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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Thursday 08 March 2018
0700 - 0745	Breakfast Concurrent Sessions
	Breakfast Session 1: Mastering MI Procedures
	Breakfast Session 2: Anaesthesia and Standby Perfusion for Off Pump CABG and TAVI
0800 – 1000	Session 1 - Current Best Practice in Coronary Revascularisation:
	Imaging and Functional Assessment, Trials, Transcatheter Interventions, Surgical Revascularisation, MIDCAB and Hybrid Procedures Debate and Case Presentation: Future of Coronary Revascularisation
1000 - 1030	Morning Refreshments - Exhibition Area
1030 - 1230	Session 2 - Current Best Practice in Mitral Interventions:
	Imaging and Functional Assessment, Guidelines, Surgery for Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement, Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions Debate and Case Presentation: Tailoring the Procedure to the Patient and the Team!
1230 - 1330	Lunch - Exhibition Area Lunch Symposia 1: Challenging Cases (Cardiology, Anaesthesiology and Surgery): Coronary Artery Disease, Mitral Valve Pathologies
1330 - 1530	Session 3 - Current State of the Art in Surgery for Mitral and Tricuspid Valves:
	Preoperative and Intraoperative Imaging, Sternotomy and Minimally Invasive, Repair Techniques, Rings, Redo Repairs Debate and Case Presentation: Cases for Everyone and Cases for Experts
1530 - 1600	Afternoon Refreshments - Exhibition Area
1600 - 1800	Session 4 - Current Best Practice for Treatment of AF and LAA Closure:
	Guidelines, Transcatheter Ablation, Surgical Ablation Stand Alone or Concomitant, Hybrid Procedures. LAA Closure: Imaging, Indications, Techniques and Devices Debate and Case Presentation: Is it Worth the Time and Cost?
1800 - 1900	Welcome Reception - Exhibition Area

 

Friday 09 March 2018
0700 - 0745	Breakfast Concurrent Sessions
	Breakfast Session 1: Anaesthesia and Perfusion for Arch and Descending Aortic Interventions
	Breakfast Session 2: Better Sternal Closures and Avoiding Mediastinitis
0800 – 1000	Session 5 - Current State of the Art in Coronary Revascularisation:
	On Pump, Off Pump, Anaortic CABG. Maximum Possible and Full Arterial Revascularisation MI CABG and Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting. Modern Days Sternal Closure Practices
1000 - 1030	Morning Refreshments - Exhibition Area
1030 - 1230	Session 6 - Current Best Practice for Aortic Valve Interventions:
	Imaging and Functional Assessment, Guidelines, Surgery for Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, MI AVR, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions Debate and Case Presentation: Who Should have what and by Whom in 2018?
1230 - 1330	Lunch - Exhibition Area Lunch Symposia 2: My Best and Worst Memories (Cardiology, Anaesthesiology and Surgery): Coronary Artery Disease, Aortic Valve and Aortic Root Pathologies
1330 - 1530	Session 7 - Current State of the Art in Surgery for LVOT and Aortic Root Pathologies:
	Imaging and Functional Assessment, Guidelines, Surgery for LVOTO, Transcatheter Interventions for LVOTO, Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement, Ross Procedure Debate and Case Presentation: Should we Ever Replace a Mitral Valve in HOCM?
1530 - 1600	Afternoon Refreshments - Exhibition Area
1600 - 1800	Session 8 - Arch and Endovascular Procedures for the Non-Super-Specialised Teams:
	Imaging, Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Spinal Protection, Surgical and Endovascular Techniques Debate and Case Presentation: What to do in the Middle of the Night and who Should be Referred to a Specialised Team
1800 - 1900	Wine & Cheese Reception - Exhibition Area

 

Saturday 10 March 2018
0800 - 1000	Master Class 1A: TAVI and Endovascular Aortic Interventions
	Master Class 1B: Mitral Valve Repair and AF plus LAA Closure
1000 - 1030	Morning Refreshments - Exhibition Area
1030 - 1200	Master Class 2A: Coronary Revascularisation
	Master Class 2B: VSARS, Ross, Arch and HOCM