Focus: Valve 2026

17th Training Course for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery

September 13 - 16, 2026  |  Innsbruck  |  Austria

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DAY 3 | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15 | 2026

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

08:30 -08:35ICU Update
Surgeon on duty
08:35 - 08:50Aortic valve: Are we thinking enough in lifetimes, not procedures?
The challenge of lifetime management
Myers P
08:50 - 09:05The Ross Procedure: Reclaiming the aortic valve
Vojacek J
09:05 - 12:00Live surgery block 3 (Case presentation from the OR)
Moderation: tba
Panel: tba
 

Live surgery 5: Endoscopic mitral
Surgeon: Lakew F

Live surgery 6: Robotic mitral
Surgeon: Pereda D (live from Barcelona)

Live surgery 7: Endoscopic mitral
Surgeon: Girdauskas E

10:00 - 10:30Coffee break
 

Presentations Block: Master course in endoscopic valve surgery

  • My best trick address major annular calcifications
    Benussi S
  • My best tricks for redos in fibrillating heart
    Dzemali O
  • My best tricks for a mini-MVR in patients with hostile thorax
    Modi P
  • My best tricks for endoscopic mitral repair and biatrial ablation
    Suwalski P
12:00 - 13:00Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00Atrial fibrillation: From stepchild to spotlight
Moderation: tba
 
  • How to detect silent AF (watches, ECG, ILR)
    Bauer A
  • PFA ablation
    Orsorio E
  • New clamps for ablation
    Gollmann-Tepeköylü C
  • Anticoagulation after valve surgery: Are we overtreating or taking risks?
    Milojevic M
14:30 - 18:00Live surgery block 4
Moderation: tba
Panel: tba
 

Live surgery 8: Mitral Afib
Surgeon: Doll N

Live surgery 9: Mitral/ Tricuspid
Surgeon: tba

16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
 

Debate session:

PART 1: Let`s argue with facts: 5 slides to convince me

Patient with primary MR, mild TR, annulus 40

  • Do the tricuspid
    Conradi L
  • Forget the trcuspid
    Quintana E
     

Young patient with cardiomyopathy 37% EF and secondary ventricular MR

  • TEER with new generation devices
    Hausleiter J

  • Surgery with subvalvular techniques
    Färber G

     

PART 2: Let's be honest….
Moderation: Golllmann-Tepeköylü C
Panel: Perier P, Pomar J-L, Alfieri O, Dreyfus G, Grimm M

Topic 1: Endoscopic valve surgery: Star surgeon or many players?
Elite technique or daily practice? (Live Poll)

Topic 2: Posterior leaflet repair 2035: the majority of surgeons will do…
Mini
Robotic
Transaxillary

Topic 3: The aortic alve will come back…
Only without sternotomy
It does not matter

18:00End of Day 2