EACTS Middle East Symposium in Minimally Invasive Techniques in Adult Cardiac Surgery

Learning Objectives

1. Review and indications of the following techniques:

1. Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
2. Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
3. Mini-Maze procedure en concomitant Maze procedures
4. Transcatheter aortic and mitral valve therapies
5. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair procedures isolated or in combination with open surgery
6. Minimally extracorporeal circulation
7. Minimally invasive coronary revascularization, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass and hybrid revascularisation

2. Review and comparison of the above techniques with the conventional techniques
3. Tips and tricks of above techniques with live surgery of each procedure
4. Review of all the necessities for setting up the needed infrastructure for starting such a programme at participants’ own institute