POSTGRADUATE COURSES
Four full-day Postgraduate Courses will be organised in the SECC on Sunday 5 September 1999 between 09:00-16:00 hrs.
Left Heart Obstruction - Inflow and Outflow
Organisers: L Hamilton, G Thiene
Session 1wi"Mitral Valve"
ChairmenwiT Ebels (Groningen), JRL Hamilton (Newcastle).
09.00-09.25
Pathology
RH Anderson, London
09.25-09.50
The problem (European database)
C van Doorn, Leeds
09.50-10.15
Shone's syndrome: Surgical approach
F Lacour-Gayet, Paris
10.15
The surgical options for the mitral valve
MR de Leval, London
Coffee .
Session 2wi"The Left Ventricular Outflow Tract"
ChairmenwiJCS Pollock (Glasgow), AE Wood (Dublin).
11.10-11.30
Pathology (including aortic valve)
RH Anderson, London
11.30-11.50
The Problem (European database)
D di Carlo, Rome
11.50-12.15
Cardiologists : Do we have a role?
N Wilson, Glasgow
Lunch .
Session 3wi"The Left Ventricular Outflow Tract" (continued)
ChairmenwiJ Monro (Southampton), F Lacour-Gayet (Paris).
13.15-13.40
Surgical options : Resection
WJ Brawn, Birmingham
13.40-14.05
Surgical options : Konno procedure
PR Vouhé, Paris
14.05-14.30
Surgical options : Ross procedure - Is it growth or is it dilatation ?
J Quaegebeur, New York
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Tea .
Session 4wi"The aortic valve"
ChairmenwiM Elliott (London), WJ Brawn (Birmingham)
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15.00-15.25
Cardiologists role :
wiAortic stenosis or hypoplastic left heart?
wiBalloons - do they have a place?N WIlson, Glasgow
15.25-15.50
Surgical valvotomy
T Ebels, Groningen
15.50-16.15
Quality of life after left heart surgery
C Bull, London
You do not have to register for the main Meeting if you only wish to participate in a Postgraduate Course. If this is the case, please complete the relevant section of the Registration Form. An on-site registration desk for the Postgraduate Courses will be open on Saturday 4 September from 15:00-19:00 hrs and on Sunday 5 September from 07:00-11:00 hrs.
Fee: ECU 50
