At the Congress venue, the Westin Paris - Vendôme Hotel

BIV ICD alone or BIV ICS + VAD

D. Horstmanshof, Oklahoma City - USA

VT ablation-Pre, Peri-or Post LVAD

X. Waintraub, Paris - FRA

VAD in CRT non-responders

P. Defaye, Grenoble - FRA

Debate: BIV ICD is an unnecessary step delaying access to VAD / Pro

A. Boyle, Philadelphia - USA

Debate: BIV ICD is an unnecessary step delaying access to VAD / Con

O. Piot, Paris - FRA

Round table

With all the speakers,

Framing the issue

D. Zimpfer, Vienna - AUT

Clinical cases : Case 1

D. Saeed, Leipzig - GER

Clinical cases : Case 2

G. Lebreton, Paris - FRA

Clinical cases : Case 3

D. Horstmanshof, Oklahoma City - USA

Impella: intermediary step between ECMO and VAD

A. Quessard, Bordeaux - FRA

Panel discussion - Chaired by S. Tsui, Cambridge - GBR

With all the speakers + A. El Banayosy, Oklahoma City - USA, J. Schmitto, Hannover - GER, S. Silvestry, Orlando - USA, G. Wieselthaler, San Francisco - USA,

Clinical case

A. Bougle, Paris - FRA

Clinical incidence in temporary support - Catheter and ECMO

C.-E. Luyt, Paris - FRA

Clinical incidence in durable support

U. Jorde, New-York - USA

Mechanisms of thrombosis in MCS and anti thrombotics

M. Slepian, Tucson - USA

Relationships between stroke and LV function in VAD patients

P. Ivak, Prague - CZE

Role of monitoring and management

G. Wieselthaler, San Francisco - USA

Panel discussion

With all the speakers,

Vascular access for ECMO percutaneous vs surgical implantation and removal

G. Lebreton, Paris - FRA

Debate: should we fix the mitral valve during VAD implantation? / Pro

W. Dembitsky, San Diego - USA

Debate: should we fix the mitral valve during VAD implantation? / Con

I. Gregoric, Houston - USA

Round table - Pre- per- and post-operative bleeding: revisited management

Chaired by J. Long, Oklahoma City - USA: A. Bougle, Paris - FRA, I. Gregoric, Houston - USA, F. Ramjankhan, Utrech - NLD, D. Saeed, Leipzig - GER, A. Vincentelli, Lille - FRA, G. Wieselthaler, San Francisco - USA, D. Zimpfer, Vienna - AUT,

Round table - Tips and Ticks for mini invasive: Pre op screening / Circulatory support: None, ECMO, CPB / Special tools / Pump positioning

Chaired by G. Laufer, Vienna - AUT: M. Kindo, Strasbourg - FRA, J. Schmitto, Hannover - GER, S. Silvestry, Orlando - USA, D. Zimpfer, Vienna - AUT,

ABBOTT

C. Dague, Burlington - USA

ABIOMED: Future directions in hemodynamic support

A. Goetzenich, Aachen - GER

MEDTRONIC: HVAD enhancements & future innovation

L. Ensz, Framingham - USA

RELIANTHEART: Internet of medical things. Smart pump + Smart management. “ReliantHeart Truefl ow”

N. Uriel, Chicago – USA

BERLIN HEART: Update on ventricular assist devices

D. Medart, Berlin - GER

At the Congress venue, the Westin Paris - Vendôme Hotel The welcome drink will be served in the Jardin d’Hiver and the dinner in the restaurant Le First. You can buy your ticket at the Congress welcome desk.

Meeting at the entrance of the Westin Paris - Vendôme Hotel

Case 1

A. Loforte, Bologna - ITA

Case 2

U. Jorde, New-York - USA

Case 3

M. Kindo, Strasbourg - FRA

Shock spectrum

M. Slepian, Tucson - USA

Severe myocardial dysfunction from non-ischemic cardiac arrest: effectiveness of percutaneous assistances on outcome and hemodynamic

S. Manzo-Silberman, Paris - FRA

Comparison of mechanical hemodynamic support by Impella versus ECMO in a porcine model of acute myocardial infarction

G. Lebreton, Paris - FRA

French shock registry

C. Delmas, Toulouse - FRA

Percutaneous temporary support systems

D. D’Alessandro, Boston - USA

Role of coordinated network for the management of shock

A. El Banayosy, Oklahoma City - USA

Panel discussion

With all the speakers,

State the hypothesis

J. Lahpor, Ottawa - CAN

Definition of isolated - real vs borderline LV Failure

N. Uriel, Chicago - USA

Case example

H. Eisen, Philadelphia - USA

How to design a study

H. Eisen, Philadelphia - USA

Peripheral contributions to RV – “The consequences of backwards failure”

S. Joseph, Dallas - USA

Cardiac transplantation and French allocation score: more VAD or more Tx?

R. Dorent, Paris - FRA

Panel discussion

With all the speakers,

Adverse event revisited and definition: what is acceptable and what is not?

J. Lahpor, Ottawa - CAN

Role of the community and referring MD

P. Mohacsi, Zürich and Basel - CHE

Role of the MCS team, team approach

D. Horstmanshof, Oklahoma City - USA

Device improvements

C. Dague, Burlington - USA

Pharmacologic improvements

M. Slepian, Tucson - USA

External/Peripheral improvements/implantable

H. Schima, Vienna - AUT

Remote monitoring

T. Elliott, Washington DC - USA

Panel discussion

With all the speakers,

TAVI and low LVEF

C. Fraccaro, Padova - ITA

Mitraclip and heart failure: defi nitive therapy or bridge to transplantation

P. Guerin, Nantes - FRA

Emerging technologies: cardiomem

A. Flett, Southampton - GBR

Structural heart therapy in LVAD patients

W. Dembitsky, San Diego - USA

Panel discussion

With all the speakers,

CYTOSORBENTS – TERUMO: Protect your surgery results – Prevent and treat systemic hyperinflammation in cardiac surgery

P. Balboni, Berlin - GER

ABBOTT

C. Dague, Burlington - USA

CORWAVE: The wave membrane pump

C. Botterbusch, Clichy - FRA

REIN VAD: The ReinVAD LVAD – smart technology to enhance long-term circulatory support therapy

R. Graefe, Aachen - GER

CARMAT: Early clinical experience with an auto regulated artifi cial heart

P. Jansen, Paris - FRA

XENIOS

I. Simundic, Heilbronn - GER

SYNCARDIA: The new XQ Freedom

M. Ennen, Tucson – USA

Vadovation

J. Long, Oklahoma City – USA

Meeting at the entrance of the Westin Paris - Vendôme Hotel

LVAD coordinators role with Palliative care

T. Elliott, Washington DC - USA

Aquired von Wilbrand disease: state of the art

S. Susen, Lille - FRA

Angiogenis and LVAD

N. Uriel, Chicago - USA

Frailty

S. Joseph, Dallas - USA

MCS team dynamics are key to success or failure

K. E. Nelson, Oklahoma City - USA

Special panel: how to get (hesitant) Cardiologist to interact and refer Pts for MCS

R. Isnard, Paris - FRA, P. Jourdain, Paris - FRA, P. Mohacsi, Zürich and Basel - CHE,

Black Holes - an introduction to Stephen Hawking’s work

C. Galfard, Paris – FRA

Wearables

M. Slepian, Tucson - USA

Role of telemedicine in heart failure: pre VAD survey and post VAD follow-up

P. Jourdain, Paris - FRA

Implantable monitors

N. Uriel, Chicago - USA

Electrodynamic applied to MCS

B. Nogarede, Toulouse - FRA

Round table