BIWAC Congress 2018
 
Final Programme




08:15


08:50


Introduction: Welcome by BIWAC President

Patrick Coussement, AZ Sint-Jan Bruges, BE


09:00 Session 1: Bleeding in the Acute Coronary Syndrome patient

Herbert De Raedt, OLV Aalst, BE
Philippe Mo
rimont, CHU Sart Tilman Liège, BE

Case presentation
Philippe Morimont, CHU Sart Tilman Liège, BE

Prevention and management of bleeding in the ACS patient
Marco Valgimigli, Bern University Hospital, CH

+ PANEL DISCUSSION 10 min.
09:50 Session 2: Cardiogenic shock in STEMI

Christophe Beauloye, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels, BE
Patrick Coussement, AZ Sint Jan Bruges, BE

Case presentation
Shakeel Kautbally, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels, BE

Cardiogenic shock in STEMI patients: challenging the guidelines
Pascal Vranckx, Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt, BE

+ PANEL DISCUSSION 10 min.
10:40



11:10 Session 3: Stress and the heart

Marc Claeys, UZ Antwerp, BE
Patrick Coussement, AZ Sint Jan Bruges, BE

Towards a new definition of Takotsubo Syndrome
Thomas Lüscher, Zurich Heart House, CH

Pannel discussion by the BIWAC board


12:00 


& Workshop prehospital care of the acute cardiac patient
Geoffrey Horlait, CHU UCL Namur,BE
 + Workshop Cardiohelp


13:20 Session 4: Intoxication and the heart

Stijn Lochy, UZ Brussels, BE
Xavier Wittebole, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels, BE

Case presentation
Jerrold Spapen, UZ Brussels, BE

Cardiac complications in acute intoxication 
Philippe Jorens, UZ Antwerp, BE

+ PANEL DISCUSSION 10 min.
14:10 Session 5: Acute valvular failure

Suzanne Pourbaix, CHR Citadelle Liège, BE 
Sofie Gevaert, UZ Ghent, BE

Acute failure of the native valve
Victoria Delgado, Leiden University Medical Center, NL
+ PANEL DISCUSSION 5 min.

Acute failure of the prosthetic valve
Ole De Backer, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, DK
+ PANEL DISCUSSION 5 min.


15:10


15:40 Session 6 : Sudden cardiac death

Patrick Evrard, CHU UCL Namur, BE
Olivier Van Caenegem, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels, BE

Can ischemic VT ablation avoid the need for ICD? A state of the art
Sébastien Knecht, AZ Sint Jan Bruges, BE

+ PANEL DISCUSSION 10 min.


16:20
Take home messages
Olivier Van Caenegem, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels, BE


16:30
End of the meeting