Mechanical Circulatory Support Workshop
- 26 – 27 Jun 2025
- Turin, Italy
- In Person
Event Information
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Date/Duration
26-27 June 2025 (2 day course)
- Location
Turin, Italy
See HERE for more information- Course Directors
A Loforte, Turin
E Potapov, Berlin- Course Format
In-person meeting
Interactive Workshops including presentations and videos
Interactive device and technology demonstrations employing simulators
Hands-on wet- and dry-lab operative sessions
TE echo monitoring and assessment simulations- Course Fee
EACTS Members: €575
Non Members: €675
Residents: €425Registration fees include all sessions, lunch and refreshments.
- Target Audience
Skills Level 2 – Residents in the final years of training and surgeons at the beginning of independent practice.
Cardiothoracic surgeons, Cardiac anaesthesiologists, Cardiologists, Residents and Fellows, Perfusionists, VAD coordinators.
EACTS Academy terms and conditions.
Course Overview
Mechanical Circulatory Support devices are currently playing an important role in the treatment of refractory advanced heart failure. Technology and surgical strategies are rapidly evolving and improving. However, knowledge transfer and methods to surmount the learning curve remain crucial to improve patients’ outcomes. The EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Workshop is an essential part of and a practical learning/application of the knowledge gained during the annual EACTS MCS Summit. Clinicians who want to acquire more skills in this delicate area will learn key aspects and vital skills of MCS surgical procedures from an internationally recognised group of experts.
This course provides cardiothoracic surgeons in training or anyone wishing to enhance their experience with didactic teaching, hands on wet- and dry-lab operative experience and practical demonstrations in the surgical techniques and skills needed for the successful use of short-term and durable mechanical circulatory support systems. This is an intensive two-day course of lectures, debate and practical hands-on surgical practice.Learning Objectives
- Understanding of selection of patients for durable left, right and biventricular assist device/TAH implantation, technical aspects of the surgery and clinical outcomes.
- Understanding the application of tMCS and hands on practice of implantation of devices such as ECMO and mAFP facing with several types of cannulation and insertion.
- Understanding the role of durable mechanical assist devices and practice of implantation of devices in the wet- and dry-lab.
- Practicing the technique of VADs and ECMO surgery in mannequins, 3D printed simulators and animal hearts.
- Practicing (simulation) and understanding the usage and application of TEE/TTE for imaging and assessment of pts on both temporary and durable MCS.
- Meet experts in the field and discuss important issues in your own development of a MCS program
Course Programme
Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support 08:00 Welcome and presentation of learning objectives 08:15 Cardiogenic shock: Different etiologies and phenotypes but common treatment 08:45 Tailoring of t-MCS to patient and shock stage 09:15 Surgical strategy for t-MCS cannulation 09:45 Hemodynamic monitoring on t-MCS 10:15 Break 10:45 Temporary RV support in shock 11:15 Echo during t-MCS support 11:45 Special and challenging MCS cases 12:15 Complications during t-MCS support 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Training village 15:30 Break 16:00 Training village 18:00 Close Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support 08:00 Welcome and presentation of learning objectives 08:15 Chronic advanced HF and current need of d-MCS 08:45 Surgical strategies for implantation of d-MCS 09:15 Concomitant surgical procedures 09:45 Right ventricle failure on d-LVAD and biventricular d-MCS solutions 10:15 Break 10:45 Echo during d-MCS support 11:15 Complications during d-MCS support (AI, infection, pump failure) management and treatment 11:45 Myocardial recovery: Assessment and LVAD cessation techniques 12:15 Future perspectives 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Training village 15:30 Break 16:00 Training village 18:00 Close Programme subject to change.
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