Getting it Right First Time in Severe Aortic Stenosis – Key Insights for Long Term Success
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In this symposium, part of Transcatheter Interventions Online 2022, Dr Colum Owens and Prof Mark Spence from Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast perform a TAVI implantation with a focus on preserving future coronary access. Before the live case, Prof Ole De Backer and Dr Darren Mylotte will present on current trends in TAVI and key considerations for first choice valve in low-risk populations.
Note, this on-demand version is not CME accredited.
Key Learning Objectives
- Recall current and predicted trends in TAVI with respect to preserving coronary access
- Consider determining factors for choosing valves in low risk populations
- Discuss solutions for maximising valve durability and haemodynamics and for treating degenerated TAVI
Target Audience
- Interventional cardiologists
- Surgeons with an interest in transcatheter treatment strategies for coronary and structural heart disease
- Interventional cardiology nurses
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Part 1
Welcome & Introduction
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Part 2
Introduction to Live Case from Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Part 3
How to Obtain Commissural Alignment
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Part 4
Commissural Alignment: Live Case
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Faculty Biographies
Ole De Backer
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Professor Ole De Backer is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He works at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, where he is actively involved in the treatment of patients with complex structural heart disease. He has built an international reputation through his clinical expertise, research leadership, and commitment to innovation in minimally invasive cardiovascular interventions.
Academic History
Professor De Backer has developed an academic career centred on interventional cardiology and structural heart disease. His work integrates clinical practice with research and technological development, particularly in the application of advanced imaging and percutaneous techniques. He has been actively involved in training and mentoring clinicians in the evolving field of transcatheter heart interventions.
Career Overview
Professor Ole De Backer is a leading expert in…
Darren Mylotte
Consultant Cardiologist
Darren Mylotte is an Irish cardiologist with specialist expertise in interventional and structural heart disease. He undertook his medical education and early professional training in Ireland before pursuing advanced subspecialty and research training in Europe. His career reflects a strong commitment to academic cardiology, combining clinical excellence with advanced research in transcatheter valve therapies.
Academic History
Dr Mylotte graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Medical School in 2001. He obtained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland in 2004 and subsequently completed the Irish Cardiology Specialist Training Scheme.
In 2010, he was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, based on original research. In addition to his MD, he also undertook doctoral-level research leading to a PhD focused on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)…
Colum Owens
Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Colum Owens, MBBCH is a Consultant Cardiologist at Belfast Health & Social Care Trust. His research interests are Cardiology, Transcatheter Valve Intervention, Patent Foramen Ovale, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, Congenital Heart Disease.
Mark Spence
Prof Mark Spence graduated with honours in Medicine from Queens University Belfast in 1995 and progress to Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) in 1998.
He trained in cardiology in Belfast and then completed subspecialty training in congenital heart disease as a fellow in the inaugural Adult Congenital Heart Disease programme at Guys & St Thomas’ and the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
His MD thesis was awarded by Queens University Belfast in 2002. He then completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at The Royal Jubilee Hospital, British Columbia, Canada before taking up a consultant cardiology post in 2007 at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Trust. He joined Mater Private Network in November 2021.