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Update Course

Update Course Biventricular Repair of Borderline Hearts

Wednesday May 28th, 2025

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08:30 – 08:35Opening WelcomeRainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Germany
08:35 – 08:45Case Presentation/VotingNora Lang, Germany
Basic Concepts
Chairs: Nora Lang, Germany & Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Germany & Matthias Sigler, Germany
08:45 – 09:05What is a borderline left heart?Adam Kolesnik, Poland
09:05 – 09:30Flow-Mediated Factors in the Pathogenesis of Hypoplastic Left Heart SyndromeRajiv Chaturvedi, Canada
09:30 – 09:50Embryology – Basic concepts of the development of the conduction systemBjarke Jensen,The Netherlands
09:50 – 10:15Anatomy of the conduction system in heterotaxy and unbalanced AV canal    TBA
10:15 – 10:35Coffee Break 
Diagnostics
Chairs: Pedro del Nido, USA & Joachim Hebe, Germany & Inga Voges, Germany
10:35 – 10:55Fetal imaging, predictors, care planning and counselling in borderline left heartsAnna Seale, UK
10:55 – 11:15Can echocardiography predict biventricular repair?Rebecca Beroukhim, USA
11:15 – 11:35Integrating flow data into clinical decision makingPetru Liuba, Sweden
11:35 – 11:55Impact of electro-anatomical considerations on surgery: from pre-operative surface-ECG to pre-operative electrophysiology to intra-operative mappingJoachim Hebe, Germany
11:55 – 12:15From preoperative to intraoperative planning: 3D Reconstruction, 3D Printing, Virtual Reality and 3D echocardiographyTBA
12:15 – 13:15Lunch 
Therapeutic strategies I
Chairs: Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Germany &  TBA & TBA
13:15 – 13:30How to establish a biventricular repair programmeRebecca Beroukhim, USA
13:30 – 13:50Fetal cardiac interventions in borderline left heartsAndreas Tulzer, Austria
13:50 – 14:10Interventions: Can they change the course?Thomas Krasemann, The Netherlands
14:10 – 14:30Surgical Recruitment strategies for the borderline heartTBA
Therapeutic strategies II
Chairs: Nora Lang, Germany & Michael Hübler, Germany & Pedro del Nido, USA
14:30 – 15:15State of the art: Biventricular repair of complex congenital heart diseasePedro del Nido, USA
15:15 – 15:30Factors of failing biventricular repair/How to save a biventricular patient?TBA
15:30 – 15:40Wrap-up and Closing Remarks Nora Lang, Germany