Programme
IMPERIALE HALL
8.00 Partecipant's Registration
9.00 Welcome Greetings
Alberto Credi
Vice – Rector for research – Università di Bologna
Marco Seri
Scientific Director – IRCSS A.O.U. di Bologna
Opening Meeting
Gaetano Domenico Gargiulo, Andrea Donti
9.20 Main Lecture
Presenter: G. Egidy Assenza
The changing profile of ACHD cardiovascular
medicine in the 21st Century
Moderators: M.J. Landzberg
9.45-11.15
SESSION I - THE NEED FOR LIFE LONG CARE
Moderators: A. Giamberti, M. G. Russo
9.45 Challenges and complexity of transition
10:00 Clinical echocardiography of complex ACHD lesions: fieldguide for the general cardiologist
10.15 Advanced cardiac imaging in ACHD
10.30 Printing and computation modeling for transcatheter intervention in ACHD
10.45 ACHD patients require ACHD surgeons
11.00 Discussion
11.15 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.45
SESSION II AORTA AND AORTIC VALVE IN COMPLEX ACHD
Moderators: A. Balducci, D. Pacini
11.30 Diagnosis eco evaluation. It’s not a matter of a single valve disease
11.45 Aortic valve repair: if, when and how
12.00 Bentall operation
12.15 Feasibility and effectiveness of transcatheter aortic procedure in adults with congenital heart disease
12.30 Discussion
13.00 – 13.55 LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Build a bridge to transplant: The complex reality of ACHD patients with failing Fontan- the role of EXCOR® Revive
F. De Rita, S. Ovroutski, L. Ragni, D. Zimpfer
13.00 The therapy of increased pulmonary resistance in Fontan
S. Ovroutski
13.10 The EXCOR® Revive bailout of failing Fontan
D. Zimpfer
13.20 Heart-team-based unfolds the optimal potential for EXCOR® Revive therapy
13.30 MCS: how to counsel patients
13.40 Discussion
IMPERIAL HALL
14.30 – 15.45
Session III The Tricuspid Valve: Ebstein or Non Ebstein this is the problem
Moderators: R. Formigari, G.B. Luciani
14.30 Taxonomy of tricuspid valve disease in congenital lesions
14.45 Surgical Treatment of Ebstein’s anomaly
15.00 Atrial tachyarrhythmias mechanisms and ablation in Ebstein anomaly
15.15 Tricuspid regurgitation in complex congenital heart disease
15.30 Discussion
15.45 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00
SESSION IV THE ARRHYTHMIC STORM
Moderators: S. Albanese, G. Bronzetti
16.00 Arrhythmias in adult congenital heart disease
E. Rosenthal
16.15 Atrial fibrillation ablation in adults with congenital heart disease: pulmonary vein or non-pulmonary vein triggers?
16.30 Ventricular tachycardias in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: electroanatomical mapping and ablation or ICD?
16.45 Discussion
17.00
Main Lecture
Presenter: A. Donti
Pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease
M. Gatzoulis
17.20 Closure of the day
IMPERIALE HALL
9.10
MAIN LECTURE
Presenter: E. Angeli
General introduction to aI opportunities and risks
M. Milano
9.30 - 11.00
SESSION V BURDEN OF HEART FAILURE IN ACHD
Moderators: E. Angeli, M.J. Landzberg
9.30 Clinical phenotypes and epidemiology of heart failure in ACHD
9.45 Fontan Failure
10.00 Management of the failing systemic right ventricle
10.15 New frontiers in transcatheter treatment of RVOT failure
S.A. Qureshi
10.30 Multisite pacing for heart failure in congenital heart disease
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.40 SESSION VI MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT IN ACHD PATIENTS
Moderators: F. De Rita, V. Vida
11.15 Mandatory indications of VAD in ACHD
11.30 Before it’s too late: the complexity of ECMO in emergency in single ventricle ACHD
11.45 Mechanical circulatory support in complex ACHD
D. Zimpfer
12.00 Discussion
12.10
Main Lecture
Presenter G. D. Gargiulo
Thinking ahead: tackling heart failure in ACHD with neonatal surgical approach
13.00 – 13.45
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Extending the limits of evidence: Specific PAH therapy for highly complex congenital heart disease
A. Manes, A. Donti
IMPERIALE HALL
14.00 – 15.45 SESSION VII HEART TRANSPLANT IN ACHD
Moderators: E. Bacha, L. Potena
14.00 Patients selection and timing
14.15 Heart transplant in Fontan: swinging pendulum between timing and futility
A. Van De Bruaene
14.30 Heart transplant, tips and tricks: indications and results
14.45 The role of multiorgan transplant
N. Amodeo
15.00 Dominating the storm of early transplant period: the anesthesiologic view
15.15 Timing and prognostication in transplant medicine using AI
S. Diciotti
15.30 Discussion
15.45 – 17.10 SESSION VIII THE MORE YOU DREAM, THE FURTHER YOU GET
Moderators: A. Donti, S. Favilli
15.45 Pregnancy in ACHD
16.00 Back to normal life: utopia of sport activity
16.15 Living with a congenital cardiac defect: the answer of genetics
16.30 Discussion
16.50 Main Lecture
Presenter: E. Angeli
Palliative care and end of life consideration in ACHD
17.10 Closing Remarks
G. D. Gargiulo, A. Donti, E. Angeli