KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
INTERNATIONAL – Mulitple – Mayo Clinic experts, USA
NATIONAL – ST Vincents, Sydney – Royal Prince Alfred, Sydney, – The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane
Advanced heart failure Symposium Playlists
2022
Symposium Details
Key focuses of the symposium will include:
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A national–international faculty explores evidence‑guided management of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock
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Sessions span core physiology, pre‑device optimisation, and the limits of medical therapy.
- Imaging is key in all treatment timepoints
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Imaging is reframed as a real‑time decision engine across AHF, ECMO weaning, and MCS physiology.
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Extreme‑physiology decision‑making covers VA‑ECMO candidacy, Impella strategy, CRT timing, and transplant futures.
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Technical guidence and guideline‑driven care map the future of MCS, long‑term outcomes.
Info
Date: Saturday 7th Nov, 2026
Main Symposium: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Venue: Kerry Packer education centre, Johns Hopkins Dr, Camperdown NSW 2050
CME/CPD POINTS
1 point per hour for the main symposium, plus refelection of 15hrs
Program GUIDE:
The Frontier of Advanced Heart Failure & Mechanical Circulatory Support
The Advanced HF – SHDA Symposium returns with a program engineered for clinicians, leaders, and innovators working at the sharp edge of Advanced Heart Failure (AHF), Cardiogenic Shock, ECMO, and Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS). This year’s agenda doesn’t just inform — it provokes, challenges, and accelerates the evolution of cardiac critical care in Australia.
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY & PRE‑DEVICE STRATEGY
• Anatomy & Physiology of Advanced Heart Failure • Maximum Medical Management: What’s truly possible before device support?
IMAGING: IN Advanced HF & MCS – pre – peri- post
• Advanced Echocardiographic Imaging in Advanced Heart Failure • Multi‑Modality Imaging in AHF • Echo for ECMO Monitoring & Weaning • Ventricular Interaction on MCS: Advanced Echo Assessment • Post‑Support Imaging: Defining the “new normal”
CLINICAL DECISION MAKING IN EXTREME PHYSIOLOGY
• AHF & Cardiogenic Shock: Who truly qualifies for VA‑ECMO? • Pulmonary Embolism in Advanced HF • The New Wave: Clips, CRT, and MCS in AHF • CRT Timing: Before or After MCS? • Transplantation: Is it still the final frontier? • High‑Risk Cath Lab: Impella in critical scenarios • Failing to Thrive on ECMO — What’s next? • Urgent vs Planned MCS: Clinical strategy under pressure
ECMO & MCS: THE TECHNICAL MASTERCLASS
• Anticoagulation, Haemocompatibility & Circuit Biophysics • Microaxial Flow Pumps & HeartMate 3 • Differential Gas Exchange on VA‑ECMO • Innovations in ECMO • ECMO in Trauma Surgery: Cardiac & Thoracic Injury • ECMO Research: What’s emerging? • Coronary & Microvascular Physiology in Cardiogenic Shock on MCS • EcPELLA Case Series • eCPR Complications: What we’re learning
GUIDELINES, LONG‑TERM CARE & FUTURE PRACTICE
• Current Australian Guidelines • Long‑Term Follow‑Up & Quality of Life Post‑MCS • Haemodynamic Phenotyping on MCS: Real‑Time Waveform Interpretation • Impella 5.5, ECPELLA & HeartMate 3: Post‑operative ICU Management • From VA‑ECMO Physiology to Personalised LV Venting
Streaming Sites
To arrange a site
Email: info@shda.org.au
You will need:
Internet access
Ability to host a few others outside your orgaisation
Site contact for day
Catering provided by SHDA
