ISICARE 2026

International Symposium on Intensive Cardiovascular Care

September 6-8, 2026

Erasme Hospital, Brussels

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Sunday 6 September 2026

13:45-15:00 (CET)
            Mechanical circulatory support Elisabeth Wollast Afternoon (CET)

            TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION

            Moderator(s):  Jacob Moller (Odense, Denmark)
Christophe Vandenbriele (London, United Kingdom)
  • 14:05-14:25 (CET)

    pVAD: fine-tuning and troubleshooting

                Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)

16:30-17:45 (CET)
            Mechanical circulatory support Elisabeth Wollast Afternoon (CET)

            WEANING

            Moderator(s):  Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)
Jacob Moller (Odense, Denmark)

Monday 7 September 2026

10:00-11:30 (CET)
            Pharmacology Madeleine De Genst Morning (CET)

            UPDATE ON VASOPRESSORS

            Moderator(s):  Alessandro Belletti (Milan, Italy)
Daniel De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)
  • 10:00-10:20 (CET)

    Challenging the reflex to use vasopressors

                Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)

11:30-14:00 (CET)
            Physiology Louise Popelin Morning (CET)

            CHALLENGING SITUATIONS

            Moderator(s):  Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 11:30-11:50 (CET)

    Using filling pressures as preload measures

                Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)

08:45-10:00 (CET)
            Cardiopulmonary Elisabeth Wollast Morning (CET)

            VALVULAR DISEASE

            Moderator(s):  Ghislaine Douflé (Toronto, Canada)
Marin Pavlov (Zagreb, Croatia)
  • 09:05-09:25 (CET)

    Acute mitral regurgitation: how to stabilize the patient

                Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)

Tuesday 8 September 2026

10:00-11:30 (CET)
            Cardiopulmonary Madeleine De Genst Morning (CET)

            ACUTE HEART FAILURE

            Moderator(s):  Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)
Marin Pavlov (Zagreb, Croatia)
11:30-14:00 (CET)
            Mechanical circulatory support Madeleine De Genst Morning (CET)

            SPECIFIC CLINICAL INDICATIONS

            Moderator(s):  Vincent Labbé (Brussels, Belgium)
Christophe Vandenbriele (London, United Kingdom)
  • 12:10-12:30 (CET)

    Waking on full support: percutaneous biventricular assist devices

                Tim Balthazar (Brussels, Belgium)

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