5th Course: Innovations in cardiovascular surgery and how to make them safe

ERICE-SICILY: 12 – 17 MAY 2013

Sponsored by the: • Italian Ministry of Education, University and Scientific Research • Sicilian Regional Government
• Policlinico di Monza Foundation • Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery

A. ZICHICHI
EMFCSC President and director of the centre

U.F. TESLER
Director of the school

J.R. PEPPER – U.F. TESLER – M. TURINA
Directors of the course

Session 1
General aspects

 THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES IN FOSTERING AND MONITORING INNOVATION
J.L. Pomar

   NEW OPERATIONS IN AN ERA OF INTENSE SCRUTINY
J . Pepper

 INNOVATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: HOW THE HYBRID OPERATING
ROOM CAN INFLUENCE CARDIAC SURGERY
C. Grossi

   INNOVATIONS IN NON - INVASIVE IMAGING IN CARDIAC
AND VASCULAR DISEASES
T. Khouri

   INNOVATIONS IN THE REPAIR OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE THORACIC AORTA:
THE ROLE OF ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR (TEVAR) AND VASCULAR DISEASES
M. Turina

   NEW CONCEPTS IN CARDIAC METABOLISM INFLUENCING PATIENTS’ OUTCOME
 G. Perseghin
 

Session 2
Valvular diseases

 INNOVATIONS IN THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MITRAL VALVE REPAIR: FROM FULL STERNOTOMY TO MINI INVASIVE PROCEDURES: MITRAL VALVE REPAIR THROUGH A RIGHT MINITHORACOTOMY
M. Diena

   SURGERY FOR ISCHAEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
J. Pepper

   REPAIR OF TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY: INDICATION AND SURGICAL RESULTS
G. Dreyfus
 

Session 3
Congenital heart disease

   GENETIC ASPECTS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES
G. Neri

   ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION: DOES IT FULFILL THE EXPECTATIONS?
P. Vouhe

   TGA LATE RESULT
M. Turina

   ROSS PROCEDURE FOR AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
D. Tungusov

    INNOVATIONS IN NON INVASIVE IMAGING IN THE LATE FOLLOW-UP OF CORRECTED CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES
T. Khouri
 

Session 4
Arrythmias - Miscellanea

   PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY IS THE GOLD-STANDARD THERAPY FOR CHRONIC
THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONAR Y HYPERTENSION
A. D'Armini

   SURGICAL CORRECTION OF HOCM IN PATIENTS WITH EXTREME HYPERTROPHY AND SEPTAL
MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONAR Y HYPERTENSION
K. Borisov

   HYBRID TREATMENT OF INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIA
Ross M. Reul
 

Session 5

Diseases of the aorta

ADVANCES IN THE SURGERY OF TYPE A ACUTE DISSECTION OF THE AORTA.
PREVENTION OF LA TE COMPLICATIONS THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
J. Bachet

PERSONALIZED PROPHLYACTIC SURGERY FOR MARFAN SYNDROME
J. Pepper

STATE OF THE ART IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM
C. Bicknell
 

Session 6

Aortic valve and aortic root

   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF AORTIC VALVE AND AORTIC ROOT DISEASES
D. Benea

   EARLY AND MIDTERM RESULTS IN SLEEVE SPARING VALVE PROCEDURE FOR AORTIC ROOT ECTASIA
A. Gamba

   BEATING ON-PUMP HEART SURGERY REDUCES OPERATIVE MORTALITY OF HIGH RISK CABG
S. Ziomek
 

Session 7

Heart failure

   SURGICAL REMODELLING FOR THE FAILING VENTRICLE: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
L. Menicanti

   HOW TO SELECT HEART FAILURE PATIENTS FOR MECHANICAL ASSISTANCE:
THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE FAILURE CLINICIAN
A. Mortara

   SURGICAL STRATEGIES IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE OUTCOME
 L. Martinelli