199 - Q&A AND PANEL DISCUSSION

Saturday, October 29, 2022

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Location: Canada Hall 3

Target Audience: General: All cardiovascular (clinical and research) health professionals, Cardiac surgeons, Cardiac surgery residents, Cardiac technicians & nurses, Trainees

Co-Chair(s)

Chi-Ming Chow, MD MSc FRCPC FCCS

Director of Echo Lab, St. Michael's Hospital
Canadian Society of Echo
St.Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kai Yi Wu, MD (he/him/his)

Adult Cardiology Resident
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Presenter(s)

Ashlay Huitema, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers)

Cardiologist
St. Joseph’s Health Care London / London Health Sciences Centre
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada
NJ

Noorin Jamal
Anthony Tang

Professor of Medicine
Western University
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University
London, Ontario, Canada
Michael H. Yamashita, MDCM, MPH, FRCSC

Cardiac Surgeon
CSCS
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe how to monitor patients with thoracic aortic disease in the virtual world;
describe how to maintain engagement for cardiac rehab patients leveraging digital resources;
how to automate care following cardiac discharge using remote monitoring;
provide a glimpse into future cardiac virtual care metaverse; and
discuss the limitations and barriers to cardiac virtual care.

The Cardiac Virtual Care plenary Our New Normal and a Brave New World was designed to investigate how virtual care is being implemented by different specialties and sub-specialties, including surgery, cardio rehab, and nursing, as well as a “big picture” perspective.