ATS 2020 Advance Program

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Target Audience Providers of varied clinical specialties - pulmonology, cardiologist, early career professional, early career professionals (residents, fellows), nursing, medical students, physician extenders. Objectives At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: • better diagnose and treat the patient with acute and chronic pulmonary embolism; • learn about differentiating from acute to chronic disease based on various imaging modalities like CTA, Echo and V/Q scan; • improve the quality of life of the patient with pulmonary embolism (acute or chronic) by integrating multi-disciplinary approach. This course will provide comprehensive learning experience about acute pulmonary embolism and its chronic complications. The session is aimed towards creating a foundation for a practicing clinician who take care of patients with pulmonary embolism (acute or chronic). Session will provide general approach on screening, diagnosis, risk stratification and management of acute and chronic PE (CTED/CTEPH). Special focus will be given on how to differentiate from acute to chronic disease based on imaging modalities (CTA, Echo, V/Q) and clinical stand point as there can be significant overlap from what thought to be acute disease, potentially could be chronic disease. Chairing: P. Rali, MD, Philadelphia, PA I.M. Lang, MD, Vienna, Austria R.P. Rosovsky, MD, Boston, MA 8:00 Welcome and Introduction P. Rali, MD, Philadelphia, PA 8:05 Epidemiology of PE V.F. Tapson, MD, West Hollywood, CA 8:25 Screening for Pulmonary Embolism (PE) P. Wells, MD, Ottawa, Canada 8:45 Imaging in PE: CT Pulmonary Angiogram (CTPA) D. Gopalan, MD, Cambridge, United Kingdom 9:05 Imaging in PE: Echocardiography T. Thenappan, MD, Minneapolis, MN 9:25 Imaging in PE: V/Q Scan and Cardiac MRI D. Gopalan, MD, Cambridge, United Kingdom 9:45 Questions and Answers Session: Part 1 10:05 Break 10:20 Management of Acute PE: Anticoagulation R.P. Rosovsky, MD, Boston, MA 10:40 Management of Acute PE: Reperfusion Therapies D. Jimenez, MD, PhD, Madrid, Spain 11:00 Management of Acute PE: Hemodynamic Support P. Rali, MD, Philadelphia, PA 11:20 Questions and Answers Session: Part 2 11:40 Interesting PE Cases: Part 1 S. Pugliese, MD, Philadelphia, PA 12:00 LUNCH 12:40 Follow Up Care After Acute PE L.K. Moores, MD, Bethesda, MD 1:00 Post PE Syndrome and Post PE Functional Impairment B.N. Rivera-Lebron, MD, MS, Pittsburgh, PA 1:20 Diagnosis of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease/Pulmonary Hypertension W.R. Auger, MD, Philadelphia, PA 1:30 Surgical Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension W.R. Auger, MD, Philadelphia, PA 1:50 Interventional Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension I.M. Lang, MD, Vienna, Austria 2:10 Medical Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension G.A. Heresi, MD, Cleveland, OH 2:30 Questions and Answers Session: Part 3 2:50 Break 3:05 Interesting PE Cases: Part 2 S. Pugliese, MD, Philadelphia, PA ATS 2020 • Philadelphia, PA SATURDAY • MAY 16 29