8.50-10.40

SESSION III - ACUTE HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOGENIC SHOCK

Moderators: A. Castelli, G. Guardigli, P.Ivak

8.50
Acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock: pathophysiology, evolving definition and monitoring
M. Pieri

9.00
Risk scores and survival prediction in patients with acute decompensated heart failure
A. Iacovoni

9.10
Diagnostic work-up
G. Bracchetti

9.20
Hub and spoke in CS: strengths and limits
S. Valente

9.30
Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock: when the surgeons are in trouble
F. Onorati

9.40
Metabolic implications and need for non-invasive/invasive respiratory support: the anesthesiological point of view
E. De Robertis

9.50
The role of pharmacological treatment: how to choose the right drugs?
F. Grigioni

10.00
Malignant arrythmias: when to support and how to manage while supporting
M. Biffi

10.10
Discussants
S. Pelenghi, B. Sassone, G. Tortorici

10.40 Break
11.10 -13.00

SESSION IV - TEMPORARY MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORTS

Moderators: G. Casella, E. Pilato, C.F. Russo

11.10
IABP, microaxial flow pumps and percutaneous devices
F. Saia

11.20
How to set an ECMO support: cannulations and configurations
T. Bottio

11.30
Pumps and circuits for ECMO: perfusion implications
F. Zanzico

11.40
Unloading the LV in ECMO patients
F. Musumeci

11.50
ECMO in lung transplant
F. D’Ovidio

12.00 Myocarditis: management and outcomes
A. Garascia

12.10
Anticoagulation for temporary MCS
M. Ranucci

12.20
Paracorporeal VADs: indications, timing, surgical techniques and outcomes
H. Takayama

12.30
Discussants
C. Amarelli, G. Dolci, A. Santarelli, I. Vendramin

13.15 Lunch
14.00-16.00

SESSION V - LONG TERM MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORTS

Moderators: P. C. Colombo, U. Livi, M. Pilato

14.00
History and evolution of durable mechanical circulatory support
A. Loforte

14.10
Selection criteria and timing for d-VAD implantation
L. Botta

14.20
The mysteries of the right ventricle: the importance of perioperative echocardiography
B. De Chiara

14.30
Right heart catheterization: what have we learnt?
M. Masetti

14.40
Minimally invasiveness for durable MCS
K. Takeda

14.50
Concomitant cardiac surgery procedures during LVAD implantation
P. Lanmüller

15.00
Perioperative RV support in LVAD implantation: tips and tricks
P. Ivak

15.10
Post-operative F-up in LVAD recipients: prevention and treatment of complications
A. Russo

15.20
Discussants
M. Baiocchi, L. Potena, F. Santini, V. Tarzia

16.00

MAIN LECTURE- Current perspectives of “full heart replacement therapy”:
from d-MCS to xenotransplantation

A. Zuckerman

16.30-18.00

SESSION VI - THE FUTURE

Moderators: M. Cardillo, P. Lanmüller, D. Pacini

16.30
Cardiac Recovery: new opportunities with LVAD, gene and cell therapy
P. C. Colombo

16.40
Basic science and organ preservation: from bench to bedside
G. Ferrari

16.50
DCD heart transplantation: for a few but not for all?
S. Tsui

17.00
Future of implantable MCS: miniaturization, haemocompatibility, and leadless technology
P. Ivak

17.10
Artificial intelligence and total artificial heart: from biological to mechanical solutions
G. Gerosa

17.20
Discussants
F. Grigioni, A. Nanni Costa, M. Rinaldi

18.00
Closing remarks
D. Pacini