Österreichische Kardiologische Gesellschaft 

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Events

2009-2010

Annual Meeting of the ASC 2010:
Presentation of the German/Austrian guidelines regarding infarct-related cardiogenic shock

Main event: Postgraduate Course
Cardiovascular intensive care medicine
Baden, 5/7-5/8/2010
Organisation: G. Heinz, G. Delle Karth

Advanced training seminar:
The cardiological patient between CCU and ICU
Update 2009 about cardiological intensive care medicine
Hotel Schloss Wilhelminenberg; 11/21/2009
Organisation: A. Geppert


Annual Meeting of the ASIM 2010 Salzburg:
Main session: Cardiac failure jointly with the WG on Heart Failure (Delle Karth, Geppert, Pretsch)

2009

• Cardiological training seminars
  “The cardiological patient: between CCU and ICU - Update 2009 about cardiological intensive care medicine”
  November 21, 2009, Hotel Schloss Wilhelminenberg

2007

• 4th Emergency physician refresher course
  Main topic: “Cardiovascular Emergencies”
  Organisation: P. Siostrzonek
  Linz, April 27 and 28, 2007
  
  
  
• Postgraduate Course “Cardiovascular intensive care medicine”
  Main topic: “Hot topics in cardiovascular intensive care medicine”
  Organisation: G. Heinz, G. Delle-Karth
  May 11 and 12, 2007, Baden/Vienna
  
  
  
• 27. Hernsteiner advanced training days
  “Full belly - empty belly
  A hawker’s tray by the ICU Therapy from the gut”.
  Organisation: A. Lassnigg, G. Heinz, M. Hiesmayr In cooperation with the IZI
  November 8-10, 2007

Activities 2009-2010

Spring 2010:
Completion of the German/Austrian guidelines regarding infarct-related cardiogenic shock with the participation of the WG on cardiovascular intensive care medicine to represent the ASC (delegated: Prof. Delle Karth)


planned “Austrian version” of the guidelines in the form of a pocket folder (Prof. Delle Karth, Doc. Geppert)

Publication in the Journal of Cardiology (as a supplement)

Research projects

Planned:

early use of Levosimendan during a major STEMI
prospective randomised multicentric, placebo-controlled acute major STEMI of the anterior myocardial wall process control of the left ventricular pump function by means of a cardiac MRI

Indications for “Heart-Assist Devices“
interdisciplinary development (jointly with the WG on heart failure and heart surgery) of guidelines regarding their use

Blood Sugar Management at Austrian ICU's

Scientific Highlights

2009-2010

German/Austrian guidelines regarding infarct-related cardiogenic shock “Long version”: online under “ S3 Guidelines, cardiogenic shock, Germany “

SOAP II Study: Comparison of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the Treatment of Shock (De Backer, NEJM 343,Mar 10)

2009

Li Y, Walicki D, Mathiesen C, Jenny D, Li Q, Isayev Y, Reed JF 3rd, Castaldo JE. Strokes after cardiac surgery and relationship to carotid stenosis. Arch Neurol. 2009;66:1091-6

“No direct causal relationship between significant carotid stenosis and postoperative stroke in patients undergoing cardiac operations”

NICE-SUGAR: N Engl J Med. 2009 26;360:1283-97.

“Intensive glucose control increased mortality among adults in the ICU: a blood glucose target of 180 mg or less per deciliter resulted in lower mortality than did a target of 81 to 108 mg per deciliter”

Publications

The treatment regarding the Austrian registry for cardiogenic shock was submitted to Critical Care Medicine

• Meyer B, Huelsmann M, Wexberg P, Karth GD, Berger R, Moertl D, Szekeres T, Pacher R, Heinz G. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is an independent predictor of outcome in an unselected cohort of critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2007 Aug 21; [Epub ahead of print]
• Delle Karth G, Buberl A, Nikfardjam M, Meyer B, Wollenek G, Grimm M, Lassnigg A, Brannath W, Hiesmayr M, Heinz G. Role of amiodarone on the systemic inflammatory response induced by cardiac surgery: proinflammatory actions. Can J Anaesth. 2007 Apr;54(4):262-8.
• Reisinger J, Höllinger K, Lang W, Steiner C, Winter T, Zeindlhofer E, Mori M, Schiller A, Lindorfer A, Wiesinger K, Siostrzonek P (2007) Prediction of neurological outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation by serial determination of serum neuron-specific enolase. Eur Heart J 28:52-58

Research projects

1. Registry of Cardiogenic Shock (Delle-Karth)
2. Survey about transfusion practice in cardiac patients (Heinz)