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Scientific Programme

08:45–09:00

Opening Ceremony

Maciej Małecki - Rector of Jagiellonian University Medical College 

Wojciech Cyrul - Director of the University Children’s Hospital of Kraków 

Tomasz Mroczek - Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Clinic
09:00–09:45

Honorary Keynote Lecture

The First Line of Defence: How Understanding Innate Immunity is Reshaping Medicine

Anna Blom (Lund)
09:45–11:35

Session I: Borderline Left Ventricle – Surgical Decision Making

Chairmen: Sitaram Emani, Mark Hazekamp, Tomasz Mroczek, Janusz Hieronim Skalski
09:45–10:10 How to Avoid Fontan Operation
Sitaram Emani (Boston)
10:10–10:35 Biventricular Repair in Complex DORV
Mark Hazekamp (Leiden)
10:35–11:00 Strategy Selection in Borderline Left Ventricle
Sitaram Emani (Boston)
11:00–11:20 Reverse Switch with Hemi-Senning Component
Tomasz Mroczek (Krakow)
11:20–11:35 Discussion
11:35–11:50 Coffee Break
11:50–13:30

Session II: Borderline Physiology, Imaging and Emerging Technologies

Chairmen: Jack Rychik, Jacek Kołcz, Roland Fiszer, Daniel Zimpher
11:50–12:20 Fetal HLHS – The Emerging Role of the Placenta
Jack Rychik (Philadelphia)
12:20–12:40 Fontan failure – surgical approach
Daniel Zimpher (Vienna)
12:40–13:00 The Fontan Circulation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Jacek Kołcz (Krakow)
13:00–13:30 The Liver in the Fontan Circulation
Jack Rychik (Philadelphia)
13:30–14:30 Lunch break
14:30–16:15

Session III: Single Ventricle – Emerging Concepts

Chairmen: Christopher Smith, Bohdan Maruszewski, Andrzej Kansy, David Renaud
14:30–15:00 The Role of Borderline Ventricle Rehabilitation in Early Stage Repair
Sitaram Emani (Boston)
15:00–15:30 Advanced CatheterBased Lymphatic Interventions
Christopher Smith (Philadelphia)
15:30–15:50 Altered Glucose Metabolism in Fontan Circulation
David Renaud (Innsbruck)
15:50–16:15 Discussion
08:30–09:00 Morning Coffee & Networking
09:00–10:50

Session V: Complex Biventricular Reconstruction

Chairmen: Mark Hazekamp, Marek Jasiński, Joanna Dangel, Roland Fiszer
09:00–09:40 Developing a Multidisciplinary Fontan Clinic
Jack Rychik (Philadelphia)
09:40–10:10 Modified Ross–Kono Procedure in Infants
Mark Hazekamp (Leiden)
10:10–10:40 Discussion
10:40–11:10 Coffee Break
11:10–11:30

Historical Perspective:

50 Years of Pediatric Cardiology in Kraków - Aleksandra Morka (Krakow)

Chairmen: Andrzej Rudziński, Janusz H. Skalski
11:30–13:00

Session VI: Complex Circulation – Metabolic and Surgical Interfaces

Chairmen: David Reynaud, Piotr Suwalski, Rafał Żurek
11:30–11:50 Metabolic Aspects and EndOrgan Function after Fontan
David Renaud (Innsbruck)
11:50–12:20 Lymphatic Interventions in Single Ventricle Patients
Christopher Smith (Philadelphia)
12:20–12:45 Remote Cardiac Surgery and Robotic Support
Piotr Suwalski (Warsaw)
12:45–13:00 Discussion
13:00–15:30

Session VII: Future Perspectives and Innovation

Chairmen: Anna Rudek-Budzyńska, Zsolt Prodan, Aleksander Szypulski
13:00–13:15 New pulmonary valve
Tomasz Moszura (Lodz)
13:15–13:30 Prenatal Interventions – what we should change?
Joanna Dangel (Warsaw)
13:30–14:45 Pulmonary artery banding for left ventricle dysfunction treatment
Zsolt Prodan (Budapest)
14:45–15:00 Discussion
15:00 Closing Remarks & Farewell