Course directors:

Magdi Yacoub, Imperial College London

Philipp Bonhoeffer, Great Ormond St. Hospital, London

Carlos Ruiz, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York

Faculty:

Ottavio Alfieri Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
Philipp Bonhoeffer UCL Institute of Child Health and GOSH, London
Alain Cribier Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen
Jan Kovac University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
John Liddicoat Medtronics, Minneapolis
Susanne Ludgate MHRA, London
Johannes Nordmeyer Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Carlos Ruiz Lenox Hill Hospital, New York
Silvia Schievano UCL Institute of Child Health and GOSH, London.
Patrick Serruys Thoraxcenter-Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Andrew Taylor UCL Institute of Child Health and GOSH, London
Thomas Walther Herzzentrum Universitaet Leipzig
Magdi Yacoub Imperial College London

Final Programme

PERCUTANEOUS VALVE REPLACEMENT Sunday 4 th May 2008

08:00 Registration

09:00 Welcome address
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub

Chair - John Liddicoat & Magdi Yacoub

09:10 The percutaneous heart valve. Is it the same as the surgically implanted
one? Challenges, rules and regulations.
John Liddicoat, Medtronics, Minneapolis

09:35 Imaging, imaging, imaging!
Andrew Taylor, UCL Institute of Child Health and GOSH, London

10:00 The interaction between the device and the implantation site. How can we
test new concepts 'before first in man'?
Silvia Schievano, UCL Institute of Child Health and GOSH, London

10:25 Refreshments

Chair - Alain Cribier & Andrew Taylor

11:00 The patient journey of the future: what might come next in technology...
Philipp Bonhoeffer, UCL Institute of Child Health and GOSH, London

11:25 Percutaneous Valves: Progress at what price?
Magdi Yacoub, Imperial College London

11:50 Apical versus retrograde aortic valve replacement
Thomas Walther, Herzzentrum Universitaet Leipzig

12:15 The world experience of pulmonary valve implantation
Johannes Nordmeyer, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

12:40 Lunch

Chair - Philipp Bonhoeffer & Susanne Ludgate

13:45 The world experience of the Cribier Edwards aortic valve
Alain Cribier, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen

14:10 The world experience of CoreValve
Jan Kovac University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

14:35 The role of the double orifice mitral valve in surgery and intervention
Ottavio Alfieri, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan

15:00 Regulatory Issues
Susanne Ludgate, MHRA, London

15:25 Tea

Chair - Ottavio Alfieri & Thomas Walther

15:50 DEBATE:
The aortic valve will be replaced by catheter even for the standard patient
with aortic valve disease in the near future.

Pro: Patrick Serruys, Thoraxcenter-Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Con: Magdi Yacoub, Imperial College London

17:00 Closing Remarks
Professor Philipp Bonhoeffer