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.
Thu 13 Nov 2025
08:00 – 08:10 | 10 min
Welcome coffee & course opening
08:10 – 08:30 | 20 min
Guidelines in Practice: A common ground for multidisciplinary decision-making
08:30 – 09:50 | 1 h 20 min
Valve team example - Mitral case challenges
Case 1: Complex mitral valve prolapse in intermediate risk patients
Susheel Kodali & Keti Vitanova
Case 2: Failed mitral valve repair
Arnar Geirsson & Hendrik Ruge
09:50 – 10:15 | 35 min
Coffee break
10:15 – 13:30 | 2 h 45 min
Workshop rotations
Echo Simulators
Rebecca Hahn
Group A: Transcatheter Simulators
Michael Joner
Group B: Wet Lab
Markus Krane
13:30 – 14:15 | 45 min
Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 | 45 min
Networking Coffee
Valve team dynamics - How to avoid confl icts?
Susheel Kodali & Rebecca Hahn & Markus Krane
How to become an expert in the fi eld / 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
Surgical mitral valve repair for degenerative MR
Bernhard Voss
Live in a box: Robotic mitral valve repair for the ideal mitral valve prolapse
Arnar Geirsson
mTEER for degenerative MR
Teresa Trenkwalder
Live in a box: The ideal prolapse for TEER. How has it changed with better technology
Hendrik Ruge
Managing mitral annular calcification
Markus Krane
Live in a box: Valve in MAC or Annular Decalcification with SMVR
Isaac George
A glimpse into the future
Michael Joner
17:00 – 17:10 | 10 min
Take-home message
19:00
Group Dinner
Fri 14 Nov 2025
08:20
Day opening
08:30 – 10:00 | 1 h 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
10:00 – 13:15 | 2 h 15 min
Workshop rotations
Echo Simulators
Rebecca Hahn
Group A: Transcatheter Simulators
Michael Joner
Group B: Wet Lab
Markus Krane
Group B: Transcatheter Simulators
Susheel Kodali
Group A: Wet Lab
Arnar Geirsson
13:15 – 14:00 | 45 min
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 | 45 min
Valve team example - Tricuspid case challenges
Case 1: How to manage tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing mitral valve repair
Isaac George & Tobias Andreas Rheude
Case 2: Tricuspid regurgitation in patient with prior cardiac surgery
Keti Vitanova & Susheel Kodali
15:00
Key learnings & closing
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