The Department of Interventional Cardiology of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center is celebrating 31 years since the opening of the Catheterization Laboratory and organizes the conference Advanced Valve Therapies 2024 under the auspices of Society of Cardiovascular Interventions and Angiography and Hellenic Society of Cardiology. The conference will be held in its physical space at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center and the adjacent Eugenides Foundation and will be dedicated to the modern treatment of valvular diseases.

Participants will have the opportunity to watch a series of live broadcasts (live and live-in-a-box). In addition, workshops will be held to help the participants learn (a) imaging techniques (use of computed tomography and transesophageal echocardiogram) and (b) interventional techniques (transcatheter simulators). Guidelines, modern practice, and future directions will be discussed with reference to specific cases by Greek and International specialists in the field of percutaneous and minimally invasive treatment of valvular diseases.

In the last 2 decades, great changes have been achieved in the treatment of complex heart diseases. Patients who could not be treated previously due to high perioperative risk and mortality, are now being treated with minimally invasive techniques, such as percutaneous aortic valve replacement. Sixteen years ago, for the first time in Greece, transcatheter aortic valves were implanted at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center. The percutaneous treatments now extend to the rest of the valvular diseases (pulmonary and mainly mitral as well as tricuspid which are the next big challenges) but also to other structural heart diseases (i.e., closure of the left atrium, paravalvular escapes and intracardiac communications) and transcatheter treatment of heart failure.

One of the most important innovative solutions concerning clinical practice is the operation of the multidisciplinary Heart Team. Interventional cardiologists work closely with specialists (clinical and imaging cardiologists, heart failure physicians, cardiac surgeons, radiologists, vascular surgeons, anesthesiologists) to make the appropriate decisions for the treatment of patients. The AVT 2024 conference is addressed to the doctors and collaborators of the Ηeart Τeam who are engaged or want to deal with the modern treatment of valvular diseases.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee 

Ioannis Iakovou, Md, PhD
Director of the Department of Interventional Cardiology and Hemodynamic Studies
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center

Online Attendance
Please follow the link at Livemedia www.livemedia.com/avt24

Certificate of Attendance
The Conference "Advanced Valve Therapies 2024" will be marked with 16 credits of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development (CME/CPD) by the Panhellenic Medical Association.

Parallel Workshops
1) Join the Medtronic training village on truck during the Advanced Valve Therapies 2024!

Every day there will be 3 training cycles of workshops.
Each workshop lasts 15 minutes.

Parallel Workshop 1: TAVI CT Scan Analysis
Parallel Workshop 2: EvolutTM TAVI Implantation Simulator
Parallel Workshop 3: Post TAVI PCI Simulator
Parallel Workshop 4: TMVR / IntrepidTM Apollo Update

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*Limited slots available

2) Join the Abbott team on Friday June 28th, 2024, 13.00-15.00 at the Eugenides Foundation for the TEER-Mitral TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE REPAIR MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP

OBJECTIVE
TEER-Mitral G4 product and therapy training
Learn and understand the TEER-Mitral device, procedural steps, procedural echo guidance and situational steering scenarios
Hands-on training by using heart simulators

AGENDA
Theoretical session: (1 hour)
TEER-Mitral G4 System
TEER-Mitral G4 Procedural steps
TEER-Mitral G4 Procedural echo guidance and requirements
TEER-Mitral G4 Situational steering scenarios
TEER-Mitral G4 Troubleshooting
Practical hands-on training: (1 hour)
Practical hands-on TEER-Mitral G4 Heart Simulator, simulating the whole procedure, assisted by echo simulation

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Parallel Training Session 

Interesting Clinical Cases in Valvular Heart Disease. An Interactive Quiz

5 Interesting Clinical Cases will be presented during the "Advanced Valve Therapies 2024" on Saturday June, 29th 2024, 11.00-13.00 at the Eugenides Foundation.
All attendees will have the opportunity to actively participate through the interactive QUIZ!

Cases presented by: D. Tsiapras, A. Stefanidis, C. Papadopoulos, V. Vartela,
S. Kyrzopoulos, A. Papadis, J. Grapsa, S. Loizos, E. Velegraki, I. Petropoulos,
M. Zymatoura, M. Mantzouranis

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*There will also be the possibility to watch and participate online in the Training Session / Quiz!