Day 1 | Sunday | September 13 | 2026
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
| 10:00-12:00 | Pre-meeting session: Next-generation MIC surgeons Moderation: Höfer D | ||
| 13:10-14:30 | Session 1: Case-based learning: Aortic valve Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery: How far should we push it? Moderation: tba | ||
| One case presenter and one surgeon from the same team present and comment on cases on a dialogue format. The case presenter shows the echo findings, the surgeon comments on the technique of repair. A commentator provides theoretical knowledge on basic definitions | |||
| BLOCK 1: Transaxillary AVR (Team Ancona) | Case presenter
| Surgeon Di Eusanio M | Echocardiography analyst Delgado V |
| BLOCK 2: Aortic stenosis + HOCM (Team Mainz) | Case presenter
| Surgeon Treede H | Echocardiography analyst Delgado V |
| BLOCK 3: Aortic stenosis and small aortic annulus (Team Berlin) | Case presenter
| Surgeon Kempfert J | Echocardiography analyst Delgado V |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Session 2: Mitral valve repair: Decision-making in challenging cases Moderation: tba | ||
| BLOCK 1: Complex mitral repair (Team Leipzig) | Case presenter
| Surgeon Borger M | Echocardiography analyst Berrebi A |
| BLOCK 2: Bileaflet prolapse (Team Paris) | Case presenter
| Surgeon Zannis K | Echocardiography analyst Berrebi A |
| BLOCK 3: Anterior leaflet (Team Innsbruck) | Case presenter
| Surgeon Bonaros N | Echocardiography analyst Berrebi A |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3: Practice changing trials every cardiac surgeon must know 2025 - 2026 Moderation: tba | ||
| Borger M | ||
| 18:00 | End of Day 1 | ||