9H00

WELCOME

ÁLVARO LARANJEIRA SANTOS
JOSÉ FRAGATA

9H15

1ST SESSION: TAVI AND AORTIC VALVE

90 min – 4 presentations 15 min each and 30 min discussion.

MODERATORS

JOSÉ FRAGATA
Lisboa, Portugal

LINO PATRÍCIO
Lisboa, Portugal

1. INTERMEDIATE RISK AORTIC STENOSIS: TAVI OR SURGERY

JOSÉ CUENCA
La Coruña, Spain

2. CHOOSE THE BEST VALVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TAVI PATIENT

JEAN-CLAUDE LABORDE
Toulouse, France

3. WILL NEW VALVES IN THE NEAR FUTURE CHANGE THE ACCESS APPROACH IN ALL TAVI PATIENTS?

PEDRO CANAS DA SILVA
Lisboa, Portugal

4. SUTURELESS VALVES. ALTERNATIVE TO TAVI?

CARMELO MIGNOSA
Catania, Italy

DISCUSSANTS

JOSÉ PEDRO NEVES
Carnaxide, Portugal

RUI TELES
Carnaxide, Portugal

10H30

COFFEE-BREAK

11H00

2ND SESSION: MARFAN AND RELATED DISORDERS

90 min – 4 presentations 15 min each and 30 min discussion.

MODERATORS

GONZALO PRADAS
Vigo, Spain

RICHARD SCHULENBURG
Kimberley, South Africa

5. WHO HAS MARFAN SYNDROME? SPONTANEOUS MUTATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. KEY DIAGNOSTICS.

ISABEL GASPAR
Lisboa, Portugal

6. SINDROME DE LOEYS-DIETZ. THE RESEARCH THAT DEFINED A CLINICAL SYNDROME.

BART LOEYS
Antwerp, Belgium

7. BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE. EMBRYOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY. IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND CLINIC AND SURGICAL INDICATION?

ROSA GOUVEIA
Lisboa, Portugal

8. INDICATIONS AND SURGICAL OPTIONS IN MARFAN ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS.

DAVIDE PACINI
Bologna, Italy

DISCUSSANTS

LÍDIA DE SOUSA
Lisboa, Portugal

JOSÉ CARLOS AREIAS
Porto, Portugal

ÂNGELO NOBRE
Lisboa, Portugal

12H30

CONFERENCE: WHAT CARDIOLOGISTS AND CARDIAC SURGEONS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MARFAN SYNDROME

DUKE CAMERON
Baltimore, USA

13H00

LUNCH

14H30

3RD SESSION: THORACIC AORTA

105 min – 5 presentations 15 min each and 30 min discussion.

MODERATORS

DUKE CAMERON
Baltimore, USA

PAULO PINHO
Porto, Portugal

9. COULD MRI HELP SURGICAL DECISION MAKING IN THORACIC AORTA?

NUNO JALLES
Lisboa, Portugal

10. PETTI-COAT TECHNIQUE WITH NON-COVERED STENTS IN TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTIONS. INTERMEDIATE AND LONG TERM FALSE LUMEN PATENCY.

ANGEL FLORES
Toledo, Spain

11. ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION: WHEN FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK IS AN OPTION.

KONSTANTINOS TSAGAKIS
Essen, Germany

12. ARCH AND MEGAORTA SYNDROME (MAS). FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK.

KAZIMIERZ WIDENKA
Rzeszowie, Poland

13. ARCH AND MEGAORTA SYNDROME (MAS). HIBRID VERSUS FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK. SANTA MARTA EXPERIENCE.

ÁLVARO LARANJEIRA SANTOS
Lisbon, Portugal

DISCUSSANTS

PEDRO MATOS
Lisboa, Portugal

JOÃO RODRIGUES DA SILVA
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

RICHARD SCHULENBURG
Kimberley, South Africa

16H45

COFFEE-BREAK

17H00

4TH SESSION: THORACO-ABDOMINAL AORTA

60 min – 3 presentations 15 min each and 30 min discussion.

MODERATORS

JOÃO ALBUQUERQUE E CASTRO
Lisboa, Portugal

14. ENDOVASCULAR (OR HIBRID) APPROACH IN 2015

MARTIN MALINA
Malmö, Sweden

15. SURGICAL APPROACH IN 2015

GERMANO MELISSANO
Milan, Italy

16. PARAPLEGIA AND SPINAL CORD PROTECTION. NEUROPROTECTION AND MONITORING.

BAREND MEES
Maastricht, The Netherlands

DISCUSSANTS

FREDERICO GONÇALVES
Lisboa, Portugal

18H00

6 CLINICAL REPORTS “HOW WE DID IT”

5 MINUTES PRESENTATION + 5 MINUTES DISCUSSION

MODERATORS

PAULO PINHO
Porto, Portugal

KAZIMIERZ WIDENKA
Rzeszowie, Poland

DAVIDE PACINI
Bologna, Italy

18H30

FINAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CLOSURE

ÁLVARO LARANJEIRA SANTOS