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CVI 2024 in Denver, CO July 18-20, 2024

Schedule subject to change. Click respective links to learn more and register with each symposium.

12:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Fellows Bootcamp: Success with Interventional Fellowship and Beyond

Room: Mineral D

Download the bootcamp agenda

The Fellows Bootcamp is INCLUDED in the CVI registration for all fellows and early career physicians.

Sponsored by Abbott, Asahi-Intecc, Boston Scientific Corporation and OpSens Medical/Haemonetics Corporation

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Symposium: Left Atrial Appendage Closure with WATCHMAN

Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation

Room: Centennial E

7:00 am – 11:00 am

Master Class: Endovascular Therapies for the Venous System

COURSE OVERVIEW: The Endovascular Therapies for the Right Heart Master Class will be a half-day interactive didactic and hands-on training to learn how the AngioVac System is expanding options for patients.

Registration (will take you to AngioDynamics registration page) 

Faculty:
• Dr. Nadira Hamid, Cardiologist, MHIF
• Dr. Sanjum Sethi, Cardiologist, Columbia
• Dr. Sameh Sayfo, Cardiologist, BSW Health

Sponsor: AngioDynamics

Room: Granite AB

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch Symposium: Management of Complex, Multilevel, Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease

  • Speaker and Moderator:  Mehdi Shishehbor, DO MPH, PhD, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH
  • Speaker: Yoshimitsu Soga MD, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Speaker: Sameh Sayfo, MD, MBA, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Plano, TX, USA

Sponsor: Medtronic (Peripheral Vascular)

Room: Centennial D

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch Symposium: Turning Point in Hypertension Care: The Symplicity™ Blood Pressure Procedure

Faculty: Herb Aronow, Poonam Velagapudi, Sandeep Nathan, Ray Townsend

Learning objectives:

  1. Overview of the current state of hypertension and it’s importance as a cardiovascular diseases risk factor if not controlled
  2. rf Renal Denervation clinical evidence overview
  3. Symplicity blood pressure procedure and patient selection
  4. Hypertension care pathway development

Sponsor: Medtronic (Coronary)

Room: Centennial F

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch Symposium: Beyond the Valve: Elevating TAVI with Sensor-Guided Efficiency

Faculty
Paul Sorajja, MD
Rahul Sharma, MD, MBBS, FRACP
Vijay Iyer, MD, PhD

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the role of LV pacing in modern TAVI and its impact on valve positioning and outcomes.
  • Recognize the importance of invasive hemodynamic measurements for accurate gradient assessment during TAVI.
  • Evaluate how SavvyWire, as a three-in-one solution improves efficiency and reduces procedural steps in TAVI.

Sponsor: Haemonetics/OpSens Medical

Room: Centennial E

1:00 pm-5:00 pm (2 sessions: 1-3 pm & 3-5 pm MT)

TriClip Advanced Imaging and 3D ICE Hands On Workshop

Topics Include:  Advanced imaging techniques, In-depth 3D ICE navigation technique training, Hands-on workstations for MPR and 3D ICE simulators

Led by expert faculty: Paul Sorajja, MD, Gagan Singh, MD, Nadira Hamid, MD, and Richard Bae, MD

Sign Up Link: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/4889a777e3ed42ca88c112d7756022ba

Sponsor: Abbott and Philips Medical

Room: Quartz AB

6:00 pm-8:30 pm

CVI 2024 Heart Team Symposium

Connect, Engage and Deepen your Knowledge!

Download the Heart Team Symposium flyer

This dedicated symposium for extended heart team professionals (Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Coordinators, Technologists) will focus on finding innovative solutions to everyday challenges in structural heart disease programs. Join a collaborative, interactive setting where thought leaders and learners unite to explore key topics with a central goal of driving programmatic success.

Moderator
Marcus Burns, DNP, RCIS, AACC, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Faculty
Liz Perpetua, DNP, ACNP-BC, FACC, Empath Health Services, LLC
Trish Keagan, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FACC, Emory Heart and Vascular
Ileah Reichert, MS, APRN-CNP, Riverside Methodist Hospital
Jimmy Doolittle, MS, PA-C, Montefiore Medical Center
Russell Brandwein, MS, PA-C, AACC, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Sponsor: CVI

Room: Mineral Hall D

6:00 pm-9:00 pm

INNOVATIONS SUMMIT:
Financial Principles for the Non-financial Healthcare Leader
Novel Strategy for Recruitment and Retention of Physicians

Download the Innovations Summit flyer

Keynote Speaker:
Nancy Vish, RN, PhD, NEA-BC
President, Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital

Speaker & Panelist: Marc Toth, Consultant, CVAUSA

Panelists: CVI Directors

Objectives:

  • Understanding the impact of hospital finances on health care and physicians
  • What every physician should know about health care finances
  • Strategies for physician retention and recruitment

Sponsor: CVI

Room: Centennial D

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Symposium: AGENT of Change: Modern PCI for ISR Treatment

Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation

Room: Centennial F

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Symposium: From No-Option to New Options:  Elevating your CLTI Program with LimFlow TADV

Sponsor: Inari Medical/Limflow

Room: Centennial D

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Workshop: Cutting-edge Approaches in Structural Heart Interventions: Harnessing 4D ICE, Mini 4D TEE, and GE Healthcare’s Ultrasound Innovations for Optimal Imaging and Workflow Enhancements.

About the workshop: Explore advanced cardiac ultrasound tools and techniques in this dynamic workshop designed to refine your approach to structural heart procedures. Engage in hands-on practice with innovative imaging approaches with 4D ICE and the mini 4D TEE probe, while advancing your skills with GE Healthcare’s latest ultrasound capabilities. This workshop focuses on enhancing clinical expertise and achieving optimal patient outcomes, emphasizing the effective use of transesophageal echo and simultaneous use of 4D ICE for procedures such as tricuspid valve assessment, left atrial appendage visualization, and transeptal puncture.

Sponsor: GE Healthcare

Room: Granite AB

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Gore Medical Interactive Hands-On Training Lab

Length: There will be 4 sessions, each 1 hour long

Get acquainted with Gore & Associates device technology and solutions for cardiac and peripheral disease treatment during this one-hour hands-on workshop. Attendees will receive an interactive introduction to the science behind Gore device technology, followed by device demonstration and simulation in their selected focus area (cardiac or peripheral).

Registration Link (Required)
Note: Each session is limited to 12 participants. 6 each in two tracks (Peripheral and Cardiac).

Room: Mineral Hall B

10:00 am- 10:30 am (during morning break)

Are We There Yet? TAVR for AR in 2024

Faculty: Dr. Nadira Hamid and Dr. Nicholas Amoroso

Sponsor: JenaValve

Room: Main Exhibit Hall

12:30 pm- 1:30 pm

Lunch Symposium: Valve Performance and Evolut FX+: Comprehensive Lifetime Management

Faculty: Paul Sorajja, MD, Guilherme Attizzani, MD, Dr. Ashish Pershad and Dr. Srini Iyengar

Sponsor: Medtronic Structural Heart

Room: Centennial E

12:30 pm- 1:30 pm

Lunch Symposium: The Role of Drug-Eluting Resorbable Scaffolds for Infrapopliteal CLTI

Faculty:
Matthew Bunte, MD
Chris Metzger, MD
Joji Varghese, MD

Sponsor: Abbott

Room: Centennial D

1:00 pm- 5:00 pm

Workshop: Advanced Intracardiac Echo Imaging with Hands-On Session

About the workshop: Join us for an interactive session on the use of Siemens Healthineers’ latest innovation in 4D ICE imaging for structural heart disease with Dr. Nadira Hamid and Dr. Rahul Sharma.  This presentation will be followed by break-out sessions to experience computer-aided 2D/4D ICE simulators, practice ICE imaging on beating heart models and manipulate 4D ICE datasets.

Speakers:
Dr. Rahul Sharma
Dr. Nadira Hamid

Sponsor: Siemens

Room: Quartz AB

6:30 pm- 8:30 pm

Dinner Symposium: Tricuspid Regurgitation Therapy Retreat (TR2)

Download TR2 Symposium Agenda

Panelists: Steve Boling, MD, Kiran Belani, MD, Philippe Généreux, MD, Nadira Hamid, MD
Moderators: Paul Sorajja, MD, Firas Zahr, MD

Symposium Objectives:

  1. Recall indications and outcomes for transcatheter tricuspid therapy
  2. Describe role of surgery and peri-operative outcomes
  3. Evoke the diagnostic evaluation and imaging required for transcatheter and surgical therapy

Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences

Room: Mineral D

9:00 pm- 12:00 am

Faculty and Attendee Reception 

Sponsor: Medtronic

Room: Former Saints Restaurant (Hyatt Ground floor)

Music by Phat Daddy

12:00 – Box lunches will be available in the Centennial F

12:15 – Challenging Case Competition Finals – Centennial F