| Transcatheter valve therapy | Joint position of surgeons and cardiologists. | Vahanian A (Paris, FR) |
| Transcatheter valve therapy | Critical analysis of the results: mitral valve. | Alfieri O (Milano, IT) |
| Transcatheter valve therapy | Aortic valve. | Mohr F W (Leipzig, DE) |
| Transcatheter valve therapy | Appropriate training and environment. | Maisano F (Milan, IT) |
| Expanding horizons in mitral valve repair | Asymptomatic patients: crossing the guidelines or being in the forefront. | Enriquez-Sarano M L (Rochester, US) |
| Expanding horizons in mitral valve repair | Repair in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. | Dion R (GENK, BE) |
| Difficult management problems with aortic stenosis | Hypertension in aortic stenosis: impact on evaluation of stenosis severity. | Pibarot P (Quebec, CA) |
| Difficult management problems with aortic stenosis | Noncardiac surgery in asymptomatic aortic stenosis. | Rosenhek R (Wien, AT) |
| Difficult management problems with aortic stenosis | What is the best approach to coronary artery disease and moderate aortic stenosis? | Bermejo J (Madrid, ES) |
| Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: a consensus between cardiologists and surgeons | Transfemoral aortic valve implantation. | De Jaegere P P T (Rotterdam, NL) |
| Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: a consensus between cardiologists and surgeons | Transapical aortic valve implantation. | Walther T (Leipzig, DE) |
| Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: a consensus between cardiologists and surgeons | What are the indications of percutaneous aortic valve implantation in 2008? | Nataf P (Paris, FR) |
| Highlight Session | Valvular Heart Diseases. | Baumgartner H (Muenster, DE) |
| Endocarditis: diagnosis, decision making and treatment | Choice of valve and the rationale for valve sparing procedures. | M Musci (Berlin, DE) |
| Hot Line III | Simvastatin plus ezetimibe in aortic stenosis - The SEAS study. | T R Pedersen (Oslo, NO) |
| Hot Line III | Discussant. | E Braunwald (Boston, US) |
| Expanding horizons in mitral valve repair | Transcatheter approach. | F Maisano (Milan, IT) |