| 09:00 - 10:30 | Session : RHYTHM DISORDERS 1 MODERATORS : Horia ROȘIANU, Sorin MICU |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Pacemakers implantation after TAVI procedure Iulia POPA |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | CSP implantation in a patient with AVB after TAVI procedure Horia ROȘIANU |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | PVC’s ablation after aortic valve replacement Răzvan MADA |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Implantable electronic devices in heart failure : contractility modulation Sorin MICU |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | A case of conventional resynchronization Demetra ROTARU, Horia ROȘIANU |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Discussions |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Session : ACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS MODERATORS: Adrian MOLNAR, Adela ȘERBAN, Alexandra DĂDÂRLAT-POP |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Optimal timing for Cardiac Surgery in Complicated Infective Endocarditis Adrian MOLNAR |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Case presentation Andreea INCEU / Alexandru MANEA |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Management of embologenic risk in Infective Endocarditis Adela ȘERBAN |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | The role of 3D ultrasound in the diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis Raluca TOMOAIA |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Post-TAVI endocarditis Alexandra DĂDÂRLAT - POP |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Infective endocarditis on TAVI. Case presentation Diana PEPINE |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Discussions |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | FESTIVE OPENING LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | SESSION : AORTIC VALVE AND THORACIC AORTA 1 MODERATORS: Aurel BĂTRÂNAC, Horia FEIER, Ovidiu STIRU |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Surgical treatment of regurgitation with preservation of the aortic valve – Yacoub and David procedure Aurel BĂTRÂNAC |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | David operation in patients with Marfan Syndrom and patients with acute aortic Dissection Aurel BĂTRÂNAC |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Bicuspid Valve Repair Horia FEIER |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Minimally invasive approach in aortic valve replacement Horațiu MOLDOVAN |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Aortic root surgery Ovidiu STIRU |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Management of Comorbidities in Post-TAVI Patients – A Multidisciplinary Approach Mirela STOIA |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | SESSION : AORTIC VALVE AND THORACIC AORTA 2 MODERATORS: Ștefan MOȚ, Teodora BENEDEK, Lorenzo MENICANTI |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | TAVI in critical patients Andrada BOGDAN, Horațiu MOLDOVAN |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | TAVI in lower risk: real advantage? Lorenzo MENICANTI |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Imaging-based Diagnostic Work-up of the Aortic Patient Teodora BENEDEK |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Simplification of the TAVI procedure: What role does the surgeon play? Peter HALDEWANG |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Endovascular therapy for aortic valve, present and future Ștefan MOȚ |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Long term TAVI trials Mariuca VASA-NICOTERA |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Surgery for heart failure Bojan BIOCINA |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Procedural safety and device performance of NAVITOR valve – Cluj Institute experience in the last 3 years Ovidiu ANCHIDIN WITH THE SUPPORT OF SANTE |
| 08:00 - 13:00 | WORKSHOP Transesophageal ultrasound training for MitraClip and TriClip procedures with the MrTEEmothy Advanced simulator *limited number of places available, access based on pre-registration |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | FESTIVE OPENING LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00 - 15:45 | SESSION : AORTIC VALVE AND THORACIC AORTA 2 MODERATORS: Mihai COCOI, Alexandru OPREA, Alexandru ACHIM |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Aortic valve replacement in 2025. What do the guides say? Vasile SASARMAN |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Special clinical cases solved through TAVI Mihai COCOI |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Transapical TAVI, indications and examples Alexandru OPREA |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Valve in Valve in Valve Alexandru ACHIM |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | TEE – guided Cell-Salvage Reinfusion in “Triple A”- induced Hemorrhagic Shock Iris ASZALOS |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | The radiologist - discreet but decisive in the multidisciplinary team for acute aortic pathology Irina SANDU |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | About aneurysm-osteoarthritis syndrome (Loeys-Dietz III syndrome) Svetlana ENCICA, Laura DAMIAN, L. STAN, Simona MANOLE, Adrian MOLNAR |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Session : RHYTHM DISORDERS 2 What's new in 2025? MODERATORS: Radu ROȘU, Marius ANDRONACHE |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Interventional approach in ventricular arrhythmias – challenges and solutions Radu ROȘU |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Genetic cardiomyopathies and ventricular arrhythmias – innovations and clinical applications Raluca TOMOAIA |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Interventional resolution of ventricular tachycardia - clinical case Gelu SIMU |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Atrial fibrosis assessment by electroanatomical mapping – past, present and future Marius ANDRONACHE |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | THE MOST INTERESTING CLINICAL CASE Moderators: Dana POP, Adrian MOLNAR |
| 17:00 - 17:08 | Dragoș Mihăilă – 2nd year resident physician (5 min. presentation + 3 min. comments) |
| 17:08 - 17:16 | Tudor Cornea – 2nd year resident physician (5 min. presentation + 3 min. comments) |
| 17:16 - 17:24 | Andrei Tilea – 1st year resident physician (5 min. presentation + 3 min. comments) |
| 17:24 - 17:32 | Dimitris Zacharis – 4th year resident physician (5 min. presentation + 3 min. comments) |
| 17:32 - 17:40 | Anda Pintea – 3rd year resident physician (5 min. presentation + 3 min. comments) |
| 17:40 - 17:48 | Samira Smailovic – medic rezident an 4 (5 min. prezentare + 3 min. comentarii) |
| 17:48 - 18:00 | Discussions |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Session: TREATMENT OF CALCIC CORONARY LESIONS MODERATORS: Rayyan HEMETSBERGER, Ovidiu ANCHIDIN, Mihai COCOI |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Myocardial revascularization on vs off-pump (comparative clinical and imaging study) Stage study Alexandru MANEA |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Current interventional options in calcific coronary lesions Mihai COCOI |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Rotational atherectomy and intracoronary lithotripsy - clinical cases Alex ACHIM |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Orbital atherectomy - clinical cases Ovidiu ANCHIDIN |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Intracoronary imaging in calcific lesions Rayyan HEMETSBERGER |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | The contribution of the Heart Institute in the progression of calcific coronary lesions Mihai COCOI |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | SESSION: MITRAL AND TRICUSPID VALVE MODERATORS : Gheorghe CERIN, Marco DIENA, Radu DEAC |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | What's new in arrhythmogenic mitral valve? Gheorghe CERIN, Radu DEAC |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Live in a box Marco DIENA |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Endoscopic Approach to the Mitral Valve: Enhancing Repair Possibilities Marius HARPA |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Live Case Mitra Clip – broadcast from the interventional cardiology laboratory Ștefan MOȚ / Mihai COCOI |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Acute mitral regurgitation, a mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction Victor RAICEA |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | History of heart transplantation in Romania – 1964-2024 Radu DEAC, Mihaela ISPAS, Horațiu SUCIU |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Discussions |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00 - 15:55 | Session AORTIC STENOSIS 2025 – DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES Moderators: Frank FLACHSKAMPF, Peter HALDEWANG, Horațiu MOLDOVAN |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Assessment of severe aortic stenosis: problems and pitfalls Frank FLACHSKAMPF |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | When aortic valve disease meets low ejection fraction Clinical case Presented by: Ioana Maria MOLDOVAN (15 min.) Comment: Raluca TOMOAIA (15 min.) |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Clinical case Presented by: Mihnea ISTRATE (15 min.) Comment: Ștefan MOȚ (15 min.) |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Paravalvular complications in severe aortic stenosis Ruxandra BEYER |
| 15:45 - 16:05 | Romanian experience with the new generation of transcatheter heart valves: Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia Sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences Iulian CĂLIN |
| 16:05 - 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Session AORTIC VALVE AND THORACIC AORTA 4 MODERATORS: Grigore TINICA, Horațiu SUCIU, Peter HALDEWANG |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Surgery for heart failure Bojan BIOCINA |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Advancing heart failure care through LVAD Horațiu SUCIU |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Systematic echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis severity. What does the surgical team want?! Grigore TINICA |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | The frozen Elephant Trunk: when and how to do it Peter HALDEWANG |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Role of Preoperative Cardiac MRI for Surgery in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Anatolie CAZACU |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Konno and Konno-Bentall procedures for complex LVOT obstruction Eugen SANDICA - online presentation |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Kengrexal – rapid, extensive and reversible platelet inhibition Ovidiu ANCHIDIN WITH THE SUPPORT OF Chiesi |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Discussions |
| 09:00 - 10:20 | Sports and cardiovascular diseases session organized by the Cluj branch of SRC MODERATORS : Dana POP, Dumitru ZDRENGHEA |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | ECG changes at the border between physiological and pathological in a high-performance football player Presented by: Horațiu COMȘA Comment: Dana POP |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Is physical exertion contraindicated for a marathon runner with bradycardia? Presented by: Diana IRIMIE Comment: Florina FRINGU |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Can an ICD patient still play tennis? Presented by: Dragoș MIHĂILĂ Comment: Bogdan CALOIAN |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | I have high blood pressure. Can I still go to the gym? Presented by: Nicoleta HADA Comment: Raluca TOMOAIA |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Atrial fibrillation and sport – a bilateral relationship Dumitru ZDRENGHEA |
| 10:15 - 10:20 | Discussions |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Best practice in MitraClip patient selection Csaba JENEI, Institute of Cardiology, University of Debrecen with the support of MDD + ABBOTT |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Session AORTIC VALVE AND THORACIC AORTA 5 MODERATORS: Horațiu MOLDOVAN, Rolf DAMMRAU, Lucian STOICA |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Open surgery versus endovascular approach in toraco-abdominal aneurysms Horațiu MOLDOVAN |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | TEVAR in type B aortic dissection Andrada BOGDAN, Horațiu MOLDOVAN |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Long term results after endovascular procedures for AAA repair – the need for a follow up programme Rolf DAMMRAU |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Juxtarenal aortic aneurysms – endovascular therapies vs. open surgery in our days Ionel DROC |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | The role of the Heart Team in the management of acute Stanford A aortic dissection at the “Professor George I. Georgescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Iași Lucian STOICA |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Rare case of DSA type "Unroofed coronary sinus" Adrian MOLNAR, Mihnea ISTRATE |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Discussions |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Cardiovascular Health Map: Strategies for Patients with Uncontrolled LDL-C Ovidiu ANCHIDIN WITH THE SUPPORT OF SANOFI |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | SESSION : CARDIAC SURGERY – CARDIAC MALFORMATIONS MODERATORS: Ovidiu ANCHIDIN, Youssef TAMMAM, Cătălin CÎRSTOVEANU, Horațiu SUCIU |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | PCA closure – interventional closure possibilities Ovidiu ANCHIDIN |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Cutting-edge pediatric cardiac surgery - experience gained at Marie Curie Hospital Youssef TAMMAM |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Emergency septostomy in newborns with congenital heart defects Cătălin CÎRSTOVEANU |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Challenging pediatric cardiopathologies: when each case rewrites the rules of the game Cristina FILIP |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Perioperative neuromonitoring in newborns with congenital heart defects in the TINN ward of the M. S. Curie Hospital Mihaela AXENTE |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Neoaortic root dilation in patients with arterial switch, a long-term challenge Irina MARGARINT |
| 15:30- 15:50 | Role of MCS in Patients with Mitral TEER Anton FARKAS, Kardiocentrum AGEL with the support of MDD + ABBOTT |
| 16:00- 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:30-18:00 | SESSION: INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY MODERATORS: Dan OLINIC, Călin HOMORODEAN |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | OCT imaging-guided interventional treatment of common trunk lesions Dan OLINIC |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Exceptional solutions used in complex coronary interventions Călin HOMORODEAN |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | A Case of Coronary Dissection: Insights from Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Dan TĂTARU |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Indications for interventional treatment in thromboembolic disease Maria OLINIC |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Interventional treatment in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) Mihai SPÂNU |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Pharmacologically active balloons (DCB) as the first therapeutic option in the treatment of complex coronary lesions Leontin LAZĂR |
| 18:00 - 18:45 | Session: Monitoring patients with cardiovascular pathology remotely, using smart devices UTCM Grant / Heart Institute |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Innovative solutions based on Artificial Intelligence for monitoring patients after hospitalization Ionuț ANGHEL (UTCN) |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Current and prospective status in remote patient monitoring Ovidiu ANCHIDIN |
| 18:30 - 18:45 | Transcare Project Ancuța NEMEȘ |
Evaluation committee: Horațiu Moldovan, Grigore Tinica, Horațiu Suciu |
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| PP1 | Pre-Procedural Cardiac Imaging for TAVI and Beyond Claudia Moldovanu |
| PP2 | Acute Aortic Syndrome: The Role of Imaging in Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment Guidance Alexandru Ronald Poeană |
| PP3 | Aortic Involvement in Segmental Arterial Mediolysis: An Overlooked Differential Diagnosis Andrei Busui |
| PP4 | Aortic and Cardiac Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease: Between Clinical Suspicion and Imaging Confirmation Muntianu Adelina-Elena |
| PP5 | Congenital Malformations of the Aortic Arch Benjamin Burger |
| PP6 | Vasculitis – Imaging Features of Large Vessel Inflammation Ioana Popescu |
| PP7 | Percutaneous Treatment of Severe Mitral Regurgitation in a High-Risk Inoperable Patient – The MITRACLIP Approach Aida Badea |
| PP8 | Left ventricular reconstruction for a patient with left gigantic ventricular aneurysm and severe heart failure Maria Sabina Safta |
| PP9 | How to break interventionally a surgical aortic prosthesis: valve in valve aortic implant for a afteload mismatch Maria Sabina Safta |
| PP10 | Alternative Endovascular Approaches in the Management of Aortoiliac Aneurysms Alexandru Zăman |
| PP11 | Ruptured common carotid aneurysm in a patient with Pyoderma gangrenosum. Rare complications and unexpected evolution. Dan Alexandru Cercel |
| PP12 | Transcatheter management of aorto-iliac aneurysms-Case RepORT Patricia Mazurencu-Pele |
