08.00 - 08.20 

 SPECIAL LECTURE:

 “HANDS ACROSS THE OCEAN” –
 THE DALLAS - LEIPZIG PERSPECTIVE

  M.J. Mack
08.20 - 11.00  SESSION 4:

 THE AORTA

 CHAIRS:
 D. SCHEINERT,
 V. FALK,
 C. MILLER,
 M. TURINA
   

 TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION: OPTIMAL STRATEGY FOR THE ARCH

  R. DI BARTOLOMEO
 HYBRID DEBRANCHING VERSUS CONVENTIONAL
 AORTIC SURGERY: THE ARCH		  M. GRABENWÖGER
 HYBRID DEBRANCHING VERSUS CONVENTIONAL 
 AORTIC SURGERY: TAAA		  T. KURATANI

 REIMPLANTATION OF INTERCOSTAL ARTERIES FOR
 TAAA: YES OR NO

  C. ETZ

 WHEN AND HOW TO INTERVENE FOR MALPERFUSION SYNDROM

 A. SCHMIDT
 
 		  NEW STENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR AORTIC DISEASE  A. SCHMIDT
 A NEW HYBRID STENT-GRAFT FOR FROZEN
 ELEPHANT TRUNK SURGERY		  M. SHRESTHA
 
 
 
 		  AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM: TOTAL SURGICAL
 REPLACEMENT		  F.-W. MOHR,
 R. BATTELLINI,
 C. ETZ
 DAVID AORTIC VALVE SPARING + ARCH ANEURYSM  T. DAVID,
 M. BORGER
 STENTING OF THE AORTA  D. SCHEINERT
 ROSS OPERATION  P. SKILLINGTON,
 P. DOHMEN
 11.00 - 11.30  COFFEEBREAK  
 11.30 - 14.00

 SESSION 5:

 MITRAL VALVE DISEASE

  CHAIRS:
 P. PERIER,
 T. DAVID,
 W. FEHSKE, 
 V. FALK
 
 
 
 
 		  MV REPAIR - THE GOLD STANDARD FOR MORE
 THAN 30 YEARS		 P. PERIER
 ADJUSTABLE MV RING - PRACTICAL NEED AND
 CLINICAL IMPLICATION?		  V. FALK
 ALFIERI TECHNIQUE AT 15 YEARS  O. ALFIERI
 MITRACLIP - PRO AND CON  A. TRENTO
 OPTIMAL TREATMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC MV REGURGITATION  M.E. SARANO
 
 
 

ADJUSTABLE NEOCHORDAE FOR MV REPAIR:
THE V-CHORDAL SYSTEM

TRANSAPICAL OFF-PUMP MV REPAIR

 H. VANERMEN

 

J. SEEBURGER
 LOOP IN LOOP  R. YOZU
 MVR IN AV CANAL REPAIR  M. KOSTELKA
 
ADJUSTABLE NEOCHORDAE FOR MV REPAIR: THE V-CHORDAL SYSTEM
 
  H. VANERMEN
 
 
 
 		  TRANSCATHETER VALVE IN MITRAL VALVE / VALVE IN RING

 
 T. WALTHER,
 G. SCHULER 
 COMPLEX MV REPAIR  D. ADAMS,
 M. MISFELD,
 W. FEHSKE
 COMPLEX MIS MV REPAIR  H. VANERMEN,
 B. PFANNMÜLLER,
 J. ENDER
 ROBOTIC MV REPAIR  
 W.R. CHITWOOD,
 L.W. NIFONG
 14.00 - 15.00  LUNCHBREAK  
 15.00 - 17.30  SESSION 6:

 TREATMENT OF ATRIAL AND
 VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS		  CHAIRS:
 G. HINDRICKS, 
 T. FAYERS, 
 H. KOTTKAMP, 
 R. KLAUTZ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		  EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AF:
 INSIGHTS FROM THE GERMAN AF NETWORK		  G. HINDRICKS
 THE ARRHYTHMOGENIC SUBSTRATE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION  S. DHEIN

 ABLATION - WHY AND WHEN
                                            PRO TRANSCATHETER
                                            PRO SURGICAL


 H. KOTTKAMP
 A. RASTAN
 CLOSURE OF THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE:
 SHOULD I DO IT AND HOW?		  S. MÖBIUS-WINKLER
 ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION - WHAT IS ON THE MARKET AND
 WHAT WORKS?		  T. WEIMAR
 STAGED HYBRID ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT
 OF PERSISTENT AF		  C. MUNERETTO
 
 
 		  EPICARDIAL ABLATION    R. KRAKOR
 AF ABLATION  G. LORBERBAUM
 SUBXYPHOIDAL, SINGLE PORT HYBRID THERAPY  G. WIMMER-GREINECKER
 
 		  TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION 
 LIVE BROADCAST TO "P-C-I LIVE" MUNICH		  N. DOLL,
 M. CZESLA
 CONCOMITANT AF ABLATION  M. MISFELD
 
  20.00    FACULTY DINNER