Heart To Heart Modules


	Heart Valve Therapy Education Programs

Heart To Heart

2007 Modules

Master of Valve Repair

Module 3
Novel Approaches to Valve Disease-
The Neglected Tricuspid Valve
Thursday, May 31st, 2007

1	Natural History and Etiology of Tricuspid Regurgitation	Alain Berrebi
2	Assessment of Severity of Tricuspid Regurgitation	Marta Sitges
3	Should We Treat Regurgitation or Dilatation?	Patrick Perier
4	Pre-Op Assessment and Intra-Op Assessment	Hugo Vanerman
5	Predictors of Residual TR after Mitral Valve Surgery	Patrick Perier
6	When Not to Repair, how to Replace? Choice of Prosthesis	José-Luis Pomar

Module 4
Novel Approaches to Valve Disease-
Clinical Challenges In Specific Patient Population
Thursday, October 4th, 2007

1	Role of Echocardiography in Endocarditis and HOCM	Alain Berrebi
2	When and How to Operate sub-acute	Rainald Seitelberger
3	Debate Current Management of Obstructive Alcohol Septal Ablation Surgical Approach
	a. Current Management of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Transcoronary Ablation of Septal Hypertrophy	Frank H. Gietzen
	b. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy	F. Waldenberger
4	Operative Mortalities Is Female Gender a Risk Factor	Christian Latremouille
5	Post-Operative Neurologic Complications in Cardiac Surgery	Francesco Santini
6	The Management of Octogenarians	Filip Casselman

Module 5
New Modalities For Treating Aortic Stenosis
Thursday, November 29th, 2007

1	New guidelines : A plea for early surgery ?	Alain Berrebi
2	Choice of Prosthesis for Aortic Valve Replacement	Patrick Perier
3	Which Patients are Indicated for THV?	Alec Vahanian
4	Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation - The Transfemoral Approach	Alec Vahanian
5	Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation – Mid-Term Results	M.A. Borger
6	Transapical AV Implantation: Case Presentations	M.A. Borger
7	Challenges in the Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis: The Asymptomatic Patient	M.A. Borger