Ancona Live Virtual Course: Aortic Valve

In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss transaxillary valve surgery, options to avoid patients-prosthesis mismatch, aortic valve replacement (AVR), and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). These presentations were recorded during the aortic valve session of the Ancona Minimally Invasive and Trans-Catheter Cardiac Surgery Course on May 28, 2026.

Introduction

1. Transaxillary Valve Surgery: Innovation Through Simplicity by Marco Di Eusanio, Professor of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Cardiac Surgery Department, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, OORR; Director, Marfan Center, Director, Minimally Invasive and Trans-Catheter Cardiac Surgery Research Center, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Presentations: Options to Avoid Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch

1. PPM: What All Surgeons Should Know by Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ospedali Riuniti delle Marche, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
2. LVOT Index: New Ideas by Ali Taghizadeh-Waghefi, Cardiac Surgeon, Center for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, University Hospital Dresden, Germany.
3. Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Valves by Paolo Berretta, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
4. Root Enlargement by Joerg Kempfert, Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center, Berlin, Germany.
5. The Ross Procedure by Jan Vojacek, Chief, Department of Cardiac Surgery and the Complex Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
6. TAVI by Francesco Saia, Interventional Cardiologist and Associate Professor, IRCCS University Hospital of Bologna (Policlinico S. Orsola), Bologna, Italy.

Presentations: AVR and TAVI: Follow-up Data and Lifetime Management

1. Clinical Cardiologist’s Perspective by Francesco Grigioni, Chief of Cardiology, Full Professor of Cardiology, Program Director for Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program, and Program Director for the Cardio-Center at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy.
2. Interventional Cardiologist’s Perspective by Francesco Saia, Interventional Cardiologist and Associate Professor, IRCCS University Hospital of Bologna (Policlinico S. Orsola), Bologna, Italy.
3. Surgeon’s Perspective by Torsten Doenst, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Germany.

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