CSI AMERICA 2023
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Cathlab café & Breakfast in the industry exhibition
07:00 - 08:30 | EXHIBITION AREA
Sinus venosus ASD closure
08:30 – 09:55 | Main lecture hall
How to start a program
DISCUSSION
Pre-procedural imaging - the good, the bad and the ugly
Discussion
Intra-procedural imaging
Discussion
Approach to closure: step-by-step
DISCUSSION
Ideal stents for closure
DISCUSSION
Debate:
- This lesion must remain under surgeon’s domain
DISCUSSION
- Clearly this fall under interventional umbrella
DISCUSSION
PFO CLOSURE
10:25—12:20 | Main lecture hall
Identifying the patient who will benefit most from PFO closure: the PASCAL score
Discussion
Hypercoagulable screening: Is this necessary and, if so, what?
Discussion
Does anticoagulation offer the same protection as PFO closure?
DISCUSSION
How to close residual leaks
DISCUSSION
PFO in divers: data and guidelines for closure
DISCUSSION
Novel PFO closure devices and concepts
DISCUSSION
Case: atrial fibrillation before PFO closure
DISCUSSION
Case: atrial fibrillation after PFO closure
DISCUSSION
ASD CLOSURE
12:50 – 14:15 | Main lecture hall
Live case transmission
Update of Cardioform devices
Discussion
New iteration of Amplatzer septal occluder
Discussion
Status of Occlutech septal occluder in the US
Discussion
Variety of Lifetech devices
Discussion
Noble Stitch- beyond PFO closure
Discussion
Biodegradable devices
Discussion
PARAVALVAR LEAK LOSURE
14:15 - 15:20 | Main lecture hall
Preventing PVL: a surgeon’s perspective
Discussion
Closure indications
DISCUSSION
Surgical vs. transcatheter PVL: outcomes
DISCUSSION
My 10 most important tips and tricks for mitral PVL closure
DISCUSSION
My 10 most important tips and tricks for aortic PVL closure
DISCUSSION
CONGRESS OPENING
15:40 - 18:00 | Main lecture hall
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2023
E-posters & Breakfast in the industry exhibition
07:00 - 08:30 | EXHIBITION AREA
TRICUSPID VALVE INTERVENTIONS
08:30 - 10:15 | Main lecture hall
Which patient should undergo evaluation for tricuspid intervention?
DISCUSSION
Technologies and data
- Technologies for repair
- Technologies for replacement
Panel discussion: What should be the preferred choice (repair versus replacement)
Case example: patient with large annulus, reduced RV function, RV pacemaker in place: Candidacy for Evoque? V-Dyne? Pascal? TriClip? Pascal? Tricento?
DISCUSSION
Recorded case: tricuspid valve implantation
DISCUSSION
Upcoming devices for TV repair/replacement
DISCUSSION
LAA CLOSURE
10:45 - 12:30 | Main lecture hall
Safety, efficacy, and patient selection: latest data
Discussion
ICE-guided LAAO: safety, outcomes, and cost
DISCUSSION
Does peri-device leak matter? Latest data updates
DISCUSSION
How to close a peri-device leak: step by step
DISCUSSION
Other nuisances (pericardial effusion and device associated thrombus)
DISCUSSION
How to manage device embolization
DISCUSSION
New device iterations on currently approved devices
DISCUSSION
Next-generation LAAO devices
DISCUSSION
LATIN AMERICA TRANSCATHETER INTERVENTION CASE ASSESSMENT - LATINA
12:50 - 14:20 | Main lecture hall
TEE for assessment of complex secundum ASD
Discussion
ICE is excellent as well; no anesthesia is required
Discussion
Echocardiographic assessment of primum, sinus venosus and secundum ASD
DISCUSSION
This is the most complex case I ever did
DISCUSSION
I thought this was straightforward case but
DISCUSSION
The best device for the anatomy, how I choose device for ASD closure
DISCUSSION
Sinus venosus ASDs – starting with a first case
DISCUSSION
PDA CLOSURE IN ELBW BABIES
14:20 - 15:25 | MAIN LECTURE HALL
Currently available device choices for ELBW PDA closure
Discussion
Delivery catheters/sheaths for PDA closure
Discussion
Bedside PDA closure with portable fluoroscopy
Discussion
Between 3-5 weeks of age
Discussion
Recorded case: bedside PDA closure
Discussion
PDA STENTING
15:25 - 16:40 | Main lecture hall
PDA stenting: step by step
Discussion
Ideal case with ideal results
DISCUSSION
Complex case with Ideal results
DISCUSSION
When not to attempt stenting
DISCUSSION
Debate:
- PDA stenting is the ideal approach, just look at the data
- BT shunt is better than stenting
DISCUSSION
HEART FAILURE
17:00 - 18:30 | Main lecture hall
Enabling physician-directed patient self-management of heart failure using an implanted left atrial pressure monitoring system
Discussion
Cardiomems: current status and ongoing trials
Discussion
Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) - device-based treatment of heart failure
Discussion
Rationale, data and future directions of atrial shunt devices summarized
Discussion
Electrical baroreceptor stimulation
Discussion
Mechanical baroreceptor stimulation
Discussion
Splanchnic nerve modulation
Discussion
Phrenic nerve stimulation
Discussion
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2023
CONTROVERSIES AND NEWS
08:00 - 09:00 | Main lecture hall
Video gaming in interventional cardiology, what is Mario up to nowadays
DISCUSSION
PPVI debate
- Pro: must remain in congenital (pediatric cardiologist) domain
- Con: must be shared with adult cardiologists
DISCUSSION
Scatter radiation protection in the cathlab
DISCUSSION
TAVR
09:00 - 10:35 | Main lecture hall
Setting the stage:
New TAVR valves and valve iterations in 2023 and 2024
Discussion
Update on recently completed and ongoing (enrolling) TAVR trials
Discussion
Controversies:
Is the type of valve important for future coronary access?
Discussion
Does commissural alignment solve the problem?
Discussion
Long-term durability: how many procedures should we plan for and what is the best first choice for a young patient?
DISCUSSION
Embolic protection: here is why I continue to use it
DISCUSSION
SAVVY wire to facilitate hemodynamic monitoring and cardiac pacing
DISCUSSION
Other issues:
TAVI in TAVI: let me walk you through two cases
DISCUSSION
MITRAL VALVE INTERVENTIONS
11:05 - 12:40 | Main lecture hall
TEER: MitraClip and Pascal: technology comparison
Discussion
Update on TEER trials
DISCUSSION
TEER: patient selection
DISCUSSION
Update on mitral valve replacement trials
DISCUSSION
Update on valve-in-MAC trials
DISCUSSION
Update on mitral valve-in-valve and valve in ring trials
DISCUSSION
SESAME procedure for LVOT obstruction
DISCUSSION
LATIN AMERICA TRANSCATHETER INTERVENTION CASE OVERVIEW - LATINO
12:55 - 14:20 | Main lecture hall
Status of pediatric cardiology
- in Ecuador
- in El Salvador
- Bolivia
Discussion
All the interventions; how did we get to the current status in Mexico
DISCUSSION
Overview of congenital interventions in Argentina, what are we still missing?
DISCUSSION
We are cool in Chile - what can we do better
DISCUSSION
We go big in Brazil - where do we stand
DISCUSSION
PPVI
14:20 - 15:45 | Main lecture hall
Single step Sapien valve placement when presenting is required: step by step
Discussion
Pros and cons of adult structural interventionalists performing PPVI
DISCUSSION
8 reasons I would use Alterra pre-stent
DISCUSSION
8 reasons I would use Harmony valve
DISCUSSION
8 reasons I would use Venus P-valve
DISCUSSION
Other new valves:
- The Autus size adjustable valve
- MyVal
DISCUSSION
COARCTATION
15:45 - 17:05 | Main lecture hall
When to intervene? How small is too small?
DISCUSSION
Stent options in neonates
DISCUSSION
Ascending aorta and transverse aortic arch interventions
DISCUSSION
Planning coarctation case virtually
DISCUSSION
Debate: stenting coarctation in 20 kg child
- Pro: thoracotomy is too much - let’s stent it
DISCUSSION
- Con: I am opening the chest - it’s safer
DISCUSSION
Please note that the program is subject to change. Status: 2023/05/08