Programme
| Provisional Programme | |
| Subject to change | |
| Thursday, 27th July 2023 | |
| Time | Activity |
| 06h00 – 12h00 | Registrars Forum ECMO – General Principles and Results |
| 12h00 – 14h00 | Wet Lab |
| Friday, 28th July 2023 | |
| Time | Activity |
| 07h00 – 12h00 | Registrars Forum |
| Time | Session 1 |
| 14h00 – 18h00 | Welcome address E. Zigiriades |
| Cardiac Tumors Review M. Munasur |
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| Atrial septal defect – still a surgical procedure or not? D.Reddy |
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| Goals and principles of Oesophagectomy – Get it right R. Bremner |
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| Cryo nerve block for management of post thoracotomy G. Bydawell |
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| Intersection of reflux disease and pulmonary disease, with special regard to transplantation – sleep on your left! R. Bremner |
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| Chest wall rigid fixation – Essential or Luxury TBC |
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| Saturday, 29th July 2023 | |
| Time | Session 2 |
| 08h00 – 10h00 | Opening address |
| State of the art lecture – Mitral valve surgery T. Kofidis |
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| Mitral valve repair using saphenous vein J. Janson |
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| Minimally invasive MV repair T. Kofidis |
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| Catheter-based mitral valve repair I. Elhamamsy |
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| 10h00 – 10h30 | Tea Break |
| Time | Session 3 |
| 10h30 – 1300 | We left it in the fridge – Innovations on lung preservation R. Bremner |
| Repair pectus excavatum – why and how I. Schewitz |
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| The treatment pathways for Pulmonary Embolism – an interventional approach between systematic thrombolysis and anticoagulation. M. Sirlak |
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| Ecmo post lung transplantation M. Sussman |
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| Imaging in CT Surgery in the age of artificial intelligence S. Kidgell |
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| Ablation therapy for pulmonary metastases G. Bydewell |
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| 13h00 – 14h00 | Lunch break |
| Time | Session 4 |
| 14h00 – 16h00 | Robotic Coronary Surgery – Where to begin and what is the benefit B. Taylor |
| Coronary artery bypass surgery – a disappearing necessity F. Hellig |
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| Veins are here to stay – The future looks bright – Discussion about VEST clinical outcomes B. Taylor |
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| There is no reason not to do full arterial revascularization – or is there T. Pennel |
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| 16h00 – 16h30 | Tea Break |
| Time | Session 5 |
| 16h30 – 17h30 | Surgery for the failing heart I. El-Hamamsy |
| Mechanical assist will help in the getting patients to transplant P.S. Maharaj |
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| Mechanical assist will help to avoid transplant W.Koen |
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| 17h30 – 18h30 | AGM – SOCTS |
| Sunday, 30th July 2023 | |
| Time | Session 6 |
| 08h00 – 10h00 | Surgery of the aorta state of the art I. El-Hamamsy |
| Minimally invasive approach to the aortic valve T. Kofidis |
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| Extending the indicator for the Ross procedure I. El-Hamamsy |
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| 10h00 – 10h30 | Tea Break |
| 10h30 – 12h00 | Total endovascular repair of the ascending and aortic arch – Lessons learned and future direction B. Taylor |
| Management of aortic dissection D. Harris |
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| The aortic and unusual surgery N. Nicolaou |
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| Endovascular approach to management fo the aortic arch P. Mistry |
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| Acute aortic dissection – the need for a registry A. Yip |
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| Endovascular approach to thoracic abdominal aneurysms P. Mistry |
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