Saturday 13 September 2008; 0800-1800
| 08:00 | Welcome | V Falk, Leipzig; P Sergeant, Leuven |
Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Moderators: M Gillinov, Cleveland; G Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
| 08:20 | Totally Endoscopic Ex-Maze - Clinical Results | A Kiser, Pinehurst |
| The Left Atrial Appendage - The Most Important Surgical Target in Atrial Fibrillation | M Gillinov, Cleveland | |
| New Technology Innovation Award Presentation | TBA | |
| Video Presentation: Hybrid Approach in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation |
J Maessen, Maastricht | |
| Live Surgery: Endoscopic Off Pump Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (3 cases) |
R Krakor, Dortmund; E Beyer, Houston; WJ can Boven, Nieuwegein |
Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery in Redo Situations
Moderators: M Grabenwöger, Vienna; H Vanerman, Aalst
| 10:30 | Beating Heart Redo Valve Surgery | C Campanella, Edinburgh |
| Minimally Invasive Port-Access Redo Mitral Valve Surgery | F van Praet, Aalst | |
| Concept of a Modular Aortic Valve to Facilitate Redo Aortic Valve Surgery | W Harringer, Braunschweig | |
| Transcatheter Valve Implantation in Redo Situations | AP Kappetein, Rotterdam | |
| Video Presentation: Aortic Root Replacement in Redo Situations |
M Shrestha, Hannover | |
| Live Surgery: Valve in a Ring |
M Chu, London | |
| Minimally Invasive Beating Heart Tricuspid Valve Repair | F Mohr, Leipzig | |
| Transcatheter Valve in a Valve | T Walther, Leipzig | |
| 12:40 | Lunch |
Sutureless and Transcatheter Valves
Moderators: A P Kappetein, Rotterdam; F Maisano, Milan
| 13:40 | The Enable Valve - Implantation Techniques and Clinical Results | T Carrel, Bern |
| The Perceval Valve - Implantation Technique and Results of Multicenter Trial | T Folliguet, Paris | |
| Results of the EU PARTNER-Trial | G Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen | |
| Issues of RVOT Valve Implantation | C Schreiber, Munich | |
| New Surface Treatment of Mechanical Heart Valves | M Slaughter, Louisville | |
| Video Presentation: Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement with Direct-Flow-System |
H Reichenspurner, Hamburg | |
| Live Surgery: Catheter Based Aortic Valve Replacement |
R Lange, Munich | |
| Beating Heart Intracardiac Mitral Valve Repair (Animal Lab) | J Fann, Stanford | |
| 16:00 | Coffee |
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Moderators: V Falk, Leipzig; G Gerosa, Padua
| 16:20 | MCS as a Permanent Solution in Advanced Heart Failure | A El-Banayosy, Bad Oeynhausen |
| MCS for Acute Rescue - from BTB to Recovery | S Tsui, Papworth | |
| Hub and Spoke - Concept for Outpatient Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock | G Gerosa, Padua | |
| From Mechanical Artifical Heart to the Engineered Bioartificial Heart | D Taylor, Boston | |
| Video Presentations: LVAD Implantation Cardiowest TAH Implantation |
M Morshuis, Bad Oeynhausen O Amabile, Tuczon | |
| 18:00 | Close |