Utrecht Sessions February 5th and 6th 2027
With pride we present the program of our 12th 'Utrecht Sessions' on The Pulmonary Valve.
The first day of our conference (Thursday February 4th 2027) is in Dutch: this day is intended for parents and patients with this congenital heart defect, our referring partners and our care partners. View the program (in Dutch).
The international symposium in English will take place on February 5th and February 6th, 2027, for which registration is possible separately.
Programme
We are very pleased with the many positive responses from speakers and chairpersons. The final programme with speaker details will follow as soon as all speakers have confirmed. Below is the preliminary version of the programme.
Friday February 5th
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 08.00 - 08.30 | Registration and coffee | follows |
| 08.30 - 08.45 | Welcome | Gregor Krings and Bram van Wijk |
Speakers and chairpersons follows.
Pulmonary Valve disease: the beginnings
Chairpersons: follows
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 08.45 - 09.10 | Development of the pulmonary valve | follows |
| 09.10 - 09.35 | Fetal imaging | follows |
| 09.35 - 10.00 | Postnatal imaging | follows |
| 10.00 - 10.25 | PV and genetics: is there more? | follows |
| 10.25 - 10.50 | Case based: strategy on pulmonary valve stenosis in fetal life | follows |
| 10.50 - 11.20 | Coffee break | — |
First interventions in Pulmonary Valve disease
Chairpersons: follows
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 11.20 - 11.40 | Surgery on the pulmonary valve in the newborn and infant | follows |
| 11.40 - 12.00 | Catheter interventions postnatally from valvuloplasty to RVOT stenting | follows |
| 12.00 - 12.20 | Strategy in PA IVS with borderline RV | follows |
| 12.20 - 12.35 | Pro/Con RVOT stent in the neonate: Interventionalist | follows |
| 12.35 - 12.50 | Pro/Con RVOT stent in the neonate: Surgeon | follows |
| 12.50 - 13.10 | Pro/Con discussion | follows |
| 13.10 - 14.00 | Meet, greet, and eat | — |
Pulmonary Valve and the RV: time is ticking
Chairpersons: follows
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Visualising und understanding PV and branches after first intervention | follows |
| 14.20 - 14.45 | Sister from another mister: the RV is no LV | follows |
| 14.45 - 15.05 | Mechanisms and assessment of RV adaption | follows |
| 15.05 - 15.25 | Are current guidelines adequate for clinical decision making? | follows |
| 15.25 - 15.45 | To valve or not to valve | follows |
| 15.45 - 16.10 | Tea break | — |
Battle: calcified conduit and severe PI
Chairpersons: follows
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 16.10 - 16.30 | Case 1: calcified conduit | follows |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Battle Re-homograft vs PPVI | follows |
| 17.00 - 17.20 | Case 2: large/native RVOT | follows |
| 17.20 - 17.50 | Battle first grafts vs PPVI | follows |
| 17.50 - 18.15 | Discussion: panel + audience | — |
| 18.15 - 18.20 | Closing remarks | follows |
Saturday February 6th
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 08.45 - 08.50 | Welcome | Trinette Steenhuis and Bram van Wijk |
Pulmonary Valve: Strategy Part I
Chairpersons: follows
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 08.50 - 09.15 | Portfolio of surgical valves | follows |
| 09.15 - 09.40 | Severe PV dysplasia: when and how to reconstruct | follows |
| 09.40 - 10.00 | PPVI for calcified conduits and more foreign positions | follows |
| 10.00 - 10.25 | PPVI in large RVOT: current options and limitations | follows |
| 10.25 - 10.50 | PV endocarditis: understand, prevent and treat | follows |
| 10.50 - 11.20 | Coffee break | — |
Pulmonary Valve: Strategy Part II
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 11.20 - 11.45 | Best of two worlds: hybrid approach | follows |
| 11.45 - 12.10 | Bifurcation stenosis and pulmonary valve function: an engineering perspective | follows |
| 12.10 - 12.30 | Arrhythmia management in the context of PV dysfunction | follows |
| 12.30 - 12.50 | Long-term outcomes and lifetime management of PVR | follows |
| 12.50 - 13.10 | Partial heart transplantations: a real option for the PV? | follows |
| 13.10 - 13.50 | Meet, great and eat | — |
Pulmonary Valve: Innovations
Chairpersons: follows
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 13.50 - 14.10 | Gore valved conduit and Autus valve | follows |
| 14.10 - 14.30 | Immune shielded heart valve implant: homograft reactor | follows |
| 14.30 - 14.50 | Valvulogenesis of a living, innervated pulmonary root induced by an acellular scaffold | follows |
| 14.50 - 15.10 | Creating a PV from the right atrial appendage | follows |
| 15.10 - 15.30 | Percutaneous valves: next generation PPVI starting fetal | follows |
| 15.30 - 15.45 | Wrap up, EBAC evaluation and closing remarks | follows |
Registration and registration fees
Would you like to register directly for one or more days or view the registration fees?
Registration Friday February 5th and Saturday 6th 2027
Registration Thursday February 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th 2027
Location
UMC Utrecht Lecture Hall:
‘Blauwe/roze collegezaal’
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 EA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Abstract Submission
We invite you to share your expertise on The Pulmonary Valvet in the form of an abstract presentation: symposium@umcutrecht.nl
Thank you for your review!