DAY 2
FRIDAY 18

08:30 Welcome coffee

 09:00 Primary mitral regurgitation: current strategies and unresolved questions
Chairs: Francesco Patané, Giovanna Geraci

09:00 Key insights into mitral valve anatomy. Giovanni La Canna
09:10 Key insights into imaging and quantification. Corrado Fiore
09:20 Key insights into surgical strategies. Gilles Dreyfus
09:30 Key insights into transcatheter therapies. Tommaso Viva
09:40 Discussion: Lieven Herbots, Tadafumi Sugimoto, Ludovico Rossetto

 10:10 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde session II
Chairs: Patrizio Lancellotti, Gianluca Pontone

Low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis: stress echocardiography versus computed tomography calcium scoring
10:10 Pro. Bernard Cosyns
10:20 Con. Bernard Cosyns
10:30 Discussion: Carmine Celentano, Simona Sperlongano

10:40 Coffee break and poster display of accepted abstracts

 11:00 Mitral annular calcification: from diagnosis to transcatheter solutions
Chairs: Rodolfo Citro, Giuseppina Novo, Jadranka Separovic

11:00 Mitral annular calcification: pathophysiology and clinical implications. Romain Capoulade
11:10 Imaging assessment of MAC: echocardiography, CT and procedural planning. Augustin Coisne
11:20 MAC and mitral stenosis: when should we intervene? Geu-Ru Hong
11:30 Surgical versus transcatheter strategies in MAC. Michele Di Mauro
11:40 Discussion. Eustachio Agricola, Gregorio Zaccone, Enrico Boni, Jana Ljubas Macek

12:00 Lunch break and poster display of accepted abstracts

 13:30 Infective endocarditis : from complications to intervention
Chairs: Lieven Herbots, Jadranka Separovic, Filippo Sarullo

13:30 Neurologic complications: current therapeutic strategies. Jadranka Separovic
13:40 TAVI-associated endocarditis: specific challenges and outcomes. Mary Philip
13:50 Discussion: Luca Bullitta, Rodolfo Citro, Ludovico Rossetto, Jana Ljubas Macek

 14:20 Multivalvular heart disease: integrated assessment and therapeutic strategies
Chairs: Khalil Fattouch, Patrizio Lancellotti

14:20 Key insights into epidemiology and clinical impact. Bernard Cosyns
14:30 Key insights into multimodality imaging assessment. Erwan Donal
14:40 Key insights into surgical management strategies. Marco Moscarelli
14:50 Key insights into transcatheter multivalve interventions. Fabio Barili
15:00 Discussion: Tommaso Viva, Maurizio Tusa, Mathieu Lempereur

15:20 Closing remarks: : Patrizio Lancellotti, Khalil Fattouch