30 October 2020
07:00-07:45
Inaugural Session
Inaugural Session
President, Heart and Health Foundation of Turkey
Öztekin Oto (TR)
President, 16th International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Ali Oto (TR)
Program Director, Adult Congenital Heart Summit
Harald Kaemmerer (DE)
Program Director, IAVES
İlhan Mavioğlu (TR)
On Behalf of Focus Valve
Ludwig Müller (AT)
Program Director, Valve Summit
Patrick Perier (DE)
Past President, EACTS
Marko Turina (CH)
On Behalf of Ministry of Health and Prevention of United Arab Emirat
Bassil Al-Zamkan (UAE)
Friend of the HHFT
Michael Firstenberg (USA)
On Behalf of AHA
Frank Sellke (USA)
President Elect, World Heart Federation
Fausto Pinto (PT)
Immediate Past President, EHRA / Co-Chair, IFA
John Camm (UK)
President Elect Heart Rhythm Society
Fred Kusumoto (USA)
Director, Heart Failure Summit - President, ESC Heart Failure Association
Petar Seferovic (XS)
Key Note Lecture: How to Approach Science and Medicine
Frank Sellke (USA)
07:45-08:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
08:00-09:00
Focus Valve and Heart and Health Foundation of Turkey Joint Session
Chairpersons: Ludwig Müller (AT), Öztekin Oto (TR)
08:00-08:12
Why Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery is Needed
Ludwig Müller (AT)
08:12-08:24
Strategies to Teach and Train Mitral Valve Surgery: Insights from Focus Valve
Nikolaos Bonaros (AT)
08:24-08:36
Live in a Box: Nipple Cut for MV Repair
Daniel Höfer (AT)
08:36-08:48
Live in a Box: Nipple Cut for MV Replacement
Nikolaos Bonaros (AT)
08:48-09:00
Live in a Box: The Porcine Beating Heart Simulator
Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü (AT)
09:00-09:15
Enjoy Your Coffee
10:45-11:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
11:00-12:00
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
The Future Care of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: From Primary Treatment to Prevention of Comorbidities and Life-Style Modifications
Chairpersons: Harald Kaemmerer (DE), Nazmi Narin (TR))
Panelists: Birgül Varan (TR), Gül Sağın Saylam (TR), Erkan İriz (TR)
11:00-11:10
Lack of Proper Care and the Need of Personalized Recommendations for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Rhoia Neidenbach (DE)
11:10-11:20
Adults with Congenital Heart Disease and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: How Psychological Care Can Make a Difference
Caroline Andonian (DE)
11:20-11:30
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Caroline Andonian (DE)
11:30-11:40
Time to Consider Gender Aspects in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Freilinger Sebastian (DE), Rhoia Neidenbach (DE)
Rhoia Neidenbach (DE)
11:40-11:50
Overweight and Obesity: An Emerging Problem in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Caroline Andonian (DE)
11:50-12:00
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
12:00-12:15
Enjoy Your Coffee
12:15-12:25
How do We Monitor Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Michael Huntgeburth (DE)
12:25-12:35
Current Role of MRI in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Mehtap Yeni (TR)
12:35-12:45
Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Congenital Heart Disease
Gerhard Paul Diller (DE)
12:45-12:55
The Norwood Operation from 1982-2019: Continued Surgical Triumph or Stagnation
Duke Cameron (USA)
12:55-13:05
How and When the Aortic and Pulmonary Problems be Treated after HLHS Surgery
Ali Kutsal (TR)
13:05-13:15
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
13:15-13:30
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13:30-13:40
Prevalence, Prevention and Treatment of Long-Term Problems in ACHD
Michael Huntgeburth (DE)
13:40-13:50
Real-life Data on Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Congenital Heart Disease: 10-Results from the International “Compera”-Registry
Harald Kaemmerer (DE)
13:50-14:00
How to Manage Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Lack of Proper Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: a World-Wide Problem
Gerhard Paul Diller (DE)
14:00-14:10
How to Improve the Results of Surgical Repair of Complex D-TGA?
Emre Belli (FR)
14:10-14:20
Current Outcomes and Strategies to Improve the Results in Surgical Correction of TOF
Ali Kutsal (TR)
14:20-14:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
14:30-14:45
Enjoy Your Coffee
14:45-15:30
Ministry of Health and Prevention of United Arab Emirates and Heart and Health Foundation of Turkey Joint Session
Chairpersons: Bassil Al-Zamkan (UAE), Öztekin Oto (TR)
14:45-14:55
Latest Update in Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Zohair Alhalees (SA)
14:55-15:05
PVR with Resilia Valve after Total Correction of TOF – Single Center Experience
Habib Tareif (UAE)
15:05-15:15
Double Valve Replacement through Right Axillary Incision
Mahmut Akyıldız (TR)
15:15-15:25
Initial Experience with Novel Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Prosthesis
Vasily Kaleda (RU)
15:25-15:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
15:30-15:45
Enjoy Your Coffee
15:45-16:30
Ministry of Health and Prevention of United Arab Emirates and Heart and Health Foundation of Turkey Joint Session
What is the Latest for Surgical Treatment of LVOT Obstruction
Chairpersons: Bassil Al-Zamkan (UAE), Öztekin Oto (TR)
Panelists: Ersin Erek (TR), Rıza Türköz (TR), Işık Şenkaya Sığınak (TR)
15:45-15:55
Benefits and Pitfalls of Surgical vs. Interventional Procedures for Relief of Dynamic Obstruction in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Friedrich Schöndube (DE)
15:55-16:05
Management of LVOTO in Children
Zohair Alhalees (SA)
16:05-16:15
Right Minithoracotomy vs Upper Ministernotomy in Isolated AVR
Mohammed Tamim (SA)
16:15-16:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
16:30-16:45
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16:45-16:55
Intraoperative Bypass Graft Assessment: Validity and Benefit
Teresa M. Kieser (CA)
16:55-17:05
How I Do Dor Aneurysmectomy: Some Insights from STICH Trial
Lorenzo A. Menicanti (IT)
17:05-17:15
Is there Any Progress in Beating Heart CABG via Left Thoracotomy in Triple Vessel Disease in Last 11 Months?
İlhan Mavioğlu (TR)
17:15-17:25
CABG in Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Technique Makes the Difference
Nikolaos Bonaros (AT)
17:25-17:35
Endoscopic Vein Harvesting: Where are We Now?
Joseph Zacharias (UK)
17:35-17:45
CABG for Triple Vessel Disease via Left Anterior Thoracotomy
Oleksandr Babliak (UA)
17:45-17:55
The Case Against Off Pump CABG
Sary F. Aranki (USA)
17:55-18:05
Off-Pump Re operative Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Left Thoracotomy
Georges Tedy (LB)
18:05-18:15
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
18:15-18:30
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18:30-19:15
Transplantation
Novel Treatment Modalities for Class D Heart Failure
Chairpersons: Mehmet Kaan Kırali (TR), Öztekin Oto (TR)
18:30-18:40
Ventricular Assist Device: Is it Becoming An Option Forever
Mehmet Kaan Kırali (TR)
18:40-18:50
Implantation of VADs as a Bailout Plan for a Country with Organ Donor for HTx
Yuriy Pya (KZ)
18:50-19:00
Heart Transplant: Is it End of an Era?
Sabit Sarıkaya (TR)
19:00-19:10
OCS for Preserving a Donor Heart in Kazakhstan: How to Overcome Large Distances
Zhuldyz Nurmykhametove (KZ)
19:10–19:15
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
19:15-19:30
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19:30-19:40
Cardiovascular Diseases during COVID-19 Pandemic
Fausto Pinto (PT)
19:40-19:50
From Physician´s Wellbeing to Burn-out: Understanding the Concept and Strategies and Reflections for the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic
Dianne McCallister (USA)
19:50-20:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
31 October 2020
06:45-07:45
Cardio-Oncology
Advances in Cardio-Oncology
Moderators: Cafer Zorkun (TR), Nizamettin Toprak (TR)
06:45-06:57
Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiotoxicity in Cancer Survivors
Umut Kocabaş (TR)
06:57-07:09
Management of Acute Cardiovascular Events in Cancer
Kaan Okyay (TR)
07:09-07:21
Management of Thrombotic Events in Cancer: Which Anticoagulant and When?
Cafer Zorkun (TR)
07:21-07:33
Can We Use Routinely Performed CT, PET-CT and MRI (for staging) in Cancer Patients for Diagnosing Cardiovascular Toxicity or Early Risk Stratification?
İrem Sezer (TR)
07:33-07:45
Role of Implantable Loop Recorders in Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity Related Arrhythmias
Fatih Mehmet Uçar (TR)
07:45-08:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
08:00-08:10
Moderate Coronary Stenosis: What to Do?
Joseph Sabik (USA)
08:10-08:20
Routine Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery: Is It a Fact or a Fiction?
Teresa M. Kieser (CA)
08:20-08:30
IMA harvesting for MIDCAB. Tradition and cutting-edge technology
Nikolaos Bonaros (AT)
08:30-08:40
Minimally invasive Combined Coronary Artery Bypass and Mitral Valve Repair
Oleksandr Babliak (UA)
08:40-08:50
Coronary Endarterectomy: Life Saving or Threatening?
Sary F. Aranki (USA)
08:50-09:00
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
09:00-09:15
Enjoy Your Coffee
10:15-10:30
Enjoy Your Coffee
10:30-11:30
IAVES
Novel Interventional and Medical Treatment Options in VTE - This Session is Supported by Medtronic
Chairperson: Öztekin Oto (TR)
10:30-10:45
GARFIELD - VTE: Final Results
Lord Ajay Kakkar (UK)
10:45-11:00
Novel Pharmacomechanical Treatment Options in VTE
Öztekin Oto (TR)
11:00-11:15
Iliofemoral Venous Reconstruction Techniques in VTE: Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting
Özcan Gür (TR)
11:15-11:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
11:30-11:45
Enjoy Your Coffee
11:45-11:55
Tips and Tricks of MR Quantification
Özge Özden Tok (TR)
11:55-12:05
Intraoperative Echocardiographic Assessment
Marta Sitges (ES)
12:05-12:15
State of the Art of Mitral Valve Repair: a Pragmatic Approach Rather than Dogmatic
Patrick Perier (DE)
12:15-12:25
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair - The New Gold Standard?
Joseph Zacharias (UK)
12:25-12:35
Off Pump Repair of Mitral Valve Prolapse. Up Date of Results
Steve Livesey (UK)
12:35-12:45
Transcatheter Mitral Repair and Replacement
David Holzhey (DE)
12:45-13:15
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
13:15-13:30
Enjoy Your Coffee
13:30-13:40
Novel Surgical Solutions in Calcifications of the Mitral Annulus
Patrick Perier (DE)
13:40-13:50
Benefits and Pitfalls of Surgical Procedures for Relief of Dynamic Obstruction in HOCM
Friedrich Schöndube (DE)
13:50-14:00
Novel Surgical Solutions and Strategies in Mitral Endocarditis
Carlos Mestres (CH)
14:00-14:10
Surgical Management of the Left Atrial Appendage
Sary F. Aranki (USA)
14:10-14:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
14:30-14:45
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14:45-14:55
When to Repair the Tricuspid Valve
Jerry Braun (NL)
14:55-15:05
How to Repair the Tricuspid Valve
Jose Pomar (ES)
15:05-15:15
Ebstein Anomaly: How I Do It?
Patrick Perier (DE)
15:15-15:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
15:45-16:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
16:00-16:10
Minimally Aortic Valve Replacement
Ruggero De Paulis (IT)
16:10-16:20
Aortic Valve Repair
Gebrine El Khoury (BE)
16:20-16:30
TAVI in Bicuspid Aortic Valves
Enrico Ferrari (IT)
16:30-16:45
Initial Experience with New Pericardial Tissue Valve-Avalus for All
Michael Firstenberg (USA)
16:45-16:55
State of the Art of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
David Holzhey (DE)
16:55-17:05
TAVR: A Surgeon´s Perspective on Low Risk Patients
Michael Firstenberg (USA)
17:05-17:15
TAVR versus SAVR Trials: Are They being Abused?
Lorenzo A. Menicanti (IT)
17:15-18:00
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
18:00-18:15
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18:15-18:30
ECMO Assisted CPR (e-CPR)
Michael Firstenberg (USA)
18:30-18:45
ECMO for Cardiogenic Shock: When to Escalate
Bihter Şentürk (TR)
18:45-19:00
Left Ventricular Unloading in ECMO: Always, Never, Sometimes
Tuğra Gençpınar (TR)
19:00-19:15
Round Table Presentation and Leader Discussion of Various ECMO Cases
Michael Firstenberg (USA)
19:15-20:00
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
1 November 2020
07:15-07:45
Updates in Pharmacovigilance and Rational Use of Drugs
Chairperson: Ercan Keleş (TR)
Pharmacovigilance
İnci Selin Doğan (TR)
Rational Use of Drugs
İnci Selin Doğan (TR)
07:45-08:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
08:00-08:05
Where and When Should I Use Which Guiding Wire for Which Lesion During the Endovascular Procedures?
Selami Gürkan (TR)
08:05-08:10
Should We Forget All We Know about the DCBs?
Sıtkı Akın Turan (TR)
08:10-08:20
Latest Update on Drug Coated Balloons
Serkan Ketenciler (TR)
08:20-08:25
Calcium: The Achilles Heel of Endovascular. Scaffold or Remove before Drug Delivery?
Serkan Ketenciler (TR)
08:25-08:30
Endovascular Treatment vs. Bypass Surgery in CLI Patients. What Have We Learned from the New Randomized Trials?: a Battle or a Power Union
Mete Gürsoy (TR)
08:30-08:35
Critical Limb Ischemia: How Will the New Classification Systems Act in the Treatment?
Volkan Yüksel (TR)
08:35-08:40
No Touch Zone: I Believe that Surgical Reconstruction is Still the Gold Standard for CFA Disease
Funda Yıldırım (TR)
08:40-08:45
Tips and Tricks of BTK Interventions
Orçun Gürbüz (TR)
08:45-08:50
Combined Interventions: Iliac Stenting with Femoropopliteal Bypass
Macit Bitargil (TR)
08:50-08:55
To Stent or not to Stent?
Celal Selçuk Ünal (TR)
08:55-09:00
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
09:00-09:15
Enjoy Your Coffee
09:15-09:20
Problematic Aspects in Aesthetic Phlebology
İlker Kiriş (TR)
09:25-09:35
The Latest and Most Revolutionary ECHO Therapy Treatment for Varicouse Veins and Venous Leg Ulcers: SONOVEIN
Mark Whiteley (UK)
09:35-09:40
CLaCS, Technical Details
Emre Doğan (TR)
09:40-09:45
Novel Approaches for Telangietasic Varices
Kerem Yay (TR)
09:45-09:50
Nara Socks Project for Compression Therapy
Takahiro Imai (JP)
09:50-10:00
Tips and Tricks for EVLA
Mark Whiteley (UK)
10:00-10:15
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
10:15-10:30
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10:30-10:45
Endovascular Treatment of Short-Angulated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in High-Risk Patient
Tin Duc Le (VN)
10:45-11:00
Endovascular Treatment for All Ruptured AAA
Özcan Gür (TR)
11:00-11:15
Open Surgical Treatment for All Ruptured AAA
Ömer Tetik (TR)
11:15-11:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
11:30-11:45
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11:45-11:55
Arcus Aorta Surgery under Normothermia
Mehmet Altuğ Tuncer (TR)
11:55-12:05
Tailored Options for Aortic Arch Disease
Enrico Ferrari (IT)
12:05-12:15
Chronic Type B Dissection: Open Repair vs. TEVAR
Thierry Carrel (CH)
12:15-12:25
IVUS Guided TEVAR: Does It Meet Our Expectations
Greg Pattakos (GR)
12:25-12:35
How to Manage Radiation Dose in TEVAR: Are We Creating New Cancer Patients?
Orçun Gürbüz (TR)
12:35-12:45
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
12:45-13:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
13:00-13:10
CA Stenting for all Symptomatic CAD
Ali Civelek (TR)
13:10-13:20
CEA for All Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease
İbrahim Erdinç (TR)
13:20-13:30
Timing of the Carotid Endarterectomy in Acute Stroke
İsmail Koramaz (TR)
13:30-13:40
Evidence Based Strategies for Interventions
Elton Soydan (TR)
13:40-13:50
How to Choose Tools for Difficult Aortic Arch and Carotid Anatomies
Erkan Köklü (TR)
13:50-14:00
Management of Complications in Carotid Interventions
Hamza Duyğu (TR)
14:00-14:15
Enjoy Your Coffee
14:15-15:45
AHA in the Near East: Go Red for Women
Woman´s View on Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Medicine
Chairpersons: Frank Sellke (USA), Öztekin Oto (TR)
14:15-14:25
Emergency Management of Peripheral Arterial Injuries: Updates in Strategy
Nilüfer Bektaş (TR)
14:25-14:30
14:30-14:40
Pulmonary Valve Sparing Strategies for the Tetralogy of Fallot Repair
Eylem Yayla Tunçer (TR)
14:40-14:45
14:45-14:55
Updates in Ebstein’s Anomaly in Adults: Modified Cone Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve
Dilek Suzan (TR)
14:55-15:00
15:00-15:10
Is There any Change in the Surgical Management of Constrictive Pericarditis?: Update in Surgical Technique
Arzu Antal (TR)
15:10-15:15
15:15-15:25
Work/life Integration – Keeping the Balance
Dianne McCallister (USA)
15:25-15:30
15:30-15:40
Novel Modalities in Cardiac MRI for the Diagnosis of Amyloidosis
Mehtap Yeni (TR)
15:40-15:45
15:45-16:00
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16:00-16:45
AHA in the Near East
Valvular Heart Diseases: The Horizon
Chairpersons: Ahmet Baltalarlı (TR), Öztekin Oto (TR)
16:00-16:15
Echocardiographic Imaging of Valve Disease
Marta Sitges (ES)
16:15-16:30
TAVR for Low-risk Patients: Is Surgery Becoming Obsolete?
Joseph Sabik (USA)
16:30-16:45
Prophylaxis for Endocarditis: Have the Recommendations Gone too Far?
Carlos Mestres (CH)
16:45-17:00
Enjoy Your Coffee
17:00-18:00
AHA in the Near East
Coronary Artery Disease
Chairpersons: Frank Sellke (USA), Öztekin Oto (TR)
17:00-17:12
What is New in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
Genco Yücel (TR)
17:12-17:24
Rational Approach to on Pump vs Off-Pump CABG
Joseph Sabik (USA)
17:24-17:36
How Do We Rationalize All Arterial Grafting Post ART?
Nikolaos Bonaros (AT)
17:36-17:48
Treatment of Congenital Coronary Anomalies
Duke Cameron (USA)
17:48-18:00
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
18:00-18:15
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18:15-19:15
AHA in the Near East
Aortic and Coronary Artery Disease
Chairpersons: Frank Sellke (USA), Ali Civelek (TR), Ahmet Baltalarlı (TR)
18:15-18:27
Coronary Endarterectomy: When and How?
Joseph Sabik (USA)
18:27-18:39
State of the Art Treatment of Ischemic VSD
Ludwig Müller (AT)
18:39-18:51
Preoperative Mechanical Support for the High-risk CABG Patient: What and When?
Michael Firstenberg (USA)
18:51-19:03
What Extent of Aortic Resection During Type A Dissection Repair?
Steve Livesey (UK)
19:03-19:15
Advantages of Hybrid Coronary Revascularisation in Coronary Artery Disease with Intermediate-High Syntax Score
Vladislav Podpalov (BY)
19:15-19:30
Enjoy Your Coffee
19:30-19:45
Conventional Surgery or Hybrid Intervention in Aortic Arch Aneurysms Repair: Case Discussion
Bektaş Battaloğlu (TR)
19:45-20:00
20:00-20:15
20:15-20:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
20.45-21.30
Transplantation
Novel Treatment Modalities for Class D Heart Failure
Chairpersons: Mehmet Kaan Kırali (TR), Öztekin Oto (TR)
Ventricular Assist Device: Is it Becoming An Option Forever
Mehmet Kaan Kırali (TR)
Implantation of VADs as a Bailout Plan for a Country with Organ Donor for HTx
Yuriy Pya (KZ)
Heart Transplant: Is it End of an Era?
Sabit Sarıkaya (TR)
OCS for Preserving a Donor Heart in Kazakhstan: How to Overcome Large Distances
Zhuldyz Nurmykhametove (KZ)
21:45-22:00
Award CeremonyAll Awards will be Announced at this Session - All Faculty Members and All Participants are invited to make a virtual toast and express your remarks in person.
Award Ceremony