2023 Scientific Sessions

Plugs and Occluders

Interventional cardiology: we open what is closed and close what is open! Learn about closing PFO for non-stroke indications, interatrial shunt devices, ischemic VSD closure, pseudoaneurysm closure, paravalvular leak closure, LVAD defunctionalization, and device implantation with metal hypersensitivities.
Non-Stroke Indications for PFO Closure
John D. Carroll, M.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Gunnison, CO
Interatrial Shunt Devices
Rahul Prakash Sharma, M.B.B.S., FSCAI, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Percutaneous Closure of Ischemic VSD
Matthew James Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI, Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust, Altrincham, Manchester, United Kingdom
Percutaneous Pseudoaneurysm Closure
Pinak Bipin Shah, M.D., FSCAI, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Percutaneous Paravalvular Leak Closure: Techniques and Data
Kimberly Atianzar, M.D., FSCAI, Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, Augusta, GA
Percutaneous LVAD Defunctionalization
Rachel Alison Taylor, M.D., Children's Hospital & Medical Center Omaha, Omaha, NE