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Karolinska Cardiogenic Shock Days 2025

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Stockholm, Sweden
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Invitation

Karolinska Cardiogenic Shock Days 

4–5 June 2025, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
Solna, Eugeniavägen 3,
Stockholm, Sweden

Karolinska Cardiogenic Shock Days will bring together international leading experts in this field and will present a great opportunity to discuss the challenges and lastest advances in Cardiogenic Shock.

Registration will be opening soon 
 

Programme

Day 1 | Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

09:00-09:15WelcomeProf. Thomas F. Luscher (UK),
Marcus Ståhlberg (Sweden)
09:15-9:45Definition and SCAI classification Benedikt Schrage (Germany)
9:45-10:15Aetiology, epidemiology Prof. Finn Gustafson (Denmark)
10:15-11:00Swedish Fika (Coffee Break) 
11:00-11:30Pathophysiology of CS Florian Wenzel (Switzerland)
11:30-12:00Acute MI CS vs. Acute decompensated HF cardiogenic shock, updates from the ESC guidelines for management of Heart Failure and Acute Coronary syndrome
 
Prof. Finn Gustafson (Denmark)
12:00-12:30Panel discussion Moderaters:
Emil Najjar (Sweden),
Per Nordberg (Sweden)
12:30-13:30Lunch 

 

13:30-13:55Cardiac Arrest Complicating Cardiogenic Shock Per Nordberg (Sweden)
13:55-14:10Diagnosis: Should We Use the Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Cardiogenic Shock?Prof. Susanna Price (UK)
14:10-14:30Diagnosis: Pulmonary Congestion Assessed by Lung Ultrasound in CSHatem Soliman-Aboumarie (UK)
14:30-15:15Swedish Fika (Coffee Break) 
15:15-15:45Predictors of Survival in Cardiogenic Shock Prof. Ulrich Jorde (USA)
15:45-16:15Revascularization in CS, updates from the ESC guidelines for the management of Acute Coronary syndromeAndreas Rück (Sweden)
16:15-16:45Panel discussion Moderaters:
Prof. Thomas F. Luscher (UK),
Prof. Finn Gustafson (Denmark)
16:45End of day 1 

 


Day 2 | Thursday, June 5th, 2025

09:00-09:25Inotropes and vasopressors in CSProf. Lars H. Lund (Sweden)
09:25-09:50Short-term MCS in CS, VA ECMO in CS: real world experience and clinical trialsProf. Holger Thiele (Germany)
09:50-10:15DanGer Shock Trial: Haemodynamic effects and clinical outcomesProf. Christian Hassager (Denmark)
10:15-11:00Swedish Fika (Coffee Break) 

 

11:00-12:30Workshop: Right-left heart interaction in acute heart failure – a simulation workshop*Michael Broomé (Sweden)

* The workshops run parallel with the program and pre-registration is required to participate.
 

11:00-11:20LV venting with ECMO, when and how to do it Prof. Susanna Price (UK)
11:20-11:40Building the shock team Alastair Proudfoot (UK)
11:40-12:00Addressing the gender gap in CS trials Prof. Holger Thiele (Germany)
12:00-12:30Panel discussionModeraters:
Prof. Mandeep Mehra (USA),
Prof. Holger Thiele (Germany)
12:30-13:30Lunch 

 

11:00-12:30Workshop: Integrated Ultrasound Assessment of Congestion* Hatem Soliman-Aboumarie (UK)

* The workshops run parallel with the program and pre-registration is required to participate.
 

13:30-13:50Escalating or deescalating pathway Benedikt Schrage (Germany)
13:50-14:10From ECMO to LVAD or to transplantation, what is the best optionProf. Mandeep Mehra (USA)
14:10-14:30Ethics and Palliative Care in Cardiogenic Shock Sharon Chadwick (UK)
14:30-14:50Surgeon’s perspective of CS Prof. Diyar Saeed (Germany)
14:50-15:15Swedish Fika (Coffee Break) 
15:15-15:35Nurse’s perspective of CS Clare Mellis (UK)
 
15:35-16:05Future directions of shock treatment Prof. Holger Thiele (Germany)
16:05-16:35Panel discussion Moderaters:
Benedikt Schrage (Germany),
Prof. Susanna Price (UK)
16:35Final words and closure