Focus: Valve 2026

17th Training Course for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery

September 13 - 16, 2026  |  Innsbruck  |  Austria

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Day 2 | Monday | September 14 | 2026

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

08:15 - 08:20Welcome and opening
08:20- 08:35Aortic valve: Are we thinking enough in lifetimes, not in procedures? The challenge of lifetime management
Myers P
08:35 - 08:50Focus Valve-in-Valve
Bauer A
08:50 - 09:05The Ross procedure: Reclaiming the aortic valve
Vojacek J
09:05 - 09:15Case presentation from the OR
09:15 - 12:00Live surgery block 1
Moderation: Pomar J-L
Panel: Zimpfer D, Wiedemann D, De Paulis R, Delgado V
Echo from the OR: TBA, Whiteboard: Färber G
 

Live surgery 1: Transaxillary AVR using a tissue valve
Surgeon: Di Eusanio M
Learning points: Patient placement, transaxillary access, valve exposure and replacement

Live surgery 2: 3D endoscopic double valve procedure (AVR + MVR)
Surgeon: Pitsis A
Learning points: Incision, port placement, mitral and aortic valve expossure, automated suturing

10:00 - 10:30Coffee break
 

Presentations Block: Endoscopic valve surgery

  • Cannulation and cardioplegia - Getting the setup right
    D'onofrio A
  • Endoaortic balloon - safe and effective use
    Liebold A
  • Surgical AF ablation - From tools line
    Castella M
  • The water test - How to read it right
    Müller L
12:00 - 13:00Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00Robotics
Chair: Dreyfus G, Kempfert J
 
  • New developments after 5 generations of robots
    Bonatti J
  • Robotic setting for mitral repair
    Palmen M
  • STS Expert consensus pathway for robotic cardiac surgery training
    Cerny S
14:00 - 14:30Keynote lecture:
Anterior leaflet prolapse: Still difficult - or just poorly understood?
 Dreyfus G
14:30 - 18:00Live surgery block 2
Moderation: Perier P
Panel: Holfeld J, Grabenwöger M, Siepe M, Delgado V
Echo from the OR: tba, Whiteboard: Borger M
 

Live surgery 3: Mini-Bentall using a tissue valve conduit
Surgeon: Grimm M
Learning points: Patient placement, root exposure, safe coronary buttons re-implantation

Live surgery 4: 3D endoscopic repair in Barlow's disease
Surgeon: Höfer D
Learning points: Port placement, preparatory steps, Barlow's repair

16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
 

Presentations block: Advanced endoscopic valve surgery

  • Mitral annular disjunction - A roadmap for surgeons
    De Paulis R
  • Premeasured loops - Sizing and getting it right
    Kofler M
  • Beating heart triscuspid repair - A step-by-step approach
    Siepe M
  • Bileaflet prolapse - How to make it simple
    Solinas M
18:00End of Day 2