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

08:30 - 09:00Welcome and opening
08:35 - 08:50The beginning of endoscopic valve surgery - Breaking the sternotomy barrier
Perier P
08:50 - 09:00Case presentations
tba
09:00 - 12:00Live surgery block 1 (Case presentation from the OR)
Moderation: tba
Panel: tba
 

Live surgery 1: Transaxillary AVR
Surgeon: Di Eusanio M

Live surgery 2: Endoscopic double valve
Surgeon: Pitsis A

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: tba
 
  • 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: tba
Panel: tba
 

Live surgery 3: Mini-Bentall
Surgeon: De Paulis R

Live surgery 4: Endoscopic mitral
Surgeon: tba

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 - Edge-to-edge done right
    Solinas M
18:00End of Day 2