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

Monday, March 9, 2026

9:33 AM - 9:55 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

Panel Discussant(s)

J. Dawn Abbott, MD

Director, Interventional Cardiology Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Rhode Island and The Miriam Associate Chief, Faculty Development and Academic Advancement Professor of Medicine ,Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Med Alliance: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Novo Nordisk: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
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)
Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Professor
Emory University
Decatur, 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 information not submitted.
Aninka Saboe, MD

Interventional Cardiologist and Lecturer
Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

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

Antonio Colombo, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

J. Dawn Abbott, MD: Abbott Vascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Med Alliance: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Novo Nordisk: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

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)

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

Tuomas T. Rissanen, MD, PhD: Abbott Vascular: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); B Braun Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Cordis, Endovascular Division: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Aninka Saboe, MD: No financial relationships to disclose