SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM


Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium

(PICS & AICS 2012)


Wednesday April 18, 2012

 

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

Moderators: Carlos Pedra, John Cheatham, Mario Carminati

     
8:00 - 9:45AM  

Live Cases (Chicago, Seattle, Denver)

    Panelists: Panelists: Tarek Momenah, Robert Siegel, Yun Ching Fu, Miguel Granja, Richard Ringel  
     
9:45 - 11:35AM  

Live Cases (Chicago Seattle, Denver)

    Panelists: Panelists: Dan Greunstein, Henri Justino, Wei Gao, Alpay Celiker, Ali Halabi
     
10:00 - 10:30AM   Coffee Available
     
11:35AM - 1:05PM  

Live Cases (Chicago, Seattle,Denver)

    Panelists: Waqar Ahmed, Mazeni Alwi, Teiji Akagi, Makram Ebeid, Trong-Phi Le   
     
1:05 - 2:00PM   Lunch Break

 

Afternoon Session:

2:00 - 3:30PM   Breakout Session #11
   

My Nightmare case in the Cath Lab.

    Moderators: Neil Wilson, Shak Qureshi

2:00 - 3:30PM   Breakout Session  #12
   

Complex Structural Interventions

   

Moderators: Clifford Kavinsky, David Nykanen, Saibal Kar

     
2:00 - 2:10PM   Occlusion of Coronary Artery Fistulae –
    Success and Failures & Long-term Outcome
    David Balzer
     
   

Stenting in Adults With Aortic Coarctation –

    Complications and How to Avoid Them
     Elchanan Bruckheimer
     
    LAA Occlsuion – Technical Perils
    Kevin Walsh
     
    Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Occlusion - Longer Term Outcomes
    Donald Hagler
     
   

Hybrid Approach for Post-infarct VSD Closure

    Zahid Amin
     
    Occlusion of Complex Collaterals – Thinking Outside the Box
    Frank Ing
     
   

Debate 9: All VSD’s Should be Closed in Adults - Irrespective of Size

3:00 - 3:10PM   For: Wei Gao
3:10 - 3:20PM   Against: Richard Ringel

2:00 - 3:30PM   Breakout Session #13
   

Pulmonary Valve Interventions

   

Moderators: William Hellenbrand, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Jackie Kreutzer

     
2:00 - 2:10PM  

Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty– If it’s not broken….

    Larry Latson
     
2:10 - 2:20PM  

Transcatheter Pulmonary Flow Restrictors–Same Old Story?  

    When are we going to have them?
    John Cheatham
     
2:20 - 2:30PM   Cutting Balloon Angioplasty in Severe RVOT Obstruction
    Marc Gewillig
     
2:30 - 2:40PM  

Transapical Implantation of TPV in Small Children With

    Early Conduit Failure. Should we do this?
    Evan Zahn
     
2:40 - 2:50PM   Melody and SAPIEN – We need both!
    Kevin Walsh
     
2:50 - 3:00PM   Advanced Imaging After Pulmonary Valve Replacement –
    Is it really necessary?
    Julie Vincent
     
3:00 - 3:10PM   CPET Before & After Pulmonary Valve Replacement –
    Is it really necessary?
    Damien Kenny
     
   

Debate 10: Surgically Implanted Valves are More

   

Durable Than Transcatheter Valves in the Pulmonary

3:10 - 3:20PM  

For: Emile Bacha       

3:20 - 3:30PM  

Against: Philip Bonhoeffer

3:30 - 5:00PM  

Round Table Discussions (Coffee Available)

    Moderators: Ziyad M. Hijazi, John Cheatham, Carlos Pedra
     
    1. Pediatric Catheterization: Guidelines but do we need standards?
    Discussants: Evan Zahn, William Hellenbrand, Michel Ilbawi,
    Damien Kenny, Richard Ringel
     
    2. Intervention in Developing Countries:
    No Cohesive Strategy
    Discussants: Daniel Levi, Charles Mullins, Shak Qureshi,
    Francisco Garay, Bharat Dalvi
     
   

Lecture: ASD Closure in the Developing Countries –

    Challenges and Solutions
    Masood Sadiq
     
   

ASD closure in the Developing World –

    Case Example: Rasha Ammar
     
5:00 PM   Closing Remarks:
    Ziyad M. Hijazi