Please join us at the CVI’s Interventional Octagon competitive case-based learning webinar on 4/14/26 at 9 pm ET. This CME session will focus on Protected PCI and Cardiogenic Shock.
Fellows and Early-career physicians (<5 years in practice): please submit your most interesting and challenging case on the topic of Protected PCI and Cardiogenic Shock using the form below. Case submissions are now open. Deadline to submit is April 4, 2026.
The top 4 cases will be invited to present their case in our live webinar and will receive a travel grant to attend CVI 2026 in Denver, CO on August 6-8, 2026 (travel grant info). The judging panel will choose the top case, with audience polling taken into consideration, and award the winner a $500 prize.
Judging Panel
Manos Brilakis, MD, PhD (moderator)
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Brian A. Bergmark, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Allison Hall, MD
Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland
Srihari Naidu, MD
Westchester Medical Center and WMCHealth Network
Finalists/Cases
Saahil Jumkhawala, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Cardiac Arrest on Cruise Ship: High-Risk PCI with Impella Support and Complication Management
Orestis-Nikolaos Minos, MD, General hospital of Chatzikosta, Ioannina , Greece
ACS midnight nightmare:severe calcified stenosis of LM bifurcation
Vinayak Nagaraja, MD, Kearney Regional Medical Centre, Platte Valley Cardiology Clinic, Bryan Health, Kearney, Kentucky
ECMO retrieval in a rural nonsurgical site for a patient with critical LMCA calcific disease and cardiac arrest/cardiogenic shock
Haris Riaz MD, Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar Missouri
Trial by Fire: Navigating Complex Left Main and RCA PCI in a Patient with Cardiogenic Shock
Webinar Learning Objectives
- Evaluate hemodynamic support for PCI and cardiogenic shock: when and how
- Discuss and evaluate complex PCI cases
- Evaluate the role of image guided PCI in coronary intervention
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.
