ACTTI

Association of Cardiothoracic Transplant Intensivists

ACCTI is a national association of intensivists specialised in the care of adult patients requiring or receiving heart and/or lung transplantation. It is comprised of specialists in intensive care medicine from the 6 centres performing cardiothoracic transplantation in the adult population in the UK:

Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow
Harefield Hospital, London
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester

ABOUT US

Our Goal

Our goal is to improve patient safety and care by:

Creating a network of intensivists specialised in cardiothoracic transplantation that can share experiences and knowledge
Producing high quality learning materials. These will include regular educational events on topics relating to the care of the critically ill patient undergoing cardiothoracic transplantation and cased-based discussions on challenging cases with the participation of representatives from all centres.
Enhance and standardise care across cardiothoracic transplant intensive care units in the UK by sharing knowledge and creating consensus documents describing the care of critically ill patients before and after cardiothoracic transplantation

See below for information on our upcoming educational events and follow us on Twitter/X @ACTTI_UK1 for updates and transplant FOAMEd.

Meeting videos coming soon!

Who are we?

Chair: Clara Hernandez Caballero (Harefield Hospital)

Gold Jubilee National Hospital's representative: Robyn Smith ,

Royal Papworth Hospital's representative: Hema Nair,

Queen Elizabeth Hospital's representative: Claire Scanlon,

Harefield Hospital's representative: Efie Galiatsou,

Wythenshawe Hospital's representative: Miguel Garcia,

Freeman Hospital's representative: Henning Pauli,

Mechanical circulatory support in heart transplant - October

Short to intermediate term mechanical circulatory support and the bridge to nowhere

Dr Mike Hoy

Royal Papworth Hospital

BiVADs as bridhes: When the RV cannot hold its own

Dr Efie Galiatsou

Harefield Hospital

Durable LVAD: The bionic patient living at home

Andy Woods

Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

Post-transplant use of MCS: VADs and ECMO

Dr Philip McCall

Golden Jubilee National Hospital

Immediate post-op ICU management after VAD implantation

Dr Sam Denham

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Transplanting patients with pulmonary hypertension - May '24

Allocation of donor hearts in the UK

Dr Stephen Pettit

Royal Papworth Hospital

Pharmacological strategies to bridge patients with pulmonary hypertension

Dr Veronica Rial Baston

Golden Jubilee National Hospital

Mobilising patients with an IABP

Dr Eireann Murphy & Dr Ahmad Abu-Arafeh

Golden Jubilee National Hospital

Mechanical circulatory support as bridge to transplant for patients with pulmonary hypertension

Dr Fernando Riesgo Gil

Harefield Hospital

LVAD bridge to candidacy for pulmonary HTN

Dr Jacquelyn Hooper

Wythenshawe Hospital

ACTTI

ABOUT US

Our Goal

Who are we?

July 2025

May 2025

Mechanical circulatory support in heart transplant - October

Short to intermediate term mechanical circulatory support and the bridge to nowhere

BiVADs as bridhes: When the RV cannot hold its own

Durable LVAD: The bionic patient living at home

Post-transplant use of MCS: VADs and ECMO

Immediate post-op ICU management after VAD implantation

Transplanting patients with pulmonary hypertension - May '24

Allocation of donor hearts in the UK

Pharmacological strategies to bridge patients with pulmonary hypertension

Mobilising patients with an IABP

Mechanical circulatory support as bridge to transplant for patients with pulmonary hypertension

LVAD bridge to candidacy for pulmonary HTN

Transplanting the highly sensitised patient - february 2024

HLA sensitisation: The lab's perspective

Prevention better than cure: Blood conservation strategies

Living in the fast lane, HLA Style

Desensitisation: Concoction of many ingredients?

Desensitation approach from the other side of the pond

ACTTI Transplant Centres

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September 2024

May 2024

February 2024