INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Day 1: 17 July, 2017 Monday

Interventional Cardiology: Interventions for Heart Failure
Welcome Speech : Levent Saltik & Ziyad M. Hijazi
10:00 - 10:40 Live Case# 1
10:40 – 11:00 Remote Monitoring and Transcatheter Therapy for Heart Failure Patients: Applications to Children and CHD Patients
Tom Jones, US
11:00 – 11:20 Interventions on Patients on ECMO: Timing, Clinical Impact and Outcomes
Henri Justino, US
11:20 – 11:40 Interventions on Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Kevin Walsh , Ireland
11:40 - 12:00 Transcatheter Ventricular Assist Devices
Vivian Dimas, US
Interventional Cardiology: Interventions for the Dysfunctional RVOT
13:30 – 14:00 Live Case # 2
14:00 – 14:20

RVOT Interventions in small babies: Planning for the Future

  • Surgical Perspective David Barron, UK
  • Interventional Perspective Jo DeGiovanni, UK
14:20 – 14:35 Perspectives on over 15 Years of Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: Impact of the Learning Curve on Clinical Outcomes
Marc Gewilling, Belgium
14:35 – 14:55

Pushing the Boundary on the Native RVOT

  • Turkish Experience Ahmet Celebi, Turkey
  • Saudi Experience Mansour AlJufan, Saudi Arabia
14:55 – 15:05 Clinical Outcomes with Self-Expanding Pulmonary Valve Systems
Ziyad M. Hijazi, Qatar
15:05 – 15:20 Managing the complex PA branch stenosis in the setting of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation: Technical considerations.
Felix Berger, Germany
15:20 – 15:30 Discussion

Day 2: 18 July, 2017 Tuesday

Interventional Cardiology: Atrial Interventions
Panelists: Nazmi Narin (Turkey), Tom Forbes (US), Massimo Chessa (Italy), Worakan Promphan (Thailand)
10:00 – 10:40 Live Case #3
10:40 – 11:00 Long Term Outcomes Following Transcatheter ASD Closure
Teiji Akagi, Japan
11:00 – 11:20 PFO: The Cart Before the Horse - Indications for Closure and Results of the Trials
Mark Turner, UK
11:20 - 11:40 Matching the device to the anatomy: How to select the appropriate device?
Joaquim Miro Lucas, Canada
11:40 – 12:00 Debate: Surgeon & Cardiologist
"Transcatheter closure in younger patients has more potential for negative consequences than surgical closure: A Data Driven Debate”
Pro: Richard Jonas, US
Con: Zahid Amin, US
Interventional Cardiology: New Techniques and Technologies
Panelists: Nazmi Narin (Turkey), Tom Forbes (US), Massimo Chessa (Italy), Worakan Promphan (Thailand)
13:30 – 14:10 Live Case #4
14:10 – 14:25 MRI- Guided Cardiac Catheterization: Progress to Date and Clinical Possibilities for the Future
Andrew Powell, US
14:25 – 14:45
Interventions outside the Heart: Porto-systemic Circulation, Lymphatics and Beyond
Elchanan Bruckheimer, Israel
Yoav Dori, US
14:45 – 15:00 Application and Development of Bioresorbable Materials for Congenital Heart Interventions
Jose Luis Zunzunegui, Spain
15:00 – 15:15 Evolving Imaging Technologies: Seeing Beyond the Contrast
Aimee Armstrong, US
15:15 – 15:30 ICE for congenital & structural interventions: do we need TEE?
Siva Kumar, India

Day 3: 19 July, 2017 Wednesday

Interventional Cardiology: Hybrid Therapies for CHD
Panelists: Ahmet Celebi, Lynn Peng, Jae Yong Choi, Jo-Kou Wang
10:00 - 10:40 Live Case #5
10:40 – 11:00 Establishing a Successful Hybrid Program
John P. Cheatham, US
11:00 – 11:20 The Hybrid approach for HLHS: Patient selection, Technical Considerations and Pooled Outcomes
Gareth Morgan, UK
11:20 – 11:40 Intra-operative stenting: Patient Selection and Technical Considerations
Evan Zahn, US
11:40 – 12:00 Exit Angiography
Ralf Holzer, Qatar
Interventional Cardiology: Transcatheter PDA and VSD Closure
Panelists: Ender Odemis (Turkey), Tarek Momenah (Saudi Arabia), Phil Roberts (Australia), Jeff Harrisburg (South Africa)
13:30 – 14:10 Live Case #6
14:10 – 14:30 Closure of PDA’s in extremely LBW infants: Parameters for Success
Joaquim Miro, Canada/Spain
14:30 – 14:50

Stenting the PDA is a Viable Alternative to Surgical Shunting in All Forms of Duct-Dependent Lesions

  • Pro  Sharon Cheatham, US
  • Con Hani Najm, Saudi Arabia
14:50 – 15:10 Matching the device to the anatomy – The Key to Success in PDA Occlusion
Carlos AC Pedra, Brazil
15:10 – 15:30 Matching the device to the anatomy – The Key to Success in VSD Occlusion
Mario Carminati, Itay
PICS at World Congress Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery
Panelists: David Nykanen (US), Tom Forbes (US), Graham Derrick (UK), Hideshi Tomita (Japan)
16:00 – 17:00 Round table Discussion: Working globally to promote congenital cardiac devices (FDA, CE, etc.)
Nicole Ibrahim(US) , Ziyad Hijazi (US), Tom Forbes (US)
17:00 – 18:00 Nightmare Cases (5 minutes + 5 minutes discussion) 6 cases

Day 4: 20 July, 2017 Thursday

Interventional Cardiology
Panelists: Alper Guzeltas (Turkey) , Fawzi Matouk, Bogdan Cherpak, Claire O’Donnell (New Zealand)
10:00 - 10:45 Live Case # 7
10:45 - 12:00 Oral Abstracts
Moderators: John Moore (US), Mike De Moor (US), Felipe Heusser (Chile)
Interventional Cardiology: Stenting
Panelists: Tevfik Karagoz (Turkey), Chris Petit (US), Younes Boudjelmine (France), Francisco Garay (Chile)
13:30 - 14:10 Live Case # 8
14:10 – 14:30 Evolution of Stent Design for CHD Patients
Felix Berger, Germany
14:30 – 14:50 Aortic Stenting – Matching the Stent to the Anatomical Substrate
Damien Kenny, Ireland
14:50 – 15:10 Stenting the Pulmonary Arteries in Infants – Technical & Future Considerations
Frank Ing, US
15:10 – 15:30 Stents beyond Pulmonary Arteries/Coarctation
Francois Godart, France