The “Interventional Octagon” is a new monthly case-based competitive learning webinar. Each month, fellows and early-career physicians may submit cases on a chosen topic. The top cases are invited to compete in our live webinar with an esteemed panel of experts.
The Structural Heart Interventional Octagon was be hosted by CVI Director Paul Sorajja on Wednesday, April 9th. Finalists presented their cases on the topic Transcatheter Mitral Therapy.
Watch the competitors present their cases and listen to the discussion with our esteemed panel, then vote for your favorite case. Finalists receive travel grants to CVI in Austin, TX this July. The winner receives a $500 Amazon gift card.
This is a CME-certified event. Attendees may claim their credit after the webinar for up to 1 year after the event date.
The Finalists:
Ashraf Ahmed, MD
Beyond hemodynamics support: IABP facilitate leaflet coaptation in elective MTEER
Yale University School of Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital
Omar Chehab, MD
Invasive physiology of mitral TEER with IABP support for ischemic mitral regurgitation with cardiogenic shock: Left ventricular pressure-volume loop analysis
Barts Heart Centre
Waheed Ahmed Lehri, MBBS
Double Challenge, Double Solution: A case of complex PVL closure
National Institute Of Cardiovascular Diseases Karachi Pakistan
WINNER! Alexander Warner, MD
Musa Sharkawi, Interventional Cardiologist – Operator of the Case
Deya Alkhatib, Cardiac Imaging – Performed TEE for Procedure
Just Plug It: A solution to Recurrent MR
Medical College of Georgia
Judging Panel
Gagan Singh, MD, UC Davis Health
Firas Zahr, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
Webinar Learning Objectives
- Recall optimal imaging techniques for transcatheter structural therapy (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and LAAO)
- Describe pitfalls of echo versus CT versus fluoro for procedural guidance
- Describe technical advances in treating tricuspid valve
- Describe technical improvement and methods to provide safe and effective structural procedures
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Interventional Octagon is made possible by generous grants from
Abbott, Boston Scientific Corporation, Cordis and Medtronic.
