Adult Cardiac
Assist Devices
Moderators: G Gerosa, Genoa; C Huber, London
| 09:00 | M Morshuis | |
| 09:25 |
Evaluation for a Ventricular Assist Device: Selecting the Appropriate Candidate |
C Schlensak, Freiburg |
| 09:50 |
Evaluation for a Ventricular Assist Device: Selecting the Appropriate Device |
R Hetzer, Berlin |
| 10:15 | Coffee | |
| 10:40 |
Assessing the Risk of Right Ventricular Failure in Left Ventricular Assist Device Candidates |
G Wieselthaler, Vienna |
| 11:05 |
Logistics and outpatient care of a VAD program; anticoagulation and complication management |
T Drews, Berlin |
| 11:30 | L Wiklund, Gothenburg | |
| 11:55 | T Komoda, Berlin | |
| 12:20 |
How to take out the assist device |
A Khagani, London |
| 12:45 | Discussion |
Transcatheter Heart Valves
Moderators: N Moat, London; M Doss, Frankfurt
| 09:00 | Patient selection for percutaneous aortic valve implantation | V Falk, Zurich |
| 09:20 | Transapical access: practical tips; shortening the learning curve | O Wendler, London |
| 09:50 | Problem solving in transcatheter valve implantation | T Walther, Leipzig |
| 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:50 | A complicated case of transcatheter valve implantation | F Maisano, Milan |
| 11:010 | Experimental research in transcatheter valves | G Lutter, Kiel |
| 11:30 | Flow dynamics and geometrical designs of aortic valve; can we predict durability | C Piazza |
| 11:50 | TAVI via the subclavian artery | N Moat |
| 12:20 | Percutaneous Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Assessing Results, Judging Outcomes, and Planning Trials | A P Kappetein, Rotterdam |
| 12:45 | Conclusions |
Left ventricular remodelling
Moderators: J Pepper, London; JL Pomar, Barcelona
| 08:00 | Wetlab session I. The Mitral Valve | Faculty |
| 09:15 | The STITCH trial what does it tell us? | L Menicanti, Milan |
| 09:40 | STITCH trial where do we go from here? | J Pepper, London |
| 10:05 | Coffee | |
| 10:30 | Video on the left ventricular remodeling | R Klautz, Leiden |
| 10:55 | How myocardial viability affects survival | D Pagano, Birmingham |
| 11:20 | The mitral valve in left ventricular restoration | R Dion, Genk |
| 11:45 | Wetlab session II Left ventricular remodeling | Faculty |
| 13:00 | Conclusions |