ACVC Cardio Talk

The best of the ACVC Congress in Lisbon 2026

With Janine Poess, Heart Center of Leipzig, Leipzig - Germany and Rafael Vidal Perez, A Coruna University Hospital Complex, A Coruna - Spain. In the podcast, we will discuss the most relevant abstracts from the ACVC Congress in Lisbon, 2026.

Microcirculation in cardiogenic shock

With Milica Aleksic, University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade - Serbia and Christian Jung, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf - Germany. In this episode, Milica Aleksic and Christian Jung discuss the importance of assessing microcirculation in cardiogenic shock, including skin perfusion, sublingual microcirculation, and lactate dynamics.

Neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest

With Chiara Robba, University of Genoa, Genoa - Italy and Pablo Jorge Perez, University Hospital of the Canaries, Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Spain. In this episode, Chiara Robba and Pablo Jorge Perez discuss the update of neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest according to the current Guidelines. 

Women's heart and equity

With Julia Grapsa, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center, Boston - USA and Maria Stratinaki, Venizelio General Hospital, Heraklion - Greece. The podcast underlines sex and gender disparities and an alarming, unequal world.  

Let's protect the hearts around Christmas!

With Christian Hassager, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark and Susanna Price, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK In this podcast, Christian Hassager and Susanna Price discuss this topic: external triggers or vulnerable patients? Circadian variation in acute cardiac events around Christmas.