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Monday, December 08, 2008
PL1 - Present and Future in Cardiovascular Interventions
Chairs: Rafael Beyar, Israel
Martin Leon, USA
Chaim Lotan, Israel
Opening Ceremony
Rafael Beyar, Course Director
Chaim Lotan, Course Director
Basil Lewis, President, Israel Heart Society
The Future of PCI
Martin Leon (USA)
Innovation in CardioVascular Business
Scott Ward (USA)
Case Transmission - Aortic Valve Replacement
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israe
Operators: Haim Danenberg (Israel), Jean-Claude Laborde (France)
Moderators: Yaron Almagor (Israel), Mervyn S Gotsman (Israel),
Ge Junbo (China),Patrick W Serruys (The Netherlands)
PARALLEL SESSIONS S1-S4
S1 - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Chairs: Yonathan Hasin, Israel
Martin Leon, USA
Patrick W Serruys, The Netherlands
Case Transmission - Aortic Valve Replacement Cont.
Operators: Haim Danenberg (Israel), Jean-Claude Laborde (The Netherlands)
Moderators: Martin Leon (USA), Mark Reisman (USA)
Candidates for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation
Alec Vahanian (France)
Transcatheter Aortic Valves
Martin Leon (USA)
Procedural and 30-day outcomes following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using the Third Generation (18F) CoreValve Revalving® System
Patrick W Serruys (The Netherlands)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
The future of aortic valve replacement
Chaim Lotan (Israel), Ehud Raanani (Israel), Alec Vahanian (France)
S2 - Drug-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents: Old and New Solutions
Chairs: Ran Kornowski, Israel
Gregg Stone, USA
Dan Tzivoni, Israel
Drug-Eluting Stent Management Issues
Giora Weisz (USA)
Meta-Analysis of Spirit II&III @ Two-Year
Gregg Stone (USA)
A Comparative Analysis of Major Clinical Outcomes Using Drug-Eluting Stents vs. Bare Metal Stents in a Large Single Center Israeli Clinical Setting
Ran Kornowski (Israel)
Bioabsorbable Stents
Dariusz Dudek (Poland)
INDUSTRY VIEW:
BVS Technology: Understanding the Principle of Bioabsorbable DES
Richard Rapoza (USA)
Next Generation Sirolimus Eluting Stents: Enhancing Outcomes through Innovation
Campbell Rogers (USA)
5 Years Follow Up of Titanox Coated Stent in Bern
OM Hess (Switserland)
S3 - Non Coronary Vascular Interventions and Innovations
Chairs: Gabriel Bartal, Israel
Alberto Cremonesi, Italy
Barry Katzen, USA
Endovascular AAA Repair with Unfavorable Proximal Necks
Barry Katzen (United States)
Efficacy and Durability of CAS: A Single High Volume Center Report
Alberto Cremonesi (Italy)
Carotid Stenting - Current State of the Art
Victor Guetta (Israel)
Endovascular Management of Intracranial Stenose
Francis Turjman (France)
Role of the AngioSculpt Scoring Balloon for the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia: Final Results From the Belgian Registry
Gary Gershony (USA)
A Novel Ultrasound Based Catheter System for the Creation of Arterio-Venous Anastamosis in the Lower Limb
Martin T Rothman (UK)
Population Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - The Time Has Come
Yehuda Wolf (Israel)
S4 - Back to the Future: Cell Therapy for Heart Disease
Chairs: Yonatan Leor, Israel
Charles Murry, USA
Zvi Vered, Israel
Scientific Background and Rationale of Cell Therapy for Heart Disease
Charles Murry (USA)
The Human Heart Contains Cardiomyocyte Progenitor Cells
Pieter Doevendans (The Netherlands)
Cell Therapy for Post-infarction Heart Failure and Ventricular Arrhythmias
Lior Gepstein (Israel)
Directing Adult Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes
William Wijns (Belgium)
Cardiac Cell Repair Therapy - Current Status
Bernard Gersh (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Do data from basic research in cell therapy justify translation into clinical trials? Who is the best cell? Who is the best patient? What is the best delivery method?
William Wijns (Belgium), Lior Gepstein (Israel), Bernard Gersh (USA)
PARALLEL SESSIONS LC1-LC4
LC1 - Interventions and Innovations in Thrombus Containing Lesions
Chairs: Shmuel Fuchs, Israel
Reuven Ilia, Israel
The Role of Thrombectomy and Protective Devices in Coronary Interventions
Victor Guetta (Israel)
Revisiting Thrombus Extraction in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Keyur H Parikh (India)
Protection against Embolization during PCI-ACS; PIHARTE Trial and MGuard New Data
Dariusz Dudek (Poland)
Optimal Management of High Thrombus Burden in Infarct Related Vessels
On Topaz (USA)
The Challenges in Embolic Protection
Uri Rosenschein (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Have we conquered thrombus containing lesions?
Parikh Keyur (India), Uri Rosenschein (Israel), On Topaz (USA)
LC2 - CT Imaging and Beyond
Chairs: David A Halon, Israel
Joao Lima, USA
William Wijns, Belgium
Cardiac CT Today and Tomorrow
William Wijns (Belgium)
Coronary CT Angiography in Asymptomatic Diabetics
David A Halon (Israel)
Novel Method for Real time Hybrid Cardiac CT and Coronary Angiography Image Registration - Visualizing beyond Lumenology
Ariel Roguin (Israel)
Integrated SPECT/CT for the Assessment of Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Artery Lesions
Shmuel Rispler (Israel)
Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography: State of the Art
Joao Lima (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Will CT become the ultimate imaging modality?
Jonathan Lessick (Israel), Basil Lewis (Israel)
LC3 - Regeneration and Repair by Tissue Engineering and Vasculogenesis. Where Are We Now?
Chairs: Alexander Battler, Israel
Moshe Flugelman, Israel
Wolfram Zimmermann, Germany
HLA-Matched Engineered Heart Muscle for Myocardial Repair Applications
Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann (Germany)
Engineering Vascularized Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Shulamit Levenberg (Israel)
In Situ Tissue Engineering - from Bench to Bedside
Yonatan Leor (Israel)
Therapeutic Angiogenesis - from Bench to Bedside
Moshe Flugelman (Israel)
Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Diagnosis and Treatment
Jacob George (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Tissue repair by tissue engineering and vasculogenesis. Where are we now?
Shulamit Levenberg (Israel), Jacob George (Israel)
LC4 - Current and Future Surgical Solutions for Organic Heart Disease
SPONSORED BY LEVANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Chairs: Daniel Bitran, Israel
Ehud Raanani, Israel
Gideon Uretzky, Israel
New and Future Surgical Solutions for the Failing Heart
Jacob Lavee (Israel)
Hybrid Approach to AF- Early Clinical Results
Gil Bolotin (Israel)
Ventor Embracer- A Surgical Aortic Valve Bioprosthesis for Transapical Implantation
Ehud Schwammenthal (Israel)
Surgical Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair
Ehud Raanani (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Cardiac Surgery in 2010 - What Is There in the Horizon
Amir Elami (Israel), Gil Bolotin (Israel), Jacob Lavee (Israel)
PARALLEL SESSIONS S5-S8
S5 - TECHNOLOGY PARADE (Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering)
Chairs: Shmuel Einav, Israel
Lior Gepstein, Israel
William Wijns, Belgium
Endovascular Polymer Systems: Stents, Paving and Tissue Engineering
Marvin Slepian (USA)
Invited Lecture
Medtronic Emerging Technologies - Innovation through Collaboration
Cy Wilcox (USA)
Invited Lecture
Resident Stent Cells in the LAA
Avishag Korkus, Yaron Helman, Chaim Lotan, Ronen Beeri (Israel)
Invited Lecture
TVP1022 a Novel Cardioprotective Drug, for the treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Yaron Barac (Israel)
CardioSafe
Reverse Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction with Intracoronary Injection of BioLineRx's BL-1040 Myocardial Implant
Shmuel Tuvia (Israel)
BioLineRx
Extracorporeal Myocardial Revascularization Therapy (ESMR) to Induce Local Angiogenesis to Myocardial Ischemic Areas Using Low Intensity Focused Shockwaves.
Gil Hakim (USA)
Medispec Ltd.
S6 - BMS - DES and Beyond
Chairs: Nicholas Kipshidze, Georgia
Basil Lewis, Israel
New DES
Martin Leon (USA)
Titanium-Nitride-Oxide Coated Stents Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A 24-Months Follow-Up Report from the TITAX AMI Trial
Pasi P Karjalainen (Finland)
Biomatrix, New Generation DES with Biodegradable Polymer Compared to First Generation DES, Cypher Select. The Leaders Trial 12 Months Results
Patrick W Serruys (Netherlands)
SPIRIT V
Victor Guetta (Israel)
Drug Eluting Balloon SeQuent® Please Results of the PEPCAD Clinical Program
Bodo Cremers (Germany)
Long Term Safety & Efficacy Profile of the Endeavor DES Clinical Program
Ran Kornowski (Israel)
Silicon Carbide Coating on Cobalt Chromium Stents Leads to Early Differentiating Functional Endothelial Layer, Increased Safety and DES-like Recurrent Stenosis Rates
Johannes B Dahm (Germany)
12-Month Results from the ATLANTA FIM with a New Class of Stent: the CATANIA™ Coronary Stent with Polyzene®-F
Thierry Corcos (France)
S7 - Innovations in Interventions: Academia-Industry Relationships
Chairs: Rafael Beyar, Israel
Yuval Binur, USA
Michael Eldar, Isreal
The Drive for Innovations - The Scientist, the Physician and the Entrepreneur
Rafael Beyar (Israel)
Medical Device Start-up (Israel & US Synergy)
Peter J Fitzgerald (USA)
A Clinical View on the Role of Developments in Medicine: New Imaging Frontiers to Improve Clinical Outcomes
Gregg Stone (USA)
Risk of Rapture in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Vulnerable Plaques: A Patient Based Fluid Structure Interaction Approach
Shmuel Einav (Israel)
Biosensors Innovative DES Technology: From Biodegradable to Polymer Free
John Shulze (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Israel Cardiovascular Innovations-What are the Future Challenges in the Changing World?
Ruth Alon (Israel), Shmuel Einav (Israel), Peter Fitzgerald (USA), Gregg Stone (USA), Pupi Ariely (CEO Stern-Ariely PR), Paz Vaysman (The Marker), Gali Weinreb (Globes)
S8 - Acute MI Interventions 2008
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ISRAEL WORKING GROUP ON
INTENSIVE CARDIAC CARE
Chairs: Shaul Atar, Israel
Dariusz Dudek, Poland
Arie Roth, Israel
Acute MI - What is New in An Old Disease ?
Haim Hammerman (Israel)
The Timing of Reperfusion Therapy
Bernard Gersh (USA)
Acute MI Interventions
Giora Weisz (USA)
No-reflow in Acute MI
Refat Jabara (Israel)
Stent Thrombosis. Case Closed?
Ioannis Iakovou (Greece)
The Clinical Impact of FFR During Coronary Intervention
David Brosh (Israel)
Pro-Healing Stents in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Huay Cheem Tan (Singapore)
Reperfusion Injury and Microvascular Dysfunction: The Dark Side of Reperfusion
Bernard Gersh (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION
Have we optimized saving muscle during AMI? Can we reverse injury?
Giora Weisz (USA), David Hasdai (Israel), Morris Mosseri (Israel)
PARALLEL SESSIONS S9-S10
S9 - TECHNOLOGY PARADE (New Stents and Devices for CTO)
Chairs: Yuval Binur, USA
Peter J Fitzgerald, USA
Thinking Global: Current Challenges with Medical Device Startups
Eitan Konstantino (USA)
Invited Lecture
Novel Fully Bioabsorbable Salicylate-Based Sirolimus-Eluting Stent
Refat Jabara (Israel)
Bioabsorbable Therapeutics, Inc.
Simplifying Bifurcation Interventions with the Antares™ Stent System
Lian Cunningham (USA)
TriReme Medical Inc
The MGuard™ - Net Protective Stent
Ofir Paz (Israel)
InspireMD
The CiTop™ for Recanalization of Peripheral and Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO)
Segev Amit (Israel)
OVALUM Ltd.
Non-Carrier DES
Norman Sandberg (Israel)
Elutex Ltd.
Pericardial Covered Stent for SVG Lesion
Haim Danenberg (Israel)
GamidaMedequip Ltd.
Proactive Prevention of Stroke From Emboli A New Frontier
Dov Shimon (Israel)
SMT R&D Ltd.
S10 - TECHNOLOGY PARADE (Ischemia, Imaging and Devices for Heart Failure)
Chairs: Gad Keren, Israel
Ran Kornowski, Israel
Giora Weisz, Israel
Comparison of the Sensitivity Implantable and Surface Impedance Devices for Prediction the Evolution of Acute Heart Failure
Michael Shochat (Israel)
Invited Lecture
An Innovative Non-Invasive Respiratory Stress Test Indicates Significant Coronary Artery Disease
Ron Waksman (USA)
Spirocor
The Arineta Cardiac Dedicated CT System
Chaim Lotan (Israel)
Arineta Ltd.
Efficacy Assessment of a New Device-based Approach for Treating Diastolic Heart Failure
Shemy Carasso (Israel)
CorAssist Cardiovascular Ltd
The CorPathTM Vascular Robotics System
Peter Fitzgerald (USA)
Corindus
CardiOp-THV - Angiography-Based System for Trans-Catheter Heart Valve Procedure Planning and Real-Time Positioning
Amir Blumenfeld (Israel)
Paieon Medical Ltd.
A Novel Vascular Booster Device for Critical Limb Ischemia : Feasibility and Safety Studies
Aaron Hoffman (Israel)
PerAssist, Ltd
Chronic Vagus Nerve Stimulation – A New Target for Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
A Biran (Israel)
BioControl Medical (BCM) Ltd.
Simulation Dry Run of Carotid Stenting Using the Simbionix PROcedure Rehearsal Studio
Giora Weisz (USA)
Simbionix
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
PARALLEL SESSIONS S11-S14
S11 - Device Innovations in Health Care: From Bench to Bedside
SPONSORED BY GAMIDA MEDEQUIP LTD
Chairs: Shmuel Banai, Israel
Peter J Fitzgerald, USA
Chaim Lotan, Israel
Starting an Innovation Program - A Cardiologist View
Chaim Lotan (Israel)
New CV Technology – A View from Silicon Valley
Peter J Fitzgerald (USA)
Co-operation between the Industry and the Medical Community
Carmen Walbert (Switzerland)
Sourcing Global Technical Innovation
Campbell Rogers (USA)
Bioabsorbable Sirolimus-Loaded Nanoarticles For Targeted Angioplasty Drug Delivery (TADD)
Oded Ben-Joseph (USA)
Pathway Medical Solutions to Peripheral Interventions
Thomas Clement (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
FIM studies - The first clinical challenge to innovation in medicine
Ruth Alon (Israel), Raphael Hofstein (Israel), Campbell Rogers (USA)
S12 - Interventions and Innovations for Complex PCI
SPONSORED BY TRIREME MEDICAL INC
Chairs: Ariel Finkelstein, Israel
Gary Gershony, USA
Lu Shuzheng, China
Unprotected Left Main Stenting
Bagrat Alekyan (Russia)
Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting: Rational and Technique
Runlin Gao (China)
A 100% Bioresorbabble Polymer Stent: 1 & 3 Month Results in the Rabbit Iliac Artery
Antoine Lafont (France)
The Treatment of Bifurcation Lesions: The Importance of the Angulation
Angela Hoye (UK)
Is There a Role for Bifurcation Dedicated Stents?
Stefan Hoffmann (Germany)
Role of a Scoring Balloon in the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: Preliminary Results from the U.S. Multi-Center Trial – AGILITY
Gary Gershony (USA)
PRESENTATIONS OF BEST POSTERS:
First in Man 3 Month OCT Follow-up on a New DES with a Biodegradable Polymer
Wolf Christopher (Austria)
First in Man One Year Clinical Outcomes of the CATANIA™ Coronary Stent System with NanoThin Polyzene®-F in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions: Assessment of the LAtest Non-Thrombogenic Angiop
Maria Elena Di Salvo, Davide Capodanno (Italy)
Cappella Sideguard Self-Expanding Sidebranch Stent: First-in-Man Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes in Patients with Bifurcation Coronary Lesions
Michael Jonas (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Ostial, bifurcation and LM lesions: Do we have the optimal methods at hand?
Is it still reserved for the virtuosic operators?
Lian Cunningham (USA), Antoine Lafont (France), Yoseph Rozenman (Israel)
S13 - Clinical Aspects of Interventions and Case Studies
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ISRAELI WORKING GROUP FOR
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Chairs: Amir Lerman, USA
Morris Mosseri, Israel
Uri Rosenschein, Israel
Approach to Revascularization of Diabetic Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Yoseph Rozenman (Israel)
Percutaneous Interventions for Acute Vein Graft Occlusion
Shmuel Fuchs (Israel)
New Treatment Options for Refractory Angina Patients
Amir Lerman (USA)
TAPED VIDEO CASES:
Moderators: Haim Danenberg (Israel), Shmuel Fuchs (Israel), Morris Mosseri (Israel)
Treatment of Acute MI with Large Thrombotic Mass
Joel Arbel (Israel)
Plaque Shift at the Site of LCP as Detected by LipiScan : An Observation From the Spectacl Study
Giora Weisz (USA)
No Balloon Deflation Inviting Complication
Chetan Shah (India)
Endovascular Treatment of Iatrogenic Aortic Dissection
David Slovut (USA)
Intracoronary infusion of tPA during PCI to origin of LAD
Edo Kaluski (USA)
S14 - Transcather Therapeutics in Structural Heart Disease
Chairs: Rafael Hirsch, Israel
Ricardo Krakover, Israel
David Meerkin, Israel
Transcatheter Therapeutics in Structural Heart Disease
Rafael Hirsch (Israel)
Trans-Catheter Device-Specific ASDs / PFOs Closure – Critical Appraisal of Available Armament and Recommended Therapeutic Strategies
Avraham Lorber (Israel)
Transcatheter Closure of Large Coronary Fistulae, Pulmonary Fistulae – Review of Techniques and Devices
Elchanan Bruckheimer (Israel)
Left Atrial Appendage Closure: An Alterative Treatment to Anticoagulation in A-Fib Patients
Ron Waksman (USA)
Trans Catheter Pulmonic Valve Replacement – The Melody Experience
Elchanan Bruckheimer (Israel)
Post MI VSD, Considerations for the Interventionalist
David Meerkin (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Are all challenges today met by the current technology?
Mark Brezins (Israel), Avraham Lorber (Israel)
PL2 - Innovations that Will Change Our Interventions
Chairs: Rafael Beyar, Israel
Chaim Lotan, Israel
Patrick W Serruys, The Netherlands
The Engines for Innovations
Peter J Fitzgerald (USA)
What Will Be the Impact of the Syntax Study on the European Practice
Patrick Serruys (the Netherlands)
ICI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SPONSORS' AWARD
Case Transmission - Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Operators: Martin Leon (USA), Yaron Almagor (Israel) and his team
Moderators: Dan Tzivoni (Israel), Gil Bolotin (Israel), Victor Guetta (Israel), Arthur Kerner (Israel)
PARALLEL SESSIONS LC5-LC8
LC5 - Interventional Cardiology - Beyond the Heart
SPONSORED BY BIOTRONIK
Chairs: Amos Katz, Israel
Ron Waksman, USA
THE CLINICAL BENEFIT OF RENAL STENTING: FACT OR FICTION?
The Clinical Benefit of Renal Stenting -Fact
Alberto Cremonesi (Italy)
The Clinical Benefit of Renal Stenting -Fiction
Eli J Holtzman (Israel)
Discussion, Q & A
A Hybrid Approach for Using DES / BMS
Ron Waksman (USA)
Q & A
Extended Utilization of the PRO-Kinetic Stent – Single Center and other Experiences
Ran Kornowski (Israel)
Q & A
LC6 - CTO Club: 2008 Experience
Chairs: Hilton Miller, Israel
Yoseph Rozenman, Israel
Bradley Strauss, Canada
The Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions in Contemporary Practice
Angela Hoye (UK)
Technical Aspects of CTO Intervention
Junbo Ge (China)
Basic Research and Animal Models in CTO Recanalization
Haim Danenberg (Israel)
First-in-Man Results with the Ovalum CiTop™ ExPander™ Guidewire in Chronic Total Occlusions
Keyur Parikh (India)
Novel Devices and Strategies for CTO Recanalization
Bradley Strauss (Canada)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
CTO: Visualization, blind drilling or alternate routes? Where are we going?
Haim Danenberg (Israel), Yoseph Rozenman (Israel), Bradley Strauss (Canada)
LC7 - Cardiovascular Innovations: Regulatory and Ethical Aspects
Chairs: Ruth Alon, Israel
Raphael Hofstein, Israel
Mitchell W Krucoff, USA
Cutting Time to Market for New Products
Douglas Wilkins (USA)
FDA Initiatives and Global Device Evaluation
Mitchell W Krucoff (USA)
Israel is a Nest for Cardio Innovations
Raphael Hofstein (Israel)
The FDA Regulatory Process: Protecting Patient Safety and Balancing Risks and Benefits in a Least Burdensome Manner
Andrew Farb (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Does the regulatory process hurt the public?
Why do innovative ideas seek clinical ground elsewhere?
Andrew Farb (USA), Orna Oz (Israel), Douglas Wilkins (USA)
LC8 - Mitral Valve Repair
Chairs: Amir Elami, Israel
Allan Schwartz, USA
Yoav Turgeman, Israel
Coronary Sinus and Percutanoeus Coronary Sinus Annuloplasty – Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Alec Vahanian (France)
Edge to Edge Repair and the Everest Trail
Allan Schwartz (USA)
Mitralign’s FIM Mitral Valve CorrectionIndustry Valve Corrections
Rick Geoffrion (USA)
Advances in Mitral Valve Repair-Surgeons' View
Amit Korach (Israel)
Simple Percutaneous Treatment for Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Acute and Six Month Impact of the CARILLON Mitral Contour System in the AMADEUS Study
Steven Goldberg (USA)
Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair Combined with AF Ablation
Leonid Sternik (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Valve repair: will percutaneous innovations beat surgical elegance?
Ehud Raanani (Israel), Allan Schwartz (USA), Alec Vahanian (France)
PARALLEL SESSIONS S15-S18
S15 - The Vulnerable Plaque: From Imaging to Clinical Practice
Chairs: Abid Assali, Israel
Jesaia Benhorin, Israel
Robert Wilensky, USA
Imaging of the Vulnerable Plaque
Amir Lerman (USA)
Optical Coherence Tomography to Detect the Vulnerable Plaque
Ron Waksman (USA)
Intravascular MRI for Vulnerable Plaque Detection
Robert Wilensky (USA)
Invasive Imaging for Vulnerable Plaque – PROSPECT Trial Results
Gregg Stone (USA)
Two Years Follow Up of the ABSORB - A Multi-Imaging Modality Approach
Patrick Serruys (The Netherlands)
Identification of Lipid-rich Plaques in Coronary Arteries with NIR Spectroscopy
Giora Weisz (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Diasgnostics waiting therapeutics - When do we need to treat a vulnerable plaque?
Abid Assali (Israel), Oded Ayzenberg (Israel), Amir Lerman (USA)
S16 - Heart Failure and Cardiac Support Devices: Present and Future Directions
SPONSORED BY MEDTRONIC ISRAEL
Chairs: Dan Admon, Israel
Yaling Han, China
Gad Keren, Israel
Heart Failure: A Difficult Target for Device Therapy , Clinical and Regulatory Considerations
Gad Keren (Israel)
Monitoring of Heart Failure Patients by Device Based Technologies
Andre Keren (Israel)
Cardiac Support, Temporary and Permanent, A New Concept
Martin Rothman (UK)
Myocardial Revovery: New Frontier in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Hani Sabbah (USA)
INDUSTRY VIEW:
The Abiomed Assist Device
Mike Minogue (USA)
The Coherex FlatStent PFO Closure Device
Rich Linder (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Slowly kicking in - Will we find mechanical alternatives to heart transplant?
Andre Keren (Israel), Amir Landsberg (Israel), Martin Rothman (USA)
S17 - Adjunctive Medical Therapy
SPONSORED BY MEDISON
Chairs: Haim Hammerman, Israel
Gregg Stone, USA
Doron Zahger, Israel
Cessation of Clopidogrel after PCI
Ioannis Iakovou (Greece)
Obligate Drug-device Safety Interaction: A Global Response to the Challenge of Defining "Optimal" Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and DES
Mitchell W Krucoff (USA)
Gastro-intestinal Bleeding after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Dreadful Combination
Eugenia Nikolsky (USA)
Plavix Non-responders: How to Treat
Ron Waksman (USA)
Prognostic Value of Adjunct Pharmacotherapy in PCI
Shmuel Banai (Israel)
Obstacles to Anti-Platelet Treatment in Patients Following PCI: Significant Interactions between Aspirin/Plavix and Other Medications
Eli I Lev (Israel)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Optimizing current drugs versus novel therapies
David Hasdai (Israel), Ioannis Iakovou (Greece), Edo Kaluski (USA)
S18 - Navigation and Simulations
Chairs: Mervyn S Gotsman, Israel
Mark Reisman, USA
Amit Segev, Israel
Robotic Catheter Intervention: The Hansen Sensei System
Marvin Slepian (USA)
Intracoronary Navigation and Tip Positioning Using the MediGuide gMPS Enabled GMC System
Giora Weisz (USA)
Virtual Rehearsal with Patient-Specific Simulation
Giora Weisz (USA)
Navigation Stereotaxis System
Mark Reisman (USA)
Vascular Robotics for Coronary intervention: The CorPath™ System
Peter J Fitzgerald (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
What will convince the cardiologist to stay at the console room?
Peter J Fitzgerald (USA), Marvin Slepian (USA), Giora Weisz (USA)
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