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Focus: Valve 2025
16th Training Course for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery
September 21 - 24, 2025 - Innsbruck/ Austria

Valve Surgery under RE-CONSTRUCTION

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DAY 3 | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 23 | 2025

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

08:30 ICU reportSurgeon on Duty
08:30-08:45The heart of the matter: How new valve guidelines are redefining cardiac surgery
08:45-09:00Theoretical lecture: Academic vs. industry sponsored studies in cardiovascular medicine
08:45-12:30Live surgeries
 

Case presentations live from the OR
Live surgery 5:  Endoscopic MVR and atrial fibrillation surgery
Live surgery 6:  Endoscopic mitral valve repair (Barlow)

10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
 

Presentations Block 3:  Atrial fibrillation

  • Live-in-a-box: Mitral valve repair after TEER
  • Benefit of ablation in mitral surgery
  • Afib surgery in AVR/ CABG procedures - Why and how
  • Reasons for LAA occlusion in cardiac surgery
  • Surgical ablation 2030
 

 

 

12:30-13:30Lunch break
13:30-14:30Mastering the new guidelines for valvular heart disease: A practical playbook
  
  • Aortic
  • Mitral
  • Tricuspid
  • Multivalvular heart disease
 		 
14:30-18:00Live surgeries
 Case presentations live from the OR
Live surgery 7:  Endoscopic MVR, free-hand chordae
Live surgery 8:  Endoscopic MVR, loops and go
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
 Presentations Block 4:

Live-in-a-box: Robotic roman arch

  • Small incision without ERAS is not MICS
  • Prehabilitation for MICS valve surgery
  • CPB/ Cardioplegia modifications for ERAS
  • Towards a no ICU approach for MICS valve surgery
 

 
18:00End of Day 3