Agenda

Friday, December 15, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am	Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am	Welcome and Announcements Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Session 1: A contemporary overview of aortic valve disease 2023 Moderators – Brian Griffin, MD, and Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
8:10 am	Contemporary trends in aortic valve disease management: Guidelines and clinical practice Patrick O’Gara, MD
8:25 am	Valvular heart disease in women: Are there gender differences in outcomes after SAVR and TAVR? Leslie Cho, MD
8:40 am	Evaluation of surgical and interventional risk: Key points for shared decision making Vinod Thourani, MD
8:55 am	Case Presentation: Low-risk severe AS in a 55 year old L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
	9:00 am Clinical/imaging cardiologist: Key clinical and multimodality imaging steps in work up and decision making Milind Desai, MD, MBA
	9:10 am Surgical role: Current data to justify SAVR Vinod Thourani, MD
	9:20 am Interventional: Current data to justify interventional, low risk TAVR trials: How do we use the new findings? Samir Kapadia, MD
	9:30 am What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
9:45 am	Break
Session 2: Difficult scenarios in aortic valve disease, part 1 Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD, and Nicholas Smedira, MD, MBA
10:00 am	Case Presentation: Stenotic bicuspid aortic valve in an octogenarian Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
	10:05 am Clinical Cardiologist: Assessing frailty and futility, multimodality imaging, concomitant aortopathy Milind Desai, MD, MBA
	10:15 am Interventional: Association of BAV anatomy with TAVR outcomes Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
	10:25 am Surgeon: Role of surgery and contemporary outcomes Marijan Koprivanac, MD
	10:35 am What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
10:50 am	Case Presentation: Low flow - low gradient AS Brian Griffin, MD
	10:55 am Cardiologist: Image guidance technologies and the team approach to SHD interventions in the OR and Cath Lab L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
	11:05 am Interventional Cardiologist: Current state of the art data PLUS echo/cath discordance Samir Kapadia, MD
	11:15 am Surgeon: The benefit of surgical intervention in low flow, low gradient severe aortic stenosis Marijan Koprivanac, MD
	11:25 am What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
11:40 am	Case Presentation: Aortic valve endocarditis Brian Griffin, MD
	11:45 am Clinical/Imaging Cardiologist: Role of multimodality imaging and clinical work up Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
	11:55 am Surgeon: What surgical options would I consider? Shinya Unai, MD
	12:05 pm What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
12:20 pm	Lunch
12:50 pm	TAVR: Past, Present and Future Fireside Chat Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, and Martin Leon, MD
Session 3: Difficult scenarios in aortic valve disease, part 2 Moderator: Milind Desai, MD, MBA, and L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
1:20 pm	Case Presentation: Radiation heart disease with aortic valve involvement Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
	1:25 pm Clinical Cardiologist: Diagnosis and management Milind Desai, MD, MBA
	1:35 pm Interventional options Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
	1:45 pm Surgical options Shinya Unai, MD
	1:55 pm What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
2:10 pm	Case Presentation: Young patient with connective tissue disorder with enlarged aortic root: LDS vs. Marfan Syndrome Milind Desai, MD, MBA
	2:15 pm Clinical/Imaging: Work up of these patients: Current guidelines Brian Griffin, MD
	2:25 pm Surgical management Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
	2:35 pm What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
2:50 pm	Break
Session 4: Aortic regurgitation in the modern era Moderators: Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, and Brian Griffin, MD
3:10 pm	Case Presentation – Patient with severe AI Brian Griffin, MD
	3:15 pm Clinical/Imaging: Multimodality imaging work up and modern reappraisal of guidelines L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
	3:25 pm Intervention: Treatment of AI using TAVR systems Grant Reed, MD
	3:35 pm Surgeon: Aortic valve regurgitation: When to repair vs. Ross vs. replace with root management? Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
	3:45 pm What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A
Session 5: Management of concomitant LVOT obstruction (HOCM, subaortic membrane) Moderators: Shinya Unai, MD, and Milind Desai, MD, MBA
4:00 pm	Case Presentation – HOCM case with LVOT obstruction Milind Desai, MD, MBA
	4:05 pm Cardiologist: Diagnosis and medical management Milind Desai, MD, MBA
	4:15 pm Surgeon: Myectomy and membrane resection with concomitant AV Nicholas Smedira, MD, MBA
	4:25 pm Interventional: Septal ablation Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
	4:35 pm What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
4:50 pm	Adjourn Day 1

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Saturday, December 16, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
Session 1: New data in aortic valve diagnosis and management over the last two years Moderators: Samir Kapadia, MD, and Grant Reed, MD
7:15 am	Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am	My most important Clinical papers in aortic valve Martin Leon, MD
8:10 am	My most important Interventional papers in aortic valve Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
8:20 am	The most important aortic valve papers from Cleveland Clinic Marijan Koprivanac, MD
Session 2: The Crystal Ball: What will be the critical steps in management of aortic valve disease over next few years? Moderators: Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, and Grant Reed, MD
8:30 am	Clinical information and management: Beyond the Index Procedure – Upstream and Downstream Therapies Milind Desai, MD, MBA
8:40 am	Interventional techniques and trials Samir Kapadia, MD
8:50 am	Surgical trials and techniques Marijan Koprivanac, MD
9:00 am	Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
Session 3: Heart failure with AI and AS Moderators: Brian Griffin, MD, and Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
9:15 am	Managing HF in AS with multivalve disease Brian Griffin, MD
9:30 am	Aortic stenosis and heart failure: TAVR UNLOAD Martin Leon, MD
9:45 am	Case Presentation: Cardiogenic shock presenting to CICU Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
	9:50 am Critical care cardiology assessment and decision making Leslie Cho, MD
	10:00 am Interventional: TAVR in cardiogenic shock Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
	10:10 am Surgical: Any role for surgery or MCS? Nicholas Smedira, MD, MBA
	10:20 am What happened to the patient and Panel discussion/Q&A All session faculty
10:35 am	Break
Session 4: Managing post-interventional issues, rapid fire Moderators: Brian Griffin, MD, and Martin Leon, MD
10:55 am	Importance of prosthesis-patient mismatch after TAVR: Definitions, incidence and clinical relevance L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
11:05 am	Planning for TAV-in-TAV: Technical considerations and long term risks Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
11:15 am	Optimal anti-thrombotic therapy after TAVR: Updates and controversies Grant Reed, MD
11:25 am	Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:40 am	Predictors of pacemaker dependency Samir Kapadia, MD
11:50 am	Impella insertion as a bailout management in TAVR complications Grant Reed, MD
12:00 pm	Cerebral embolic protection during TAVR: what does the data support? Samir Kapadia, MD
12:10 pm	Management of paravalvular leaks after SAVR and TAVR Grant Reed, MD
12:20 pm	Recurrent HF after SAVR or TAVR: Causes and management Milind Desai, MD, MBA
12:30 pm	Panel discussion / Q&A All session faculty
12:45 pm	Adjourn

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