FRIDAY OCTOBER 7

08:45 Opening ceremony. Patrizio Lancellotti

08:50 Local host presentation of the venue. Madalina Garbi

09:00 – 10:30 CONTROVERSIES, DEBATES, GAPS IN VHD DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

09:00 That this House believes AVR/TAVI should be offered without waiting for symptoms in severe AS.

Moderators: James Rudd, Jeroen Bax

  • Proposition: Marc Dweck | Expert Panel: Pierluigi Costanzo, Augustin Coisne
  • Opposition: Benoy Shah | Expert Panel: Anna Sonia Petronio, Raphael Rosenhek
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

09:30 That this House believes AS may be treated by preventing aortic valve calcification.

Moderators: Patrizio Lancellotti, Philippe Pibarot

  • Proposition: Cecile Oury | Expert Panel: Marc Dweck, Benoy Shah
  • Opposition: Bernard Cosyns | Expert Panel: Julien Magne, David Montaigne
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

10:00 That this House believes disease staging should replace categorical grading of valve lesions.

Moderators: Mani Vannan, Gilbert Habib

  • Proposition: Philippe Pibarot | Expert Panel: Rebecca Hahn, Mathieu Lempereur
  • Opposition: Victoria Delgado | Expert Panel: Eustacchio Agricola, Alain Berrebi
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

 10:30  –  Coffee break in the exhibition hall 
Poster Display of accepted abstract

11:00 – 12:30 CONTROVERSIES, DEBATES, GAPS IN VHD DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

11:00 That this House believes MVP SCD relates to diffuse myocardial fibrosis.

Moderators: Mary Sheppard, José-Luis Zamorano

  • Proposition: Madalina Garbi, Greg Mellor | Expert Panel: Agnes Pasquet, Khalil Fattouch
  • Opposition: Vass Vassiliou, Claire Martin | Expert Panel: Alain Nchimi Longang, Thierry Le Tourneau
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

11:30 That this House believes multimodality imaging assessment and treatment are needed in suspected subclinical prosthetic valve thrombosis.

Moderators: Erwan Donal, Joelle Kefer

  • Proposition: Mauro Pepi | Expert Panel: Dominik Schlosshan, Bobby Agrawal
  • Opposition: Marie-Annick Clavel | Expert Panel: Giovanni La Canna, Andrew Marshall
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

12:00 That this House believes HFpEF should be prevented by treating coexistent systemic hypertension, not early AVR.

Moderators: Ian Wilkinson, Julia Mascherbauer

  • Proposition: John Chambers | Expert Panel: Simon Ray, Chris Rodgers
  • Opposition: Rebecca Hahn | Expert Panel: Erwan Donal, Mai-Linh Nguyen
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

 12:30  –  Lunch in the exhibition hall 
Poster Display of accepted abstract

13:30 – 14:00 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

14:00 – 14:30 FLASH NEWS

Moderators: Patrizio Lancellotti, Jeroen Bax

14:00 EuroEndo Registry. Gilbert Habib
14:15 Sex differences in valve disease. Rebecca Hahn

14:30 – 15:30 DEBATABLE CASES

Moderators: José-Luis Zamorano, Bernard Prendergast

14:30 Did echo make a complete diagnosis or we need more imaging? Nabila Naskar
14:40 Did exercise echo make a difference? Raluca Dulgheru
14:50 Did MRI make a difference? Will Watson
15:00 Did CT make a difference? Harriet Hurrell

Experts Panel: David Montaigne, Alain Berrebi, Erwan Donal, Luigia D’Errico, Bobby Agrawal, Steffen Petersen

 15:30  –  Coffee break in the exhibition hall 
Poster Display of accepted abstract

16:00-17:30 CONTROVERSIES, DEBATES, GAPS IN VHD DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

16:00 That this House believes severity threshold for intervention should differ in bicuspid aortic valve.

Moderators: Arturo Evangelista Masip, Geu-Ru Hong

  • Proposition: Jeroen Bax | Expert Panel: Madalina Garbi, Simon Ray
  • Opposition: José-Luis Zamorano | Expert Panel: Erwan Donal, Clive Lewis
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

16:30 That this House believes evidence on durability should comply with the VARC3 definition of structural valve deterioration.

Moderators: John Chambers, Thomas Modine

  • Proposition: Rebecca Hahn | Expert Panel: Guy Lloyd, Marco Barbanti
  • Opposition: Bernard Prendergast | Expert Panel: Augustin Coisne, Julia Grapsa
  • Results: Proposition Votes / Opposition Votes / Abstentions

17:00 That this House believes compelling evidence for the role of cardiac MRI in HVD exists only for the assessment of the ventricles.

Moderators: Alain Nchimi Longang, Julia Grapsa

  • Proposition: Laura Dobson | Expert Panel: Guy Lloyd, Luigia D’Errico
  • Opposition: Steffen Petersen | Expert Panel: Bernard Cosyns, Covadonga Fernández-Golfín
  • Results: Proposition votes / opposition votes / abstentions

 17:30  –  End of the sessions