14th International Workshop on Transfemoral TAVI

22 years after the First-in-Man TAVI performed by our team in Rouen on April 2002, the procedure is incredibly expanding. Significant technological advances, simplified strategies and scientific evidences led to an explosion of TAVI with more than 2 000 000 cases performed to date in the world.

Since 2002, in Rouen, transfemoral TAVI has been performed in 100% of cases using a simplified approach under local anesthesia. Over the last 12 years, this strategy has reached its peak with the “minimalist approach” (local anesthesia, no TEE, percutaneous closure devices and early patient discharge home) that our team has been pioneering. Despite strong initial reluctance, this technique is now adopted everywhere and can be performed in > 90% of all TAVI cases.

This 14th edition of the workshop will be done in a hybrid way with the presence of cardiologists at the Rouen Medical Training Center and others online. Live cases with various models of TAVI systems will be transmitted from our Department of Cardiology in Rouen, and from other institutions in France, Argentina, Brazil, United States, Portugal, South Africa and Poland. Several lectures will be covering the topics of patients selection and management, CT Scan screening, tips and tricks for the transfemoral minimalist approach, difficult cases, valve-in valve procedures, treatment of complications and overviews of TAVI valve technologies.

The goal of our practical course is to help you discover the latest technological advances in TAVI and to learn the many tips and tricks associated with a safe and successful transfemoral TAVI procedure.

The last day of the workshop (May 23rd) will only be dedicated to learning on simulators and therefore reserved for the cardiologists on-site. This will address patient selection (MSCT simulators) and procedural simulation with most currently used TAVI systems.