In-Person Courses
Our in-person courses are held throughout the year on the following topics. Currently, courses being offered cover the progression from heart failure to advanced heart failure, the LVAD perioperative phase, the post LVAD implementation and the acute support for heart failure.
To express interest in registering for a course, reach out to your local Abbott representative or request information directly from our Training and Education team. Courses are not available for people outside of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
From Heart Failure to Advanced Heart Failure
HF Nurse Patient Management Course - the Nurse Perspective
The course guides the participants throughout the HF patient journey, covering therapies and management for both HF and Advanced HF. Furthermore, the course focuses on the importance of timely referral; the need for a multidisciplinary approach with a crucial role for HF nurses.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize heart failure patients from the earliest signs
- Address each patient to optimal treatment option by identifying triggers for referral
- Understand the crucial importance of timely referral
Who It’s For
(HF) Nurses with a strong interest in patient management at any stage of heart failure progression
Course Level
Low to medium
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
19th - 20th May 2026 | Milan (Italy)
28th - 29th October 2026 | Brussels (Belgium)
Duration:
1.5 days
Referral Course - Management of Advanced Heart Failure Patients through Timely Referral
Treatment options for patients with Advanced Heart Failure are limited and often come with poor outcomes. Several recent publications show that LVADs offer a viable therapy alternative for this group. However, it is important to know whether this is a good alternative for the patient being considered and, if so, what is the best time to implant the LVAD. This course will address these questions and provide a state-of-the-art overview of this growing therapy modality.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Benefit from a comprehensive understanding of LVAD therapy in general
- Be up to date in their knowledge of state-of-the-art LVAD treatment and the present status of clinical data
- Identify patients who are eligible for LVAD therapy
- Understand and apply critical elements of this training when discussing LVAD therapy with their patients
- Provide pros and cons for LVAD therapy
Who It’s For
Cardiologist, HF specialists
Course Level
Medium to advanced
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
17th June 2026 | TBD
Duration:
1 day
Implementing the CardioMEMS™ HF System Into Daily Practice
This course lays the foundation for developing a CardioMEMS HF System lead HF service to facilitate an efficient and effective way to manage your patients remotely and before symptoms appear.
Hear how to select the right patient, see how to implant the CardioMEMS sensor and learn how to manage the patient’s pulmonary pressures. Each of these important aspects will be covered together with the relevance and importance of hemodynamic data regarding heart failure patient management.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Structure your own program to integrate the CardioMEMS HF System in your management practice
- Select suitable CardioMEMS HF System candidates
- Understand the steps involved in implanting a CardioMEMS sensor
- Manage the patient during the evaluation post-implant phase, optimization phase and maintenance phase
- Interpret and utilize hemodynamic data to the benefit of patient management with the CardioMEMS heart failure system
Who It’s For
Cardiologists, HF Specialists, Interventional cardiologists, HF nurses
Course Level
All levels
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
TBD
Duration:
1.5 days
LVAD Perioperative Phase
Adult Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Surgical Course
This course lays the foundations of a VAD program, from selecting the right patient to implanting the HeartMate 3™ LVAD and managing the patient. The importance of a team approach will be discussed, together with the principles of structuring and organizing a VAD program. Participants will be prepared to structure their own programs and carry out implants.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Structure their own programs and carry out implants
- Select suitable LVAD candidates
- Handle the apical cuff and apply the right suturing technique
- Manage the patient in the pre-, per- and post-operative phases
- Organize a VAD program and manage referrals
- Handle and manage clinical complications in outpatients
Who It’s For
Surgeon, Cardiologist, Anesthesiologist, (VAD Coordinator, Perfusionist)
Course Level
Low to Mid
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
18th - 19th May 2026 | Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
11th - 12th June 2026 | Berlin (Germany)
7th - 8th September 2026 | Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
10th - 11th December 2026 | Berlin (Germany)
Duration:
1.5 days
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Surgical Course - From Pediatric to Adult
This course lays the foundations of a VAD program, from selecting the right patient to implanting the HeartMate 3 LVAD and managing the patient. The importance of a team approach will be discussed, together with the principles of structuring and organizing a VAD program. During this program the broad eligible patient spectrum ranging from pediatric to adult and considerations for these specific patient cohort will be touched upon.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Structure their own programs and carry out implants
- Select suitable LVAD candidates
- Handle the apical cuff and apply the right suturing technique
- Manage the patient in the pre-, peri- and post-operative phases
- Organize a VAD program and manage referrals
- Handle and manage clinical complications in outpatients
- Understand considerations around management and implantation of pediatric patients
Who It’s For
Surgeon, Cardiologist, Anesthesiologist, (VAD Coordinator, Perfusionist)
Course Level
Low to Mid
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
26th - 27th March 2026 | Leuven (Belgium)
15th - 16th October 2026 | Leuven (Belgium)
Duration:
1.5 days
Anesthesia Course - Early risk stratification and strategy: setting standards for future
This comprehensive course focusses on the various aspects around the anesthesiologic management of patients for LVAD therapy. From the perioperative optimization phase, to risk stratification and from the surgical aspects to the management of LVAD patients in a non-cardiac setting.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Manage different viewpoints in the preoperative optimization phase of end-stage heart failure patients
- Anticipate patient management related to surgical aspects and challenges in LVAD procedures
- Manage patients in the pre, peri-and post-operative phase
Who It’s For
Anesthesiologists, intensivists
Course Level
Mid to high; participants should have a reasonable understanding of LVAD therapy
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
17th - 18th February 2026 | Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
16th - 17th June 2026 | Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
24th - 25th November 2026 | Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
Duration:
1.5 days
Post LVAD Implementation
VAD Coordinator Course
Course for VAD coordinators or physicians with strong interest in managing patients with an LVAD. The program covers: state-of-the-art procedures to care for HeartMate patients; advanced patient management; pitfalls and troubleshooting; HeartMate 3™ in clinical practice.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Select the right patient at the right time
- Understand the interaction between the heart and LVAD
- Carry out database management
- Apply HeartMate 3™ technology
- Educate patients and caregivers
- Design long-term patient management strategies
Who It’s For
VAD coordinators
Course Level
Comprehensive; participants should have a basic understanding of LVAD therapy
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
10th - 11th March 2026 | Vienna (Austria)
5th - 6th May 2026 | Vienna (Austria)
21st - 22nd September 2026 | Vienna (Austria)
Duration:
1.5 days
VAD Team Course - Empowering teams in the evolution of LVAD care
Recent publications show that LVAD treatment has achieved excellent clinical results. Technology has contributed largely to those achievements. A logical next step is to optimize the care of patients implanted with an LVAD and thus further improve their clinical outcomes and quality of life. This course will focus on critical patient management issues with the aim of reducing adverse events to a minimum.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Take VAD treatment to the next level
- Employ protocols, tips and tricks to help achieve this ambition
- Focus on the importance of prevention
- Use a redefined approach to patient management
- Realize that achieving the best possible patient care requires a multidisciplinary team effort
Who It’s For
Teams responsible for management of patients with an LVAD
Course Level
Mid to advanced (a good understanding of LVAD therapy is recommended, along with a will to change)
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
30th - 31st March 2026 | Utrecht (Netherlands)
Duration:
1.5 days
Acute Support
Acute Course - Management of short-term MCS supported patients
The program covers: basic principles and pathway of treatment for acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock patients; detailed overview on ICU management for acute HF patients including on-site practical simulations and discussions; outpatient follow-up after acute HF. The course enables high participation and interaction. Participants will be actively involved in the ICU environment with multiple ICU visits, practical simulations and on-site patient case discussions.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the complex variety of patients in need of acute support
- Identify the correct timing for escalation, de-escalation or weaning
- Identify the optimal short term set up for each patient
- Employ protocols, tips and tricks to approach urgent clinical scenarios
Who It’s For
Intensivists and perfusionists with strong interest in the management of patients with acute heart failure
Course Level
All levels
Upcoming Dates and Locations:
26th - 27th May 2026 | Milan (Italy)
10th - 11th November 2026 | Milan (Italy)
Duration:
1.5 days
These devices are commercially available for use in select international markets.
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