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The Masterclass is organised by EACTAIC Education Committee in collaboration with the EACTAIC LVAD and Transplantation Subspeciality Committee and Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre sponsored the Masterclass with an unrestricted educational grant.
The Masterclass will be held in Buildings K8, K2, K3 at the HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE, ATHENS, GREECE.
Chair of the Organising Committee: Mohamed R. el Tahan, MD, Cardiac anesthesiologist, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Chair of the Scientific Committee: Eric E.C. de Waal, MD, PhD, Cardiac anesthesiologist, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands, Chair of the VAD and Transplantation Committee.
Chair of the Local Organising Committee: Theofani Antoniou, Cardiac anesthesiologist, Director of Medical Services, Chair Anaesthesiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. Head of Department and Programmes Director of EACTAIC Adults and Paediatric Fellowships at the OCSC.
Organizing committee
Theofani Antoniou
Stavros Dimopoulos
Antigoni Koliopoulou
Nandor Marczin
Mohamed R. El Tahan
Eric E.C. de Waal
Alexandra Briassouli
Learning Objectives
- Understand and interpret stages of end-stage heart failure/cardiogenic shock.
- Understand indications for short term left ventricular assist devices.
- Review concepts, configurations and complications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Indicate optimization of patients scheduled for LVAD implantation.
- Understand perioperative complications of LVAD implantations, such as right ventricular failure.
- How to resuscitate patients with an LVAD.
- Understand future aspects in the treatment of end-stage heart failure.
Target Audience:
Anaesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Echocardiography, Vascular Surgery, Respiratory Therapy, Perfusionist, Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Nursing.
