Practical Course on:
Less-invasive Surgery for Arrhythmia and Congenital Heart Surgery
Hands-on less-invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation and small access intra-atrial surgery

Chairman:L. Parenzan

08.00-08.15
Comparative anatomy of the human and porcine conduction systems
- P. Groscurth

08.15-08.30
Current status of surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation
- K. Khargi

08.30-09.00
Introduction and demonstration of the Medtronic surgical ablation system
- K. Khargi

09.00-09.10 Discussion

09.10- 09.30
Current status of multi-site pacing
- M. Grabenwöger

09.30-09.40 Discussion

09.40-10.00
Hands-on training for surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation with the Medtronic surgical ablation system
- Participants

10.00-10.20 Coffee

10.20-10.40
Presentation of carotid intervention simulator
- I. Vecerina

10.40-11.10
Introduction and demonstration of small atrial access for repair of congenital heart defects with video assistance
- A. Corno

11.10-11.40
Hands-on training of small atrial access for repair of congenital heart defects with video assistance
- Participants

11.40-11.55 Discussion

12.00 Lunch

Hands-on aortic valve replacement with a pulmonary autograft and repair of the right outflow tract with the Shelhigh device:

Session sponsored by: Shelhigh, F umedica and Lifesight

14.00-14.20
Actual trends in repair of the small aortic root
- A. Corno

14.20-15.20
Demonstration of aortic valve replacement with a pulmonary autograft and repair of the right outflow tract with the Shelhigh device
- M. Turina

15.20-16.20
Hands-on training of aortic valve replacement with a pulmonary autograft and repair of the right outflow tract with the Shelhigh device
- Participants

16.20- 16.40 Tea

16.40- 16.50 Discussion

16.50- 17.10
New technology presentation: Carotid artery stenting simulation
- I. Vecerina

16.10- 17.20 Discussion

17.20-17.40 New technology demonstration: Enhanced visualisation for surgery with cyber-tools
- A. Beuchat

17.40-17.50 Discussion