3rd Annual Perioperative MCS Symposium

The 3rd Annual Perioperative MCS Symposium is designed to promote collaboration among healthcare professionals involved in the field of mechanical circulatory support. The symposium has a particular focus on those managing patients with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) or advanced heart failure undergoing temporary mechanical circulatory support or LVAD implantation.

By bringing together experts from various disciplines, the symposium feature detailed discussions and practical sessions on the latest advancements in critical care echocardiography and aims to enhance interdisciplinary knowledge, improve clinical outcomes, and drive innovation in the evolving landscape of mechanical circulatory support.

Why This Symposium Matters

Your support of the our Annual Perioperative Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Symposium is an opportunity to directly impact the future of advanced heart failure care and lifesaving technology. Mechanical circulatory support—including LVADs and temporary devices—offers a critical lifeline for patients with severe heart failure. But these tools are only as effective as the clinicians trained to use them.

This symposium brings together the nation’s top minds across multiple disciplines—cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, intensivists, and sonographers—to sharpen the skills and judgment required to care for the sickest patients. It delivers hands-on, real-world training and cutting-edge knowledge through advanced echocardiography workshops and simulation-based decision-making sessions. Your support helps ensure these experts are prepared not just for the routine, but for the high-stakes, complex situations that define modern heart failure care.

This is more than a conference—it’s an investment in better outcomes, shorter recoveries, and more lives saved. By giving to this cause, you are helping transform the standard of care for patients who need it most, while fueling collaboration and innovation that will shape the future of heart support technologies.

Please join our efforts by financially supporting our mission to improve cardiovascular health through trailblazing research, thought leadership, education, and patient care.

On behalf of the countless patients like Theresa that we help each day, thank you for considering us in your year-end giving plans.  We appreciate your support and look forward to sharing our future — and the future of cardiovascular health — with you..

For information about making a matching gift, gift of securities, or including The Texas Heart Institute in your estate plans, please contact the Office of Development at 832 355-4011 or email supportus@texasheart.org.

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