This event is accredited with CME credits by the Romanian College of Physicians

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Dear Colleagues,

We are extremely pleased to invite you to participate in the third edition of the Valvular Heart Disease Forum, in Bucharest at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, October 10-11, 2025.

The event will bring together speakers with great expertise in valvular heart diseases(VHD).

Our main objective is to discuss new and practical aspects related to VHD, focusing on what is new in the 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines, to be released at the end of August during the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

The Chairperson, Professor Fabien Praz, and several of the Task Force members will be present in Bucharest at this meeting.

The format of the event is an interactive one, including case presentations, discussing the guidelines recommendations and gaps in evidence, followed by a Q&A section with plenty of time for discussions.

New this year – two hands-on workshops on echocardiography in VHD, where experts will demonstrate the practical approach and participants will have the opportunity to work together with the experts.

Also new this year – we invite clinical case submissions and the best graded ones will be presented in a special session during the meeting.

Please consult the programme of the event and save the dates of October 10-11, 2025 in your agenda!

Do not miss this opportunity!

Looking forward to meeting you all at the VHD Forum in Bucharest!

Valvular Heart Disease Forum Directors

Bogdan A. Popescu – Romania  

Alec Vahanian – France

Valvular Heart Disease Forum Directors

Bogdan-A.-Popescu
Bogdan A. Popescu – Romania
  • Professor of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest (Romania)
  • Head, Cardiology Department, Institute for Cardiovascular Disease “Prof CC Iliescu”, Bucharest
Alec Vahanian
Alec Vahanian – France
  • Emeritus Professor of Cardiology at the University Paris-Cité, Paris (France)
  • Chair of the 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on the management of Valvular Heart Disease 

Faculty

Marianna Adamo
Andreea Calin
Ovidiu Chioncel
Bernard Cosyns
Dan Deleanu
Victoria Delgado
Helene Eltchaninoff
Roxana Enache
Maria Magdalena Gurzun
Adriana Iliesiu
Vlad Iliescu
Adina Ionac
Bernard Iung
Ruxandra Jurcut
Nina Ajmone Marsan
Sorina Mihaila
Catalina Parasca
Fabien Praz
Monica Rosca
Radu Sascau
Alec Vahanian
Dragos Vinereanu

Scientific Program

10:20

Opening

10:30-11:30

Asymptomatic aortic stenosis: when should we intervene?

Chairpersons: Bernard Iung, Fabien Praz, Bogdan A. Popescu
10:30-10:40  Clinical case. Andreea Călin
10:40-10:55  What do the 2025 Guidelines say? Bernard Iung
10:55-11:05 Gaps & challenges in guidelines implementation. B.A. Popescu
11:05-11:30 Discussion

11:30-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-13:00

Best clinical case session

Chairpersons: Bernard Iung, Bernard Cosyns, Ruxandra Jurcuţ

12:00-12:12

Back to the Beat: Reversing 20 Years of Atrial Fibrillation and Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Laura Teodora Enciu, Monica Rosca, Bogdan A. Popescu.
Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Euroecolab, Bucharest, Romania.

12:12-12:24

Particular aspects in the young patient with mitral valve prolapse associated with mitral annular disjunction.

Alexandru-George Druică, Radu Sascău, Cristian Stătescu.
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases ” Prof. Dr. George I. M. Georgescu” Iași, Romania; University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Grigore T. Popa” Iași, Romania.

12:24-12:36

Successful management of tricuspid valve endocarditis in a former intravenous drug user.

Claudia-Andreea Ene, Roxana Enache, Ana Mihailescu, Andrei Iosifescu, Bogdan A. Popescu.
Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Euroecolab, Bucharest, Romania.

12:36-12:48

Sequential Septal Alcohol Reduction and Valve in MAC TMVR for Severe Calcific Mitral Stenosis in a High Surgical Risk Patient.

Irina Macovei- Dorobantu, Dan Deleanu, Iulian Calin
Interventional Cardiology Department, Monza Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.

12:48-13:00

Mechanical Valve Thrombosis in the Elderly: Navigating Risk in a Therapeutic Grey Zone.

Robert Valeanu, Carmen C. Beladan, Daniel Mihalcescu, Marian Simion, Simona Vasile, Bogdan A. Popescu.
Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases “Prof. Dr.C.C. Iliescu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Euroecolab, Bucharest, Romania; Emergency Clinical Hospital “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu”, Bucharest; Medvision Clinic, Bucharest, Romania.

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-15:00

Aortic stenosis: TAVI or SAVR?

Chairpersons: Alec Vahanian, Helene Eltchaninoff, Dan Deleanu
14:00-14:10 Clinical case. Cătălina Parasca 14:10-14:25 What do the 2025 Guidelines say? Helene Eltchaninoff 14:25-14:35 Gaps & challenges in guidelines implementation. Vlad Iliescu 14:35-15:00  Discussion

15:00-16:00

Mitral regurgitation - what’s the best treatment?

Chairpersons: Fabien Praz, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Dragoş Vinereanu
15:00-15:10 Clinical case. Monica Roșca
15:10-15:25 What do the 2025 Guidelines say? Victoria Delgado
15:25-15:35 Gaps & challenges in guidelines implementation. Dragoș Vinereanu
15:35-16:00
Discussion

16:15

Coffee break

16:30-18:00

Hands-on echocardiography workshop on valvular heart disease

Panel: Victoria Delgado, Bernard Cosyns, Magdalena Gurzun, Bogdan A. Popescu

8:30-10:00

Hands-on echocardiography workshop on valvular heart disease

Panel: Nina Ajmone-Marsan, Victoria Delgado, Magdalena Gurzun, Roxana Enache

10:30-11:30

Tricuspid regurgitation

Chairpersons: Marianna Adamo, Fabien Praz, Ovidiu Chioncel

10:30-10:40 Clinical case. Sorina Mihăilă
10:40-10:55  What do the 2025 Guidelines say? Marianna Adamo
10:55-11:05  Gaps & challenges in guidelines implementation. Ovidiu Chioncel
11:05-11:30  Discussion

11:30-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-13:00

Challenging scenarios in VHD – case-based presentations

Chairpersons: Victoria Delgado, Bernard Cosyns, Adriana Iliesiu

Multiple valve disease.
12:00-12:10 Clinical case. Radu Sascău
12:10-12:20  What’s new? Bernard Cosyns
12:20-12:30  Discussion
Moderate aortic stenosis.
12:30-12:40  Clinical case. Adina Ionac
12:40-12:50  What’s new? Nina Ajmone-Marsan
12:50-13:00 Discussion

13:15-14:00

The questions you want to ask to the VHD Guidelines Task Force

Chairperson: Fabien Praz

Panel: Marianna Adamo, Nina Ajmone-Marsan, Bernard Cosyns, Victoria Delgado

14:00

Closure

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