The Toronto Course
on Complex Congenital & Structural Heart Disease Intervention
2017 Lectures
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April 21, 2017
Session 1
Welcome, Introduction of Faculty and Course Objectives
Eric Horlick
Being a Pro, having standards, lessons from my 10,000 hours
Lee Benson
“I Gotta Get There!” – Understanding atrial anatomy: transeptals for intervention, Mustard, Senning,
extracardiac Fontans, Tips and tricks
John Cheatham
Big and Ugly -- PHT, multiple defects, no IVC access
Zahid Amin
New interventional therapies for severe TR
Mark Osten
PPVI Melody Valve Reaches Adolescence
John Cheatham
Eric Horlick
New technologies for the native RV outflow tract
Lee Benson
Procedural disasters from attendees:
Septostomy Balloon On The Run Sharon Borik
Learning From Complications Paul Malik
What Goes Around Comes Around Paul Tannous
Session 2
Wendy Tsang
Mitral valvuloplasty – Inoue technique and the double balloon
Bob Chisholm
Anita Asgar
Mitral valve-in-valve, valve-in-ring, valve in MAC
Simran Singh
TCMVR- New technologies for the native valve – an update
Mark Osten
Mitral and aortic paravalvular leaks
Eric Horlick
Session 3
John Cheatham
April 22, 2017
Session 4
PFO - RESPECT long term data and perspectives on an FDA approval
John Carroll
3 lessons from cases I will never forget
Reda Ibrahim
Flash Debates
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PFO closure in cryptogenic stroke in 2016
Have we let the cat out of the bag? I would close my 21 yr. old daughter’s PFO in a second vs. Keep that thing away from her!
Flash Debates (cont'd)
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LAA closure in patients with bleeding problems on warfarin
The evidence is clear vs. let’s go slow, re-challenge with NOAC and see?
TAVI in low risk patients in a non-inferiority model
Gotta be! vs. can the system afford it?
James Velianou vs. Geoff Puley
TAVI- Current State of affairs and the future of TAVI 5 years from now
John Carroll
Interactive Sessions
Simran Singh and Matt Crystal