Focus: Valve 2025

16^th Training Course for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery

September 21 - 24, 2025 | Innsbruck | Austria

Precision in motion: Shaping the future of endoscopic valve surgery

DAY 3 | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 23 | 2025

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

08:25	ICU report		Surgeon on Duty
08:30-08:45	The heart of the matter: How new valve guidelines are redefining cardiac surgery Borger M
08:45-09:00	Academic vs. industry sponsored studies in cardiovascular medicine Milojevic M
08:45-12:30	Live surgeries Moderation: Alfieri O Panel: Di Eusanio M, Girdauskas E, Grabenwöger M, Seitelberger R
	Case presentations live from the OR Live surgery 5: Endoscopic MVR and atrial fibrillation surgery Surgeon: Girdauskas E Live surgery 6: Endoscopic mitral valve repair (Barlow) Surgeon: Höfer D Faciliator: Ajmone N
10:30-11:00	Coffee break at the exhibition hall
	Presentations Block 3: Atrial fibrillation Live-in-a-box: Concomitant AV/ MV • Benefit of ablation in mitral surgery • Afib surgery in AVR/ CABG procedures - Why and how • Reasons for LAA occlusion in cardiac surgery • Austrian Digital Heart Project		Pitsis A Benussi S Krane M Doll N Bauer A
10:00-11:00	SKILLS LAB: Aortic and mitral endoscopic simulators, aortic and mitral on a simulator open surgery simulators, MICS & ECMO Cannulation Trainer meeting point: registration desk
12:30-13:30	Lunch break at the exhibition hall
13:30-14:30	Mastering the new guidelines for valvular heart disease: A practical playbook Moderation: Praz F, Borger M
	• Pushing boundaries, backed by proof in guidelines • Aortic • Mitral • Tricuspid		Milojevic M De Paulis R Praz F Ajmone N
14:30-18:00	Live surgeries Moderation: Doll N Panel: Schachner T, Garbi M, De Paulis R, Modi P, Seitelberger R
	Case presentations live from the OR Live surgery 7: Endoscopic MVR, loops and go Surgeon: Benussi S, Krapf C Live surgery 8: Endoscopic MVR, free-hand chordae Surgeon: Treede H Discussion of strategies: Panel
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee break at the exhibition hall
	Presentations Block 4: Live-in-a-box: Robotic roman arch MICS + ERAS: 7 pillars Prehabilitation for MICS valve surgery CPB/ Cardioplegia modifications for ERAS Between success and failure - the two best of my post surgery imagings (online)		Kofidis T Di Eusanio M Kindo M Girdauskas E Delgado V
15:00-16:00	SKILLS LAB: Aortic and mitral endoscopic simulators, aortic and mitral on a simulator open surgery simulators, MICS & ECMO Cannulation Trainer meeting point: registration desk
18:00	End of Day 3

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