SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM


Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium

(PICS & AICS 2012)


Monday April 16, 2012

 

6:30 - 7:45AM   Continental Breakfast/Visit Exhibits
     
 Morning Session:   Moderators: Ziyad M. Hijazi, John P. Cheatham, Thomas K. Jones
     
8:00 - 8:05AM   Welcome
   

Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD

     
8:05 - 8:15AM   Live Case 2011 Update
   

Damien Kenny, MD

     
8:15 - 10:00AM   Live Cases (Italy/Israel/Copenhagen)
    Panelists:Teiji Akagi, Hideshi Tomita, Raul Rossi,
   

Seong-Ho Kim, Francisco Chamie

     
10:00 - 11:45AM   Live Cases (Italy/Israel/Copenhagen)
    Panelists: BG Alekyan, Dan Levi, Matt Gillespie,
   

Alejandro Peirone, Jae Young Choi

     
10:30 - 11:00AM   Coffee Available  
     
11:45 AM - 1:00PM   Live Cases (Italy/Israel, Copenhagen)
    Panelists: Michael deMoor, Krishna Kumar
   

Dietmar Schranz, Bharat Dalvi. Werner Budts

     
1:00 - 2:00PM   Lunch Break/Visit Exhibits

 

Afternoon Session:

2:00 - 5:30 PM   Breakout Session #1: Imaging Session - ICSCIT
   

Moderators: Girish Shirali, Craig Fleishman, David Roberson

     
2:00 - 3:40 PM    
      2:00 - 2:10PM   3-Dimensional Roadmapping for Guidance of Interventional Procedures
    Tom Fagan
     
      2:10 - 2:20PM   Exit Angiography – Is it worth the hassle?
    Ralf Holzer
     
      2:20 - 2:30PM  

Imaging During Hybrid P rocedures

    Craig Fleishman
     
      2:30 - 2:40PM   CT Evaluation Following Transcatheter Closure of ASD’s -
   

Can it offer us new insights?  

    John Carroll
     
      2:40 - 2:50PM   Relevance of Advancements in CT Imaging to Patient Selection
    and Procedural Guidance
    Anthony Hlavacek
     
      2:50 - 3:10PM  

Interventional Cardiovascular MRI

    :Robert Lederman
     
      3:10 - 3:20PM   Application of New Echocardiography Modalities to Assess
    Impact of Interventional Procedures
   

Simone Fontes-Pedra

     
      3:20 - 3:20PM   How to Choose A Candidate for Mitral Clip Repair of the Mitral Valve
   

Jeff Soble

     
    Discussion
     
3:40 - 4:00PM   Coffee Break
     
    Case Examples:
4:00 - 4:10PM   Complex ASD Closure – ICE vs TEE
   

Achi Ludomirsky

4:10 - 4:20PM   Echo-guided PDA Closure
   

Neil Wilson

4:20 - 4:30PM  

3-D TEE for Complex ASD Closure

   

David Roberson

4:30 - 4:40PM   Rotational Angiography for PA Stenting
   

Evan Zahn

4:40 - 4:50PM  

ASD Closure in Adults Using Micro TEE

   

Shak Qureshi

4:50 - 5:00PM   ICE for Pulmonary Valve Implantation
   

Qi-Ling Cao

5:00 - 5:10PM   Intraprocedural Imaging for TAVR
   

Robert Siegel

5:10 - 5:20PM   IVUS During Coarctation Stenting
    John P. Cheatham
5:20 - 5:30PM   Discussion

2:00 - 5:30PM   Breakout Session #2:
    Neonatal Cardiac Catheterization
    Moderators: Felix Berger, Kevin Walsh
     
2:00 - 2:10PM   Adjustment for Risk Method in Neonatal Catheterization –
    Standardizing Risk
    Lisa Bergersen
     
2:10 - 2:20PM   Catheterization in the Premature or Low Birth Weight Infant –
    What Is Feasible and What Is Not! 
    Neil Wilson
     
2:20 - 2:30PM   Bedside Echo-guided Atrial Septostomy -
    Should This Be The Approach of Choice?
    Howard Weber
     
2:30 - 2:40PM   Catheter Management of the Restrictive Atrial Septum in
    Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    Dietmar Schranz
     
2:40 - 2:50PM  

Catheterization in Neonates On ECMO – Tips and Tricks!   

    Alex Javois
     
2:50 - 3:00PM   Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in Critical Valvar Aortic Stenosis –
    Approach Is Key!   
    Raul Rossi
     
3:00 - 3:10PM   Stenting of the Arterial Duct as an Alternative to Surgical Shunts –
    How Far Can We Push?
    Mazeni Alwi
     
    Debate 2: RVOT Stenting is a Superior Approach to a Surgical Shunt in
    Neonates With Tetralogy of Fallot and Inadequate Pulmonary Blood Flow
3:10 - 3:20PM   Pro: Lee Benson
3:20 - 3:30PM   Con: Emile Bacha
     
3:30 - 3:35PM   Discussion
     

3:40 - 4:00PM

 

Coffee Available

2:00 - 5:30PM   Breakout Session #3
    Nursing And Associated Professional Breakout Session
    Moderators:  Mary Heitschmidt, MSN, APN,
    Sharon L. Hill, ACNP-BC, PhD(c), Kathleen Nolan, RT
     
2:00 - 2:15PM   Imaging for Interventional Cardiac Cath – From Fetus to Adult
    Simone Pedra, MD
     
2:15 - 2:30PM   Maternal CHD – Outcomes of Interventional Cardiac Cath During Pregnancy
    Jill Swinning, MSN, APN
     
2:30 - 2:45PM   Emergencies in the Cath Lab
    Tom Jones, MD
     
2:45 - 3:00PM   Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement – Better Than A Redo!
    Ruby Whalen, RN CCRC
     
3:00 - 3:30PM  

What is a valve clinic? Trial Updates

    Mary Heitschmidt, MSN, APN, Tiana Riley, MSN, APN    
     
3:30 - 3:45PM   The Alphabet Soup for Cardiac Catheterization Registries...
    What Does It All Mean?
    Ralf Holzer, MD
     
3:45 - 4:00PM   IMPACT Registry ….. What do we get out of it?
    Joan Michaels, RN
     
4:00 - 4:30PM   Radiation follow-up ….. Who’s responsible?
    Rush protocol: Kathleen Nolan, RTR
    NCH protocol: Jason Swinning, RTR, RCIS  
     
4:30 - 5:30PM   Analyze This” Session
   

Stacey Froemming, RCIS & Kathleen Nolan, RTR

2:00 - 3.30 PM

  Breakout Session #4
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
    Moderators: Ziyad M. Hijazi & Gregory Fontana
     
2:00 - 2:10PM  

Pathological Specimens of Calcific AS

    Paul Weinberg
     
2:10 - 2:20PM   Starting An Aortic Valve Program
    James Hermiller
     
2:20 - 2:30PM  

Pre-procedural Risk Assessment

    Reda Ibrahim
     
2:30 - 2:40PM  

Advanced Imaging Modalities Pre-and Post TAVR –

    Patient Selection and Valve Assessment
   

Robert Sommer

     
2:40 - 2:50PM  

Vascular Complications –

    How To Minimize Them and How to Deal With Them!      
    John Lasala
     
   

Parade of 4 New Valves

   

Valve Advantages/Features/FIM

2:50 - 2:55PM   The Colibri Valve: David Fish
2:55 - 3:00PM   The St. Jude Valve: Raj Makkar
3:00 - 3:05PM   The Lotus Valve: Ted Feldman
3:05 - 3:10PM   The Jena Valve: Hans Figulla
     
   

Debate 3: Surgeons Are Better Placed to Run Aortic

3:10 - 3:20PM   Valve Programs in the Future
3:20 - 3:30PM   Pro: John Alexander   Con:  Eric Horlick

4:00 - 5:30 PM   Breakout Session #5
   

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Moderators: Clifford Kavinsky & Hans Figulla
     
4:00 - 4:10PM   Commercialization of the Edwards SAPIEN Valve -
    Impact of Ongoing Trials and Patient Selection
   

Raj Makkar

     
4:10 - 4:20PM   Defining Competencies for TAVR
    Ziyad Hijazi
     
4:20 - 4:30PM  

Transfemoral vs Transapical Approach –

    Patient Selection and Outcomes
    Gregory Fontana
     
4:30 - 4:40PM   Novaflex – Has it made a difference?
    Mike Mullen
     
4:40 - 4:50PM   Impact of Aortic Valve Calcification on Paravalvar Leaks
    and Coronary Ostial Occlusion
   

Brian Whisenant

     
4:50 - 5:00PM  

Impact of TAVR on Mitral Valve Function

    Clifford Kavinsky
     
5:00 - 5:10PM   Valve-in-Valve Deployment –
    Learning From Experience Outside the US
    Horst Sievert

5:40 - 5:55PM  

PICS/AICS Achievement Award