ACVC Cardio Talk

With Janine Poess, Heart Center of Leipzig, Leipzig - Germany and Rafael Vidal Perez, A Coruna University Hospital Complex, A Coruna - Spain. In the podcast, we will discuss the most relevant abstracts from the ACVC Congress in Lisbon, 2026.

With Milica Aleksic, University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade - Serbia and Christian Jung, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf - Germany. In this episode, Milica Aleksic and Christian Jung discuss the importance of assessing microcirculation in cardiogenic shock, including skin perfusion, sublingual microcirculation, and lactate dynamics.

With Chiara Robba, University of Genoa, Genoa - Italy and Pablo Jorge Perez, University Hospital of the Canaries, Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Spain. In this episode, Chiara Robba and Pablo Jorge Perez discuss the update of neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest according to the current Guidelines. 

With Julia Grapsa, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center, Boston - USA and Maria Stratinaki, Venizelio General Hospital, Heraklion - Greece. The podcast underlines sex and gender disparities and an alarming, unequal world.  

With Christian Hassager, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark and Susanna Price, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK In this podcast, Christian Hassager and Susanna Price discuss this topic: external triggers or vulnerable patients? Circadian variation in acute cardiac events around Christmas. 

With Teresa Lopez Sobrino, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona - Spain and Carlos L Alviar, New York University School of Medicine, New York - United States of America. In this podcast, Teresa Lopez Sobrino and Carlos L Alviar discuss tips & tricks for non-invasive and invasive ventilation modes, ventilator-induced lung injury, protective ventilation.

With Jan Belohlavek, Charles University of Prague, Prague Czechia, and Alain Combes, Pitie Salpetriere APHP University Hospital, Paris - France. In this podcast, Jan Belohlavek and Alain Combes discuss tips & tricks to avoid complications related to VA/VV-ECMO and Impella - the devices that save lives.  

With Vijay Kunadian, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - UK and Francisco Jose Chacon-Lozsan, Peterfy Sandor Hospital, Budapest - Hungary. The differences in the management of acute MI in older adults, including diagnosis, risk stratification, invasive strategy and pharmacotherapy. 

With Teresa Lopez, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona - Spain and Carlos Alviar, New York University School of Medicine, New York - United States of America. From intubation to ventilation in acute cardiac care patients. 

With Wojtek Wojakowski, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice - Poland, and Nicole Karam, European Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris - France. In this podcast, Wojtek Wojakowski and Nicole Karam discuss the key concepts in the management of critically ill patients with valvular heart diseases, including medical therapy, mechanical circulatory support, and novel percutaneous interventions.

With Alessia Gambaro, Integrated University Hospital of Verona, Verona - Italy, and Christophe Vandenbriele, Azorg, Aalst - Belgium and Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London - UK In this podcast, Alessia Gambaro and Christophe Vandenbriele discuss integration of palliative care in the intensive care setting, palliative care principles, early implementation, barriers and interdisciplinary effort.

With Milica Aleksic, University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade - Serbia, and Andrew Sharp, University College Dublin, Dublin - Ireland. Recent data and trials focusing on catheter-directed thrombolysis and catheterisation techniques in managing acute pulmonary embolism.

With Sofie Gevaert, University Hospital Ghent, Gent - Belgium, and Fernando Alfonso, La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid - Spain. SCAD: current state of science.

With Cecilia Linde, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden and  Przemyslaw Mitkowski, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan - Poland. Modern approach to electrotherapy in ADHF: a joint ACVC & EHRA Cardio Talk.  

With Janine Poess, Heart Center of Leipzig, Leipzig - Germany, and Christian Hassager, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark. Janine Poess and Christian Hassager discuss prognostication after cardiac arrest.  

With Susanna Price, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK and Guido Tavazzi, University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy. Susanna Price and Guido Tavazzi discuss the challenges of echocardiographic assessment in patients with MCS support.

With Hannah Schaubroeck, ICU, Ghent University Hospital - Belgium, and Christophe Vandenbriele, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London - UK and OLV Hospital, Aalst - Belgium. Challenges associated with the anticoagulation and hemostasis disorders during MCS.

With Sean van Depen, University of Alberta, Edmonton - Canada, and Bertil Lindahl, Uppsala University, Uppsala - Sweden. Highlights from the REDUCE-AMI trial.

With David Morrow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - United States of America & Christian Hassager, Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark. Results of a breakthrough study on circulatory support in patients with AMI-CS.

With Guido Tavazzi, University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy & Thomas Lüscher, Royal Brompton Hospital Imperial College London, London - United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern. Aetiology and management of stress cardiomyopathies in acute settings. 

With Jacob Eifer Moller, Odense University Hospital, Odense - Denmark & Holger Thiele, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig - Germany.

With Christian Eugen Mueller, University Hospital Basel, Basel -Switzerland & Sigrun Halvorsen, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Oslo - Norway. Interdisciplinary approach to the patient: how to use clinical practice guidelines for perioperative patient consultations.   

With Agniezska Tycinska, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok - Poland, Frederik Verbrugge, University Hospital (UZ) Brussels, Brussels - Belgium & Ingo Ahrens, Hospital der Augustinerinnen, Cologne - Germany.