MICS 2024
Bari / JUNE, 20 - 21

MICS 2024

Minimally Invasive and Catheter Solutions
The Nicolaus Hotel, Bari
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Video Recap

MICS is a two-day meeting focused on the latest advancements in minimally invasive transcatheter surgery of the mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valves, as well as atrial fibrillation.

MICS is aimed at cardiac surgeons, interventional and non-interventional cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists involved in minimally invasive mitral surgery—ranging from basic diagnostics to advanced treatment solutions.

Leading global experts in the field will participate to share their experience in an open, multidisciplinary forum.

Areas of Interest

  • Fundamental Knowledge
  • Transcatheter Therapies for the Mitral Valve
  • Tricuspid Regurgitation
  • Transcatheter Therapies for the Tricuspid Valve
  • Tricuspid Valve Surgery
  • Advanced and Unconventional Mitral Valve Repair
  • Minimally Invasive and Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery
  • Apical Approach
  • Valve-in-Valve Procedure
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
  • Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Devices and Treatments
  • Mitral Valve Surgery (Degenerative, Ischemic, Rheumatic, Endocarditic)
  • Cardiac Arrest and the Mitral Valve
  • Percutaneous Treatment of Aortic and Mitral Valves, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

President MICS 2024

Giuseppe Speziale
President
Giuseppe Speziale
President Mitral Valve Domain
Head of Cardiac Surgery at Santa Maria Hospital, Bari | Vice President of GVM Care & Research

Scientific Directors MICS 2024

David Adams
David Adams
Chairman of Mitral Valve Domain
Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York (US)
Khalil Fattouch
Khalil Fattouch
Chairman of Percutaneus Therapy Domain
Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery - Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo
Regional Representative for the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery (SICCH)
Patrizio Lancellotti
Patrizio Lancellotti
Chairman of Echo Imaging Domain
Professor and Head of the Cardiology Department - University of Liège

Local Host 2024

Giuseppe Nasso
Giuseppe Nasso
Chairman of EP LAB and Coronary Artery Bypass (CABG), MIDCAB and Robotics Domains
Head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit - Anthea Hospital, Bari
Domenico Paparella
Domenico Paparella
Chairman Aortic Valve and Clinical Research Domains
Head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit - Santa Maria Hospital
Professor of Cardiac Surgery - University of Foggia
Giuseppe Santarpino
Giuseppe Santarpino
Chairman of Clinical Reserach Domain
Co-Head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit - Città di Lecce Hospital
Luigi Specchia
Luigi Specchia
Head of Cardiovascular Surgery - Città di Lecce Hospital
Carlo Zebele
Carlo Zebele
Head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit - Clinica Montevergine, Avellino

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Schedule 2024

Thursday June 20th 2024

Meeting Opening

9.00

Welcome Address

Giuseppe Speziale
Vice-President GVM Care&Research
Ettore Sansavini
President GVM Care&Research
Michele Emiliano
President of Puglia region
Fabio Pollice
Rector of Unisalento
Antonello Garzoni
Rector of LUM University
Giuseppe Carrieri
Dean of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Foggia
Vito Montanaro
Director of Health Promotion Department,
Puglia Region

SESSION 1 AORTIC VALVE
Chairs: Gaetano Contegiacomo, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Gebrine El Khoury, Marino Scherillo

9.30

Adoption of TAVI and SAVR in Europe and North America in the last 10 years
Francesco Saia

9.40

When old is too old: assessing frailty for patients candidate to TAVI
Cataldo Labriola

9.50

Failure of surgical and transcatheter aortic bioprosthesis
Gino Gerosa

10.00

Prosthesis choice in patient undergoing surgical replacement: predicting valve-in-valve procedure
Mauro Rinaldi

10.10

Right mini-thoracotomy for surgical aortic valve replacement
Domenico Paparella

10.20

Discussion 

10.50

Same-day discharge following TAVI: is it always possible?
Corrado Tamburino

11.00

Evolution of transcatheter aortic valve devices: future trend
Fausto Castriota

11.10

Managing small aortic annulus in middle aged patients
Carlo Savini

11.20

Upstream TAVI: Moderate aortic stenosis at “high risk” of cardiovascular events
Alfredo Marchese 

11.30

Pros-Cons TAVI in young low-risk patients: just a question of prosthesis durability
Alessandro Parolari, Giuseppe Tarantini

11.45

Discussion

12.15

LECTURE: Aortic valve replacement in the young adults
Tirone David 

12.35

Lunch Break

JOINT SESSION SICCH NEWS FROM THE NEW ESC GUIDELINES

SICCH-INTEGRITTY: THE ROLE
OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES IN LIMITING EVIDENCE

Chairs: Khalil Fattouch, Alessandro Parolari

14.10

Is there some criticism with evidence in cardiovascular medicine?
Michele Di Mauro

14.20

The example in inferiority: the power of statistical manipulation
Marco Moscarelli

14.30

The risk of indication creep in RCTs
Fabio Barili

14.40

What is missing? If anything is
Amedeo Anselmi

14.50

The role of professional scientific societies in the critical assessment of literature
Alessandro Parolari

SESSION 2 TRICUSPID VALVE
Chairs: Armando Liso, Francesco Santini, Pierluigi Stefàno, Tullio Tesorio

15.00

Echocardiographic evaluation of functional tricuspid regurgitation
Patrizio Lancellotti

15.10

Surgical tricuspid valve repair: setting the standard for best practice
Gilles Dreyfus

15.20

Pros- Cons: How should Redo Tricuspid valve regurgitation be treated?
Carmelo Mignosa, Alberto Cremonesi

15.35

Discussion

SESSION 3 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Chairs: Marco Matteo Ciccone, Chiara Comoglio, Pasquale Perrone Filardi, Saverio Iacopino

16.05

Expanding the indication for surgical left atrial appendage occlusion
Richard Whitlock

16.15

Thoracoscopic ablation of atrial fibrillation
Giuseppe Nasso

16.25

New technologies in transcatheter Atrial Fibrillation ablation
Francesco Solimene

16.35

Pros-Cons - Ablation therapy for persistent atrial fibrillation. When and how:
  1. Electrophysiologist view
  2. Cardiac surgeon approach
Massimo Grimaldi, Claudio Muneretto

16.55

Discussion

17.20

Adjourn

Friday June 21th 2024

 SESSION 4 MITRAL VALVE

Repairing and replacing the mitral valve

Chairs: Ottavio Alfieri, Gilles Dreyfus, Ernesto Greco, Giuseppe Speziale, Stefano Tonioni

9.00

Benchmarking Mitral Valve Repair: defining standards for surgical and percutaneous treatment of Severe Mitral Regurgitation
David Adams

9.20

Minimally invasive mitral valve repair: the new normal
Giuseppe Nasso

9.30

Neochord: who, how, when?
Gino Gerosa

9.40

Mitral valve repair for degenerative disease
VIDEO IN THE BOX
Anterior Leaflet
Giuseppe Nasso
Posterior Leaflet
Mauro Del Giglio
Barlow Disease
Vinicio Fiorani
FED Disease
Roberto Coppola
Ring Choice
Carlo Zebele
Relock technique
Giuseppe Santarpino

10.00

The path towards transcatheter mitral valve treatment
Ottavio Alfieri

10.10

Treating patients with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC)
Gebrine El Khoury

10.20

Why does mitral valve repair fail?
Gilles Dreyfus

10.30

Discussion

Chairs: Umberto Benedetto, Corrado Fiore, Luigi Martinelli, Angelo Squeri

11.00

Favorable and unfavorable mitral
anatomies for transcatheter edge-toedge
repair in degenerative disease
Giovanni La Canna

11.10

Endoscopic mitral valve repair
Shokoufeh Cheheili Sobbi

11.20

Discussion

11.50

LECTURE: Echocardiographic evaluation of
candidate to transcatheter mitral valve
procedure
Mani A. Vannan

SPECIAL ISSUES

12.10

Genetic background of mitral valve prolapse
Valeria Novelli

12.20

Infective Endocarditis in minimally invasive approaches: spontaneous generation?
Legal medical profiles
Vittorio Bolcato, Livio Tronconi

12.30

Take home message

Informations 2024

LOCATION

The Nicolaus Hotel
Via Cardinale Agostino Ciasca, 27
70124 Bari BA 

PARTICIPATION

- In attendance: The Nicolaus Hotel
- Online: fad.gvmcampus.it

REGISTRATION

Registration is free.

To register you need to connect to the website fad.gvmcampus.it

ECM PROVIDER

GVM Campus srl (ID 6028)

ECM ACCREDITATION

The Conference was awarded n. 7.7 CME credits for the following professional roles: Surgeon (cardiac surgery, cardiology, angiology, medical genetics, respiratory diseases, physical medicine and rehabilitation, internal medicine, sports medicine, general surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, anesthesia and resuscitation, diagnostic radiology, hygiene, epidemiology and public health, occupational medicine and workplace safety, general medicine (family doctors), Cardiocirculatory pathophysiology and cardiovascular perfusion technician, Medical radiology technician, and Nurse.

TRAINING OBJECTIVE

Technical-professional content (knowledge and skills) specific to each profession, specialization, and ultra-specialized activity.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Italian is the official language of the Conference. A Simultaneous translation

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