Symposium: Challenges in Cardiac Surgery: Aorta 360° – from the root to the bifurcation
20. - 21. November 2026
From 20 November to 21 November 2026, the Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery at St. Pölten University Hospital, in collaboration with the Karl Landsteiner Institute for Innovative Cardiac Surgery, will be hosting its annual symposium – this year under the theme: “Challenges in Cardiac Surgery: Aorta 360° – from the root to the bifurcation.” The Karl Landsteiner University is a partner in the event.
20–21 November 2026
Convention Centre
Luberegg Castle,
Emmersdorf on the Danube
Scientific Directors:
Prim. Univ.-Prof. PD. Dr Dominik Wiedemann
PD. Dr Peter Bergmann,
Dr Andreas Vötsch, MBA,
Dr Kathrin Freystätter, BSc
Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery, St Pölten University Hospital
Students and alumni of Karl Landsteine University are warmly invited to attend the symposium free of charge.
Registration for the symposium
For details of the programme , please visit the Emmersdorf Symposium 2026 website