Day 1 Opening & Session 1 - Imaging and access 

Moderators: Joerg Kempfert & Marta Sitges

Procedural analyst: Piotr Suwalski

Live cases introduction Panel

• Live Case 1: 3D endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair by Fitsum Lakew
• Live Case 2: 3D endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair by Markus Kofler

During the live cases:

Preoperative imaging: current status and future perspective by Marta Sitges

 Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: access and exposure by Antonio Pitsis

Is robotic access in valve surgery here to stay? by Piotr Suwalksi

Live-box-case: robotic mitral valve repair by Feras H. Khaliel

Discussion with the Panel

Moderators: Patrick Perier & Feras H. Khaliel

Chatmaster: Serkan Ertugay

Classic proven resection techniques by Gilles Dreyfus

Non-Resection: how to do “Chordae Loop” by Joerg Kempfert

Non-Resection: how to do “Freehand Chords” by Marco Solinas

Discussion Panel

Special lecture: My journey in mitral surgery by Patrick Perier

Moderators: Fitsum Lakew & Stephan Jacobs

Procedural analyst: Gilles Dreyfus

Chatmaster: Antonio Pitsis

Live cases introduction Panel

• Live Case 3: 3D Mini-thoracotomy Mitral Valve Repair by Michael Borger
• Live Case 4: 3D Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair by Joerg Kempfert

During the live cases:

Debriefing of live cases - Day 1 by Axel Unbehaun

How to treat AML and commissural prolapse? by Michael Chu

The concept of Mitral Annular Dysjunction (MAD) by Serkan Ertugay

How to repair a “Barlow”? by Markus Kofler

How to deal with MAC? by Mario Castillo-Sang

Discussion Panel

Moderators: Mario Castillo-Sang & Piotr Suwalski

Procedural analyst: Marco Solinas

Chatmaster: Tomas Holubec

Live cases introduction Panel

Live Case 5: Aortic valve replacement via Transaxillary access by Marco Di Eusanio

Live Case 6: Mitral valve replacement by Michael Chu

During the live cases:

Complications after mitral valve surgery and how to avoid them by Mario Castillo-Sang

Live-box-case: MIS beating-heart Re-Do Tricuspid repair by Stephan Jacobs

Endocarditis: surgical strategies and pitfalls by Michael Borger

Discussion Panel

Special lecture: Lifetime management by Axel Unbehaun

Moderators: Volkmar Falk & Michael Chu

Procedural analyst: Michael Borger

Chatmaster: Axel Unbehaun

Live cases introduction Panel

Live Case 7: 3D endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement by Joerg Kempfert

Live Case 8: MIS partial sternotomy David Procedure by Tomas Holubec

During the live cases:

Debriefing of live cases - Day 2 by Axel Unbehaun

Beyond small incisions: ERAS as part of the patient journey by Marco Di Eusanio

Training on MIS and endoscopic surgery by Antonio Pitsis

Redo after TAVR: technical considerations by Volkmar Falk

Discussion Panel

Closure by Volkmar Falk