LIFETIME MANAGEMENT OF HEART DISEASES

Preliminary Program

10.00 Registration and welcome coffee

OPENING
MODERATORS: A. D’Onofrio, L. Chiariello, G. Ruvolo
10.30 RETTORE, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “TOR VERGATA”
Nathan Levialdi Ghiron
10.35 COMMISSARIO STRAORDINARIO, POLICLINICO “TOR VERGATA”
Isabella Mastrobuono
10.40 PRESIDE FACOLTÀ DI MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA,
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “TOR VERGATA”
Stefano Marini
10.45 DIRETTORE SANITARIO, POLICLINICO “TOR VERGATA”
Andrea Magrini
10.50 I 20 anni della cardiochirurgia del PTV: La prima decade
L. Chiariello
11.05 I 20 anni della cardiochirurgia del PTV: La seconda decade
G. Ruvolo

I SESSION
LIFETIME MANAGEMENT
OF AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS
MODERATORS: S. El Qarra, H. Treede, G. Luzi
11.30 Bioprosthesis durability: SAVR is the benchmark
but TAVR is quickly approaching
A. D’Onofrio
11.40 Guideline vs practice: surgery vs. TAVR in young patients
F. Onorati
11.50 Surgeons (should) do it better: strategies to optimize SAVR in 2025
H. Treede
12.00 Sutureless and rapid deployment aortic bioprostheses:
when, where and how?
P. Beretta

12.10 Degeneration of aortic surgical bioprostheses:
what’s next? Redo or ViV?
G. Luzi
12.20 Aortic valve reoperations in challenging scenarios:
TAVR, stentless and pulmonary autografts
A. Messina
12.30 The importance of planning properly TAVR-in-SAVR
and TAVR-in-TAVR
G. Tarantini
12.40 Panel discussion
Moderators and Presenters
13.00 LUNCH

II SESSION
LIFETIME MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
MODERATORS: M. Chu, M. Massetti, A. Della Corte
14.00 Aortic Regurgitation Across the Ages:
Tailoring Treatment from Young Adults to the Elderly
S. El Qarra
14.10 Mastering the Art of aortic Valve Repair:
general principles we all need to know
R. De Paulis
14.20 Bicuspid vs tricuspid aortic regurgitation:
impact on surgical management
H. Treede
14.30 TAVR in pure aortic regurgitation
G. Tarantini
14.40 Ross procedure: the ultimate solution for lifetime
management of aortic valve disease
M. Chu
14.50 Panel discussion
Moderators and Presenters

III SESSION
LIFETIME MANAGEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
MODERATORS: N. Bonaros, P. Beretta, G. Melina
15.10 Resect, Respect and Restore: 3 strategies for mitral valve repair
G. Gerosa
15.20 Different techniques for Barlow’s repair
N. Bonaros
15.30 Results of endoscopic mitral valve repair
G.D. Cresce
15.40 Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: state of the art
M. Sangiorgi
15.50 Outcomes of mitral surgery after failed TEER
M. Chu
16.00 Functional MV regurgitation and coronary artery disease:
how to choose the best strategy
G.Melina
16.10 Transapical beating heart Neochords implantation:
indications and results
S. Salizzoni
16.20 Panel discussion
Moderators and Presenters
16.40 COFFEE BREAK

IV SESSION
LIFETIME MANAGEMENT OF CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE
MODERATORS: G. Torregrossa, L. Pisano, G. Tarantini
17.00 Cardiac CT from diagnosis to guide medical
and interventional therapy in ischemic heart disease
G. Pontone
17.10 CABG vs PCI in multivessel CAD: updates on the most recent trials
M. Sangiorgi
17.20 Conduits and Strategies for Arterial Revascularization in CABG
U. Benedetto
17.30 Robotic CABG
G. Torregrossa
17.40 New technologies to improve vein graft patency
V. Borghetti
17.50 Coronary artery disease and aortic valve stenosis:
what is the best approach?
P. Bruno
18.00 Panel discussion
Moderators and Presenters

18.20 HONORED GUEST LECTURE
DEVELOPING AN ACADEMIC CAREER IN CARDIOVASCULAR
MEDICINE: THE ROLE OF MENTORS, PUBLICATIONS
AND SCIENTIFIC NETWORK
F. Crea (Editor in chief European Heart Journal)

18.40 End of the first day

20.00 CONFERENCE DINNER

March 28, 2025