Pipe Dreams & How to Clog Leaky Valves: Managing Acute Valvular Disorders in the ED

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

10:40am – 11:00am ET

Location: Trade - Lobby Level

CE: 0.25 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Elias E. Wan, FAAEM (he/him/his)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate, Intensivist
Maimonides Medical Center
Jericho, New York

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Speaker(s)

Kene Chukwuanu, MD, FAAEM

Associate Residency Program Director
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Disclosure(s): Exo, Inc.: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Session Moderator(s)

David J. Carlberg, MD, FAAEM

Associate Program Director
Georgetown EM
Washington, District of Columbia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Elias E. Wan, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Kene Chukwuanu, MD, FAAEM: Exo, Inc.: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

"A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source." The acutely decompensated HF patients can be a challenging diagnosis to manage in the ED, especially when the cause is not just LV or RV failure. In this session, we will describe how to identify acute valvular failure as the cause of your patient's heart failure . We will also differentiate between management strategies and treatment options between AS, AR and MR to help develop tools for a successful resuscitation.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the most common acute valvular disorders encountered in the acute decompensated HF patient presenting to the ED including Aortic stenosis(AS), Aortic regurgitation (AR) and Mitral regurgitation(MR).
Develop strategies to accurately diagnose and treat acute valvular disorders.
Review the evidence and practice management guidelines on managing patients with acute valvular failure.