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Everything you need to know about device therapy in acute cardiovascular disease
This programme is delivered by ACVC with the Scientific collaboration of many experts and key opinion leaders in the field as well as young ACVC Members.
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Week 1: Optimal medical treatment following acute coronary syndrome anno 2024 Learning objective: to understand what has changed in the field of post-ACS antithrombotic therapy; an update following the current guidelines. |
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Week 2: ICU management after cardiac arrest: what do we know? Learning objective: What is the "optimal" post-arrest management in ICU; an insight from key recent hallmark trials. |
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Week 3: Cardiogenic shock: definition and escalation to Mechanical Circulatory Support Learning objective: When to use which device, in which patient, and what escalation and de-escalation strategies are appropriate in the acute management of cardiogenic shock. |
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Week 4: Haemodynamic monitoring on the ICU in cardiogenic shock patients Learning objective: Continuous bedside monitoring of critically ill cardiac patients in the ICU is crucial in managing medicated- and MCS-supported cardiogenic shock patients: a practical overview. |
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Week 5: Cardiac imaging on the ICU in cardiogenic shock patients Learning objective: Bedside echocardiography is the cornerstone in the management of cardiogenic shock patients and in the adequate positioning and correct functioning and weaning of MCS devices. Here we provide a practical overview of available data. |
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Jan Belohlavek Cardiologist, intensivist in Prague, Czech Republic. Prof. of Medicine, board certified in cardiology, angiology and critical care, licenced in invasive cardiology. In charge of cardiac intensive care, ECMO team coordinator.
Waqas Akhtar Waqas is the only UK Specialist Registrar in Cardiology & Intensive Care with a particular interest in cardiogenic shock, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He is currently chair of the academy of royal colleges trainee doctor group, lead national trainee representative on the Board of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
Christian Hassager Christian Hassager is a FESC cardiologist and former (2004-2018) director of a specialized cardiology intensive care unit at the University Hospital Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, and now Professor in this field at Copenhagen University. His current major clinical research interest regards cardiogenic shock and post resuscitation care after cardiac arrest.
Kurt Huber, MD, FESC, FACC, FAHA, is director of the Department of Cardiology and intensive Care Medicine at the Clinic Ottakring, director of the Department of Cardiology at the Clinic Hietzing and Dean of Research and Professor for Acute and Interventional Cardiology at the Sigmund Freud University, Medical School, Vienna, Austria. He is an interventional cardiologist with over 35 years of experience.
Christophe Vandenbriele is a cardiologist and cardiac intensive care at the Heart Center OLV Aalst (Belgium) and at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals in London. He was trained in cardiac intensive care, in particular mechanical circulatory support.
Gal Tsaban is currently working as an advanced echocardiography fellow at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. He has completed his Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine training at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel.
Umit Yasar Sinan is working as Associated Professor of Cardiology at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Cardiology. He is also an academician at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Cardiology.
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