21 May 2026
The continuum of valvular heart disease: a lifetime management approach
Sponsored by Abbott
Anchorperson:
P. Lurz
Spokesperson:
A. Latib
Summary
This session offers a comprehensive perspective on valvular heart disease through the lens of lifetime management, highlighting the need for strategic planning across aortic, mitral, and tricuspid interventions, illustrating how treating one valve can influence the progression and management of others. Gain insights into optimal timing and interventional strategies guided by recent clinical trials and updated guidelines, while also exploring next-generation valve technologies designed for complex patient profiles.
Learning Objectives
- To understand how to plan for the lifetime management of valvular heart disease, and how intervention on one valve - aortic, mitral, or tricuspid - influences disease progression, timing, and treatment strategies for other valves across the full patient journey
- To evaluate optimal timing and interventional strategies in aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve disease, integrating contemporary evidence from pivotal clinical trials to inform patient‑centered treatment decisions
- To apply updated clinical guidelines and emerging valve technologies to the treatment of valvular heart disease, optimising therapeutic strategies for increasingly complex patient profiles

