: : : Our mission Despite major advances in coronary intervention, the recanalization of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains a challenge for many interventional cardiologists. Complex anatomy and lesion characteristics demand a special set of skills for procedural success. Provided patient selection is appropriate, CTO intervention can confer a variety of benefits including relief of angina, improvement in left ventricular function and reduction in ischemic burden. George Sianos, Alfredo R. Galassi, Irene Lang & Johannes Kastner, Course directors : : : Venue & Organisation Procedural success is enhanced by adequate training of staff, by quality control and availability of equipment. RETRO CTO Vienna is a unique opportunity to meet world leaders in CTO revascularizations during the performance of live cases, during lectures and interactive sessions on recorded cases, all in the fantastic city of Vienna, and the friendly venue of the Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna. Congress venue Vienna General Hospital (AKH) Grosser Hörsaal Psychiatrie Währinger Gürtel 18-20 1090 Vienna Austria Congress Organization HSEC GmbH & Co KG Health Service & Education Nobilegasse 23-25, A-1150 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43 1 867 49 44 21, Fax: +43 1 867 49 44 9 E-mail: judith.kutnjak@ee-hsec.org : : : Accreditations European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) 12 CME credits DFP continuing professional development 16 DPF credits The 5th European Live Summit on Retrograde CTO Revascularization
: : : Scientific faculty Course Directors George Sianos Aristotle Uni. of Thessaloniki, Greece Alfredo R. Galassi University of Catania, Italy Irene Lang Medical University of Vienna, Austria Johannes Kastner Medical University of Vienna, Austria National faculty Rudolf Berger Austria Thomas Brunner Austria Günter Christ Austria Georg Delle-Karth Austria Bernhard Frey Austria Alexander Geppert Austria Gabriela Karnek Austria Gerhard Kreiner Austria Gerald Maurer Austria Markus Müller Austria Johannes Pollak - Austria Johann Sipötz Austria Franz Weidinger Austria International faculty Alexandre Avran France Hans Bonnier Belgium Nenad Bozinovic Serbia Leszek Bryniarski Poland Heinz Joachim Büttner Germany Tushar Chatterjee Switzerland Carlo Di Mario United Kingdom Eric Eeckhout Switzerland Sergey Furkalo Ukraine Andrea Gagnor Italy Oliver Gämperli Switzerland Roberto Garbo Italy Anthony Gershlick United Kingdom Luca Grancini Italy Dimitrios Karmpaliotis USA Jacques Koolen Netherlands Aigars Lismanis Latvia Valeri L. Ljubenov Gelev Bulgaria Kambis Mashayekhi Germany Markus Meyer-Gessner Germany Peter Müller Switzerland Alexandr Osiev Russia Michael Pieper Switzerland Nicolaus Reifart Germany Meruzhan Saghatelyan Armenia Sinisa Stojkovic - Serbia Gabor Sütsch Switzerland Gerald Werner Germany Jaroslaw Wójcik Poland Masahisa Yamane Japan Chris Zambakides South Africa www.retroctosummit.eu
: : : Scientific program Day 1 Friday, 22 April 2016 Venue: Grosser Hörsaal Psychiatrie, Medical University of Vienna 07:30 08:00 Congress registration and welcome coffee 08:00 08:15 Welcome Moderators: Alfredo R. Galassi, Johannes Kastner, Gabriela Kornek, Irene Lang, Gerald Maurer, Markus Müller, Georgios Sianos 08:15 10:15 LIVE CASE INTERVENTION I Chair: Gerald Werner Commentators: Leszek Bryniarski, Günther Christ, Alfredo R. Galassi, Meruzhan Saghatelyan, Franz Weidinger, Chris Zambakides Bernhard Frey, Masahia Yamane Gerhard Kreiner, Kambis Mashayekhi 08:50 09:00 Does ischemia need revascularization? Irene Lang 09:35 09:45 Why open CTOs which trials do we need? Georgios Sianos 10:15 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 12:45 LIVE CASE INTERVENTION II Chair: Georgios Sianos Commentators: Rudolf Berger, Tushar Chatterjee, Oliver Gämperli, Markus Meyer-Gessner Alexandre Avran, Gerhard Kreiner Alfredo R. Galassi, Irene Lang 11:30 11:40 IVUS in CTO interventions Alexander Osiev 12:30 12:40 Recent CTO trials (EXPLORE, etc) Chris Zambakides The 5th European Live Summit on Retrograde CTO Revascularization
: : : Scientific program 12:45 13:30 Lunch break Day 1 Friday, 22 April 2016 Venue: Grosser Hörsaal Psychiatrie, Medical University of Vienna 13:30 14:45 My greatest retrograde case Chair: Bernhard Frey Commentators: Thomas Brunner, Anthony Gershlick 13:30 Ante fails twice and retro once: what now? Nicolaus Reifart 13:45 Spiral Stenting - A Sub-Intimal Neo-Luminal Helix Around a Massively Calcified Ostial Chronic Total Occlusion of the Right Coronary Artery Kambis Mashayekhi 14:00 Up against the brick wall Masahia Yamane 14:15 Complicated RCA retrograde recanalisation in patient after previous CABG Sergey Furkalo 14:30 Bifurcational CTO Treatment George Sianos 14:45 15:15 Coffee Break 15:15 17:30 LIVE CASE INTERVENTION III and more Chair: Alfredo R. Galassi Commentators: Hans Bonnier, Günter Christ, Valeri Ljubenov Gelev, Nikolaus Reifart, Johann Sipötz Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Irene Lang Heinz-Joachim Büttner, Gerhard Kreiner 16:00 16:10 Retrograde experience in Japan Masahisa Yamane 16:45 16:55 Retrograde experience in Europe Alfredo R. Galassi 19:30 22:30 Official dinner www.retroctosummit.eu
: : : Scientific program Day 2 Saturday, 23 April 2016 Venue: Grosser Hörsaal Psychiatrie, Medical University of Vienna 07:30 08:00 Congress registration and welcome coffee 08:00 10:15 LIVE CASE INTERVENTION IV Chair: Dimitrios Karmpaliotis Commentators: Günter Christ, Peter Müller, Sinisa Stojkovic, Gabor Sütsch, Jaroslaw Wójcik Johannes Kastner, Alexander Osiev Bernhard Frey, Gerald Werner 08:45 08:55 Retrograde experience in the US Dimitrios Karmpaliotis 09:30 09:40 Wire techniques in CTO intervention Masahisa Yamane 10:15 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 11:45 NIGHTMARES Real complications cases in cooperation with ECC Conference (www.ecc-conference.com) Chair: Eric Eeckhout Commentators: Andrea Gagnor, Georg Delle-Karth, Jacques Koolen, Alexandr Osiev, Michael Pieper 10:45 - Are you sure that this case is successful? Nenad Božinović 11:00 - Device entrapment and pericardial tamponade during retrograde approach Andrea Gagnor 11:15 - Severe Complication during retrograde CTO PCI Roberto Garbo 11:30 - A case of LM dissection Johannes Kastner 11:45 12:30 Lunch Break The 5th European Live Summit on Retrograde CTO Revascularization
: : : Scientific program Day 2 Saturday, 23 April 2016 Venue: Grosser Hörsaal Psychiatrie, Medical University of Vienna 12:30 14:45 LIVE CASE INTERVENTION V Chair: Roberto Garbo Commentators: Carlo Di Mario, Johannes Kastner, Aigars Lismanis, Johannes Pollak, Jaroslaw Wójcik Irene Lang, George Sianos Alfredo R. Galassi, Bernhard Frey 13:15 13:25 Solutions for when the balloon cannot cross Nicolaus Reifart 14:15 14:25 BVS for CTO how do they perform? Luca Grancini 14:30 14:40 Antegrade vessel preparation in retrograde CTO-PCI Markus Meyer-Gessner 14:45 15:15 Coffee Break 15:15 17:00 RECAP & CONCLUSIONS Chair: George Sianos Commentators: Rudolf Berger, Sinisa Stojkovic 16.00 16:10 How to optimize dose and limit contrast Nicolaus Reifart 16:45 16:55 When is it time to stop? Carlo Di Mario 17:00 Closing remarks Moderators: Alfredo R. Galassi, Johannes Kastner, Irene Lang, George Sianos www.retroctosummit.eu
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