Session IV: Debate: RV failure after LVAD; fear it or ignore the risk
Tracks
Plenary Hall
| Saturday, October 25, 2025 |
| 3:10 PM - 3:45 PM |
Speaker
Hussam Ghalib
Consultant Cardiologist, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
PRO: Durable LVAD is the way to go; temporary RV support is unlikely but acceptable
3:10 PM - 3:17 PM
Umit Kervan
Head, Department of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital
CON: RV failure during/after LVAD is dismal – avoid it and just wait for transplant
3:17 PM - 3:24 PM
Hussam Ghalib
Consultant Cardiologist, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Rebuttal: Durable LVAD is the way to go; temporary RV support is unlikely but acceptable
3:24 PM - 3:31 PM
Umit Kervan
Head, Department of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital
Rebuttal: RV failure during/after LVAD is dismal – avoid it and just wait for transplant
3:31 PM - 3:38 PM
Discussion
Discussion 4
3:38 PM - 3:45 PMSession Chair
Feras Bader
Chairman and CEO, Middle East Heart Academy
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
Hadi Skouri
Consultant Cardiologist, Director, Heart Failure Program
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
