Conference Description
The Gordon Research Seminar on Assisted
Circulation provides a unique forum for graduate students and postdoctoral
fellows, as well as junior level clinicians and clinician-scientists (less than
5 years from highest level of training/education), and any other scientists with
comparable levels of training, to present and exchange data, form collaborations
on new research ideas and ultimately advance the science of current- and
future-generation mechanical circulatory support technologies, and develop
novel methods to improve clinical outcomes.
The focus of the meeting is to present the
latest research in engineering of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and
clinical care of patients with advanced heart failure who require mechanical
circulatory support. Specific topics of
interest include, but are not limited to: advancements in device design,
biomaterials, controller algorithms, cannula modifications, sensor technology,
device miniaturization, driveline elimination, remote monitoring, physiology of
pulsatile and nonpulsatile flow, innovative surgical approach/techniques, as
well as patient risk stratification and methods to reduce the rates of known
LVAD complications such as infection, stroke, RV failure, hemolysis/thrombosis
and gastrointestinal bleeding.