PICS-AICS

Scientific Program

6:30 - 7:45AM		Continental Breakfast/Visit Exhibits

7:00 - 7:45AM		IMPACT Registry

Morning Session:		Moderators: William Hellenbrand, David Balzer, Lee Benson

8:00 - 9:45AM		Live Cases (Chicago (RUMC), Columbus, Montreal)
		Panelists: Mark Galantowicz, Makram Ebeid, John Rhodes,
		Robert Vincent, Jacek Bialkowski

9:45 - 11:35AM		Live Cases (Chicago, Columbus, Montreal)
		Panelists: Zoltan Turi, Masood Sadiq, Jou-Kou Wang,
		Maiy El Sayed, Terry King

11:35 AM - 1:05PM		Live Cases (Chicago, Columbus, Montreal)
		Panelists: Francisco Garay, Roberto Cubeddu, Horacio Faella, Francisco Chamie, Bharat Dalvi

10:00 - 10:30AM		Coffee Available

1:05 - 2:00PM		Lunch/Visit Exhibit

		Oral Abstract Finals
		Moderators: BG Alekyan, Tarek Momenah, Larry Latson

Afternoon Session:

2:00-5:30 PM		PICS Breakout Session #6
		(Young Interventionalist Group)
		Moderators: Damien Kenny & Dan Gruenstein

2:00 - 2:10PM		Welcome: Dan Gruenstein

2:10 - 2:40PM		Guest Lecture: "Creating a Career Niche -
		Revascularization of Thrombosed Vasculature in Pediatric Patients"
		Henri Justino

2:40 - 4:10PM		Case Presentations
		(6 presentations - 15 minutes each, including discussion) -
Moderators:		Dan Gruenstein & Brent Gordon

4:10 - 4:30PM		Break

4:30 - 5:30PM		PICES Meeting - Updates from Executive Board -
		Pres, Secretary, Chairs of Research/Clinical
		- New Business
		- PICES and International/Developing Countries: Damien Kenny
		- SCAI resources

2:00 - 3:45PM		Breakout Session #7
		ASD, VSD and PDA closure in Adults
		Moderators: Donald Hagler, Jacek Bialkowski, Michael de Moor

2:00 - 2:10PM		PDA Closure in Adults – A Different Beast!
		Carlos Zabal

2:10 - 2:20PM		ASD Closure Using Bioabsorbable Devices – Update!
		Mike Mullen

2:20 - 2:30PM		ASD Closure In Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
		Olaf Franzen

2:30 - 2:40PM		ASD’s I Shouldn’t Have Closed
		Eric Horlick

2:40 - 2:50PM		Membranous VSD Closure: New Devices – Same Issues?
		Mario Carminati

2:50 - 3:00PM		Closure of Iatrogenic Post-infarct VSD’s: How Can We
		Compare Device Closure to Surgical Closure?
		Zahid Amin

		Debate 4: ASD Closure is a Specialist Procedure and
		Should Only Be Performed by Interventionists Trained in CHD
3:00 - 3:10PM		For: Tom Forbes
3:10 - 3:20PM		Against: Clifford Kavinsky

		Debate 5: Device Erosion After ASD Closure is Rare, But Unpredictable, Therefore We Should Not Close ASD’s in the Cath Lab!
3:20 - 3:30PM		For: Michel Ilbawi
3:30 - 3:40PM		Against: John Bass

		Discussion

2:00 - 3:45PM		Breakout Session # 8
		Percutaneous Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Therapies
		Moderators: Ted Feldman, Robert Sommer, Horst Sievert

2:00 - 2:10PM		Pathological Specimens of Mitral Valve Disease
		Paul Weinberg

2:10 - 2:20PM		Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair – Patients to Avoid
		Saibal Kar

2:20 - 2:30PM		Update from REALISM
		Ted Feldman

2:30 - 2:40PM		Mitral Valvuloplasty in Developing Countries – A Lesson To Us All
		Krishnan Kumar

2:40 - 2:50PM		Complicated Mitraclip Cases – What You Need to Know
		James Hermiller

2:50 - 3:00PM		Mitral Paravalvar Leaks – Have we made progress in the last 20 years?
		Zoltan Turi

3:00 - 3:10PM		Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement – World Experience
		Evan Zahn

		Debate 6: Percutaneous Mitral Valve Therapies Should Be Restricted to Patients Not Suitable for Surgical Repair?
3:10 - 3:20PM		For: Pat McCarthy
3:20 - 3:30PM		Against: Raj Makkar

		Discussion

3:45 - 4:15PM		Coffee Available

4:15 - 6:00PM		Breakout Session #9
		Update on Stenting in CHD
		Moderators: Charles Mullins, Mike Tynan, Geoffrey Lane

4:25 - 4:35PM		Indications and Outcomes for COAST II
		Richard Ringel

4:25 - 4:35PM		Neo-intimal Proliferation Following Stenting:
		Precipitants and Treatment Options
		Felix Berger

4:35 - 4:45PM		Evolving Stent Design – Have We Really Made Progress?
		Tom Forbes

4:45 - 4:55PM		Customizing the Stent to Fit the Anatomy
		Frank Ing

4:55 - 5:05PM		Pulmonary Artery Stenting in Infants – Can We Avoid Further Surgery?
		Phil Moore

5:05 - 5:15PM		Double Wire Technique for Aortic Coarctation Stent Placement
		Marc Gewillig

5:15 - 5:25PM		Transcatheter Fenestration of the Fontan – Butterfly Stents
		Dietmar Schranz

5:25 - 5:35PM		Pre-stenting of the RV-PA Conduit Prior to Valve Implantation –
		Is there a downside?
		Matt Gillespie

		Debate 7: Stenting PDA/banding PA’s Should be the 1st
		Step for Palliation of HLHS
5:35 - 5:45PM		For: Mark Galantowicz
5:45 - 5:55PM		Against: Michel Ilbawi
		Discussion

4:15 - 6:00 PM		Breakout Session #10
		The Heart Brain Symposium & PFO Summit
		Moderators: Ziyad M. Hijazi & John Rhodes

4:15 - 4:25PM		Pathological Specimens of PFOs, LAA
		Paul Weinberg

4:25 - 4:35PM		PFO: Device Choice and Residual Shunt – Does it matter?
		Horst Sievert

4:35 - 4:45PM		PFO and Stroke – Does Genetics Play a Role?
		John Lasala

4:45 - 4:55PM		Putting PFO Trials on Trial – Do We Really Need This Data?
		Werner Budts

4:55 - 5:05PM		Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion – Would I refer a family member?
		Carlos Pedra

5:05 - 5:15PM		Evolving LAA Occlusion Device Designs
		Brian Whisenant

5:15 - 5:25PM		Valve Delivery Approach Influences Incidence of Stroke in TAVR
		Hans Figulla

		Debate 8: The Presence of Migraine in Patients With
		Cryptogenic Stroke Should Not Influence Decision to Close PFO
5:25 - 5:35PM		For: Robert Cubeddu
5:35 - 5:45PM		Against: Mark Reisman

		Discussion

7:00PM

GALA Dinner