Scientific Program Thursday, June 7, 2007 09:00 19:00 Registration 09:00 10:00 Breakfast at the Congress Center 10:00 10:05 Opening Remarks H. Sievert 10:05 10:15 Follow-up of the Patients 2006 C. Heinisch 10:15 12:20 Session I Atrial Septal Defects Chairperson: S. Qureshi Panel: Z. Amin, P. Ewert, Y. Ho, E.B. Sideris, R. Zamora, Procedures Step by Step Pathology of Atrial Septal Defects To Close or not to Close?: Atrial Septal Defects are NOT That Simple-Sometimes The Solysafe Occluder: Results of the Multicenter Trial Transcatheter Patch Closure of ASDs: Fact or Fiction? Y. Ho Z. Amin P. Ewert R. Zamora, Procedures Step by Step 12:30 13:50 Lunch Sessions and Industry Exhibition Room: A1 Helex Septal Occluder Past, Present and Future Supported by W.L. Gore Chairperson: J. Thomson Panel: G. Horstick, B. Knight, O. Ormerod, L. Sondergaard 6-Year Follow-up in ASD Single Centre PFO Results Future Multicenter Study B. Knight H. Horstick L. Sondergaard Room: D1 Large Sheaths: Access Site Management Chairperson: G. Robertson Panel: M. Doss,, R. Ibrahim, Z. Turi How to Avoid Percutaneous Access Complications? Different Techniques of Surgical Exposure Z. Turi M. Doss
Percutaneous Suture With Perclose R. Ibrahim Management of Complications Room: E1 How to Close Difficult VSDs: Tips & Tricks Chairperson: Z. Hijazi Panel: M. Carminati, O. Ormerod, K. Walsh Perimembraneous VSDs Muscular VSDs Post-MI VSDs How to Avoid and Treat Complications Z. Hijazi M. Carminati K. Walsh O. Ormerod Room: Conclusio II TEE, ICE and TCD for the Interventionalist Chairperson: R. Quesada Panel: M. Mullen, E. Onorato, N. Wunderlich How to use TEE Intracardiac Echocardiography for Almost all Interventions Transcranial Doppler Sonography: Essential Before and After PFO Closure N. Wunderlich M. Mullen E. Onorato 14:00 16:00 Session II Patent Foramen Ovale Chairperson: E. Onorato Panel: J. Bass, J. DeGiovanni, H.-C. Koennecke, S. Windecker, Procedures Step by Step Debate on PFO Closure to Prevent Recurrent Paradoxical Embolism Nice to Close PFOs but it Should be Done Only Within Randomized Trials Nice to Have Randomized Trials but PFO Closure has Become Standard of Care Debate on PFO Closure for Migraine Therapy It's all Speculation Already Today Indicated at Least in Selected Patients PFO Anatomy and Device Design H.-C. Koennecke S. Windecker H.-C. Koennecke J. DeGiovanni J. Bass, Procedures Step by Step 16:00 16:30 Coffee Break and Industry Exhibition
16:30 18:00 Session III LV and RV Outflow Tract Chairperson: M. Tynan Panel: L. Benson, Y. Ho, M. Schneider Pathology of the Left and Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Subvalvular and Non-calcified Valvular Aortic Stenoses: When and how to Treat? Stenting of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Y. Ho M. Schneider L. Benson 18:10 19:30 Evening Sessions Room: A1 Closure of Difficult ASDs: Tips and Tricks Chairperson: J. Masura Panel: T. Akagi, F. Berdjis, Z. Hijazi ASDs Without Anterior Rim ASDs Without Posterior Rim Very Large ASDs T. Akagi Z. Hijazi J. Masura Room: D1 PFO Closure Techniques: Which one to use Today, Which one Tomorrow? Chairperson: E. Onorato Panel: J. DeGiovanni, P. Ewert, R. Figulla, C. Heinisch,, L. Sondergaard, S. Windecker, W. Zimmermann Amplatzer CardioSEAL-STARflex/BioSTAR Helex Premere Solysafe Occlutech SeptRx Cierra Radiofrequency The Coherex PFO Closure Device: A new Concept of PFO Closure S. Windecker J. DeGiovanni L. Sondergaard P. Ewert R. Figulla W. Zimmermann C. Heinisch B. Whisenant
Room: E1 How to Stent Large Vessels Chairperson: O. Galal Panel: Z. Amin, J. Bass, F. Berger, G. Brzezinska-Rajszys In Typical Coarctation In Complex Hypoplastic Aortic Arch Syndroms In Pulmonary Artery Stenoses and Hypoplasia In the Venous System Z. Amin G. Brzezinska- Rajszys F. Berger J. Bass Friday, June 8, 2007 07:00 08:00 Poster Session and Breakfast at the Congress Center Chairmen: T. Akagi, F. Berdjis, J. Weil 08:00 10:00 Session IV Coarctation and Aortic Aneurysm Chairperson: N. Wilson Panel: Z. Amin, J.P. Cheatham, Y. Ho, J. Reidy, D. Schranz Anatomy of Coarctation and Hypoplastic Aortic Arch Syndromes Stent Placement in Coarctation of the Aorta: Results and Complications From the Consortium Data Is There a Place for Stents in Neonates and Small Children With Coarctation? Bioresorbable Stents in Small Children and Newborns Stentgrafts in Thoracic Aortic Disease Y. Ho Z. Amin J.P. Cheatham D. Schranz J. Reidy 10:00 10:30 Coffee Break and Industry Exhibition 10:30 12:20 Session V Ventricular Septal Defects Chairperson: M. Tynan Moderator: S. Qureshi Panel: M. Carminati, Z. Hijazi, R. Ibrahim, T.-P. Lê, J. Weil Results of the European Multicenter Registry for VSD Closure Device Closure of Perimembraneous VSDs Is too Dangerous and Should be Abandoned Is Safe With Good Technique Post Myocardial Infarction VSDs M. Carminati J. Weil Z. Hijazi R. Ibrahim
VSD Closure With the new PFM Coil T.-P. Lê 12:30 13:50 Lunch Sessions and Industry Exhibition Room: A1 The Future of PFO Closure: Bioabsorbable Materials and PFO Morphology Supported by NMT Medical Chairperson: J. DeGiovanni Panel: C. Jux, A. Khan, M. Mullen PFO Morphology: Migraine vs. Stroke patients Lessons in Echo From the MIST Trial Healing Response to Permanent and Bioresorbable Septal Occluder Devices Bioabsorbable Materials in Structural Heart Repair: BioSTAR and Beyond A. Khan C. Jux M. Mullen Room: D1 Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair With a Clip Supported by e-valve Chairperson: Panel: O. Alfieri, S. Kar The Surgical Edge-to-Edge Repair: Patient Selection, Technique and Results Mitral Clip Procedure Review of Clinical Results O. Alfieri S. Kar Room: E1 How to do Transseptal Puncture Chairperson: Z. Turi Panel: A. Cribier, R. Ibrahim, R. Quesada Different Techniques to do it Under Fluoroscopic Guidance TEE and ICE Guidance Where to Puncture for Different Procedures? Transseptal Puncture With RadioFrequency A. Cribier R. Quesada Z. Turi R. Ibrahim
Room: Conclusio II How to Treat Coarctation Chairperson N. Wilson Panel: M. Carminati, O. Galal, Balloon Angioplasty Only Works Well Stent Implantation is Mandatory Covered Stents are Better Long-Term Follow-up and Results O. Galal M. Carminati N. Wilson 14:00 14:30 Special Lecture Chairperson: S. Qureshi, N. Wilson A Global View on Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease: Who Does What and Where and how and why? M. Tynan 14:30 16:00 Session VI Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Chairperson: A. Cribier Panel:, A. Moritz, R. Mueller, J. Rogers, E.M. Tuzcu Valvuloplasty as Bridging to Percutaneous Valve Implantation: Indications, Technique and Results The Cribier-Edwards Valve The CoreValve New Aortic Valves New Percutaneous Aortic Valves Transapical Approach A. Cribier E.M. Tuzcu R. Mueller J. Rogers A. Moritz 16:00 16:30 Coffee Break and Industry Exhibition 16:30 18:00 Session VII Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Chairperson: R. Heuser Panel: O. Alfieri,, Y. Ho,, S. Kar, A. Moritz, J. Rogers What the Interventionalist can Learn From the Pathologist Y. Ho
Debate About Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair It Looks Great but it Will not Work It Will Replace Surgical Valve Repair at Least in Selected Patients When not to Attempt an Edge-to-Edge Repair Current Status of Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair Update on Transcatheter Annuloplasty New Concepts for Transcatheter Valve Repair: Ample Medical "PS3 System" The RF Approach: Quantum Cor Myocor icoapsys A. Moritz O. Alfieri S. Kar J. Rogers R. Heuser 20:00 23:00 Social Dinner Saturday, June 9, 2007 07:00 08:00 Breakfast at the Congress Center 08:00 10:00 Session VIII What Comes Next? Chairperson: G. Robertson Moderator: N. Wilson Panel: U. Babic, J.P. Cheatham, S. Kar, M. Vanderheyden, J. Yadav PFO Sponge Occluder With Suture Based Anchor Catheter Treatment of Left Ventricular Aneurysms Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure With the Remon Device: The PAPIRUS II Study Chronic Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring for Patients With Heart Failure: The Homestasis Study The CardioMEMS Device for Long-Term Non-Invasive PA Pressure and Cardiac Output Measurements Catheter Based Implantation of Chordae Tendineae for Mitral Repair "Other new Stuff" U. Babic G. Robertson M. Vanderheyden S. Kar J. Yadav U. Babic J.P. Cheatham
10:00 10:30 Coffee Break and Industry Exhibition 10:30 12:20 Session IX Other Structural and Congenital Heart Interventions Chairperson: S. Qureshi Moderator: N. Wilson Panel: M. Gewillig, R. Ibrahim, J.-F. Piéchaud, R. Quesada, M. Schneider, K. Walsh Unusal Access to the Heart: Transhepatic, Direct Thoracic, Transapical Update on Left Atrial Appendage Closure Interventional Treatment of Central Veneous Occlusions Paravalvular Leak Closure Catheter Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Use of Amplatzer Plug, a Versatile Tool. M. Gewillig R. Quesada M. Schneider R. Ibrahim K. Walsh J.-F. Piéchaud 12:30-13:50 Lunch Sessions and Industry Exhibition Room: A1 How to Close Paravalvular Leaks Chairperson: J.-F. Piechaud Panel: J. DeGiovanni, R. Ibrahim, N. Wilson Mitral Leaks Aortic Leaks How to Avoid and how to Treat Complications R. Ibrahim J. DeGiovanni N. Wilson Room: D1 How to Close Fistulae Chairperson: L. Benson Panel:, J. Reidy Coronary Fistulae Pulmonary AV Fistulae Peripheral Fistulae and AV Malformations L. Benson J. Reidy
Room: E1 How to Retrieve Embolised Devices Chairperson: J. Cheatham Panel: Y. Bayard, M. Carminati, D. Schranz From the Venous System From the Arterial Circulation Case Presentations D. Schranz M. Carminati Y. Bayard 14:00-16:00 Session X Complications Chairperson: N. Wilson Panel:, S. Qureshi, J. Thomson, Z. Turi K. Walsh My Worst Complication Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 K. Walsh Z. Turi S. Qureshi J. Thomson Closing Remarks and Thank You H. Sievert S. Qureshi N. Wilson Sunday, June 10, 2007 09:00-16:00 PFO Closure With the Premere Device H. Sievert Sponsored by St. Jude Medical Hands-on Workshop in the Catheterization lab of the CardioVascular Center Frankfurt (Individual Registration Mandatory) Monday, June 11, 2007 09:00-16:00 ASD and PFO Closure H. Sievert Hands-on Workshop in the Catheterization lab of the CardioVascular Center Frankfurt (Individual Registration Mandatory)