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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    1:30 PM – 2:48 PM ET
    Coronary Imaging [Non-CME]
    Location: Jefferson
    Program Director: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Program Director: Evan Shlofmitz, DO – St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Live Case from MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: Jefferson
    Live Case Operator: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Moderator: Evan Shlofmitz, DO – St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
    Panel Discussant: Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
    Panel Discussant: Enrico Cerrato, MD, PhD – San Luigi Gonzaga University and ASLTO3 Rivoli Hospital, Turin
    Panel Discussant: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Panel Discussant: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – The University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine HCA Houston Heart Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Akiko Maehara, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
    Panel Discussant: Francesco Prati, MD – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    1:30 PM – 2:48 PM ET
    FUNDAMENTALS OF INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING
    Location: Jefferson
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Akiko Maehara, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
    Moderator: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:00 PM – 2:08 PM ET
    Basics of Image Interpretation: IVUS Plaque Morphology and Stent Findings
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Akiko Maehara, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:08 PM – 2:16 PM ET
    Basics of Image Interpretation: OCT Plaque Morphology and Stent Findings
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:16 PM – 2:24 PM ET
    Intravascular Imaging Artifacts: IVUS and OCT
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Francesco Prati, MD – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:24 PM – 2:32 PM ET
    How Hybrid IVUS/OCT Systems and Catheters Can Improve Image Interpretation
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:32 PM – 2:40 PM ET
    How Can Imaging Help to Identify the Best Treatment Strategy?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:40 PM – 2:48 PM ET
    Quizzing the Audience: What do you see?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    2:48 PM ET
    Adjourn to Advancing the Management of Calcium Symposium Session
    Location: Jefferson
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    3:35 PM – 5:50 PM ET
    Coronary Imaging [Non-CME]
    Location: Jefferson
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    3:35 PM – 3:43 PM ET
    Treatment of Culprit Lesion Morphology — Plaque Ruptures, Plaque Erosions, Calcified Nodules: Does Morphology Make a Difference?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    3:35 PM – 5:50 PM ET
    HOT TOPICS IN INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING
    Location: Jefferson
    Moderator: Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Moderator: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    3:43 PM – 3:51 PM ET
    How to Integrate Coronary Imaging in a Busy Private Practice
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Samir B. Pancholy, MD, MSCAI – Wright Center of Graduate Medical Education, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    3:51 PM – 3:59 PM ET
    A New Classification of Calcified Plaque
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    3:59 PM – 4:07 PM ET
    Calcified Lesions: How Did I Use IVUS/OCT to Treat My Case?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:07 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    IVUS and OCT Co-Registration
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:15 PM – 4:23 PM ET
    Coronary Imaging in MINOCA: IVUS, OCT, or CCTA to Guide Care
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD – NYU Langone Health
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:23 PM – 4:31 PM ET
    The Future of FFRCT - Will It Detect the Vulnerable Plaque?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:31 PM – 4:39 PM ET
    NIR Fluorescence Inflammation Imaging for VP and DCB Efficacy
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:39 PM – 4:47 PM ET
    Role of IVUS During PVI
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Subhash Banerjee, MD – Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas, TX
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:47 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    ILUMIEN IV: Why the Clinical Endpoint Was Not Met
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil – DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    4:55 PM – 5:03 PM ET
    Updated Meta-Analysis of OCT-Guided and IVUS-Guided Stenting
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    5:03 PM – 5:11 PM ET
    Intravascular Imaging: Is It Time for the Guidelines to Change?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Rasha Al-Lamee, MA, MD, PhD – Imperial College London
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    5:11 PM – 5:19 PM ET
    My Take on OCT Trials: Where This Strategy Stands in the Current Landscape of Options for PCI Guidance?
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD – Division of Cardiology, CAST, "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    5:19 PM – 5:27 PM ET
    Zero- or Low-Contrast Imaging-Guided PCI: Preventing Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    5:27 PM – 5:35 PM ET
    In-Stent Restenosis: OCT-Based Causes and Therapies
    Location: Jefferson
    Speaker: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    5:35 PM – 5:50 PM ET
    Panel Discussion | Hot Topics in Intravascular Imaging
    Location: Jefferson
    Panel Moderator: Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Panel Moderator: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil – DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Subhash Banerjee, MD – Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas, TX
    Panel Discussant: Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD – Tampa General / USF
    Panel Discussant: Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD – Division of Cardiology, CAST, "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania
    Panel Discussant: Enrico Cerrato, MD, PhD – San Luigi Gonzaga University and ASLTO3 Rivoli Hospital, Turin
    Panel Discussant: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Panel Discussant: Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    5:50 PM ET
    Adjourn
    Location: Jefferson
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