April 26th 2012, Thursday
| Brano Radovancevic's End-stage Heart Failure Workshop |
| (Elafiti 2 – Hotel Lacroma) |
| TIME | SESSION | LECTURER |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Introduction | I. Gregoric, Houston, USA |
| 8:15 - 9:30 | Heart Failure & Indications for Support | |
| Chairmen: I. Gregoric (USA), B. Medallion (Israel) |
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| 8:15 - 8:30 | Advanced Heart Failure : Significance and Current Management | D. Planinc, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Destination Therapy in the New Era of MCS | J. B. O'Connell, Atlanta, USA |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Indications & Timing for Chronic Support: Cardiologist's View | J. Parameshwar, Papworth, UK |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Indications & Timing for Chronic Support: Surgeon's View | B. Medallion, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Mechanical Circulatory Support: Relevance of Pulsatility | J. Lahpor, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Preimplant Care and Patient Optimization | E. Gonsalvesova, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Panel Discussion | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS | |
| 10:30 - 12:20 | Implantation and Complications | |
| Chairmen: J. Lahpor (Netherlands), J. Parameshwar (UK) |
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Anesthesia for MCS Patients | A. Alfirevic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | TTE / TEE pre & intraop. | L. Paluszkiewicz, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Right Heart Failure: Avoidance & Treatment | S. Schueler, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Biventricular Support by Continuous Flow Devices | E. Potapov, Berlin, Germany |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Infections: How to Avoid and How to Treat? | A. Zuckermann , Wien, Austria |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Transfusion Strategies in MCS Patients | R. Radovančević, Houston, USA |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | HONOURED LECTURE - Future horizons with MCS Devices | O.H. Frazier, Houston, USA |
| 13:00 -14:00 | LUNCH / LUNCH SYMPOSIA/ VISIT EXHIBITS | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Short-Term Support | |
| Chairmen: S. Schueler (UK), A. Zuckermann (Austria) |
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| 14:00 – 14:15 | MCS in Acute Heart Failure: Available Options | I. Gregoric, Houston, USA |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | ECMO: What is New in 2012 | M. Firstenberg, Columbus, USA |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Cemtrimag Device for Short and Mid-Term Support: When, How any Why? | I. Netuka, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Chronic Implant Therapy vs. Heart Transplant | E. McGee, Chicago, USA |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Panel Discussion | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Complex cases - case discussion | |
| Chairmen: E.McGee (USA), E. Potapov (Germany) |
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| 16:00 – 16:15 | Challenges in set up of the integrated ECLS/MCS/HTx programme | B. Biočina, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Re-establishing The Heart Transplant Programme Following Successful Implantation of LVAD as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation at Ankara University | A. Ruchan, Ankara, Turkey |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Heart Failure Recovery After an Acute Non-fulminant Myocarditis: A Bridge Too Far? | D. Barić, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Challenging Cases in ECMO: Absolute Contraindications Are Only Relative | M. Firstenberg, Columbus, USA |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Panel Discussion | |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Closing Remarks | I. Gregoric, Houston, USA |
