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Final ONLINE COURSE Program APIC ENDORSED

 

 

Module 1 - 90 min (Online)

17 January 14:30h
1 - TAVI indications & procedural planning (JB, RCT)
 
  • 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2022 Feb 12;43(7):561-632. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab395.
  • 2024 Core Curriculum of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. EuroIntervention 2024;20:e1-e10 • DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983
  • Management of Left-sided Severe VHD complciated by cardiogenic shock: focus on the role of transhcatheter valve interventions . A EAPCI clinical consensus statement in collaboration with the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care & the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery. EuroIntervention 2023
1.1 Principles of THV selection
1.2 MSCT imaging skills in TAVI
1.3 TAVI primary vascular access planning according to anatomy.
1.4 Challenging arterial access: the role of alternative access routes and of percutaneous interventions
1.5 TAVI secondary vascular access planning
 

Module 2 - 90 min (Online)

31 January 08:00h
2 - The TAVI procedure (RCT)
 
  • 2024 Core Curriculum of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. EuroIntervention 2024;20:e1-e10 • DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983
  • EAPCI Core Curriculum for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (2020): Committee for Education and Training European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). A branch of the European Society of Cardiology. EuroIntervention. 2021 May 17;17(1):23-31.
2.1 Procedural set-up
2.2 Pharmacological strategies
2.3 Large bore access
2.4 Rapid pacing techniques
2.5 Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV)
2.6 Technical considerations for THV deployment
 

Module 3 - 90 min (Online)

14 February 08:00h
3 - The TAVI procedure (RCT) Prediction, prevention and management of procedural complications (HMG)
 
  • 2024 Core Curriculum of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. EuroIntervention 2024;20:e1-e10 • DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983
  • 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2022 Feb 12;43(7):561-632.
3.1Preparation for complications: essential equipment, vascular and surgical access, team training
3.2Vascular access: pre-procedure assessment of access site selection, procedure performance, and use of closure devices.
3.3Endovascular management of vascular complications: perforation, dissection, and occlusion
3.4Management of bleeding complications: femoral, pericardial, and remote
3.5Conduction disorders: impact, prediction, prevention, management
3.6Valve malposition: migration, embolization or ectopic deployment
3.7Paravalvular regurgitation (PVL) peri-TAVI
3.8Coronary obstruction: prediction, risk-assessment, prevention, management
3.9Aortic injury: prediction, avoidance, and management of aortic dissection and annular rupture
3.10 Acute hypotension: algorithm to identify cause of hypotension and acute management
3.11 Stroke: risk evaluation, cerebral protection devices, acute management, clinical outcomes
3.12 Patient prosthesis mismatch (PPM): prevention, diagnosis, outcomes
 

Module 4 - 90 min (Online)

28 February 08:00h
4 - Post procedural management (JB)
 
  • 2024 Core Curriculum of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. EuroIntervention 2024;20:e1-e10 • DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983
  • Management of antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a consensus document of the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis and the EAPIC in collaboration with the ESC Council on Valvular Heart Disease.Eur Heart J. 2021 Jun 14;42(23):2265-2269
4.1Discharge from hospital: timing, planning, execution, and liaison with family
4.2Anti-thrombotic therapy after TAVI
4.3Clinical and imaging follow-up after TAVI: clinical review, imaging, endocarditis prevention, rehabilitation
4.4Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD): definitions, operative classification and outcomes.
 

Module 5 - 90 min (Online)

14 March 08:00h
5 - Specific clinical scenarios (RCT, MA)
 
  • 2024 Core Curriculum of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. EuroIntervention 2024;20:e1-e10 • DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983
  • 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2022 Feb 12;43(7):561-632. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab395. Erratum in: Eur Heart J. 2022 Feb 18;:
  • EAPCI Core Curriculum for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (2020): Committee for Education and Training European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). A branch of the European Society of Cardiology. EuroIntervention. 2021 May 17;17(1):23-31.
5.1Low gradient AoS: low flow, normal flow, low EF, preserved EF
5.2TAVI and coronary artery disease (CAD)
5.3TAVI in bicuspid aortic valves
5.4TAVI for aortic regurgitation (AR)
5.5TAVI for valve in valve (VIV): TAVI in SAVR and TAVI in TAVI