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Houston Shock Symposium

Shock Scenarios With Experts

Thursday, April 3, 2025
8:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
Location: Breakout Session

    Chair(s)

  • BA

    Bindu Akkanti, MD

    Associate Professor
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • SN

    Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc

    Professor of Medicine
    The University of Chicago Medicine | Heart and Vascular Center
    University of Chicago Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Ismael Salas de Armas, MD

    Associate Professor
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science
    Houston, Texas, United States

  • EO

    Erik Osborn, MD, COL, MC USA

    Chair ECMO MCS Task Force
    American College of Chest Physicians
    American College of Chest Physicians
    Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s):
Ismael Salas de Armas, MD: Abiomed/Johnson and Johnson: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Erik Osborn, MD, COL, MC USA: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • To enhance the participant’s ability to collaboratively manage a patient in shock at the bedside, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that includes timely assessment, communication, and coordinated interventions. The session will focus on recognizing different types of shock, optimizing hemodynamic support, and engaging the expertise of various healthcare team members (e.g., nursing, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, intensivists) to improve patient outcomes and ensure effective decision-making in critical care settings.
  • To improve the participants’ ability to accurately recognize and differentiate between left ventricular (LV) failure, right ventricular (RV) failure, and biventricular (BiV) failure in critically ill patients. The session will focus on identifying key clinical signs, diagnostic findings, and hemodynamic markers for each type of heart failure. Additionally, participants will learn to determine appropriate device-based interventions (e.g., intra-aortic balloon pump, Impella, ECMO) tailored to the specific type of shock, ensuring optimal management and improving patient outcomes.