CVI’s Interventional Octagon cased-based competitive learning webinar series continues with a Coronary session on the topic of Drug-Coated Balloons – When and How.
The top cases were invited to present in the live webinar. The faculty judges chose the best case and the winner receives a $500 Amazon gift card. All finalists receive travel grants to CVI 2026 in Denver, CO, August 6-8, 2026.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize and treat potential complications associated with PCI and CT-guided PCI
- Describe hemodynamic support for PCI: when and how
- Evaluate wireless physiology and microvascular assessment
- Review new advanced PCI intervention techniques and describe which patients are suitable for minimally invasive or surgical treatments
- Evaluate complex PCI cases
- Discuss the role of image guided PCI in coronary intervention
- Describe the role of coronary DCB in PCI
Faculty
- Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH - Binita Shah, MD
NYU Langone, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory - Jason Wollmuth, MD
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute - Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD (moderator)
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Finalists
- Mahmoud Elrayes, MD, PhD, Mansoura University-Egypt: Ostial LCX; 2 DCB or 2DES OR 1DES/1DCB
- Rafey Feroze, MD, University Hospitals – Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH: Laser Atherectomy and DCB treatment of Ostial LCX with prior Bifurcation PCI
- Edgar Lamas, MD, Intercor Sorriso: Treating a Severely Calcified Left Main With Nodular Calcium: Lithotripsy and DCB-Only Strategy in a High Bleeding Risk Case
- David Makarious, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia: From Little Things Big Things Grow
Claim CME Credit
- View the webinar
- At the end of the webinar, log onto: https://www.online-med-edu.com/cvi/101625/enduring/
- Complete the Evaluation/Credit Request Form
- Download or Print Credit Statement/Certificate
Interventional Octagon is made possible by generous grants from
Abbott, Boston Scientific Corporation, Cordis and Medtronic.
