Timetable & learning outcomes

This summer school offers a unique opportunity for participants to attend to intensive practical classes about the technological aspects of CHD transcatheter interventions, from innovative concepts to clinical practice, including all aspects of device development. Participants will learn in a variety of ways thanks to a combination of theoretical lectures and practical sessions, covering the following topics:

› Day 1: Basic principles

› Day 2: Imaging guidance in cathlab

› Day 3: Startups day

Programme for the 2024 edition

Please note: the schedule is presented in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Wednesday June 26th	Thursday June 27th	Friday June 28th
08.45 - 09.00 Welcome and introduction Jean-Benoît Thambo	09.00 - 09.45 (online) Available devices for VSD closure Gianfranco Butera	09.30 - 10.00 Bioprothesis heart valve and advanced dry tissue technology Ofer Lahad
09.00 - 10.00 Anatomy - live demonstration of normal and congenital heart specimens Lucile Houyel	09.45 - 10.30 Step by step percutaneous VSD closure Marc Gewiling	10.00 - 10.30 Bioabsorbable occluder Fabien Lombardi
10.00 - 10.45 Cardiac physiology and remodeling: from basic principles to circadapt software applications Mark Friedberg	10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break	10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break	11.00 - 12.00 OLive case: percutaneous VSD closure on echo guidance Xiang-Bin Pan	11.00 - 11.30 Bioengineering valve Fabien Kawecki, François Roubertie, Jean-Benoît Thambo
11.15 - 12.00 Non-invasive HD assessment: do we still need a cath? Luc Mertens	12.00 - 14.00 Lunch
12.00 - 14.00 Lunch		11.30 - 12.00 (online) Intellistent: endovascular banding Seth Bogner
		12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Computational modeling and transcatheter procedures Claudio Capelli	14.00 - 14.45 Biomaterials and visibility on ultrasound imaging Silvia Farè	13.30 - 14.00 Flowmaker Stephane Garrigue
14.30 - 16.00 Workshop: virtual reality in CHD Claudio Capelli	14.45 - 15.30 Echo-guiding procedures in congenital heart diseases: the chinese experience Xiang-Bin Pan	14.00 - 14.30 Aortic stenosis: sono softening Mathieu Pernot
	15.30 Visit of the lab Richard Walton	14.30 Summer school closure
	Official summer school dinner

A certificate of participation indicating the number of training hours completed will be awarded to students at the end of course.
Participants may count these hours towards their supplementary doctoral training programmes.