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CRT 2026

Spotlight

Session:: Spotlight Session | Hot Topics in Catheter-Directed Treatments for Pulmonary Embolism

HOT TOPICS IN CATHETER-DIRECTED TREATMENTS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Saturday, March 7, 2026

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Location: Spotlight Theater

Moderator(s)

Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH

Director of venous and pulmonary vascular interventions
Henry Ford Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical school
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Panel Discussant(s)

George Chrysant, MD

Chief Medical Officer
INTEGRIS Cardiovascular Physicians, LLC
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Acarix: Chief Medical Advisor (Ongoing); philips,shockwave,penumbra: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director Mechanical Circulatory Support Director High-Risk Complex Coronary Interventions
Henry Ford St John Hospital
Birmingham, Michigan, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):

Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Jay Giri, MD, MPH: Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Inari Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Riyaz Bashir, MD: Thrombolex: Owner/Co-Owner Founder/Co-Founder (Ongoing), Stock Options [in privately held companies] (Ongoing), Stock-privately held company (Ongoing)

George Chrysant, MD: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Acarix: Chief Medical Advisor (Ongoing); philips,shockwave,penumbra: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Eric A. Secemsky, MD, MSc: Abbott, Asahi, BD, Boston Scientific, Conavi, Cook, Cordis, Endovascular Engineering, Evident Vascular, Gore, InfraRedx, Medtronic, Penumbra, Philips, RapidAI, Rampart IC, R3, Regeneron, Shockwave, Siemens, SoniVie, Teleflex, Terumo, Thrombolex, Vent: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Andrew SP Sharp, MD: Boston Scientific: Employee (Ongoing), Stock-publicly held company (excluding mutual/index funds) (Ongoing)