PFO closure
from 16:00 CET
Moderator: John Carroll
Moderator
- John Carroll, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, USA
Q&A moderator
- John Thomson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Panelists
- Niki Walker, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, United Kingdom
- Mark Turner, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Bernhard Meier, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- David Thaler, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Jamie Bentham, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
Program
- More than 25 years of cath PFO closure. Looking back - any reasons for concern?John Carroll
- Are all devices equal? Reasons to choose one device over another…Niki Walker
- PFO closure in divers: special considerations and differencesMark Turner
- The deoxy syndrome: how to diagnose and treatJamie Bentham
Debate: all PFOs should be closed regardless
- ProBernhard Meier
- ConDavid Thaler
