Session III: Durable MCS
Tracks
Plenary Hall
| Saturday, October 25, 2025 |
| 1:40 PM - 3:10 PM |
Speaker
Umar Khan
Cardiac Intensivist, Critical Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Pre-LVAD Optimization
1:40 PM - 1:55 PM
Hatem Hosny
Associate Specialist in Cardiac Surgery
Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation
Predicting the RV pre and post LVAD
1:55 PM - 2:10 PM
Mitesh Badiwala
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Successful LVAD Implantation
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Bader Alayyad
Advanced Heart Failure Senior Specialist
Adan Hospital
Destination therapy: Preparing for the long road
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM
Amr Yosry
Cardiologist
Aswan Heart Centre, Magdy Yacoub
LVAD Recovery
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM
Discussion
Discussion 3
2:55 PM - 3:10 PMSession Chair
Arun Kumar
Consultant Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist & Clinical Associate Professor in Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Sepideh Taghavi
Professor of Cardiology, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Department
Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical, and Research Institute
