EACTS is grateful to the following organisations for their support of this year’s Techno-College:
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
Companies will be organising satellite symposia during the 37th Annual Meeting. We are pleased to provide further information on the programme below. These sponsored programmes do not form part of the official scientific programme of EACTS. By attending these sessions, please be aware that you will be giving permission for your personal details to be shared with the company holding the symposium.
Thursday 5th October, 12:15-13:30
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall K1
Acute Aortic Dissections: the role of the AMDS Therapy in preventing DANE and resolving Malperfusion
Chairs: Dr Moon (Canada) and Mr De Silva (UK)
PERSEVERE FDA Study: trial design overview and early results
Dr Szeto
PROTECT Registry update and arch remodeling cases discussion
Professor Kempfert
The AMDS for acute DeBakey Type I aortic dissection: technical considerations for an optimal result
Dr Lühr
Team approach in the treatment of Acute Type A Dissections: from patient selection to technical skills
Mr Rajakaruna
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall K2
Contact: [email protected]
Heart Failure & Atrial Fibrillation – an underestimated lethal relationship
- AF begets HF, HF begets AF (15min + 5min Q&A) Dr Ingrid Overeinder, UZ Brussels
- Risks and associations of HF & AF (15min + 5min Q&A) Dr Manuel Carnero, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid
- Treatment options: a matter for all of us (15min + 5min Q&A)
Conclusion (5minutes) Mr Stephen Billing, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall G1
Infections in cardio and thoracic surgeries: Trick or Treat?
Chair: Dr Oezkur
Patient perspectives of postoperative complications in thoracic surgery
Dr Pompili
Barts Surgical Infection Risk Tool to prevent cardiac SSIs
Mr Shipolini
A journey to the cardiac SSIs bundle
Dr Oezkur
What’s new in clinical evidence for CLEAN surgery?
Professor Boisson
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall E1
RESILIA tissue: what does it take to become a new standard?
Chair: Joseph Bavaria and Martin Grabenwöger
What is RESILIA and how did it get here?
Angela De La Fuente
Mid-term outcomes of INSPIRIS RESILIA compared to Magna Ease
Francesco Onorati
7-year COMMENCE trial data
Joseph Bavaria
Long-term economic savings associated with surgical aortic valve replacement using a RESILIA tissue bioprosthesis
Tom Nguyen
Discussion
Panel
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall F1
Discovery fire session: Experts guide to managing complex SAVR cases
Chair: Professor De Kerchove
Panel: Professor Klautz
Welcome
Introduction: Embracing the surgical complexity of the future
Professor De Kerchove
Safe and sound aortic annulus enlargement: best practice with practical examples (using AvalusTM valve and Y-incision)
Dr Yang
Practical tips and tricks for a complex aortic valve replacement through mini thoracotomy (AvalusTM valve case with CorKnotTM)
Professor Bouchot
Solving the aortic root complexity with bio-bentall procedure (live-in-the-box) case review (using AvalusTM valve)
Professor Ehrlich
The real-world evidence of SAVR in complex patients’ cohort: ACE registry results, 500+ patients (with AvalusTM valve)
Professor Verbelen
Invited commentary from Prof. Klautz
Conclusion and final remarks
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall G2
Multi-country clinical experience on Novel Coaxial Drain in Cardio-Thoracic Use
How did I get convinced? Moving from traditional Chest Tube to Smart Coaxial Drain
Dr. med. Bertrand GRAND – Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon – Saint Cloud Clinique Val d’Or – Ile-de-France (France)
Coaxial Drain is more effective in air leak evacuation after lung surgery
Prof. Dr. Michael R. Müller – Sigmund Freud Universität, Lehrstuhl Thoraxchirurgie – Vienna (Austria)
LiveBox Endoscopic Mitral Repair Case and Coaxial Drain post-operative Use: A Full Solution in Cardiac MIS
Dr. med. Karel Van Praet – Klinik für Herz-Thorax-Gefässchirurgie – Herzzentrum der Charité – Berlin (Germany)
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Room 0.14
Contact: [email protected]
Living as a part of you – different tissue restoration in cardiovascular surgery
Chair: Mark G. Hazekamp, MD, PhD/Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Leiden University Medical Center
Living as part of you: alternatives for reconstruction in cardiovascular surgery
Caner Salih, MBChB, MD, FRCS(CTh)/ Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive care, Evelina London Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation trust
Long-term viability, extensibility, and durability of an experimentally regenerated aortic wall in situ by SYNFOLIUM®
Shintaro Nemoto, MD, Ph.D/Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Cardiovascular Patch – Insights from a Short-term Clinical Trial in Japan
Shingo Kasahara, MD, PhD,/Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
Panel discussion
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Room 0.31-0.32
Controversies in Sternal Closure
Moderator: Mr. Jonathan A J Hyde
Welcome and side event opening
Mr. Jonathan A J Hyde
Sternal bone healing and the management of chronic nonunited sternotomy
Mr. John G. Edwards
Rigid plate fixation to prevent sternal complications
Mr. Jonathan A J Hyde
Sternal plating in diabetic patients: the new gold standard?
Dr. David Santer
Q&A
Friday 6th October, 12:15-13:30
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall K1
More than a buzzword: Patient lifetime management
Chair: Volkmar Falk (DE)
Panel: Danny Dvir (IL), Amedeo Anselmi (FR), Giuseppe Bruschi (IT), Thorsten Doenst (DE)
How to approach young patients with severe aortic stenosis
Thorsten Doenst
How to approach redo patients with aortic stenosis
Giuseppe Bruschi
How to approach long life expectancy patients with mitral regurgitation
Amedeo Anselmi
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall G1
New product innovations in pMCS and first experiences with new therapy solutions
Chairs: Payam Akhyari (Germany) and Ivan Netuka (Czech Republic)
First Experience With New pMCS Devices for Left and Right Heart Support
Scott Silvestry, USA
pMCS, ECLS, ECpella, ECmella – When, How and for Whom?
Evgenij Potapov, Germany
Awake Insertion of Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist
Kaveh Eghbalzadeh, Germany
Peri-Operatively Use of Impella Heart Pumps in Cardiac Surgery
Alexander Bernhardt, Germany
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall K2
Hemoadsorption with CytoSorb after 10 years – Where do we stand?
Chairs: Sandra Lindstedt (Sweden) and Piotr Suwalski (Poland)
The Paris experience – Which patients benefit most?
Guillaume Lebreton, France
The Oslo experience – Removal of antithrombotics to reduce complications and costs
Gry Dahle, Norway
The Essen experience – Hemoadsorption in aortic surgery
Heinz Jakob, Germany
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall E1
Mitral valve replacement: current perspectives
Chairs: Jose Luis Pomar & Jörg Kempfert
Mitral repair vs. replacement: should it be debatable?
Nikolaos Bonaros
When should a mitral valve be replaced?
Joerg Kempfert
Patient outcomes and long-term data with mitral valve replacement
Vinod Thourani
My personal experience with mitral valve replacement
Denis Bouchard
Discussion
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall F1
Discovery fire session: New frontiers for Mitral valve treatment
Chairs & Moderators: Professor Kappetein & Mr. Dincer Aktuerk
Panel: Professor Reichenspurner
Welcome
Evolving landscape of Mitral valve therapy: Let’s imagine the future!
Mr. Dincer Aktuerk
Solving the key complexity of Mitral valve replacement in a minimally invasive setting: how to avoid LVOT obstruction (live-in-the-box case)
Professor Ben Gal
Creating physiologic mitral valve movement in an endoscopic procedure (live-in-the-box case)
Professor Borger
Breaking news on transcatheter mitral valve replacement: IntrepidTM valve and Apollo trial update
Professor Modine
Conclusion and summary
Professor Kappetein & Mr. Dincer Aktuerk
Final remarks
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Hall G2
Segmentectomy with 3D Reconstruction
Moderator: Professor Franca Melfi
Speakers:
PROF RENE PETERSEN, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen
MR ALESSANDRO BRUNELLI, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Date: Friday 6 October
Time: 12:15-13:30
Room: Room 0.31-0.32
Empowering limitless Hybrid Solutions
Moderator: Professor Joseph Bavaria
Retrospective Analysis: Thoraflex Hybrid’s Journey to become the global ‘Gold Standard’ FET
Professor Malakh Shrestha
LSA proximal technique with Thoraflex Hybrid
Professor Fernando Fleischman
Initial Japan Experience with Thoraflex Hybrid
Dr. Hitoshi Matsuda
2nd stage TEVARing with Thoraflex Hybrid: Staying on label at all times
Professor Wilson Szeto
A new FET device to simplify proximal and distal redo operations: T – Next
Professor Marco di Eusanio
Raising new Standards in Thoracoabdominal surgery with Thoracoflo
Professor Dr. Sabine Wipper
Further programme information will be displayed in August 2023.
INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES
The EACTS Annual Meeting is the largest event for the cardiothoracic community, attracting several thousand delegates. It provides the perfect forum to promote your products and services to the world’s leading cardiothoracic surgeons as well as physicians in related specialties, residents and allied health professionals.
In addition to our large Exhibition we will be offering a range of other sponsorship opportunities to our Industry partners participating in the 2023 Annual Meeting in Vienna. Further details will be shared soon – if you would like to be included in receiving these, please contact [email protected].
The 37th EACTS Annual Meeting has been registered as COMPLIANT by MedTech.
The support of our industry partners is important. As we develop more flexible and innovative ways to communicate and share educational content, we are excited to offer new engagement opportunities for our industry partners.
We look forward to working with you. For full details and pricing, please contact [email protected]
Exhibitor List 2023
The EACTS trade exhibition is an important and most time efficient way to keep up to date with new to market technology, state of the art products, innovations and developments in the cardiothoracic market. The exhibiting companies are looking forward to meeting the people that matter to their business in one place, demonstrate new products and attract interest from new prospects and existing customers.
