Events Mitral and Tricuspid in Munich
A hands-on, multidisciplinary course empowering future physicians to treat mitral and tricuspid valve disease through surgical and interventional approaches, with expert-led sessions, practical training, and global networking.
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Thu 13 Nov 2025
08:00 – 08:10 | 10 min
Welcome coffee & course opening
Markus Krane
Arnar Geirsson
08:10 – 08:30 | 20 min
Guidelines in Practice: A common ground for multidisciplinary decision-making
Markus Krane
Michael Joner
08:30 – 09:50 | 1 h 20 min
Valve team example: Mitral case challenges
Complex mitral valve prolapse in intermediate risk patients
- Treatment option: TEER
- Treatment option: Surgery
Keti Vitanova
Failed mitral valve repair
- Treatment option: Surgery redo repair or replacement
- Treatment option: mTEER OR valve in ring
Arnar Geirsson
Hendrik Ruge
09:50 – 10:15 | 25 min
Coffee break
10:15 – 13:15 | 3 h
Workshops
Expert: Christian Nöbauer
10:15 – 11:15 | 1 h - Echo Simulators (All Participants)
Rebecca Hahn
11:15 – 12:15 | 1 h - Group A: Transcatheter Simulators
Michael Joner & Cardiology Experts
11:15 – 12:15 | 1 h - Group B: Wet Lab
Markus Krane & Surgical Experts
12:15 – 13:15 | 1 h - Group A: Wet Lab
Markus Krane & Surgical Experts
12:15 – 13:15 | 1 h - Group B: Transcatheter Simulators
Michael Joner & Cardiology Experts
13:15 – 14:15 | 1 h
Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 | 45 min
Networking Coffee
10-minute rotations across tables to cover all three topics.
Valve team dynamics - How to avoid conflicts?
Rebecca Hahn
Markus Krane
How to become an expert in the field / how to start a program
Arnar Geirsson
Keti Vitanova
Hendrik Ruge
Driving Innovation: How to Get Involved in Research and Technology Development
Isaac George
Michael Joner
Teresa Trenkwalder
15:00 – 17:00 | 2 h
Mitral valve approach: From theory to practice
Mitral Repair - Surgical mitral valve repair for degenerative MR
Bernhard Voss
Mitral Repair - Live in a box: Robotic mitral valve repair for the ideal mitral valve prolapse
Arnar Geirsson
Mitral Repair - mTEER for degenerative MR
Teresa Trenkwalder
Mitral Repair - Live in a box: The ideal prolapse for TEER. How has it changed with better technology?
Hendrik Ruge
Coffee break
Mitral Replacement - Managing mitral annular calcification
Markus Krane
Mitral Replacement - Live in a box: Valve in MAC or Annular Decalcification with SMVR
Isaac George
Mitral Replacement - A glimpse into the future
Michael Joner
17:00 – 17:10 | 10 min
Take-home message
19:00
Group Dinner
Fri 14 Nov 2025
8:00 – 8:10 | 10 min
Day opening
8:10 – 9:40 | 30 min
Tricuspid valve approach: From theory to practice
Surgical tricuspid valve repair
Arnar Geirsson
Markus Krane
Transcatheter Edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for TR
Rebecca Hahn
Erion Xhepa
Beyond the technical part: Assessing and optimizing patients with severe TR
Teresa Trenkwalder
Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement
Michael Joner
Hendrik Ruge
9:40 – 10:40 | 1 h
Valve team example: Tricuspid case challenges
How to manage tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing mitral valve repair?
- Treatment option: Concomitant TV repair
- Treatment option: Don't repair. TEER later if needed
Isaac George
Tobias Andreas Rheude
Tricuspid regurgitation in patient with prior cardiac surgery
- Treatment option: Reoperation and TV repair or replacement
- Treatment option: TTVR or tTEER
Keti Vitanova
Tobias Andreas Rheude
10:40 – 11:00 | 20 min
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 | 1 h
Workshops
Expert: Christian Nöbauer
11:00 – 12:00 | 1 h - Echo Simulators (All Participants)
Rebecca Hahn
12:00 – 12:45 | 45 min
Lunch
12:45 – 14:45 | 2 h
Workshops
Expert: Christian Nöbauer
12:45 – 13:45 | 1 h - Group A: Transcatheter Simulators
Michael Joner & Cardiology Experts
12:45 – 13:45 | 1 h - Group B: Wet Lab
Arnar Geirsson & Surgeon Experts
13:45 – 14:45 | 1 h - Group A: Wet Lab
Arnar Geirsson & Surgeon Experts
13:45 – 14:45 | 1 h - Group B: Transcatheter Simulators
Michael Joner & Cardiology Experts
15:00 – 15:10 | 10 min
Key learnings & closing
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