Chairmen: T.C. Nguyen, San Francisco – USA, J. Kempfert, Berlin – Germany
Step by step techniques for: Preparing for mini-mitral valve repair
- 3.00 pm Cut-down vs. percutaneous cannulation – K. Van Praet, Berlin – Germany
- 3.07 pm Trans-thoracic vs. balloon aortic clamping – M. Rinaldi, Turin – Italy
Approaching the mitral valve
- 3.14 pm Robotic – J. Bonatti, Pittsburgh – USA
- 3.21 pm Endoscopic – N. Bonaros, Innsbruck – Austria
- 3.28 pm Direct view, trans-axillary – M. Di Eusanio, Ancona – Italy
Mitral Valve repair and AF ablation
- 3.35 pm Chords vs resection for mini-mitral repair – T. Doenst, Jena – Germany
- 3.42 pm Valve repair, AF ablation and LAA clip – B. Van Putte, Nieuwegein – Netherlands
- 3.49 pm Transapical chordal repair – G. Gerosa, Padua – Italy
MICS can be more than a ‘small cut’
- 3.56 pm The value of ultra fast-track anesthesia – C. Münch, Ancona – Italy
- 4.03 pm Selected video abstract: New tools in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery – How to make it easier and safer – C. Savini, Bologna – Italy
- 4.08 pm DISCUSSION
The Great Debate
- 4.38 pm Minimally invasive mitral valve repair is here to stay – J. Kempfert, Berlin – Germany
- 4.50 pm Transcatheter mitrals are not only the present but the future – T.C. Nguyen, San Francisco – USA
Trans-catheter mitral valve interventions
- 5.02 pm Trans-catheter mitral valve interventions: why and how should the surgeon play a major role – K. Grubb, Atlanta – USA
Step by step techniques for:
- 5.14 pm Catheter based edge to edge repair – M. Taramasso, Zurich – Switzerland
- 5.21 pm Transcatheter redo mitral valve interventions – G. Tang, New York – USA
- 5.28 pm TMVI – M. Andreas, Vienna – Austria
- 5.35 pm DISCUSSION
- 6.00 pm Closing remarks