Interatrial shunting in heart failure: still alive, for whom, and with which concept

Friday, August 7, 2026 16:00 CEST

Moderators:

Horst Sievert, CardioVascular Center CVC Frankfurt, Germany

Gregg Stone, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, USA
Gry Dahle, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Karl-Philipp Rommel, University Hospital Mainz, Center for Cardiology, Mainz, Germany

PROGRAM
 

Does left atrial decompression still make physiological sense?  >>  Roman Pfister, Uniklinik Köln, Cologne, Germany

What did the clinical trials really show?  >>  Gregg Stone, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, USA

Who is the right patient?  >>  Nijad Bakhshaliyev, Ege Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan

Device concept:

- V-Wave >>  Michal Laufer Perel, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

- Alleviant >>  James Udelson, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA

- Occlutech AFR >>  Jozef Bartunek, Cardiovascular Center, AZORG Hospital, Aalst, Belgium

- InterShunt  >>  Sitaramesh Emani, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, USA

- APTURE  >>  Firas Zahr, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

Does device design matter?  >>  Martin W. Bergmann, Asklepios Clinic Altona, Hamburg, Germany

What should the next pivotal trial look like?  >>  John Spertus, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA

Final rapid vote: would you implant today, and in whom?  >>  Horst Sievert, CardioVascular Center CVC Frankfurt, Germany

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