PROGRAM

17:00 – 17:15

Heart-Team: why we are here?

M. Leon, T. Lüscher, F. Maisano

17:15– 17:30

2015: the year of the mitral

M. Leon

17:30 – 17:45

Surgical mitral valve therapy: historical perspective and state of the art

O. Alfieri

17:45 – 18:00

Transcatheter mitral valve therapy for Mitral Stenosis: an established solution

B. Meier

18:00 – 18:20

Transcatheter mitral valve therapy for Mitral Regurgitation: an emerging alternativ

T. Feldman

18:20 – 18:40

Imaging for the Mitral valve

J. Bax

18:40 – 19:00

Panel discussion

19:30 – 22:10

Scientific Dinner Symposium sponsored by

“Optimizing outcomes with MitraClip”
An advanced course on how to optimize MitraClip
outcomes “towards surgical standards”

T. Feldman, O. Franzen, F. Maisano, M. Leon,
G. Pedrazzini, M. Zuber

08:00 – 09:00

Echo, Coffee  and “Gipferli” – Live Echo Screening of Mitral Regurgitation

Featured by Luzerner Kurs in Echokardiographie

Breakfast-in-a-box with live TEE/TTE – interactive moderated discussion

Panel: P. Erne, F. Faletra, C. Gruner, F. Tanner

09:00 – 12:00

LIVE CASES transmission

Case presentation and Heart-Team discussion
MitraClip live case
Surgical minimally invasive mitral valve repair

Moderators: M Leon, M. Mack

Panel: O. Alfieri, A. Colombo, V. Falk, T. Feldman, M. Genoni, R. Jansen,
A. Linka, B. Meier, T. Mocetti, P. Müller, G. Pedrazzini, H. Rickli, C. Ruiz,
F. Ruschitzka, F. Siclari, F. Tanner, A. Vuilliomenet, J. Webb

12:00 – 12:30

Roundtable Panel discussion

12:30 – 14:00

Beyond MitraClip state of the art

(evidence and new insights in transcatheter mitral valve repair)

Lunch Symposium with Live in a Box cases
(transcatheter and surgical mitral valve procedures).

Moderators: T. Carrel, S. Windecker

Panel: E. Eeckhout, V. Falk, O. Franzen, O. Gämperli, C. Gruner, M. Mack, F. Nietlispach, R. Pretre, C. Steffen, H. Vanermen, P. Wenaweser

Cases: O. Alfieri, S. Goldberg, E. Grube, G. Lutter, F. Maisano

14:00 – 14:20

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement techniques and outcomes

N. Piazza

14:20 – 14:35

Live in a box Valve replacement

J. Webb 

14:35– 15:00

Panel discussion

15:00 – 15:45

Imaging of the future

C. Ruiz

15:45 – 16:00

Device and medical therapy interaction in Heart Failure

F. Ruschitzka

16:00 – 16:20

Future of Mitral Valve procedures: let’s shape the future together

Moderators: M. Leon, T. Luscher, F. Maisano

Panel: A. Colombo, F. Eberli, T. Feldman, O. Franzen, A. Gross, A. Linka,
M. Mack, B. Meier, P. Müller, G. Pedrazzini, N. Piazza, H. Rickli, R. Robb, C. Steffen, S. Windecker, H. Vanermen, A. Vuilliomenet

16:20 – 16:30

Wrap up session and closing remarks