Final Program
FEBRUARY 9-11, 2012
4 days to JIM
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Live Practical Demonstrations and State of the Art Symposia

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 2012

MAIN HALL LEONARDO

Chairman: Martin B. Leon
Co-chairman: Carlo Di Mario

8.00 - 8.05
Welcome and Opening Address

8.05 - 8.20

Keynote Lecture
A SYNTAX Retrospective: Landmark Trial or Forgotten Folly
Martin B. Leon

8.20-10.00

LIVE CASES from Milan, Italy
St. Raffaele Scientific Institute

Commentators:
Carlo Briguori, Jean Claude Laborde, Goran Stankovic, Corrado Tamburino, Martyn Thomas

Operators:
Antonio Colombo, Mauro Carlino, Alaide Chieffo, Azeem Latib, Francesco Maisano, Matteo Montorfano, Eustachio Agricola

On-line factoids relevant to the cases presented:
Sandeep Basavarajaiah, Gill Louise Buchanan, Filippo Figini


10.00-10.30
Coffee break

10.30-12.30

LIVE CASES from Bonn, Germany
University Hospital

Commentators:
Alexandre Abizaid, Dariusz Dudek, Alfredo Galassi, Christoph Naber, Alan Yeung

Operators:
Eberhard Grube, Georg Nickenig, Nikos Werner, Jan Malte Sinning

Guest operators:
Pedro Lemos, Marco Wainstein

On-line factoids relevant to the cases presented:
Sandeep Basavarajaiah, Gill Louise Buchanan, Filippo Figini


12.45-14.15
Working Lunch

12.45 - 14.15 Lunch Symposium - ROOM MICHELANGELO

TAVI (PART 1)
Chairmen: Martin B. Leon, Gerhard Schuler

12.45 Update for SAPIEN
Martyn Thomas
13.00 Update for COREVALVE
Corrado Tamburino
13.15 Tips&tricks for SAPIEN
Eulogio Garcia
13.30 Tips&tricks for COREVALVE
Jean Claude Laborde
13.45 Imaging before and during TAVI
Augusto Pichard
14.00 Questions & Answers

12.45 - 14.15 Lunch Symposium - ROOM TIZIANO

DES
Chairmen: Alexandre Abizaid, Ian Meredith

12.45 Toward a realistic bioabsorbable polymer stent: the Element platform for the Synergy stent
Ian Meredith
13.00 Long-term patient benefit with biodegradable polymer BES: LEADERS 4 year outcomes
Roberto Corti
13.15 My experience with Resolute integrity DES
Mauro De Benedictis
13.30 The Cre8 polymer-free DES: technology, current clinical status and future perspectives
Pieter R. Stella
13.45 Nobori DES: The Power of Evidence
Gian Battista Danzi
14.00 Questions & Answers

12.45 - 14.15 Lunch Symposium - ROOM GIOTTO

A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
Chairmen: Nicolas Chronos, Alan Yeung

12.45 Translational research impacts on interventional device development
Nicolas Chronos
13.00 Device treatment of hypertension
Todd Brinton
13.15 Tissue engineering of cardiovascular devices
Todd McAllister
13.30 Selected cases from SJTRI preclinical facility
James D. Fonger
- Trans Apical Valve technologies
- Tissue engineered valve conduits
- Trans Pericardial Cell therapy for Heart Failure
14.00 Questions & Answers

MAIN HALL LEONARDO
Chairman: Martin B. Leon
Co-chairman: Carlo Di Mario

14.30-16.30

LIVE CASES from Milan, Italy
St. Raffaele Scientific Institute

Commentators:
David Antoniucci, Antonio Bartorelli, Ted Feldman, Eulogio Garcia, Giulio Guagliumi, Charanjit S. Rihal

Operators:
Antonio Colombo, Mauro Carlino, Alaide Chieffo, Azeem Latib, Matteo Montorfano, Eustachio Agricola

On-line factoids relevant to the cases presented:
Sandeep Basavarajaiah, , Gill Louise Buchanan, Filippo Figini


16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break

17.00 - 18.30

LIVE CASES from Bonn, Germany
University Hospital

Commentators:
Yaron Almagor, Ziyad Hijazi, Patrizia Presbitero, Bernhard Reimers, Expedito Ribeiro, Joachim Schofer

Operators:
Eberhard Grube, Georg Nickenig, Nikos Werner, Jan Malte Sinning

Guest operators:
Pedro Lemos, Marco Wainstein

On-line factoids relevant to the cases presented:
Sandeep Basavarajaiah, , Gill Louise Buchanan, Filippo Figini


18.45 - 20.45
Evening Symposia

18.45 - 20.45 Evening Symposium - ROOM MICHELANGELO



HIGHLIGHTS FROM TCT: THE BEST CASES OF TCT 2011
Chairmen: George Dangas, Martin B. Leon, Roxana Mehran, Jeffrey W. Moses, Gregg W. Stone

PART 1
TAVR - CURRENT PRACTICE AND CONTROVERSIES

Chairmen: Martin B. Leon, John Webb

18.45 Setting the Stage
Martin B. Leon
18.50 Case Presentation
George Dangas
19.00 Case-Provoked Controversies
- Clinical indications - "risk drift"
- Stroke concerns - real or exaggerated
- Access alternatives - TF vs. "other sites"
- Technique trends - is less better?

Discussants: Jean Claude Laborde, Francesco Maisano, Ian Meredith, Augusto Pichard, Martyn Thomas

PART 2
LEFT MAIN PCI - CURRENT PRACTICE AND CONTROVERSIES

Chairmen: Gregg W. Stone, Seung-Jung Park

19.30 Setting the Stage
Gregg W. Stone
19.35 Case Presentation
Roxana Mehran
19.45 Case-Provoked Controversies
- PCI vs. CABG - current practice
- SYNTAX Score and the Heart Team - necessary or superfluous
- Technique trends - distal bifurcation management and IVUS/FFR

Discussants: Carlo Di Mario, Eulogio Garcia, Marie Claude Morice


PART 3
MULTIVESSEL PCI - CURRENT PRACTICE AND CONTROVERSIES

Chairmen: Jeffrey W. Moses, Liliana Grinfeld

20.05 Setting the Stage
Jeffrey W. Moses
20.10 Case Presentation
George Dangas
20.20 Case-Provoked Controversies
- PCI vs. CABG - SYNTAX results and current practice
- Physiology and adjunctive imaging - when and how to use
- New DES designs - are outcomes improved?

Discussants: Ron Waksman, Alan Yeung





18.45 - 20.45 Evening Symposium - ROOM TIZIANO


UPDATE IN TREATMENT OF AMI
endorsed by Centro per la Lotta contro l’Infarto - Fondazione ONLUS

Chairmen: Francesco Prati, Francesco Versaci

18.45 Thrombus aspiration in AMI
David Antoniucci
18.55 Thrombus aspiration, local drug delivery or both? Insights from COCTAIL 2
Francesco Prati
19.05 In the search for the perfect apposition
Corrado Tamburino
19.15 When and how to use intravascular tools: IVUS, OCT and FFR
Francesco Prati
19.25 Frequency and predictors of stent thrombosis after PCI in AMI
Dariusz Dudek
19.35 In the search for the perfect biocompatible surface
Alexandre Abizaid
19.45 The use of new ADP inhibitors for treatment of ACS: reasons for choosing Prasugrel
Sigmund Silber
19.55 The use of new ADP inhibitors for treatment of ACS: reasons for choosing Ticagrelor
Giuseppe Di Pasquale
20.05 New technical solutions alternative to thrombus-aspiration to avoid distal embolization in patient with AMI
Fausto Feres
20.15 The new standard of care for High Risk ACS: Efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness
Piero Montorsi
20.25 Questions & Answers


Dinner will be served at the end of this Symposium


18.45 - 20.45 Evening Symposium - ROOM GIOTTO

SEE ONE, DO ONE, TEACH ONE: EDUCATIONAL MINI COURSE ON PERIPHERAL INTERVENTION

Chairmen: Alberto Cremonesi, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi

18.45 How should you start a peripheral practice as cardiologist: tools of the trade
Issam Moussa
19.00 The difficult carotid access – challenges and how to solve them
Fausto Castriota
19.15 My rules to make carotid stenting successful and free from complications
Joachim Schofer
19.30 New generation stents vs. drug-eluting technologies for peripheral disease
Barry T. Katzen
19.45 Tips and tricks for success in SFA CTOs recanalization
Robert M. Bersin
20.00 Cardio-knowledge for Below The Knee: how should you improve the outcome
Flavio Airoldi
20.15 Questions & Answers