The APACVS Mechanical Circulatory Support Course
Price:
Member: $725
Non-Member: $900
CME/ CEUs: 17 hours
Registration is separate from the Specialty Tracks. You must be registered for this course to attend any part of it. You have an option to add the Sunday Foundation Lectures for an additional fee ($200) which in turn gets you access to all the recorded lectures from the Specialty Tracks post meeting (an additional 40+ hours of CME).
Course Description:
Thursday June 11, 2026 (Percutaneous VAD – Impella/IABP)
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0930-1030: Cardiogenic Shock - Lecture
1030-1130: Impella 5.5/CP/IABP - Lecture
1200-1330: Lunch and Learn - Lecture
1400-1500: Impella 5.5 Implant and Maintenance - Lecture
1500-1600: Axillary Vascular Graft Anastomosis – Hands-on
1.) End to side anastomosis
2.) Beveling
3.) Tunneling
4.) US measuring axillary artery
1600-1700: Endovascular Skills – Hands-on
1.) Wire skills
2.) Crossing the valve
3.) Impella insertion
4.) Securing Impella 5.5 to graft
Friday June 12, 2026 (Durable VAD – HMIII/BrioVAD)
0930-1030: CHF – Lecture
1030-1130: HMIII/BrioVAD – Lecture
1200-1330: Lunch and Learn – Lecture
1400-1500: VAD Ring – Hands-on
1.) Ring Geometry
2.) Identify Apex/Coring positioning technique
3.) Suture cuff First Technique
4.) Core-First Technique
5.) Tying Technique/LAD Avoidance Technique
1500-1600: Outflow Graft Anastomosis – Hands-on
1.) Aortotomy position/sizing
2.) End to side anastomosis technique
3.) Repair sutures
4.) PARKS stitch
1600-1700: Abdominal Wall Anatomy/Videoscopic Driveline – Lecture
1700-1800: RVAD/BiVAD – Lecture
Saturday June 13, 2026 (CPB/ECMO)
0930-1030: CPB – Lecture
1030-1130: ECMO – Lecture
1200-1330: Lunch and Learn – Lecture
1400-1500: US/Dilation/Cannulation Strategies – Hands-on
1.) US mapping
2.) Ergonomics
3.) Insertion/needle technique
4.) Dilation and catheter positioning
5.) Complications
1500-1600: Vascular Access - Hands-on
1.) US techniques
2.) Ergonomics
3.) Insertion/needle technique
4.) Dilation and catheter positioning
1600-1700: Circuit Clinical Scenarios - Hands-on
1.) Wire work
2.) Pursestring sutures
3.) Dilation
4.) Cannula securing
1700-1800: Circuit Clinical Scenarios - Hands-on
1.) Manifold set-up/insert
2.) Y connection (V-AV)
3.) Airless wet connections
4.) Circuit exchange
