How to overcome the most clinically relevant challenges in TAVI
Sponsored by Medtronic
Interventions for Valvular Disease
TAVI
Case in Point
Medtronic
Room 241
Anchorperson: Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Spokesperson: Vasileios Panoulas
Discussants: Liesbeth Rosseel, Kristoffer Russell, Hana Vaknin-Asa
Watch this session if you want
- To learn about the implications of patient-prosthesis mismatch and how to reduce its risks
- To learn about the importance of aortic valve commissure to coronary alignment and how to control valve implantation to optimise this aspect of TAVI
- To discuss options to overcome common daily challenges of TAVI: peripheral vessel tortuosity, horizontal aorta, asymmetric valve calcifications in large, or in small aortic annuli
Session objectives
Flavio Luciano Ribichini
The clinical relevance of patient-prosthesis mismatch
Vasileios Panoulas
Examples of small annuli and degree of patient-prosthesis mismatch
Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Discussion and audience interaction
The importance of commissure to coronary alignment
Liesbeth Rosseel
Examples of good and bad alignment
Hana Vaknin-Asa
Discussion and audience interaction
Analysis of frequent challenges in TAVI
Kristoffer Russell
Discussion and audience interaction
Session evaluation and key learnings
Flavio Luciano Ribichini
