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    The Latest in the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure

    Recorded on 2/21/2011

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    If you have heart failure, the wait for a heart transplant can be long and risky.  Fortunately, progress in transplant and ventricular assist devices (VADs) are helping to replace the function of a failing heart. In this program, two leading cardiologists from UW Medicine will discuss progress in heart transplant and you’ll also hear from Jon, a man that had a transplant just two months ago.

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    EXPERTS & GUESTS:
    Daniel Fishbein, M.D. Daniel Fishbein, M.D.
    Medical Director, Congestive Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation Services, UW Medicine
    Dr. Daniel Fishbein is medical director of congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation services at the University of Washington.  Dr. Fishbein earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY followed by an internship at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.  He went on to a residency at the University of Washington in Seattle where he... more >

    Nahush A. Mokadam, M.D. Nahush A. Mokadam, M.D.
    Co-director of Heart Transplantation, UW Medicine
    Dr. Mokadam is Co-director of heart transplantation and Program Director mechanical circulatory support (Ventricular Assist Devices) at UW Medical Center. He has interests in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass, endovascular aortic surgery, percutaneous valve surgery and complex mitral valve surgery, in addition to his dedication to the heart transplant and ventricular assist device programs.  Dr.... more >

    Jon Wheeler Jon Wheeler,
    Heart Transplant Recipient
    In June of 2008, after experiencing extreme fatigue, Jon Wheeler was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  Over a years time he received treatment with medication, and even a pacemaker, that failed to control his condition.  Jon was then referred to UW Medicine but he was not yet qualified for heart transplant due to ejection fraction.  In the meantime, he was... more >

    TRANSCRIPT:

    1. Introduction LISTEN
    2. Jon's Story LISTEN
    3. Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs): A Bridge to Transplant LISTEN
    4. Progress in Heart Transplant LISTEN
    5. Improved Heart Failure Treatments LISTEN
    6. The Care at UW Medicine LISTEN
    7. The Future of Treatment LISTEN

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