Cardioband: a new era of mitral valve repair

Chairpersons: Eberhard Grube, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Michael Mack

Objectives:

To understand how to perform mitral repair in patients with functional mitral regurgitation
To learn more about case examples of the Cardioband procedures
To learn about the evolution of mitral valve annuloplasty

Lectures

Session objectives

E. Grube

Percutaneous annuloplasty: another step towards surgical standards

M. Mack

Case demonstration from Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany

G. Nickenig

The ideal Cardioband patient based on a successful case presentation

A. Vahanian

12 months results from multi-centre CE mark clinical study

K.H. Kuck

Device & medical therapy interaction in FMR

F. Ruschitzka

How to learn the technique & future directions

F. Maisano

Session evaluation and key learnings