Auditorium

08:00

CARDIAC SYMPOSIUM 3
MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT & HEART TRANSPLANTATION

Moderators: Vincent Tchana-Sato, Tom Verbelen

08:00 Political bias in LVAD as destination therapy in the middle of Europe. Philippe Jr. Timmermans | See presentation
08:07 New VAD concepts as bridge-to heart transplantation. Bastian Schmack | See presentation
08:14 LVAD and the failing right heart. Steven Jacobs | See presentation
08:21 Ex-vivo heart preservation system in heart transplantation. Julia Dumfarth | See presentation
08:28 Discussion
08:41 Total artificial heart devices: the next generation is here. Bart Meyns | See presentation
08:49 Cardiac procedures under mechanical support – Where do we stand? Bastian Schmack | See presentation
08:56 Discussion

09:15

CARDIAC SYMPOSIUM 4
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE MITRAL VALVE

Moderators: Nikolaos Bonaros, Marc Radermecker, Ergun Demirsoy

09:15 Minimally invasive mitral valve repair: how to make the first steps? Piotr Suwalski | See presentation

09:22 3D vision and loops: the best way to treat prolapse. Peyman Sardari | See presentation

09:29 Robotics and resection: modern meets classic. Emiliano Navarro | See presentation

09:36 Discussion

09:53 Barlow syndrome: one pathology many options. Nikolaos Bonaros | See presentation

10:00 Star wars: TMVI vs TEER for functional MR. Christophe Dubois | See presentation

10:07 Percutaneous mitral valve implantation. Thomas Modine

10:14 Discussion

11:00

INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSION 2
COVID – 19 RELATED

Moderators: Ronald Dalman, Delphine Szecel, Jean-Michel Dogné

11:00 The role of perivascular fat inflammation and COVID-19 and aortic inflammation. Kakkhee Yeung | See presentation

11:07 Does Covid-19 increase AAA disease risk? Ronald Dalman

11:14 COVID19 vaccine and thrombosis. Jean-Michel Dogné

11:21 Thrombosis due to disease, vaccination or treatment- will we ever know- and why ? Rebecka Hultgren | See presentation

11:28 Discussion

11:40 How did COVID-19 impact on the care of patients with aortic dissection? Roman Gottardi | See presentation

11:47 Heart Transplantation during COVID-19 era. Vincent Tchana-Sato | See presentation

11:54 The influence of Covid on endocarditis incidence. Raluca Elena Dulgheru | See presentation

12:01 ECMO during the covid19 pandemic. Roberto Lorusso | See presentation

12:08 Discussion

13:30

KIEFFER LECTURE

Animator: John Elefteriades | See presentation

Moderators: Thierry Folliguet, Natzi Sakalihasan

14:00

CARDIAC SYMPOSIUM 5
A NEW TREND IN CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY – MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH

Moderators: Oztekin Oto, Ergun Demirsoy, Matthias Thielmann, Jean-Olivier Defraigne

14:00 Different graft configurations for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass. Ilhan Mavioglu | See presentation

14:07 Rita use in minimally Invasive coronary Bypass Surgery. Keita Kikuchi | See presentation

14:14 Is minimally invasive approach possible in all patients who require coronary Bypass Surgery. Ergun Demirsoy | See presentation

14:21 Multiple Arterial graft use in Minimally invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery. Oleksandr Babliak | See presentation

14:28 A new heart Positioner Suction device in Minimally invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery. Taichi Sakaguchi | See presentation

14:35 Potential complications in minimally invasive multivessel coronary bypass grafting from wound site to
anastomotic quality. Mehmet Kaya

14:42 Discussion

15:00 State of the art of sutureless coronary anastomoses (AMT). Bart van Putte, Marieke Hoogewerf & Patrick Klein
• Pre-clinical trial experiences incl. ELANA Heart Bypass Live in a box.
• First In Human study design and future results
15:10 Next level of MIS with connectors in CABG (AMT). Stephan Jacobs & Timo Nazari
• MIDCAB animal experiences incl. ELANA Heart Bypass Live in a box.

15:20 Discussion

16:00

INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSION 3A
OUTCOME PREDICTION IN HERITABLE THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE (HTAD)

Moderators: Julie De Backer, Matthias Thielmann, Natzi Sakalihasan

16:00 Can clinical parameters help in risk prediction?

16:07 Can surgical management be gene-tailored? John Elefteriades | See presentation

16:14 Personalized Medicine of Heritable Thoracic Aortic disease beyond Marfan syndrome. Dianna Milewicz | See presentation

16:21 Discussion

16:41 Curating genes and variants for Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease – a dynamic process! Julie De Backer | See presentation

16:48 Genetics and Genomics 101: What you absolutely need to know, and not a drop more. Bulat A. Ziganshin | See presentation

16:55 New guidelines in connective tissue disorders. Bart Loeys | See presentation

17:02 Discussion

17:40

INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSION 3B
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION : DO WE NEED NEW THRESHOLD FOR AORTIC ROUTE AND ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY?

Animator: Natzi Sakalihasan | See presentation

Moderators: Julie De Backer, Nikolaos Bonaros, Martin Czerny, Alessandro Della Corte, Jean-Olivier Defraigne, John Elefteriades, Nimrat Grewal, Guillaume Jondeau, Stephan Kurz, Bart Loeys, Dianna Milewicz, Christoph Nienaber, Natzi Sakalihasan, Thomas Schachner, Vincent Tchana-Sato, Konstantinos Tsagakis

17:40 Abstract: Liège experience with Type A TAD. Vincent Demesmaker