15th Training Course for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery
September 15 - 18, 2024
Valve Surgery under RE-CONSTRUCTION
Learning Objectives
Minimally invasive access for valve surgery
Patient selection
Preoperative imaging
Mini-thoracotomy and partial sternotomy
Cannulation strategies
Repair techniques for mitral and tricuspid valve
3D videoendoscopy
Prosthetic valve selection
Intraoperative echocardiography for surgeons
Atrial fibrillation
Trouble shooting
Teaching minimally invasive valve surgery
Starting a minimally invasive valve program
Wire skills
Transcatheter interventions in aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves
Patient selection for interventional therapy
Role of the heart team
Wetlab training of minimally invasive mitral surgery
Wetlab interventional valve therapy in a porcine beating heart simulator
Course Format:
Live surgeries in 3D with demonstration of basic techniques as well as advanced tips and tricks
Minimally invasive step-by-step approach to mitral valve and aortic valve surgery
State of the art lectures on selected topics by the international faculty
Wet-lab practice using MICS instruments and endoscopic techniques
Echocardiography for surgeons
Lunch symposia
FOCUS: Valve is intended as an educational program for minimally invasive valve surgery comprising 4 modules
| Module 1 Annual Training Course at Innsbruck Medical University | |
| Module 2 Hands-on WETLAB or intraoperative TEE training subsequent to the annual Training Course. Registration is limited to 14 participants in each workshop. | |
| Module 3 Team visit to the OR of the University Hospital Innsbruck, Department of Heart Surgery Surgeons, scrub nurses, anesthesists and perfusionists welcome! | Registration by personal communication with Nikolaos Bonaros, Daniel Höfer Ludwig Müller |
| Module 4 Proctoring at your local hospital can be planned by personal arrangement. | Registration by personal communication with Nikolaos Bonaros, Daniel Höfer Ludwig Müller |