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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:00 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    CTO Academy | Saturday
    Location: International Ballroom Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:00 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    INTRODUCTION TO CTO
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Brian Bergmark, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Moderator: Perwaiz M. Meraj, MD, FSCAI – Northwell Health
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:00 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Nelson L. Bernardo, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Brian Bergmark, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Moderator: Perwaiz M. Meraj, MD, FSCAI – Northwell Health
    Panel Discussant: Yousif Ahmad, MRCP, PhD – UCSF
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Trinity Health of New England
    Panel Discussant: M. Reza Movahed, Prof. – University of Arizona, Tucson and Phoenix
    Panel Discussant: Catalin Toma, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University Heart Center Frankfurt/Main
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:40 AM - 8:48 AM EST
    Radial or Femoral Access for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:40 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    CTO SETTING UP THE STAGE
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:48 AM - 8:56 AM EST
    How to Safely Access Epicardia Collaterals | Tips and Tricks
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:56 AM - 9:04 AM EST
    The Rule of CTO PCI in Complete Revascularization
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford Hospital and Health System
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:04 AM - 9:12 AM EST
    OMT or PCI for Single Vessel CTO | A Combined Analysis From the EUROCTO and DECISION-CTO Trials
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University Heart Center Frankfurt/Main
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:12 AM - 9:20 AM EST
    Which is Better to Treat? | The Diseased SVG or the Native CTO?
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:20 AM - 9:28 AM EST
    Real-Time CT Fusion to Guide CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:28 AM - 9:36 AM EST
    Imaging Guidance in CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:36 AM - 9:44 AM EST
    CTO PCI and Ejection Fraction | What Do We Know?
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Michael Megaly, MD – Ascension St John Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:44 AM - 9:52 AM EST
    Surgical Coronary Endarterectomy/Stentectomy for Full Metal Jacket CTO
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: John Daniel Puskas, MD PhD(hc) – Emory University
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:52 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Radbound University Medical Center | Nijmegen, the Netherlands
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Robert-Jan M. van Geuns, MD, PhD – RadboudUMC
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Panel Discussant: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford Hospital and Health System
    Panel Discussant: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Panel Discussant: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Michael Megaly, MD – Ascension St John Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Srini Potluri, MD – Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital Plano
    Panel Discussant: John Daniel Puskas, MD PhD(hc) – Emory University
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University Heart Center Frankfurt/Main
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:35 AM - 10:43 AM EST
    Guidewire and Microcatheter Selection for Antegrade Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:35 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    CTO | HOT TOPICS IN ANTEGRADE APPROACH
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:43 AM - 10:51 AM EST
    Back to Basics ADR
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:51 AM - 10:59 AM EST
    New-Generation Wires
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FSCAI – Columbia University Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:59 AM - 11:07 AM EST
    Crossing the Balloon Uncrossable CTO
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:07 AM - 11:15 AM EST
    Antegrade Dissection Re-Entry
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Angela M. Taylor, MD, MS, MBA – University of Virginia
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:15 AM - 11:23 AM EST
    Is STAR the Way to go to Reduce Complications With CTO PCI? | When and How to Perform STAR
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:23 AM - 11:31 AM EST
    Antegrade Wire Escalation | A Step-by-Step Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:31 AM - 11:39 AM EST
    How to Safely Negotiate the Tortuous and Slender Epicardial Channel
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:39 AM - 11:47 AM EST
    Stent-Mediated Reverse CART in CTO-PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:47 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Hot Topics in Antegrade Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Brian Bergmark, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
    Panel Discussant: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FSCAI – Columbia University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Panel Discussant: Angela M. Taylor, MD, MS, MBA – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Panel Discussant: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    12:05 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: International Ballroom Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:00 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    Coronary, Physiology and CMD | Saturday
    Location: Lincoln
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:00 AM - 8:08 AM EST
    Basics of Coronary Reactivity Testing
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:00 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS: PRESSURE, FLOW, AND ISCHEMIA
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC – Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Moderator: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:08 AM - 8:16 AM EST
    Moving Beyond Single-Point Physiology | FFR/NHPR Pullback
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:16 AM - 8:24 AM EST
    Explaining Resting and Hyperemic Discordance
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:24 AM - 8:32 AM EST
    Coronary Physiology for PCI Guidance | Lessons Learned from DEFINE GPS
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:32 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center | Roslyn, NY
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC – Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Moderator: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Erick Schampaert, MD – Centre Integré Universitaire Santé Services Sociaux, Nord Ile de Montreal
    Panel Discussant: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Discussant: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Live Case Operator: Evan Shlofmitz, DO – St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
    Live Case Operator: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:25 AM - 9:33 AM EST
    PCI Versus CABG for MVD
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:25 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND CONTROVERSY | FFR, IFR, QFD
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Moderator: Habib Samady, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University
    Moderator: Yader Sandoval, MD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:33 AM - 9:41 AM EST
    Does PCI Improve Symptoms in Stable Coronary Artery Disease? Data From ORBITA and ORBITA-2
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Rasha Al-Lamee, MA, MD, PhD – Imperial College London
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:41 AM - 9:49 AM EST
    Discrepancy Between FFR and NHPRs
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:49 AM - 9:57 AM EST
    Does iFR Reveal High-Risk Patients not Identified by FFR?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    9:57 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    CT-Based Physiology | FFR-CT and Virtual PCI Guidance
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Yader Sandoval, MD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:05 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | Clinical Outcomes and Controversies in FFR, IFR and QFD
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Moderator: Habib Samady, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University
    Moderator: Yader Sandoval, MD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Rasha Al-Lamee, MA, MD, PhD – Imperial College London
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Panel Discussant: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:20 AM - 10:28 AM EST
    FFRangio | Transforming Digital Health Effectively!
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:20 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    ANGIO GUIDED PHYSIOLOGY
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Sukhdeep S. Bhogal, MD – Sovah Health
    Moderator: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:28 AM - 10:36 AM EST
    Angiography-Derived Physiology | Ready for Prime TIme?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:36 AM - 10:44 AM EST
    FFRangio | Situations of High and Low Confidence in the Result
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:44 AM - 10:52 AM EST
    Review of the Recent QFR Studies Principles of QFR and Why We Should Use it
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:52 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | Angio Guided Physiology
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Sukhdeep S. Bhogal, MD – Sovah Health
    Moderator: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Panel Discussant: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Panel Discussant: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Panel Discussant: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Panel Discussant: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:10 AM - 11:18 AM EST
    Doppler and Thermodilution Measured Flow are Not the Same but Close
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:10 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC – Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    Moderator: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:18 AM - 11:26 AM EST
    Coronary Function Testing | How to Diagnosis CMD and Vasospasm
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:26 AM - 11:34 AM EST
    Coronary Microvascular Disease and Chest Pain
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:34 AM - 11:42 AM EST
    Pitfalls in Wire-Based Coronary Physiology Measurements
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA – Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:42 AM - 11:50 AM EST
    Removing the Fear from Spasm Testing
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:50 AM - 11:58 AM EST
    Benefits of Continuous Thermodilution Method for Diagnosing CMD
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    11:58 AM - 12:06 PM EST
    Evaluation of the Myocardial Bridge | Case Examples
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Khady Fall, MD – Columbia University Medical Center-NYP
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    12:06 PM - 12:14 PM EST
    PPG | A New Dimension in Physiology
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    12:14 PM - 12:22 PM EST
    Microvascular Obstruction | In-Lab Diagnosis and Therapy, the MOCA Trials: The Impact of Coronary Sinus
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FSCAI – DeHaan Center for Medical Innovation
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    12:22 PM - 12:45 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC – Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    Moderator: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Panel Discussant: Khady Fall, MD – Columbia University Medical Center-NYP
    Panel Discussant: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Panel Discussant: Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FSCAI – DeHaan Center for Medical Innovation
    Panel Discussant: Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA – Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Discussant: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    12:45 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: Lincoln
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Complex Coronary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Complications
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:00 PM - 2:08 PM EST
    PCI Complications and How to Avoid Them
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford Hospital and Health System
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:00 PM - 3:05 PM EST
    CORONARY COMPLICATIONS | SESSION ONE
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Ian C. Gilchrist, Sr., MD, MSCAI – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
    Moderator: Khanjan Shah, MD, MPH – University of Florida
    Panel Discussant: Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Khady Fall, MD – Columbia University Medical Center-NYP
    Panel Discussant: Wah Wah Htun, MD – Gundersen Health
    Panel Discussant: Nauman Khalid, MD – St. Francis Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Eugene P. McFadden, MD – Cork University Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Vinoy S. Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Barry Uretsky, MD, MSCAI – Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:08 PM - 2:13 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:13 PM - 2:21 PM EST
    Mental and Physical Individual and Team Rehearsal to Prevent and Manage Complications in the Cath Lab
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Alexander G. Truesdell, MD – Virginia Heart / Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:21 PM - 2:26 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:26 PM - 2:34 PM EST
    Radial Access Complications
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH – Henry Ford Health System
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:34 PM - 2:39 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:39 PM - 2:47 PM EST
    How to Manage Stuck Balloon
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:47 PM - 2:52 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:52 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    Unraveling the Stuck Wire Algorithm
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:00 PM - 3:05 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:05 PM - 3:13 PM EST
    Device Loss and Entrapment
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Gauravpal Singh Gill, MD – James River Cardiology
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:05 PM - 4:10 PM EST
    CORONARY COMPLICATIONS | SESSION TWO
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Rony Lahoud, MD – University of Vermont
    Moderator: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Panel Discussant: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
    Panel Discussant: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Panel Discussant: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Ali Denktas, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Baylor College of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Suhail Dohad, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Hani Jneid, MD – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Panel Discussant: Edo Kaluski, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI – Robert Packer Hospital Guthrie Health Systems
    Panel Discussant: Michael Mahmoudi, MD – University Hospital Southampton NHS FT
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:13 PM - 3:18 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:18 PM - 3:26 PM EST
    Vascular Access Complications | How to Avoid Disaster!
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Constantino Peña, MD – Miami Cardiac and vascular Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:26 PM - 3:31 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:31 PM - 3:39 PM EST
    Managing Stent Embolization
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Andrew J. Klein, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:39 PM - 3:44 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:44 PM - 3:52 PM EST
    Contemporary Management of Coronary Perforation
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Steve Ramcharitar, BMBCh DPhil PhD – Wiltshire Cardiac Centre
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:52 PM - 3:57 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:57 PM - 4:05 PM EST
    Management of Coronary Slow Flow
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Samin K. Sharma, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:05 PM - 4:10 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:10 PM - 4:18 PM EST
    My Worst Coronary Complication | Don’t Panic
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Jay Mohan, DO – McLaren Medical Group
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  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:10 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    CORONARY COMPLICATIONS | SESSION THREE
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Antonio Colombo, MD – Humanitas IRCCS
    Moderator: Mark Kheifets, MD – Toronto General Hospital
    Moderator: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Kalyan R. Chitturi, DO – Houston Cardiovascular Associates
    Panel Discussant: Tamil Selvan Muthusamy, MBBS MRCP CCST UK (Interventional Cardiology) – Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur
    Panel Discussant: Vinoy S. Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Khanjan Shah, MD, MPH – University of Florida
    Panel Discussant: Robert Stoler, MD – Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital; Baylor University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Poonam Velagapudi, MD – BJC Cardiology
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:18 PM - 4:23 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:23 PM - 4:31 PM EST
    How to Manage New Pseudoaneurysm
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Tamara Atkinson, MD – Portland VA Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:31 PM - 4:36 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:36 PM - 4:44 PM EST
    Management of SCAD in 2026
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:44 PM - 4:49 PM EST
    Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:49 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Antonio Colombo, MD – Humanitas IRCCS
    Moderator: Mark Kheifets, MD – Toronto General Hospital
    Moderator: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Kalyan R. Chitturi, DO – Houston Cardiovascular Associates
    Panel Discussant: Tamil Selvan Muthusamy, MBBS MRCP CCST UK (Interventional Cardiology) – Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur
    Panel Discussant: Vinoy S. Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Khanjan Shah, MD, MPH – University of Florida
    Panel Discussant: Robert Stoler, MD – Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital; Baylor University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Poonam Velagapudi, MD – BJC Cardiology
    Live Case Operator: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Live Case Operator: Lowell F. Satler, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    5:30 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:00 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    Coronary Imaging
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: Lincoln
    Live Case Operator: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Moderator: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
    Panel Discussant: Tayo A. Addo, MD – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Enrico Cerrato, MD, PhD – San Luigi Gonzaga University and ASLTO3 Rivoli Hospital, Turin
    Panel Discussant: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Panel Discussant: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Francesco Prati – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:00 PM - 3:09 PM EST
    FUNDAMENTALS OF INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Moderator: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:45 PM - 2:53 PM EST
    State of the Art Imaging of Atherosclerosis | Intravascular Imaging
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    2:53 PM - 3:01 PM EST
    State of the Art Imaging of Atherosclerosis | CT- Plaque, Physiology, and Perivascular Fat Evaluation
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Koen Nieman, MD PhD – Stanford University
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:01 PM - 3:09 PM EST
    IVUS/OCT/NIRS Hybrid Catheters are Advancing the Field Further
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Evan Shlofmitz, DO – St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:09 PM - 3:17 PM EST
    Photon Counting CT, Calcified Lesion Identification and Guiding its Treatment
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil – DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:09 PM - 4:10 PM EST
    GUIDELINES CLASS IA IMAGING GUIDED TREATMENT
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:17 PM - 3:25 PM EST
    Long Lesions | Integrating Physiology and Imaging for Their Treatment
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:25 PM - 3:33 PM EST
    Treatment of Culprit Lesion Morphology | Plaque Ruptures, Plaque Erosions and Calcified Nodules – Does Morphology Make a Difference?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Fernando Alfonso, MD – Hospital Univeritario La Princesa, Madrid
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:33 PM - 3:41 PM EST
    Imaging in Left Main PCI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Jose M. De La Torre Hernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital U. Marques de Valdecilla / IDIVAL
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:41 PM - 3:49 PM EST
    OCT Guided In-Stent Restenosis
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Enrico Cerrato, MD, PhD – San Luigi Gonzaga University and ASLTO3 Rivoli Hospital, Turin
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    3:49 PM - 4:10 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Guidelines Class IA Imaging Guided Treatment
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
    Moderator: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Panel Discussant: Fernando Alfonso, MD – Hospital Univeritario La Princesa, Madrid
    Panel Discussant: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil – DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Enrico Cerrato, MD, PhD – San Luigi Gonzaga University and ASLTO3 Rivoli Hospital, Turin
    Panel Discussant: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Panel Discussant: Jose M. De La Torre Hernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital U. Marques de Valdecilla / IDIVAL
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:10 PM - 4:18 PM EST
    How to use CT to Guide PCI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:10 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    CT GUIDED PCI DEBATE
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Moderator: Koen Nieman, MD PhD – Stanford University
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:18 PM - 4:26 PM EST
    Remove Your Blindfold | Coronary CTA Pre-Planning and Lab Integration for PCI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:26 PM - 4:34 PM EST
    CTA for PCI Planning a Cautionary Tale
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:34 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | CT Guided PCI Debate
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Moderator: Koen Nieman, MD PhD – Stanford University
    Panel Discussant: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
    Panel Discussant: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:50 PM - 4:58 PM EST
    Coronary Imaging and DCB
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – University Hospitals
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:50 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING POTPOURRI
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Nieves Gonzalo, MD, PhD – Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid
    Moderator: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Moderator: Ting-Yu Wang, MD – Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    4:58 PM - 5:06 PM EST
    Imaging Guided Plaque Erosion Treatment
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Francesco Prati – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    5:06 PM - 5:14 PM EST
    Intravascular Imaging for Ultra-Low Contrast PCI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    5:14 PM - 5:22 PM EST
    Who Should get Cardiac CT and How This Will Help to the Interventional Cardiologist
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Koen Nieman, MD PhD – Stanford University
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    5:22 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Intravascular Imaging Potpourri
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Nieves Gonzalo, MD, PhD – Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid
    Moderator: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Moderator: Ting-Yu Wang, MD – Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
    Panel Discussant: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – University Hospitals
    Panel Discussant: Jose M. De La Torre Hernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital U. Marques de Valdecilla / IDIVAL
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
    Panel Discussant: Koen Nieman, MD PhD – Stanford University
    Panel Discussant: Natalia Pinilla, MD, PhD – McMaster University
    Panel Discussant: Francesco Prati – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
    Coronary
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    5:40 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Coronary, Physiology and CMD | Sunday
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 8:08 AM EST
    Coronary Function Testing | How to Diagnosis CMD and Vasospasm
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS: TESTING CMD
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FESC – The Christ Hospital
    Moderator: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:08 AM - 8:16 AM EST
    Non-Invasive Options for CFR Testing
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:16 AM - 8:24 AM EST
    Benefits of Continuous Thermodilution Method for Diagnosing CMD
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:24 AM - 8:32 AM EST
    How to use MRR/CFR/IMR for Best Treatment Decisions
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:32 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    What Is the Role for Routine Coronary Microvascular Function Testing?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Sukhdeep S. Bhogal, MD – Sovah Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:40 AM - 8:48 AM EST
    Updates on The Endotypes of CMD
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:48 AM - 8:56 AM EST
    Doppler and Thermodilution Measured Flow are Not the Same but Close
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:56 AM - 9:04 AM EST
    Can AI Accurately ASSESS CMD From Routine Angiography
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Todd C. Villines, MD – University of Virginia
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:04 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From TBD | Location: TBD
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FESC – The Christ Hospital
    Moderator: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Sukhdeep S. Bhogal, MD – Sovah Health
    Panel Discussant: William F. Fearon, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA – VA Long Beach Health Care System
    Panel Discussant: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Panel Discussant: Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Panel Discussant: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Discussant: Todd C. Villines, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:00 AM - 10:08 AM EST
    MINOCA | Is That for Real?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    CLINICAL OUTCOMES | CMD CLINICAL SCENARIO AND CONSIDERATION
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC – Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    Moderator: Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:08 AM - 10:16 AM EST
    Sinus Reducer Device to Treat Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:16 AM - 10:24 AM EST
    Coronary Microvascular Disease and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:24 AM - 10:32 AM EST
    Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease to Reduce Angina
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Timothy D. Henry, MD – The Christ Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:32 AM - 10:40 AM EST
    Use of the AFLUX Device | A Novel Self-Expanding Coronary Sinus Reducer Device to Treat Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Jean-Michel Paradis, MD – Quebec Heart and Lung Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:40 AM - 10:48 AM EST
    The Impact of SuperSaturated Oxygen on Microvascular Dysfunction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Ramon Quesada, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:48 AM - 10:56 AM EST
    Microvascular Obstruction II | New Windows into Therapy
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FSCAI – DeHaan Center for Medical Innovation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:56 AM - 11:04 AM EST
    Medical Management of INOCA What Is New?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:04 AM - 11:12 AM EST
    Conducting Research in CMD | The CMDR Registry
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Brian C. Case, MD – MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:12 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | CMD - What Is Next?
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC – Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    Moderator: Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Discussant: Brian C. Case, MD – MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Timothy D. Henry, MD – The Christ Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Amir Lerman, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Jean-Michel Paradis, MD – Quebec Heart and Lung Institute
    Panel Discussant: Ramon Quesada, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FSCAI – DeHaan Center for Medical Innovation
    Panel Discussant: Janet Wei, MD – Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:45 AM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    Cardiogenic Shock
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    CTO Academy
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 8:08 AM EST
    Hemodynamic Profiling | Phenotyping Cardiogenic Shock at the Bedside
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Sundar Chidambaram, MD DNB DM FNB – KAUVERY HOSPITAL
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 8:45 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Heart Center Lucerne| Lucerne, Switzerland
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Florim Cuculi, MD – Heart Center Lucerne
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Brian Bergmark, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Panel Discussant: Shigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University Heart Center Frankfurt/Main
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK LV AND RV
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Maya Guglin, MD – Indiana University
    Moderator: Mitchell Krucoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI – Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute
    Moderator: David A. Morrow, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    RETROGRADE APPROACH AND MORE
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Brian Bergmark, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:08 AM - 8:16 AM EST
    Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Should be Stage E by Default | New Data
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Maya Guglin, MD – Indiana University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:16 AM - 8:24 AM EST
    Door to Lactate a New Concept for Cardiogenic Shock
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI – Westchester Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:24 AM - 8:32 AM EST
    Case-Based Discussion on RV Failure Shock
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Mohit Pahuja, MD – University of Oklahoma Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:32 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    Insights into Cardiogenic Shock from the Critical Care Cardiology Network
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: David A. Morrow, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:40 AM - 8:48 AM EST
    The Applications of DANGER SHOCK in Current Clinical Practice
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Anastasios Apostolos, MD, MSc, PhDc – Department of Cardiology, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London; First Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration Hospital, Athens, Greece
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:45 AM - 8:53 AM EST
    Mastering Retrograde CTO PCI in 2026
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:48 AM - 8:56 AM EST
    More Analysis From Danger Shock and Long-Term Follow-up
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Jacob Eifer Møller, MD – Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:53 AM - 9:01 AM EST
    How to Knuckle
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:56 AM - 9:04 AM EST
    SCAI A Shock CAD Phenotypes
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Mitchell Krucoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI – Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:01 AM - 9:09 AM EST
    Use of Ipsilateral Collaterals in Retrograde CTO-PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:04 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | What Have We Learned from the Past 30 Years on the Pathophysiology of Cardiogenic Shock?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Maya Guglin, MD – Indiana University
    Moderator: Mitchell Krucoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI – Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute
    Moderator: David A. Morrow, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Anastasios Apostolos, MD, MSc, PhDc – Department of Cardiology, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London; First Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration Hospital, Athens, Greece
    Panel Discussant: Sundar Chidambaram, MD DNB DM FNB – KAUVERY HOSPITAL
    Panel Discussant: Jacob Eifer Møller, MD – Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
    Panel Discussant: Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI – Westchester Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Mohit Pahuja, MD – University of Oklahoma Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Michael J. Rinaldi, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute/Atrium Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:09 AM - 9:17 AM EST
    How to Safely Access Epicardial Collaterals | Tips and Tricks
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:17 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    The "Forgotten" CTO Component | Thrombus
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:25 AM - 9:33 AM EST
    Solutions to Difficult RDR
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Craig Thompson, MD, MMSc – Hartford Healthcare
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:25 AM - 9:33 AM EST
    Surgical Options for Management of LV and RV Failure
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Keki Balsara, MD MBA FACS FACC – Medstar Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:25 AM - 10:13 AM EST
    DEVICE SELECTION FOR CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: A DEEP DIVE TO MULTIPLE OPTIONS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Allison Dupont, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Northside Cardiovascular Institute
    Moderator: Ben Kenigsberg, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD MSc FACP FCCP FCCM FAHA FACC FSCAI – Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:33 AM - 9:41 AM EST
    Mechanical Circulatory Support: Bridging to Recovery or Heart Replacement Therapies
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:33 AM - 9:41 AM EST
    Utility of Retrograde Ballooning
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:41 AM - 9:49 AM EST
    IMPELLA Versus Ballon Pump | Use in Cardiogenic Shock
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: M. Reza Movahed, Prof. – University of Arizona, Tucson and Phoenix
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:41 AM - 9:49 AM EST
    Should Retrograde CTO PCI Be Done Through the LIMA?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:49 AM - 9:57 AM EST
    Choosing the Right Tool | ECMO, Impella 5.5 and Beyond in Severe Cardiogenic Shock Management
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:49 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | Consensus on Retrograde Approach
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Brian Bergmark, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Panel Discussant: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Panel Discussant: Craig Thompson, MD, MMSc – Hartford Healthcare
    Panel Discussant: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:57 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    Upcoming Lower-Profile Percutaneous Pumps | Will They Have a Role in the Management of Shock?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford St John Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:05 AM - 10:13 AM EST
    Why are ECMO Trials in Cardiogenic Shock Negative?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Maya Guglin, MD – Indiana University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:05 AM - 10:55 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Sunnybrook Hospital | Toronto, Ontario
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Jeffrey Pang, MD
    Live Case Operator: Vincent Siu, MD
    Live Case Operator: Bradley H. Strauss, MD, PhD – Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Trinity Health of New England
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Panel Discussant: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajan Patel, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:05 AM - 10:55 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Sunnybrook Hospital | Toronto, Ontario
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Jeffrey Pang, MD
    Live Case Operator: Vincent Siu, MD
    Live Case Operator: Bradley H. Strauss, MD, PhD – Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Trinity Health of New England
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Panel Discussant: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajan Patel, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:05 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    MORE RETROGRADE
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Trinity Health of New England
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:13 AM - 10:21 AM EST
    Cardiogenic Shock Management After the Cath Lab
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Allison Dupont, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Northside Cardiovascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:13 AM - 10:53 AM EST
    IMPLEMENTING CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVES: BUILDING THE SHOCK TEAM
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI – Westchester Medical Center
    Moderator: Vinoy S. Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:21 AM - 10:29 AM EST
    How to Build a Cardiogenic Shock Team
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Vinoy S. Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:29 AM - 10:37 AM EST
    A Rural Setting Without all the "Bells and Whistles
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Michael J. Lim, MD – Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:37 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    Pulmonary Embolism Cardiogenic Shock Management
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH – Henry Ford Health System
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:45 AM - 10:53 AM EST
    Pharmacodynamics of Antiplatelet and Antithrombotic Therapies in Cardiogenic Shock | How to Mitigate Ischemia and Bleeding
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Timothy D. Henry, MD – The Christ Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:53 AM - 11:01 AM EST
    Best Practices in the Post DanGer Era | OASIS AMICS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc – Inova Schar Heart and Vascular / Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:53 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CLINICAL TRIALS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Jacob Eifer Møller, MD – Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
    Moderator: Pooja Swamy, MD – Loma Linda University Health
    Moderator: Alexander G. Truesdell, MD – Virginia Heart / Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:55 AM - 11:03 AM EST
    Role and Effective Use of HDR for CTO PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:01 AM - 11:09 AM EST
    What Do the Guidelines Say and What Needs To Be Updated?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Holger Thiele, MD – Heart Center Leipzig
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:03 AM - 11:11 AM EST
    Perforation of Epicardial Vessels Management
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:09 AM - 11:17 AM EST
    What is Next After DanGer Shock?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Jacob Eifer Møller, MD – Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:11 AM - 11:19 AM EST
    What to do When the Micro-Catheter Won't Cross the Collateral
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:17 AM - 11:25 AM EST
    Update on the AHA Cardiogenic Shock Registry
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: David A. Morrow, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:19 AM - 11:27 AM EST
    Retrograde CTO-PCI Via Epicardial Collaterals | When and How to do it Safely?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:25 AM - 11:33 AM EST
    A Novel, Collaborative Approach to Clinical Studies to Enhance Introduction of New Devices and Device Enhancements for the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:27 AM - 11:35 AM EST
    Advanced Retrograde Techniques
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Saroj Neupane, MD – WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:33 AM - 11:41 AM EST
    The Future in Cardiogenic Shock
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Holger Thiele, MD – Heart Center Leipzig
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:35 AM - 11:43 AM EST
    How to Overcome the Disasters Related to Retrograde CTO PCI?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:41 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Is It Feasible to Conduct Meaningful Randomized Clinical Trials for Cardiogenic Shock in 2025 and Beyond?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Jacob Eifer Møller, MD – Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
    Moderator: Pooja Swamy, MD – Loma Linda University Health
    Moderator: Alexander G. Truesdell, MD – Virginia Heart / Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
    Panel Discussant: Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Maya Guglin, MD – Indiana University
    Panel Discussant: Ben Kenigsberg, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Panel Discussant: David A. Morrow, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc – Inova Schar Heart and Vascular / Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
    Panel Discussant: Holger Thiele, MD – Heart Center Leipzig
    Panel Discussant: Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD MSc FACP FCCP FCCM FAHA FACC FSCAI – Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:43 AM - 12:05 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | More Retrograde
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Trinity Health of New England
    Panel Discussant: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Panel Discussant: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Panel Discussant: Saroj Neupane, MD – WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    12:05 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    12:05 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 12:16 PM EST
    Coronary Imaging Case Studies
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 8:08 AM EST
    OCT-Guided PCI for Calcified Lesions | Case Example
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, MD, PhD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM - 9:35 AM EST
    INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING | CHALLENGING CASES
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Moderator: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Moderator: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Moderator: Jasvindar Singh, MD – Washington University School of Medicine/ Barnes Jewish Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Joost Daemen, MD, PhD – Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter
    Panel Discussant: Khady Fall, MD – Columbia University Medical Center-NYP
    Panel Discussant: Ankur Kalra, MD – State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center University
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Sang Yeub Lee, MD and PhD – Chung-Ang University Gwang-myeong Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Francesco Prati – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
    Panel Discussant: Richard Shlofmitz, MD – St Francis Hospital- The Heart Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:08 AM - 8:16 AM EST
    Structural and Molecular IC Imaging to Target Risky Plaques
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:16 AM - 8:24 AM EST
    Complex Cases for Calcified Lesion by Using OCT/OFDI
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Koki Shishido, MD – Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:24 AM - 8:32 AM EST
    Plaque Vulnerability and Cardiovascular Risk Factor
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:32 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    Eruptive Calcium Nodules
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Khady Fall, MD – Columbia University Medical Center-NYP
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:40 AM - 8:48 AM EST
    Imaging in Coronary Bifurcation and LM
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Emory University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:48 AM - 8:56 AM EST
    Impact of Intracoronary Imaging on DCB Angioplasty for De-Novo Coronary Lesions
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    8:56 AM - 9:04 AM EST
    OCT in Plaque Erosion
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Fernando Alfonso, MD – Hospital Univeritario La Princesa, Madrid
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:04 AM - 9:12 AM EST
    When OCT and When IVUS
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:12 AM - 9:20 AM EST
    My Algorithm to Treat Calcified Nodules
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Richard Shlofmitz, MD – St Francis Hospital- The Heart Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:20 AM - 9:35 AM EST
    Panel Discussion
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Moderator: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Moderator: Jasvindar Singh, MD – Washington University School of Medicine/ Barnes Jewish Hospital
    Moderator: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Panel Discussant: Joost Daemen, MD, PhD – Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter
    Panel Discussant: Khady Fall, MD – Columbia University Medical Center-NYP
    Panel Discussant: Ankur Kalra, MD – State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center University
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Sang Yeub Lee, MD and PhD – Chung-Ang University Gwang-myeong Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Francesco Prati – San Giovanni Hospital Rome, Italy
    Panel Discussant: Richard Shlofmitz, MD – St Francis Hospital- The Heart Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:35 AM - 9:43 AM EST
    Coronary Imaging and DCB
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – University Hospitals
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:35 AM - 10:50 AM EST
    INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING | CHALLENGING CASES SESSION II
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Jasvindar Singh, MD – Washington University School of Medicine/ Barnes Jewish Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – University Hospitals
    Panel Discussant: Jose M. De La Torre Hernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital U. Marques de Valdecilla / IDIVAL
    Panel Discussant: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, MD, PhD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Koki Shishido, MD – Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Poonam Velagapudi, MD – BJC Cardiology
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:43 AM - 9:51 AM EST
    Stratifying Calcium with CT
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:51 AM - 9:59 AM EST
    Stent Fracture | How to Recognize in Imaging
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Kathleen E. Kearney, MD – University of Washington
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    9:59 AM - 10:07 AM EST
    Intracoronary Imaging in MINOCA
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Bruce Samuels, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:07 AM - 10:15 AM EST
    Double Kissing Crush and Culotte in Coronary Bifurcation Intervention
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Sang Yeub Lee, MD and PhD – Chung-Ang University Gwang-myeong Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:15 AM - 10:23 AM EST
    Why Coronary CTA FFR CT Should Be First in Line From an Interventional Cardiologists Perspective - Case Based Illustration
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Michael J. Rinaldi, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute/Atrium Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:23 AM - 10:31 AM EST
    How to Assess and Treat Side-Branch Dissection After Main Vessel Stenting
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Massoud Leesar, MD – UAB
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:31 AM - 10:50 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | Intravascular Imaging - Challenging Cases Session II
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Moderator: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Jasvindar Singh, MD – Washington University School of Medicine/ Barnes Jewish Hospital
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Panel Discussant: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – University Hospitals
    Panel Discussant: Jose M. De La Torre Hernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital U. Marques de Valdecilla / IDIVAL
    Panel Discussant: Hayder D. Hashim, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, MD, PhD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Koki Shishido, MD – Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Poonam Velagapudi, MD – BJC Cardiology
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:50 AM - 10:58 AM EST
    IVUS Advances
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:50 AM - 12:16 PM EST
    AI IMAGING IN THE CATH LAB
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Moderator: Christos Bourantas, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University London
    Moderator: Ramzi Khamis, MB ChB PhD FRCP FESC – Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    10:58 AM - 11:06 AM EST
    OCT Advances
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Giulio Guagliumi, Sr., MD – IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital,
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:06 AM - 11:14 AM EST
    Intravascular Imaging Versus Physiology on the Heart Transplant Population
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD – Tampa General / USF
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:14 AM - 11:22 AM EST
    Is There A Necessity for AI for Increasing the Use of Intracoronary Imaging in My State?
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Ryan D. Madder, MD – Corewell Health
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:22 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Is It Time for the Guidelines to Change to Include ALL Types of Lesions as Class IA? Should Guidelines Give Recommendations for AI Systems in Combination With Intravascular Imaging?
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Gary S. Mintz, MD – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:30 AM - 11:38 AM EST
    How to Achieve 100% IV Imaging Guidance in 2026
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Yuhei Kobayashi, MD – NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:38 AM - 11:46 AM EST
    The Fusion of Form and Function | Optimizing Post-PCI Outcomes With Imaging and Physiology
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Speaker: Manoj Kesarwani, MD – University of California, Davis School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    11:46 AM - 12:16 PM EST
    Case-in-a-Box | GE HealthCare
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Moderator: Carlos Collet, MD – OLV Aalst
    Panel Discussant: Giorgio A. Medranda, MD – Catholic Health
    Panel Discussant: Shailendra Singh, MD – Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    12:16 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: CRT East Theater
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:30 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    ACS and AMI Management
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:30 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Complex PCI | Sunday
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:30 PM - 1:38 PM EST
    Misclassification of Type 2 Myocardial Infarction as Type 1 Myocardial Infarction | Implications for Clinical Care
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Jason Wasfy, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Moderator: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
    Moderator: David E. Kandzari, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Piedmont Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Ali Denktas, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Baylor College of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Griffin Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Hady Lichaa, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:30 PM - 2:54 PM EST
    STEMI 2025 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS | MULTIVESSEL AND STRATEGIES
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Neal S. Kleiman, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
    Moderator: Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI – NYU Langone Health System
    Moderator: Jason Wasfy, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:30 PM - 4:40 PM EST
    HIGH-RISK PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: David E. Kandzari, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Piedmont Heart Institute
    Moderator: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:38 PM - 1:46 PM EST
    Timing ICS in NSTE-ACS | Very Early?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Holger Thiele, MD – Heart Center Leipzig
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:46 PM - 1:54 PM EST
    What's New in the ACS guidelines?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI – NYU Langone Health System
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    1:54 PM - 2:02 PM EST
    Bleeding Complications of ECMO and IMPELLA in AMI-Shock Patients | Locations and Timing
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:02 PM - 2:10 PM EST
    Optimal Duration of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitor Therapy in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Following Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:10 PM - 2:18 PM EST
    Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:15 PM - 2:23 PM EST
    Patient Selection for MCS in High-Risk PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: David E. Kandzari, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Piedmont Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:18 PM - 2:26 PM EST
    What is the Current State of Ventricular Unloading in STEMI?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FSCAI – Columbia University Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:23 PM - 2:31 PM EST
    High-Risk PCI in Severe LV Dysfunction | When Do We Use Hemodynamic Support?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:26 PM - 2:34 PM EST
    STEMI in Cardiogenic Shock | How DANGER SHOCK Changed My Practice
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Holger Thiele, MD – Heart Center Leipzig
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:31 PM - 2:39 PM EST
    Snaring, Entangling, Yanking and Abandoning | Horror Stories of Lost and Entrapped Gear
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:34 PM - 2:54 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Contemporary Topics in STEMI and ACS
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI – NYU Langone Health System
    Moderator: Neal S. Kleiman, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
    Moderator: Jason Wasfy, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FSCAI – Columbia University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Holger Thiele, MD – Heart Center Leipzig
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:39 PM - 2:47 PM EST
    The "Plug and Seal" Technique in Distal Coronary Perforations
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Hady Lichaa, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:47 PM - 2:55 PM EST
    Unusual Complex Cases
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:54 PM - 3:02 PM EST
    Reducing Infarct Size in AMI | Is It Cost-Effective?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: David J. Cohen, MD, FSCAI – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:54 PM - 4:26 PM EST
    THROMBUS MANAGEMENT AND ANTICOAGULATION
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Usman Baber, MD, MS – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Moderator: David J. Cohen, MD, FSCAI – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Moderator: Luis Ortega-Paz, MD, PhD – University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    2:55 PM - 3:03 PM EST
    Axillary Approach for Big Bore Sheath for Mechanical Support
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:02 PM - 3:10 PM EST
    Pretreatment With DAPT Prior to ACS Interventions
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Marc Cohen, MD – Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:03 PM - 3:11 PM EST
    Complications of High-Risk PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:10 PM - 3:18 PM EST
    Update on Antiplatelet Strategies in ACS
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Usman Baber, MD, MS – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:11 PM - 3:19 PM EST
    Randomized Trials of Approved Technology for the Purpose of Class I Guidelines | The PROTECT IV Case Study
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:18 PM - 3:26 PM EST
    Which IV Antiplatelet Agent is Optimal for Acute Treatment During High-Risk PCI? Short Infusion With GPIs or Cangrelor?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Paul A. Gurbel, MD, FSCAI – Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:19 PM - 3:27 PM EST
    Navigating CABG Turndowns in a Post-REVIVED World
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Joseph L. Thomas, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:26 PM - 3:34 PM EST
    The AQUATIS Trial Update | Should We Stop Aspirin for Life?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Martine Gilard, MD,Phd – University of Brest
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:27 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    LM PCI: When Every Bit of Support Matters
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:34 PM - 3:42 PM EST
    In Home Therapy for ST Elevation MI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: C. Michael Gibson, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:35 PM - 3:55 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Who Should Get MCS for High-Risk PCI? Pros and Cons
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Lindsey Cilia, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
    Moderator: David E. Kandzari, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Piedmont Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Panel Discussant: Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Hady Lichaa, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Panel Discussant: Joseph L. Thomas, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:42 PM - 3:50 PM EST
    Update on Bridging | How to do it and With Which Agent
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:50 PM - 3:58 PM EST
    Management of No Reflow
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:55 PM - 4:40 PM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From TBD |Location: TBD
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI – New York University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Moderator: Jennifer Rymer, MD – Duke
    Panel Discussant: Richard A. Anderson, MD – Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Antonio Colombo, MD – Humanitas IRCCS
    Panel Discussant: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Emory University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:55 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    THROMBUS MANAGEMENT IN THE CATH LAB
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Moderator: Jennifer Rymer, MD – Duke
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    3:58 PM - 4:06 PM EST
    Time to Use Supersaturated Oxygen Therapy to Reduce Infarct Size
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:06 PM - 4:26 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | Thrombus Management and Anticoagulation
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Usman Baber, MD, MS – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Moderator: David J. Cohen, MD, FSCAI – Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Moderator: Luis Ortega-Paz, MD, PhD – University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville
    Panel Discussant: Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Marc Cohen, MD – Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr
    Panel Discussant: C. Michael Gibson, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Martine Gilard, MD,Phd – University of Brest
    Panel Discussant: Paul A. Gurbel, MD, FSCAI – Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:26 PM - 12:00 AM EST
    Spontaneous Coronary Dissection | New Mechanistic Insights on How to Treat?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:26 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    ACS AND AMI 2025 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Ankur Kalra, MD – State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center University
    Moderator: Rony Lahoud, MD – University of Vermont
    Moderator: Sameer Mehta, MD – Lumen Foundation
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:34 PM - 4:42 PM EST
    Tackling Inflammation in AMI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD – Division of Cardiology, CAST, "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:40 PM - 4:48 PM EST
    Management of Coronary Thrombus Drugs
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Jennifer Rymer, MD – Duke
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:42 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    Use of AI to Guide Shared Decision Making With Patients Taking Into Account Their Preferences Regarding Ischemic and Bleeding Outcomes
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: C. Michael Gibson, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:48 PM - 4:56 PM EST
    Thrombus Content in CTO-Impact on Revascularization
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:50 PM - 4:58 PM EST
    Hemorrhagic Myocardial Infarction
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Ankur Kalra, MD – State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:56 PM - 5:04 PM EST
    How to Manage Large Coronary Thrombus
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD – The Ohio State University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    4:58 PM - 5:06 PM EST
    The Association of Socioeconomic Status (SES) with Procedural Management and Mortality After PCI | An Observational Study From the Pan-London PCI (BCIS) Registry
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Krishnaraj S. Rathod, MBBS, BMedSci (Hons), MRCP (UK), PhD, FHEA, QDip, PGDip, MSc, FESC – Bart Heart Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:04 PM - 5:12 PM EST
    Intracoronary Thrombus Management
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Madhan Sundaram, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Banner University Medical Center, Tucson/ University of Arizona
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:06 PM - 5:14 PM EST
    Benefit on Hard Endpoints With Complete Revascularization in Acute MI | Results From IPD Meta-Analysis of 6 RCT's
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:12 PM - 5:20 PM EST
    ELCA and DCB for ISR due to Under-Expansion and IMH
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Colin Barker, Sr., MD – VUMC
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:14 PM - 5:22 PM EST
    Variability in Care Across Hospitals Among Patients Presenting With Acute Myocardial Infarction | Insights From the NCDR and GWTG National Registries
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Yasser Sammour, MD, MSc – Emory University School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:20 PM - 5:28 PM EST
    No Reflow Phenomenon
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:22 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Optimal Duration of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitor Therapy in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Following Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Ji Young Park, MD, PhD – Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:22 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | ACS & AMI 2025 Contemporary Topics
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Ankur Kalra, MD – State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center University
    Moderator: Rony Lahoud, MD – University of Vermont
    Moderator: Sameer Mehta, MD – Lumen Foundation
    Panel Discussant: Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD – Division of Cardiology, CAST, "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania
    Panel Discussant: C. Michael Gibson, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Krishnaraj S. Rathod, MBBS, BMedSci (Hons), MRCP (UK), PhD, FHEA, QDip, PGDip, MSc, FESC – Bart Heart Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Yasser Sammour, MD, MSc – Emory University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC – CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Panel Discussant: Ji Young Park, MD, PhD – Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:28 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Panel Discussion
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Moderator: Jennifer Rymer, MD – Duke
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Colin Barker, Sr., MD – VUMC
    Panel Discussant: Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD – The Ohio State University
    Panel Discussant: Madhan Sundaram, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Banner University Medical Center, Tucson/ University of Arizona
    Panel Discussant: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:45 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 8th
    5:45 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM - 12:10 PM EST
    Complex PCI | Monday Morning
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM - 8:45 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Live Case Operator: Lowell F. Satler, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Moderator: Antonio Colombo, MD – Humanitas IRCCS
    Panel Discussant: Ziyad Ghazzal, MD – American University of Beirut Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Ion S. Jovin, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University/McGuire VAMC
    Panel Discussant: Edward Koifman, MD – Wolfson Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Panel Discussant: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Jasvindar Singh, MD – Washington University School of Medicine/ Barnes Jewish Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Daniel H. Steinberg, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Panel Discussant: George W. Vetrovec, MD, MACC, MSCAI – VCU Pauley Heart Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM - 9:55 AM EST
    HIGH-RISK PCI | MCS SUPPORT
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Moderator: Antonio Colombo, MD – Humanitas IRCCS
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:45 AM - 8:53 AM EST
    Bifurcation Lesions 2025
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:53 AM - 12:00 AM EST
    Tips and Tricks for Difficult Bifurcations
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD – University of Miami
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:01 AM - 9:09 AM EST
    Bifurcation PCI | DES, DCB or Both?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD – North Karelia Central Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:09 AM - 9:17 AM EST
    The New DKT Technique for Complex Bifurcations
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:17 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    Differences Between DK Crush, DK Culotte and DK T Stenting
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Emory University
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:25 AM - 9:33 AM EST
    Preserving Access to Side Branch | Insights from the 17th Consensus Document of the European Bifurcation Club
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Aninka Saboe, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:33 AM - 9:55 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | Who Should Get MCS for High-Risk PCI and With Which Device?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Moderator: Antonio Colombo, MD – Humanitas IRCCS
    Panel Discussant: J. Dawn Abbott, MD – Brown University
    Panel Discussant: Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD – University of Miami
    Panel Discussant: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Emory University
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Aninka Saboe, MD – Medstar Washington Hospital Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:55 AM - 10:03 AM EST
    Left Main Bifurcation PCI | A 2025 Update
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:55 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    HIGH-RISK PCI | LM
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FSCAI – Columbia University Medical Center
    Moderator: Alfredo E. Rodriguez, MD,PhD – Otamendi Hospital
    Moderator: Goran Stankovic, MD, PhD – University Clinical Center of Serbia
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:03 AM - 10:11 AM EST
    Imaging and Stepwise Provisional Strategy for Left Main PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Goran Stankovic, MD, PhD – University Clinical Center of Serbia
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:11 AM - 10:19 AM EST
    Contemporary Approach to Severely Calcified Bifurcation Coronary Lesions
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Marco V. Wainstein, MD, PhD – School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:19 AM - 10:27 AM EST
    Contemporary Data on Left Main PCI Bifurcation?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Bassem Chehab, MD – Ascension Via Christi
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:27 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    Coronary Bifurcation | Tips and Tricks
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Fady Iskander, MD MSc – Kaiser permanente - CPMG
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:35 AM - 10:43 AM EST
    Treatment of Calcified LM Bifurcation
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Griffin Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:43 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Panel Discussion | HIGH-RISK PCI | LM
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FSCAI – Columbia University Medical Center
    Moderator: Alfredo E. Rodriguez, MD,PhD – Otamendi Hospital
    Moderator: Goran Stankovic, MD, PhD – University Clinical Center of Serbia
    Panel Discussant: Bassem Chehab, MD – Ascension Via Christi
    Panel Discussant: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPHA, , FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Panel Discussant: Fady Iskander, MD MSc – Kaiser permanente - CPMG
    Panel Discussant: Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Griffin Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Marco V. Wainstein, MD, PhD – School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:00 AM - 11:08 AM EST
    Who Should get Mechanical Support for High-Risk PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:00 AM - 12:10 PM EST
    MCS FOR HIGH RISK PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: John Daniel Puskas, MD PhD(hc) – Emory University
    Moderator: John P. Reilly, MD – Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
    Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:08 AM - 11:16 AM EST
    Review of Lower Profile MCS Devices
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:16 AM - 11:24 AM EST
    Mechanical Support for Left Main PCI: Balancing Risk with ECMO and Impella
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:24 AM - 11:32 AM EST
    High-Risk PCI in LV Dysfunction | When Do We Use Hemodynamic Support?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:32 AM - 11:40 AM EST
    Revascularization | Robotic LITA - LAD Plus PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: John Daniel Puskas, MD PhD(hc) – Emory University
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:40 AM - 11:48 AM EST
    Contemporary Surgical Approaches to Coronary Revascularization: Aspirational or Reality?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD – Columbia University
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:48 AM - 12:10 PM EST
    Panel Discussion | MCS for High-Risk PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: John Daniel Puskas, MD PhD(hc) – Emory University
    Moderator: John P. Reilly, MD – Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
    Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Arnav Kumar, MD, MSCR – University of Houston, HCA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Mount Sinai
    Panel Discussant: Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD – Columbia University
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    12:10 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM - 12:20 PM EST
    CTO Academy | Monday
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM - 8:08 AM EST
    Addressing Calcium in a CTO | How to Do It
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    IMPORTANT TOPICS IN CTO
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Craig Thompson, MD, MMSc – Hartford Healthcare
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:08 AM - 8:16 AM EST
    CTO Revascularization | Does it Help Improve EF?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:16 AM - 8:24 AM EST
    Ostial CTO | Challenges in Treatment of Aorto-Ostial CAD
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Borgesd Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:24 AM - 8:32 AM EST
    The Rule of CTO PCI in Complete Revascularization
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford Hospital and Health System
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:32 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    The Impact of CTO Thrombus Content on Revascularization
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:40 AM - 8:48 AM EST
    ABC's of Subclavian CTO Procedures
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH – University of Illinois at Chicago/Jesse Brown Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:48 AM - 8:56 AM EST
    Reducing Overall Stent Burden in CTO PCI With DCB
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD – North Karelia Central Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    8:56 AM - 9:04 AM EST
    Importance of Occluded Vein Graft in CTO PCI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:04 AM - 9:12 AM EST
    CTO Wire Related Complications
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Trinity Health of New England
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    9:12 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Wellspan | York, PA
    Location: Lincoln
    Live Case Operator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Craig Thompson, MD, MMSc – Hartford Healthcare
    Panel Discussant: Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford Hospital and Health System
    Panel Discussant: Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Borgesd Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD – North Karelia Central Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH – University of Illinois at Chicago/Jesse Brown Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:20 AM - 10:28 AM EST
    Blood Loss During CTO PCI and Renal Function
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University Heart Center Frankfurt/Main
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:20 AM - 12:20 PM EST
    HOT TOPICS IN CTO | FINAL ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
    Location: Lincoln
    Moderator: Jacques J. Koolen, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Catharina Hospital
    Moderator: Michael Megaly, MD – Ascension St John Medical Center
    Moderator: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:28 AM - 10:36 AM EST
    CTO Success and Complications Scores | Helping to Find a Balance Between Risk and Benefit
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    10:36 AM - 11:40 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia
    Location: Lincoln
    Live Case Operator: Bill Nicholson, MD – Emory Healthcare
    Moderator: Jacques J. Koolen, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Catharina Hospital
    Moderator: Michael Megaly, MD – Ascension St John Medical Center
    Moderator: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Suhail Dohad, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Saroj Neupane, MD – WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD – North Karelia Central Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH – University of Illinois at Chicago/Jesse Brown Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Alexander G. Truesdell, MD – Virginia Heart / Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:40 AM - 11:48 AM EST
    Drug-Coated Balloon in CTO PCI | The Hybrid Approach or Leaving Nothing Behind?
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD – North Karelia Central Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:48 AM - 11:56 AM EST
    Radiation Safety for Patient and Personnel
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – University Heart Center Frankfurt/Main
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    11:56 AM - 12:04 PM EST
    Innovations in CTO PCI
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    12:04 PM - 12:12 PM EST
    How to Enter the CTO PCI Space if you Didn't Complete a "CHIP Fellowship"
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Alexander G. Truesdell, MD – Virginia Heart / Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    12:12 PM - 12:20 PM EST
    Revascularization of CTO Does Not Impact Supply Side FFR
    Location: Lincoln
    Speaker: Suhail Dohad, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    12:20 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: Lincoln
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    1:45 PM - 5:15 PM EST
    Complex PCI | Monday Afternoon
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Keynote Lecture | The Five Best Trials From 2025 That May Impact My Practice
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Anthony DeMaria, MD – University of California, San Diego
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    1:45 PM - 5:15 PM EST
    HOT TOPICS IN COMPLEX PCI
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: Joseph De Gregorio, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterHackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall university
    Moderator: John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Baylor Scott & White | Plano, Texas
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Joseph De Gregorio, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterHackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall university
    Panel Discussant: Stephen G. Ellis, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Cleveland Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Griffin Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Ayman K. Magd, MD, FSCAI – Azhar University
    Panel Discussant: Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FACC, FSCAI – UC San Diego
    Panel Discussant: Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI – Westchester Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc – University of Chicago Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    2:50 PM - 2:58 PM EST
    Calcium Modification Therapies?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Madhan Sundaram, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Banner University Medical Center, Tucson/ University of Arizona
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    2:58 PM - 3:06 PM EST
    Orbital atherectomy | Why, How, How Fast and for How Long?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Edo Kaluski, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI – Robert Packer Hospital Guthrie Health Systems
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    3:06 PM - 3:14 PM EST
    What Did We Learn From the Lithotripsy Versus Cutting Balloon and Open NC Studies
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Suzanne J. Baron, MD, MSc – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    3:14 PM - 3:22 PM EST
    Role of Imaging in Calcified Lesions
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    3:22 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Perforation Due to Thick Calcified Nodule?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Joseph De Gregorio, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterHackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall university
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    3:30 PM - 3:38 PM EST
    Calcified Nodule a Nasty Beast | How to Tackle?
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    3:38 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Panel Discussion
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: Joseph De Gregorio, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterHackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall university
    Moderator: John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Suzanne J. Baron, MD, MSc – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FESC – National Health Service
    Panel Discussant: Edo Kaluski, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI – Robert Packer Hospital Guthrie Health Systems
    Panel Discussant: Madhan Sundaram, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Banner University Medical Center, Tucson/ University of Arizona
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, New York
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Live Case Operator: Annapoorna S. Kini, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Live Case Operator: Kimberley Kostiw, MD
    Live Case Operator: Samin K. Sharma, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Joseph De Gregorio, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterHackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall university
    Panel Discussant: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil – DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Stephen G. Ellis, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Cleveland Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Edward Koifman, MD – Wolfson Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Panel Discussant: Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Griffin Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc – University of Chicago Medicine
    Panel Discussant: Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD – North Karelia Central Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Angela M. Taylor, MD, MS, MBA – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Olga Toleva, MD, MPH – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Poonam Velagapudi, MD – BJC Cardiology
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    4:45 PM - 5:15 PM EST
    Case-in-a-Box | OPN NC
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Speaker: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 9th
    5:15 PM EST
    Adjourn
    Location: CRT Center Stage
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    9:00 AM - 11:55 AM EST
    Complex Percutaneous Coronary Interventions | Tuesday Session
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From Henry Ford St. John Hospital [Henry Ford Health] | Detroit, Michigan
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Henry Ford St John Hospital
    Moderator: Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc – University of Chicago Medicine
    Moderator: Robert Stoler, MD – Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital; Baylor University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Surendra Avula, MD, FACC – Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
    Panel Discussant: Joseph De Gregorio, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterHackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall university
    Panel Discussant: Saroj Neupane, MD – WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Timir Paul, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI – University of Tennessee Health Science Center- Nashville, Ascension St. Thomas Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI – Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Giora Weisz, MD – NewYork Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    COMPLEX CORONARY MORNING LIVE CASES
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc – University of Chicago Medicine
    Moderator: Robert Stoler, MD – Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital; Baylor University Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    9:45 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Live Case Broadcasting From MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Live Case Operator: Lowell F. Satler, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT – King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Moderator: Maurice Buchbinder, MD, FSCAI – Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
    Moderator: Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc – University of Chicago Medicine
    Moderator: Robert Stoler, MD – Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital; Baylor University Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Edward Koifman, MD – Wolfson Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Panel Discussant: Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Griffin Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Ayman K. Magd, MD, FSCAI – Azhar University
    Panel Discussant: Tamil Selvan Muthusamy, MBBS MRCP CCST UK (Interventional Cardiology) – Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur
    Panel Discussant: On Topaz, MD – Duke University School of Medicine/Charles George VAMCCharles George Veterans Affairs MCCharles George Veterans Affairs MC
    Panel Discussant: Ting-Yu Wang, MD – Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    10:30 AM - 10:38 AM EST
    Left Main PCI | How to Decide Strategy
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Jay Mohan, DO – McLaren Medical Group
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    10:30 AM - 11:55 AM EST
    PROCEDURES TO IMPACT YOUR PRACTICE
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Michael J. Cowley, MD, MSCAI – Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Pauley Heart Center
    Moderator: Ziyad Ghazzal, MD – American University of Beirut Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    10:38 AM - 10:46 AM EST
    Role of Drug-Eluting Balloon in Management of Bifurcation Lesions
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    10:46 AM - 10:54 AM EST
    Contemporary Approach to Severely Calcified Bifurcation Coronary Lesions
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: TBD Presenter, - coming soon – CRT 2026 | TBD
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    10:54 AM - 11:02 AM EST
    Why Lactate? Measurement is so Important in Shock Patients
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FSCAI – Westchester Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:02 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    The Novel "CAT POUNCE" Technique for the Management of Massive and Resistant Clots
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Hady Lichaa, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:10 AM - 11:18 AM EST
    PCI in Patients with CKD
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Ion S. Jovin, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University/McGuire VAMC
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:18 AM - 11:26 AM EST
    Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention | How to Optimize Results
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Timir Paul, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI – University of Tennessee Health Science Center- Nashville, Ascension St. Thomas Hospital
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:26 AM - 11:34 AM EST
    Predicting Improvement in LVEF With PCI in Patients With Stable Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephen G. Ellis, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Cleveland Clinic
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:34 AM - 11:42 AM EST
    Rotatripsy | Overkill or Just What the Doctor Ordered?
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Andrew J. Klein, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:42 AM - 11:50 AM EST
    To Interrupt or Not to Interrupt | Oral Anticoagulation Strategies in Elective Coronary Angiography
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Ting-Yu Wang, MD – Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:50 AM - 11:55 AM EST
    Closing Comments
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Michael J. Cowley, MD, MSCAI – Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Pauley Heart Center
    Coronary
  • Tuesday, Mar 10th
    11:55 AM EST
    Adjourn | See you at CRT 2027!
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Coronary