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Session 1: AMI-CS - One Size Does Not Fit All (Accredited)

Thursday, March 5, 2026
1:30 PM - 3:05 PM CST
Location: Main Arena

    Moderator(s)

  • David Morrow, MD, MPH

    Director, Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Allison Dupont, MD,FACC,FSCAI

    Interventional Cardiologist, CICU and ECMO Program Medical Director
    Gainesville, Georgia, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Marwan Jumean, MD

    Professor
    Houston, Texas, United States

  • Abdulla Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH

    Professor of Medicine (Cardiology & Geriatrics); Director, Cardiovascular Center on Aging
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

  • Marvin Slepian, MD, J.D.

    Regents Professor of Medicine
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona, United States

  • Rajan Patel, MD

    Interventional Cardiology

  • Alpesh Shah, MD

    Director of Coronary Interventions, Associate Professor
    Houston Methodist Hospital
    Houston, Texas, United States

  • Tarek Helmy, MD

    Regional chairman of cardiovascular service line
    Trinity health of New England
    Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Disclosure(s):
David A. Morrow, MD, MPH: No relevant disclosure to display
Allison Dupont, MD,FACC,FSCAI: No relevant disclosure to display
Marwan Jumean, MD: No relevant disclosure to display
Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Marvin J. Slepian, MD, J.D.: No relevant disclosure to display
Rajan Patel: No relevant disclosure to display
Alpesh Shah, MD: No relevant disclosure to display
Tarek A. Helmy, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM CST
    Launching HSS 2026

    Speaker: Marwan Jumean, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • 1:40 PM - 1:47 PM CST
    Case Study: STEMI-Induced Shock with MultiVessel Disease

    Speaker: Vicente Jimenez-Franco, MD – TecSalud

  • 1:47 PM - 1:55 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 1:55 PM - 2:02 PM CST
    Stabilized AMI-CS on pMCS: Is Viability Testing Needed to complete revascularization?

    Speaker: Susan Joesph

  • 2:02 PM - 2:10 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 2:10 PM - 2:17 PM CST
    Syntax Scoring in CS: CTO Interventions to Complete Revascularization in AMI-CS

    Speaker: Salman A. Arain, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • 2:17 PM - 2:25 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 2:25 PM - 2:32 PM CST
    Antiplatelet Therapy in 2026: P2Y12 and COX Inhibition in CS

    Speaker: Phillip Weeks, PharmD – Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center

  • 2:32 PM - 2:40 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 2:40 PM - 2:47 PM CST
    VA ECMO in AMI-CS Is Not Dead!

    Speaker: Benedikt Schrage, MD, PhD, FESC – University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg

  • 2:47 PM - 2:55 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 2:55 PM - 3:05 PM CST
    Adoption of Impella CP in AMI – CS: Why is not Universal Yet?

    Speaker: Amir Kaki, MD – Henry Ford St John

  • 3:05 PM CST
    Discussion