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CTO Academy

Sunday Session [Non-CME]

CTO Academy | Sunday Session [Non-CME]

Sunday, March 10, 2024
2:00 PM – 5:51 PM ET

Disclosure(s):
Carlo Di Mario, MD: No relationships to disclose
Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI: Abbott Vascular: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Asahi Intecc, Japan: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Bard Peripheral Vascular, Veryan, Biotronik, Cook Medical, Gore & Associates, Medtronic, Philips, Terumo, TriReme, Shockwave, Med Alliance, Intact Vascular, B. Braun; CSI, Boston Scientific, University of Jena, Pluristem, PQ Bypass, Surmodics, Reflow: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Daichii Sankyo: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); OrbusNeich Medical Inc.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Pfizer: Speakers' Bureau (Terminated, December 31, 2023); Philips: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, December 31, 2023); Siemens Medical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Presentations:

  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    HOT TOPICS FOR CTO

    Moderator: Kevin Croce, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence

    Moderator: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina

    Moderator: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university

  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Live Case from Sunnybrook Hospital | Toronto, ON Canada

    Live Case Operator: Harindra C. Wijeysundera, MD, PhD – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center

    Moderator: Kevin Croce, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence

    Moderator: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina

    Panel Discussant: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington

    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute

    Panel Discussant: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland

    Panel Discussant: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU

    Panel Discussant: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center

    Panel Discussant: Shigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Shonan Kamakura General Hospital

    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital

    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH

    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital

  • 2:45 PM – 2:53 PM ET
    STAR or Retrograde Epicardial?

    Speaker: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

  • 2:45 PM – 4:48 PM ET
    RETROGRADE APPROACH

    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington

    Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • 2:53 PM – 3:01 PM ET
    Tools and Step by Step for Successful Retrograde Approach

    Speaker: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence

  • 3:01 PM – 3:09 PM ET
    Safety First - SPM, STAR is Safer than Retrograde PCI

    Speaker: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina

  • 3:09 PM – 3:17 PM ET
    Avoiding Collateral Damage in Retrograde Approach

    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH

  • 3:17 PM – 3:25 PM ET
    What to Do When the Micro-Catheter Won't Cross the Collateral: Septal and Epicardial

    Speaker: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland

  • 3:25 PM – 3:33 PM ET
    Solutions to Difficult RDR

    Speaker: Robert F. Riley, MD, MS – Overlake Medical Center & Clinics

  • 3:33 PM – 3:48 PM ET
    Panel Discussion Consensus on Retrograde Approach

    Panel Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington

    Panel Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Panel Discussant: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence

    Panel Discussant: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center

    Panel Discussant: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina

    Panel Discussant: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland

    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute

    Panel Discussant: Robert F. Riley, MD, MS – Overlake Medical Center & Clinics

    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH

    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital

  • 3:48 PM – 4:48 PM ET
    Live Case from MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC

    Live Case Operator: Nelson L. Bernardo, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Live Case Operator: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Live Case Operator: Lowell F. Satler, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute

    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute

    Moderator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital

    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

    Panel Discussant: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

    Panel Discussant: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland

    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD – Atlanta VA Medical Center

    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital

  • 4:48 PM – 4:56 PM ET
    Clinical Benefits of CTO Intervention

    Speaker: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia

  • 4:48 PM – 5:51 PM ET
    HOT TOPICS IN CTO

    Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU

    Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute

    Moderator: Jason Wollmuth, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute

  • 4:56 PM – 5:04 PM ET
    Perforation Management

    Speaker: Taishi Hirai, MD – University of Missouri

  • 5:04 PM – 5:12 PM ET
    Crossing the Balloon-Uncrossable and Undilatable Coronary Lesions: Unravelling the Mystique

    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPSC, FCCP, FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE

  • 5:12 PM – 5:20 PM ET
    Case Demonstration: How Imaging Guided Saved My CTO Procedure

    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital

  • 5:20 PM – 5:28 PM ET
    Intravascular Imaging Should Be Mandatory for CTO PCI

    Speaker: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY

  • 5:28 PM – 5:36 PM ET
    The Role of DCB for CTO

    Speaker: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – Fondazione Ricerca e Innovazione Cardiovascolare

  • 5:36 PM – 5:51 PM ET
    Panel Discussion

    Panel Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU

    Panel Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute

    Panel Moderator: Jason Wollmuth, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute

    Panel Discussant: Florim Cuculi, MD – Heart Center Lucerne

    Panel Discussant: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPSC, FCCP, FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE

    Panel Discussant: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

    Panel Discussant: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY

    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic

    Panel Discussant: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center

    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD – Atlanta VA Medical Center

    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH

    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital

  • 5:51 PM ET
    Adjourn