Program – Overview


April 15, 2011, LOCATION KUNSTHAUS ZURICH


 

08:45 am

Welcome Adresses

 
Rita Ziegler
 
lic. oec. HSG, Chief Executive Officer, UniversityHospital Zurich
Prof. Andreas Fischer
 
President, University Zurich
Dr. Thomas Heiniger
 
Head of the Department of Public Health, Canton of Zurich

  

Key Note Lectures  

 
Historical Overview - 50 years of Cardiac Surgery in Zurich

Marko Turina

The Explosion of Knowledge in Cardiovascular Disease Thomas F. Lüscher
 
Designing the Heart Center of the Future Volkmar Falk
 

 

10:00 am  COFFEE BREAK

 

10:30 am  Coronary Artery Disease

 

Chairs: A.P. Kappetein / W. Wijns / M. Genoni / H. Rickli
 

CABG vs PCI - Where do we Stand in 2011? 
 

 


D.P. Taggart

The New ESC/ EACTS Guidelines on Coronary Revascularisation

W. Wijns
Imagery Guided Coronary Intervention - From Fused Images to Targeted Therapy

O. Gämperli
Off Pump Surgery 2011 - Finally Time to Change your Practice?

M.J. Mack
The Future of PCI
 
T.F. Lüscher
Video Presentation : Hybrid Approach - MIDCAB
S. Jacobs

 

 12:30 pm  LUNCH BREAK

 

01:30 pm  Valves I (Mitral Valve)

 

Chairs: A.F. Carpentier / T. Mihaljevic / F.W. Mohr/ R. Siebenmann

 
Interventional Mitral Valve Repair

A. Vahanian
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair - The European Perspective

H. Vanerman
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair - The US Perspective

W.R. Chitwood
How to Repair Bileaflet Prolapse
 
D.H. Adams
Video Presentation : Minimally Invasive Robotic Mitral Valve Repair
 
T. Mihaljevic
Adjustable Chords - Adjustable Rings
 
F. Maisano
Mitraclip R. Corti

 

03:00 pm  COFFEE BREAK

03:30 pm  Valves II (Aortic Valve)

 

Chairs: M.H. Yacoub / T. Walther / J.Grünenfelder

 
Current trends in Aortic Root Surgery

M.H. Yacoub
Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation
 
J.G. Webb
Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
 
T. Walther
Aortic Valve Stenosis - When to do what?
 
R.S. Lange
Video Presentation : Transcatheter AVR
J. Grünenfelder

 

 

04:30 pm  Arrhythmias

 

Chairs: K. Khargi / F.S. Eckstein / S.P. Salzberg

 
The Basics for Surgical AF - Treatment

K. Khargi
Minimally Invasive AF - Treatment

M. Castella
Surgical AF Ablation - Who Benefits?

G. Wimmer - Greinecker

Video Presentation : Single Port A - Fib Surgery
B. Gersack
 
 

07:30 pm  DINNER 
                Terrasse Restaurant
                
Limmatquai 3, 8001 Zürich

 

April 16, 2011, Location Kunsthaus Zurich, Auditorium 
 
 

 

08:30 am  Aortic Surgery

 

Chairs: F.J. Veith / Th. Pfammatter / M. Lachat

 
The Evolution of Vascular Surgery

F.J. Veith

Current Trends in Surgery of the Aorta 

 

M. Thompson
Carotid Artery - Operative vs. Nonoperative Treatment
 
J. Brunkwall
Simulation/ Training is Required for all Operators
N.J.W. Cheshire

Video Presentation : Endovascular Repair of TAAA

M. Lachat

 

10:00 am  COFFEE BREAK

 

10:30 am  Congential

 
Chairs: P.R. Vouhé / H.-J. Schäfers / R. Prêtre

 

Congenital Aortic Valve Surgery - A Surgical Challenge

 P.R. Vouhé

Interventional Treatment for Congential AS

F. Berger

Aortic Valve Repair for Bicuspid Valves

 

H.-J. Schäfers
Aortic Valve Tissue Engineering - A Solution for Congenital AS?

S. P. Hoerstrup

Video Presentation: Tirone David Procedure, Aortic Valve Repair (Stenosis)


R. Prêtre
R. Prêtre

 

 

12:30 pm  Heart Failure

Chairs: L.K.v. Segesser / F. Ruschitzka / V. Falk

 
Miniature Assist Devices

R. Hetzer
Destination Therapy - A Moral Imperative?
 
J. Gummert
Tissue Engineering for Heart Failure
 
G. Gerosa
Resynchronisation Therapy - Who Benefits? J. Holzmeister

Video Presentation : LVAD Implantation

S. Jacobs

 
 

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