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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM – 12:11 PM ET
    Coronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
    Location: Lincoln
    Program Director: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Program Director: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Program Director: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM – 8:08 AM ET
    Basics of Coronary Reactivity Testing
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM – 9:25 AM ET
    THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS: PRESSURE, FLOW AND ISCHEMIA
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Tariq Enezate, MD – OSF-Urbana
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:08 AM – 8:16 AM ET
    Moving Beyond Single-Point Physiology: FFR/NHPR Pullback
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:16 AM – 8:24 AM ET
    Explaining Resting and Hyperemic Discordance
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:24 AM – 8:32 AM ET
    Coronary Physiology for PCI Guidance - Lessons Learned from DEFINE GPS
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Evan Shlofmitz, DO – St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:32 AM – 9:25 AM ET
    Live Case from St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
    Location: Lincoln
    Live Case Operator: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil – DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
    Live Case Operator: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
    Live Case Operator: Richard Shlofmitz, MD – St Francis Hospital- The Heart Center
    Moderator: Tariq Enezate, MD – OSF-Urbana
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Panel Discussant: Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Erick Schampaert, MD – Centre Integré Universitaire Santé Services Sociaux, Nord Ile de Montreal
    Panel Discussant: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Discussant: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Panel Discussant: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:25 AM – 9:33 AM ET
    FAME 3 Trial Lessons Learned
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:25 AM – 10:36 AM ET
    CLINICAL OUTCOMES: FFR, IFR, IMR AND CFR RESULTS FROM CLINICAL TRIALS
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Moderator: Habib Samady, MD, FACC – Georgia Heart Institute, Northeast Georgia Health System
    Moderator: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Moderator: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:33 AM – 9:41 AM ET
    Does PCI Improve Symptoms in Stable Coronary Artery Disease? Data from ORBITA and ORBITA-2
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Rasha Al-Lamee, MA, MD, PhD – Imperial College London
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:41 AM – 9:49 AM ET
    Review of the Recent QFR Studies Principles of QFR and Why We Should Use it
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:49 AM – 9:57 AM ET
    iFR Reveals High Risk Patients Not Identified by FFR Who Don't Benefit from PCI Outside of the Cath Lab
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:57 AM – 10:05 AM ET
    5-Year Data from the SWEDHART and DEFINE: What Is the Take-Home Message?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: David Erlinge, MD, PhD – Lund University
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:05 AM – 10:13 AM ET
    Pressure Pullback Gradient (PPG) to Personalize Revascularization: The PPG Global Registry
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Nils Johnson, MD, MS – University of Texas
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:13 AM – 10:21 AM ET
    Current Status of Physiology-Guided Non-Culprit Lesion PCI During STEMI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: John McB Hodgson, MD, MSCAI – Case Western Reserve SOM
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:21 AM – 10:29 AM ET
    Angio-based Physiology 2.0: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution from Focal and Serial Lesions to Diffuse Disease - Latest Data of MedHub's Next Development
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:29 AM – 10:36 AM ET
    Moderated Discussion
    Location: Lincoln
    Panel Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Panel Moderator: Habib Samady, MD, FACC – Georgia Heart Institute, Northeast Georgia Health System
    Panel Moderator: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Moderator: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
    Panel Discussant: Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD – Tampa General / USF
    Panel Discussant: David Erlinge, MD, PhD – Lund University
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Panel Discussant: Gabriel Maluenda, MD – San Borja Hospital/University of Chile
    Panel Discussant: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:36 AM – 10:44 AM ET
    Doppler and Thermodilution Measured Flow are Not the Same but Close
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:36 AM – 12:11 PM ET
    CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Moderator: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:44 AM – 10:52 AM ET
    Coronary Bolus Thermodilution Results are Dependent Upon Wire Position in the Target Vessel
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:52 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    How to Assess Microvascular Function: Tips and Tricks I
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:00 AM – 11:08 AM ET
    Coronary, Physiology and CMD I NOCAD: There is More Than Meets the Eye
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:08 AM – 11:16 AM ET
    Safety of Acetylcholine Testing
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:16 AM – 11:24 AM ET
    Ischemia with No Obstructive Coronary Arteries: Medical Therapy
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:24 AM – 11:32 AM ET
    Continuous Thermodilution Method for Diagnosing CMD
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:32 AM – 11:40 AM ET
    Evaluation of the Myocardial Bridge: Approaches to Testing and Management
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD – NYU Langone Health
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:40 AM – 11:48 AM ET
    The Impact of SuperSaturated Oxygen on Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Ramon Quesada, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:48 AM – 11:56 AM ET
    The Impact of Coronary Sinus Reducer on Refractory Angina and Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Nick E. West, MA MD FRCP FESC FACC – Shockwave Medical
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:48 AM – 11:56 AM ET
    The Impact of Coronary Sinus Reducer on Refractory Angina and Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Nick E. West, MA MD FRCP FESC FACC – Shockwave Medical
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:56 AM – 12:11 PM ET
    Moderated Discussion: Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Panel Moderator: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panel Moderator: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Moderator: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Valeria Paradies, MD, MSc – Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Panel Discussant: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Panel Discussant: Erick Schampaert, MD – Centre Integré Universitaire Santé Services Sociaux, Nord Ile de Montreal
    Panel Discussant: Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Panel Discussant: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Panel Discussant: Olga Toleva, MD, MPH – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Nick E. West, MA MD FRCP FESC FACC – Shockwave Medical
    Panel Discussant: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    12:11 PM ET
    Adjourn
    Location: Lincoln
    CoronaryCoronary, Physiology and CMD [Non-CME]