2020 Scientific Sessions

Featured Sessions

Advocacy 101
Best Cases at SCAI 2020
Cases Over Cocktails
Cindy L. Grines, MD, MSCAI Presidential Inauguration and Member Induction, FSCAI & MSCAI Recognition
Transition of Leadership
David A. Cox, M.D., MSCAI, Cindy L. Grines, M.D., MSCAI, Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
Presidential Address
Cindy L. Grines, M.D., MSCAI
Member Induction, FSCAI & MSCAI Recognition
Jeffrey J. Cavendish, M.D.
COVID-19 and Mechanical Circulatory Support
COVID-19 Session: Perspectives From the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Perspectives From China and South Korea
Shao-Liang Chen Sr., M.D., Ph.D.
Perspectives From Italy
Alaide Chieffo, M.D.
NYC Experience
Ajay J. Kirtane, M.D., FSCAI
Case Selection During COVID: Who Should Head to the Cath Lab?
Santiago Garcia, M.D., FSCAI
STEMI Management and Algorithms
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
Mechanical Support During COVID-19
Perwaiz M. Meraj, M.D., FSCAI
COVID is Over…Testing…How to Resume Elective Cases
Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD, FSCAI
Featured Clinical Research
A Telemedicine-Based STEMI Network that Encompasses 100 Million Patients - Latin America Telemedicine Infarct Network (LATIN) and Public Good
Sameer Mehta, M.D.
Safety and Efficacy of the Biodegradable-Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stent vs.Durable-Polymer Drug-Eluting Stents in High-Risk Patients Undergoing PCI: Insights From the TWILIGHT Trial
Usman Baber, M.D.
Reduction of Revascularizations in Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia With Icosapent Ethyl: Insights From REDUCE-IT REVASC
Benjamin E Peterson, M.D.
Autologous CD34 Cell Therapy for Treatment of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Angina and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries
Timothy D. Henry, M.D., MSCAI
Outcomes with Intermediate Left Main Disease on Coronary CT Angiography in the ISCHEMIA Trial (ISCHEMIA Intermediate LM Substudy)
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FSCAI
Optical Coherence Tomography Measures Predicting Fractional Flow Reserve: The OMEF Study
Rocco Vergallo, M.D.
Strict Versus No Fasting Prior to Cardiac Catheterization: A Prospective Evaluation of Safety and Clinical Outcomes: Can We Safely Have Our Patients Eat With Cardiac Catheterization— Nix or Allow: The CHOW NOW Study
Abhishek Mishra, M.D.
PCI Management of Complex Anatomic Subsets
Approach to Bifurcations: Decision-Making
Jason R. Wollmuth, MD, FSCAI
Management of Coronary Fistulas and Aneurysms: Plug It, Coil It, or Leave It!
Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, M.D., FSCAI
PCI in the Setting of Tortuous Anatomy
Farouc A. Jaffer, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
Case-Based Algorithm: Difficult Stent Delivery
Jennifer A. Tremmel, M.D., FSCAI
Zero Contrast PCI
Ziad A. Ali, M.D., Ph.D.
Complex Robotic PCI
William L. Lombardi, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Clinical Documents
The Best of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2019
CCI 2019 Update, Milestones, and Future
Steven R. Bailey, M.D., MSCAI
Best New Concepts in Interventional Cardiology: A Unified Definition of Cardiogenic Shock: Introducing the SCAI SHOCK Classification System
Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI
Best Valvular Heart Disease: Percutaneous Edge‐to‐Edge Mitral Valve Repair May Rescue Select Patients in Cardiogenic Shock: Findings From a Single-Center Case Series
John D. Carroll, M.D.
Best Paper in Peripheral Vascular Disease: Primary Outcomes and Mechanism of Action of Intravascular Lithotripsy in Calcified, Femoropopliteal Lesions: Results of Disrupt PAD II
Alexandra J. Lansky, M.D., MSCAI
Best Pediatric Paper Association Between Patient Age at Implant and Outcomes After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the Multicenter Melody Valve Trials
Aimee K. Armstrong, M.D., FSCAI
Highest-Rated New Content: Hemodynamic Rounds: Hemodynamics of Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Morton J. Kern, M.D., MSCAI
Welcome by 2020 Scientific Sessions Program Chair Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI and Presidential Address by Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FSCAI, President 2019– 2020