THURSDAY, JULY 18
CORONARY TRACK
LIVE CORONARY CASE: Telecast from Bad Krozingen, Germany
Operator: Kambis Mashayekhi, MD
Moderators: Ajay Kirtane, MD; Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD
Panelists: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD; M. Nicholas Burke, MD; Farshad Forouzandeh, MD, PhD; Allison Hall, MD; Nkechi Ijioma, MD; Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD; William Lombardi, MD; Stéphane Rinfret, MD; Jason Wollmuth, MD
Session: PCI How-to Part 1: The Basics
Moderators: Ajay Kirtane, MD; Tony Spaedy, MD
Panelists: Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD; Konstantinos Charitakis, MD; Ryan Madder, MD; Perwaiz Meraj, MD; Anand Prasad, MD; Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS
How to obtain optimal vascular access and closure | Mazen Abu-Fadel, MD |
How to use guides and guide catheter extensions | Catalin Toma, MD |
How and when to use microcatheters | Tony Spaedy, MD |
Which guidewire, when? | Jaikirshan Khatri, MD |
How to deliver stents | Mitul Patel, MD |
How to Do Atherectomy | Duane Pinto, MD, MPH |
Session: PCI: The Great Debates 1
Moderators: Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD; Sunil Rao, MD
Panelists: Salman Arain, MD; Wissam Jaber, MD; Houman Khalili, MD; Arnold Seto, MD; Thomas Tsai, MD, MSc
Radial for all | Sunil Rao, MD |
Femoral still has a role | Dimitri Feldman, MD |
All DES are the same! | Allison Hall, MD |
All DES are NOT the same! | Konstantinos Charitakis, MD |
DK crush should be the standard 2-stent bifurcation strategy | Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD |
DK crush is just another bifurcation strategy | Perwaiz Meraj, MD |
Panel Discussion |
Session: PCI How-to Part 2: CTOs
Moderators: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD; Kevin Croce, MD, PhD
Panelists: Michael Luna, MD; Mitul Patel, MD; Tony Spaedy, MD
When should CTO PCI be done in 2019? | Kevin Croce, MD, PhD |
ADR 2.0 | Stéphane Rinfret, MD |
How to resolve proximal cap ambiguity | M. Nicholas Burke, MD |
How to treat ostial CTOs | Jason Wollmuth, MD |
How and when to do retrograde via epicardial collaterals | William Lombardi, MD |
How to use CTA to guide CTO PCI | Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD |
PERIPHERAL TRACK
Session: All You Need to Know About Acute and Chronic Venous Disease
Moderators: Teresa Carman, MD; Brooke Spencer, MD
Panelists: Rohit Bhatheja, MD; Karem Harth, MD, MHS; Beau Hawkins, MD; Christopher Huff, MD; Kumar Madassery, MD; Munier Nazzal, MD, MBA; Mohsen Sharifi, MD
Lower extremity edema, my algorithm | Teresa Carman, MD |
When should I consider endovenous ablation and which approach | Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS |
Which patient and what approach for chronic venous intervention | Mahmood Razavi, MD |
May Thurner: when, why, and how to treat | Brooke Spencer, MD |
Acute DVT post ATTRACT, patient selection and approach | Mohsen Sharifi, MD |
PERT, catheter-based thrombolysis or non-lytic based approach for pulmonary embolism | Rohit Bhatheja, MD |
This venous case I will never forget, lessons learned | Kumar Madassery, MD |
Filter thrombosis and removal, advanced techniques | Beau Hawkins, MD |
Panel Discussion 1 | |
Panel Discussion 2 | |
Panel Discussion 3 |
LIVE PERIPHERAL CASES
Live Case Telecast from Greenville, SC
Operator: Bruce Gray, DO
Moderator: Subhash Banerjee, MD
Panelists: Tony Das, MD; Karem Harth, MD, MHS; Khusrow Niazi, MD; Mahmood Razavi, MD; Raj Swaminathan, MD; Xiaoyi Teng, MD
Session: Innovation in Vascular Disease
Moderators: Kintur Sanghvi, MD; Manesh Patel, MD
Panelists: Gary Ansel, MD; Peter Monteleone, MD; Teresa Carman, MD; Naomi Hamburg, MD; Vikram Kashyap, MD; Raj Swaminathan, MD
How to incorporate antithrombotic drugs into my PAD and CLI practice | Manesh Patel, MD |
Renal denervation, is it really coming back? | M. Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH |
Must have tools in the endovascular suite | Kintur Sanghvi, MD |
Paclitaxel drug delivery: where do we go from here? | Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc |
Supply Chain – Blessing or curse? Innovative approaches to reduce cost | Gary Ansel, MD |
Session: Masters Approach to Critical Limb Ischemia I: Step-by-Step Technical Tips
Moderator: Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
Panelists: Mohammad Ansari, MD; Osamu Iida, MD; Peter Monteleone, MD; Jason Rogers, MD; Nicolas Shammas, MD, MS, EJD; Ramon Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD
A SFA/popliteal case I could not cross with antegrade approach | Peter Monteleone, MD |
Radial 2 Peripheral, tips and tricks | Ahmad Younes, MD |
Wire choice and approaches to cross tibial | Osamu Iida, MD |
Wire choice and approaches to cross SFA and popilteal CTOs | Ramon Varcoe, MBBS |
CTO devices to cross SFA and tibial CTOs | Tony Das, MD |
Algorithm to cross infrainguinal CTOs | Subhash Banerjee, MD |
Re-entry (CART, RCART, Parallel Balloon, Facilitaed, Pioneer, Outback, Enteer) | Matthew Bunte, MD, MS |
Panel Discussion 1 | |
Panel Discussion 2 |
STRUCTURAL TRACK
TRICUSPID REGURGITATION THERAPY RETREAT
Session: (TR)2: The Problem of Tricuspid Regurgitation
Course Directors: Paul Sorajja, MD; Gorav Ailawadi, MD; Azeem Latib, MD; Steven Bolling, MD
Moderators: Paul Sorajja, MD; Rebecca Hahn, MD Panelists: João Cavalcante, MD; Maurice Sarano, MD
The public health crisis of TR | Maurice Sarano, MD |
Why does everyone think echo imaging is hard? | Rebecca Hahn, MD |
Essential roles for CT and MRI in TR in therapy timing | João Cavalcante, MD |
Panel discussion |
Session: Current Surgical Solutions for TR
Moderators: Gorav Ailawadi, MD; Steven Bolling, MD
Panelists: Vinayat Bapat, MD; Michael Mack, MD; Molly Szerlip, MD
Are outcomes bad or good with open surgery? | Michael Mack, MD |
When should one repair or replace for TR? | Vinayat Bapat, MD |
Do we really need transcatheter solutions? | Molly Szerlip, MD |
Risk stratification: are all TR patients high risk? | Gorav Ailawadi, MD |
Panel discussion |
Session: Challenges, Solutions, and Current Status with Transcatheter Approaches
Moderator: Susheel Kodali, MD
Cardioband | D. Scott Lim, MD |
Millipede | Jason Rogers, MD |
MitraClip | Paul Sorajja, MD |
TV replacement | Vinayat Bapat, MD |
TriCinch | Molly Szerlip, MD |
Forma | Mackram Eleid, MD |
Pascal | D. Scott Lim, MD |
What is the best method for procedural imaging? Panel discussion | Rebecca Hahn, MD; D. Scott Lim, MD; Jason Rogers, MD; Paul Sorajja, MD; Molly Szerlip, MD |
Session: Therapy Goals in Tricuspid Regurgitation
Moderators: D. Scott Lim, MD; Martin Leon, MD
Panelists: Saibal Kar, MD; Susheel Kodali, MD; Gilbert Tang, MD, MSc, MBA
Is there a medical therapy standard that must be met first? | D. Scott Lim, MD |
Is residual TR grade an appropriate therapeutic goal? | Rebecca Hahn, MD |
What are the compelling endpoints for practice change? | Martin Leon, MD |
Session: Breaking Boundaries with Mitral Valve Therapy
Moderator: Azeem Latib, MD
Panelists: João Cavalcante, MD; Saibal Kar, MD; Martin Leon, MD; D. Scott Lim, MD; Michael Mack, MD; Tilak Pasala, MD; Maurice Sarano, MD; Paul Sorajja, MD
The Top 5 latest innovations in transcatheter MV therapy | D. Scott Lim, MD |
New evolutions in surgery that keep it the standard of care | Steven Bolling, MD |
What I hear when I talk about the public crisis of MR | Maurice Sarano, MD |
FRIDAY, JULY 19
CORONARY TRACK
Session: PCI How-to Part 3: Acute Coronary Syndromes and Shock
Moderators: William O’Neill, MD; Timothy Henry, MD
Panelists: Mauricio Cohen, MD; Farshad Farouzandeh, MD, PhD; Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS
How to find the culprit lesion(s) in ACS | Houman Khalili, MD |
How to initiate and troubleshoot ECMO | Khaldoon Alaswad, MD |
How to do e-CPR | Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD |
When and how to use hemodynamic support in shock | Katarzyna Hryniewicz, MD |
How to support the right ventricle | William O’Neill, MD |
SCAI Classification of Cardiogenic Shock | Timothy Henry, MD |
Panel discussion |
Session: LIVE CORONARY CASES
Live Case Telecast from University Hospitals, Cleveland
Operator: Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD
Moderators: Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD; Stéphane Rinfret, MD
Panelists: M. Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH; Mauricio Cohen, MD; Wissam Jaber, MD; Jaikirshan Khatri, MD; Mitul Patel, MD; Timir Paul, MD; Tony Spaedy, MD; Catalin Toma, MD; Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS
Session: PCI: The Great Debates 2
Moderators: George Dangas, MD; Morton Kern, MD
Panelists: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD; Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD; Abdul Hakeem, MD; Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD; Arnold Seto, MD;
Alok Sharma, MD
Resting physiologic indices suffice for coronary physiology | Arnold Seto, MD |
Adenosine FFR remains the “gold standard” | Abdul Hakeem, MD |
Intracoronary imaging should be done in every PCI: pro | Farshad Farouzandeh, MD, PhD |
Intracoronary imaging should be done in every PCI: con | George Dangas, MD |
e-CPR is futile | Kate Kearney, MD |
Panel discussion |
Session: PCI How-to Part 4: Complex Lesions and Patients
Moderators: Timothy Henry, MD; Roxana Mehran, MD
Panelists: Konstantinos Charitakis, MD; Mauricio Cohen, MD; Yader Sandoval, MD; Kendrick Shunk, MD, PhD
How to select patients for PCI: from COURAGE to ISCHEMIA | Roxana Mehran, MD |
PCI in the prior TAVR patient | Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS |
How to manage SCAD | Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD |
How to manage large thrombus | Timothy Henry, MD |
How to do PCI in a patient with prior radiation Rx | Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD |
Peripheral Track
Session: LIVE PERIPHERAL CASES
Live Case Telecast from Germany
Operator: Thomas Zeller, MD
Moderators: Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
Panelists: Tony Das, MD; Alik Farber, MD; Steve Henao, MD; Norman Kumins, MD; Arthur Lee, MD; Carlos Mena, MD; Munier Nazzal, MD, MBA; Peter Soukas, MD
Session: Common Femoral, SFA, and Popliteal Disease
Moderators: Subhash Banerjee, MD; Christian Bianchi, MD
Panelists: Christian Bianchi, MD; Alik Farber, MD; J. Antonio Gutierez, MD, MHS; Michael Jolly, MD; Arthur Lee, MD; Kintur Sanghvi, MD; Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD; Xiaoyi Teng, MD
Endovascular approach for common femoral artery | Xiaoyi Teng, MD |
Cases – Complex endovascular therapy for CFA | Herbert Aranow, MD |
Heavily calcified SFA, Master’s approach to treat? | Kintur Sanghvi, MD |
Why and when I use atherectomy? | Gary Ansel, MD |
DCB, DES, wire interwoven, or covered stents, segmentalized approach to SFA and popliteal disease | Arthur Lee, MD |
Leave nothing behind, hope or hype? | Michael Jolly, MD |
Surgical approach to CFA, SFA and popliteal disease | Christian Bianchi, MD |
SFA/popliteal case I should I have sent to surgery | Alik Farber, MD |
SFA/popliteal case I should I have sent to endovascular | J. Antonio Gutierez, MD, MHS |
Panel Discussion |
Session: Aortoiliac Disease
Moderators: Matthew Bunte, MD, MS; Karem Harth, MD, MHS
Panelists: Norman Kumins, MD; Kumar Madassery, MD; Nicolas Shammas, MD, MS, EJD; Yoshimitsu Soga, MD; Peter Soukas, MD; Jessica Titus, MD; Magdiel Trinidad, MD
Supervised exercise program and medical therapy for aortoiliac disease | Michael Jaff, DO
Joshua Beckman, MD |
I wish I had sent this aortoliac occlusion to surgery | Jessica Titus, MD |
Perforated iliac, and how I bail myself out | Magdiel Trinidad, MD |
Access site selection to treat aortoiliac disease, retrograde, brachial, radial, when and why? | Peter Soukas, MD |
How to manage nondilatable heavily calcified iliacs | Nicolas Shammas, MD, MS, EJD |
Reentry in the aorta or iliacs, case based | Kumar Madassery, MD |
Using endografts to treat occlusive aortoiliac disease, when and how? | Norman Kumins, MD |
Panel Discussion |
Session: Limb Salvage, Functional Amputation, Wounds and Podiatry
Moderator: Teresa Carman, MD
Panelists: Georgeanne Botek, DPM; Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS; Anand Prasad, MD; Constantino Peña, MD; Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
This is what I want from my revascularization colleagues | Teresa Carman, MD |
The ABCs of wound care | Brian Lepow, DPM |
Time to redefine critical limb ischemia | Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD |
When to use US, CTA or MRA before going to the cath lab | Constantino Peña, MD |
What is a functional amputation? | Georgeanne Botek, DPM |
Mixed venous and arterial ulcers, this is my approach | Raghu Kolluri, MD, MHS |
Must read articles in CLI – Editors view point | Anand Prasad, MD |
Discussion panel | |
Structural Track
Session: Innovations in Structural Heart Therapy
Moderators: Gorav Ailawadi, MD; Paul Sorajja, MD
Panelists: David Brown, MD; João Cavalcante, MD; Danny Dvir, MD; Adam Greenbaum, MD; Rahul Sharma, MD; Alan Zajarias, MD
Top 5 innovations in transcatheter aortic therapy | Alan Zajarias, MD |
Emerging cerebral protection methods | David Brown, MD |
No more boundaries for TAVR | Adam Greenbaum, MD |
Expectations and challenges for future IDE studies | Rahul Sharma, MD |
Treatment of Severe MAC | Paul Sorajja, MD |
From surgery to transcatheter and back | Gorav Ailawadi, MD |
Tissue processing for durability | Paul Sorajja, MD |
Panel Discussion | |
Session: The Boundaries of Structural Heart Therapy I
Moderators: Mark Ricciardi, MD; S. Chris Malaisrie, MD
Panelists: Andrew Rassi, MD; Firas Zahr, MD
My most challenging transcaval case | Adam Greenbaum, MD |
A rich emotional experience | Alok Sharma, MD |
My new save for 2019 | Anupama Shivaraju, MD |
Transcatheter MVR challenge and management | Paul Sorajja, MD |
Novel large bore closure | Chirag Chauhan, MD |
Innovative TAVR therapy | Mackram Eleid, MD |
It’s not luck if you’re trying | Firas Zahr, MD |
Difficult occluder case I got done | Paul Sorajja, MD |
Fancy catheter manipulations | Molly Szerlip, MD |
Novel transcatheter mitral repair | Sameer Gafoor, MD |
Aortic regurgitation therapy | Scott Lilly, MD, PhD |
A frontier crossed with a self-expanding TAVR | Brijeshwar Maini, MD |
A difficult PFO case I got done | Ashish Pershad, MD |
Discussion Panel |
Session: The Boundaries of Structural Heart Therapy II
Moderators: Srinivas Iyengar, MD; Chad Kliger, MD; Molly Szerlip, MD
Panelist: Mackram Eleid, MD
I wish I had sent this patient to surgery | Sachin Goel, MD |
A new imaging method I found in the last year | Richard Bae, MD |
Complex basilica | Danny Dvir, MD |
Image overlay for TR therapy success | Chad Kliger, MD |
Strategy for difficult LAA therapy | Andrew Rassi, MD |
Novel PFO therapy | Rahul Sharma, MD |
Transcatheter treatment of residual MR | S. Chris Malaisrie, MD |
Surprise and a save | Sachin Goel, MD |
Balloon valve fracturing on a new level | Adnan Chhatriwalla, MD |
Pseudoaneurysm therapy | Jonathan Schwartz, MD |
I’ve been doing this a long time, but… | David Brown, MD |
Innovative therapy with transcatheter mitral repair | Brijeshwar Maini, MD |
Session: LIVE STRUCTURAL CASES
Live Case Telecast from University Hospitals, Cleveland
Operator: Guilherme F. Attizzani, MD
Moderators: Gorav Ailawadi, MD; Molly Szerlip, MD
Panelists: Sameer Gafoor, MD; Mario Goessl, MD, PhD; Adam Greenbaum, MD; Brijeshwar Maini, MD; Andrew Rassi, MD; Paul Sorajja, MD
SATURDAY, JULY 20
CORONARY TRACK
Session: Innovations in PCI Part 1
Moderators: Alok Sharma, MD; Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD
Panelists: M. Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH; Rajiv Gulati, MD,PhD; Perwaiz Meraj, MD; Yader Sandoval, MD; Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS
The top 5 interventional cardiology trials of the past | David Cox, MD |
The most anticipated trials for the year ahead | Alok Sharma, MD |
Innovation in coronary physiology | Morton Kern, MD |
Innovations in cardiac regeneration | Joseph Hill, MD, PhD |
Innovation in vascular access | Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD |
Innovation in SVG management | Kendrick Shunk, MD, PhD |
Panel Discussion | |
Panel Discussion 2 | |
Panel Discussion 3 |
Session: Innovations in PCI Part 2: Back to the Basics
Moderators: Mauricio Cohen, MD; Duane Pinto, MD, MPH
Panelists: Allison Hall, MD; Lynn Huffman, MD; Yader Sandoval, MD
Innovation in coronary stents | M. Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH |
Innovation in vascular access | Mauricio Cohen , MD |
Innovation in antiplatelet management | Duane Pinto, MD, MPH |
Innovation in Social Media in Cardiology | M. Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH |
Innovation in cath lab safety | Yader Sandoval, MD |
Panel Discussion 1 | |
Panel Discussion 2 | |
Panel Discussion 3 | |
Panel Discussion 4 | |
Panel Discussion 5 |
PERIPHERAL TRACK
Session: Master’s Approach to Critical Limb Ischemia II
Moderators: Vikram Kashyap, MD; Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
Panelists:Justin Dunn, MD, MPH; Sam Mehta, MD; Constantino Peña, MD; Bala Ramanan, MBBS, MS; Shirling Tsai, MD
My challenges in starting a PAD/CLI program | Justin Dunn, MD, MPH |
Multidisciplinary Team – Why a surgeon is a must | Vikram Kashyap, MD |
Panel Discussion 1 | |
BEST CLI, what will we learn from it? | Kenneth Rosenfield, MD |
I should have sent this one for bypass – case based CLI | Constantino Peña, MD |
Panel Discussion 2 | Panel |
Hybrid approach to multilevel CLI, case based | Bala Ramanan, MBBS, MS |
I should have treated this one percutaneously – case based CLI | Shirling Tsai, MD |
I should have treated this one medically – case based CLI | Sam Mehta, MD |
Panel Discussion 3 | Panel |
Limbs Salvage board, the future of multidisciplinary team | Norman Kumins, MD |
Session: Master’s Approach to Critical Limb Ischemia III
Moderators: Karem Harth, MD, MHS; Philip Goodney, MD
Panelists: Mohammad Ansari, MD; Subhash Banerjee, MD; Joshua Beckman, MD; Justin Dunn, MD, MPH; Philip Goodney, MD; Karem Harth, MD, MHS; Christopher Huff, MD; Andrew Klein, MD; Peter Monteleone, MD
How to build a research infrastructure for clinical trials | J. Antonio Gutierez, MD, MHS |
How I follow-up my patients post revascularization | Joshua Beckman, MD |
Disparities in CLI treatment, how can we change this | Philip Goodney, MD |
I am proud of this limb salvage case | Kintur Sanghvi, MD |
My worst aortoiliac complication | Peter Monteleone, MD |
Panel Discussion 1 | |
My worst SFA complication | Justin Dunn, MD, MPH |
Panel Discussion 2 | |
Tibial perforation, how to manage | Mohammad Ansari, MD |
Panel Discussion 3 | |
Distil embolization, how to manage | Andrew Klein, MD |
STRUCTURAL HEART TRACK
Session: Passing the Limits of Occluder Therapy
Moderator: Rahul Sharma, MD
Panelists: Mario Goessl, MD, PhD
Unmet needs for LAA therapy | Kenneth Huber, MD |
Where are the boundaries for LAA closure? | Rahul Sharma, MD |
Let’s open instead of closing | Scott Lilly, MD |
Do occluders need to permit septal recrossing? | Seun Alli, MD |
When surgery is needed | Daniel O’Hair, MD |
The CT will save your patient and you | Dee Dee Wang, MD |
Overcoming challenges with medical therapy for LAA | Mario Goessl, MD, PhD |
Undertreatment in LAA closure | Chad Kliger , MD |
Panel Discussion | Panel |
Session: The Boundaries of Structural Heart Therapy III
Moderator: Gagan Singh, MD
Panelists: Seun Alli, MD; Paul Sorajja, MD
Complex mitral therapy | Maheedhar Gedela, MD |
Management of severe calcification | Mauricio Cohen, MD |
I thought I blew it | Brinder Kanda, MD |
A case of transcatheter mitral therapy | Gagan Singh, MD |
My best case in the last year | Srinivas Iyengar, MD |
A novel technique | Pradeep Yadav, MD |
Success outside the range for balloon-expanding prostheses | Lucy Safi, MD |
Embolism and retrieval | Mark Ricciardi, MD |
CHALLENGING CASE COMPETITION
CHALLENGING CASE FINALS
CORONARY CHALLENGING CASE SEMIFINALS
Moderators: Dmitry Feldman, MD; Duane Pinto, MD; George Dangas, MD; and Mauricio Cohen, MD
Panelists: Kate Kearney, MD; Andrew Klein, MD; Arnold Seto, MD; Minh Vo, MD; Wissam Jaber, MD; Yader Sandoval, MD; Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS; Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD; Allison Hall, MD; Mitul Patel, MD; Jason Wollmuth, MD; Konstantinos Charitakis, MD; Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD; Kendrick Shunk, MD, PhD; and Nkechi Ijioma, MD
PERIPHERAL CHALLENGING CASE SEMIFINALS
Moderators: Mazen Abu-Fadel, MD, Tony Das, MD
Panelists: Sahil Parikh, MD, Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Faisal Latif, MD, Shirling Tsai, MD, Rose Lumare, DPM, Raj Swaminathan, MD
STRUCTURAL CHALLENGING CASE SEMIFINALS
Moderators: Jonathan Schwartz, MD; Brijeshwar Maini, MD; Rahul Sharma, MD, Alok Sharma, MD, Maheedhar Gedela, MD
Panelists: M. Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH; Timir Paul, MD; Madhan Sundaram, MD