FOUNDATION
MISSION
The Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The mission of the Foundation is to address unmet needs in cardiovascular care through the study, design, and development of innovative health care solutions and education of health care providers and the larger public.


NEED
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally, accounting for nearly 17.5 million deaths each year. Cardiovascular disease may strike those in their prime years and, due to population aging, also afflict elderly people who are otherwise living healthy lives. Improvements in cardiovascular therapy have markedly reduced procedural risk, and thereby enabled the treatment of a broad range of patients, more than ever before in the history of medicine. Nonetheless, significant disparities in the delivery of cardiovascular care continue to exist, leading to large unmet clinical needs for many patients worldwide. Innovation in the delivery of cardiovascular care, as well as education of the public at-large, is essential for optimizing the management of these patients.
SOLUTION
Cardiovascular Innovations annual meeting provides an educational forum for health care practitioners to learn the newest innovation in the delivery of cardiovascular care. Through educational tracks and lectures designed to identify the benefits of endovascular, surgical, and medical therapy, attendees are able select appropriate patients for vascular revascularization and utilize more advanced techniques to treat complex disease such as carotid stenosis, acute DVT, pulmonary embolism, PAD, and CLI.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Subhash Banerjee,
MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chief – Division of Cardiology
Director – Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory VA North Texas Health Care System

Emmanouil S. Brilakis,
MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA,
FSCAI, FESC
Director – Center for Complex Coronary Interventions Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Mehdi H. Shishehbor,
DO, MPH, PhD, FACC,
FAHA, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine – CWRU
President – Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Director – Cardiovascular Interventional Center
Co-Director -Vascular Center University Hospitals of Cleveland

Paul Sorajja, MD, FACC,
FAHA, FSCAI
Director – Center for Valve and Structural Heart Disease Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Director – Valve Science Center Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
EDUCATION
CARDIOVASCULAR INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION WEBCASTS
Transcatheter Mitral Innovations
NON-CME Coronary Atherectomy Case Competition
Modifying Peripheral Artery Compliance During Endovascular Intervention: Lessons Learned
Management of severe calcification: A to Z
Presenters: Mauro Carlino, MD; Srihari S. Naidu, MD; Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc; Rajan Patel, MD
Presenter: Professor Giuseppe Tarantini, President, Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE)
Presenters: Melissa Brunsvold, MD; Amy Hackman, MD; Marc Pelletier, MD, MSC; Kasia Hryniewicz, MD
Presenters: Robin Patel, MD, Mayo Clinic; Sunil Rao, MD, Duke University School of Medicine; Gregory A. Storch, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
PRESENTERS: Geoff Barnes, MD; Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS; Terry Carman, MD
Click here to view all CVI presentations and webcasts
Presentations recorded at Cardiovascular Innovations 2019. CVI 2019 was hosted by Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation at the Hyatt Regency, Denver, Colorado on July 17-20, 2019.
CVI Webinar Case Contest Winners
Challenging Case Contest Winner: Pedro Engel Gonzalez, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Advanced Techniques to Cross Complicated and Calcified Femoropopliteal CTOs – Case Competition and Case Based Discussion
Challenging Case Contest Winner: Tarek A. Hammad, MD
TECHNICAL CASES FROM THE OPERATORS ENCLAVE
Dr. Paul Sorajja reviews a case focused on Ao to RA fistula.
Vascular Access Management During Complex PCI
Dr. Subhash Banerjee highlights how to manage patients with advanced coronary and peripheral artery disease.
Dr. Emmanouil Brilakis and Dr. Iosif Xenogiannis review a case of a 41-year-old male with inferior STEMI
Dr. Emmanouil Brilakis, Dr. Evi Vemmou, and Dr. Iosif Xenogiannis review a case featuring a 69-year-old male CCS class III angina refractory to medical therapy
Dr. Emmanouil Brilakis and Dr. Michael Megaly review a case of an 81-year-old female with an angina
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