Heart Valves

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, CONGENITAL DEFECTS, and DISEASE

1. The anatomy and function of the atrioventricular valves

2. The anatomy and function of the semilunar valves

3. Congenital heart defects that include cardiac valve abnormalities

4. Acquired valve disease and processes

NEW Complex repair of CHD requiring conduits OR valve replacement outside of the ROSS procedure

VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT


5. Heart valve disease

6. History of heart valve repair

7. The Ross Procedure

8. The Use of Echocardiographic imaging of Valves

9. Advanced 3D imaging (CT and MRI) and transcatheter valve repair/ implantation

10. Transcatheter mitral repair and replacement

11. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation: the first transcatheter valve

12. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

13. Post TAVR PCI

XX. Complex Procedures in TAV, SAV, HARPOON, BASILICA w/ case studies

14. Tissue engineered heart valves

NEW New trends for valve replacement like the Ozaki procedure

 

NEW , Post-operative management of valves: On-X valve in post anticoagulation management



TESTING, REGULATORY and TRAINING ISSUES

15. In vitro testing of heart valve substitutes

16. Numerical methods for design and evaluation of prosthetic heart valves

17. Animal models for cardiac valve research

18. The use of isolated heart models and anatomic specimens as means to enhance the design and testing of cardiac valve therapies

19. Successful development and regulatory approval of replacement cardiac valves

20. Clinical trial requirements for cardiac valves

21.Virtual Prototyping and 3D Printing For SimulationXX. Computational Modeling, Validation, Verification and Uncertainty: Device simulation in Valvular Anatomies



22. Procedural Training and Education: Mixed Realities

Paul A. Iaizzo is a Professor in the Visible Heartâ Laboratories, Department of Surgery, at the University of Minnesota. 

Tinen Iles is an Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, at the University of Minnesota. 

Massimo Griselli is a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, London, England.James St. Louis is chief of the Section of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.