2008 Heart To Heart Modules


	Heart Valve Therapy Education Programs

Heart To Heart

2008 Modules

Master of Valve Repair

Module 11
Aortic Stenosis Guidelines
Thursday, February 7th, 2008

1	New insights in pathophysiology of AS (presentation not available)
2	Echo evaluation of severity of aortic stenosis Pitfalls and Limitations	Marta Sitges
3	Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: New Guidelines: A plea for early surgery	Alain Berrebi
4	Stentless aortic valves facts, myths and new developments	A. Repossini
5	Choice of Prosthesis: Tissue vs Mechanical	Patrick Perier
6	Management of antithrombotic therapy after AVR: pending issues
	a. Is isolated antiplatelet therapy safe after bioprosthetic implant.?	Gino Gerosa
	b. Challenging issues in anticoag. therapy after mechanical implant.	Bernard Iung

Module 12
Mitral Replacement Guidelines
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

1	Limits of mitral valve repair (presentation not available)
2	MVR: which prosthesis for which patients	Alain Berrebi
3	Management of anticoagulation after MVR: differences between US and EU guidelines	Bernard Iung
4	Surgical AF ablation: techniques and indications	Krishna Khargi
5	Prosthesis patient mismatch in mitral position	Olaf Wendler
6	Outcomes of new generation of mitral bioprosthesis-3D approach	Reinhard Moidl

Module 13
Aortic Stenosis: Denied Surgery and Alternative Options
Thursday, May 29th, 2008

1	Why are so many patients denied surgery?	Alain Berrebi
2	Clinical decision making and surgical results in AS with severe LV dysfunction	Dr. Romano
3	Surgical management of octogenarian patients	Philippe Kohl
4	How to setup a transcatheter programme	J.-L. Vanoverschelde
5	Transapical: indications, results and techniques	J.-L. Vanoverschelde
6	Transfemoral: indications, results and techniques
7	Interactive clinical cases (presentation not available)

Module 14
Aortic Regurgitation: Guidelines, Timing, Repair
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

1	Timing of surgery in asymptomatic AR	Raphael Rosenhek
2	Echo assessment of feasibility of aortic valve repair: the functional approach	Alain Berrebi
3	Overview of aortic valve and root repair techniques	H.-J. Shafers
4	How to sessions prolapse, bicuspid, endocarditis	G. El Khoury
5	Surgical techniques and results in aortic conduit surgery	Roberto Di Bartolomeo
6	Ross, Homografts: indications and results	Alain Serraf

Module 15
Mitral Regurgitation: Denied Surgery and New Options
Thursday, November 27th, 2008

1	Why are so many patients denied surgery	Bernard Iung
2	Echo assessment of feasibility of Mitral Repair	Alain Berrebi
3	Asymptomatic vs. symptomatic patients: what are the indications for surgery	J.-L. Vanoverschelde
4	Thromboembolic complications after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation: clinical implications	Francesco Grigioni
5	New treatment options for degenerative mitral valve disease	Patrick Perier
6	Mitral replacement: indications and patient profiles	Bruno Karl Podesser