9:00 - 11:00 First session Модераторы: Leo A. Bockeria (Moscow, Russia), Marko Turina (Zurich, Switzerland) Maze myths James Cox Update strategy for organ protection during thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm open repair Roberto Chiesa Hybrid coronary revascularization: techniques and results Claudio Muneretto Can we teach qualify and quantify a good coronary anastomosis? Paul Sergeant
11:20 - 13:20 Second session Модераторы: Francis Wellens (Brussel, Belgium), Claudio Muneretto (Brescia, Italy) Heart valve surgery at the interface between first and third world Peter Zilla Cardiovascular pathology: surgery and interventions in Russian Federation Leo A. Bockeria Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve disease Ralph J. Damiano The development of TAVI – European perspective, results from the German aortic valve registry Friedrich W. Mohr
14:00 - 16:30 Third session Модераторы: Paul Sergeant (Leuven, Belgium), Peter Zilla (Cape Town, South Africa) Cardiac surgery for heart failure Francis Wellens Is it time to abandon off-pump CABG? David Taggart Open conversion after TEVAR: tips and tricks Roberto Chiesa Stem cell therapy Leslie Miller The role of MCS in acute cardiogenic shock: from ECMO to total artifical heart Gino Gerosa
16:50 - 18:20 Fourth session (Video Session) Модераторы: David Taggart (Oxford, UK), Marko Turina (Zurich, Switzerland) Hybrid repair of aortic arch aneurysms Roberto Chiesa Arterial switch operation in complex TGA with criss-cross heart Viktor Hraska The role of thoracoscopy in treatment of arrhythmia Francis Wellens Cone reconstruction of Ebstein’s malformation of tricuspid valve in infant Viktor Hraska Evolution of LVAD implantation techniques: from conventional to micro-invasive surgery Gino Gerosa The Cox-Maze-IV procedure James Cox
9:00 - 11:00 Fifth session Модераторы: Ralph J. Damiano (St. Louis, USA), Roland Hetzer (Berlin, Germany) The role of the cardiac surgeon in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias Francis Wellens Miniaturized LVAD: what is in the pipeline? Gino Gerosa What is the 2nd best arterial graft? IMA or RA David Taggart It can happen to you today or tomorrow! Paul Sergeant
11:20 - 13:10 Sixth session Модераторы: James Cox (Denver, CO, USA), Gino Gerosa (Padua, Italy) Mechanical circulatory support Leslie Miller New techniques in valve repair: ALRP for systolic anterior motion in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomiopathy, posterior leaflet augmentation for ischemic mitral incompetence and double orifice valve technique for tricuspid valve insufficience Roland Hetzer Recent advances in the surgical treatment of lone atrial fibrillation Ralph J. Damiano Skeletonized and T-graft of internal mammary arteries Friedrich W. Mohr
13:40 - 16:10 Seventh session Модераторы: Viktor Hraska (Sankt Augustin, Germany), Leslie Miller (Tampa, Florida, USA) Grown-up congenital heart disease: a condition in search of optimal treatment Marko Turina Pediatric mechanical circulatory support Roland Hetzer Tackling the disparity: rheumatic heart disease and the lack of cardiac surgery in the developing world Peter Zilla Endoscopic treatment of lone AF Claudio Muneretto Anatomical correction of congenitally corrected: transposition of the great arteries Viktor Hraska
16:20 - 17:50 Eighth session Модераторы: Friedrich W. Mohr (Leipzig, Germany), Marko Turina (Zurich, Switzerland) Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: the why and the how? Leo A. Bockeria Repair techniques to correct the tricuspid valve incompetence in Ebstein’s anomaly (video) Roland Hetzer Hybrid Maze procedures vs. hybrid non-Maze procedures James Cox