9th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit

The 9th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit will be an in-person meeting and run from 20-22 November 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

20 – 22 Nov 2025
Berlin, Germany
In Person

Event Information

Date/Duration

20-22 November 2025 (2.5 days)
Location

Berlin, Germany
See HERE for more information
Chairmen

G Färber, Wuerzburg; D Zimpfer, Vienna; J Gummert, Bad Oeynhausen; V Falk, Berlin; I Netuka, Prague
Summit Format

In-person meeting
Interactive lectures
Live-in-a-box cases
Keynote presentations
Summit Fee

Members: €610
Non-Members: €710
Residents: €390

If you attended the 2025 MCS Workshop, please email [email protected] to claim your €100 discount on your MCS Summit registration.
MCS Summit Scholarship

Scholarship applications for the MCS Summit are now open.
Applications are open exclusively to EACTS Trainee members
Click HERE to find out more.
Application closing date: Sunday 7 September
Target Audience

Cardiologists, heart failure cardiologists, emergency and ICU specialists (ECLS), cardiac surgeons, perfusionists, heart failure nurses and VAD coordinators, medical industry (cardiac device including ECMO development and production). Pediatric cardiologists and congenital heart disease surgeons.
Abstracts

Abstract poster submissions are now open! Click HERE for more information. Submission deadline: 1 October 2025
MCS Rising Stars Quiz

Delegates are invited to submit a team to participate in the MCS annual quiz.
Members of the team should be from the same country or the same institution and may have a maximum of 4 participants.
Spaces are limited, and we may not be able to accommodate all that apply, so please register your interest by emailing [email protected] and we will get back to you.

EACTS Academy terms and conditions.

COURSE REGISTRATION

INDUSTRY

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

08:00	Welcome and Introduction Färber, Homburg; Falk, Berlin; Zimpfer, Vienna; Gummert, Bad Oeynhausen
08:15	Session 1: New opportunities in non-invasive cardiology
	Moderators: F Schönrath, Ö Altas
	Update of optimal medical therapy and device treatment (OMDT) N Uriel, New York
	GLP-1 receptor agonists for everybody and forever N Pavo, Vienna
	GLP-1 receptor agonists for those who need them M Adamo, Brescia
	The concept of a wonder drug – take and forget U Jorde, New York
	Panel discussion
09:30	Break
10:00	Session 2: Happy life on durable MCS
	Moderators: J Mulzer, I Hilgendorf
	Interventions on left ventricular assist device (LVAD) – and they live happily ever after? To be announced
	Cancer treatment in LVAD patients – is everything possible? To be announced
	Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) on LVAD H Hinkov, Berlin
	LVAD till the end? Palliative care F Calvo, Mailand
	Psychosocial care – patient and caregiver To be announced
	Panel discussion
11:30	Session 3: Invited discussion – big data and AI in medicine
	Moderators: R Lorusso, I Potapov, I Just-Lauer
	Scientific base for AI – I or A? A Bryutkin, Boston
	AI from the clinical perspective To be announced
	Panel discussion
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Session 4: MCS registries
	Moderators: J Möller, G Nersesian
	Scientific evaluation of MCS registries vs multicentre studies N Uriel, New York
	Cardiogenic shock working group register To be announced
	IMCARS B Niemann, Giessen
	EUROMACS P Quattroni, Windsor
	INTERMACS To be announced
	IMACS D Goldstein, New York
	Stellar register S Rojas Hernandez, Bad Oeynhausen
	PediMACS/ACTION I Adachi, Houston
	Panel discussion
15:00	Break
15:30	Session 5: Different phenotypes of cardiogenic shock: Interactive male case discussion
	Moderators: P Lanmüller, P Ivak, F Khaleil
	SCAI and INTERMACS stages – how to calculate, compare and use in clinical practice To be announced
	Acute myocardial infarction J Möller, Denmark
	Postcardiotomy R Lorusso, Maastricht
	Acute on chronic heart failure U Schneider, Homburg
	Fulminant myocarditis C Chiu, Berlin
	Panel discussion
16:30	Session 6 – EACTS /ICCAC joint session: LVAD therapy – how to make the most out of it?
	Moderators: F Müller, T Schlöglhofer
	The power of networking F Müller, Homburg
	Patient evaluation, selection and optimisation – can we do better? J Gummert, Bad Oeynhausen
	LVAD and beyond – novel tools and useful wearables S Kore, Manchester
	Long-term LVAD perspectives – incredible patients and unforgettable scenarios U Jorde, New York
	Panel discussion
17:45	Moderated poster session & welcome reception
	Posterjury: Gummert, Potapov, Färber, Zimpfer, EACTS Residents
19:15	Close

08:00	Session 7: Guidelines on MCS: Freshly baked and still in the oven
	Moderators: D Goldstein, G Färber, S Tucanova
	EACTS tMCS P Lanmüller, Berlin
	EACTS protected G Nersesian, Berlin
	AATS surgical treatment of AMI complications I Potapov, Berlin
	ISHLT GL on tMCS A Bernhardt, Hamburg
	ESC heart failure update M Adamo, Brescia
	Future perspective and unmet needs in clinical guidelines M Milojevic, Belgrade
09:30	Break
10:00	Session 8: Biventricular failure: Support or replace?
	Moderators: F Schönrath, J Gummert, A Bernhardt
	Support or replace? I Netuka, Prague
	cfBVAD with single drive lines N Dong, Wuhan
	Surgical Implantation Technique for a rotary Total Artificial Heart W Cohn, Texas
	cfBVAD with two driveline D Zimpfer, Vienna
	TAH with biological surface To be announced
	Panel discussion
11:30	Rising Stars Quiz
12:15	Lunch
13:15	Session 9: What’s in the pipeline – new devices
	Industry updates
14:45	Session 10: What is in the pipeline – new studies
	Moderators: M Adamo, V Falk
	Study 1 To be announced
	Study 2 I Just-Lauer, Berlin
	Study 3 A Bernhardt, Hamburg
	Panel discussion
15:45	Break
16:15	Session 11: Major challenges in patients with congenital heart diseases
	Moderators: I Adachi, J Riebandt.
	Failing Fontan D Zimpfer, Vienna
	Paediatric support outside of traditional LVAD I Adachi, Houston
	Replacement of pulmonary valve with pre-emptive use of mAFP P Kramer, Berlin
	Panel discussion
17:15	Session 12: How I do it
	Moderators: S Drakos, M Monteagudo-Vela, S Kore
	The tip of the iceberg – from driveline infection to mediastinitis Z Tucanova, Prague
	Driveline relocation A Stegmann, Berlin
	Left ventricle – complex anatomies and challenges in LVAD implantation A Schefer, Vienna
	VAD implantation techniques with the heart transplantation perspective R Schramm, Bad Oeynhausen
	Robotic LVAD implantation F Khaliel Riyadh
	Panel discussion
18:15	Close

Programme and faculty subject to change

08:00	Session 13: Combination of temporary and durable devices – effects and pitfalls
	Moderators: P Ivak, S Drakos, Schramm
	Preconditioning before dMCS J Rieband, Wien
	Challenges during transition from mAFP to dLVAD Hrytzyna, Berlin
	Pro and contra discussion; My first choice for tMCS in cardiogenic shock
	Pro ECMO M Morshuis, Bad Oeynhausen
	Pro mAFP M Monteagudo-Vela, London
	Rebuttal
	Panel Discussion and Voting
09:30	Break
10:00	Session 14: Weaning from dLVAD
	Moderators: A Milwidsky, U Jorde, R Hernandez.
	Wean VAD Register S Drakos, Salt Lake City
	Deactivation of LVAD support G Färber, Homburg
	The role of RV fibrosis in the LVAD weaning M Bonios, Athens
	Panel discussion
11:00	Session 15: The beauty and the beast – complex cases and creative solutions in cardiology and cardiac surgery
	Moderators: U Jorde, I Netuka, A Schaefer
	TriVAD N Cholevas, Berlin
	New York D Goldstein, New York
	New York N Uriel, New York
	Turin A Loforte, Turin
	Tel-Aviv A Milwidsky, Tel-Aviv
	Istanbul To be announced
	New York U Jorde, New York
	Prague P Ivak, Prague
12:20	Closing Remarks
12:30	Close

9th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit

Event Information

Summit programme

Thursday 20 November

Friday 21 November

Saturday 22 November

Chairmen

Gloria Färber

Daniel Zimpfer

Jan Gummert

Volkmar Falk

Ivan Netuka