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STRUCTURAL CARDIOLOGY

THURSDAY – SATURDAY

THURSDAY, January 30, 2025

(*Program is subject to change)
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
7:00 AM 5:00 PM Name Badge Pick-up & Onsite Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 1: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
8:25 AM 8:30 AM Welcome and Introduction to Miami Valves 2025 Eduardo de Marchena, M.D.
Morning with the Masters: How It All Began
8:30 AM 8:50 AM TAVR Begins Eberhard Grube, M.D.
8:50 AM 9:10 AM TAVR Expands Peter de Jeagere, M.D.
9:10 AM 9:30 AM TAVR Reaches USA William O’Neill, M.D.
9:30 AM 9:50 AM Clinical Trials Propel TAVR Forward Jeffrey Popma, M.D.
9:50 AM 10:00 AM Discussion
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
Plenary Session 2: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Pathological Insights to the Native Aortic Valve Regurgitation Renu Virmani, M.D.
10:45 AM 11:00 AM New Valves for the Treatment of Aortic Regurgitation Santiago Garcia, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:15 AM Balloon Expandable Valve for Aortic Regurgitation Antonio Dager, M.D.
11:15 AM 11:25 AM
11:25 AM 11:40 AM
11:40 AM 11:50 AM Where Are We With TAVR for Bicuspid? Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
11:50 AM 12:00 PM How Does It End? Tomas Salerno, M.D.
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
Plenary Session 3: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
1:30 PM 1:45 PM Keynote Lecture: How Digital Medicine Will Affect All We Do Peter de Jeagere, M.D.
1:45 PM 2:00 PM What Did We Learn From TAVR Unload Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
2:00 PM 2:10 PM
2:10 PM 2:20 PM
2:20 PM 2:30 PM Selected Case on Newly FDA Approved TAVR Valve Fabio de Brito, M.D.
2:30 PM 2:40 PM Hybrid Procedures With TAVR Christian Witzke, M.D.
2:40 PM 2:50 PM
2:50 PM 3:00 PM The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Structural Heart Cases John Lasala, M.D.
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 4: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
An Afternoon of Best Cases from the Americas – Part 1
3:30 PM 3:40 PM
3:40 PM 3:50 PM
3:50 PM 4:00 PM
4:00 PM 4:10 PM TAVR in the Very Obese Joao Braghiroli, M.D.
4:10 PM 4:20 PM AI Simulation Assisted TAVR Nikolaos Spilias, M.D.
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Complex Congenital Cases Satinder Sandhu, M.D.
4:30 PM 4:40 PM LAA Leak Closure Brian O’Neill, M.D.
4:40 PM 4:50 PM Late Valve Embolization – Unique Surgical Approach
4:50 PM 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Day One Adjourns
5:30 PM 7:00 PM Networking Reception and Award Ceremony in Honor of Peter de Jeagere, M.D.
       
FRIDAY, January 31, 2025

(*Program is subject to change)
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
7:30 AM 5:00 PM Name Badge Pick-up & Onsite Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 5: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
Welcome and Introduction  Eduardo de Marchena, M.D.
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Imaging to Plan Mitral Valve Procedures Dee Dee Wang, M.D.
8:45 AM 9:00 AM Durability of Edge to Edge Repair Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
9:00 AM 9:15 AM TEER in Moderate MR Saibal Kar, M.D.
9:15 AM 9:25 AM Disappearing MR Christian Witzke, M.D.
9:25 AM 9:35 AM
9:35 AM 9:45 AM
9:45 AM 9:55 AM Unmet Needs in Structural Jeffrey Popma, M.D.
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 6: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
10:30 AM 10:45 AM
10:45 AM 11:00 AM Progress in Mitral Valve Replacement Eberhard Grube, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:15 AM Simulations of LVOT in TMVR Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
11:15 AM 11:30 AM Mitral Valve Preparation for Valve in Valve Pedro Villablanco, M.D.
11:30 AM 11:40 AM Update on Supra Annular Intra Atrial Mitral Valve Replacement Saibal Kar, M.D.
11:40 AM 11:50 AM
11:50 AM 12:00 PM Investigational Transeptal TMVR Santiago Garcia, M.D.
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Visit Exhibits
12:15 PM 1:15 PM Sponsored Lunch Symposium (NON-CME)
    Plenary Session 7: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
1:30 PM  1:45 PM Understanding the Tricuspid Regurgitation (Pathologist Perspective) Renu Virmani, M.D.
 1:45 PM 2:00 PM Multi Modality Imaging of Tricuspid Valve Dee Dee Wang, M.D.
2:00 PM 2:10 PM Structural Treatment of the Tricuspid Valve Joseph Lamelas, M.D.
2:10 PM 2:20 PM FDA Approved Edge to Edge Repair of Tricuspid – What We Know Saibal Kar, M.D.
2:20 PM 2:30 PM FDA Approved Tricuspid Valve Replacement – What We Know Pedro Villablanca, M.D.
2:30 PM 2:40 PM Update on Investigational Tricuspid Valve Replacement
2:40 PM 2:50 PM What’s New About PFO Closure Over 60 Years Old Igor Palacios, M.D.
2:50 PM 3:00 PM Management of Shock in Valvular Heart Disease William O’Neill, M.D.
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 8: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Camilo Gomez, MD
    SOLACI Symposium – Structural in Latin America  
3:30 PM 3:45 PM SOLACI Guidelines on Left Main PCI Pablo Lamelas, M.D.
3:45 PM 3:55 PM Selected Cases Fabio de Brito, M.D.
3:55 PM 4:05 PM Selected Cases Antonio Dager, M.D.
4:05 PM 4:15 PM Selected Cases
4:15 PM 4:25 PM Improving Access of Medical Technologies Among All Demographics Rafael Cavalcante, M.D.
4:25 PM 4:35 PM Catheter Closure of Sinus Venosus ASD Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, M.D.
4:35 PM 4:45 PM
4:45 PM 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Day Two Adjourns
SATURDAY, February 1, 2025

(*Program is subject to change)
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
7:30 AM 1:30 PM Name Badge Pick-up & Onsite Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 9: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
Welcome and Introduction
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Process and Tips for Proper Device Application to the FDA Mauro Moscucci, M.D.
8:45 AM 8:55 AM Update on AI Driven Application to Guide Coronary Interventions Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D.
8:55 AM 9:05 AM Adrian Ebner, M.D.
9:05 AM 9:15 AM Update on Dedicated Device for Leaftet Modification of Aortic Valve Saibal Kar, M.D.
9:15 AM 9:25 AM
9:25 AM 9:35 AM Transcatheter Posterior Mitral Leaflet Replacement Fabio de Brito, M.D.
9:35 AM 9:45 AM Santiago Garcia, M.D.
9:45 AM 10:00 AM
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 10: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
    New Cardiovascular Innovations  
10:30 AM 10:40 AM
10:40 AM 10:50 AM William O’Neill, M.D.
10:50 AM 11:00 AM Saibal Kar, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:10 AM Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
11:10 AM 11:20 AM Novel Transeptal Mitral Valve Santiago Garcia, M.D.
11:20 AM 11:30 AM Eberhard Grube, M.D.
11:30 AM 11:40 AM New Transeptal Mitral Valve
11:40 AM 11:50 AM Progress on Temporary AV Sequential Pacemaker Eduardo de Marchena, M.D.
11:50 AM 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 11: Oral Abstacts and Awards Moderator: Dr. de Marchena

Judges: Drs. Alfonso, Llanos, Palacios and Topaz
1:00 PM 1:05 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:05 PM 1:10 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:10 PM 1:15 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:15 PM 1:20 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:20 PM 1:25 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:25 PM 1:30 PM Abstract Awards and Closing Remarks
1:30 PM Conference Adjourns

PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) SYMPOSIUM

 THURSDAY, January 30, 2025
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 1: Coronary Interventions in ACS and Myocardial Infarction
10:30 AM 10:40 AM Welcome and Introduction
10:40 AM 10:50 AM Clinical Case – ACS or STEMI Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D.
10:50 AM 11:00 AM Pharmacology 101: What’s Your Cocktail of Choice? David Anderson, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:10 AM STEMI With Multivessel CAD – Immediate or Staged Revascularization? Michael Dyal, M.D.
11:10 AM 11:20 AM AMI and Cardiogenic Shock – Judicious Decisions, Combating Risk-averse Behavior and Futility Nikolas Spillias, M.D.
11:20 AM 11:30 AM AMI – Infarction Reduction Carlos Alfonso, M.D.
11:30 AM 11:40 AM AMI in Special Populations
11:40 AM 11:45 AM Panel Discussion and Questions
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator:
Session 2: INOCA – Digging Deeper Beyond the Epicardial Coronaries
1:30 PM 1:40 PM Clinical Cases on MVD – Part 1
1:40 PM 1:50 PM Getting the Full Picture: When and How Do I Test for MVD in My Practice?
1:50 PM 2:00 PM “You Say Tomatoe, I Say Tomato” – Speaking the Same Language
2:00 PM 2:10 PM Clinical Cases on MVD – Part 2
2:10 PM 2:20 PM MVD: Not All the Same, Understanding the Different Phenotypes
2:20 PM 2:30 PM INOCA & MINOCA – Not Benign and Improving Outcomes
2:30 PM 2:40 PM Microvascular Function in ACS and MI
2:40 PM 3:00 PM Discussion
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator:
Session 3: Coronary Imaging: Strategies to Guide PCI
3:30 PM 3:40 PM Clinical Case: Imaging
3:40 PM 3:50 PM IVUS-guided PCI – The Data is Clear, Now How Do We Apply It?
3:50 PM 4:00 PM OCT Imaging-guided PCI Simplified
4:00 PM 4:10 PM AI Technology: Simplifying Intravascular Imaging
4:10 PM 4:20 PM Panel Discussion Panel
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Clinical Case: Angio FFR Case
4:30 PM 4:40 PM Physiology and Imaging-guided PCI
4:40 PM 4:50 PM Angio-FFR Application to Guide PCI
4:50 PM 5:00 PM Panel Discussion
 FRIDAY, January 31, 2025
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 4: Cardiogenic Shock
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Clinical Case: Shock & MCS Fellow
8:45 AM 9:00 AM Cardiogenic Shock – Slow Moving, Steps Forward William O’Neill, M.D.
9:00 AM 9:10 AM NCIS, DANGER SHOCK – Now What Next?
9:10 AM 9:20 AM Shock Team – Critical Decisions on Escalation, Destination, and Futility Are Made Together
9:20 AM 9:30 AM The Shock Network – It Takes a Community
9:30 AM 9:40 AM MCS in the ICU – Optimizing Outcomes Beyond the Cath Lab
9:40 AM 9:50 AM When pLVAD is Not Enough – Dealing With RV Failure, BiV Failure: ECMO, LAVA, ECpella?
9:50 AM 10:00 AM Panel
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 5: Complex PCI: Calcification and CTO
10:30 AM 10:40 AM Clinical Case – Calcification
10:40 AM 10:50 AM Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Dealing With Calcified Lesions and Selection of Atherectomy Strategies
10:50 AM 11:00 AM Intracoronary Lithotripsy – Optimizing Outcomes in Calcific Lesions
11:00 AM 11:10 AM Laser Atherectomy – Best Practices
11:10 AM 11:20 AM Rotational and Orbital Atherectomy
11:20 AM 11:30 AM Clinical Case: CTO
11:30 AM 11:40 AM CTO – There Are Algorithms, but Sometimes, You Need Something Else
11:40 AM 11:50 AM What is New in CTO Interventions?
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Chatzizisis
Session 6 : Complex PCI: Dealing with Bifurcations, Trifurcations, and ISR
1:45 PM 1:55 PM Clinical Case – Bifurcation
1:55 PM 2:05 PM Bifurcation LM PCI Strategy and Outcomes
2:05 PM 2:15 PM Bifurcations – Approach from LATAM
2:15 PM 2:25 PM Panel Discussion on Bifurcation Strategies & Techniques Panel
2:25 PM 2:35 PM Clinical Case: Instent Restenosis
2:35 PM 2:45 PM Instent Restenosis – Help Has Arrived
2:45 PM 2:55 PM Strategies to Optimize DCB Long-term Results
2:55 PM 3:00 PM Panel Discussion Panel
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 7 : Complications – Hard Discussions, Not for the Faint of Heart
3:30 PM 3:40 PM Clinical Case – Complication Fellow
3:40 PM 3:50 PM Acute No-flow: Dissection, No-reflow, Why Did I Lose Flow? Michael Dyal, M.D.
3:50 PM 4:00 PM Coronary Perforations – Plugging the Holes We Created Carlos Alfonso, M.D.
4:00 PM 4:10 PM Clinical Case – Complication Fellow
4:10 PM 4:20 PM Device Entrapment – I’m Stuck and I Can’t Get Out
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Hemodynamic Instability – Hypotension and Cardiovascular Collapse
4:30 PM 4:45 PM Complications – Debriefing With Compassion and a Critical Eye
4:45 PM 5:00 PM Panel Discussion Panel

AFIB SYMPOSIUM

 FRIDAY, January 31, 2025
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
    AFIB Symposium I

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Raul Mitrani, M.D.
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Acute Management of Patients with Atrial Fib Raul Mitrani, M.D.
8:45 AM 9:00 AM AFIB: Rate Vs. Rhythm Control Italo Novoa Reyes, M.D.
9:00 AM 9:20 AM Risk Factor Management for Atrial Fibrillation Jeffrey Goldberger, M.D.
9:20 AM 9:40 AM AFIB and Heart Failure Alex Velazquez, M.D.
9:40 AM 10:00 AM Catheter Abation for AFIB: Emerging Technologiess Raul Mitrani, M.D.
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    AFIB Symposium II

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Raul Mitrani, M.D.
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Catheter Abation for AFIB: Can We Enhance Success Rate? Jeffrey Goldberger, M.D.
10:45 AM 11:00 AM Who Should Not Have an Afib Ablation Litsa Lambrakos, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:20 AM Stroke Prevention in Afib: Special Populations Chaitra Mohan, M.D.
11:20 AM 11:28 AM Case Presentation 1 Phillip Rubin, M.D.
11:28 AM 11:36 AM Case Presentation 2 George Luis Leonor Lopez, M.D.
11:36 AM 11:44 AM Case Presentation 3 Yaniv Gura, M.D.
11:45 AM Symposium Adjourns

NURSING SYMPOSIUM

 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2025
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
    Nursing Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Stephanie Moss, DNP, ARNP
8:30 AM 8:35 AM Welcome and Introduction Stephanie Moss, DNP, ARNP
8:35 AM 8:50 AM Post Op Management Post Cardiac Surgery Shay Lamelas, MSN, ARNP
8:50 AM 9:05 AM Best Practices in Venous Thromboembolism Laura Traini-Mongelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
9:05 AM 9:20 AM Heart Failure Guidelines and Patient Care Stephanie Moss, DNP, ARNP
9:20 AM 9:35 AM Post Operative Management of Mitral Valve Clip Vivian Avila, ARNP
9:35 AM 10:00 AM Discussion
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits

Specialized Workshops

 

 

Thursday, January 30
10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Workshop: Heart Failure

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description: 
1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Imaging: Mitraclip, Intraoperative and Pre-op Planning. A glimpse into ICE Imaging for Structural Intervention

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description:Participants will engage in practical TEE simulation sessions, emphasizing the optimization and advantages of mitral valve visualization and clip deployment using 3D imaging techniques
3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP)

Room: Biscayne Island

Instructors: TBD

Description: 
3:30-5:10 p.m. Workshop: PERT

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description: 

 

 

 

Friday, January 31
8:30-10:00 a.m. Workshop: Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Room: Biscayne Island

Instructors: TBD

Description: Attendees will be instructed in equipment and steps of left atrial appendage closure with various devices, and instructed on trouble shooting on various difficult left atrial anatomies.
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Workshop: Transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description: Attendees will be instructed in the equipment and steps of transcatheter edge to edge mitral valve repair and instructed on trouble shooting difficult mitral anatomies.
1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Microvascular Disease Symposium & Coronary Physiology

Room: Biscayne Island

Moderator: TBD

Description: 
1:30-3:00 p.m.

 

 Workshop: Complex CAD – Techniques to Maximize Outcomes 

Room: San Marco

Moderator: TBD
Description:
3:30-5:00 p.m.

 

 Workshop: Cardigenic Shock

Room: Biscayne Island

Moderator: TBD
Description:
3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Complex CAD: Focus on Intravascular Imaging

Room: San Marco

Moderator: TBD

Description:
Structural Cardiology

STRUCTURAL CARDIOLOGY

THURSDAY – SATURDAY

THURSDAY, January 30, 2025

(*Program is subject to change)
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
7:00 AM 5:00 PM Name Badge Pick-up & Onsite Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 1: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
8:25 AM 8:30 AM Welcome and Introduction to Miami Valves 2025 Eduardo de Marchena, M.D.
Morning with the Masters: How It All Began
8:30 AM 8:50 AM TAVR Begins Eberhard Grube, M.D.
8:50 AM 9:10 AM TAVR Expands Peter de Jeagere, M.D.
9:10 AM 9:30 AM TAVR Reaches USA William O’Neill, M.D.
9:30 AM 9:50 AM Clinical Trials Propel TAVR Forward Jeffrey Popma, M.D.
9:50 AM 10:00 AM Discussion
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
Plenary Session 2: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Pathological Insights to the Native Aortic Valve Regurgitation Renu Virmani, M.D.
10:45 AM 11:00 AM New Valves for the Treatment of Aortic Regurgitation Santiago Garcia, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:15 AM Balloon Expandable Valve for Aortic Regurgitation Antonio Dager, M.D.
11:15 AM 11:25 AM
11:25 AM 11:40 AM
11:40 AM 11:50 AM Where Are We With TAVR for Bicuspid? Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
11:50 AM 12:00 PM How Does It End? Tomas Salerno, M.D.
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
Plenary Session 3: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
1:30 PM 1:45 PM Keynote Lecture: How Digital Medicine Will Affect All We Do Peter de Jeagere, M.D.
1:45 PM 2:00 PM What Did We Learn From TAVR Unload Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
2:00 PM 2:10 PM
2:10 PM 2:20 PM
2:20 PM 2:30 PM Selected Case on Newly FDA Approved TAVR Valve Fabio de Brito, M.D.
2:30 PM 2:40 PM Hybrid Procedures With TAVR Christian Witzke, M.D.
2:40 PM 2:50 PM
2:50 PM 3:00 PM The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Structural Heart Cases John Lasala, M.D.
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 4: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
An Afternoon of Best Cases from the Americas – Part 1
3:30 PM 3:40 PM
3:40 PM 3:50 PM
3:50 PM 4:00 PM
4:00 PM 4:10 PM TAVR in the Very Obese Joao Braghiroli, M.D.
4:10 PM 4:20 PM AI Simulation Assisted TAVR Nikolaos Spilias, M.D.
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Complex Congenital Cases Satinder Sandhu, M.D.
4:30 PM 4:40 PM LAA Leak Closure Brian O’Neill, M.D.
4:40 PM 4:50 PM Late Valve Embolization – Unique Surgical Approach
4:50 PM 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Day One Adjourns
5:30 PM 7:00 PM Networking Reception and Award Ceremony in Honor of Peter de Jeagere, M.D.
       
FRIDAY, January 31, 2025

(*Program is subject to change)
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
7:30 AM 5:00 PM Name Badge Pick-up & Onsite Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 5: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
Welcome and Introduction  Eduardo de Marchena, M.D.
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Imaging to Plan Mitral Valve Procedures Dee Dee Wang, M.D.
8:45 AM 9:00 AM Durability of Edge to Edge Repair Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
9:00 AM 9:15 AM TEER in Moderate MR Saibal Kar, M.D.
9:15 AM 9:25 AM Disappearing MR Christian Witzke, M.D.
9:25 AM 9:35 AM
9:35 AM 9:45 AM
9:45 AM 9:55 AM Unmet Needs in Structural Jeffrey Popma, M.D.
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 6: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
10:30 AM 10:45 AM
10:45 AM 11:00 AM Progress in Mitral Valve Replacement Eberhard Grube, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:15 AM Simulations of LVOT in TMVR Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
11:15 AM 11:30 AM Mitral Valve Preparation for Valve in Valve Pedro Villablanco, M.D.
11:30 AM 11:40 AM Update on Supra Annular Intra Atrial Mitral Valve Replacement Saibal Kar, M.D.
11:40 AM 11:50 AM
11:50 AM 12:00 PM Investigational Transeptal TMVR Santiago Garcia, M.D.
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Visit Exhibits
12:15 PM 1:15 PM Sponsored Lunch Symposium (NON-CME)
    Plenary Session 7: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
1:30 PM  1:45 PM Understanding the Tricuspid Regurgitation (Pathologist Perspective) Renu Virmani, M.D.
 1:45 PM 2:00 PM Multi Modality Imaging of Tricuspid Valve Dee Dee Wang, M.D.
2:00 PM 2:10 PM Structural Treatment of the Tricuspid Valve Joseph Lamelas, M.D.
2:10 PM 2:20 PM FDA Approved Edge to Edge Repair of Tricuspid – What We Know Saibal Kar, M.D.
2:20 PM 2:30 PM FDA Approved Tricuspid Valve Replacement – What We Know Pedro Villablanca, M.D.
2:30 PM 2:40 PM Update on Investigational Tricuspid Valve Replacement
2:40 PM 2:50 PM What’s New About PFO Closure Over 60 Years Old Igor Palacios, M.D.
2:50 PM 3:00 PM Management of Shock in Valvular Heart Disease William O’Neill, M.D.
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 8: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Camilo Gomez, MD
    SOLACI Symposium – Structural in Latin America  
3:30 PM 3:45 PM SOLACI Guidelines on Left Main PCI Pablo Lamelas, M.D.
3:45 PM 3:55 PM Selected Cases Fabio de Brito, M.D.
3:55 PM 4:05 PM Selected Cases Antonio Dager, M.D.
4:05 PM 4:15 PM Selected Cases
4:15 PM 4:25 PM Improving Access of Medical Technologies Among All Demographics Rafael Cavalcante, M.D.
4:25 PM 4:35 PM Catheter Closure of Sinus Venosus ASD Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, M.D.
4:35 PM 4:45 PM
4:45 PM 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Day Two Adjourns
SATURDAY, February 1, 2025

(*Program is subject to change)
START END TOPIC SPEAKER
7:30 AM 1:30 PM Name Badge Pick-up & Onsite Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 9: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
Welcome and Introduction
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Process and Tips for Proper Device Application to the FDA Mauro Moscucci, M.D.
8:45 AM 8:55 AM Update on AI Driven Application to Guide Coronary Interventions Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D.
8:55 AM 9:05 AM Adrian Ebner, M.D.
9:05 AM 9:15 AM Update on Dedicated Device for Leaftet Modification of Aortic Valve Saibal Kar, M.D.
9:15 AM 9:25 AM
9:25 AM 9:35 AM Transcatheter Posterior Mitral Leaflet Replacement Fabio de Brito, M.D.
9:35 AM 9:45 AM Santiago Garcia, M.D.
9:45 AM 10:00 AM
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 10: Structural Cardiology Moderator: Dr. de Marchena
    New Cardiovascular Innovations  
10:30 AM 10:40 AM
10:40 AM 10:50 AM William O’Neill, M.D.
10:50 AM 11:00 AM Saibal Kar, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:10 AM Nicolas Van Meighem, M.D.
11:10 AM 11:20 AM Novel Transeptal Mitral Valve Santiago Garcia, M.D.
11:20 AM 11:30 AM Eberhard Grube, M.D.
11:30 AM 11:40 AM New Transeptal Mitral Valve
11:40 AM 11:50 AM Progress on Temporary AV Sequential Pacemaker Eduardo de Marchena, M.D.
11:50 AM 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
    Plenary Session 11: Oral Abstacts and Awards Moderator: Dr. de Marchena

Judges: Drs. Alfonso, Llanos, Palacios and Topaz
1:00 PM 1:05 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:05 PM 1:10 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:10 PM 1:15 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:15 PM 1:20 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:20 PM 1:25 PM Oral Abstract Presentation
1:25 PM 1:30 PM Abstract Awards and Closing Remarks
1:30 PM Conference Adjourns
PCI Symposium

PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) SYMPOSIUM

 THURSDAY, January 30, 2025
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    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 1: Coronary Interventions in ACS and Myocardial Infarction
10:30 AM 10:40 AM Welcome and Introduction
10:40 AM 10:50 AM Clinical Case – ACS or STEMI Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D.
10:50 AM 11:00 AM Pharmacology 101: What’s Your Cocktail of Choice? David Anderson, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:10 AM STEMI With Multivessel CAD – Immediate or Staged Revascularization? Michael Dyal, M.D.
11:10 AM 11:20 AM AMI and Cardiogenic Shock – Judicious Decisions, Combating Risk-averse Behavior and Futility Nikolas Spillias, M.D.
11:20 AM 11:30 AM AMI – Infarction Reduction Carlos Alfonso, M.D.
11:30 AM 11:40 AM AMI in Special Populations
11:40 AM 11:45 AM Panel Discussion and Questions
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

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Session 2: INOCA – Digging Deeper Beyond the Epicardial Coronaries
1:30 PM 1:40 PM Clinical Cases on MVD – Part 1
1:40 PM 1:50 PM Getting the Full Picture: When and How Do I Test for MVD in My Practice?
1:50 PM 2:00 PM “You Say Tomatoe, I Say Tomato” – Speaking the Same Language
2:00 PM 2:10 PM Clinical Cases on MVD – Part 2
2:10 PM 2:20 PM MVD: Not All the Same, Understanding the Different Phenotypes
2:20 PM 2:30 PM INOCA & MINOCA – Not Benign and Improving Outcomes
2:30 PM 2:40 PM Microvascular Function in ACS and MI
2:40 PM 3:00 PM Discussion
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

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Session 3: Coronary Imaging: Strategies to Guide PCI
3:30 PM 3:40 PM Clinical Case: Imaging
3:40 PM 3:50 PM IVUS-guided PCI – The Data is Clear, Now How Do We Apply It?
3:50 PM 4:00 PM OCT Imaging-guided PCI Simplified
4:00 PM 4:10 PM AI Technology: Simplifying Intravascular Imaging
4:10 PM 4:20 PM Panel Discussion Panel
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Clinical Case: Angio FFR Case
4:30 PM 4:40 PM Physiology and Imaging-guided PCI
4:40 PM 4:50 PM Angio-FFR Application to Guide PCI
4:50 PM 5:00 PM Panel Discussion
 FRIDAY, January 31, 2025
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    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 4: Cardiogenic Shock
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Clinical Case: Shock & MCS Fellow
8:45 AM 9:00 AM Cardiogenic Shock – Slow Moving, Steps Forward William O’Neill, M.D.
9:00 AM 9:10 AM NCIS, DANGER SHOCK – Now What Next?
9:10 AM 9:20 AM Shock Team – Critical Decisions on Escalation, Destination, and Futility Are Made Together
9:20 AM 9:30 AM The Shock Network – It Takes a Community
9:30 AM 9:40 AM MCS in the ICU – Optimizing Outcomes Beyond the Cath Lab
9:40 AM 9:50 AM When pLVAD is Not Enough – Dealing With RV Failure, BiV Failure: ECMO, LAVA, ECpella?
9:50 AM 10:00 AM Panel
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 5: Complex PCI: Calcification and CTO
10:30 AM 10:40 AM Clinical Case – Calcification
10:40 AM 10:50 AM Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Dealing With Calcified Lesions and Selection of Atherectomy Strategies
10:50 AM 11:00 AM Intracoronary Lithotripsy – Optimizing Outcomes in Calcific Lesions
11:00 AM 11:10 AM Laser Atherectomy – Best Practices
11:10 AM 11:20 AM Rotational and Orbital Atherectomy
11:20 AM 11:30 AM Clinical Case: CTO
11:30 AM 11:40 AM CTO – There Are Algorithms, but Sometimes, You Need Something Else
11:40 AM 11:50 AM What is New in CTO Interventions?
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

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 Moderator: Dr. Chatzizisis
Session 6 : Complex PCI: Dealing with Bifurcations, Trifurcations, and ISR
1:45 PM 1:55 PM Clinical Case – Bifurcation
1:55 PM 2:05 PM Bifurcation LM PCI Strategy and Outcomes
2:05 PM 2:15 PM Bifurcations – Approach from LATAM
2:15 PM 2:25 PM Panel Discussion on Bifurcation Strategies & Techniques Panel
2:25 PM 2:35 PM Clinical Case: Instent Restenosis
2:35 PM 2:45 PM Instent Restenosis – Help Has Arrived
2:45 PM 2:55 PM Strategies to Optimize DCB Long-term Results
2:55 PM 3:00 PM Panel Discussion Panel
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    PCI Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Dr. Alfonso
Session 7 : Complications – Hard Discussions, Not for the Faint of Heart
3:30 PM 3:40 PM Clinical Case – Complication Fellow
3:40 PM 3:50 PM Acute No-flow: Dissection, No-reflow, Why Did I Lose Flow? Michael Dyal, M.D.
3:50 PM 4:00 PM Coronary Perforations – Plugging the Holes We Created Carlos Alfonso, M.D.
4:00 PM 4:10 PM Clinical Case – Complication Fellow
4:10 PM 4:20 PM Device Entrapment – I’m Stuck and I Can’t Get Out
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Hemodynamic Instability – Hypotension and Cardiovascular Collapse
4:30 PM 4:45 PM Complications – Debriefing With Compassion and a Critical Eye
4:45 PM 5:00 PM Panel Discussion Panel
AFIB Symposium

AFIB SYMPOSIUM

 FRIDAY, January 31, 2025
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    AFIB Symposium I

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Raul Mitrani, M.D.
8:30 AM 8:45 AM Acute Management of Patients with Atrial Fib Raul Mitrani, M.D.
8:45 AM 9:00 AM AFIB: Rate Vs. Rhythm Control Italo Novoa Reyes, M.D.
9:00 AM 9:20 AM Risk Factor Management for Atrial Fibrillation Jeffrey Goldberger, M.D.
9:20 AM 9:40 AM AFIB and Heart Failure Alex Velazquez, M.D.
9:40 AM 10:00 AM Catheter Abation for AFIB: Emerging Technologiess Raul Mitrani, M.D.
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
    AFIB Symposium II

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Raul Mitrani, M.D.
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Catheter Abation for AFIB: Can We Enhance Success Rate? Jeffrey Goldberger, M.D.
10:45 AM 11:00 AM Who Should Not Have an Afib Ablation Litsa Lambrakos, M.D.
11:00 AM 11:20 AM Stroke Prevention in Afib: Special Populations Chaitra Mohan, M.D.
11:20 AM 11:28 AM Case Presentation 1 Phillip Rubin, M.D.
11:28 AM 11:36 AM Case Presentation 2 George Luis Leonor Lopez, M.D.
11:36 AM 11:44 AM Case Presentation 3 Yaniv Gura, M.D.
11:45 AM Symposium Adjourns
Nursing Symposium

NURSING SYMPOSIUM

 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2025
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    Nursing Symposium

(*Program is subject to change)

 Moderator: Stephanie Moss, DNP, ARNP
8:30 AM 8:35 AM Welcome and Introduction Stephanie Moss, DNP, ARNP
8:35 AM 8:50 AM Post Op Management Post Cardiac Surgery Shay Lamelas, MSN, ARNP
8:50 AM 9:05 AM Best Practices in Venous Thromboembolism Laura Traini-Mongelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
9:05 AM 9:20 AM Heart Failure Guidelines and Patient Care Stephanie Moss, DNP, ARNP
9:20 AM 9:35 AM Post Operative Management of Mitral Valve Clip Vivian Avila, ARNP
9:35 AM 10:00 AM Discussion
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
Specialized Workshops

Specialized Workshops

 

 

Thursday, January 30
10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Workshop: Heart Failure

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description: 
1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Imaging: Mitraclip, Intraoperative and Pre-op Planning. A glimpse into ICE Imaging for Structural Intervention

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description:Participants will engage in practical TEE simulation sessions, emphasizing the optimization and advantages of mitral valve visualization and clip deployment using 3D imaging techniques
3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP)

Room: Biscayne Island

Instructors: TBD

Description: 
3:30-5:10 p.m. Workshop: PERT

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description: 

 

 

 

Friday, January 31
8:30-10:00 a.m. Workshop: Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Room: Biscayne Island

Instructors: TBD

Description: Attendees will be instructed in equipment and steps of left atrial appendage closure with various devices, and instructed on trouble shooting on various difficult left atrial anatomies.
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Workshop: Transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair

Room: San Marco

Instructors: TBD

Description: Attendees will be instructed in the equipment and steps of transcatheter edge to edge mitral valve repair and instructed on trouble shooting difficult mitral anatomies.
1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Microvascular Disease Symposium & Coronary Physiology

Room: Biscayne Island

Moderator: TBD

Description: 
1:30-3:00 p.m.

 

 Workshop: Complex CAD – Techniques to Maximize Outcomes 

Room: San Marco

Moderator: TBD
Description:
3:30-5:00 p.m.

 

 Workshop: Cardigenic Shock

Room: Biscayne Island

Moderator: TBD
Description:
3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Complex CAD: Focus on Intravascular Imaging

Room: San Marco

Moderator: TBD

Description:

*The scientific program is subject to change.