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Friday, December 4, 2026
All times in Eastern Time

7:15 am
Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am
Welcome & Introduction
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
8:10 – 10:05 am

Session 1 - Mitral Valve Disease - A Primer for an Ever-Changing Landscape
Moderators – Tarek Malas, MD and Rhonda Miyasaka, MD

Case Presentation:
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Guideline directed management of mitral valve disease: When, why and how to intervene
    Milind Desai, MD, MBA
  2. Imaging of the mitral valve: the ABCs - Echo vs. TEE vs. Stress Echo
    L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
  3. Role of advanced imaging (CT and MRI) in screening/workup of the mitral valve patient to the OR and the cath lab
    Serge Harb, MD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

Case Presentation
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Imaging considerations during TEER and surgery
    Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
  2. Interventional cardiologist: TEER
    Samir Kapadia, MD
  3. Surgeon: I can do a low risk robotic mitral valve repair
    Per Wierup, MD, PhD
  4. Clinical cardiologist: Watchful waiting is all that’s needed
    Brian Griffin, MD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

10:05 am
Break
10:25 am – 12:00 pm

Session 2 - Management of Tricuspid Valve Disease
Moderators – Bernard Prendergast, DM, FRCP, FESC, and Per Wierup, MD, PhD

Lectures:
The natural history of tricuspid regurgitation

Milind Desai, MD, MBA

Tricuspid valve imaging: Considerations for assessment
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD

Case Presentation
Serge Harb, MD

Case Responses

  1. Cardiology: Work up of a patient with TR. What is the current data on risk stratification?
    Milind Desai, MD, MBA
  2. Addressing the tricuspid valve during mitral valve surgery: Any benefit?
    Tarek Malas, MD
  3. 3.Interventionalist: Edge to edge TVR or tricuspid valve replacement
    Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
  4. The EP physician as a member of the TR heart team
    Oussama Wazni, MD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

12:00 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm
Fireside chat with Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD; and course faculty
1:00 – 2:10 pm

Session 3 - Ventricular Arrhythmias and MR
Moderators - Brian Griffin, MD, and Pasquale Santangelli, MD, PhD

Lecture:
Mitral regurgitation and ventricular arrhythmias – risky business?

L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD

Case Presentation:
Brian Griffin, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Can I follow safely without intervention and how should I investigate this patient? Risk stratification: Which patient warrants early primary prevention
    Brian Griffin, MD
  2. EP approach: antiarrhythmics, ablation or ICD?
    Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
  3. Surgical: Barlow’s valve repair
    Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

2:10 pm
Break
2:30 – 3:50 pm

Session 4 - Atrial Arrhythmias and MR
Moderators – Stephanie Mick, MD, and Oussama Wazni, MD

Lecture:

Defining atrial functional MR: Pathophysiology
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD

Case Presentation:
Serge Harb, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Imaging Assessment
    Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
  2. EP approach: Antiarrhythmic, ablation, Watchman
    Oussama Wazni, MD
  3. Surgical perspective: The role of surgery in atrial functional MR
    Stephanie Mick, MD
  4. A role for TEER?
    Samir Kapadia, MD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

3:50 – 5:00 pm

Session 5 - TEER: State of the Art
Moderators – Samir Kapadia, MD, and Grant Reed, MD

Lecture:
What are the outcomes to date: Registry data from ACC and STS

Samir Kapadia, MD

Case Presentation:
Grant Reed, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Cardiologist/How I assess the patient/The key role of imaging
    Brian Griffin, MD
  2. Interventionalist: Tips and tricks for planning and execution - How to reduce failures and maximize durability
    Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
  3. PRIMARY and REPAIR MR Trials
    Tarek Malas, MD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

5:00 pm
Adjourn to reception

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Saturday, December 5, 2026
All times in Eastern Time

7:15 am
Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
7:55 am
Welcome remarks
8:00 – 9:20 am

Session 6 - Ischemic MR
Moderators – Bernard Prendergast, DM, FRCP, FESC, and Per Wierup, MD, PhD

Lecture:
Challenges and limitations of current management and technology

Tarek Malas, MD

Case Presentation:
Brian Griffin, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Clinical cardiologist: What is guideline-directed medical therapy in ischemic MR and is it enough?
    Brian Griffin, MD
  2. EP Cardiologist: How to maximize roles of CRT and ICD on secondary MR to prevent or delay intervention
    Thomas Callahan, IV
  3. Surgeon: Surgery for severe ischemic MR
    Tarek Malas, MD
  4. Interventional management of severe ischemic MR
    Grant Reed, MD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

9:20 am
Break
9:40 – 11:00 am

Session 7 - Torrential Tricuspid Regurgitation
Moderators – Samir Kapadia, MD and Tarek Malas, MD

Lecture:

The future of transcatheter tricuspid intervention: Lessons from the trials and remaining unmet need in technology
Samir Kapadia, MD

Case Presentation:
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD

Case Responses:

  1. Patient selection in TR: Predictors of success from multimodality imaging
    Serge Harb, MD
  2. Replacement: Goal is total TR resolution
    Per Wierup, MD, PhD
  3. Repair: Risk of replacement is too high
    Bernard Prendergast, DM, FRCP, FESC
  4. PPM/ICD options in patients follow TR Interventions
    Thomas Callahan, IV

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

11:00 – 11:50 am

Session 8 - HOCM: When and How to Address the Mitral Valve
Moderators – Milind Desai, MD, MBA, and Per Wierup, MD, PhD

Case Presentation:
Milind Desai, MD, MBA

Case Responses:

  1. Interventional strategies in HOCM
    Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
  2. Medical management - What’s new?
    Milind Desai, MD, MBA
  3. Surgeon: Myectomy +/- Mitral
    Per Wierup, MD, PhD

What happened to the patient, panel discussion and attendee Q&A
Session faculty

11:50 am – 12:45 pm

Session 9 – Case-Based Management Approaches to Complex Scenarios
All talks in this session are 10 minutes

Moderators – Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, and Grant Reed, MD

Critical care management in the setting of Acute Decompensated Valvular Heart Disease
Grant Reed, MD

Severe mitral regurgitation after TEER – When and how to intervene in persistent or recurrent symptoms after intervention - what next?
Per Wierup, MD, PhD

Mitral valve dysfunction with underlying calcification including MAC
Tarek Malas, MD

Percutaneous valve in MAC
Samir Kapadia, MD

CIED lead management in tricuspid valve intervention
Thomas Callahan, IV

12:40 pm
Adjourn

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