent Educational Grant from Alnylam

Location: Aqua Salon EF

Symposia Speaker:

7:30 AM - 6:45 PM PT

Registration Hours

Location: Sapphire North Foyer

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

Barostim Advanced Practice Providers Summit - CVRx Sponsored Pre-Conference Session

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM PT

Lunch Symposium: Evaluating Attruby for Patients With ATTR-CM: An Overview and Patient Perspective Supported by BridgeBio

Location: Aqua Salon EF

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Opening

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Presenter: – University of Minnesota

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT

W1 - Presidential Address

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – St. Vincent’s Medical Center

Moderator: – University of Minnesota

CE: 0.5

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM PT

W2 - General Session: Preventing Heart Failure: A Paradigm Shift

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Intermountain Health

Panelist: – Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Panelist: – Intermountain Health

Panelist: – Montefiore Medical Center

Moderator: – Nebraska Methodist College

CE: 0.75

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM PT

W3 - General Session: Integrative Health Technologies and AI in Heart Failure Care: From Data to Decision-Making

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Faculty: – University of Rochester Medical Center

Faculty: – Clev eland Clinic

Moderator: – Tufts Medical Center

CE: 0.75

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

W4 - Fundamental: Spotting Trouble Early: A Nurse’s Toolbox for Recognition of Heart Failure Cardiogenic Shock

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – Prisma Health Heart & Vascular Institute - Midlands

Moderator: – Tufts Medical Center

CE: 1

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

W5 - Global: Big Numbers, Big Cost: Update on HF STATS and Economic Burden

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine

Faculty: – Stanford University School of Medicine

Moderator: – Montefiore Medical Center

Moderator: – Intermountain Health

CE: 1

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

W6 - Advanced: Complex Cases in Cardiogenic Shock: Navigating Escalation and Decision-Making

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Faculty: – Memorial Hermann Hospital- Texas Medical Center

Moderator: – St. Vincent’s Medical Center

CE: 1

4:35 PM - 5:35 PM PT

W7 - General Session: Maintaining RAAS Inhibition and Managing Hyperkalemia: Expert Insights into Best HF Patient Care Supported by an Independent Educational Grant from AstraZeneca

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine

Faculty: – Cleveland Clinic

Faculty: – Duke University Hospital

CE: 1

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Welcome Reception/Posters/Exhibit Hall

Location: Sapphire CD

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Research Poster #1: Can Inpatient Heart Failure Nurses Drive Early work up of aTTR Cardiac Amyloidosis with the Use of a Red Flag Screening Tool in the Electronic Health Record?

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Upstate University Hospital

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Research Poster #2: Feasibility of Dysphagia Strain Sensor in Detecting Swallowing Function and Volume Status in Heart Failure Patients

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Banner University Medical Center - Tucson, Small Valley Healthcare Partners

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Research Poster #3: MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HEART FAILURE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Research Poster #4: Heart Failure Education to Reduce Readmissions: A Patient-Centered Approach

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – HackensackUMC

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Research Poster #5: Unipolar Lead Impedance and Hemodynamic Correlates in Baroreflex Activation Therapy for Chronic Heart Failure

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Banner University Medical Center - Tucson, Small Valley Healthcare Partners

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Research Poster #6: Where there's a will, there's a way: The relationship among will to live, hope, illness representations, and heart failure self-care

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – University of North Carolina Wilmington

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - QI Poster #1: Increasing Compliance of Intake and Output Documentation in Heart Failure Patients

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter:

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - QI Poster #2: RN Driven GDMT Titration Clinic

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Advent Health Shawnee Mission

Poster Presenter: – AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #1: Successful Use of Novel, Non-Invasive Remote Monitoring Technology for Management of a Heart Failure Patient: A Sensinel TM CPM System Case Study

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Tufts Medicine

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #2: From Education to Outcomes: How Tele-Education Shapes Access to Care

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – WVU Medicine

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #3: Transforming Documentation to Drive Change: Leveraging Epic Smart Phrases to Improve ARNI Utilization in Heart Failure Care

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – LBJ Hospital Houston

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #4: Building Connections in Cardiac Rehab to Enhance Heart Failure Functional Capacity Outcomes

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – The Christ Hospital Health Network

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #12: Peer Power: Integrating Heart Failure Support Networks into the Care Continuum

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – The Christ Hospital

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #5: Heart Failure Bootcamp: Teaming up to beat the odds

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Novant Health

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #6: Implementing a Standardized Blast-Page Workflow to Reduce Emergency Department Throughput Times for LVAD Patients: A Five-Year Quality Improvement Experience

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – UVA Health

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #7: Heart Failure Management Clinic Decreases Readmission Rates and Improves Patient Outcomes

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Aurora Health Care

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #8: Heart Failure Nurse Navigators Increase Patient Engagement with PA Pressure Monitoring

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – UPMC Central PA Heart Failure Center

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #9: Bridging the Gap: A Best Practice Model for Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions Through Inpatient-Outpatient Collaboration

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Rush Copley Medical Center

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #10: Empowering Nurses Healthier Hearts: Nurse- Led Interventions Reduce Heart Failure Readmissionsent Collaboration

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Advocate Sherman Hospital

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Best Practice Poster #11: Building Capacity for Complex Care: Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Support Advanced Heart Failure Program Growth

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – The Christ Hospital Health Network

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #1: Acoramidis Mitigates the Rise in N-terminal Pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide Levels Observed With Placebo in Patients With Variant Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Results From ATTRibute-CM

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – University of Chicago Medicine

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #2: Association Between Early Increase in Serum Transthyretin With Acoramidis and Long-Term Effects on Heart Failure-Related Health Status in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Results From ATTRibute-CM

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Allegheny General Hospital

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #3: Long‑Term Benefits With Acoramidis on Serum Transthyretin Concentrations and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-Overall Summary Score in Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Oregon Health & Science University, OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #4: Long-Term Clinical Benefits of Acoramidis in Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy and Early Heart Failure Severity, and Survival Benefits Regardless of Atrial Fibrillation Status

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – The University of Kansas Health System

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #5: Long-Term Survival Benefits and Disease Stabilization With Acoramidis in Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Cleveland Clinic

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #6:Pivotal trial: Design and rationale for a remote patient-autonomous peripheral edema monitoring device to reduce hospital readmissions

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Heartfelt Technologies

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #7: Interim analysis of the HF-TRACK multicenter crossover RCT in heart failure (NON-CE)

Location: Sapphire West FoyerSapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Heartfelt Technologies

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM PT

W8 - Industry Poster #8: Passive peripheral oedema monitoring reduces recurrent heart failure events in a randomised crossover trial (HF-TRACK). (NON-CE)

Location: Sapphire West Foyer

Poster Presenter: – Heartfelt Technologies

6:45 PM - 8:00 PM PT

Dinner Symposium: An Evening with Barostim: APP Perspectives on Cases and Care Pathways Supported by CVRx

Location: Aqua Salon EF

Symposia Speaker: – CVRx

Symposia Speaker: – Aspirus Health

Symposia Speaker: – Scripps Clinic

Symposia Speaker: – Duke University Hospital

Symposia Speaker: – CVRx

Symposia Speaker: – MUSC Health

Symposia Speaker: – Banner University Medical Center - Tucson, Small Valley Healthcare Partners

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM PT

Breakfast Symposium: A New Treatment for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (oHCM): Clinical Perspectives and Practical Uses Supported by Cytokinetics

Location: Aqua Salon EF

7:00 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Registration Hours

Location: Sapphire North Foyer

8:20 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Opening & Fellows Announcement

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Presenter: – Medical University of South Carolina

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM PT

T1 - Keynote: Mastering the Art of Patient Care

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Keynote Speaker: – Cedars Sinai Medical Center/California Heart Center

Moderator: – Medical University of South Carolina

CE: .75

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM PT

T2 - General Session: Joint AAHFN/CHFS Integrating Palliative Care into Heart Failure Nursing: Evidence, Models, and a Call to Action

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – University of South Florida

Faculty: – University of Vermont Medical Center

Faculty: – Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

Faculty: – Regional Heart Failure Program, Providence Health Care/Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC

Moderator: – University of Colorado

CE: 0.75

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break

Location: Sapphire CD

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Product Theater: Successful Use of Novel, Non-Invasive Remote Monitoring Technology for Management of a Heart Failure Patient: A SensinelTM CPM System case Study Supported by Analog Devices

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM PT

T3 - General Session: New Opportunities with Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Supported by an Independent Grant from Bayer

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Assistant Professor, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Faculty: – PENN Medicine Lancaster General Hospital

CE: 0.75

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

T4 - Breakout Session: From Recognition to Referral: A Nurse’s Guide to Advanced HF Therapies

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Baptist Memorial Hospital/ Stern Cardiovascular Center

Faculty: – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Moderator: – UVA Health

CE: 1

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

T5 - Breakout Session: Heart Failure by Design: Recognizing Genetic Phenotypes, Family Implications, and Rewriting the Future

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – University of Minnesota

Faculty: – UCLA

Moderator: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

CE: 1

12:15 PM - 1:50 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch

Location: Sapphire CD

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Lunch Symposium: Cardiac Amyloidosis in Focus: Nuclear Imaging Insights and Treatment Strategies Supported by Pfizer

Location: Aqua Salon EF

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM PT

T6 - Plenary 2026: What's new in heart failure?

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Duke University School of Medicine

Moderator: – University of Minnesota

CE: 0.5

2:20 PM - 3:20 PM PT

T7 - Fundamental: Finding the Beat: Practical Rhythm Skills for the HF Nurse

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Faculty:

Moderator: – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

CE: 1

2:20 PM - 3:20 PM PT

T8 - Global: Quality Improvement Abstract Presentations

Location: Sapphire Ballrom IJ

Presenter: – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

Presenter: – Scripps Health

Presenter: – Duke Health

Moderator:

CE: 1

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM PT

T8 - Cardiogenic Shock: Igniting Knowledge Through Simulation

Location: Sapphire Ballrom IJ

Presenter: – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM PT

T8 - Improving Exercise Tolerance of Heart Patients in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Location: Sapphire Ballrom IJ

Presenter: – Scripps Health

Presenter: – Scripps health

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM PT

T8 - Mobilizing Heart Failure Care: The Impact of Leader-Led Mobility Rounds

Location: Sapphire Ballrom IJ

Presenter: – Duke Health

2:20 PM - 3:20 PM PT

T9 - Advanced: The Crosswalk Between the Heart and the Liver: What HF Nurses Need to Know

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – Intermountain Health

Faculty: – Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center

Moderator: – Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

CE: 1

2:20 PM - 3:20 PM PT

T10 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice

Location: Sapphire 410

Lead Faculty: – Ascension Saint Thomas West Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic

Faculty: – Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Faculty: – Duke University Hospital

CE: 1

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break

Location: Sapphire CD

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM PT

Product Theater: Path to Diagnosis and Treatment: Navigating hATTR-PN Supported by AstraZeneca

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

Faculty: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

3:50 PM - 4:50 PM PT

T11 - Fundamental: Women are Not Small Men: Sex Differences in Heart Failure

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Faculty: – Intermountain Health

Moderator: – Montefiore Medical Center

CE: 1

3:50 PM - 4:50 PM PT

T12 - Global: Research Abstract Presentations

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

CE: 1

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM PT

T12 - Predictors of Heart Failure Self-Care: A Socioecological Perspective

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Presenter: – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM PT

T12 - Palliative Care Interventions and Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: An Umbrella Review

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Presenter: – University of Virginia School of Nursing

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM PT

T12 - Initial Validation of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in an Adult Heart Failure Sample

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Presenter: – Florida Atlantic University

3:50 PM - 4:50 PM PT

T13 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice

Location: Sapphire 410

Lead Faculty: – Ascension Saint Thomas West Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic

Faculty: – Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Faculty: – Duke University Hospital

CE: 1

3:50 PM - 4:50 PM PT

T14 - Practical Management of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Supported by an Independent Educational Grant From Alnylam

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Faculty: – Columbia University Medical Center

Faculty:

CE: 1

4:55 PM - 5:25 PM PT

T15 - General Session: (In)equity in Heart Failure Care: Current Landscape and Potential Solutions

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – American College of Cardiology

Moderator: – University of South Florida

CE: 0.5

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM PT

Dinner Symposium: Heart Failure with a Plot Twist: Patient-Focused Data on Living Longer, Fuller Lives Supported by Abbott

Location: Aqua Salon EF

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT

Dessert Reception Hosted by BridgeBio

Location: Elevation (33rd Floor)

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM PT

Breakfast Symposium: Introduction to AMVUTTRA® (vutrisiran) Supported by Alnylam

Location: Aqua Salon EF

7:00 AM - 5:45 PM PT

Registration Hours

Location: Sapphire North Foyer

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Opening: AAHFN and Research Awards Announcement

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT

F1 - Incoming Presidential Address

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Tufts Medical Center

Moderator: – Medical University of South Carolina

CE: 0.5

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT

F2 - Keynote: Listen to the Music: Finding the Power of Perspective in Life and Leadership

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Keynote Speaker: – MK Consulting

Moderator: – University of Colorado

CE: 1

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PT

F3 - General Session: HF Diagnostics and Interpretation: Everything a HF Nurse Should Know

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Scripps Clinic

Faculty: – M Health Fairview

Moderator: – UVA Health

CE: 0.75

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM PT

Product Theater: To Lead or Not to Lead - That is the Question: Implant Experiences, Tips and Patient Selection Consideration ILR/Leadless/EVICDSupported by Medtronic

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

F4 - Coffee with Leaders in Heart Failure Care

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Panelist: – St. Vincent’s Medical Center

Panelist: – Duke University School of Medicine

Panelist: – Cleveland Clinic

Panelist: – AAHFN

Panelist: – University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: – Atrium Health

CE: 1

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

F5 - Global: HF Jeopardy!

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Faculty: – Clev eland Clinic

CE: 1

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

F6 - Advanced: Mechanical Support, Human Body: LVAD Complications, Care, and the Changing Landscape

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – UCSF

Faculty: – Ochsner Health

Moderator: – Baptist Memorial Hospital/ Stern Cardiovascular Center

CE: 1

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM PT

CE Lunch Symposium: Advancing Heart Failure Care: Integrating CCM Therapy Beyond GDMT Supported by an Independent Educational Grant from Impulse Dynamics

Location: Aqua Salon EF

Faculty: – Scripps Clinic

Faculty: – HonorHealth

Moderator: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

Faculty: – Baptist Heart & Vascular -- Heart Failure (Tenet Healthcare)

CE: 1

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Product Theater: Chronic Problems, Dual Strategies: Managing Obesity and CV Risk with Wegovy Supported by Novo Nordisk

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F7 - Power Hour: Blueprints of Change: Building Sustainable Heart Failure Programs that Last

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – Cedars Sinia Medical Center

Faculty: – University of Utah Health

Faculty: – Duke University Hospital

Moderator: – Medical University of South Carolina

CE: 1.5

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F8 - Power Hour: A Whole New World in HFpEF: Updates in treatment and how-to identify mimickers

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – University of California, San Francisco

Faculty: – Scripps Clinic

Moderator:

CE: 1.5

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F9 - Best Practices

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – The Christ Hospital

Presenter: – The Christ Hospital Health Network

Presenter: – Novant Health

Presenter: – UVA Health

Moderator: – PENN Medicine Lancaster General Hospital

CE: 1.5

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PT

F9 - Implementing a Standardized Blast-Page Workflow to Reduce Emergency Department Throughput Times for LVAD Patients: A Five-Year Quality Improvement Experience

Presenter:

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

F9 - Heart Failure Bootcamp: Teaming Up to Beat the Odds

Presenter:

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PT

F9 - Building Connections in Cardiac Rehab to Enhance Heart Failure Functional Capacity Outcomes

Presenter:

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PT

F9 - Peer Power: Integrating Heart Failure Support Networks into the Care Continuum

Presenter:

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F10 - Hands-On POCUS:

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – Medical University of South Carolina

Moderator: – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

CE: 1.5

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Product Theater: Outpatient Management of Worsening Fluid Overload in Heart Failure Supported by MannKind

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

Product Theater Speaker:

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

F11 - Fundamental: Fragile Hearts: Understanding and Addressing Frailty and Cachexia in Heart Failure

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – University of Virginia

Faculty: – Oregon Health & Science University

Moderator:

CE: 1

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

F12 - Global: When Systems Collide: Navigating the CKM Puzzle

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Cleveland Clinic

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Moderator: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

CE: 1

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

F13 - Advanced: The Other Side of the Story: Advanced Nursing Approaches to RV Dysfunction

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Faculty: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Faculty: – UCSF

Moderator: – Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

CE: 1

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM PT

F14 - General Session: Wrapping Up the 2026 Annual Conference

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Montefiore Medical Center

Faculty: – Intermountain Health

Moderator: – University of Minnesota

CE: 0.5

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM PT

Dinner Symposium: Evaluating How Clinical Outcomes for CAMZYOS® Inform the Treatment Journey in Patients With Symptomatic NYHA Class II-III Obstructive HCM Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb

Location: Aqua Salon EF

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

CE Breakfast Symposium: Connecting the Dots in CKM Care: Empowering Nurses to Drive Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Outcomes Supported by Boehringer Ingelheim

Location: Aqua Salon EF

7:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT

Registration Hours

Location: Sapphire North Foyer

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Pharmacology Workshop

Location: Sapphire 410

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PT

P1 - The Future of Pharmacological Management of patients with HF

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – Cleveland Clinic

CE: 1.5

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

P2 - What about that Pressure: Pulmonary Hypertension

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty:

CE: 1

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM PT

Break

Location: sapphire 410

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PT

P3 - Focus on the 2025 AHA/ACC Hypertension Guidelines

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy

CE: 1

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

P4 - De-prescribing Case Study

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – University of Colorado

CE: 0.5

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Lunch

Location: Sapphire 410

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT

P5 - The Challenges in Pain Management: What Can I Use Other than Opiates

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT

P6 - The Role of Non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – University of California, San Francisco

CE: 1

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PT

Break

Location: Sapphire 410

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM PT

P7 - Beta Blockers in HFpEF

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – University of Colorado

CE: 1

4:15 PM - 4:50 PM PT

P8 - Interesting Case Study

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty:

CE: 0.75

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM PT

P9 - Final Wrap-Up

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Faculty: – Illinois State University

Faculty: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Non-CE Hands-On Session: Future of Heart Failure Care Symposium Sponsored by Edwards

Location: Aqua Salon Ef

10:00 AM - 3:30 PM PT

Interactive MCS Workshop

Location: Sapphire 411

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

M1 - Maximizing Clinical Progression from Temporary to Durabble MCS

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – Duke University Hospital

Moderator: – St. Vincent’s Medical Center

CE: 0.5

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

M2 - Imaging in MCS

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – Emory University Hospital

Moderator: – St. Vincent’s Medical Center

CE: 0.5

11:10 AM - 12:00 PM PT

M3 - Hands-on Breakout Session: Imaging and Durable MCS

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Moderator: – Supira Medical

Faculty: – Heart Hospital of New Mexico

CE: 1

11:10 AM - 12:00 PM PT

M4 - Hands-on Breakout Session: Hands-on Durable Devices

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – University of California San Francisco

Faculty: – Medical University of South Carolina

Moderator: – Tampa General Hospital

CE: 1

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Lunch Session Supported by Abbott

Location: Sapphire 411

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PT

M5 - Hands-on Breakout Session: Hands-on Durable Devices

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – University of California San Francisco

Faculty: – Medical University of South Carolina

Moderator: – Tampa General Hospital

CE: 1

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PT

M6 - Hands-on Breakout Session: Imaging and Durable MCS

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Moderator: – Supira Medical

CE: 1

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT

M7 - Code Blue Best Practices, Simulations, Demonstration, and Panel Discussions

Location: Sapphire 411

Faculty: – WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Panelist: – Duke University Hospital

Moderator: – Supira Medical

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

M8 - Jeopardy

Location: Sapphire 411

Moderator: – Duke University Hospital

Faculty: – Tampa General Hospital

Faculty: – Supira Medical