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Event BSC congress 2027 starts on 28 Jan 2027, 09:00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
S6 - BIWAC - Fulminant and Severe Acute Myocarditis
Location: Audit 2000 - 28/01/2027, 11:35 - 28/01/2027, 12:50 (Europe/Brussels) (1 hour 15 minutes)
Moderator:
Antoine Herpain - Saint-Pierre University Hospital

The session will follow the story of one clinical case serving as the backbone of the discussions, which will cover the following learning objectives:
- diagnostic methods
- imaging modalities
- immunosuppressive therapy approaches
- mechanical circulatory support escalation
- arrhythmia specific management


Biography



Pieter Martens is a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at ZOL Genk. His special focus is on invasive hemodynamic evaluation of heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. From 2021-2023 he trained at the Cleveland Clinic as advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support fellow. He has a 10% ZAP mandate at the Uhasselt as co-director of the Limburg Clinical Research Center. Pieter Martens has a master in clinical trials from Oxford University and is active within the Clinical Trial Unit of ZOL Genk.






Christophe Vandenbriele is a consultant in cardiology and cardiac intensive care, working at the Azorg hospital in Aalst and Harefield Hospital in London; he performs research in the field of coagulation on mechanical circulatory support at Imperial College in London. He is chair research in the board of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association of the ESC and is author of over 250 peer reviewed publications in his research field.




Dr. Hannah Schaubroeck is cardiologist-intensivist at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, where she cares for critically ill patients following cardiac and major vascular surgery and manages patients with advanced heart failure and cardiogenic shock. She is former president of BIWAC and continues to contribute as a board member, responsible for the national MCS Registry. Active within the European Society of Cardiology, she has served on the ACVC board since 2022 and is ACVC secretary for the 2026-2028 term.