2019 AHA Scientific Sessions

Cardiovascular specialists from Massachusetts General Hospital will join thousands of professionals from around the world to present groundbreaking research and discuss developments in the field.

Featured Topics Include:

Basic Science

• Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, vascular biology
• Cardiac development, structure and function
• Cellular biology
• Drug discovery
• Genetics and genomics
• Metabolism and physiology
• Signaling

Clinical Science

• Acute coronary syndromes
• Cardio-oncology
• Congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology
• Electrophysiology and arrhythmias
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathies
• Hypertension and nephrology
• Imaging and nuclear medicine
• Interventional treatments
• Nursing research and clinical
• Pulmonary hypertension and critical care
• Stroke and neuroscience
• Surgery and anesthesia
• Vascular disease and thrombosis

Population Science

• Cardiometabolic health and diabetes
• Epidemiology, big data and precision medicine
• Health tech
• Lifestyle and behavioral medicine
• Prevention health & wellness
• Quality of care
• GRFW and special populations

Featured Mass General Faculty

 

Jason Wasfy, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Presentation: The Electronic Health Record Will Ultimately Save Us
  11:21 AM - 11:30 AM

Ravi Shah, MD

Amit Khera, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Featured Science Presentation: Gene Sequencing to Identify Rare Pathogenic Variants Conferring Increased Risk of Adult-Onset Sudden Cardiac Death
  7:59 AM - 8:07 AM
• Presentation: The Rise of Genome Interpretation for Cardiovascular Disease
  3:55 PM - 4:05 PM

Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP

Sunday, November 17

• Presentation: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Long-Term Incident Cardiovascular Disease Risk (paper simultaneously published in JACC)
  11:55 AM - 12:00 PM 
• Presentation: Association of Premature Natural and Surgical Menopause with Incident Cardiovascular Disease

Pradeep Natarajan, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Genetic Reduced IL-6 Attenuates Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Clonal Hematopolesis
  7:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Sunday, November 17

• Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Carriers of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Mutations is Modified by Common Variant Genetic Background or Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle
  10:30 AM - 10:35 AM
• Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Are Associated With Long-Term Risk of Diverse Cardiovascular Disease
  11:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Monday, November 18

• Genetics of Venous Thromboembolism, Treatment Opportunities, and Risk Prediction
  7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
• Family History vs. Modifiable Risk Factors for Determining Long Term Prognosis Among Adults Who Experience Myocardial Infarction at a Young Age: The Partners Young MI Registry
  1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  
  

Mayooran Namasivayam, MB, MS

Saturday, November 16th

• Abstract Oral Session: Samuel A. Levine Early Career Clinical Investigator Award Competition, Transvalvular Flow Rate Determines Prognostic Value of Aortic Valve Area in Aortic Stenosis
  10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Monday, November 18th

• Abstract Poster Session: Blood Pressure Responses During Exercise Are Associated With Exertional Wedge Pressure and Stroke Volume Augmentation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Neel Butala, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Oral Presentation, Finalist for the Laennec Laennec Fellows in Training (FIT) Clinican Award: Twist of Fate: A Case of Cardiac Arrest
  11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

Nasrien Ibrahim, MD

Sunday, November 17th

• Session: Cultivating a Successful Mentor/Mentee Relationship
  10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Islam Youssef Elgendy, MD

Sunday, November 17th

• Oral Presentation: Trends and Outcomes of Acute Stroke During Pregnancy and Puerperium in the United States
  1:30 PM

AKL Fahed, MD, MPH

Saturday, November 16th

• Panel, FIT/Early Career Lounge: Partnering with Tech in Clinical Care, Research, and Beyond
  10:00 AM -10:45 AM

Sunday, November 17th

• Rapid Fire Oral Presentation: Risk Of Myocardial Infarction In Carriers Of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Mutations Is Modified By Common Variant Genetic Background Or Adherence To a Healthy Lifestyle
  10:35 AM

Nate Tucker, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Late Breaking Science Sessions: Single Cell Sequencing of the Human Heart
  11:51 AM - 11:56 AM

Amelia Hall, MD

Dr. Hall is up for a Young Investigator Award for her work on Epigentic Analyses in the Human Heart.

Seung Hoan Choi, PhD

Moderated Poster Presentation: Mutations in Titin Gene to AF

Doreen Defaria Yeh, MD

Saturday, November 16

• Chairing the Laennec Committee - Fellow-in-Training Clinician Competition
  10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Michael Picard, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Late Breaking Clinical Trial: Results of the ISCHEMIA Trial will be presented

James Pirruccello, MD

Sunday, November 17th

• Poster Presentation: Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in >24,000 Participants Reveals 24 Novel Loci and Shared Genetic Basis With Cardiomyopathies
  2:50 PM

Raza Alvi, MD

Saturday, November 16th

• Abstract Poster Session: N-terminal Pro-b-type Natriuretic Peptide Among Patients Living With BothHIV And Heart Failure
  1:30 PM -2:00 PM
• Abstract Poster Session: Toxicity And Cardiovascular Events Among Adult Patients Treated With Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells: A Multi-center Registry
  4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Philippe Bertrand, MD, PhD

Sunday, November 17th

• Oral Abstract Presentation: Progression Of Tricuspid Regurgitation After Surgery For Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: From The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (Dr. Hung is PI)
  2:15 PM - 2:25 PM

Christopher Learn, MD

Dr. Learn has been invited to give a talk about the adult congenital heart disease guidelines.

Emily Lau, MD

Monday, November 18th

• Poster Presentation: The Association of Cardiovascular Disease and Future Cancer
  11:30 AM

Lili Zhang, MD (with Dan Zlotoff, MD, PhD)

Saturday, November 16

• Poster Presentation: Major Adverse Cardiac Events and the Timing and Dose of Corticosteroids in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Myocarditis
  1:30 PM -2:00 PM

Krishna Aragam, MD

Monday, November 19

• Genomae-Wide Association Study of Over One Million Participants Identifies 49 Novel Loci Associated with Coronary Artery Disease
  3:00 PM - 3:10 PM

James Januzzi, MD

Saturday, November 16

• Poster: Improvement of Health Status Following Initiation of Sacubitril/Valsartan in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
  10:20 AM - 10:25 AM
• Poster: Amino-Terminal Pro-B Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Canagliflozin Cardiovascular Assessment Study (CANVAS) Program
  10:30 AM - 10:35 AM 

Dan Zlotoff, MD (with Lili Zhang MD)

Saturday, November 16

• Poster Presentation: Major Adverse Cardiac Events and the Timing and Dose of Corticosteroids in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Myocarditis
  1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Dan Blumenthal, MD, MBA

Sunday, November 17

• Presentation: How Public Reporting Influences Clinician Behavior
  11:09 AM - 11:21 AM

Dr. Blumenthal will also be judging the Laennec Young Clinician Award along with Dr. Defaria Yeh.

Jennifer Ho, MD

Sunday, November 17

• Presentation: Differential Clinical Profiles, Exercise Responses and Outcomes Associated with Existing HFpEF Definitions
  8:45 AM