Agenda

Thursday – July 21, 2022 – Mitral and Tricuspid Valves: “Degenerative”

7:45  WELCOME –  Joseph Schmoker, MD

Session 1: Pathophysiology and Imaging – Moderator: Bruce Bollen, MD

    
7:50     State of the Art: Echo Imaging of Degenerated MV – Douglas Shook, MD
8:10    Mitral Anatomy: The Surgeons Perspective – Gerald Lawrie, MD
8:30    Mitral Annular Dynamics and Ring Sizing –  Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD
8:50    Myxomatous Disease Pathophysiology: Timing of Intervention  – Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD
9:10    Update on Multimodal Imaging for Mitral Valve –  Joao Cavalcante, MD

9:50 BREAK

Session 2: Surgical Techniques – Moderator: Joseph Schmoker, MD

10:00   Myxomatous MV “100% Reparability”: Mission Accomplished  – Gerald Lawrie, MD
10:20   “The French Correction” – Resection: Still the Gold Standard – Marc Moon, MD
10:40    Barlow’s Mitral Valve Disease: Complex Repair VS Simple Ring –  Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD

11:00   Duran Lecture: –  The Mitral Valve: What We Have Learned in 30 Years – Michael Aker, MD
11:30   Panel Discussion: The Franco-American “Quasi War”: Resect or Respect  – Faculty

12:00 LUNCH

Session 3: Approaches to the Mitral Valve – Moderator: Marc Moon, MD

1:00   Minimally Invasive Right Thoracotomy: An Adaptable Operation – Joseph Schmoker, MD
1:20   Total Robotic “LEAR” Approach for All Things: The Atlanta Experience – Douglas Murphy, MD
1:40   Why Sternotomy is Still My Approach – Thomas Gleason, MD

Session 4: High Risk – Moderator: Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD

2:00   High Risk MV Cases and Redo MV Repair: Against All Odds  – Marc Moon, MD
2:20   Dealing with MAC: When is Enough Enough? – G. Randall Green, MD, JD, MBA
2:40   Percutaneous Mitral Valve in Native Replacement –  James McCabe, MD 
3:00   Beyond Everest: TEER for Myxomatous Disease Outside of A2/P2? – James McCabe, MD  
3:20   Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve/Valve-in-Ring –  John Messenger, MD

3:40   Panel Discussion: Mitral Valve Centers of Excellence: How Do We Define? – Faculty

4:10 BREAK

Session 5: Lab / Workshop (concurrent)

4:20   1.  Mitral Valve Repair with Pre-Measured Chords –  Drs. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD and Gerald Lawrie, MD
4:20   2.  Anatomy, multimodal imaging techniques, and technical approaches to the interventional mitral valve – Drs. Mackensen, Shook, McCabe, Saric, Bollen

5:30 ADJOURN

Session 6: Repair/Replace – Moderator: Michael Reed, MD

7:30   Functional Secondary MR: Identifying Etiologies and Reparability, Overview of Functional MR (Ischemic and Non-Ischemic) – Burkhard Mackensen,  MD, PhD
7:50   Disproportionate vs. Proportionate Functional MR – Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD  
8:10   Medical Treatment of Functional MR: Where are We Now, Bi V Pacing: Where Does it Fit in the Algorithm?  – Joshua Cooper, MD
8:30   Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair for Functional MR and beyond – John Messenger, MD
8:50   MV Surgery after Failed MitraClip:   TEER Should it be Offered?, When and How to Mitigate Risks and Repair – Gerald Lawrie, MD
9:10   Replace or Repair: Functional MR – Michael Acker, MD
9:30   Cardiothoracic Trials Network: Subgroup Analysis Ischemic “Repair” Surgical – Michael Acker, MD  
9:50   Panel Discussion: Long Term Results: Percutaneous Functional MR Therapies – Faculty  

10:20 BREAK

Session 6 (cont): Repair/Replace – Moderator: Tod Maddux, MD

10:40   Emerging Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair Therapies/ Replacement Therapies – Vinayak Bapat, MD
11:00   Atrial Functional MR and TR – Douglas Shook, MD  
11:20   What to do with Atrial Functional MR: Surgery vs TEER –  Vinayak Bapat, MD   
11:40  Mitral Valve Replacement: Tissue vs. Mechanical – Thomas Gleason, MD
12:00  Panel: Emerging Technologies: Decision making in non ischemic functional MR. Atrial Functional MR-Surgery VS Interventional Today and in the Future – Faculty
  

12:30 LUNCH

Session 7: Tricuspid – Moderator: Daniel Spoon, MD

1:30   State of the Art: Echocardiographic Imaging of the Tricuspid Valve – Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD
1:50   Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve: A New Frontier – James McCabe, MD
2:10   Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Trials – James McCabe, MD
2:30 Panel Discussion: Transcatheter Tricuspid Emerging Technologies: Unique Challenges – Faculty   

Session 8: Endocarditis – Moderator: Thomas Gleason, MD

3:00  Endocarditis: Current Outcomes of Medical Therapy – Joshua Christensen, MD
 3:20  Endocarditis Surgery: Operative Techniques and the Commando Procedure – Marc Moon, MD
 3:40  Surgery for Endocarditis in IV Drug Use: Replace, Repair, Excise or do Nothing – Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD

 4:00  Panel Discussion – The Ethics of Performing Surgery on IV Drug Abusers with Endocarditis  – Faculty

 4:20 BREAK

Session 9: Workshop  

 4:30   Anatomy, Multimodal Imaging Techniques, and technical approaches to the Interventional Tricuspid Valve – Drs. Mackensen, Shook, McCabe, Saric, Bollen

5:30 ADJOURN