Endorsements

Endorsement for Events

A sign of quality for your
congress/symposium/meeting

The European Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) would like to foster the quality of congresses, symposia and meetings in general in the field of cardiac, thoracic and vascular anaesthesia and intensive care as well as related topics by granting your meeting the EACTAIC endorsement.

These guidelines apply to all organisers of courses or scientific meetings who wish to use the label “Scientific endorsement by EACTAIC”

Any use of such a designation is subject to approval by the Scientific Committee of EACTAIC and must not be advertised or applied in any way before it is granted.

How to apply?

WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME?
  • EACTAIC’s endorsement is a proof of quality and scientific value, thus a means of building trust among your (potential) participants
  • reaching out to our new target groups via EACTAIC’s calendar of events and via the EACTAIC’s newsletter
HOW DO I APPLY FOR EACTAIC ENDORSEMENT?
  • Fill the EACTAIC event endorsement application form below at least 12 weeks prior to your event.
  • Investigate the information and regulation for EACTAIC endorsement (PDF below).
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

You will receive a confirmation from the EACTAIC Executive Office, as soon as your application has been received.

The EACTAIC Scientific Committee will evaluate your application.

You will receive an email from the EACTAIC Executive Office as soon as a decision on the endorsement has been taken, including the EACTAIC logo, the authorization to print the EACTAIC logo on your programme and the receipt for the processing fee, to be paid upon reception.

The event will be added in the EACTAIC website both in the calendar of the upcoming events and in the page specifically dedicated to the endorsed events.

Please be aware that the EACTAIC endorsement does not entitle you to solicit industry sponsorship in the name of the EACTAIC. You may use the EACTAIC logo only for printing purposes and to formally declare “this event is endorsed by EACTAIC”.
SEE INFORMATION AND REGULATION

Application for EACTAIC Endorsement

I herewith apply for EACTAIC Endorsement for the event detailed below.

I agree to the conditions that the EACTAIC Endorsement shall include online and/or any other promotion on the EACTAIC website and officially representing the interests of the EACTAIC. I may use the EACTAIC logo, which needs to be provided by the EACTAIC Head Office only, for event printing, promotion and scholarly materials. This application is reviewed by EACTAIC.

Event EXPIRED
9th Congress of Cardiac Anaesthesia in Austria, Topic: “The Tired Heart”
June 20, 2025
Austria, Wien
Event EXPIRED
Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
June 13, 2025
Bologna, Italy
Event EXPIRED
Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
June 13, 2025
Bologna, Italy
Event EXPIRED
Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
June 13, 2025
Bologna, Italy
Event EXPIRED
Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
June 13, 2025
Bologna, Italy
Event EXPIRED
Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
June 13, 2025
Bologna, Italy
Event EXPIRED
Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
June 13, 2025
Bologna, Italy

Endorsement for Scientific Projects

Your application will first be checked by the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committee Coordinator and the Scientific Committee.

Within 6 weeks after the receipt of the application, the EACTAIC Executive Office will notify the applicant about an intended approval of the endorsement by the Directory Board. When the research project is concluded you should send a synopsis of findings to the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committee Coordinator.

If a publication is planned, you must submit the manuscript and the acknowledgement of EACTAIC in due course prior to publication to the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committee Coordinator. You will receive formal approval of endorsement via email by the EACTAIC Executive Office after the submitted manuscript has been evaluated. EACTAIC reserves the right to withdraw from the endorsement in case of a negative evaluation. The EACTAIC Executive office will bring the results of the conducted research project to the attention of the community via newsletters, social media etc.

On the EACTAIC website, information on the endorsed research project and where the results have been published (web-URL) will be available.

Application for endorsement by EACTAIC of scientific research projects

Background

A fundamental goal of EACTAIC is to foster scientific research so as to further its members understanding of cardiac, thoracic and vascular anaesthesia and critical care so as to advance patient care. To further this goal, EACTAIC will endorse research project in these areas that address questions that are important to its members.

A fundamental goal of EACTAIC is to foster scientific research...

Applications

esearchers who wish endorsement of a research project are required to complete the application form that follows. The application form needs to be completed in full and submitted to the EACTAIC Executive Office by attaching it to an email addressed to eactaic@aimgroup.eu. Application forms that are incomplete or incorrectly completed will not be reviewed by EACTA and returned to the applicants.

Administration of applications

Application forms will first be reviewed by the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committee Coordinator and the Scientific Committee. The Committee may call upon expert advice on the proposed research project from one of EACTAIC’s Subspecialty Committees.

Generally, applications will be reviewed within six weeks from the date the form’s receipt by the EACTAIC Executive Office. Applicants will then be notified as to the outcome of their application. Should the application be successful then the Scientific Committee will make a recommendation to Board of Directors that the research project should be endorsed by EACTAIC. Endorsement will require the confirmation of the Board of Directors. If your application has been successful, you will receive formal letter of endorsement by email from the EACTAIC Executive Office. EACTAIC reserves the right to decline endorsement should there be a negative evaluation.

A summary report of the project’s progress must be sent to the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committee Coordinator annually and on completion of the research project. If a publication is planned, you must submit the manu- script and the acknowledgement of EACTAIC in due course prior to publication to the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committee Coordinator.

The EACTAIC Executive office will publicize the findings of the research project via its newsletter, social media etc. Information on research projects that have been endorsed and refences to any published scientific papers resulting arising from the research will be available on the EACTA web site.

EACTAIC APPLICATION FORM – Endorsement of research projects

Have similar research projects been conducted previously?

Have similar research projects been conducted previously?

Instructions

  • Proposals should be submitted by a subcommittee of EACTAIC (via the delegate to the scientific subcommittee).
  • The proposal form must be fully completed.
  • The proponent suggests members of a writing group (of which at least 50% should be active EACTAIC members).
  • For joint guidelines / consensus papers with other organisations, EACTAIC should be represented in parity:
    • Two organisations = half of the authors must be EACTAIC members.
    • Three organisations = a third of the authors must be EACTAIC members.
  • At least one member of the writing group should have extensive knowledge in evidence-based medicine, medical statistics and/or research methodology, including meta-analyses.
  • The “Justification/Scope/Objective” section should include:
    • Number of patients affected
    • Type and amount of studies to base the position paper on
  • The consensus paper / guidelines must follow the currently valid methodology as described by various institutions (e.g., ESA, ECS, Cochrane, etc.).

The PROTHOR study is one of several studies that have been initiated and are performed by the PROVENET Investigators; the primary investigator is Mert Senturk from Istanbul, who is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the EACTAIC. The study is also endorsed by EACTAIC and the ESA and is the largest study in the setting of thoracic anesthesia up to now. The sample size for the whole study has been calculated and 2378 patients are required.

PROTHOR aims to investigate whether high PEEP and recruitment maneuvers are superior compared to a strategy with low PEEP without recruitment maneuvers during one lung anesthesia. For further detailed information, please have a look in the flyer as well as all official study documents that can be found on the study homepage.

New participating centers are all welcome. If you are interested, you can contact Mert Senturk or Thomas Kiss from Dresden for further information.

Research project

  • First International Meeting – Eliminating Paralysis After Aortic Aneurysm Surgery – COLUMBUS (USA), March 23, 2023
  • 7. Kongress Herzanästhesie Österreich, Thema: "HerzKlopfen" – WIEN (AUSTRIA), May 24 – 26, 2023
  • 2’ Edition Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery – BOLOGNA (ITALY), June 16 – 17, 2023
  • International Diploma in Perioperative Echocardiography and Critical Care Blended learning – CHILE and SPAIN, May 2 – December 18, 2023
  • 2023 Barcelona 3D TEE Perioperative Course – CHILE and SPAIN, May 2 – December 18, 2023
  • 1 EACTAIC Spain meeting – PAMPLONA (SPAIN), November 24 – 25, 2023
  • Delirium and frailty survey
  • International Survey of the Intraoperative Management of Pulmonary Artery Catheter during Cardiac Surgery (IMPACCS Survey)
  • Medical survey on perioperative blood pressure management common practices in Europe
  • Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery – an overview of the current implementation in Europe
  • Global Cardiac Anesthesia Workforce Assessment – click here for the survey
  • 4th International Perioperative TEE Symposium – MILAN, February 3-4, 2022
  • International Diploma in Perioperative Echocardiography and Critical Care Blended learning – BLEARNING COURSE, May 2 to December 19, 2022
  • Curso de ecocardiografía transesofágica peri-operatoria en cirugía cardiaca – VIRTUAL, May 30-31, 2022
  • Summer Talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery – BOLOGNA (ITALY), June 10-11, 2022
  • 6. Kongress Herzanästhesie Österreich, Thema "HerzensSchicksal" – WIEN (AUSTRIA), June 24-25, 2022
  • Barcelona 3D Perioperative Tee Course – BARCELONA (SPAIN), October 14, 2022
  • VIII Congress On Thoracic Anaesthesia – VALENCIA (SPAIN), November 10-12, 2022
  • Intraoperative use of 3D-TEE: A European survey of Cardiac surgical centers
  • International consensus for anesthetic and intensive care management of left ventricular assist device implantation
  • Challenges in the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia Fellowship Programme since the COVID-19 pandemic
  • COV-Edu CaToVA: a survey on cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia education in Europe during the COVID-19 outbreak
  • XVI curso de ecografìa en anestesia, urgencias y críticos, Barcelona - Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 outbreak. Dates TBC
  • 2nd International Perioperative TEE Symposium – Milan, Italy – Feb. 8-9, 2019
  • 13th Serbian Congress of Anesthesiologists and Intensivists – Belgrade, Serbia – Nov. 22-25, 2018
  • Contemporary Standards in Cardiac Anesthesiology – Novosibirsk, Russia, Sep 2019
  • Basic Simulation on Transesophageal Echocardiography, Nov 2018, Girona
  • 13th IACTA-TEE workshop/CME, August 2019, Bangalore
  • PERSUADE (survey on VAD implantation)
  • International CPB Perfusion Practice Survey
  • mRCT “renal protection in cardiac surgery” – research project
  • Consensus on fibrinogen use in cardiac surgery – EACTA Subcommittee
  • Transesophageal Echocardiography Course, Feb 2019, Girona
  • ICCVA-ASCA, June 2019, Seoul
  • HAI, Sep 2019, Berlin
  • 25th National Society of Thoracic-Cardiovascular Anesthesia Congress, April 2019, Istanbul
  • Prothrombin complex concentrate in cardiac surgery – position paper
  • Thoracic Anaesthesia Consensus Agreement (TOSSCA)