The Cyprus CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICE INFECTIONS PROGRAM 10.9.2019 Crowne Plaza CityCenter Azrieli, Tel-Aviv 08:00-08:20 Coffee and Registration 08:20-08:30 Greetings 08:30-10:00 First Session: Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis Chairs: Yasmin Maor, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel Ran Nir- Paz, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 08:30-08:50 Bartonella species, a common but often missed cause of blood-culture-negative endocarditis Michael Giladi, the Infectious Disease Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 08:50-09:20 Imaging of Endocarditis and the Role of Imaging in Diagnostics Gilbert Habib, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France 09:20-09:40 Timing of surgery for complicated infective endocarditis Jacob Strahilevitz, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 09:40-10:00 Effect of surgical treatment for infective endocarditis on in-hospital mortality rate: Hadassah experience Sarah Israel, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 10:00-10:30 Coffee break 10:30-12:30 Second Session: Procedural Considerations and Treatment of Endocarditis/CIED Infection Chairs: Mahmoud Suleiman, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel Leonid Sternik, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel 10:30-11:00 The role of the antibiotic envelope Mauro Biffi, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy 11:00-11:30 Management of Embolic Events in Endocarditis Gilbert Habib, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France 11:30-11:45 A 100 year old frail lady with infected pocket (Case Study) Are there alternatives to CIED system removal when risk is prohibitive? Michael Glikson, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 11:45-12:00 LVAD Infections (including 1-2 Case Studies) Avi Morgan, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel 12:00-12:30 TAVR Infections (including 1-2 Case Studies) Gilbert Habib, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:00 Third Session: Procedural Outcomes Chairs: Yoav Michovitz, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Georgios Georghiou, President WG of Cardiac Surgery, Cyprus Society of Cardiology 14:00-14:30 What device should I re-implant after an extraction procedure? TBA 14:30-14:50 Is Mitral Valve Repair a Valid Option for MV Endocarditis? Hillit Cohen, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel 14:50-15:20 Is CIED Extraction a safe procedure? Mauro Biffi, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy 15:20-15:30 The dilemma of incomplete lead removal (Case Study) Eyal Nof, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel 15:30-16:00 The role of sub cutaneous ICD in prevention of endovascular infection Stefano Viani, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Toscana, Italy Organizing committee: Georgios P. Georghiou, MD President WG of Cardiac Surgery, Cyprus Society of Cardiology Michael Glikson Director of Jesselson Integrated Heart Center, Past president of the Israel Heart Society Councillor, Shaare Zedek Medical Center Ran Nir-Paz Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah- Hebrew University medical Center Eyal Nof Director of Invasive Electrophysiology Service, Davidai Arrhythmia Center, Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Ehud Raanani Cardiac Surgery, Director of the Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center, Sheba Medical Center, Israel, Chairman, Israel Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Tel-Aviv University Jacob Strahilevitz Dept. of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem Miriam Weinberger Chair, the Israeli Society for Infectious Diseases Head, Infectious Diseases Unit, Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center, Zerfin, Israel Sponsored by: .