Navigating the Maze (14th Edition)

22 April, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain

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Audience
Cardiac surgeons who want to implement an AF program and surgeons who want to optimize their current ablation technique.

Program details
– James Cox Lecture
– Anatomy of human atria
– Physiopathology of atrial fibrillation
– Guidelines and evidence for surgical AF ablation
– Live procedures – Open and Endoscopic access
– Tips and tricks
– Patient selection criteria
– LAA management

Program Director
Dr. Manuel Castellà

Faculty
Program supported by European and international faculty

Welcome reception Sunday 22nd

16:00 to 17:30 in Barcelona Center Hotel

Venue
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Carrer Villarroel 170
08036 Barcelona, Spain

Accommodation
Olivia Balmes Hotel
Carrer de Balmes 117
Barcelona, Spain

 

 

Agenda
Day 1
Morning

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Afternoon

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Welcome Reception

5:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Presentation of the course: goals to achive - M. Castellà MD

5:45 pm - 6:30 pm

NtM James Cox Lecture - A. Revishvili MD

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Questions & Answers

Day 2
Morning

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome - M. Castellà MD

8:45 am - 9:15 am

Thoracoscopic options for AF ablation - T. Weimar MD

9:15 am - 10:45 am

Live case: totally thoracoscopic ablation. Right side - B. van Putte MD

10:45 am - 11:15 am

Evidence for AF surgery: 2016 ESC/EACTS and 2017 STS Guidelines - S. Benussi MD

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Live case: totally thoracoscopic ablation. Left side - B. van Putte MD

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

Afternoon

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Thoracoscopic AF surgery for persistent AF: technique and results - B. van Putte MD

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Catheter ablation in heart failure and AF: CASTLE-AF trial - N. Marrouche MD

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

FAST trial long-term results - M. Castellà MD

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

EP-guided thoracoscopic surgery for advanced AF. Ganglionic Plexi - JR. de Groot MD and A. Driessen MD

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Live-in-a-box one-staged hybrid endo-epicardial ablation - M. La Meir MD

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Actual evidence and options for LAA closure - S. Salzberg MD

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Is there a need for LAA occlusion in the era of DOAC - T. Hanke MD

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

‘The highest standards for AF management’ - J. Cox MD

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Discussion and take home messages - J. Cox MD and M. Castellà MD

Day 3
Morning

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Physiopathology of atrial fibrillation - T. Hanke MD

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Indications and patient selection for concomitant AF - J. Cox MD

9:30 am - 9:45 am

Epicardial mapping before concomitant AF surgery - M. Ehrlich MD

9:45 am - 10:00 am

AF and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy surgery - E. Quintana MD

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Live case: Maze IV through sternotomy - M. Castellà MD

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Contractile function after Maze - Y. Abu-Omar MD

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Is there still a place for open-chest Maze III procedures - P. McCarthy MD

12:00 am - 1:00 am

Lunch (Group 1)

12:00 am - 1:00 am

Hands-on with cadavers: Anatomy of the human atria - A. Cook MD (Group 2)

Afternoon

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch (Group 2)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Hands-on with cadavers: Anatomy of the human atria - A. Cook MD (Group 1)

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Live case: port-access Cox-Maze ablation - D. Pereda MD

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Discussion and take home messages - J. Cox MD and M. Castellà MD