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N. Alejandro (Alex) Barbagelata

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Assist Devices in Heart Failure - Primer symposio en insuficiencia cardiaca Clinica Bazterrica-Santa Isabel · June 2015 Invited Talk Buenos Aires Argentina
Management of Fluid Overload in Heart Failure - ISCP International Society of cardiovascular pharmacotherapy · June 2015 Invited Talk
Heart Failure and the obesity paradox - National Mexican Congress, ANCAM · October 2014 Invited Talk
Prehospital care of Acute Myocardial Infarction - World Congress of Cardiology · May 2014 Invited Talk Sydney, Australia
Percutaneous Assist Devices in Advanced Heart Failure - SOLACI Congress (Latin American Interventioanl Cardiology · 2014 Invited Talk Buenos Aires Argentina
Percutaneous and Surgical Assist Devices in Advanced Heart Failure - Interamerican Society of Cardiology/Argentinean Congress of Cardiology · October 2013 Invited Talk Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Advance Heart Failure Management” · October 16, 2012 - October 17, 2012 Lecture Santiago de Chile
Prehospital care in AMI: Role of telemedicine - Staff International Meeting · 2012 Invited Talk Kracov, Poland
“Interventions in Heart Failure” (Invited Speaker and Chair) - Joint Sessions TCT-CACI · October 1, 2011 - October 2, 2011 Invited Talk Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invasive Heart Failure –“ Advance Heart Failure Management” “Diuresis, Aquapheresis or aquaresis in advance heart failure management” - Interamerican Society of Cardiology Congress · March 2011 Invited Talk Cartagena, Colombia
Invasive Heart Failure: “State of the Art Management of Advance Heart Failure” - Interamerican Society of Cardiology Congress · March 2011 Lecture Cartagena, Colombia
“Interventions in Heart Failure: Disease Management and Therapy”, Ultrafiltration Devices - Argentinean Congress of Cardiology · October 9, 2010 Invited Talk Argentinean Interventional cardiology Society,
“Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure” - Internal Medicine Grand Round · January 7, 2010 Lecture
State of the Art Management. Which Arrhythmia to treat? - Heart Failure 2010 · 2010 Invited Talk American Heart Association ,
“Revascularization in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy” - TCT in conjunction with Argentinean Society of Angiography and Cardiac Interventions · October 3, 2009 Lecture Buenos Aires, Argentina

TCT in conjunction with Argentinean Society of Angiography and Cardiac Interventions

Management of Congestion and Diuretic Resistance in Chronic Heart Failure - Cardiology UTMB-Methodist Fellows Conference · August 20, 2009 Lecture
Update on Principles and Practice Congestive Heart Failure - 16th Annual Essential in Internal Medicine · April 3, 2009 Invited Talk Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Center
Growing practice of non-pharmacological treatment in congestive heart failure ”Integration of Remote Monitoring into Heart Failure Management” - World Congress of Cardiology · May 21, 2008 Invited Talk Buenos Aires, Argentina
Advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Session Chair) - World Congress of Cardiology · May 19, 2008 Lecture Buenos Aires, Argentina
Newer approaches in the management of Heart failure - Primer Alumni y Becarios del Sanatorio Guemes · November 30, 2007 Invited Talk Buenos Aires, Argentina
From Initial Symptoms through Hospitalization: ECG Decision-Making in the Emergency Department - Scientific Sessions ECG in ACS · November 5, 2007 Invited Talk American Heart Association,
From Initial Symptoms through Hospitalization: ECG Decision-Making in the Emergency Department - Scientific Sessions ECG in ACS · November 5, 2007 Invited Talk American Heart Association,
Chairperson in Telemedicine and Community Health - 34th Annual Computers in Cardiology meeting · October 2, 2007 Lecture Durham, NC
Heart Failure Up to Date - Combined Cardiology Fellowship program · July 2007 Lecture UTMB-Houston Methodist Hospital
ACC 2007 highlights · June 7, 2007 Lecture Houston Heart Failure Society, Houston, Texas
Heart Failure Epidemic: How to prevent Hospital Admissio - UTMB Providers Network Breakfast Conference · February 27, 2007 Lecture UTMB Administration Building
Heart Failure 2007 - Fellowship program UTMB · January 2007 Lecture
Optimizing treatment in Heart Failure to prevent Readmission - Family Medicine UTMB · November 2006 Lecture
Time to Treatment in Acute Myocardial Infarction. It is time to Reduce it. The Time Study. · July 2006 Lecture Kholn, Germany
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - Current Concepts on Early Recognition and Practical Problems · April 2006 Lecture Niagara Falls, Canada
New modalities for the treatment in Chronic Heart Failure · April 2006 Lecture Moody Garden, Galveston, Texas
Influence of Time to Reperfusion on Myocardial Salvage - Workshops on the Pathophysiology of Myocardial Ischemia , Infarction, and Remodeling: 30th International Congress on Electrocardiology · June 11, 2003 Lecture Helsinki, Finland
Renin-Angiotensin Inhibition for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure - IV Symposium of Heart Failure. Argentine Society of Cardiology · September 2002 Lecture Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hospitalization for Progression of Chronic Heart Failure - Second International Symposium: XXIX Argentine Congress of Cardiology · 2002 Lecture
New Directions in the Management of Chronic Heart Failure - The First Global Conference in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Previews and Reviews · November 2001 Lecture Hong Kong, China
Vasopressin Inhibition in Chronic Heart Failure (Symposium panelist) - XXVIII Argentinean Congress of Cardiology · October 2, 2001 Lecture
Hospitalization for Progression of Chronic Heart Failure (Co-Director) - First International Symposium: XXVIII Argentine Congress of Cardiology · October 1, 2001 Lecture
The Correlation Between Presenting ST Segment Depression and Final Infarct Size of Acute Myocardial Infarcts in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes - International Society of Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE) · April 29, 2000 Lecture Yosemite, CA
The Comparison of an Electrocardiographic Salvage Index with Spect Sestamibi Scintigraphy in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: An AMISTAD substudy - Conference: International Society of Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE) · April 27, 1999 Lecture The AMISTAD Salvage Index for the AMISTAD Investigators, Nara, Japan
From Clinical Trials to clinical practice? - Interamerican Symposium of Cardiology · 1999 Lecture
Importance of Informatics in Medical Education - Internet World · 1999 Lecture
Informatics and the Health Care System: Duke University Experience - Conference Fundación Favaloro · 1999 Lecture Institute for International Research S.A. , Buenos Aires, Argentina
Approach to the Cardiovascular Disease in the Diabetic (Patient) - XI Argentine Congress of Diabetes · October 11, 1998 Lecture Córdoba, Argentina
Virtual Hospital (Panel) - Internet World 1998 · April 1998 Lecture
Clínical Cardiology (Moderator, poster session) - Argentine Symposium of Cardiology · 1998 Lecture
Myocardial Protection in Acute MI - Argentine Federation of Cardiology Conference · 1998 Lecture Rosario, Argentina
Role of Communication and Informatics in the Health Care System - Consejo de Ingenieros de la Capital Federal · 1998 Lecture
Role of Communication Technology and Medical Informatics in the Health Care System: “Argentine Informatics and Communication Chamber” - Videoconference with Duke University. VI International Congress in Telecommunications · November 1997 Lecture Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Unstable Angina” (Moderator, poster session) - XXIV Argentine Congress of Cardiology · October 20, 1997 Lecture Buenos Aires, Argentina
Unstable Angina and non-Q Wave MI (Panelist) - XXIV Argentine Congress of Cardiology · October 10, 1997 Lecture Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hospital Information System in Cardiology - First Conference on the Role of Medical Informatics in the Health Care System · July 15, 1996 Lecture Buenos Aires School of Medicine , Buenos Aires, Argentina
Acute Coronary Syndromes ( Panelist) - First International Symposium .Instituto Cardiología de Rosario (ICR) · May 1996 Lecture Rosario, Argentina
“Primary PTCA vs. Thrombolytics” and “New Thrombolytic Agents in Acute Coronary Syndromes” - Controversies in Acute MI: Management · 1996 Lecture Favaloro Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Unstable angina and Non-Q wave MI - Panelist, Argentine Federation of Cardiology Congress · May 27, 1995 Lecture Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina
Strategies in the Acute Myocardial Infarction - Treatment Panelist, Argentine Federation of Cardiology Congress · 1995 Lecture Paraná, Entre Rios
Treatment Selection in Chronic Coronary Heart Disease. The role of the Information Systems in Cardiology - International Symposium “Frontiers in Cardiology” · July 25, 1994 Lecture Austral University
Cardiovascular databanks in Cardiology - Panel Symposium Medical Informatics · 1994 Lecture
International Databanks - Panel in Orgain symposium · 1994 Lecture Duke University Medical Center
Panelist, Fish Oil and Arteriosclerosis - International Symposium of Ischemic Heart Disease. 25th Anniversary of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Favaloro Foundation · June 19, 1992 Lecture Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel

Service to the Profession


Reviewer - Postgraduate Medicine · 2012 Editorial Activities
Director - Auction Committee for American Heart Gala · 2012 Committee Service Glaveston
Reviewer - Clinical Cardiology · 2011 Editorial Activities
Invited Co-Chair - Tenth Staff Symposium · September 30, 2010 - October 2, 2010 Committee Service Belfast, Ireland
Invited Co-Chair - Tenth Staff Symposium · September 30, 2010 - October 2, 2010 Committee Service Belfast, Ireland
International Editor and Editorial Board Member - Journal of Latin American Heart Failure (Revista Insuficiencia Cardiaca) · 2009 Editorial Activities
Participant - ECG/Defibrillator Working Group · 2007 Editorial Activities Journal of Electrocardiology ,

Guidelines for Facilitating the Availability of Devices Required for Recording and Transmitting Prehospital 12-lead ECGs.

Participant of the Journal of Electrocardiology ECG/Defibrillator Working Group - Guidelines for Facilitating the Availability of Devices Required for Recording and Transmitting Prehospital 12-lead ECGs · 2007 Editorial Activities
Committee Member - Houston Heart Failure Society Committee · 2006 - 2013 Committee Service
Committee Member - IRB Review Board Committee · 2005 - 2016 Committee Service University of Texas Medical Branch,
Committee Member - Therapeutic Hypothermia Committee · 2005 Committee Service University of Texas Medical Branch.,
Titular Member · 2001 Other Argentine Society of Cardiology,
Editorial Board Member - Journal of Electrocardiology · 2001 Editorial Activities
Council Member - Council on Clinical Cardiology · 2000 Committee Service Member American Heart Association,

Service to Duke


Board Committee Member (Department) · 2011 - 2016 Committee Service Duke University Clinical Cardiovascular Society (DUCCS),