CSI FRANKFURT 2026
TOPICS

AFR uses in Heart Failure and CHD

Recorded case AFR

Percutaneous options for LV support

Percutaneous options for RV support

Percutaneous veno-arterial and veno-venous ECMO

Artificial heart

Live case

Role of CT angiography: preprocedural planning

Matching device to morphology

Case examples

• My most challenging case
• My nightmare case
• Fistula I will not close
• Post closure pharmacological treatment: how I do it?
• Intermediate to long-term outcome: unravelling the “unnatural” history

Diagnosis and natural history in neonates and children

Medical treatment

Evolving surgical management

How to set up an interventional program

How to do transcatheter interventions

Patient population and outcome after surgery or intervention from a national database in UK

Bioresorbable stents

Pulmonary vein stenosis in adults: how often is it a problem and how to deal with it?

Planning for RVOT stenting with emphasis on imaging

Is covered stent a better option?

What do I hate about repairing stented RVOT?

Reintervention in RVOT stent when unsuitable for repair

Attempts at risk stratification for interventions in CHD

Cases where RVOT stenting has gone wrong

• Stent migration
• Coronary compression
• RVOT perforation

Recorded case

Live case

Classification of severity in HOCM patients and long-term outcomes

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an updated review on diagnosis, and treatment

Role of TEER in SAM

Current state of the roles of alcohol septal ablation in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Transcatheter septal ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a technical guide

Surgical myectomy: present and future

Recorded case: transapical beating heart septal myectomy

Recorded case: Liwen RFTM Ablation

Stent options in newborns as bail out after surgery

Stent techniques in bifurcation stenosis: kissing stents, Y-stenting and more

Complex anatomy: how to prevent adjacent structural damage

PA stenting in Williams and Alagille syndromes: any hemodynamic benefits?

Dealing with multiple bilateral PA branch stenosis – aggressively or step-wise

Recanalization of occluded LPA / RPA: tips and tricks

Isolated LPA stenosis: significance and indications for treatment

PA stenting: when things go wrong

The increasing burden of congenital heart disease in the adult population

Interventions in late presenters with congenital heart diseases

• Untreated congenital heart disease
• Previously treated congenital heart disease

The changing role of surgery in ACHD

Arrhythmias in untreated and surgically treated congenital heart disease

Case examples

• Stenting of stenosed pulmonary venous pathway after Senning operation
• Dealing with hemoptysis from MAPCAs
• Late closure of ASD

Hemodynamic assessment in the cath lab

How to perform exercise catheterization?

Pulmonary vascular resistance assessment: cath, MRI or gut feeling?

Non-invasive determinants of timing of mitral and tricuspid interventions

Managing Fontan fenestrations- is the AFR the solution?

Managed transeptal flow in PH and LV diastolic dysfunction. Are fenestrated devices the answer?

Value and limitations of oxygen consumption measurements

MRI techniques for flow assessment

Vortex formation and flow dynamics in the field of structural and valvular heart disease

Challenging cases:

• Closing an ASD in a patient with pulmonary hypertension
• Closing an ASD with left ventricular dysfunction
• Closing a PDA in a patient with pulmonary hypertension

Acute thromboembolism:

• Acute thromboembolism in the newborn - Case example and overview
• Acute thromboembolism in the newborn - Percutaneous options
• Acute AP-shunt occlusion – tips and tricks
• Acute pulmonary saddle embolism - size matters

ECLS at the cathlab

• ECLS for rescue during cath in children
• Cath under ECMO in children
• ECMO options in children

Pericardial tamponade

• In the newborn
• If things go wrong

Interventional cavo-pulmonary connection

Interventional Fontan completion

Mechanisms of failing

PA hypoplasia/stenosis in Fontan patients – Evaluation and treatment

Preventive interventions to avoid failing

Interventional take-down

My worst complication during Fontan intervention

Recorded case

Neurocardiology: why do we need to collaborate?

Understanding brain bleeding risk from neuroimaging

The role of the heart-brain team for left atrial appendage closure

Cardiac imaging for brain-heart teams

Detecting PFO and deciding about its closure: A team approach

Carotid stenosis: stenting for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

How to build a heart–brain team: neuro-AFib as an implementation study

Update on the Clearance trial

Fetal aortic valvuloplasty: how to define a successful intervention?

Case examples: fetal aortic valvuloplasty

• The Paris case: 20-22 weeks gestation with impaired LV
• The Toronto case: 26-28 weeks gestation with evolving HLH
• The Linz case: 30-32 weeks gestation with hydrops
• The San Francisco case: complication(s)

Stenting the atrial septum in the fetus: old and new indications

Recorded case

Live case transmission

What is a complex VSD:

• Anatomical considerations
• Imaging considerations
• VSD in low-weight infants
• Large VSD

I don’t want to close this VSD, you should do it!

• Surgeon
• Interventionist

When do we need to go hybrid

How to deal with complications

My most challenging VSD closure

Introduction: AI in health care

Speech analysis algorithm to predict HF earlier than clinical signs

How to use artificial intelligence to analyse the data we get from wearable devices

ChatGPT takes on the European exam in core cardiology

AI enhanced ECG interpretation for quicker diagnosis

AI in remote ECG monitoring improves arrhythmia detection

AI image guided intervention systems to reduce radiation dose

How can AI help to improve the image quality of TTE

How can AI help to improve the image quality of TEE

Safety concerns related to artificial intelligence in health care

• Legal and regulatory aspects
• Technical aspects

Preventing coronary obstruction during TAVI: snorkel stenting and BASILICA - what does the data say?

I drowned snorkeling - A case gone bad and when I now discourage it

Cut your losses - A BASILICA gone bad and when I now turn it down

Preventing LVOT obstruction during TMVR: septal reduction and LAMPOON- what does the data say?

LAMPOON to prevent LVOT obstruction; let me walk you through two cases (one VIV, one VIR)

How I keep my interventionalist out of trouble during LAMPOON and BASILICA

Dedicated devices for leaflet laceration - Shortcut and TELLTALE

The promise of leaflet excision; SITRIL, Surplus and novel transcatheter approaches

Preventing LVOT obstruction during TMVR; the new kids on the block (Scorpion, LiwenRF, SESAME)

Resetting the clock: ELASTACLIP and beyond to facilitate TMVR after failed TEER

Ask the experts - round table discussion on leaflet and septal modification from technical aspects to tips and tricks

Morphology and function of lymphatics: back to basics

Genetics of lymphatic dysplasia: an underutilized tool for targeted treatment

My imaging toolkit in approaching lymphatic disorders

Protein-losing enteropathy: is there a role for lymphatic interventions?

Lymphatic treatment options in plastic bronchitis and chylothorax. Should we be doing more?

Lymphatic treatment options in ascites: a multicompartment problem

Late results of “Hraska – Azygos-venous turndown or lymphatic decompression”

Recorded case – Protein-losing enteropathy

Review of randomized clinical trial data of renal denervation for hypertension

Renal denervation for ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation

Renal denervation: Predictors of response and patient selection

Step-by-step and tips and tricks: Spyral

Step-by-step and tips and tricks: Recor

Step-by-step and tips and tricks: Peregrine alcohol denervation

Intraprocedural mapping for renal denervation

What work-up should a patient have prior to renal denervation?

Are newer devices making antithrombotic therapy redundant?

Which antithrombotic(s) to use for LAAC based on neurological indications

Post-implant antithrombotic(s) after gastrointestinal bleed

Which antithrombotic(s) and for how long for device related thrombus and peri-device leaks?

What to do in case of an embolic event?

How to deal with major hemorrhage during or after the implant?

Anticoagulation after device thrombus and leaks

Pulmonary embolism - Why is this important to cardiologists?

Who are the candidates for catheter based pulmonary embolectomy?

Device parade for catheter-based treatment of pulmonary embolism

Chronic thromboembolic PH

• Clinical and imaging classification, and the role of medical therapy
• Technique and results of balloon angioplasty – Case based from easy peasy to very difficult
• What is the role of surgery - Techniques and data
• Pulmonary artery denervation for pulmonary arterial hypertension - Devices, techniques, and data
• Interatrial shunting

Ultrasound guided femoral punctures: step by step

Trans-carotid approach

• Surgical cut down preferred
• Percutaneous approach preferred

Axillary artery approach: scope and limitations

Trans-hepatic access: access and closure: step by step

Compressing the groin: preventing and treating arterial thrombosis

Hybrid access to the heart

Accessing the atrium in the patient with a Fontan circulation