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Oral Abstract Session 1 (Accredited)

Friday, March 6, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:25 PM CST
Location: Breakout Session

Disclosure(s):
Alpesh Shah, MD: No relevant disclosure to display
Angelo Nascimbene, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC: No relevant disclosure to display
Sriram Nathan, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Ashrith Guha: No relevant disclosure to display
Konstantinos Charitakis: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

  • 1:00 PM - 1:07 PM CST
    Cardiogenic Shock Outcomes: A Retrospective Review of Shock Team Data from a High Volume Tertiary Center in San Antonio, Texas

    Speaker: Michael Kwan, MD, FACC – Methodist Hospital

  • 1:10 PM - 1:17 PM CST
    Comparison of Microcirculatory Hemodynamics in Cardiogenic Shock Patients to Matched Controls with Stable, Chronic Cardiovascular Disease.

    Speaker: Jacob Niculcea, BS – University of Pennsylvania

  • 1:20 PM - 1:27 PM CST
    Early SGLT2 Inhibitor Initiation in Cardiogenic Shock With Pre-Existing Heart Failure: A Propensity-Matched EHR Study

    Speaker: Muhammad Huzaifa Ahmed Khan, MD – Prime South GME Harlingen Medical Center, TX, USA

  • 1:30 PM - 1:37 PM CST
    Longitudinal Cytokine Profile And Mortality In A Multicenter Prospective Cardiogenic Cohort.

    Speaker: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto

  • 1:40 PM - 1:47 PM CST
    Patient Selection Matters: A Rational Use of VA-ECMO in Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock

    Speaker: Guadalupe L. Hernandez Gonzalez, MD – National Institute of Cardology Ignacio Chavez

  • 1:50 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Primary LV Unloading Improves Global and Regional Myocardial Blood Flow During Acute Coronary Occlusion: First In Vivo Study

    Speaker: Carlos D. Davila, MD – Yale University School of Medicine