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Thursday 24 April 2025
12:00–19:30	Registration
15:00–17:40	Meet the Experts Uri Elkayam University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Candice Silversides University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Afshan Hameed University of California, Irvine, USA
15:00–15:50	Valvular Heart Disease and Pregnancy Uri Elkayam
15:50–16:20	Questions and Answers and Panel Discussion Moderator: Avraham Shotan Panelists: Uri Elkayam, Candice Silversides, Afshan Hameed
16:20–17:10	Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease Candice Silversides
17:10–17:40	Questions and Answers Moderator: Avraham Shotan Panelists: Candice Silversides, Uri Elkayam, Afshan Hameed
19:30–21:00	Get Together Reception

Friday 25 April 2025
All Day	Registration
8:00–9:15	Opening Ceremony Chair: Avraham Shotan
8:00–8:45	Greetings Uri Elkayam, Georg Delle-Karth
8:00–8:45	Awards Presentation of the CPP 2025 Awards for Outstanding Contributions to the field of Pregnancy and Heart Disease Presentation of Family Siu Awards for Young Investigators Presentation of Uri Elkayam Awards for Best Cases Presentation of Avraham Shotan Awards for Best Guided Poster
8:45–9:15	Opening Lecture: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy with Improved Ejection Fraction: Recovery or Remission? Uri Elkayam University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
9:15–10:30	Cardio Obstetrics Chairs: Samuel Siu, Diana Wolfe	9:15–10:30	Cardiac Evaluation and Imaging Chairs: Amir Shamshirsaz, Rachel Wald
9:15–9:30	Cardio-Obstetrics: Lessons That I have Learn over 3 Decades Sam Siu Western University, London, Canada	9:15–9:30	Exercise and Stress Testing During Pregnancy Marla Mendelson Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
9:30–9:45	Evolving Strategies for Improving the Consistency of Care in Cardiac Patient During Pregnancy John Spertus Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri, Kansas, USA	9:30–9:45	When Should Echocardiography be Used in Pregnancy? Briller Joan University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
9:45–10:00	Pre-pregnancy Counseling on Major Risks that Contribute to CV Morbidity/Mortality During Pregnancy Mary Canobbio University of California, Los Angeles, USA	9:45–10:00	The Role of Multi-Modality Imaging in the Management of Pregnancy in Women with Congenital Heart Disease Rachel Wald Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
10:00–10:15	Optimizing the Inclusion of Pregnant Individuals in Prospective Cohort Studies and Clinical Trials to Advance the Field of Cardio-obstetrics Isabelle Malhamé McGill University, Montreal, Canada	10:00–10:15	Cardiac POCUS on Labor and Delivery Amir Shamshirsaz Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
10:15–10:30	Cardiovascular Care for Pregnant Women with Cardiovascular Disease - 306 Patients the Columbia University New York Experience Jennifer H. Haythe Columbia University, New York, USA	10:15–10:30	Lung POCUS on Labor and Delivery Jérôme Cornette Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
		10:30–10:45	Cardiovascular Adaptation in Normal Pregnancy Tasneem Naqvi Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, USA
10:40–11:00	Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
11:00–12:25	Cardio Obstetrics Chairs: Anna Grodzinsky, Afshan Hameed	11:00–12:25	Arrhythmias and Pregnancy Chairs: Danna Spears, Marie-Louise Meng
11:00–11:15	Training in Cardio-Obstetrics: Challenges and Opportunities for Subspecialty Training Melinda Davis University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	11:00–11:15	Genetic Arrhythmias in Pregnancy (LQT, ARVC, etc) Danna Spears Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
11:15–11:25		11:15–11:30	Dysautonomia in Pregnancy Lee Padove Northside Hospital, Atlanta, USA
11:25–11:40	Artificial Intelligence-powered Tools for Cardiac Screening in Obstetric Patients Demilade Adedinsewo Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA	11:30–11:40
11:40–11:55	Use of Genetic Testing in the Pregnant Patients with Cardiac Disease Melissa Russo Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA	11:40–11:55	Advancing our Understanding of Pregnancy-Associated Atrial Fibrillation Isabelle Malhamé McGill University, Montreal, Canada
11:55–12:10	Getting you Cardio Obstetrics Papers Published: Perspectives from an Editor Candice Silversides University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada	11:55–12:10	Contemporary Approach to Ablation During Pregnancy Danna Spears University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
12:05–12:25	Stories from the Joint Gyneco-Cardio Clinic – Does it Improve Outcomes? Hezzy Shmueli Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel	12:10–12:25	Maternal Cardiac Arrest on Labor and Delivery Diana S. Wolfe Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
12:25–13:55	LUNCH BREAK and Guided POSTERS
12:55–13:45	MODERATED POSTER SESSION Guided Posters 1-10 Moderators: Marla Mendelson, Diana Wolfe Guided Posters 11-20 Moderators: Sorel Goland, Rohan D'souza Guided Posters 21-30 Moderators: Kathryn Lindley, Avraham Shotan	12:55–13:45	Case Presentations Moderators: Uri Elkayam, Sam Siu
		12:55–13:05	Arrhythmias Incessant Supraventricular Arrhythmia Triggered by Endogenous Digitalis-like Factors in the Third Trimester. A Case Report Nicolò Montali Cardiology, "Città della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, Turin, Italy
		13:05–13:15	Myocarditis Kounis Syndrome, Eosinophilic Myocarditis, and Cardiac Arrest: A Rare Case of Successful Pregnancy Andrii Labchuk Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, United States
		13:15–13:25	Congenital Complex Cardio-Obstetrics Case: Giving Pregnancy a Second Chance--It's Double-Chambered Right Ventricle and Not Eisenmenger Syndrome! Natalie Bottega McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
		13:25-13:35	Vascular A Challenging Case of Takayasu Arteritis in Pregnancy, with Descending Aorta Stenosis and Uncontrolled Hypertension Requiring Aortic Stenting During Pregnancy Keerti Priya Shanmugamurugan Baby Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical and Educational Research, Puducherry, India
		13:35-13:45	Coronary Artery Disease Recurrent Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a High-Risk Pregnancy: A Case Report Andrii Labchuk Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, United States
13:50–15:45	Valvular Heart Disease and Pregnancy Chairs: Candice Silversides, Hezzy Shmueli	13:50–14:05	Coronary Artery Disease Chairs: Uri Elkayam, Ali Farhan
13:50–14:05	Managing Stenotic Lesions in Pregnancy - Antenatal Valve Interventions, When and How? Justin Paul Gnanaraj Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India	13:50-14:05	Pregnancy Post SCAD: Yes or No Nandita Scott Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
14:05–14:20	Heparin in Pregnancy: Trimester Effects and Dosing Design to Meet Guidelines Irving Steinberg University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	14:05-14:20	Myocardial Bridge in Pregnancy- Case Series and Review Abha Khandelwal Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
14:20–14:30	The Use of Multimodal Evaluation to Prevent Unnecessary Interventions in a Pregnant Patient with Severe Mitral Stenosis Nare Torosyan University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	14:20-14:30	Pregnancy Related Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Fear-provoking Condition within Cardiology Jack Geiger Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
14:30–14:45	Factors Affecting Anticoagulant Choices for Pregnant Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves Across High and Low-Resource Settings: An International Qualitative Research Study Rohan D'souza McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	14:30-14:45	Coronary Interventions in Pregnancy: A Word of Caution Anil Mehra University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
14:45–15:00	Outcomes of Bio Prosthetic Valves in Pregnancy with and without Structural Dysfunction Barbara Wichert-Schmitt Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria	14:45–15:00	Peripartum Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – the Obstetrician's Perspective Michal Simchen Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
15:00–15:15	Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pregnancy William J Mauermann Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA	15:00–15:45	Arrhythmias and Pregnancy Chairs: Danna Spears, Jérôme Cornette
15:15–15:30	The Optimal Monitoring Regimen for LMWH in Pregnant Persons with MHVs Rohan D'souza McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	15:00–15:15	Management of Electrophysiological Devices in Pregnancy Danna Spears University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
15:30–15:45	Updating the Risk Stratification Systems in Valvular Heart Disease: The Way Forward Anish Keepanasseril Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Jipmer, Puducherry, India	15:15–15:30	Maternal Cardiac Arrest and ECPR Marie-Louise Meng Duke University, Durham, USA
		15:30–15:45	Maternal and Fetal Implications of Transplacental Therapy for Fetal Tachycardia Jérôme Cornette Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
15:45–16:05	Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
16:05–17:05	Valvular Heart Disease and Pregnancy – cont' Chairs: Anish Keepanasseril, Jolien Roos Hesselink	16:00–17:20	Pregnancy with Medical Problems Chairs: Garima Sharma, Lee Padove
16:05–16:20	Mechanical Valve and Pregnancy – the ROPAC Experience Jolien Roos Hesselink Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	16:05–16:20	Cardiometabolic Health in Pregnancy Garima Sharma Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
16:20–16:35	Developing a National Protocol for Managing Heart Disease—NPAC (National Pregnancy And Cardiac Disease) India Study Methodology Justin Paul Gnanaraj Madras Medical College, Chennai, India	16:20–16:35	Lipid in Pregnancy Update Lee Padove Northside Hospital, Atlanta, USA
16:35–16:50	Prosthetic Heart Valve Thrombosis and the Challenges in Bridging Anticoagulation Anish Keepanasseril Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Jipmer, India	16:35–16:50	Gestational Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Anum Minhas Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
16:50–17:05	Indications for Aortic Valve Interventions during Pregnancy Uri Elkayam University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	16:50–17:00	Preeclampsia in Women with Pre-existing Heart Disease Beatriz Fernandez Campos University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
17:05–17:20	TAVR in Pregnancy? - Think Twice Anil Mehra, MD University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	17:00–17:15	Addressing Psychological and Cardiovascular Health Across the Perinatal Period Garima Sharma Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
17:20–17:45	Refreshments
17:45-18:45	Rapid Fire Sessions
17:45–18:45	Hall A Moderators: Uri Elkayam, Candice Silversides	17:45–18:45	Hall B Moderators: Avraham Shotan, Samuel Siu
	Cardio Obstetrics Evaluating Knowledge Gaps in Cardio-Obstetrics: A Comparative Analysis of Cardiologists, Obstetricians, and Generative Artificial Intelligence Ohad Houri Rabin Medical Center, Petha Tiqwa, Tel Aviv University, Israel		Arrhythmias Management and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Individuals with Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators Joanne Quiñones Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, USA
	Valvular Hemodynamic Monitoring of Aortic and Mitral Stenosis in Pregnancy Abra Guo University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA		Arrhythmias Frequency and Adverse Cardiac Outcome of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pregnancy Gianna Wilkie Umass Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, USA
	Coronary Artery Disease Evaluating Feasibility and Efficacy of a Remote-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in Postpartum Women at Risk of Hypertension Meesha Vullikanti Mass General Brigham, Boston, USA		Congenital Outcome of Pregnancy in Women with Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Systematic Review Jena Pizula Stanford, Palo Alto, USA
	LV Outflow Obstruction The Haemodynamic Response to Pregnancy in Patients with Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Rasha Rashid Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom		Hypertension Impact of a Postpartum Virtual Cardiac Wellness Program on Cardiometabolic Health in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Rachel Bernardo Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
	Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy in a Contemporary National Cohort Anna Whelan University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, United States		Hypertension Evaluating Feasibility and Efficacy of a Remote-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in Postpartum Women at Risk of Hypertension Meesha Vullikanti Mass General Brigham, Boston, United States
			Vascular Aortopathy of Unknown Cause: Preconception Counseling is a Window of Opportunity Nichola Bomani Gonzalez, Joanne Quiñones Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, United States
			Congenital National ACHD Centre Experience of Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Fontan Circulation Hanan Al Naabi Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Saturday 26 April 2025
All Day	Registration
7:00–7:50	Breakfast Morning Session Case Presentations Chairs: Candice Silversides, Uri Elkayam, Avraham Shotan
	Myocarditis A Case of Systemic Lupus Myocarditis Complicated by Cardiac Dysfunction During Pregnancy and Subsequent Massive Intra/Postpartum Haemorrhage Emi Kondo National Hospital Organization Kokura Medical Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
	Fetal Arrhythmia Second Trimester Management of Refractory Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia Monica Friedman Atlantic Health System, Morristown, USA
	Myxoma Evaluating Feasibility and Efficacy of a Remote-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in Postpartum Women at Risk of Hypertension Meesha Vullikanti Mass General Brigham, Boston, USA
	Coronary Artery Disease Pregnancy in the Context of a Circumflex Artery to Coronary Sinus Fistula and Right Atrial Varix: A Unique Case Maria Luz Garagiola Western University, London, Canada
	Vascular Antenatal and Postpartum Management of Hereditary Thoracic Aortic Disease Monica Friedman Atlantic Health System, Morristown, USA
	Coronary Artery Disease Pregnancy Management of a Woman with History of NSTEMI Secondary to a Coronary Aneurysm with Distal Clot Embolization Amy Ahnert Atlantic Health System, Morristown, USA
	Vascular Multidisciplinary Management of Asymptomatic Type B Thoracoabdominal Aortic Dissection in Second Trimester Twin Gestation Karina Pone Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
8:00–9:55	Risk Prediction, Mortality and Biomarkers Chairs: Afshan Hameed, Nandita Scott	8:00–9:55	Vascular Disease in Pregnancy Chairs: Rafael Kuperstein, Eli Gutterman	8:00–9:55	Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Chairs: Dennis McNamara, Sorel Goland, Melinda Davis
8:00–8:15	Use of Cardiac Biomarkers in Pregnancy Nandita Scott Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA	8:00–8:15	Non-Marfan Aortopathy – Management in Pregnancy Melissa Russo Brown University, Providence, USA	8:00–8:15	The EORP Dataset on Bromocriptine Use Peter van der Meer University of Groningen, The Netherlands
8:15–8:30	Universal CVD Risk Assessment in Pregnancy: Pros and Cons Afshan Hameed University of Groningen, The Netherlands	8:15–8:30	Turner Syndrome and Pregnancy Jolien Roos Hesselink Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	8:15–8:30	The REBIRTH Study – Status Report Dennis McNamara University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, USA
8:30–8:40		8:30–8:45	The Approach to Pregnancy in Women with Marfan Aortopathy Rafael Kuperstein Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel	8:30–8:45	Geographical Differences in PPCM Presentation over the Globe Ali Farhan Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
8:40–8:55	Risk Prediction: 2025 Update Sam Siu Western University, London, Canada	8:45–8:55	Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease: Data from the ESC Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease III Puck Peters Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	8:45–9:00	Long Term Follow-up Outcomes in Patients with PPCM – The Israeli Experience Sorel Goland The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
8:55–9:10	How to Tackle Cardiovascular Disease Related Maternal Morbidity and Mortality? Afshan Hameed University of California, Irvine, USA	8:55–9:10	Hereditary Acropathies in Pregnancy: Why Genotype Matters in Aortopathy Management in Pregnancy? Katherine B Salciccioli Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA	9:00–9:15	PPCM and Subsequent Pregnancy: Results of the EHC EORP Registry Katherine B Salciccioli University of Groningen, The Netherlands
9:10–9:25	Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Long-term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Michael Honigberg Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA	9:10–9:20	Analgesia and Anaesthesia Outcomes in Women with Marfan Syndrome at Two Tertiary Maternity Units in the UK Lydia Jones University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom	9:15–9:25	BHV-1600, a Novel Targeted β1AR Autoantibody Degrader, in Development for the Treatment of Postpartum Cardiomyopathy Brian McGuire Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, United States
9:25–9:40	What Cardiac Diagnoses are the Highest Risk? Is Pregnancy Termination Indicated? Afshan Hameed University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA	9:20–9:40	Cardiovascular Outcomes and Aortic Growth in Pregnant Women with Turner Syndrome: Data from the ESC EORP Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac Disease (ROPAC) III Anneroos van der Zande Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	9:25–9:40	Long-term Outcome of Women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Having Subsequent Pregnancy - The Louisiana Experience Kalgi Modi Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA
9:40–9:55	4th Trimester - What is the Care Model for Optimizing Postpartum Cardiovascular Health Outcome Garima Sharma Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA	9:40–9:55	Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Pregnancy Associated Aortic Dissection Uri Elkayam University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	9:40–9:55
9:55–10:15	Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit

10:15–12:25	Management During Labor and Delivery Chairs: Katherine W Arendt, Karen Florio	10:15–11:15	Peripartum Cardiomyopathy – cont' Chairs: Dennis McNamara, Sorel Goland, Melinda Davis
10:15–10:30	Neuraxial Analgesia for Labor and Delivery in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease Marie-Louise Meng Duke University, Durham, USA	10:15–10:30	Mental Health in PPCM Sarah Thordsen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
10:30–10:45	Maternal Cardiovascular Monitoring During Labor, Cesarean, and the Postpartum Katherine W Arendt Duke University, Durham, USA	10:30–10:45
10:45–11:00	Normal Hemodynamics of Pregnancy and Delivery Doreen DeFaria Yeh Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA	10:45–11:00	Long-term Considerations for Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (ICD Use, Long-term Adverse Outcomes) – The Michigan Experience Melinda Davis University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
11:00–11:15	The Use of Uterotonics in Labor and Delivery – Safety Considerations in the Cardiac Patients Mark Johnson Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom	11:00–12:25	Cadiomyopathy and Myocardititis and Pericardial Disease Chairs: Marla Mendelson, Michal Simchen
11:15–11:30	Labor and Delivery Pharmacology: OB Drugs with CV Implications and CV Drugs with OB Implications Katherine W Arendt Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA	11:00–11:15
11:30–11:45	The Heart of Obstetric Care: Enhancing Antepartum and Labor Management in Cardio-Obstetrics Yalda Afshar University of California, Los Angeles, USA	11:15–11:30
11:45–12:00	Acute Management of Cardiogenic Edema on Labor and Delivery Katherine W Arendt Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA	11:30–11:45	Pericarditis in Pregnancy – Obstetric Challenges in the Management of Recurrent Pericarditis in Pregnancy Michal Simchen Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
12:00–12:15	Critical Care Management of the Pregnant Woman with Cardiac Disease Jasmine Grewal University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada	11:45–11:55	Cardiac and Perinatal Outcomes among Pregnant Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Gianna Wilkie Umass Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, USA
12:15–12:25	Acute Diagnosis of Mediastinal Mass in Pregnancy and Anesthetic Management Corrine Nelson Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA	11:55–12:00	A Series of Four Cases in a Single Center Cardio-Obstetrics Program with Acute Myo-pericardial Disease that Highlight the Spectrum of Pericardial Disorders and the Challenges in Diagnosis and Management Amy Ahnert Atlantic Health System, Morristown, USA
12:25–13:50	LUNCH BREAK POSTERS and EXHIBITION VISIT LUNCH SESSION: Case Presentations 12:55–13:45: MODERATED POSTER SESSION	12:20–13:50	LUNCH BREAK LUNCH SESSION 12:55–13:45: MODERATED POSTER SESSION Moderators: Uri Elkayam, Afshan Hameed
	Guided Posters 1-10 Moderators: Lee Padove, Kathryn Arendt Guided Posters 11-20 Moderators: Denis McNamara, Melinda Davis Guided Posters 21-30 Moderators: Joan Briller, Avraham Shotan	12:50–13:00	Valvular Managing Anticoagulation in Pregnancy with Mechanical Valves and Intrauterine Hematomas: A Case Report Jenica Thangathurai University of South California, Los Angeles, USA
		13:00–13:10	Anticoagulation Tactics of Anticoagulation for Thrombosis Occurred During Pregnancy Hironobu Hyodo Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
		13:10–13:20	Valvular A Case of Severe Tricuspid Stenosis in a Pregnant Patient with Polysubstance Use Disorder Jennifer McCormick Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, USA
		13:20–13:30	Myxoma Growing A Life…and A Mass: Left Atrial Myxoma in Pregnancy Jennifer McCormick University Of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
		13:30–13:40	Biomarkers She Just Doesn’t Look that Sick – A Case of False Positive Troponin in Pregnancy Kaitlyn Granstaff Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, USA
13:50–15:05	Infertility and Contraceptives in Women with Cardiac Disease, IVF Chairs: Jasmine Grewal, Norbert Gleicher	13:50–15:50	Congenital Heart Disease and Pregnancy Chairs: Mary Canobbio, Marla Mendelson, Jena Pizula
13:50–14:05	Fertility Therapy Considerations in Women with Cardiac Disease Jasmine Grewal University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada	13:50–14:05	Simplifying Congenital Heart Disease During Pregnancy Dan Halpern New York University, New York, USA
14:05–14:20	Infertility Success in Women over 40 Years of Age Norbert Gleicher Center of Human Reproduction and Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, USA	14:05–14:20	Systemic Right Ventricles and Considerations in Pregnancy Doreen DeFaria Yeh Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
14:20–14:35	Contraception for the Cardiac Patient Karen Florio University of Missouri, Columbia, USA	14:20–14:35	Management of the Patient with Fontan Circulation During Pregnancy Candice Silversides University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
14:35–14:50	Understanding the 2024 US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use Kathryn J. Lindley Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA	14:35–14:50	Ebstein's Anomaly and Pregnancy Management Marla Mendelson Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
14:50–15:05	Assessing and Addressing Cardiovascular and Obstetric Risks in Patients Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology Anna Grodzinsky University of Missouri, Kansas, USA	14:50–15:00	Complex Cardio-Obstetrics Case: The Failing Pregnant Fontan Destined to Succeed…. With a Lot of Help Natalie Bottega McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
	Reproductive Issues in Patients With the Fontan Operation Barbara Wichert-Schmitt Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria	15:00–15:10	Outcome of Pregnancy in Fontan Patients in a Single Center Compared to Recent Published Data Anthonie Duijnhouwer Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
15:05–16:45	Registries Chairs: Rohan D’Souza, Justin Paul Gnanaraj	15:10–15:25	Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Pregnancy Jolien Roos Hesselink Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
15:05–15:20	A Core Outcome Set for Studies on Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP): An International, Multi-methods Consensus Study Rohan D’Souza McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	15:25–15:35	Cardiovascular and Obstetric Complications Associated with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease in Pregnancy Jessica Marconi University of Massachusetts, Worcester, USA
15:20–15:35	The HOPE Registry – Methods and Protocol Karen Florio University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
15:35–15:50	The HOPE Pilot Results (1 Years NACE, MACE, APOs) Anna Grodzinsky University of Missouri, Kansas, USA
15:50–16:10	Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
16:10–17:10	Registries – cont' Chairs: Rohan D’Souza, Karen Florio, Mark Johnson	16:10–17:25	Congenital Heart Disease and Pregnancy Chairs: Doreen DeFaria Yeh, Dan Halpern
16:10–16:25	ROPAC Analysis of Obstetric Outcomes Mark Johnson Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom	16:25–16:40	Pregnancy in Post Tetralogy of Fallot Repair Efrat Mazor Dray Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
16:25–16:35	Brazilian Registry on Heart Disease and Pregnancy: A Multicenter Study on Prevalence and Maternal-Fetal Outcomes: REBECGA Claudia Freire Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	16:40–16:55	Eisenmenger Syndrome and Pregnancy Doreen DeFaria Yeh Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
16:35–16:50	Pregnancy and Labor in Women with Heart Diseases. 30 years' Experience of 800 Pregnancy. The Israel Northern Registry Eli Gutterman Clalit Health Services, Israel	16:55–17:10	Maternal and Fetal Outcome of Pregnancy in Women with D-Transposition and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Vessels Jena Pizula Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
16:50–17:05	Cardio-obstetric Team Approach - Ensuring Feasibility to Improve Outcome in Developing Nations - Lessons from Tamil Nadu Pregnancy and Heart Disease Registry Justin Paul Gnanaraj Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India	17:10–17:20	Cardio-Obstetrics Multidisciplinary Management of A Pregnant Patient With Transposition of Great Vessels With Mustard Atrial Redirection Catherine Bigelow Allina Health, Minneapolis, USA
17:05–17:20	An Update on the Canadian Network of Networks for Reducing Cardiovascular Mortality and Morbidity in Pregnancy (CaNCaM-Preg) Rohan D’Souza McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sunday 27 April 2025
	All Day Registration
7:00–7:50	BREAKFAST MORNING SESSION Case Presentations Chairs: Uri Elkayam, Avraham Shotan
7:00–7:10	Valvular The Use of Multimodal Evaluation to Prevent Unnecessary Interventions in a Pregnant Patient with Severe Mitral Stenosis Nare Torosyan University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
7:10–7:20	Heart Failure New Onset Severe Heart Failure During Pregnancy; Cardiac and Obstetric Challenges in a Complicated Social Context Carolien Abheiden University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
7:20–7:30	PPCM Case of a Second Pregnancy Shortly after Severe Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Julia Lueg Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany
7:30–7:40	Heart Failure Cardio-Obstetrics Case of Mechanical Circulatory Support to Achieve Viable Pregnancy and Bridge to Transplant Abra Guo University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
7:40–7:50	Pulmonary Emboli Cardiac Arrest During Cesarean Section - Pulmonary Embolism, Right Atrial Thrombus and ASD in Essential Thrombocythemia Patient – Case Report Pille Bušin East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
8:00–9:30	Drugs in Pregnancy Chairs: Jolien Roos Hesselink, Avraham Shotan	8:00–9:30	Hypertension and Preeclampsia Chairs: Kathryn J. Lindley, Irving Steinberg
8:00–8:15	Beta Blocker Use Considerations among Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease Jasmine Grewal University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada	8:00–8:15	Antepartum and Postpartum Management of Hypertension Michael Honigberg Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
8:15–8:30	Betablocker Use During Pregnancy – The ROPAC Experience Jolien Roos Hesselink Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	8:15–8:30	Hypertensive Disease of Pregnancy: Individualization of Pharmacotherapy Irving Steinberg University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
8:30–8:45	Pregnancy Outcomes after Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapy Marla Mendelson Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA	8:30–8:45	Addressing Pre-Eclampsia Prevention John Spertus University of Missouri, Kansas, USA
8:45–9:00	Which Cardiovascular Medications Should not be Used During Pregnancy and Lactation and Why? Dan Halpern New York University, New York, USA	8:45–9:00	Cardiovascular Disease after Preeclampsia: Advances in Mechanism of Action and Clinical Interventions Kathryn J. Lindley Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
9:00–9:20	The Claire McLintock Memorial Lecture: The Use of LMWH for Mechanical Heart Valves in Pregnancy: The USC Protocol Uri Elkayam University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	9:00–9:15	Post-partum Pre-eclampsia Clinic Concept Johanna Quist-Nelson Durham, North Carolina, USA
9:20–11:10	Pulmonary HTN and VTE in Pregnancy Chairs: Yalda Afshar, Efrat Mazor Dray	9:15–9:30	Management Considerations for Women with Heart Disease and Obesity Birgit Pfaller-Eiwegger Karl Landsteiner University, Krems, Austria
9:20–9:40	Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Pregnancy – What have we Learned over the Past 2 Decades? Dianne Zwicke Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA	9:30–9:45	Masking Preeclampsia – Does this Phenomenon Exist? Kathryn J. Lindley Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
9:40–9:55	Navigating Safe Births: Pregnancy with Pulmonary Hypertension Yalda Afshar University of California, Los Angeles, USA	9:45–9:55	Cardiac Biomarkers and Hypertension in Pregnancy Lara Kovell University of Massachusetts, Worcester, USA
9:55–10:15	How to Improve the Outcome of Pregnancy in Women with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Dianne Zwicke Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA
10:15–10:35	Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
10:35–12:30	Heart Failure Chairs: Uri Elkayam, Joan Briller
10:35–10:50	Invasive Hemodynamic Evaluation During Pregnancy - When and Why Uri Elkayam University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
10:50–11:05	Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Pregnancy Joan Briller University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
11:05–11:20	VV-ECMO and Pregnancy: What's New? Amir Shamshirsaz Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
11:20–11:35	Management of Pregnancy after Cardiac Transplantation Michal Simchen Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
11:35–11:45	Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy – A Tailored Approach Priyadharshini Muruganandhan CMC Vellore, Chennai, India
11:45–11:55	CAR-PREG: Outcomes of Pregnancy In Women With Cardiomyopathy In A Single Center Tertiary Care Facility S.A. Hogenhout University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
11:55–12:10	The Risk of Pregnancy in Women with HFrEF Avraham Shotan Ariel University, Israel
12:10–12:20
12:20–12:30
12:30–12:35	Closing Remarks Uri Elkayam, Avraham Shotan

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