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Ole De Backer
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
Biography
Prof Ole De Backer is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist working at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark and is an expert in structural heart interventions – among others transcatheter heart valve interventions, percutaneous left atrial appendage closure and thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Special areas of interest are the development and adoption of a fully percutaneous, minimal invasive approach for different structural heart interventions and the use of advanced cardiac imaging tools for planning and guidance of these interventions. He is actively involved and leading several research projects in the field of transcatheter heart valves and percutaneous left atrial appendage closure.
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Learning objectives
- Recall recent guideline recommendations for the management of aortic stenosis
- Summarise the evidence supporting TAVI across the sub-groups of aortic stenosis, age and surgical risk
- Develop an expert guided approach to patient selection and referral for TAVI
- Adopt an evidence-based approach for the lifetime management of younger patients with aortic stenosis