Fundamentals in Valvular Heart Disease

The Fundamentals in Valvular Heart Disease Course will run from 25 – 27 April 2023 in Windsor. This Course will be available online and in-person, all times shown below are local UK times.  TUESDAY 25 APRIL 08:55 Welcome and introduction A Ranasinghe, Birmingham SESSION 1: ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC VALVE DISEASE AND TREATMENT CHOICE 09:00 Surgical anatomy of the aortic valve A Crucean, Birmingham 09:30 Surgical anatomy of the mitral and tricuspid valves A Crucean, Birmingham 10:00 Aetiology, assessment and indications for aortic valve intervention - Part 1 S Rahman Haley, London 10:45 Break 11:15 Aetiology, assessment and indications for aortic valve intervention - Part 2 S Rahman Haley, London 11:45 TAVI - technical aspects and patient selection G Dahle, Oslo 12:15 Right assess for the right patient (min-sternotomy, RAT, full sternotomy) D Reser, Zurich 12:45 Lunch SESSION 2: AORTIC VALVE MDT 14:00 Valve prosthesis choice T Holubec, Frankfurt 14:30 Aortic … Continue reading "Fundamentals in Valvular Heart Disease"

The Fundamentals in Valvular Heart Disease Course will run from 25 – 27 April 2023 in Windsor.
This Course will be available online and in-person, all times shown below are local UK times. 

TUESDAY 25 APRIL
08:55 Welcome and introduction A Ranasinghe, Birmingham
SESSION 1: ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC VALVE DISEASE AND TREATMENT CHOICE
09:00 Surgical anatomy of the aortic valve A Crucean, Birmingham
09:30 Surgical anatomy of the mitral and tricuspid valves A Crucean, Birmingham
10:00 Aetiology, assessment and indications for aortic valve intervention – Part 1 S Rahman Haley, London
10:45 Break
11:15 Aetiology, assessment and indications for aortic valve intervention – Part 2 S Rahman Haley, London
11:45 TAVI – technical aspects and patient selection G Dahle, Oslo
12:15 Right assess for the right patient (min-sternotomy, RAT, full sternotomy) D Reser, Zurich
12:45 Lunch
SESSION 2: AORTIC VALVE MDT
14:00 Valve prosthesis choice T Holubec, Frankfurt
14:30 Aortic valve guidelines T Holubec, Frankfurt
15:00 MDT S Rahman Haley, London
17:00 Close
WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL
IN-PERSON ONLY:
SESSION 3: HANDS-ON PART 1
09:00 Aortic valve wetlab T Holubec, Frankfurt; D Reser, Zurich; G Dahle, Oslo; T Barker, Coventry
12:30 Lunch
IN-PERSON ONLY:
SESSION 4: HANDS-ON PART 2
14:00 Mitral/Tricuspid/AF wetlab M Castella, Barcelona; N Bonaros, Innsbruck; S Rooney, Birmingham; T Barker, Coventry
17:30 Close
THURSDAY 27 APRIL
SESSION 5: EVIDENCE AND GUIDELINES FOR INTERVENTION 
09:00 Mitral valve N Bonaros, Innsbruck
09:30 Tricuspid valve S Rooney, Birmingham
10:00 Break
SESSION 6: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
10:30 Mitral valve replacement S Rooney, Birmingham
11:00 Mitral valve repair techniques N Bonaros, Innsbruck
11:30 Tricuspid valve repair/replacement N Bonaros, Innsbruck
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Transcatheter technologies R Yadav, London
13:30 Surgical treatment of AF M Castella, Barcelona
14:00 Break
14:15 Mitral valve MDT M Castella, Barcelona; R Yadav, London
16:15 Close

Programme and faculty subject to change.

COURSE INFORMATION

Date/Duration
25-27 April 2023 (3 day course)

Location
Windsor, UK

Course Director
A Ranasinghe, Birmingham

Course Format
In-person meeting
Interactive lectures
MDT session
Hands-on wetlab

Course Fee
This course is available online and in-person.

In-person registration fees include all sessions, breaks, lunch and dinner on Tuesday 25 April.
In-person fees (Windsor,UK):
Members: €495.00
Non-Members: €595.00

Online registration fees include all sessions, except sessions 3 and 4.  Kindly note there is no interactive function and you will not be able to interact with Faculty and other attendees.

Hybrid fees (online only):
Members: €150.00
Non-Members: €200.00

Course Overview
The “Fundamentals in…” – series focusing particularly on valvular heart disease – aortic, mitral and tricuspid.
The lectures of the course are covering clinical aspects from diagnosis, to advanced investigations and medical therapy necessary for the decision-making and treatment of the patients.  In the case studies session the participants are invited to join the discussions of selected cases, exchange experience and discuss questions.

Target Audience
Skills Level 1 – Residents in training with the course content closely allied to the EBCTS syllabus.

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Faculty

  • Aaron Ranasinghe
  • Tom Barker
  • Nikolaos Bonaros
  • Manuel Castella
  • Adrian Crucean
  • Gry Dahle
  • Tomas Holubec
  • Shelley Rahman Haley
  • Diana Reser
  • Stephen Rooney
  • Rashmi Yadav