Organisers: Congenital Heart Disease Committee Members
Session1: Management of aortic arch obstruction
Moderators: B Maruszewski, Warsaw; V Tsang, London
| 09:00 | Aortic arch obstruction: Morphology Advanced imaging |
A Cook, London A Taylor, London |
| 09:20 | Approaches/techniques for coarctation repair (+ / - concomittant cardiac lesions) | A Wood, Dublin |
| 09:40 | Approaches/techniques for hypoplastic arch / interrupted arch repair (+ / - concomittant cardiac lesions) | F Lacour-Gayet, Denver |
| 10:00 | Evidence-based medicine: Is there a superior approach/technique? | M de Leval, London |
| 10:20 | Cardiologic management of late complications (recoarctation, arterial hypertension) | J Hess, Munich |
| 10:40 | Surgical management of complex / recurrent obstruction in adult patients | G Stellin, Padova |
| 11:00 | Coffee |
Session 2: Paediatric perfusion
Moderators: G Sarris, Athens; C Schreiber, Munich
| 11:30 | Normothermic vs hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass: rationale, strategies, results. - hypothermia is better - normothermia is better |
G Ziemer, Tuebingen J Rubay, Brussels |
| 12:00 | Strategies to minimise systemic inflammatory response syndrome (coated circuits, prime issues, pharmacological interventions, perfusion techniques) | P Pouard, Paris |
| 12:30 | State of the art in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (techniques, monitoring, long-term outcome) | T Spray, Philadelphia |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Session 3: Interactive video session: Aortic valve repair in congenital heart surgery
Moderators: J Comas, Madrid; R Pretre, Zurich
| 14:00 | Commissurotomy and leaflet thinning in a critical neonatal aortic valve stenosis | V Hraska, Sankt Augustin |
| 14:30 | Repair of the leaking bicuspid aortic valve in a child | G El Khoury, Brussels |
| 15:00 | Repair of the unicuspid aortic valve | HJ Schaefers, Homburg |
| 15:30 | Repair of a subaortic ventricular septal defect with aortic valve prolapsus | C Brizard, Melbourne |
| Invited discussants | A Cook, London J Hess, Munich D Cameron, Baltimore | |
| 16:00 | Adjourn |