Robert Zant Congress Secretariat INTERPLAN AG Sonja Hentsch Landsberger Str. Alois Philipp Local Organising Committee Prof. Thomas Müller Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee Regensburg, Germany Co-Chairmen Prof. Thomas Müller ORGANISING COMMITTEE Organiser of the Congress University Medical Centre Regensburg on behalf of EuroELSO Chairman University Medical Centre Regensburg PD Dr. I cordially welcome you to participate in this exciting event and enjoy the beauty of our mediaeval city. Thus, the congress is organized under the motto ECMO bridge to future and will be a platform for an extensive scientific exchange among all involved medical specialities, industry, scientists and students in order to improve ECMO therapy in the critically ill. Extracorporeal life support therapies likewise serve in many instances as a bridge, a bridge to survival. As an important mediaeval trading centre, Regensburg served as a bridge from south to north and west to east. The 4 th international congress of the EuroELSO, branch of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), will be held in Regensburg/Germany. Despite its rapid dissemination, more evidence is needed before ECMO becomes the standard of care. With growing experience in various fields of intensive care medicine, the knowledge of efficiency of ECMO, but also of potential complications expands in a fast pace. The innovative development of miniaturized, technically optimized devices is considered to be a revolution in critical care by many, saving the life of patients. It has provided new options in the treatment of severe circulatory and respiratory failure in patients of all age groups.
KG Lerchenkamp Hildesheim Cover picture: Klaus Völcker 2ģ TABLE OF CONTENT Welcome Note Organising Committee Scientific Programme Scientific Programme Overview Pre-Congress Main Congress Scientific Programme Pre-Congress Main Congress Scientific Programme Educational Forum Invited Faculty Best Abstract Presentations I Best Abstract Presentations II Scientific Poster Exhibition Fellowship Programme & Travel Grants Congress Venue Sponsor & Exhibitor Information Exhibitors Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposia Industry Sponsored Workshops Art Meets ECMO Evening Functions Congress Registration Congress Shuttle General InformationĤ WELCOME NOTE Dear Colleagues, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary support is a rapidly evolving technique in intensive care medicine, cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology worldwide. Thomas Müller Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee Regensburg, Germany Design & Layout Wecom Gesellschaft für Kommunikation mbh & Co. 1 ECMO bridge to future EURO-ELSO 2015 May th International Congress Regensburg, Germany UNESCO world heritage Extracorporeal support in respiratory and circulatory failure Final ProgrammeĢ IMPRINT Editorial Responsibility University Medical Centre Regensburg PD Dr.