Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host the “Second Annual Update in Heart Failure Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach” May 5 at the TTUHSC Academic Classroom Building, 3601 Fourth St. The event is targeted to cardiovascular specialists as well as internal medicine, pediatric and primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and other health care professionals who focus on cardiovascular health.

Presentations and speakers include:

• “Beta Blockers and Heart Failure – When, Why and Where?,” Scott Shurmur, M.D.
• “Acute Decompensated Heart Failure – Etiology and Management,” Nandini Nair, M.D., Ph.D.
• “The Making of a Good Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Candidate,” Benjamin Hirsch, M.D.
• “Management of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy,” Leigh Ann Jenkins, M.D.
• “Role of CRT in Heart Failure Patients,” Anurag Singh, M.D.
• “Role of Cardiovascular Imaging in the Management of Heart Failure Patients,”Aliakbar Arvandi, M.D.
• “Electrical Problems with the Pump – Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Heart Failure Patients,” Olusegun Oyenuga, M.D.
• “Role of Percutaneous Treatment of Valvular Diseases in Heart Failure Patients,” Mac Ansari, M.D.
• “Percutaneous Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease,” Mac Ansari, M.D.
• “Biomarkers in Heart Failure,” Jason Wischmeyer, M.D.
• “Interesting and Unusual Heart Failure Cases,” Rajesh Nambiar, M.D.
• “Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure,” Nandini Nair, M.D., Ph.D.
• “Medical and Surgical Therapies for Heart Failure,” Nandini Nair, M.D., Ph.D.

The conference is sponsored by the Texas Tech Physicians Center for Cardiovascular Health and the Office of Continuing Medical Education. For more information, call Myra Jones at (806) 743-2929 or visit www.ttuhsc.edu/medicine/continuing-medical-education.