Scientific program

Program overview

Day 1
28 Jul 2023
7:00 am-7:25 am

Registration / Continental Breakfast

CTA SHOULD BE THE FIRST LINE DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Panelists: Malcolm R. Bell, Matthew Budoff, Ravi Dave Case presentation TBD Yes, here is the evidence! Matthew Budoff, MD Only if FFR is incorporated (FFR CT) John Messenger, MD Q&A

INVASIVE CORONARY PHYSIOLOGY: A PARADIGM SHIFT ON THE HORIZON!

Panelists: Stefan Bertog, Morton J. Kern, Poonam Velagapudi FFR-GUIDED DECISION MAKING TO DEFER PCI   Case presentation Giora Weisz, MD The evidence is overwhelming! Just do it! Morton Kern, MD...
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9:30 am-9:50 am

Break and Exhibit Visit

Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

Panelists: Morton J. Kern, Samit Shah, Nadia Sutton Beyond the angiogram: invasive assessment of coronary microvascular dysfunction Samit Shah, MD Q&A   Provocative testing for coronary vasospasm: who, when, and...
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LEFT MAIN & MULTIVESSEL CAD: MEDICAL THERAPY VS. PCI VS. CABG: WHEN WILL THIS DEBATE END!

Panelists: Joseph Aragon, Joaquin Cigarroa, Vinod Prasad Case introduction: 2 patients with 3 vessel cads: how would you treat? Louai Razzouk, MD Here is what I would do. Here is...
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12:00 pm-12:30 pm

Exhibit visit and Lunch Box

IF INVASIVE CORONARY IMAGING IS SO VALUABLE, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY HOLD OUTS?

Panelists: Ravi Dave, Neil Kleiman, Jonathan Tobis DEBATE: INTRAVASCULAR CORONARY IMAGING – GUIDED PCI SHOULD BECOME A CLASS IA INDICATION   Yes…the evidence is overwhelming! Bassem Chehab, MD No…not yet!...
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Antiplatelet Therapy with DES

Panelists: Joseph Aragon, Joaquin Cigarroa, Pranav Patel DEBATE: ARE TICAGRELOR BENEFITS IN ACS SUFFICIENT TO COUNTER BLEEDING RISKS AND COST   Yes…here is why! Joseph Aragon, MD No…here is why!...
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Mechanical Support Devices

Panelists: Suhail Dohad, Navin Kapur, Neil Kleiman   Impella supported PCI in complex patients: the PROTECT 4 trial and beyond Gregg W. Stone, MD (Virtual) Q&A Advanced skills in alternative...
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How-to workshop – Thrombectomy in STEMI

Panelists: Ravi Dave, John Messenger, Pranav Patel   The Penumbra CAT Rx really works! Case Studies Naveed Adoni, MD The impact of thrombus burden classification on trial design: it is all...
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How to revascularize complex CTOS

Panelists: Suhail Dohad, Nadia Sutton, Mike Wayman   CTO REVASCULARIZATION CAN BE SAFER   Only CTO operators should perform CTOs Mike Wayman, MD CTOs can be safely performed by any...
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3:40 pm-3:55 pm

Break & exhibit visit

IS INTRAVASCULAR LITHTRIPSY CREATING A NEW PARADIGM FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERELY CALCIFIED LESIONS

Panelists: Vinod Prasad, Stefan Kiesz, Ramzan M. Zakir INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY IS A DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY…. CASES FROM AROUND THE US Undilatable lesions: ISR, ACS, etc.. Sanjay Mehta, MD Calcified Left main...
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Innovations on the horizon!

Panelists: Rajiv Jauhar, Navin Kapur, Tim A. Fischell   ROLE OF RENAL ARTERY DENERVATION   Renal denervation should become the primary modality to treat resistant HTN: here is the evidence...
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PULMONARY EMBOLISM SYMPOSIUM

    RECEPTION WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Moderators: Suhail Dohad, Amir Kaki Panelists: TBD                                                                                                         Catheter-based pulmonary artery thrombectomy: Where do stand in 2023 Suhail Dohad, MD Q&A The FLASH thrombectomy catheter:...
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Day 2
29 Jul 2023
7:00 am-7:30 am

continental breakfast

Rethinking visualization of structural cardiac anatomy

What the interventionalist must to know….. but can’t see! Kalyanam Shivkumar MD / Shumpei Mori, MD Q&A

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) part I

Panelists: Aziz Ghaly, Ray Matthews, Firas Zahr DEBATE: TAVR-EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES   Case presentation John Messenger, MD The PROTECTED TAVR trial did not meet its primary endpoint, But the Sentinel...
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9:30 am-9:50 am

Break & exhibit visit

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) part II

TAVR DURABILITY, FAILURE MODES, AND TREATMENT OPTIONS   Case presentation: Bilateral Basilica of Failed TAVR Chad Kliger, MD What we know, and don’t know, about TAVR durability Raj Makkar, MD...
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Transcatheter mitral valve repair / replacement part I

Panelists: Bassem Chehab, Maurice Buchbinder, Gagan Singh   TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE REPAIR: TAILORING DEVICE/TECHNIQUE TO ANATOMY   Case presentation: severe A2 prolapse/flail: 1 or 2 clips? Marcella Calfon Press, MD...
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12:11 pm-12:31 pm

LUNCH BOX & EXHIBIT VISIT

Transcatheter mitral valve repair / replacement part II

MITRA VALVE REPLACEMENT : TECHNOLOGY PIPELINE AND CASE STUDIES Tendyne in FMR, DMR and MAC: case studies Raj Makkar, MD Intrepid in FMR, DMR and MAC: case studies Firas Zahr,...
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Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair / replacement

Panelists: Gagan Singh, Ruby Satpathy, Firas Zahr   The TRILUMINATE Trial: Does the TriClip worth the cost and effort? Gagan Singh, MD Q&A DEBATE:  INTRA-PROCEDURE IMAGING FOR TRANSCATHETER TRICUSPID VALVE...
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Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure

Panelists: Stefan Bertog, Maurice Buchbinder, Gagan Singh Is Pre-Procedure imaging really needed? Why? What modality? Moody Makar, MD Q&A ICE guided LAAO closure without anaesthesia – The default strategy! Here...
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PFO / ASD closure

Panelists: Zahid Amin, Steve Goldberg, Jonathan M, Tobis PFO closure: complex case studies: tailoring the device/technique to the defect Zahid Amin, MD Q&A ASD closure (including sinus venosus): complex case...
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Challenging SHD interventions

  Moderators: Stefan Bertog, Antonio Frangieh, Marcella Calfon Press LAA closure of a remnant LAA after surgical AtriClip Ashok Chaudhary, MD Q&A   Pre-existing patient prosthetic mismatch in TAVR. What...
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