Innovations In Interventions

Innovations In Interventions
from Valves Replacement
to Plaque Remodelling

LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital

Friday October 25, 2019
Saturday October 26, 2019



This event is being rescheduled. New dates will be communicated in due time.

Program

Earn CME Credits | Free Registration

Friday, October 25, 2019

15:30 - 19:00

Sessions held at LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital

Industry-Sponsored Workshop: 3D &Amp; 4D Echocardiography

19:30 - 20:30

Session held at Le Gabriel - Sofitel Hotel

Pre-symposium Lecture:
Chairman: Georges Ghanem, MD
Speakers: Samir Alam, MD - Antoine Sarkis, MD

  • Plaque Remodeling, Pill Before Wire

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Sessions held at LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital

08:00 - 8:30 Registration and Breakfast
 08:30 - 9:00   

 Opening Ceremony:

Georges Ghanem, MD
Chairman, LAU Innovations in Interventions symposium

Michel Mawad, MD
Dean, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Joseph Jabbra, PhD
President, Lebanese American University

 Career Recognition Award:

   Malek Mohamad, MD
   President, Lebanese Society of Cardiology

Session I: Aortic Valve Interventions
Chairmen: Samir Alam, MD - Antoine Sarkis, MD

09:00 - 09:10  TAVI in Lebanon: Important Milestones and Overview
Georges Ghanem, MD
09:10 - 09:35

TAVI: Where are We Heading To? Fast Track and Fast Innovations
John Webb, MD

09:35 - 10:00 Valvular Heart Interventions, From Innovations to Guidelines
Murat Tuzcu, MD
10:00 - 10:15 Q&A session
Session II: TAVI Club: Clinical Cases

Chairmen: Georges Ghanem, MD - Ziyad Ghazzal, MD
Panelists: Flavio Ribichini, MD - Murat Tuzcu, MD - John Webb, MD

10:15 - 11:30 Predicting Challenge and Unpredictable Complications
  • Angioplasty After TAVI: Tips and Tricks with Different Valves
    Flavio Ribichini, MD
  • LVOT Challenges: Massive Calcification, HOCM
    Fadi Sawaya, MD
  • VIV: Should we Fracture the Ring?
    Antonio Frangieh, MD
  • Valve Dislodgement: What to Do & What Not to Do?
    Fadi Sawaya, MD
  • Bicuspid Valve: Tips and Tricks
    Antonio Frangieh, MD
11:30- 12:00      Coffee Break

Session III: Mitral and Tricuspid Valves Intervention
Chairmen: Rabih Azar, MD - Omar Hamoui, MD -  Claude Semaan, MD

12:00 - 12:15 Trans-septal Catheterization: From Basics to Advanced Structural Interventions
Georges Ghanem, MD
12:15 - 12:45 Percutaneous Mitral Regurgitation Repair: Complex Anatomy, Different Disease, Same Solutions?
WebEx Talk by Gilbert Tang, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC, FACC
12:45 - 13:15 TMVI, from VIV to Dock-Plus-Valve
John Webb, MD
13:15 - 13:30 Q&A Session
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

Session IV: Keynote Lecture
Chairmen: Malek Mohamad, MD - Wassef Karrowni, MD - Walid Tarcha, MD

14:30 - 15:00 TAVI: Are all Valves the Same? One Valve fits all?
John Webb, MD
15:00 - 15:15 Q&A Session
15:15 - 15:30  Coffee Break
Session V: Innovative Tools in Plaque Imaging and Plaque Remodeling in the Catheterization Lab

Chairmen: Fadi Abou Jaoudeh, MD - Mohamad Dbouk, MD - Charbel Naim, MD

15:30 - 15:55 Intravascular Ultrasound vs. OCT: Matching Tools and Specific Situations
Emile Mehanna, MD
15:55 - 16:20 Coronary Physiology: FFR, IFR, FFRCT; Impact on Outcome
Samir Alam, MD
16:20 - 16:45 Coronary Calcium Modification: Rotational Atherectomy, Orbital or Balloon Atherectomy
Flavio Ribichini, MD
 
16:45 - 17:00 Q&A Session