Ancona Live Virtual Course: Combined Aortic and Mitral Valves

In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss AFib ablation, AF surgery strategies, and the importance of ERAS protocols. These presentations were recorded during the Ancona Minimally Invasive and Trans-Catheter Cardiac Surgery Course on May 29, 2026.

Presentations: AF Ablation, LAAM, and ERAS, Part 1

1. Surgical Training and Strategies for Atrial Functional MR (AFMR), by Thorsten Hanke, Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University of Luebeck, Germany.
2. Totally Thorascopic AF Ablation by Bart Maesen, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Maastricht University Medical Center, Netherlands.

Presentations: AF Ablation, LAAM, and ERAS, Part 2

1. Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation: First-in-Human Trial in Concomitant Afib Albation by Bart P. van Putte, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, and Principal Investigator, AMC Heart Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2. Why, When and How Concomitant AF Surgery by Manuel Castellà, Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiovascular Head of Department, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
3. ERAS: Expanding the Concept of MICS by Christopher Münch, Chief of Anesthesia and Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care, L’Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
4. ERAS by Telemedicing by Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ospedali Riuniti delle Marche, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

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