The Annual Congress
The European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaestesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) Annual Congress is recognised as a leading international forum for the exchange of knowledge in the fields of cardiovascular and thoracic anaesthesia. The inaugural meeting took place in Cambridge in 1986. Subsequently, the meeting has been organised in a large number of cities around Europe. Most recently, the meetings have been held in Vienna (2011), Amsterdam (2012), Barcelona (2013), Florence (2014), Gothenburg (2015), Basel (2016), Berlin (2017), Manchester (2018), Ghent (2019), Grenoble (2020, Online edition due to COVID-19 pandemic), Joint EACTAIC-ICCVA (2021, Online edition), Naples (2022), Budapest (2023). The 2024 EACTAIC Annual Congress will be held in Freiburg, Germany, on October 23-25, 2024.
Each event attracts the region’s key leaders in these fields. The Annual Meeting offers a unique platform to connect with all the aspects of our sub-speciality of cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia and intensive care through educational symposia, round tables, lectures, networking and social activities. By doing so, the Annual Meeting is valuable to both professional colleagues and to our industry partners. We aim to provide the environment in which innovation and collaboration can take place, through the sharing of the latest knowledge, information, creative thinking and differing global perspectives.
1st place – Dr. Lukas Gasteiger: “PECS II block as part of multimodal analgesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass – a triple-blinded, randomized, controlled trial”
1st place – “Cerebral autoregulation monitoring to reduce postoperative neurological complications from cardiac”, G. Kasputyte – LITHUANIA
1st place – “Pulmonary Artery to Aorta ratio as preoperative predictor for severe right Heart Failure post left ventricular assist device implantation”, R.R. Ferrufino, A. Alfadhel, L. Gonzalez-Ciccarelli, B. Gebhardt, J. Ortoleva, M. Kawabori, F. Cobey – USA
2nd place – “Mitochondrial Oxygenation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: a pilot study”, C. de Wijs, R. Ubbink, M. Ligtenberg, M. ter Horst, E. Mik, F. Harms – The Netherlands
1st place – “Ventricular Strain is compromised outside of the Coronary Autoregulatory Range – assessment by cardiovascular magnetic resonance”, M. Neuenschwander, K. Fischer, C. Jung, S. Hurni, B. Winkler, B. Jung, A. Vogt, B. Eberle, D. Guensch – Switzerland
1st place – “Coronary Sinus Blood Flow estimated by Transesophageal Echocardiography correlates well with Transit Time Flowmetry after Coronary Artery Bypass grafting”, A. Choudhury, S. Joshi, R. Magoon, M.P. Hote – India
2nd place ex-aequo – “The ideal sequence of didactic lectures and simulation in teaching Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) to anaesthesiologists”, S. Thampi, C.C.M. Lee, A. Rohit, B. Ashokka, G.G. Ponnamperuma, L.K. Ti – Singapore
“Early post-operative Vasoplegia in Lung Transplantation”, V. Manikavasagar, R. Romano, T.-C. Aw, E. De Waal, A. Simon, N. Marczin – United Kingdom, The Netherlands
“The association between anaesthetic technique and cancer specific survival following surgical resection of non-small cell lung cancer”, S. De La Motte Watson, D. Moran, K. Puxty, B. Shelley – United Kingdom
Best Oral Presentation
1st Prize – Pulmonary hypertension and heart disease aft er pneumonectomy: the central role of endothelial cells – Pierre Sentenac (PhyMedExp laboratory, University of Montpellier, France)
2nd Prize – Effects of hyperoxia on myocardial oxygenation and function in multi-vessel coronary artery disease – Dominik Günsch (Bern University Hospital Inselspital, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Switzerland)
3rd Prize – The impact of non-pulsatile perfusion on cerebral blood flow and brain oxygenation – Cecilia Veraar (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
Best Poster Presentation
1st Prize – Incidence of postoperative acute pain in cardiac surgery aft er sternotomy and lateral thoracotomy – Elena Korsik (Herzzentrum Leipzig, Anaesthesia, Leipzig, Germany)
2nd Prize – Influence of diastolic function parameters in predicting fluid responsiveness in cardiac surgery – Athanase Courbe (Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada)
3rd Prize – Effect of the perioperative lowest haemoglobin level in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery – Hye-Bin Kim (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea)
