PFO CLOSURE
from 16:00 CEST
Moderators: David Hildick-Smith, John Thomson
Moderators
- David Hildick-Smith, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, Brighton, UK
- John Thomson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Q&A moderator
- Bushra Rana, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London, UK
Panelists
- Horst Sievert, CardioVascular Center Frankfurt CVC, Frankfurt, Germany
- Brian Clapp, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Niki Walker, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland
- Julian Widder, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Ada Stefanescu, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Mark Turner, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
- Bernhard Meier, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Program
- The optimal “device”, given what we know currently, what is needed?Horst Sievert
- Amplatzer-strengths and weaknessesBrian Clapp
- Cardioform-strengths and weaknessesNiki Walker
- Occlutech-strengths and weaknessesJulian Widder
- AF testing pre-implant - what’s reasonable, what is evidence based?Ada Stefanescu
- AF post implant - irritant or genuine problem?Mark Turner
Going beyond the RCTs, evidence for closure in
- Older patientsDavid Hildick-Smith
- "Non brain/cerebral” emboliBernhard Meier
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Accreditation
The webinar is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC) for a maximum of 2 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) and is accredited by the Landesärtzekammer Hessen for 2 CME credits.
Through an agreement between the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EBAC External CME credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EBAC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA website https://www.ama-assn.org/.