EUROPCR 2013, Paris 5/21-5/24, 2013 Conference for Cardiolovascular Intervention and Interventional Medicine

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EUROPCR 2013, Paris 5/21-5/24, 2013 Conference for Cardiolovascular Intervention and Interventional Medicine

May 29, 2013 by 2012pharmaceutical

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

PCR is an organisation dedicated to education and information in the field of cardiovascular therapies, most notably for cardiolovascular intervention and interventional medicine.
Its activities cover a large spectrum, from the organisation of annual courses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East to editing a scientific journal, publishing textbooks as well as providing training seminars on thematic subjects.

[92] TUESDAY 21 MAY

Abstract & Case Corner

Complex and unusual interventions for structural heart disease

12:30 – 13:30

Congenital disease treatment in children and adults

13:30 – 15:00

Challenges during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty

15:00 – 16:30

Percutaneous treatment of mitral regurgitation

16:45 – 18:15

Interactive Case Corner

Interactive case corner #1

13:15 – 14:45

Interactive case corner #2

15:00 – 16:30

Interactive case corner #3

16:45 – 18:15

Main arena

Opening

10:00 – 13:00

2013 Great Debate: The burning issues – Bioresorbable scaffolds and dual antiplatelet therapy
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC

13:00 – 14:30

Presentation of the 2013 Ethica award by Jean Fajadet & William Wijns

14:30 – 15:00

From late breaking trial to clinical practice

15:00 – 16:45

Moderated Poster Area

Moderated posters 1

16:45 – 18:15

PCR Sharing Centre

Understand what you see with the iPad Atlas of OCT – Interactive OCT image interpretation

14:00 – 15:30

Do you want to become comfortable with health economics? Practical example: is TAVI cost effective?

15:40 – 16:40

Peripheral Abstract & Case Corner

Renal artery stenting: what you cannot leave behind

12:30 – 14:00

Subclavian artery angioplasty: rare but real

14:00 – 15:30

In vascular disease, think global!

15:30 – 16:30

Room 241

Embolic stroke and cardiovascular interventions

13:30 – 15:00

RSICA@EuroPCR – Combined structural heart disease interventions
With the collaboration of the Russian Scientific Society of Interventional Cardioangiology

15:00 – 16:30

Percutanous haemodynamic support in high-risk PCI and cardiogenic shock: your safety net in the cathlab
With an unrestricted educational grant from ABIOMED

16:45 – 18:15

Room 242AB

How to decide between antegrade versus retrograde recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions?

12:30 – 13:30

Techniques for antegrade revascularisation of coronary chronic total occlusion

13:30 – 14:30

Techniques for retrograde coronary chronic total occlusion recanalisation

14:30 – 15:30

Coronary chronic total occlusion: from procedural success to long-term outcome

15:30 – 16:30

Coronary chronic total occlusion: set up your strategy to achieve success while keeping it simple
With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR

16:45 – 18:15

Room 243

A decade of experience with DES: insights from large registries and randomised clinical trials

12:30 – 14:00

DES: updated evidence from randomised clinical trials

14:00 – 15:00

Coronary perforation and interventional devices

15:00 – 16:30

Coronary dissection: management of rare and common cases

16:45 – 18:15

Room 251

Managing challenges during TAVI

12:30 – 14:00

Current and future technologies in the cathlab

14:00 – 15:30

TAVI update

15:30 – 16:30

Room 252AB

Renal denervation for resistant hypertension: procedural aspects, clinical effects and off-target indications

12:30 – 14:00

Selecting the right patient for catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: a case-based discussion

14:00 – 15:30

Emerging technologies for transcatheter aortic valve therapies – Part I
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15:30 – 16:30

Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: long-term Symplicity clinical evidence, new data and future perspectives
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC

16:45 – 18:15

Room 253

Interventional strategies for thrombus management in STEMI

12:30 – 14:00

Stent for Life and 2012 ESC STEMI guidelines implementation

14:00 – 15:30

Primary PCI for STEMI: prevention of thrombus embolism

15:30 – 16:30

Clot, too much clot, new clots: primary PCI for STEMI

16:45 – 18:15

Room 341

Outcome in contemporary coronary intervention

12:30 – 14:00

Cardiovascular Innovation Pipeline – New stents, scaffolds and drug-eluting balloons

14:00 – 15:30

Procedural factors determining outcome in high-risk patients

15:30 – 16:30

Novelties in peripheral interventions

16:45 – 17:45

Room 342A

Is there consensus in approach to coronary chronic total occlusion management?
Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Cardiovascular Society of India

12:30 – 14:00

Patients in whom PCI is preferred over CABG
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Croatian Cardiac Society, the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Cyprus Society of Cardiology, the South African Society of Cardiovascular Interventions (SASCI) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Serbian Society of Cardiology

14:00 – 16:30

Mechanical device support during PCI: when, to whom and which device?
With an unrestricted educational grant from MAQUET Cardiovascular GETINGE GROUP

16:45 – 18:15

Room 342B

Use of intravascular imaging during PCI

12:30 – 13:30

Impact of IVUS in a real-world practice

13:30 – 14:30

Use of adjunctive imaging during PCI in ACS

14:30 – 15:30

Use of adjunctive imaging during PCI

15:30 – 16:30

Unsettled issues with oral antiplatelet therapy: which one? How much? How long?

16:45 – 18:15

Room 343

Risk scores to aid decision making between CABG and PCI – Role of SYNTAX Score II

12:30 – 14:00

Intra-coronary haemodynamic parameters for evaluation of coronary lesion severity during cardiac catheterisation: how should we use them for clinical decision making?
Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (WIC)

14:00 – 15:30

Percutaneous interventions for congenital disease

15:30 – 16:30

Strategies in percutaneous management of left main stem stenosis

16:45 – 18:15

Room 351

TAVI results from worldwide registries

12:30 – 14:00

Overcoming TAVI challenges

14:00 – 15:30

Managing difficulties during TAVI

15:30 – 16:30

Transapical TAVI and other surgical transcatheter techniques
With an unrestricted educational grant from EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, JENAVALVE, MEDTRONIC and SYMETIS S.A.

16:45 – 18:15

Room 352A

You are facing a patient who needs a PCI: how to build your strategy and select your material?

14:00 – 15:30

Clinical impact of stent design – What’s new in 2013?

15:30 – 16:30

How to prevent distal embolisation during PCI of diseased saphenous vein graft

16:45 – 18:15

Room 352B

Various imaging techniques for TAVI procedures

12:30 – 14:00

TAVI nightmares
Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (AGIK) of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK)

14:00 – 15:30

Percutaneous valve implantation for rare causes

15:30 – 16:30

TAVI: predictors of clinical outcomes

16:45 – 18:15

Room 353

Non-aortic transcatheter valvular interventions

12:30 – 13:30

All you need to know about interventions for mitral regurgitation

13:30 – 15:00

Percutaneous treatment options for degenerative mitral regurgitation

15:00 – 16:30

Atrial septal defect and left atrial appendage closure

16:45 – 18:15

Room Cordis

Training Village: Radial approach for coronary diagnostic and interventions – hands-on with the experts
With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE

13:00 – 15:00

Training Village: Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: introduction to an irrigated technology
With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE

15:30 – 16:30

Training Village: Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: introduction to an irrigated technology
With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE

16:30 – 17:30

Training Village: Femoral artery access and haemostasis
With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE

17:30 – 18:30

Room Maillot

Trials and innovations for peripheral interventions

13:00 – 14:00

Revascularisation strategies in patients with lower limb disease

14:00 – 16:30

Titanium-nitride-oxide active coated stents in renal applications: the true indications of renal stenting after ASTRAL and after the introduction of denervation
With an unrestricted educational grant from HEXACATH

16:45 – 18:15

Room Medtronic Academia

Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA

13:00 – 14:30

Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA

14:45 – 16:15

Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA

16:30 – 18:00

Room St Jude Medical

Training Village: PCI optimisation – Focus on FFR
With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL

14:00 – 15:00

Training Village: PCI optimisation – Focus on FFR
With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL

15:15 – 16:15

Training Village: Left atrial appendage
With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL

15:45 – 17:15

Training Village: TAVI
With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL

16:30 – 17:30

Theatre Bleu

NIC@EuroPCR – Interventional procedures complicated with fatal outcome
With the collaboration of the National Intervention Council of India

14:00 – 16:30

Left main PCI using transradial approach
With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO

16:45 – 18:45

Theatre Bordeaux

Expanding the indication for TAVI: who, why and when?

14:30 – 16:30

Tips and tricks on the four key steps of left atrial appendage closure: selection, planning, imaging, and guidance
PHILIPS and ST JUDE MEDICAL

16:45 – 18:45

Theatre Havane

Learning bifurcations – How to successfully perform PCI in your patient presenting complex bifurcation lesions requiring two stents

14:00 – 15:30

Interactive case-based discussion on complex bifurcations

15:40 – 16:30

Incorporating bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in daily clinical practice: the time has come
With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR

[173] WEDNESDAY 22 MAY

Abstract & Case Corner
Left main treatment: dedicated stents, complex strategies and post-CABG situation	08:00 – 09:30
Left main PCI for left main disease intervention: outcome in 2013	09:45 – 10:45
Treatment of left main stem stenosis in high-risk patients	10:45 – 11:45
Fistula and haematoma during PCI	12:00 – 13:00
PCI challenges: just another day in the cathlab?	13:00 – 14:00
Retrieval techniques of lost ‘bits and pieces’ during PCI	14:10 – 15:40
Unusual causes of ACS	15:40 – 16:40
Stent deformation during PCI	16:45 – 18:15

Interactive Case Corner
Interactive case corner #4	08:00 – 09:30
Interactive case corner #5	09:45 – 11:15
Interactive case corner #6	12:00 – 13:30
Interactive case corner #7	14:10 – 15:40
Interactive case corner #8	16:45 – 18:15

Main arena
Complex cardiovascular interventions and new techniques – Master LIVE demonstrations by Jean Fajadet & Talib Majwal and expert panel discussion	08:00 – 11:45
Complex cardiovascular interventions and new techniques – Master LIVE demonstrations by Karl Heinz Kuck & Talib Majwal and expert panel discussion	14:10 – 16:45

Moderated Poster Area
Moderated posters 2	12:00 – 14:00
Moderated posters 3	16:45 – 18:15

Nurses and Technicians Corner
Moderated posters	12:00 – 13:00

PCR Sharing Centre
Do you want to become comfortable with pathophysiology? Practical example: hypertensive patients	08:00 – 09:00
Understand what you see with the iPad Atlas of OCT – Interactive OCT image interpretation	09:45 – 11:15
Do you want to become comfortable with health economics? Practical example: is renal denervation cost effective?	14:10 – 15:10
Do you want to become comfortable with data analysis?	15:40 – 16:40

Peripheral Abstract & Case Corner
Thoraco-abdominal aneurysm treatment	08:00 – 09:30
Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: an evergrowing story	09:45 – 10:45
Aortic aneurysms: fundamentals to innovation	10:45 – 11:45
Renal artery stenting: challenging but rewarding cases	12:00 – 13:00
How to manage aorto-renal rupture and dissection	13:00 – 14:00
Aneurysm and false aneurysm management for superficial femoral artery and popliteal artery	14:10 – 15:40
Multilevel vascular interventions	15:40 – 16:40
Complications and great saves on carotid interventions	16:45 – 17:45

Room 241
Percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system: determinants of outcome	08:00 – 09:30
Technical and approach issues in renal artery stenting Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Bulgarian Society of Cardiology, the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Macedonian Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Romanian Society of Cardiology	09:45 – 11:45
Chronic total occlusion and multivessel disease: can novel imaging help to reduce risks? With an unrestricted educational grant from PHILIPS and INFRAREDX	12:00 – 13:00
Cardioprotective strategies to reduce ischaemic injury during PCI With an unrestricted educational grant from MENARINI	13:05 – 14:05
How to avoid patient-prosthesis mismatch and aortic regurgitation after aortic valve interventions	14:10 – 15:40
Hot Line – First-in-man in valvular heart disease	15:40 – 16:40
New frontiers – Exploring reduced contrast volume and fluoroscopy time with the GPSCath balloon dilatation catheter for complex percutaneous transluminal angioplasty procedures With an unrestricted educational grant from TELEFLEX	16:45 – 18:15

Room 242AB
Innovative stents and scaffolds	08:00 – 09:40
Emerging technologies for transcatheter aortic valve therapies – Part II	09:45 – 11:45
Real-world considerations for selecting antiplatelet therapy in high-risk ACS patients: putting evidence into clinical practice This educational programme is accredited by EBAC for one hour of External CME credit – Programme supported by an unrestricted educational grant from ASTRAZENECA	12:00 – 13:30
Hot Line – Trial updates and registries	14:10 – 15:10
Managing patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease With the collaboration of China Interventional Therapeutics (CIT)	15:10 – 16:40
Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation – Building momentum with the next generation Vessix system With an unrestricted educational grant from BOSTON SCIENTIFIC	16:45 – 18:15

Room 243
Challenging coronary artery intervention in ACS Under the auspices of the Iranian Society of Interventional Cardiology (ISOIC) and the Russian Society of Interventional Cardioangiology (RSICA)	08:00 – 09:30
Hot Line – First-in-man & novel DES and scaffolds	09:45 – 11:45
Management of complex coronary disease in Asia Pacific With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC	12:00 – 13:30
Complex cardiovascular intervention in patients primarily reported as ACS Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Czech Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Slovak Society of Cardiology	14:10 – 15:40
How to improve the STEMI treatment in large territories like Russia?	15:40 – 16:40
Impact of thrombus aspiration device on the results of primary PCI	16:45 – 18:15

Room 251
Primary PCI in complex STEMI with cardiogenic shock	08:00 – 09:30
Learning FFR – Assisting for FFR measurement in the cathlab	09:45 – 11:15
Synchronising polymer absorption and drug elution with the Synergy stent. Implications for healing and dual antiplatelet therapy duration With an unrestricted educational grant from BOSTON SCIENTIFIC	12:00 – 13:00
The Direct Flow valve: innovation for improving outcomes in TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from DIRECT FLOW MEDICAL	13:05 – 14:05
Assisting for PCI through radial approach	14:10 – 15:40
Pre-procedure risk assessment to prevent complications after/during PCI	15:40 – 16:40
Clinical value of anti-restenosis and pro-healing Combo stent With an unrestricted educational grant from ORBUSNEICH	16:45 – 18:15

Room 252AB
How to treat a patient with complex multivessel disease and/or left main disease Under the auspices of the Argentine College of Interventional Cardioangiologist (CACI) and the Atheroma Coronary and Interventional Cardiology Group (GACI)	08:00 – 09:30
GRCI@EuroPCR – Challenging cases in the catheterisation laboratory: international viewpoint Gestion de cas complexes en salle de cathétérisme: approche internationale Bilingual session in collaboration with the GRCI (Groupe de RÃ©flexion sur la Cardiologie Interventionnelle) Session bilingue en collaboration avec le GRCI (Groupe de RÃ©flexion sur la Cardiologie Interventionnelle)	09:45 – 11:15
Advancing innovations in catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation CORDIS, JOHNSON & JOHNSON	12:00 – 13:30
Device-based interventions in heart failure: targeting deleterious mechanisms of heart failure progression	14:10 – 15:40
Novel devices for acute or chronic heart failure	15:40 – 16:40
DES and dual antiplatelet therapy: customising treatment duration to your patient With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR	16:45 – 18:15

Room 253
Transradial approach for complex coronary interventions in patients with ACS Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Macedonian Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
How to write a scientific manuscript and get it published!	09:45 – 10:45
From bench to cathlab: clinical implication of stent design	10:45 – 11:45
Conduction disturbances after TAVI	12:00 – 13:00
Overcoming TAVI challenges	13:00 – 14:00
Planning is the key to avoiding TAVI complications Under the auspices of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions (ACVI) of the Polish Cardiac Society and the South African Society of Cardiovascular Intervention (SASCI)	14:10 – 15:40
How to write a scientific abstract and get it accepted!	15:40 – 16:40
Use of DES in specific subsets of patients/lesions	16:45 – 18:15

Room 341
Tough calls in primary PCI: STEMI and multivessel disease Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Israeli Heart Society and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Slovenian Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
Antegrade or retrograde strategy for coronary chronic total occlusion recanalisation?	09:45 – 10:45
Complicated coronary chronic total occlusion recanalisation	10:45 – 11:45
Resistant hypertension and its treatment across the world With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO	12:00 – 13:00
Coronary intervention in the elderly population	13:00 – 14:00
PCI in the elderly: when to stop, when to intervene Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Dutch Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (GTCI) of the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery	14:10 – 15:40
Percutaneous revascularisation from coronary chronic total occlusion: results from registries	15:40 – 16:40
Single-guide catheter techniques for retrograde recanalisations for coronary chronic total occlusions	16:45 – 18:15

Room 342A
Intravascular diagnostics – Does it really change our treatment strategy? Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Danish Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Norwegian Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
Multivessel disease: “a tale of two cities” Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Cyprus Society of Cardiology	09:45 – 11:15
Self-expanding stents: a NEW solution for patients presenting with atypical coronary anatomy With an unrestricted educational grant from STENTYS	12:00 – 13:30
Complex primary PCI in high-risk STEMI patients	14:10 – 15:40
Non-left main bifurcation stenting: tips and tricks	15:40 – 16:40
Ischaemia-driven revascularisation: the evolution of FFR in daily practice With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	16:45 – 18:15

Room 342B
Unusual causes of STEMI in young women	08:00 – 09:30
Different approaches for thrombus removal during primary PCI	09:45 – 10:45
Primary PCI for STEMI when stent is not the solution	10:45 – 11:45
Revascularisation strategies for multivessel disease patients: stents, bypasses or both?	12:00 – 13:00
Complex PCI in patients with multivessel disease	13:00 – 14:00
Challenging cases from Turkey With the collaboration of the Turkish Society of Cardiology’s Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions	14:10 – 15:10
Individualised antiplatelet therapy based on testing or genotyping: idea from the past or solution for the future	15:40 – 16:40
Real life use of bioabsorbable vascular scaffold in coronary disease	16:45 – 18:15

Room 343
Patent foramen ovale closure in patients with cryptogenic stroke – Timed out or role respected? Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Danish Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
Multislice computed tomography: emerging indication in interventional cardiology	09:45 – 10:45
The role of non-invasive imaging to guide percutaneous coronary revascularisation procedures	10:45 – 11:45
FFR in the real world	12:00 – 13:00
FFR are we working with the best threshold?	13:00 – 14:00
STEMI and multivessel disease Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Georgian Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Kazakhstanese Society of Cardiology	14:10 – 15:40
Coronary aneurysms and ACS	15:40 – 16:40
Left ventricular assistance devices in acute ischaemic heart failure	16:45 – 18:15

Room 351
All you need to know about TAVI	08:00 – 09:30
New devices for TAVI	09:45 – 10:45
Percutaneous valve implantation: new valves and new indications	10:45 – 11:45
Complex patients today and tomorrow: Medtronic DES solutions from Resolute Integrity to bioresorbable stents With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC	12:00 – 13:30
All you need to know about OCT	14:10 – 15:40
Use of OCT during PCI	15:40 – 16:40
The Medtronic transcatheter valve programmes – Recapturability, transapical technology and mitral solutions With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC	16:45 – 18:15

Room 352A
You are facing an elderly patient presenting with high risk NSTE-ACS: how do you successfully perform PCI?	08:00 – 09:30
Radial approach – Fundamental rules	09:45 – 10:40
Radial approach – Navigation from radial to brachial	10:50 – 11:45
Radial access: anything new?	12:00 – 13:00
When there is no access site, remember that the arteries lead to the heart	13:00 – 14:00
You are facing a patient presenting with an acute STEMI: how do you successfully perform PCI?	14:10 – 15:40
Radial approach – Navigation from brachial artery to ascending aorta	15:45 – 16:40
Radial access: a gold standard worldwide?	16:45 – 18:15

Room 352B
TAVI: typical and atypical complications Under the auspices of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions (ACVI) of Polish Cardiac Society and the Saudi Arabia Cardiology Interventional Group (SACIG) of the Saudia Heart Association	08:00 – 09:30
AICT@EuroPCR – How Asia performs PCI of coronary chronic total occlusion With the collaboration of the Asian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics (AICT)	09:45 – 11:15
Titanium-nitride-oxide bioactive stent: the evidence-based choice in STEMI and NSTEMI patients With an unrestricted educational grant from HEXACATH	12:00 – 13:30
TAVI and coronary artery disease: what is the best treatment strategy? Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Latvian Society of Cardiology and the Russian Society of Interventional Cardioangiology	14:10 – 15:40
TAVI and coronary artery disease	15:40 – 16:40
A new combination of factor Xa inhibition and standard antiplatelet therapy to prevent more recurrent cardiovascular events in ACS With an unrestricted educational grant from BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS	16:45 – 18:15

Room 353
Czech Republic shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Czech Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 08:45
India shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Cardiovascular Society of India	08:45 – 09:30
Hungary shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology	09:45 – 10:30
Saudi Arabia shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Saudi Arabia Cardiology Interventional Society (SACIS) of the Saudia Heart Association	10:30 – 11:15
South Africa shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the South African Society of Cardiovascular Intervention (SASCI)	11:15 – 12:00
Diabetes and coronary artery disease: a bad association!	12:00 – 13:00
Renal function and clinical outcome after PCI	13:00 – 14:00
Switzerland shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Goup on Interventional Cardiology and ACS of the Swiss Society of Cardiology	14:10 – 14:55
United Kingdom shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS)	14:55 – 15:40
Serbia shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Serbian Society of Cardiology	15:40 – 16:25
Iran shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Iranian Society of Interventional Cardiology (ISOIC)	16:45 – 17:30
Germany shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (AGIK) of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK)	17:30 – 18:15

Room Cordis
Training Village: Radial approach for coronary diagnostic and interventions – hands-on with the experts With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	09:00 – 11:00
Training Village: Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: introduction to an irrigated technology With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	14:00 – 15:00
Training Village: Advanced tips and tricks: vessel preparation and post dilation With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	15:30 – 16:30

Room Maillot
Carotid LIVE session: the “state-of-the-art” of stroke prevention	08:00 – 09:55
Access is key for carotid artery stenting in complex aortic arches	10:00 – 10:50
Embolic protection devices for carotid artery stenting	10:50 – 11:45
Access is critical With an unrestricted educational grant from COOK MEDICAL	12:00 – 13:30
Visceral and renal artery interventions	14:10 – 15:40
Guest lectures: how I survived the peripheral endovascular battle?	15:40 – 16:40
The evolving evidence of IN.PACT drug-eluting balloon in claudication and critical limb ischaemia With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC	16:45 – 18:15

Room Medtronic Academia
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	09:00 – 10:30
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	10:30 – 12:00
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	12:30 – 14:00
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	14:15 – 15:45
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	16:00 – 17:30

Room St Jude Medical
Training Village: Left atrial appendage With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	09:00 – 10:30
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	10:15 – 11:15
Training Village: Left atrial appendage With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	10:45 – 12:15
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	11:30 – 12:30
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	14:00 – 15:00
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	15:15 – 16:15
Training Village: Left atrial appendage With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	15:45 – 17:15
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	16:30 – 17:30

Talk ‘LIVE’ Corner
Talk ‘LIVE’	17:00 – 18:30

Theatre Bleu
Structured care pathways for NSTE-ACS: best practice examples	08:00 – 09:30
Complex bifurcation stenting: LIVE demonstration of emerging techniques	09:45 – 11:45
Do we really need dedicated stents to treat bifurcation lesions? With an unrestricted educational grant from BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL	12:00 – 14:00
Bioresorbable coronary scaffolds in practice	14:10 – 16:10
Acurate positioning of transapical and transfemoral aortic valves with self-seating and self-sealing design With an unrestricted educational grant from SYMETIS S.A.	16:45 – 18:45

Theatre Bordeaux
The best way to diagnose ischaemia in my patient? Convince me! Personal views from interventional cardiologists	08:00 – 09:30
Can left atrial appendage or patent foramen ovale closure prevent embolic stroke?	09:45 – 11:45
Optimising PCI outcomes using OCT and FFR in patients with stable and acute coronary artery disease With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	12:00 – 14:00
What to do with coronary artery disease in TAVI candidates?	14:10 – 16:10
The next frontier for catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for patients with resistant hypertension With an unrestricted educational grant from COVIDIEN	16:45 – 18:45

Theatre Havane
Learning access for TAVI – Access options for TAVI	08:00 – 09:30
Learning transseptal puncture and mitral balloon valvuloplasty – Transseptal puncture and mitral balloon valvuloplasty made easy	10:15 – 11:45
An in-depth look into the BIOFLOW trials: a modern limus-eluting stent with bioabsorbable polymer With an unrestricted educational grant from BIOTRONIK	12:00 – 13:30
Learning atrial closure procedures – Patent foramen ovale and left atrial appendage closure made easy	14:10 – 15:40
Interactive case-based discussion – complications on atrial closure procedures	15:45 – 16:40
Interventional management of high-risk ACS and STEMI: don’t just do it… do it right! With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO and THE MEDICINES COMPANY	16:45 – 18:15

[172] THURSDAY 23 MAY

Abstract & Case Corner
FFR or IVUS to guide coronary revascularisation? Do you believe in morphology or function?	08:00 – 09:30
Role of imaging in in-stent restenosis	09:45 – 10:45
Diagnostics and management of stent fracture	10:45 – 11:45
PCI of totally occluded saphenous vein graft	12:00 – 13:00
Interventional management of unusual causes of angina	13:00 – 14:00
The role of drug-eluting balloons in contemporary coronary intervention	14:10 – 15:40
Management of late in-stent restenosis	15:40 – 16:40
Coronary perforation management	16:45 – 17:45

Interactive Case Corner
Interactive case corner #9	08:00 – 09:30
Interactive case corner #10	09:45 – 11:15
Interactive case corner #11	12:00 – 13:30
Interactive case corner #12	14:10 – 15:40
Interactive case corner #13	16:45 – 18:15

Main arena
Complex cardiovascular interventions and new techniques – Master LIVE demonstrations by Corrado Tamburino, Martyn Thomas & Simon Redwood and expert panel discussion	08:00 – 11:45
Complex cardiovascular interventions and new techniques – Master LIVE demonstrations by Christian Hamm & Corrado Tamburino and expert panel discussion	14:10 – 16:45

Moderated Poster Area
Moderated posters 4	12:00 – 14:00
Moderated posters 5	16:45 – 18:15

PCR Sharing Centre
Understand what you see with the iPad Atlas of OCT – Interactive OCT image interpretation	08:00 – 09:30
Do you want to be more confident when developing and delivering PowerPoint presentations?	14:10 – 15:10
Do you want to become comfortable with data analysis?	15:40 – 16:40

Peripheral Abstract & Case Corner
Tips and tricks in carotid artery stenting	08:00 – 09:30
Carotid artery stenting: clinical outcome	09:45 – 10:45
Acute procedural events in carotid artery stenting	10:45 – 11:45
Carotid artery stenting: novelties in risk assessment	12:00 – 13:00
Carotid artery stenting: challenging scenarios	13:00 – 14:00
Aorto-iliac angioplasty: what is new in 2013	14:10 – 15:40
Iliac angioplasty	15:40 – 16:40
Complex aortic interventions With the collaboration of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists	16:45 – 18:15

Room 241
How I treat complications after peripheral endovascular intervention Under the auspices of the Italian Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (SICVE) and the Vascular Surgery Society of Southern Africa (VASSA)	08:00 – 09:30
Cardiovascular Innovation Pipeline – New valves and devices	09:45 – 10:45
Radiation safety during PCI	10:45 – 11:45
Innovating vascular restoration: paving the way for the DESolve scaffold platform With an unrestricted educational grant from ELIXIR MEDICAL	12:00 – 13:30
How to prevent and treat ilio-femoral complications of TAVI?	14:10 – 15:40
Emerging technologies for transcatheter mitral valve therapies 2013 – Part I: transcatheter mitral valve repair devices	15:40 – 16:40
Tryton growing clinical experience and data displacing provisional stenting? With an unrestricted educational grant from TRYTON MEDICAL	16:45 – 18:15

Room 242AB
Challenges in complex percutaneous valve treatment: the combination of aortic stenosis and significant functional mitral regurgitation	08:00 – 09:30
Preclinical studies of upcoming bioresorbable scaffolds	09:45 – 11:45
The Embolic Protection Stent – Beyond current techniques: a more effective solution in STEMI primary PCI With an unrestricted educational grant from INSPIRE MD	12:00 – 13:30
Effect of catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: is there a role beyond resistant hypertension?	14:10 – 15:40
Contribution of renal denervation to the treatment of resistant hypertension: a health technology assessment perspective	15:40 – 16:40
Edwards TAVI: a predictable procedure with sustained clinical results With an unrestricted educational grant from EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES	16:45 – 18:15

Room 243
PCI of bifurcation lesions: results from registries and new dedicated stents	08:00 – 09:30
Non-left main bifurcation stenting: tips and tricks	09:45 – 10:45
Non-left main bifurcation lesions: tips and tricks	10:45 – 11:45
Stent thrombosis: management challenges	12:00 – 13:00
Very late stent thrombosis	13:00 – 14:00
Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions@EuroPCR 2013 With the collaboration of Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI)	14:10 – 15:40
Intervention for prevention of stroke	15:40 – 16:40
Stent thrombosis: new evidence from clinical trials and registries	16:45 – 18:15

Room 251
Best clinical abstract presentations	08:00 – 09:30
Best nurse research abstract session	09:45 – 11:15
Nurses and Technicians best presentation award and closing ceremony	11:15 – 11:45
The Portico TAVI system – How new design translates into clinical results With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	12:00 – 13:00
Emerging clinical use of drug-eluting balloons in challenging atherosclerotic lesions With an unrestricted educational grant from BIOTRONIK	13:05 – 14:05
Challenging cases from Taiwan With the collaboration of the Taiwan Society of Cardiovascular Interventions	14:10 – 15:40
Left main dissection during PCI	15:40 – 16:40
Cre8: welcome back confidence in short dual antiplatelet therapy with effective DES With an unrestricted educational grant from CID	16:45 – 18:15

Room 252AB
All you need to know about catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation	08:00 – 09:30
Antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy in PCI: a balancing act	09:45 – 11:15
Clinical update on EnligHTN, the original multi-electrode catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	12:00 – 13:30
Up-to-date primary PCI technique	14:10 – 15:40
GPIIbIII inhibitors : still useful in 2013?	15:40 – 16:40
What do YOU think? A case-based discussion on biodegradable versus durable polymer DES in complex patients With an unrestricted educational grant from BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL	16:45 – 18:15

Room 253
Restenosis after failure of CABG and PCI Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Danish Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Finnish Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
How to write a scientific manuscript and get it published!	09:45 – 10:45
ABC for biotechnology innovators@EuroPCR With the collaboration of Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI)	10:45 – 11:45
Tools and techniques for PCI of coronary chronic total occlusion	12:00 – 13:00
How to treat coronary chronic total occlusion with limited resources and material?	13:00 – 14:00
New challenges for high-risk primary PCI in 2013 Under the auspices of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions (ACVI) of the Polish Cardiac Society and the Working Group of Acute Cardiology of the Slovenian Society of Cardiology	14:10 – 15:40
The unusual coronary chronic total occlusion: recanalisation in bypass patients, acute myocardial infarction and anomalous coronaries	15:40 – 16:40
New generation DES: comparison with older DES	16:45 – 18:15

Room 341
Prevention and management of complications after TAVI Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for Interventional Cardiology (APIC) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
Incidence and prevention of cerebrovascular events after TAVI	09:45 – 10:45
Challenges before, during and after TAVI	10:45 – 11:45
TAVI and bleeding complication	12:00 – 13:00
TAVI and kidney injury	13:00 – 14:00
TAVI with coronary artery disease Under the auspices of the Working Goup on Interventional Cardiology (EWGIC) of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology	14:10 – 15:40
TAVI in unique clinical scenarios	15:40 – 16:40
TAVI technical issues	16:45 – 18:15

Room 342A
How to treat a patient with significant paravalvular leak after TAVI Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Atheroma Coronary and Interventional Cardiology Group (GACI)	08:00 – 09:30
Interventional treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: which role for STEMI networks?	09:45 – 11:45
Self-expanding stents: a NEW solution to optimise primary PCI beyond the open artery With an unrestricted educational grant from STENTYS	12:00 – 13:30
Cardiovascular Innovation Pipeline – Treatment of resistant hypertension	14:10 – 15:40
Hot Line – Registries and first-in-man for structural heart disease	15:40 – 16:40
Patient with STEMI: learn the best from East and West With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO	16:45 – 18:15

Room 342B
Determinants of outcome in STEMI patients	08:00 – 09:30
Resuscitated cardiac arrest – Burning interventional questions	09:45 – 11:45
Updates on contrast-induced nephropathy	12:00 – 13:00
Updates on myocardial revascularisation in patients with chronic kidney disease and haemodialysis	13:00 – 14:00
Unusual causes of STEMI	14:10 – 15:40
You cannot miss this great session on Rotablator!	15:40 – 16:40
Rotational atherectomy in complex coronary cases	16:45 – 18:15

Room 343
Challenges in acute myocardial infarction Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Austrian Society of Cardiology and the Working Goup on Interventional Cardiology and ACS of the Swiss Society of Cardiology	08:00 – 09:30
New methods for physiological assessment of coronary stenosis?	09:45 – 10:45
Complex PCI: which role for self-expanding stents?	10:45 – 11:45
Clinical value of IVUS during ACS: when you lose your way	12:00 – 13:00
Clinical value of IVUS: what others don’t tell	13:00 – 14:00
Challenging prosthetic mitral valve malfunction Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (AGIK) of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) and the Working Group on Invasive Cardiology of the Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology (SICI-GISE)	14:10 – 15:40
Clinical value of IVUS during coronary chronic total occlusion PCI: with a little help from your friend	15:40 – 16:40

Room 351
All you need to know about bioresorbable scaffolds	08:00 – 09:30
Hot Line – Evolving procedural strategies	09:45 – 11:45
Treating complex lesions and patients with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR	12:00 – 13:30
Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in chronic total occlusions and calcified lesions	14:10 – 15:40
Bioresorbable scaffolds: clinical results	15:40 – 16:40
Complex cases of mitral regurgitation: how far can you go with MitraClip? With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR	16:45 – 18:15

Room 352A
You are a practitioner who wishes to successfully start a peripheral percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) programme	08:00 – 09:30
Radial approach – Cannulation of the targeted vessels ostia	09:45 – 10:40
Forum on radial approach	10:50 – 11:45
Difficult diagnosis and management of ACS	12:00 – 13:00
Acute heart failure due to ACS	13:00 – 14:00
Cardiovascular Innovation Pipeline – Novel interventional approaches for heart failure	15:40 – 16:40
Radial access: problem or solution?	16:45 – 18:15

Room 352B
All you need to know about treatment of coronary chronic total occlusion	08:00 – 09:30
Renal denervation: novel approaches and first-in-man results	09:45 – 10:45
Management of intra-coronary thrombus during primary PCI	10:45 – 11:45
Provisional treatment approach of a distal left main and true bifurcation lesion: combination of a dedicated stent in the main branch and drug-eluting balloon in the side branch With an unrestricted educational grant from MINVASYS	12:00 – 13:30
EuroIntervention / European Heart Journal@EuroPCR	14:10 – 15:40
Unusual presentation of coronary aneurysms	15:40 – 16:40
How to treat aorto-ostial coronary dissection	16:45 – 18:15

Room 353
Tunisia shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (GTCI) of the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery	08:00 – 08:45
Italy shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Invasive Cardiology of the Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology (SICI-GISE)	08:45 – 09:30
Egypt shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (EWGIC) of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology	09:45 – 10:30
Kazakhstan shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Association of Cardiologists of Kazakhstan	11:15 – 12:00
Stent dislodgement during PCI	12:00 – 13:00
Aortic damage during percutaneous intervention	13:00 – 14:00
Spain shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology	14:10 – 14:55
Sweden shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Swedish Society of Cardiology	14:55 – 15:40
Argentina shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Argentine College of Interventional Cardioangiologist (CACI)	15:40 – 16:25
Portugal shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for Interventional Cardiology (APIC)	16:45 – 17:30
Greece shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Hellenic Cardiological Society	17:30 – 18:15

Room Cordis
Training Village: Endovascular complication management: renal access With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	09:00 – 10:00
Training Village: Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: introduction to an irrigated technology With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	10:30 – 11:30
Training Village: Radial approach for coronary diagnostic and interventions – hands-on with the experts With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	13:00 – 15:00
Training Village: Advanced Exoseal: achieving haemostasis and managing access site complications With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	15:30 – 16:30
Training Village: Importance of vessel pre- and post- dilatation for better patient outcomes With an unrestricted educational grant from CORDIS CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE	16:45 – 18:00

Room Maillot
Solutions for complex abdominal aortic aneurysm	08:00 – 09:55
Therapeutic embolisation – Part I: tools and techniques for coronary and peripheral arteries	10:00 – 11:45
Left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention: what every interventional cardiologist should know With an unrestricted educational grant from BOSTON SCIENTIFIC	12:00 – 13:00
New hopes for critical limb ischaemia With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO	13:05 – 14:05
Solutions for complex thoracic aortic disease	14:10 – 15:40
Therapeutic embolisation – Part II: clinical applications for coronary and peripheral arteries	15:40 – 16:40
Titanium-nitride-oxide active stent in ACS patients with or without bleeding risks With an unrestricted educational grant from HEXACATH	16:45 – 18:15

Room Medtronic Academia
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	09:00 – 10:30
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	10:30 – 12:00
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	12:30 – 14:00
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	14:15 – 15:45
Training Village: Hands-on introduction to the new Symplicity Spyral catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation system With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC ACADEMIA	16:00 – 17:30

Room St Jude Medical
Training Village: PCI optimisation – Focus on OCT With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	09:00 – 10:00
Training Village: PCI optimisation – Focus on OCT With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	10:15 – 11:15
Training Village: Left atrial appendage With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	10:45 – 12:15
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	11:30 – 12:30
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	14:00 – 15:00
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	15:15 – 16:15
Training Village: Left atrial appendage With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	15:45 – 17:15
Training Village: TAVI With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL	16:30 – 17:30

Talk ‘LIVE’ Corner
Talk ‘LIVE’	17:00 – 18:30

Theatre Bleu
Revascularisation in a patient with ischaemic heart failure and reduced left ventricular function	08:00 – 09:30
Treatment of coronary chronic total occlusion: Japan meets Europe With the collaboration of Complex Cardiovascular Therapeutics (CCT)	09:45 – 11:45
Left main and complex bifurcation stenting With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO	12:00 – 14:00
Am I treating the right lesion? Angiography versus ischaemia-based coronary revascularisation in stable coronary artery disease patients	14:10 – 16:10
Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation: introducing the new Symplicity Spyral and Flex systems With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC	16:45 – 18:45

Theatre Bordeaux
Enabling technologies for TAVI	08:00 – 09:30
Percutaneous treatment options for functional mitral regurgitation	09:45 – 11:45
Optimising TAVI procedures and patients outcomes: Medtronic’s new technologies and valve-in-valve procedure with Evolut With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC	12:00 – 14:00
Valve-in-valve	14:10 – 16:10
Physiological stenosis assessment with FFR and instant wave-free ratio: we need both! With an unrestricted educational grant from VOLCANO	16:45 – 18:45

Theatre Havane
Optimal management of your NSTE-ACS patient with complex multivessel disease	08:00 – 09:30
Learning renal denervation – Critical appraisal on device-based therapies targeting the sympathetic system	09:45 – 11:45
Contemporary ACS antithrombotic therapy With an unrestricted educational grant from THE MEDICINES COMPANY	12:00 – 13:30
Learning ostial PCI – How to successfully perform PCI in a patient presenting ostial left main and ostial right coronary artery	14:10 – 15:40
Interactive case-based discussion – complications on ostial PCI	15:45 – 16:40
Contemporary coronary chronic total occlusion PCI: integrating the hybrid approach to your practice With an unrestricted educational grant from BOSTON SCIENTIFIC	16:45 – 18:15

[59] FRIDAY 24 MAY

Abstract & Case Corner
How to close paravalvular leak	09:00 – 10:30
Cases you have never seen	10:45 – 11:45
Unusual cases in the cathlab: diagnostic challenges	11:45 – 12:45

Interactive Case Corner
Interactive case corner #14	09:00 – 10:30
Interactive case corner #15	10:45 – 12:15

Main arena
Complex cardiovascular interventions and new techniques – Master LIVE demonstrations by Farrel Hellig, Martyn Thomas & Simon Redwood and expert panel discussion	09:00 – 13:00

PCR Sharing Centre
Do you want to be more confident when developing and delivering PowerPoint presentations?	09:00 – 10:00

Peripheral Abstract & Case Corner
Femoro-popliteal angioplasty : could new devices improve mid-term follow-up?	09:00 – 10:30
Chronic total occlusion revascularisation for superficial femoral artery	10:45 – 12:15

Room 241
Bioresorbable versus durable polymer coatings for DES	09:00 – 10:30
All you need to know about drug-coated balloons in coronary and peripheral vascular disease	10:45 – 12:15

Room 242A
Fully-absorbable jacket, in-stent restenosis and bypasses: new avenues for bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds?	09:00 – 10:30
Bioresorbable scaffolds: lessons learned from intracoronary imaging	10:45 – 11:45
Managing difficult stent cases	11:45 – 12:45

Room 242B
Challenging cases of saphenous vein graft interventions	09:00 – 10:30
Overcoming challenges during PCI	10:45 – 11:45
Helpful techniques during “extreme” PCI	11:45 – 12:45

Room 243
Predictors of in-stent restenosis and stent thrombosis after DES implantation	09:00 – 10:30
Stent thrombosis: overcoming challenging scenarios	10:45 – 12:15

Room 251
Emerging technologies for transcatheter mitral valve therapies 2013 – Part II: transcatheter replacement technologies	09:00 – 11:00
Novel catheter-based therapies of mitral regurgitation	11:00 – 12:00

Room 252A
Developments in percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage	09:00 – 10:30
Percutaneous treatment of complex coronary aneurysms	10:45 – 11:45
Percutaneous management of complex coronary aneurysms	11:45 – 12:45

Room 252B
Primary PCI when the left main is the culprit	09:00 – 10:30
Primary PCI when the left main is the culprit	10:45 – 11:45
Left main dissection during PCI	11:45 – 12:45

Room 253
Below-the-knee angioplasty: risk stratification and DES benefits	09:00 – 10:00
Severe aortic stenosis combined with coronary artery disease in high-risk patient Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Hellenic Cardiological Society and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Israeli Heart Society	10:45 – 12:15

Room 341
Slow flow and no flow in PCI, not only in ACS: how to prevent and how to treat it? Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Danish Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Swedish Society of Cardiology	09:00 – 10:30
Renal denervation for resistant hypertension	10:45 – 12:15

Room 342A
Cardiogenic shock and intra-aortic balloon pump Under the auspices of the Luxembourg Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Norwegian Society of Cardiology	09:00 – 10:30
PCI of bifurcation lesions: impact of procedural techniques on clinical outcome	10:45 – 11:45
Bifurcation lesion: problems and solutions	11:45 – 12:45

Room 342B
TAVI or not TAVI: that is the question Under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology	09:00 – 10:30
Unfrequent indications for TAVI	10:45 – 11:45
TAVI in patients with previous cardiac valve operations	11:45 – 12:45

Room 343
Insights from OCT	09:00 – 10:30
Importance of OCT during PCI today	10:45 – 12:15

Room 351
Primary PCI for STEMI Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (BWGIC) of the Belgium Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Scottish Cardiac Society	09:00 – 10:30
All you need to know about radial approach for PCI	10:45 – 12:15

Room 352A
Learning rotablator – How to easily and successfully use rotational atherectomy	09:00 – 10:30
Novel techniques using rotational atherectomy	10:45 – 12:15

Room 352B
All you need to know about antiplatelet and antithrombotic pharmacology for PCI: NSTEMI and STEMI	09:00 – 10:30
Management of acute coronary artery occlusion during PCI	10:45 – 11:45
Retrieval of ‘things’ left behind during PCI	11:45 – 12:45

Room 353
Israel shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Israeli Heart Society	09:00 – 09:45
Macedonia shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Macedonian Society of Cardiology	09:45 – 10:30
Cyprus shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Cyprus Society of Cardiology	10:45 – 11:30
Austria shares its most educational cases Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Austrian Society of Cardiology	11:30 – 12:15

Room Maillot
Hybrid angio suite	09:00 – 10:30
Large size percutaneous access for endoaortic procedures	10:45 – 12:45

Theatre Bleu
Coronary perforation: management and implications	09:00 – 10:30
Device-based left ventricular cavity reduction in heart failure	10:45 – 12:15

Theatre Bordeaux
SOLACI@EuroPCR With the collaboration of the Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia Intervencionista (SOLACI)	09:00 – 10:30
Tips and tricks for a successful catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation in difficult anatomies	10:45 – 12:45

Theatre Havane
Optimal management of your patient with coronary chronic total occlusion	09:00 – 10:30
The ‘undefeatable’ coronary chronic total occlusion: warriors at work	10:45 – 11:45
Challenging retrograde recanalisations of coronary chronic total occlusion	11:45 – 12:45

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