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Zurich, Switzerland

Hirslanden Heart Team Workshop

Get tips to advance towards an efficient and collaborative Heart Team for TAVI and surgical cases. Understand its critical role, structure, setup, and decision-making.

The course is exclusively open to candidates holding:

  • Specialization in Cardiac Surgery;
  • Specialization in Anesthesia, Resuscitation, Intensive Care and Painy;
  • Specialization in Diseases of the Cardiovascular Systemy; or
  • The same specializations related to previous denominations/systems.

To offer a more in-depth experience, the number of participants is limited to about 4 attendees or 5 from a single center.

Dates:
  • Sep 25 – 26, 2025 (fully booked)
  • Dec 11 – 12, 2025
Day 1
12:00 – 13:00 | 1 h

Welcome Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 | 1 h

Heart Team Learnings

  • Why a Heart Team
  • How we built a Heart Team
  • Added value for patients
  • Heart Team Q&A
14:00 – 15:00 | 1 h

Heart Team Meeting

  • Technical introduction on decision-making
  • Echocardiography / CT imaging
  • Case Presentation Nr. 1 / MiSAVR
  • Case Presentations Nr. 2 & 3 / TAVI & TEER
  • 2021 EACTS/ESC guidelines update
  • 3mensio case discussion
  • Interventional Echocardiography: CT-scan in the setting of TAVI, followed by a discussion
  • Postoperative care
15:00 – 16:00 | 1 h

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 | 1 h 30 min

Transfer to hotel and check-in

17:30 – 18:00 | 30 min

Transfer to dinner venue

18:00

Group dinner with discussion of workshop key learnings

Day 2
08:00 – 09:00 | 1 h

Live case attendance – TAVI

09:15 – 09:30 | 15 min

Live case attendance – MiSAVR

09:15 – 09:30 | 15 min

Coffee break

09:30 – 11:00 | 1 h 30 min

Live case attendance – TEER

11:00 – 11:45 | 45 min

Case debrief, procedure tips & tricks, and key learnings

11:45

Lunch

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