Panel Discussion | Who Should Get MCS for High-Risk PCI and With Which Device?

Monday, March 9, 2026

9:41 AM - 10:03 AM EST

Location: CRT Center Stage

Moderator(s)

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Surendra Avula, MD, FACC

Medical center Clinical Assocaite professor of medicine /Cardiology. University of illinois
Advocate Christ medical center/ Palos North Western Medical center
Orland park, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Antonio Colombo, MD

Professor of Cardiology
Humanitas IRCCS
Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
David G. Rizik, MD, MSCAI, FACC

Health System Chief of Cardiovascular Service Line, Physician Executive Community Cardiovascular Research
Banner University Medicine, Scottsdale Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD

Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States

Disclosure(s): Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); medtronic.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
Ayman K. Magd, MD, FSCAI

Professor of Interventional Cardiology
Azhar University
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Emeritus Professor
Emory University
Brookhaven, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM

Director of Complex Coronary Interventions
Georgia Heart Institute
Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): SIS Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Surendra Avula, MD, FACC: No financial relationships to disclose

Antonio Colombo, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

David G. Rizik, MD, MSCAI, FACC: No financial relationships to disclose

Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD: Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); medtronic.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Ayman K. Magd, MD, FSCAI: No financial relationships to disclose

Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI: No financial relationships to disclose

Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM: SIS Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)