University of Utah, Salt Lake City (United States of America)
Member of:
Dr. Stavros George Drakos is a Professor of Cardiology at the U of Utah Health and School of Medicine and holds the H. A. & Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair. He is the Medical Director of the institution's historic Cardiac Mechanical Support/Artificial Heart Program, Co-Director of Heart Failure & Transplant and Director of Research of the Cardiology Division. He is licensed to practice medicine in the US and the EU. His team published clinical studies in heart failure together with original scientific work generated in the laboratory which led to the establishment of the award-winning Utah Cardiac Recovery Program (UCAR). He is the chairperson of the Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular and Hematological Sciences (CCHS) at the NIH and a visiting professor in academic medical centers nationally and internationally. He has mentored over the years several individuals who are now independent faculty in academic medical centers in the US and overseas.
Derivation and validation of a multicenter model to identify candidates for advanced HF therapies with high potential to achieve post-LVAD reverse cardiac remodeling
Event:
ESC Congress 2024
Topic:
Ventricular Assist Devices
Session:
Heart transplantation, LVADs and inotropic support in heart failure: challenges and expectations