Monday 11 December
08:00 | Mitral Valve Disease | |
Chairs: M Borger, Leipzig; D Brown, Dallas; M Mack, Dallas, H Thiele, Leipzig | ||
Live Cases: | ||
Transapical mitral valve in valve | P Kiefer, N Mangner, Leipzig | |
Complex minimal invasive mitral valve repair and preop planning | M Misfeld, T Noack, Leipzig |
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Beating-heart transapical chord implantation | A Colli, Padua; J Seeburger, Leipzig; R Hahn, New York | |
Presentations: | ||
How should we be quantifying functional MR in 2017? | A Hagendorff, Leipzig | |
Update on valvular guidelines | V Falk, Berlin | |
How to deal with severe MAC – catheter-based options | R Smith, Dallas | |
Mitral surgery for rheumatic heart disease | T Chotivatanapong, Nonthaburi | |
Cardiac surgery in the developing world | V Jawali, Bangalore | |
Should we be doing more mitral clips than conventional mitral valve surgery? | S Jacobs, Berlin | |
New approaches to mitral prolapse | S von Bardeleben, Mainz | |
The transcatheter mitral valve replacement armada: Great expectations? | V Bapat, New York | |
11:00 | Break | |
11:30 | Right Sided Valvular Disease |
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Chairs: G Dreyfus, Monte Carlo; D Fullerton, Denver; I Daehnert, Leipzig; S Kodali New York |
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Live Cases: | ||
Tricuspid valve clipping | P Lurz, T Noack, J Ender, Leipzig | |
Redo-tricuspid valve surgery | D Adams, New York; T Kuntze, Bad Berka | |
Tetralogy of fallot repair | M Kostelka, M Vollroth, Leipzig | |
Presentations: | ||
How should we quantify TR? | R Hahn, New York | |
Optimal conventional tricuspid valve repair surgery | B Pfannmueller, Leipzig | |
Should all mitral valve surgery patients undergo tricuspid valve repair? | G Dreyfus, Monte Carlo | |
Current management of RVOT obstruction | I Daehnert, Leipzig | |
The transcatheter tricuspid repair armada – what’s new and promising? | S Kodali, New York | |
14:00 | Lunch | |
14:30 | Ischemic Heart Disease |
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Chairs: V Falk, Berlin; U Laufs, Leipzig; FW Mohr, Leipzig; G Schuler, Leipzig; M Sousa Uva, Lisbon | ||
Live Cases: | ||
Total arterial OPCAB | N Doll, Stuttgart | |
Multi-vessel MIDCAB | P Davierwala, Leipzig | |
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) | H Thiele, Leipzig | |
Presentations: | ||
Optimal management of patients with multi-vessel disease | U Laufs, Leipzig | |
Bioresorbable stents: Is the dream still alive? | D Brown, Dallas | |
ON versus OFF Pump – what can we still learn? | A Diegeler, Bad Neustadt | |
Innovation in CABG surgery | M Ruel, Ottawa | |
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) guided revascularisation – the new standard | F Casselman, Aalst | |
Non-invasive coronary imaging with cinematic rendering | A Van Linden, Bad Nauheim | |
17:00 | Close |
Tuesday 12 December
08:00 | Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure |
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Chairs: N Doll, Stuttgart; G Hindricks, Leipzig; H Thiele, Leipzig; H Reichenspurner, Hamburg | ||
Live Cases: | ||
MRI based catheter ablation | P Sommer, Leipzig | |
Transcatheter occlusion of the left atrial appendage | M Sandri, Leipzig | |
Presentations: | ||
Percutaneous management of AF: Which patients, what results? | G Hindricks, Leipzig | |
Total thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation and left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion | N Doll, Stuttgart | |
Current management of acute cardiogenic shock | H Thiele, Leipzig | |
Current status of LVAD therapy | J Garbade, Leipzig | |
Does heart transplantation have a future? | H Reichenspurner, Hamburg | |
10:00 | Break | |
10:30 | Aortic Disease |
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Chairs: C Etz and D Scheinert, Leipzig; M Czerny, Freiburg; R Di Bartolomeo, Bologna | ||
Live Cases: | ||
TAAA operation post-intercostal artery coiling | M Borger, M Misfeld, Leipzig | |
Frozen elephant trunk | M Grabenwöger, Vienna | |
Presentations: | ||
Preoperative coiling to reduce spinal cord ischemia during TAAA | C Etz, Leipzig | |
Segmental and lumbar-artery coiling, technical notes | A Schmidt, Leipzig | |
Aortic valve reimplantation for bicuspid aortic valve disease | W Brinkman, Dallas | |
Bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy: What do the guidelines say? | P Fedak, Calgary | |
Should every elephant trunk be frozen? | R Di Bartolomeo, Bologna | |
Stenting of the ascending aorta: Ready for routine practice? | M Czerny, Freiburg | |
Should every acute type B dissection be managed endovascularly? | D Scheinert, Leipzig | |
13:30 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Aortic Valve Disease | |
Chairs: D Dvir, Vancouver; C Miller, Stanford; H Treede, Halle; T Walther, Frankfurt |
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Live Cases: | ||
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in bicuspid valve disease | A Linke, S Leontyev, Leipzig | |
TAVI for aortic insufficiency | D Holzhey, N Mangner, Leipzig | |
Mini AVR with expandable valve | J Kempfert, Berlin | |
AVR in combination with a mitral and/tricuspid repair | R Klautz, Leiden | |
Presentations: | ||
Conventional surgery is the gold standard for redo aortic valve replacement: CON | C Miller, Stanford | |
Conventional surgery is the gold standard for redo aortic valve replacement: PRO | D Dvir, Vancouver | |
Valve thrombosis post-TAVR/SAVR: How big is the problem? | M Mack, Dallas |
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Anatomically-oriented transcatheter valves: Which patients? | H Treede, Halle | |
TAVI perspectives: Where did it start and where are we going? | T Walther, Frankfurt |
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17:00 | Closing remarks |
Programme and faculty subject to change

COURSE INFORMATION
10th International Leipzig-Dallas Meeting: EACTS Course in Cardiovascular Innovation
Date/Duration
11 – 12 December 2017 (2 day course)
Location
Leipzig, Germany
For more information, please click HERE
Course Director
M Borger, Leipzig
Course Format
Interactive lectures, debates and live operations
Target Audience
Cardiac surgeons, cardiologists and trainees
Course Fee
Members: €650 inclusive of VAT
Non-Members: €750 inclusive of VAT
Reduced Trainee/Allied Health Fee: €300 inclusive of VAT
Fee includes lunch, refreshments and dinner on Monday 11 December
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Faculty
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Michael Borger
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Vinayak (Vinnie) Bapat
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William Brinkman
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David L. Brown
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Filip Casselman
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Taweesak Chotivatanapong
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Martin Czerny
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Ingo Dähnert
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Roberto Di Bartolomeo
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Nicolas Doll
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Gilles Dreyfus
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Joerg Ender
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Christian Etz
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Volkmar Falk
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Paul Fedak
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Jens Garbade
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Rebecca Hahn
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Andreas Hagendorff
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Stephan Jacobs
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Vivek Jawali
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Ulrich Laufs
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Robert Klautz
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Susheel Kodali
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Martin Kostelka
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Michael Mack
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Craig Miller
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Martin Misfeld
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Bettina Pfannmueller
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Marc Ruel
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Joerg Seeburger
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Holger Thiele
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Hendrik Treede
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Arnaud Van Linden