En febrero en la Heart House

El Working Group de Valvulopatías de la Sociedad Europea de Cardiología (ESC) organiza un curso formativo dirigido por los Dres. Manuel J Antunes (Coimbra, Portugal), Pilar Tornos (Barcelona, España) y Bernard Lung (Paris, Francia), que tendrá lugar en la Heart House en el mes de febrero.

Los bloques temáticos del curso son los siguientes:

I- The asymptomatic patient

1. asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Calcification, progression and exercise testing
2. asymptomatic severe aortic regurgitation
3. asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation. Watchful waiting or surgery?

II- Heart failure in valvular heart disease

1. mitral regurgitation and poor left ventricular function
2. tricuspid regurgitation after successful mitral surgery
3. low gradient aortic stenosis and heart failure

III- Valvular heart disease and coronary artery disease

1. acute coronary syndrome in patient with artificial heart valve
2. moderate aortic stenosis with CAD
3. patient with moderate mitral regurgitation undergoing CABG

IV- Valve disease in the elderly

1. evolution of aortic valve disease in the elderly
2. risk analysis in the elderly patients: are patients denied surgery?
3. transcatheter / transapical valve replacement: The alternative in the elderly?

V- Valvular disease in pregnancy

1. anticoagulation during pregnancy
2. cardiac surgery in pregnant patients

VI- Difficult endocarditis

1. prosthetic valve endocarditis with abscess
2. cerebral complications
3. the big vegetation on the mitral valve

VII- Problems after valve replacement

1. paraprosthetic leak and severe haemolysis (diagnosis, medical treatment, when to reintervene)
2. primary deterioration of bioprosthesis (diagnosis, timing of reoperation)
3. stroke and bleeding in patients with mechanical aortic prosthesis

VIII- Anticoagulation and thrombosis

1. to bridge or not to bridge - what to do in case of noncardiac surgical procedures
2. what to do when the valve is thrombosed
3. non-occlusive prosthetic thrombosis following mitral valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis

Todo el que esté interesado en asistir podrá encontrar información en la página web de la Sociedad Europea de Cardiología.