ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Day 1: 17 July, 2017 Monday

Joost P. van Melle, Netherlands
ACHD: The Fontan Disease
10:00 – 11:00 ACHD Top 4 Abstracts
11:00 - 11:15 How does the Fontan fail in the adult?
11:15 - 11:30 What does invasive exercise testing teach us about Fontan physiology?
Sasha Opotowsky, US
11:30 – 11:45 Treatment options the Failing Fontan circulation – can we target the pulmonary vascular bed and/or diastolic dysfunction?
Lars Sondergaard, Denmark
11:45 – 12:00 Fontan Associated Liver Disease (FALD) – what is the optimum therapy beyond transplantation (case-based teaching)?
Gruschen Veldtman, US
ACHD: Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) – Do We Have an Answer?
13:30 – 14:15 BRIDGING ACHD & ARRHYTHMIAS Top 3 Abstracts
14:15 – 14:30 Should anticoagulants routinely be prescribed to adults with CHD and atrial tachyarrhythmias?
AS Jensen, Denmark
14:30 – 14:45 Should a pacemaker be implanted for asymptomatic sinus bradycardia in complex ACHD patients?
Mitchell Cohen, US
14:45 – 15:00 Is a primary prevention ICD indicated in patients with a dysfunctional systemic right ventricle or single ventricle?
Michael J. Silka, US
15:00 – 15:15 Resynchronizing the Failing Pulmonary Right Ventricle
Jan Janousek, Czech Republic
15:15 – 15:30 Should Catheter Ablation Be the First Line of Therapy in Atrial Arrhythmias in ACHD Patients?
Natasja de Groot, Belgium

Day 2: 18 July, 2017 Tuesday

ACHD: Grown up Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
10:00 – 10:20 Ventricular function and heart failure: Is it a problem in TOF patients?
Luke Burchill, US
10:20 – 10:40 Changing the surgical approach: will we reduce re-operation?
Alessandro Giamberti, Italy
10:40 – 11:10

DEBATE: Are we treating our patients too late?

  • "Yes, I suggest treating much earlier.”
    Marc Gewilling, Belgium
  • "Maybe yes, but I suggest avoiding being too aggressive”
    Joseph Dearani, US
11:10 – 11:30 Transcatheter therapies in ACHD cono-truncal patients, a dream or soon to be reality?
Folkert Meijboom, Netherlands
11:30 – 11:50 RV remodeling after pulmonary valve replacement, is it true?
Carlos Ruiz, Spain
11:50 – 12:00 Discussion
ACHD: Global ACHD Care Around the World
13:30 – 13:50 Advanced Models (North American, Europe, Asia-Pacific)
Helmut Baumgartner (Germany) Candice Silversides (Canada) Jamil Aboulhosn (US)
13:50 – 14:10

Developing Models

  • Chile
  • China
  • Malaysia
  • South Africa
  • Russia
14:10 – 14:30 ACHD Education
Gary Webb, US
14:30 – 14:50 Resource Allocation
Sue Fernandes, US
14:50 – 15:10 Pediatric Cardiologist Perspective
Massimo Chessa, Italy
15:10 – 15:30 Discussion

Day 3: 19 July, 2017 Wednesday

ACHD: Pregnancy & Contraception in ACHD
10:00 – 10:15 Keynote Lecture: Pregnancy and Anticoagulation – what is the appropriate management in 2017?
Jolien Ross Hesselink, Netherlands
10:30 – 10:45 Pregnancy and complex congenital heart disease – current outcomes
Candice Silversides, Canada
10:45 – 11:00 Interventions and cardiac surgery during pregnancy – who, how and when?
Carole Warnes, US
Cases Examples: ACHD & Pregnancy
11:00 – 11:20 Case #1: Atrial Transposition
Karen Stout, US
11:20 – 11:40 Case #2: Aortopathies and pregnancy
11:40 -12:00 Case #3: Fontan
Gruschen Veldtman, US
ACHD: Heart Failure/Transplantation in ACHD
13:30 – 14:15 ACHD/Heart Failure: Top 3 Abstracts
14:15 – 14:30 Heart failure therapy and transplant; where are we in 2017?
Lucy Roche, Canada
14:30 – 14:45 Mechanical support for the Fontan and Systemic RV patient: Identifying the ideal patient for VAD or TAH
David Morales, US
14:45 – 15:00 Which ACHD patients may benefit from CRT?
Jean-Benoit Thambo, France
15:00 – 15:15 The role of the interventionalist in ACHD patients with heart failure
Lee Benson, Canada
15:15 – 15:30 Discussion

Day 4: 20 July, 2017 Thursday

ACHD: Advance Care Planning in ACHD: Preparing Patients and Providers
10:00 – 10:15 Mortality in ACHD: A global perspective
Gerhard Diller, Germany
10:15 – 10:30 Advance care planning: Who, what, where, when and why?
Adrienne Kovacs, Canada
10:30 – 10:45 What can we learn from advance care planning and palliative care in acquired heart disease?
Daniel Tobler, Switzerland
10:45 -11:00 What can we learn from adolescent palliative care?
Roxanne Kirsch, US
11:00 -11:15 Cultural variation in end-of-life care: 
1. A case presentation from Japan 
Koichiro Niwa, Japan
11:15 – 11:30 Cultural variation in end-of-life care:
2. A case presentation from Switzerland
Matthias Greutmann, Switzerland
11:30 -11:45 Cultural variation in end-of-life care:
3. A case presentation from North America
Karen Stout, US
11:45 – 12:00 Discussion
Bridging Together Session: ACHD & Electrophysiology
13:30 – 13:50 Transitional care of Pacemaker/AICD patients: living with old leads and devices
Hiroko Asaka, Japan
13:50 – 14:10 How do I identify patients at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD)? The role of imaging
Lorna Swan, UK choice #1
Susan Lucy Riche, Canada choice #2
14:10 – 14:30 Fenestration in Fontan patients: please don't close access to the atria and leave it open!
John Triedman, US
14:30 – 14:50 Is there really an indication for primary AICD implantation in ACHD patients to prevent SCD?
Maully Shah, US
14:50 – 15:10 Atrial Fibrillation & CHD: Approach to a growing epidemic
Natasha De Groot, Belgium
15:10 – 15:30 Surgery for arrhythmia in ACHD patients
Alessandro Giamberti, Italy