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2020 Scientific Sessions: Alphabetical Content Listing
#SafeFemoral
Complication of Femoral Access: Case Presentation
Abdallah El Sabbagh, M.D.
Contemporary Techniques for Transfemoral Access Approach
Yader B. Sandoval, M.D., FSCAI
Debate: Learn Good Femoral
Duane S. Pinto, M.D., M.P.H., FSCAI
Debate: Radial or Bust
Ian C. Gilchrist Sr., MSCAI, MSCAI
Vascular Closure and Hemostasis for Routine Transfemoral Cases
Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, M.D., FSCAI
A Healthy and Diverse Cath Lab: Charles Chambers Memorial Symposium
Dedication to Dr. Chambers
Robert J. Applegate, M.D.
Implicit Bias
Khanjan Shah, MD
Innovative Approaches for Radiation Safety in the Cath Lab
Paul Fiorilli, M.D., FSCAI
Recruiting Women in Interventional Cardiology: What Is Needed?
Sarah Zaman, M.D.
SCAI Position Statement on Occupational Health Hazards of the Cath Lab: Shifting the Paradigm for Healthcare Workers' Protection
Lloyd W. Klein, M.D.
Successful Team Building in the Cath Lab: Aligning Members for Optimal Performance
Kirk N. Garratt, M.D., MSCAI
ACHD Starts Young
Debate: Con— My Six-Year-Old Soccer-Playing Niece Has a Fenestrated Fontan: Should It Be Closed? What Could Happen Down the Road?
Debate: Pro— My Six-Year-Old Soccer-Playing Niece Has a Fenestrated Fontan: Should It Be Closed? What Could Happen Down the Road?
Daniel S. Levi, M.D., FSCAI
Rebuttal: Con
Rebuttal: Pro
Daniel S. Levi, M.D., FSCAI
Acute and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Disease
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for CTEPH: Where Are We Now?
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
How Should We Treat High-Risk PE in 2020?
Andrew J. Klein, M.D., FSCAI
How to Perform and Interpret a Pulmonary Arteriogram: Step-by-Step
Lawrence Ang, M.D., FSCAI
How to Perform Catheter-Based Embolectomy: Step by Step (Large- and Small-Bore Embolectomy)
Wissam A Jaber, M.D., FSCAI
How to Perform CDT: Step by Step
Tai Kobayashi, M.D., FSCAI
Which Intermediate Risk Patients Should Receive Advanced Therapies for PE?
Jay S. Giri, MD, FSCAI
Advocacy 101
How Government Regulates Healthcare
Dr. Andrew Michael Goldsweig, MD, MS, FSCAI
How to Be Heard by Your Legislators and Your Community
Joaquin E. Cigarroa, M.D., MSCAI
Key Issues for SCAI: Physician Workforce, NIH Funding, and CMS Payment Models
Michael N. Young, MD, FSCAI
Key Issues for SCAI: Prior Authorization, Step Therapy, and Surprise Billing
Andrew J. Klein, M.D., FSCAI
Advocacy in Interventional Cardiology: Joseph Babb Memorial Symposium
Debate: AUC Is a Pain in the ** With Limited/No Clinical Utility
Paul Teirstein, MD, MSCAI
Dedication to Dr. Babb
Barry F. Uretsky, M.D., MSCAI
How New Procedures Are Assigned RVUs
James C. Blankenship, M.D., MSCAI
The FDA Approval Process for New Devices
Roxana Mehran, M.D., MSCAI
Algorithms for Challenging Cath Lab Scenarios: A Case-Based Approach
Dual vs. Triple Therapy in Patients Requiring PCI and Oral Anticoagulation
Dharam J. Kumbhani, M.D., FSCAI
The Role of Coronary Revascularization in a Patient With Active Malignancy
Louis P. Kohl, M.D., FSCAI
The Role of IABP in 2020 and Beyond
Thomas Koshy, M.D.
What to Do: A Patient With a Recent Stroke Needing PCI
Luke K Kim, M.D., FSCAI
What to Do: Cardiogenic Shock in a Patient With Severe PAD
Rajiv Tayal, M.D.
Aorto-Illiac Disease: Case-Based Approach
How to Safely Intervene in Grafts and Bypasses
Jay S. Mathews, MD, MS, FSCAI
My Algorithm for Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease
Larry J. Diaz, M.D.
My Toughest Iliac Intervention
Brian C Kolski, MD
Strategies for Aorto-Iliac CTO Crossing
Ethan C. Korngold, M.D., FSCAI
Best Cases at SCAI 2020
A Case of Paradoxical Coronary Vasospasm
Aviral Vij, M.D, MSc, FSCAI
Inferior STEMI From Acute Saphenous Vein Graft Thrombosis With Successful Retrograde Recanalization of Native Right Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion
Sehrish Memon, M.D.
Seeing With the Mind's Eye: Zero Contrast High-Risk PCI
Salman A. Arain, MD, FSCAI
Single Access for Mechanical Circulatory Support and Left Main Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiogenic Shock
Kris Kumar, DO, MSc
Transseptal AngioVac Debulking of Mitral Valve Endocarditis
Tharmathai Thammi Ramanan, M.D.
Best Complex Structural Cases
A Less Invasive Approach to Left Ventricular Enhancement to Treat Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Anterior Scar
Peter S. Fail, M.D., FSCAI
Building Walls...The Right Way: Securing of a Pseudoaneurysm Device With Valve in Valve TAVR
Ruchir Patel
Less Invasive May Be Best: Diagnostic Implications Of a Transseptal Biopsy In a Young Male With a Left Atrial Mass
Aman Gupta, MD
Repositioning of Bioprosthetic Valve Using Snare Technique in TAVR for Severe Aortic Regurgitation
Mary Potkonjak
Successful Endovascular Retrieval from Left Atrium of G4 NTW Mitraclip in Open Position After Unexpected Detachment from Delivery Mandril With Only Lock Line Attached
Paul Dennis Mahoney, M.D., FSCAI
Best Coronary Complications Cases
Post Heart Transplantation Coronary Artery Fistulaand Coronary Artery Aneurysm Successfully Managed with the Implantation of Covered Stents
Felipe Valle
Retrograde Left Circumflex CTO PCI Through an SVG: Deflection Technique, DK-Crush, and Occlusion of the SVG
Michael S Megaly, M.D., FSCAI
Stuck in Reverse: A Confusing Case of Failure to Withdraw a Wire into a Micro-Catheter
Basem Elbarouni, M.B.B.S.
Vascular Team Approach in Dealing with Unstable Angina With ULMCA Disease, Bilateral Subclavian Stenosis and Limb Threatening Ischemia Dependent on Winslow’s Pathway
Mariam S Baig, MD
Best Peripheral Complications Cases
Endovascular Stenting for Superior Vena Cava Occlusion Secondary to Postradiation Fibrosis
Mohammad Thawabi, M.D.
Extension of Pulmonary Embolus Despite Anticoagulation: A Case of Tumor Thrombi in Metastatic Chondrosarcoma
Nathalie Antonios, MD
Loss of Flow on VVA ECMO: Mechanical Thrombectomy of Clot Surrounding Drainage Cannula
Sergio Alberto Montano Jr., MD
Multimodal Approach to the Treatment of Complex Iliocaval Thromboses Presenting as Bilateral Pulmonary Emboli in a Patient With May-Thurner Syndrome
Sara Samaan, MD
Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Bifurcation Intervention to the Subclavian and Internal Mammary Arteries
Steffne J Kunnirickal, MD
Best of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
Best Original Paper: Coronary Interventions
Habib Samady, M.D. FACC FSCAI, FSCAI
Best Original Paper: Peripheral Interventions
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, D.O., MPH, PhD, FSCAI
Best Original Paper: Structural Heart Disease
Vasilis C. Babaliaros, M.D.
JACC and JACC-INTV 2019 Statistics, Updates, and Best Young Author Papers
David J. Moliterno, M.D.
Best of Quality Tip-of-the-Month
Tips and Tricks: Aorto-ostial Coronary Lesions
Huu Tam D. Truong, M.D., FSCAI
Tips and Tricks: Left Radial Arterial Access
Kwan Seung Lee, M.D., FSCAI
Tips and Tricks: Management of In-Stent Restenosis
Cesar A. Jara, M.D., FSCAI
Tips and Tricks: STEMI PCI
Suresh R. Mulukutla, M.D.
CHD Community Forum
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Work Group Update
Howaida El-Said, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
AngioAtlas
Renelle S George, M.D.
CPT Coding for CHD Catheterizations
Sergio Bartakian, M.D.
Online Learning Working Group Update
Nasser Moiduddin, M.D., FSCAI
PICES Update
Ryan M. Callahan, M.D., FSCAI
Resource Allocation and Decision Making for Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Shyam K. Sathanandam, M.D., FSCAI
CHD Late Breaking Science
One-Year Results From the COMPASSION S3 Trial: Treatment of Patients With a Dysfunctional Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) Conduit or Previously Implanted Pulmonic Valve With the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve
Vasilis C. Babaliaros, M.D.
Primary Outcomes of the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Pivotal Trial
John P. Cheatham, M.D.
The Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve: 10-Year Outcomes in the Original US Investigational Device Exemption Trial Cohort
Thomas K. Jones, M.D., MSCAI
COVID-19 Session: Perspectives From the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Case Selection During COVID: Who Should Head to the Cath Lab?
Santiago Garcia, MD, FSCAI
COVID is Over…Testing…How to Resume Elective Cases
Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD, FSCAI
Mechanical Support During COVID-19
Perwaiz M. Meraj, M.D., FSCAI
NYC Experience
Ajay J. Kirtane, M.D., FSCAI
Perspectives From China and South Korea
Shao-Liang Chen Sr., M.D., Ph.D., MSCAI
Perspectives From Italy
Alaide Chieffo, M.D.
STEMI Management and Algorithms
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
COVID-19 and Mechanical Circulatory Support
COVID Patients We Took to the Cath Lab, and the Ones We Didn’t: Changing Operations in the Cath Lab
Binita Shah, M.D., M.S., FSCAI
Critical Care Caveats With COVID Patients: Ventilation, Isolation, and Potential Treatments
Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD
Managing Cardiogenic and Combined Shock in COVID Patients
David A. Baran, M.D., FSCAI
Cardiogenic Shock
Deep Dive Into ECMO
Aravinda Nanjundappa, M.B.B.S., FSCAI
Deep Dive Into LV Support
Daniel Burkhoff, M.D., PhD
Deep Dive Into RV Support
Babar B Basir, DO, FSCAI
Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Is In: Now What?
Sandeep Nathan, M.D., FSCAI
Timing and Completeness of Revascularization in Cardiogenic Shock
Holger Thiele, MD
Understanding the Right Heart Cath in Shock: Which Device and When?
Behnam N. Tehrani, M.D.
Cardiovascular Professionals Symposium: Antithrombotic Pharmacology
Antithrombotic Therapy Post-TAVR
Howard C. Herrmann, M.D., MSCAI
Cangrelor: Friend or Foe— Not the CHAMPION We Hoped For
James Coons, PharmD
Cangrelor: Friend or Foe—Antiplatelet Game-Changer
Steven Dunn, PharmD
Considerations With Impella Device Anticoagulation
Craig J. Beavers
Reversing Course: Managing Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Bleeding in the Peri-PCI Period
Paul P Dobesh, PharmD
Thinning the Evidence: SAPT vs. DAPT Post-PCI
Shannon Finks, PharmD
Cardiovascular Professionals Symposium: Growing a Structural Heart Program
How Are We Doing? Quality Metrics and Registries
Andrea Price
Keep Them Coming: Maintaining a Referral Base
Mohammad M. Ansari, MD, FSCAI
Team Sport: Creating the Heart Team and Establishing a New Program
Janet Fredal Wyman, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, AACC
Cardiovascular Professionals Symposium: Hemodynamics and SHOCK
Case Studies: Hemodynamics and Shock
Morton J. Kern, M.D., MSCAI
Hemodynamic Support Options for Cardiogenic Shock
George W. Vetrovec, M.D., MSCAI
Left vs. Right Heart Cardiogenic Shock: What Are the Hemodynamics?
Jeff Jeff Davis, RCIS
Medical Treatment Options for Cardiogenic Shock: When Is It Time to Escalate to Mechanical Support?
Chris Domenico
Normal Cardiovascular Hemodynamics
Cathy Graham, R.N., M.S.N., M.B.A.
SCAI Classification of Cardiogenic Shock
David A. Baran, M.D., FSCAI
Carotid Artery Disease (CEA/Stenting/Medical Therapy)
Radial to Carotid: Ready for Prime Time?
Muhammad J. Ansari, M.D., FSCAI
Case-Based Approach to SFA (Superficial Femoral Artery)
Is It Time for Common Femoral Intervention?
Sasanka Jayasuriya, M.D., FSCAI
Paclitaxel in the SFA: Which Patients, What Form, and When?
Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, FSCAI
Radial to SFA: Step by Step
Alexander G. Truesdell, M.D., FSCAI
Strategies for Severely Calcified Lesions
Sahil A. Parikh, MD, FSCAI
Cases Over Cocktails
Inferior STEMI From Acute Saphenous Vein Graft Thrombosis With Successful Retrograde Recanalization of Native Right Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion
Sehrish Memon, M.D.
Stuck in Reverse: A Confusing Case of Failure to Withdraw a Wire into a Micro-Catheter
Basem Elbarouni, M.B.B.S.
Cath Conference: Case-Based Discussion
Claudication: Should I Have Treated This One Medically?
Frank J. Arena, M.D., FSCAI
Long SFA Occlusion: Why This Access?
Subhash Banerjee, M.D., FSCAI
Should I Use a DCB here?
Brandon Jones, M.D.
Was This Really an Ischemic Wound?
JP P. Reilly, M.D., FSCAI
When 20 ATM Just Isn’t Enough: The Nondilatable SFA Lesion
Mitul P. Patel, M.D., FSCAI
Which Way to the Foot? Navigating Popliteal Occlusions
Sasanka Jayasuriya, M.D., FSCAI
Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO): Current Approaches
Antegrade Strategies
Michael Luna, M.D.
CTO PCI: Global Expert Consensus
Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., FSCAI
Retrograde Strategies
William J. Nicholson, M.D.
Uncrossable and/or Undilatable Lesions
Allison Barbara Hall, M.D., FSCAI
Cindy L. Grines, MD, MSCAI Presidential Inauguration and Member Induction, FSCAI & MSCAI Recognition
Member Induction, FSCAI & MSCAI Recognition
Jeffrey J. Cavendish, M.D.
Presidential Address
Cindy L. Grines, M.D., MSCAI
Complication Management
Case-Based Algorithm: Abrupt Vessel Closure— TIMI Zero to Hero
Ronald P. Caputo, M.D., MSCAI
Case-Based Algorithm: Cardiac Arrest in the Cath Lab
Jay Bagai, M.D., FSCAI
Case-Based Algorithm: Left Main and Aortic Dissection
Duane S. Pinto, M.D., M.P.H., FSCAI
Case-Based Algorithm: Lost or Stuck Equipment—Tips and Tricks
Craig A. Thompson, M.D.
Case-Based Algorithm: Perforation Management
Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., FSCAI
Case-Based Algorithm: Stent Under Expansion
Kevin J. Croce, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
Congenital Heart Disease Cases
Closure of a Mustard Baffle Leak With an Aortic Stent Graft: An Innovative Way to Treat Intracardiac Shunt
Ayaaz K Sachedina, MD, FRCPC
Diffuse Arterial Spasm in a Young Patient With Turner Syndrome During Transcatheter Aortic Valve-in-Valve Replacement
Sanchtiha Guruchandrasekar
Extreme Distortion of the Aorta
Nasser Moiduddin, M.D., FSCAI
Surgical Shunts Causing Circular Shunt: An Approach to Management
Manu Varma
Congenital Heart Disease Oral Abstracts - Focus on the Patent Arterial Duct
Advanced CT Imaging Aids Neonatal PDA Stenting for Ductal-Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow With Reduction in Overall Procedural Morbidity
Yousef Arar, M.D.
Effect of Intravenous Calcium Administration During Transcatheter PDA Closure in ELBW Infants.
Neil C Tailor, M.D.
Fate of the Left Pulmonary Artery and Thoracic Aorta After Transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants
Dor Markush, MD
Percutaneous Axillary Artery Access Facilitates Complex Cardiac Procedures in Children
Bassel Mohammad Nijres, M.D., FSCAI
Transcatheter Closure of PDA Compared to Surgical Ligation in Premature Neonates: Clinical Outcomes and Cost Comparison
Hitesh Agrawal, MD, MBA, FSCAI
Transcatheter PDA Occlusion in VLBW Infants: Development of an Intraprocedural and Transportation Safety Protocol for Homeostasis
Frank F. Ing, M.D., MSCAI
Utility of Post-Procedural Carotid Ultrasound Surveillance in Infants Undergoing Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting via Carotid Artery Access
Eric Vincent Mittelstaedt, MD
Controversy! Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Debate: TAVR for the Young—Principle of Beneficence: It Is Not in Their Best Interest!
Michael J. Reardon, MD
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)
ABCs of Perfusion and Wound-Care Assessment
Matthew C. Bunte, M.D., FSCAI
Atherectomy, PTA, and DES: When and How
Andrew J. Klein, M.D., FSCAI
Crossing Tibial CTOs: My Tools and Techniques
Jun Li, M.D., FSCAI
How to Build a CLI Practice
Carlos I. Mena-Hurtado, M.D., FSCAI
What Constitutes the Basic Training for Advanced CLI Care?
Beau M. Hawkins, M.D., FSCAI
Cutting-Edge Medical Therapy for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Anticoagulation for VTE: How Long?
Geoffrey Barnes, M.D.
COMPASS: Show Us the Way for Medical Management of PAD
Faisal Latif, M.D., FSCAI
PEGASUS: Medical Management of PAD
Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH
Emerging Technologies in the Peripheral Space
AI in the Peripheral Suite
Partha Sardar, M.D.
IVL for PAD and Vascular Access
Ethan C. Korngold, M.D., FSCAI
Treatments for Refractory Hypertension: Renal Denervation
Tai Kobayashi, M.D., FSCAI
Essential Skills for the Structuralist
Current and Future Training for the Structural Proceduralist
Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, PHD, MSCAI
Large Bore Access, Management, and Reducing Vascular Complications
William M. Suh, M.D.
Surgeon's Skills in Transcatheter Valve Therapy
Melissa Levack, M.D.
Transcatheter Heart Rails
Daniel Abraham Feldman, M.D.
Transseptal Puncture: Facilitating the Procedure and Staying Out of Trouble
Anita W. Asgar, M.D., 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.
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
Optical Coherence Tomography Measures Predicting Fractional Flow Reserve: The OMEF Study
Rocco Vergallo, M.D.
Outcomes with Intermediate Left Main Disease on Coronary CT Angiography in the ISCHEMIA Trial (ISCHEMIA Intermediate LM Substudy)
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FSCAI
Reduction of Revascularizations in Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia With Icosapent Ethyl: Insights From REDUCE-IT REVASC
Benjamin E Peterson, 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.
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.
Fundamentals of PFO Therapy
Clinical Trial Data Update and Patient Selection
Sridevi R. Pitta, M.D., FSCAI
Harnessing the Power of Social Media
Advancing Interventional Techniques via Social Media
Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI
The Don'ts of Social Media
M Chadi Alraies, MD, FSCAI
The Power of Social Media for Professional Development
Poonam Velagapudi, MD MS, FSCAI
High-Risk and Complex PCI
Decision-Making for High-Risk and Complex PCI (Non-Shock)
Ajay J. Kirtane, M.D., FSCAI
PCI in SCAD
Jacqueline Saw, M.D., FSCAI
Saphenous Vein Graft (SVG) Interventions: When and How?
Ahmed Magdy, MD, PhD, FACC, FRCP, FESC, MSCAI
What Is High-Risk and Complex PCI and What Training Do I Need?
Sanjog Kalra, M.D.
How the Guidelines Apply to Real Life: Case Based
Case 1: Aortoiliac Intervention Case
Zaher Fanari, M.D., FSCAI
Case 1: Guideline Based Management
Subhash Banerjee, M.D., FSCAI
Case 2: Guideline Based Management
Dmitriy N. Feldman, M.D., FSCAI
Case 2: SFA Intervention Case
Michael N. Young, MD, FSCAI
Case 3: Guideline Based Management
Bruce H. Gray, DO
Hypercoagulability and Antithrombotic Recommendations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Case: Thrombotic and Thromboembolic Cardiac Complications, The European Experience
Alaide Chieffo, M.D.
Case: Thrombotic and Thromboembolic Cardiac Complications, The U.S. Experience
Binita Shah, M.D., M.S., FSCAI
Identifying Patients at Risk, Prophylaxis and Management of Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Events
Geoffrey Barnes, M.D.
Potential Mechanisms of COVID Hypercoagulopathy
Joshua Beckman, MD, MSc
Unintended Consequences of Stay-at-Home Orders: Cardiac Events in Non-COVID Patients
Cindy L. Grines, M.D., MSCAI
Imaging: When and How? And What Am I Looking At?
Case Based Algorithm: IVUS
Rishi Puri, M.D., PhD
How to Effectively Use OCT
Ziad A. Ali, M.D., Ph.D.
Moving Toward Zero TLR: The Case for More Imaging in PCI and How to Get There
Akiko Maehara, M.D.
Interventional Cardio-Oncology
Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cancer Patients: Special Considerations
Cezar A. Iliescu, MD, FSCAI
Interventional Onco-Cardiology: Real-Life Experience in the No-Guideline Territory
Sara Cecilia Martinez, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
Large Data Role in Interventional Onco-Cardiology: Validate Old Paths, Map New Paths, or Both?
Mamas A. Mamas, M.D., FRCP, FSCAI
Pericardiocentesis: A Guide on How to Make It Safe in All Patients
Nicolas Palaskas, MD
Platelet Count, Platelet Function (Thrombelastogram): Role and Limitations in Cancer Patients Undergoing Coronary Procedures
Konstantinos Charitakis, MD, FSCAI
Stent Healing and Its Role in Premature DAPT Discontinuation in Cancer Patients
Erin Fender, M.D.
Structural Procedures: TAVR, the New Standard for Cancer Patients
Cezar A. Iliescu, MD, FSCAI
Updates in Interventional Onco-Cardiology
Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD, MBA, FSCAI
Interventional Life, Part I: How To
How to Ace Your First Talk
Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA, FSCAI
How to Become SCAI Meeting Chair
Dmitriy N. Feldman, M.D., FSCAI
How to Become SCAI President
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
How to Focus
Yader B. Sandoval, M.D., FSCAI
How to Get a Good Start
Marvin H. Eng, M.D., FSCAI
How to Work With Industry
Steven J. Yakubov, M.D., MSCAI
Interventional Life, Part II: Getting Things Done
Must-Read Books on Personal Productivity
Abdallah El Sabbagh, M.D.
Networking and Social Media
David Lee Fischman, M.D.
Time Management
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI
Intravenous Platelet Inhibition in PCI: Case-Based Look at Expanding Applications
Case with Panel Discussion: PCI in Complex Stable CAD
Matthew J. Price, MD
COVID-19-Related Coagulopathies
Luis Gruberg, M.D.
IV Antiplatelet Therapy in the ICU: A When-to-and-How-to Guide in the Era of COVID
Perwaiz M. Meraj, M.D., FSCAI
IV Platelet Inhibition in Cardiogenic Shock: When to Use and for How Long?
Timothy D. Henry, M.D., MSCAI
The Data for IV Platelet Inhibition in High-risk Patients: Which Patients Benefit the Most?
Roxana Mehran, M.D., MSCAI
Keys for a Successful Left Atrial Appendage Program
Antithrombotic Therapy and Surveillance Post-LAAC
Jacqueline Saw, M.D., FSCAI
Complications With LAAC and Management
Matthew James Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
New Devices: Advantages in Novel Designs and Status
Matthew J. Price, MD
Update on Key Clinical Trials and Ongoing RCT
Saibal Kar, M.D., FSCAI
LDL Management for the Interventionalist
LDL Management: Guideline Recommendations
Michael H. Davidson, MD
Lipid Lowering in the COVID Era
Thomas Knickelbine, M.D.
PCSK-9 Inhibition: Clinical Trial Data
Payal Kohli, MD
The Impact of PCSK-9 Inhibition of Coronary Plaque: GLAGOV and Beyond
Subhash Banerjee, M.D., FSCAI
Learning From the Past
Help From Registry Data: How Are They Set Up?
Daisuke Kobayashi, MD, MPH, FSCAI
Predicting Complications
David G. Nykanen, M.D., FSCAI
The Impact of IMPACT
John W. Moore, M.D.
Left Atrial Occlusion and PFO Closure - Clinical Update
Left Atrial Occlusion: Update on Key Clinical Trials
Saibal Kar, M.D., FSCAI
PFO 2020: Where Do We Stand
John D. Carroll, M.D.
Left Main Strategies
Contemporary Two-Stent Techniques: Step by Step
Shao-Liang Chen Sr., M.D., Ph.D., MSCAI
How to Perform an Imaging-Guided LM PCI: Case-Based
Robert F. Riley, M.D., FSCAI
Left Main Bifurcation PCI: Which Technique for Which Morphology
Goran Stankovic, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
Lessons From the EXCEL Trial
Gregg W. Stone, M.D.
Left Main Strategies
Contemporary Two-Stent Techniques: Step by Step
David E. Kandzari, M.D., MSCAI
Lessons From the EXCEL Trial
Gregg W. Stone, M.D.
Lessons from the ISCHEMIA Trial
Can PCI for Stable CAD Prevent Spontaneous MI?
Kirk N. Garratt, M.D., MSCAI
Does ISCHEMIA Change Current Practice for PCI in Stable CAD?
Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI
Findings of the ISCHEMIA-CKD Study
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FSCAI
Overview of the ISCHEMIA Trial Results
Gregg W. Stone, M.D.
Management of Calcified Lesions: Atherectomy and Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL)
Laser: Advanced Techniques
Kevin J. Croce, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
Orbital: Advanced Techniques
Dr. Prashant Kaul, M.D., FSCAI
Rotational: Advanced Techniques
Deepak Kapoor, M.D.
Management of Complex Coronary Lesions—Optimizing cPCI in a Dynamic Environment
Case Introduction
M Chadi Alraies, MD, FSCAI
Case Resolution
M Chadi Alraies, MD, FSCAI
Indications and Rationale for Hemodynamic Support in Complex Coronary Lesions
David E. Kandzari, M.D., MSCAI
The Importance of Intracoronary Imaging in the Treatment of Complex and Calcified Lesions
Kate Kearney, M.D., FSCAI
The Role of Atherectomy in the Management of Severely Calcified Lesions
Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI
Management of the cPCI Patient: CTO, Bifurcations, and High Bleeding Risk
Complex Bifurcations: Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting
Mitul P. Patel, M.D., FSCAI
CTO PCI: Common Difficult Scenarios and How I Troubleshoot
Arasi Maran, M.D., FSCAI
High Bleeding Risk Patients Undergoing PCI: How I Assess and Treat to Optimize Outcomes
Robert W. Yeh, M.D., FSCAI
Mullin's Lecture
Mullins Lecture: Interventional Catheter Laboratories in Developing Countries: Open Mind and Supportive Philosophy
Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi, M.D.
Oh My Goodness: Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Cath Lab Therapies
Lourdes R. Prieto, M.D., FSCAI
What Are the Outcomes? Are We Helping or Hurting?
Rachel Vanderlaan, M.D.
What Trouble Can We Get Into?
Athar M. Qureshi, M.D., FSCAI, FSCAI
Oh My! Obstruction and Rupture
My Obstruction: Rupture Toolbox
Damien Kenny, M.D., FSCAI
Oh My! I Tore the Aorta
Ziyad M. Hijazi, M.D., MSCAI
Oh My! I Tore the Pulmonary Artery
Aimee K. Armstrong, M.D., FSCAI
Oh My! Where Am I?
Christopher J. Petit, M.D., FSCAI
Oops! How to Stay Out of Trouble: A Primer on Complications
Are We OK? CoA Stenting
Shabana Shahanavaz, M.B.B.S.
Are We OK? PDA Stenting
Howaida El-Said, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI
Are We OK?: RVOT Stenting
Rajiv R Chaturvedi, M.D.
The Cath Lab Environment and Procedure Management
Henri Justino, M.D., FSCAI
What Went Wrong: PA Stenting
Brian H. Morray, M.D., FSCAI
Other Stuff That Does Not Go Well
Cathing on ECMO?
Gareth J. Morgan, M.B.B.S., FSCAI
Creating a Hole: What Could Go Wrong?
Alejandro J. Torres, M.D., FSCAI
PCI Management of Complex Anatomic Subsets
Approach to Bifurcations: Decision-Making
Jason R. Wollmuth, MD, FSCAI
Case-Based Algorithm: Difficult Stent Delivery
Jennifer A. Tremmel, M.D., FSCAI
Complex Robotic PCI
Bill L. Lombardi, M.D., 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
Zero Contrast PCI
Ziad A. Ali, M.D., Ph.D.
Paravalvular Regurgitation: Plug the Hole!
Challenging Cases and Complications
Sameer A. Gafoor, M.D., FSCAI
Indications for PVL Closure and Imaging
Sridevi R. Pitta, M.D., FSCAI
Peripheral Vascular Interventions: How the Guidelines Apply to Real Life
Case 1: Aorto-iliac Intervention Case
Sasanka Jayasuriya, M.D., FSCAI
Case 1: Guideline-based Management
Ehrin J. Armstrong, M.D.
Case 2: Guideline-based Management
Andrew J. Klein, M.D., FSCAI
Case 2: SFA Intervention Case
Beau M. Hawkins, M.D., FSCAI
Case 3: Guideline-based Management
Sahil A. Parikh, MD, FSCAI
Case 3: Renal Intervention Case
Bruce H. Gray, DO
Peripheral Vascular Interventions: State Of the Art
Algorithm for SFA Treatment and Crossing
Larry J. Diaz, M.D.
Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Therapy in PAD
Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., MSCAI
IVL for PAD and Vascular Access
Ethan C. Korngold, M.D., FSCAI
Medical Therapy vs CEA vs CAS in 2020
William Anthony Gray, M.D., MSCAI
My Algorithm for Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, D.O., MPH, PhD, FSCAI
Novel Treatments for Hypertension: Renal Denervation
David E. Kandzari, M.D., MSCAI
Paclitaxel in SFA: Which Patients, What Form, and When?
Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, FSCAI
Physiology-Guided PCI
Advanced FFR and iFR: Left Main, Serial Lesions, and PCI Optimization
Allen Jeremias, M.D., FSCAI
Assessment of Microvascular Angina and Syndrome X in the Cath Lab
Sheila Sahni, M.D.
FFR Angio and FFR-CT
Morton J. Kern, M.D., MSCAI
Planning Complicated Interventions and Dealing With Unpredictable Complications: How to Expect the Unexpected
Case Presentation: Just When I Thought I Covered All the Bases
Manish Bansal, MD
Case Presentation: Stent Enlargement of HeartWare Outflow Cannula— How VAD Could It Be?
Hannah Fraint, M.D.
Case Presentation: When You Think You Have Crushed It, and Then Realize you Have!
Daniel Mclennan, M.B.B.S.
Polyvascular Disease, Secondary Prevention in PVI Patients With PVD
Antithrombotic Agents for Patients With Polyvascular Disease and After Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH
Combined Treatment of Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease: Case Examples
Sahil A. Parikh, MD, FSCAI
Identification of Patients with Polyvascular Disease: Is There a Role for Screening or Systematic Identification?
Ehrin J. Armstrong, M.D.
PCSK9 Inhibitors for Patients With Polyvascular Disease
Dharam J. Kumbhani, M.D., FSCAI
Programmatic and Technological Innovations in the Cath Lab
Developing a Modern Cardiac Arrest Program: E-CPR
Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD, FSCAI
Developing a Program for Percutaneous Axillary Access
James M. McCabe, MD, FSCAI
Machine Learning in IVUS
David S. Molony, PhD
Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the CCL
John C. Messenger, M.D., MSCAI
Robotic PCI Is Here to Stay
Kanwar P. Singh, M.D.
Protocol-Based Care and Opportunities for Standardization
Cardiogenic Shock: Teams and Protocols
Alexander G. Truesdell, M.D., FSCAI
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The 2020 SCAI Consensus Document
Amir Lotfi, MD, FSCAI
Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
Marcella Calfon Press, MD, PhD, FSCAI
Respect the Kidneys: Protocols for Reducing the Risk of CIN
Santiago Garcia, MD, FSCAI
Psychology of the Interventional Cardiologist
Cognitive Biases of Interventionalists and Their Patients: What We Decide Doesn't Always Make Sense
James C. Blankenship, M.D., MSCAI
Dealing With Cath Lab Disasters: How to Get Back on the Bicycle
Morton J. Kern, M.D., MSCAI
The Inspirational Interventionalist: How to Lead a High-Performance Cath Team
Lyndon Carlos Box, M.D., FSCAI
Quality: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
NCDR Metrics: Where Are We and How Does it Help Our Patients?
Michael Ragosta III, M.D.
Public Reporting: Blessing or Curse?
Suzanne J. Baron, M.D., FSCAI
Robotic PCI
Current and Future Impact of Automation in Cath Lab Robotics
Bill L. Lombardi, M.D., FSCAI
Fundamentals of Robotic PCI and Supporting Data
Rajesh V. Swaminathan, M.D., FSCAI
Novel Applications of Robotics in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jon C. George, M.D., FSCAI
Remote Robotic Capabilities: From the Cath Lab Next Door to Transcontinental PCI
Ryan D. Madder, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Clinical Documents
Best Practices for Transradial Angiography and Intervention
Adhir R. Shroff, MD, FSCAI
SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Amir Lotfi, MD, FSCAI
SCAI Guidelines on Device Selection in Aorto-Iliac Arterial Interventions
Dmitriy N. Feldman, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Position Statement on Optimal Percutaneous Coronary Interventional Therapy for Complex Coronary Artery Disease
Robert F. Riley, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Position Statement on the Performance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Lyndon Carlos Box, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Complex Peripheral Vascular Interventions (SCAI-CPVI) Summit: Interactive Case Discussions
SFA (Superficial Femoral Artery) Case: Introduction
Ehrin J. Armstrong, M.D.
SFA (Superficial Femoral Artery) Case: Outcomes
Ehrin J. Armstrong, M.D.
Tibial Case: Introduction
Beau M. Hawkins, M.D., FSCAI
Tibial Case: Outcomes
Beau M. Hawkins, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI TRAnsition for VALUE: Incorporating Prior Bypass Patients Into Your TRA cPCI Practice
Case Presentation: Complex SVG Transradial PCI
Rhian E. Davies, DO MS, FSCAI
Case Presentation: IMA Transradial PCI
Denada Palm, M.D., FSCAI
Mini Debate: All This Headache Is Not Worth It. CABG Patients Should be Done Transfemorally
Kate Kearney, M.D., FSCAI
Mini Debate: CABG Patients Are High Risk. Transradial Makes Perfect Sense and Is More Efficient
Kusum Lata, M.D., FSCAI
Taking Your Transradial Practice to the Next Level Saphenous Vein Graft (SVG) & internal mammary artery (IMA) graft Diagnostic and PCI: Tips and Tricks
Arasi Maran, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Women in Innovations (SCAI-WIN) Symposium: Cases in Structural Heart Disease
Case Presentation
Poonam Velagapudi, MD MS, FSCAI
Case Presentation
Suzanne J. Baron, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Women in Innovations (SCAI-WIN) Symposium: Structural Heart Intervention
Optimal Imaging for Structural Interventions
TAVR: Indication, Outcomes, and Complications
Vivian Gar-Yan Ng, M.D., FSCAI
Tricuspid Regurgitation: When and How to Treat
Erin Fender, M.D.
SCAI Women in Innovations (SCAI-WIN): Coronary Artery Disease and Interventions— Sex Considerations
Cardiogenic Shock Treatment and Outcomes
Alaide Chieffo, M.D.
CHIP Case Presentations
Amy Cheney, M.D.
Coronary Revascularization: Physiology vs. Anatomy
S. Elissa Altin, M.D., FSCAI
Multivessel and Left Main Revascularization: CABG vs. PCI
Patricia J. Best, M.D., FSCAI
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: All You Need to Know
Jacqueline Saw, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI/ACC Joint Session: Cath Lab Economics
Ambulatory or Office-Based Cath Lab for Your Practice?
Tony Das, M.D., FSCAI
Can Your Cath Lab Afford Every New High-End Device?
Dr. Andrew Michael Goldsweig, MD, MS, FSCAI
How to Optimize Cath Lab Revenue in a Fee-for-Service System
Peter L. Duffy, M.D., FSCAI
Introduction to Fee for Service, RVUs, Bundled Payments, Value-Based Purchasing, and Capitated Care
Dipti Itchhaporia
SCAI/Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Joint Session: PCI State of the Art— A Case-Based Review
Case Discussion
Megha Prasad, M.D.
Case Discussion
Kate Kearney, M.D., FSCAI
Case Discussion
Matheen A. Khuddus, M.D., FSCAI
Case Discussion
Anu Tunuguntla, M.D., FSCAI
Current Treatment for Severe Coronary Calcification
Ajay J. Kirtane, M.D., FSCAI
Decision-Making in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FSCAI
Left Main and Bifurcation Disease: An Update
Gregg W. Stone, M.D.
The Approach to In-Stent Restenosis in 2020
Ziad A. Ali, M.D., Ph.D.
Structural Heart Program Building and Management
Disparities in Structural Heart Care
Seun O. Alli, M.D., FSCAI
Do We Have Enough TAVR Centers? A Heart Team Perspective
Melissa Levack, M.D., Megan Coylewright, M.D., FSCAI
Key Elements for the Valve Center of Excellence
Colin M. Barker, MD, FSCAI
Optimal Management of the Valve Heart Disease Population
Mario Goessl, M.D., FSCAI
TAVR in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
Best Practice: TAVR 2020
Pinak Bipin Shah, M.D., FSCAI
Heart Team Decisions: Making the Hard Calls in the Low-Risk Patient
Steven R. Bailey, M.D., MSCAI
Optimizing Your TAVR Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bassem M. Chehab, M.D., FSCAI
TRIP: Radial Access and Beyond
Case Based Algorithm: Management of Entrapped or Kinked Radial Equipment
Kintur A. Sanghvi, M.D., FSCAI
Complex Transradial PCI: How to Do It
Hector Tamez, M.D., FSCAI
Large Bore, Sheathless and Biradial Access
Rajiv Gulati, M.D. Ph.D., FSCAI
Prevention and Management of Radial Complications
Mauricio G. Cohen, M.D., FSCAI
SCAI Update on Transradial Angiography and Intervention Best Practices
Adhir R. Shroff, MD, FSCAI
The Best of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2019
Best New Concepts in Interventional Cardiology: A Unified Definition of Cardiogenic Shock: Introducing the SCAI SHOCK Classification System
Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI
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
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.
CCI 2019 Update, Milestones, and Future
Steven R. Bailey, M.D., MSCAI
Highest-Rated New Content: Hemodynamic Rounds: Hemodynamics of Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Morton J. Kern, M.D., MSCAI
The Best of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 2019
Identifying the Infarct-Related Artery in Patients With Non–ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
John Heitner, MD
Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Stenoses
Ziad A. Ali, M.D., Ph.D.
The Low-Risk TAVR Patient: Considerations in 2020
Case Reviews From Low Risk Bicuspid Trial
Stanley J. Chetcuti, M.D., FSCAI
Critical Review of the Evidence: Bicuspid in Low-Risk Patients
John K. Forrest, MD
How to Optimize Coronary Intervention Therapy in TAVR
James E. Harvey, M.D.
Treating Low-Risk Patients: Why Maximizing Hemodynamic and Avoiding PPM Should Become a Priority
Hasan Jilaihawi, M.D.
The New Frontier of Transcatheter Tricuspid Interventions
ABCs of Tricuspid Imaging
Rebecca Tung Hahn, M.D.
Anatomy for the Interventionalist
Tarek Helmy, M.D., MSCAI
Natural History Observations in TR
Tilak KR Pasala, M.D.
Optimizing Tricuspid Valve Repair With Intracardiac Echo
Christopher Meduri, M.D.
Percutaneous Leaflet Apposition: Step by Step
Paul Sorajja, M.D., FSCAI
The Tsunami of TAVR: Translating the Science Into Practice for All Patients
Complications in TAVR: Common Enough to Be Prepared For
Kelly Epps, M.D.
Coronary Revascularization
Ramesh Daggubati, M.D., FSCAI
Expanding Technical Candidates for TAVR
Adam Greenbaum, M.D., FSCAI
Where Are the Boundaries for TAVR? Case Based Discussion
Amar Krishnaswamy, M.D.
Transcatheter Mitral Repair: Simplifying Expanded Indications
Defining MR Etiology Through Imaging: Informing Patient Selection
Nadeen N Faza, M.D., FSCAI
Engaging the Heart Failure Team: What Should Happen Before They Come to the Lab?
Molly Szerlip, M.D., FSCAI
Innovations in Mitral Valve Repair: Update on Latest Trials
Chandan Devireddy, M.D., FSCAI
Technical Maneuvers for Success
Mario Goessl, M.D., FSCAI
Transcatheter Mitral Replacement: Today and Tomorrow
Challenging Cases: Tools and Techniques for Success
Howard C. Herrmann, M.D., MSCAI
Mitral Valve in Ring and MAC: Strategies, Outcomes, and Ongoing Trials
Michael J. Rinaldi, M.D., FSCAI
Mitral Valve in Valve: How To
Sammy Elmariah, M.D., FSCAI
When Will We Replace Instead of Repair? A Case Based Approach
Ramesh Daggubati, M.D., FSCAI
Transcatheter Mitral Replacement: Today and Tomorrow
Challenging Cases: Tools and Techniques for Success
Howard C. Herrmann, M.D., MSCAI
Mitral Valve in Ring and MAC: Strategies, Outcomes, and Ongoing Trials
Michael J. Rinaldi, M.D., FSCAI
What's on the Horizon for TMVR? Aspects of New Devices
Vasilis C. Babaliaros, M.D.
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement: Selection, Therapy, and Outcomes
Best Practices for Practice Growth in Transcatheter Mitral Therapy
Molly Szerlip, M.D., FSCAI
Evidence, Rationale, and Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Mario Goessl, M.D., FSCAI
Optimal Outcomes and Centers of Excellence for Transcatheter Mitral Therapy
Megan Coylewright, M.D., FSCAI
Real-World Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
D. Scott Lim, M.D.
Welcome by 2020 Scientific Sessions Program Chair Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI and Presidential Address by Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FSCAI, President 2019– 2020
Presidential Address by Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FSCAI, President 2019– 2020
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
SCAI Award Presentation: Mason Sones Distinguished Service Award
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., MSCAI
SCAI Award Presentations: Helping Hearts Lifetime Service Award
David A. Cox, M.D., MSCAI
Welcome by 2020 Program Chair
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI
What the Imager Can and Should Tell the Proceduralist
Area, Perimeter, and Beyond With CT and MRI
Joao L. Cavalcante, M.D.
Fusion Imaging to Optimize Therapy
Chad Kliger, M.D., FSCAI
Imaging for Tricuspid Interventions
Rebecca Tung Hahn, M.D.
Intraoperative Echocardiography for Mitral Therapies
Richard Bae, M.D.