7th HEART TEAM WINTER SUMMIT

Zürs, March 19 - 22, 2025                 

Dear Colleagues and Friends!

After a successful 6th Heart Team Winter Summit in March 2024, we welcome you to our 7th Heart Team Winter Summit from March 19th – 22nd, 2025, in Zürs am Arlberg.

The last meeting, which addressed adult and pediatric cardiac surgeons and cardiologists, was very successful and attracted numerous participants as in previous years. 

We are particularly thankful to our industry partners, who are indispensable pillars of the meeting and enable us to discuss a broad spectrum of scientific topics.

Nevertheless, we decided that a complete five-day meeting program is increasingly difficult to sustain because it dilutes participants' in-person presence and requires increased financial support. Many participants and faculty members have hectic schedules, making staying for the full five days challenging. Thus, shortening the program curriculum was obvious. 

The next meeting in 2025 will start on Wednesday, the 19th afternoon, and will be completed by noon on Saturday, the 22nd. This allows concentrated participation in a selection of scientific topics in adult Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology and the field of pediatric Cardiology and pediatric Cardiac Surgery. 

The organizing Committee for 2025 consists of faculty members from the Medical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz. Daniel Zimpfer, Martin Andreas, and Günther Laufer will represent adult cardiac surgery, Andreas Zirlik will represent adult cardiology, and Daniel Zimpfer and Ina Michel-Behnke will represent pediatric cardiology.

Unlike in previous years, free abstract presentations were scheduled for the early afternoon session of March 21st. We encourage you to submit abstracts related to adult and pediatric cardiac Surgery and Cardiology by January 31st, 2025.  

The meeting will carry forward the “spirit” of the former Cardiac Surgery Zürs symposia, discussing scientific and clinically relevant topics in cardiovascular medicine in a relaxed atmosphere with limited time restrictions. This will be the ideal platform for interdisciplinary networking. 

We welcome you to the “7th Heart Team Winter Summit” in Zürs am Arlberg from March 19th to 22nd, 2025!

Sincerely,

Daniel Zimpfer, Ina Michel-Behnke – Medical University Vienna

Martin Andreas, Andreas Zirlik, Günther Laufer – Medical University Graz