The congress will give a comprehensive overview of major topics in catheter therapy for congenital, structural and valvar heart disease and is designed for adult and pediatric interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, imaging specialists, nurses, technicians and any other medical specialty involved in these procedures. With a focus on cardiovascular innovation in the Asia-Pacific region this will also be an opportunity for engineers, device design specialists, inventors and investors to learn from and network with physicians.
Topics: CONGENITAL HEART INTERVENTIONS How to close atrial and ventricular septal defects How to use balloons and stents in coarctation and pulmonary artery stenosis How to close large patent arterial ducts and pulmonary AV fistulas How to treat comcplex congenital heart diseases in the cath lab Valvar heart interventions How to close paravalvar leaks How to do aortic, pulmonary, mitral and tricuspid valve implantation How to transcathether mitral valve repair How to do balloon valvoplasty structural heart interventions How to close post myocardial infaction vetricular septal defects How to close the left atrial appendage to prevent embolic stroke in atrial fibrillation When to close patent foramen ovale to prevent paradoxical embolism How to treat heart failure by interventional techniques