Title:Comprehensive Care of the Cardiomyopathy Patient: From Pillars that Sustain to Buttresses that AssistPresented by:J. Eduardo Rame, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FESCDirector of Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac TransplantThomas Jefferson University Division of Cardiology,Philadelphia, PAFinancial Disclosure:Co-Primary Investigator ReSTAGE HF (Thoratec, now Abbott, Inc)Primary Investigagor ADVANCE and ENDURANCE (HeartWare, now Medtronic Inc)National PI: SoPRANO (Macitentan post LVAD, Jannsen) Objectives:1. To describe the different adaptations of human heart failure2. To describe the potential for myocardial recovery3. To describe the pillars of heart failure therapy