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Sunday, February 21, 2010
TimePresentationSpeakers
7:55 AMWelcome & Introduction
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Speaker)
Ron Waksman, MD (Moderator)
8:00 AMIndications and Evolution of CTO
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Moderator)
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Moderator)
8:00 AMClinical Indications and Results: Benefits and Misuse of CTO Angioplasty
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Speaker)
8:10 AMCTO Perspectives: When Not to Start and When to Stop and Try Again
J.J.R.M. (Hans) Bonnier, Other (Speaker)
8:20 AMClinical and Angiographic Variables Related to Procedural Success: A Practical Guide to CTO Case Selection
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Speaker)
8:30 AMCTO Technique Evolution: Insights from 20 Years of Experience
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Speaker)
8:40 AMCTO Recanalization: Highlights from the CCT Meeting
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
8:50 AMLong Term Vessel Diameter Changes After Successful CTOs
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Speaker)
9:00 AMCTO Imaging
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Moderator)
Guy Weigold, MD (Moderator)
9:00 AMInsights from CTA to Plan and Guide CTO Intervention
Guy Weigold, MD (Speaker)
9:10 AMIVUS Guidance of CTO Recanalization
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
9:20 AMInteresting Case Review I
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Speaker)
9:30 AMInteresting Case Review II
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Speaker)
9:40 AMInteresting Case Review III
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
9:50 AMDiscussion of Interesting Case Reviews I - III
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Panelist)
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Panelist)
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Panelist)
10:00 AMCoffee Break
10:15 AMAntegrade Approach
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Moderator)
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Moderator)
10:16 AMThe Radial Approach to Complex CTO
Ramon Quesada, MD (Speaker)
10:25 AMAntegrade Guidewire Basics: Guidewire Tip Shaping, Escalation Strategies and Drilling vs. Penetration
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
10:35 AMPractical Technique: GW Selection, Trans-collateral Approach and More Japanese Multi-center Experience
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Speaker)
10:45 AMSubintimal Tracking and Reentry: Indications, Technique, Complications and Acute/Late Success
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Speaker)
10:55 AMAdvanced CTO Techniques: Case Review IV
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Speaker)
11:02 AMAdvanced CTO Techniques: Case Review V
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Speaker)
11:09 AMAdvanced CTO Techniques: Case Review VI
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Speaker)
11:16 AMDiscussion of Advanced Case Reviews IV- VI
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Panelist)
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Barry D. Rutherford, MD (Moderator)
11:25 AMTapered-tip Plastic-jacket Hydrophilic Guidewire for CTO Lesions
Shigeru Saito, MD (Speaker)
11:35 AMWire Technology
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Moderator)
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Moderator)
11:35 AMThe Spectrum of Guide Wires Available to Recanalize CTOs: How to Choose the Wire
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
11:45 AMThe STAR Technique
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Speaker)
11:55 AMHow to Maximize Success with Penetrating Devices
Shigeru Saito, MD (Speaker)
12:05 PMCrossing CTO via Planned Dissection: Technique, Devices and Outcome
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Speaker)
12:15 PMA New Guidewire Sheath for Resistant Lesion Crossing and Collagenase Update
Bradley H. Strauss, Other (Speaker)
12:25 PMTreating CTOs with Excimer Laser
Robert A. Gallino, MD (Speaker)
12:35 PMWhen the Wire Crosses but the Balloon Won’t: From Anchor and Guide Techniques to Wire Techniques
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
12:45 PMLunch & Visit the Exhibits
1:55 PMWhen and How to Use Radio Frequency Technology
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Speaker)
1:55 PMDevice Technology
Shigeru Saito, MD (Moderator)
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Moderator)
2:05 PMDrug Eluting Stents for CTO
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Speaker)
2:15 PMChannel Dilator for Antegrade and Retrograde Approaches
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
2:25 PMIntraluminal Coronary Reentry
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Speaker)
2:35 PMEnabler-P: Device Description and First in Man Results
Maurice Buchbinder, MD (Speaker)
2:45 PMCollagenase: Rationale, Preclinical Results and Human Studies
Bradley H. Strauss, Other (Speaker)
2:55 PMRefreshment Break
3:10 PMAdvanced CTO Techniques: Case Review VII
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Speaker)
3:20 PMAdvanced SFA-CTO Techniques in the Peripheral Artery
Nelson L. Bernardo, MD (Speaker)
3:30 PMAdvanced CTO Techniques in the Peripheral: Case Review VIII
Robert M. Bersin, MD (Speaker)
3:40 PMDiscussion of Case Review VII-VIII
Robert M. Bersin, MD (Panelist)
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Panelist)
3:50 PMThe Dissection Reentry Concept: Technique, Results and Practical Recommendations
Nelson L. Bernardo, MD (Speaker)
4:00 PMA Step-by-Step Description of the Retrograde Approach: Collateral Examination, Guidewire and Microcatheter Selection
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Speaker)
4:00 PMRetrograde Approach
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Moderator)
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Moderator)
4:10 PMRetrograde and CART Techniques: PCI Using Epicardial Collateral Vessel, Trapping Technique and Circumferential Wiring
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Speaker)
4:20 PMConnecting Retrograde and Antegrade Channels
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
4:30 PMAdvanced CTO Techniques: Retrograde Approach Case Review IX
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Speaker)
4:40 PMComplications and Perforations
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Moderator)
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Moderator)
Shigeru Saito, MD (Moderator)
4:40 PMProcedural Complications
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Speaker)
4:50 PMComplications of the Retrograde Approach
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Speaker)
5:00 PMDye Utilization During CTO Angioplasty: Minimizing, Monitoring and Managing Contrast Nephropathy
Roxana Mehran, MD (Speaker)
5:10 PMCTO the Retrograde Approach: Live Case from Takase Clinic, Gunma, Japan
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD (Panelist)
Richard R. Heuser, MD (Live Case Moderator)
David E. Kandzari, MD (Panelist)
Osamu Katoh, MD (Live Case Operator)
Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Shigeru Saito, MD (Live Case Moderator)
Craig A. Thompson, MD (Panelist)
Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Ron Waksman, MD (Live Case Moderator)
6:00 PMAdjourn