Session 7: Managing Non-Cardiogenic Shock in Cardiac Patients

Saturday, March 7, 2026

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CST

Location: Main Arena

Moderator(s)

Bindu Akkanti, MD

Professor, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education
Department of Internal Medicine
Missouri City, Texas, United States
Demetri Yannopoulos, MD

Professor of Medicine
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Maulin Patel, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Houston
Manvel, Texas, United States
Maria Patarroyo-Aponte, MD

Associate Professor
University of Texas
Houston , Texas, United States
Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD

Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Chairman of Cardiac Surgery Deputy Executive Director of Heart Center of Excellence
Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
Daniel De Backer, MD

Professor of Intensive Care
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Farah Kazzaz, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Rahat Hussain, MD

Associate Professor
UT Health Houston/ Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s):

Bindu Akkanti, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Demetri Yannopoulos, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Maulin Patel, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Maria Patarroyo-Aponte, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD: No relevant disclosure to display

Daniel De Backer, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Farah Kazzaz, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Rahat Hussain, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

8:30 AM - 8:37 AM CST

VV ECMO for ARDS: Can We Predict Outcomes Before Cannulation?
Speaker: Kha Dinh, MD, FCCP, E-AEC – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
8:37 AM - 8:45 AM CST

Discussion
8:45 AM - 8:52 AM CST

The Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient in the Medical ICU
Speakerr: Cameron Dezfulian, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
8:52 AM - 9:00 AM CST

Discussion
9:00 AM - 9:07 AM CST

Supporting the RV in ARDS – Pushing Against the RV Afterload?
Speaker: Harish Devineni, MD – University of Texas - Houston
9:07 AM - 9:15 AM CST

Discussion
9:15 AM - 9:22 AM CST

Debate: Aspiration Thrombectomy for Massive PE in CS (CON)
Speaker: Sukhdeep Basra, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
9:22 AM - 9:30 AM CST

Debate: Mechanical Thrombectomy for Massive PE in CS (PRO)
Speaker: Ouriel Saura, MD, MSc – Medical ICU Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
9:30 AM - 9:37 AM CST

Discussion
9:37 AM - 9:45 AM CST

Therapeutic Dilemmas in PAH with Low Cardiac Index
Speaker: Sophia Airhart, MD, FACC – Baystate Health
9:45 AM CST

Discussion