Scientific program

TimelineSession
08:30 - 08:40Welcome
08:40 - 10:30CTO post CABG
Live Case 1: St.Pölten – Mihajlo Kovacic / Konstantin Schwarz
Live case 2: Lahr (GE ) – Myron Zaczkiewicz / TBC

Never again without CT
To balloon or not to balloon a suture?
Dilemmas in acute surgical failure - discussion with surgeons
Let it RIP. A novel life-saving technique
10:30 - 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00Viability and i.c. imaging in CTO

Decision making – Evidence
Viability assessment
CTO in HFrEF - support
Role of i.c. imaging in CTO
12:00 - 13:00CHIP - mechanical circulatory support

When MCS
Which MCS
13:00 - 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00Information from “documented trauma”, HDR, wires, knuckles

Live case 3: St.Pölten – Gregor Leibundgut / Max Will
Live case 4: Cluj-Napoca – Alexandru Achim / Mihai Cocoi
Live Case 5: Oradea – Mihnea Nichita-Brendea / Ferenc Györy

Role of HDR in the contemporary algorithm
Live case discussion panel interactive with participants
16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:15Keynote Speech
TBC
17:15 - 17:45Catch up with all live cases & Wrap-up of Day 1
19:00Networking Dinner
TimelineSession
08:30 - 10:30Large bore access – crossover Techniques

Live Case 6: St.Pölten – Marin Postu / Felix Woitek
Live Case 7: Bratislava – Ludo Baldovsky / TBC

Cross-over and alternatives, incl. shopping list - structural cardiologist approach
Cross-over – interventional radiologist approach
10:30 - 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00The weird and wonderful session

Live case 8: Pardubice – Vojtech Novotny / Ales Kral

PCI in arterial grafts – St. Pölten experience
Guide choice and techniques for anomalous coronary anatomy
Bioadaptors, absorbable scaffolds and DCBs in CTO
13:00 - 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00The day I wanted to give up – my nightmare PCI
4x selected cases
15:00 - 15:30The winner takes it all
Interactive quiz on CHIP PCI for all participants
15:30 - 15:45End and goodbye