161 - HEART AND STROKE SESSION: LIFESPAN APPROACHES TO CHD

Thursday, October 24, 2024

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT

Room:114-115

Target Audience: Pediatric cardiologists, Researchers, Adult congenital heart disease specialists

Co-Chair(s)

Luc Mertens, MD

Section Head, Echocardiography
CCS,CPCA
University of Toronto
Frédéric Dallaire, MD PhD

Professor of pediatrics
CPCA
Université de Sherbrooke

Summarizing recent Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada funded research in the area of "Lifespan Approaches to CHD"

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

Outline the importance of Transitions Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease;
Review the role of sex & gender in the lifespan brain health trajectories in CHD; and
Review current work planned for precision health for patients with univentricular hearts across the lifespan.

4:30 PM – 4:55 PM PT

LIFESPAN RESEARCH APPROACHES TO CHD
Presenter: Ariane Marelli – McGill University health Centre
4:55 PM – 5:05 PM PT

PRECISION HEALTH FOR UNIVENTRICULAR HEARTS
Presenter: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
5:05 PM – 5:15 PM PT

OPTIMIZING CARE TRANSITIONS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEAS
Presenter: Andrew S. Mackie, MD, SM, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Stollery Children's Hospital
5:15 PM – 5:25 PM PT

BRAIN HEALTH AND CHD
Presenter: Thiviya Selvanathan