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DON'T MISS THE CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION SUMMIT

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation is sponsoring a summit at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on February 5-6, 2009.

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Here are the details:

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of coronary arteries represent one of the greatest challenges to interventional cardiologists. Successful revascularization of CTOs has been strongly associated with improved left ventricular function, freedom from angina and future revascularization, and in several studies increased survival.

Thursday, February 5

6:30 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

CTO Revascularization: An Evidence Basis for Improving Clinical Outcomes

Moderators: Gregg W. Stone, Gerald S. Werner

7:30 AM

While You Were Sleeping: A Review of the World's CTO Literature from the Last Year
Ajay J. Kirtane

7:45 AM

Clinical Rationale for CTO Recanalization: More Than Just Symptom Relief?
Gerald S. Werner

8:00 AM

Trends in CTO Strategy, Technique, and Procedural Outcomes in Japan
Masahiko Ochiai

8:15 AM

Featured Lecture: New Insights from the Columbia-Milan CTO Registry in Over 1,000 Patients
Roxana Mehran

8:30 AM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Gregg W. Stone, Gerald S. Werner
Discussants: Ajay J. Kirtane, Roxana Mehran, Masahiko Ochia

8:45 AM

Live Coronary Case Session I: Cases 1, 2, and 3

Site: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Moderator: Gregg W. Stone
Panelists: Yaron Almagor, Mauro Carlino, Jose PS Henriques, Masahiko Ochiai,

Gerald S. Werner
Visiting Operators: Carlo Di Mario, Osamu Katoh, Craig A. Thompson
Local Operators: Michael B. Collins, George D. Dangas, Martin B. Leon, Jeffrey W. Moses

10:45 AM

Visit Exhibit Hall

CTO Revascularization: For Whom, By Whom?

Moderators: Yaron Almagor, Georgios Sianos

11:05 AM

Japanese Approach to CTO Case Selection: What Is Easy, What Is Difficult, and What Is Impossible
Yuji Ikari

11:17 AM

Application of Noninvasive Imaging to Identify Candidates Who Will Benefit from CTO Revascularization
Graham Wright (from Toronto, Canada)

11:29 AM

Angiographic Predictors of CTO Procedural Success, Failure, and Complications: Contemporary Data
Alexandra J. Lansky

11:41 AM

Should CTO Revascularization Be Limited to CTO-Specific Operators? Experience from the European CTO Club
Carlo Di Mario

11:53 AM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Yaron Almagor, Georgios Sianos
Discussants: Carlo Di Mario, Yuji Ikari, Alexandra J. Lansky, Shigeru Saito, Graham Wright

12:05 PM

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall

12:15 PM

Lunchtime Case Review Session: What I Would Have Done If I Could Do It All Over Again: Highlights of Failures and Complications of CTO Angioplasty
Moderator: Jeffrey W. Moses
Panelists: Yaron Almagor, Maurice Buchbinder, George D. Dangas, Masahiko Ochiai, Georgios Sianos

1:15 PM

Live Coronary Case Session II: Cases 4, 5, and 6
Site: Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
Moderator: Jeffrey W. Moses
Panelists: Maurice Buchbinder, Martin B. Leon, James R. Margolis, Shigeru Nakamura, Georgios Sianos, Satoru Sumitsuji
Visiting Operators: William L. Lombardi, Reginald I. Low
Local Operators: David E. Kandzari, Matthew J. Price, Curtiss Stinis, Paul S. Teirstein

3:15 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

The CTO Toolbox: New and Imaginative Applications for Existing Technologies with Case-Based Presentations

Moderators: Gregg W. Stone, Craig A. Thompson

Guiding Catheters

3:35 PM

Guiding Catheter Selection and Advanced Guiding Catheter Technique
William L. Lombardi (from La Jolla, CA)

Drug-Eluting Stents

3:47 PM

Drug-Eluting Stents for CTO Revascularization: Two Steps Forward with One Step Back?
David E. Kandzari (from La Jolla, CA)

Guidewires and Support Catheters

3:59 PM

Anatomy of Contemporary CTO Guidewires and Selection Criteria
Craig A. Thompson

4:11 PM

Trends in Guidewire Selection: When and Why to Start the Case with a Hydrophillic Guidewire
Maurice Buchbinder

4:23 PM

Putting it All Together: Tip Shape, Penetration Technique, and Advanced Guidewire Techniques
Masahiko Ochiai

Beyond Guidewires: Specialized Crossing Technologies

4:38 PM

Multifunctional Applications of the Tornus Catheter in Noncrossable Lesions
Etsuo Tscuchikane

4:50 PM

The Channel Dilator Catheter: Alternative to Balloon Dilatation for the Retrograde Technique
Osamu Katoh

5:00 PM

Is There Still a Role for Atherectomy and Laser? Crossing the "Uncrossable" After Guidewire Placement
James R. Margolis

5:10 PM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Gregg W. Stone, Craig A. Thompson
Discussants: Maurice Buchbinder, David E. Kandzari, Osamu Katoh, James R. Margolis, Masahiko Ochiai, Craig A. Thompson, Etsuo Tscuchikane

CTO Adjunctive Imaging Workshop

Moderators: Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz

5:25 PM

Utility of Preprocedure CT Angiography and Advanced Applications of Noninvasive Imaging: Coregistration, Stereotaxis, and Beyond
Georgios Sianos

5:40 PM

Applications for Intravascular Ultrasound in CTOs
Satoru Sumitsuji

5:55 PM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz
Discussants: Georgios Sianos, Satoru Sumitsuji

6:05 PM

Cocktail Reception in Exhibit Hall

7:30 PM

Dinner Programs

Friday, February 6

6:30 AM

Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Clinical Outcomes Following CTO Revascularization:
A Global Perspective

Moderators: Carlo Di Mario, Gerald S. Werner

7:30 AM

Twenty Years of Experience at the Toyohashi Heart Center: Evolution of Technique, Patient Selection, and Clinical Outcome
Etsuo Tscuchikane

7:45 AM

Early Insights from the Canadian Multicenter CTO Longitudinal Study
Bradley H. Strauss

8:00 AM

The European Multicenter CTO EXPLORE Trial: Previous Findings and Study Rationale
Jose PS Henriques

Crossing Technique in CTO Revascularization:
Antegrade, Retrograde . . . Both!

Moderators: Martin B. Leon, Patrick L. Whitlow

8:12 AM

Antegrade Approach: From Guidewire Selection to Technical Skills
Martin B. Leon

8:22 AM

Retrograde Technique I: Septal Crossing
Masahiko Ochiai

8:32 AM

Retrograde Technique II: Epicardial Crossing
Shigeru Nakamura

8:42 AM

Retrograde Technique III: CART and Reverse CART
Osamu Katoh

8:52 AM

Simultaneous Antegrade and Retrograde Technique:
Transradial Plus Transfemoral Approaches
Yuji Ikari

9:02 AM

Brutus Revisited: Subintimal Tracking and Reentry Technique and Outcomes
Antonio Colombo

9:12 AM

Intraocclusion Contrast Injection: Tracking with the Microchannel Technique
Mauro Carlino

9:22 AM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Martin B. Leon, Patrick L. Whitlow
Discussants: Mauro Carlino, Antonio Colombo, Yuji Ikari, Osamu Katoh, Shigeru Nakamura, Masahiko Ochiai

9:35 AM

Visit Exhibit Hall

9:55 AM

Live Coronary Case Session III: Cases 7, 8, and 9
Site: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Moderator: Martin B. Leon
Panelists: Mark Reisman, Etsuo Tscuchikane, Patrick L. Whitlow,
David O. Williams, R. Michael Wyman
Visiting Operators: Yaron Almagor, Antonio Colombo, Masahiko Ochiai
Local Operators: Michael B. Collins, Jeffrey W. Moses, Gregg W. Stone

11:55 AM

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall

12:10 PM

Lunchtime Case Review Session: You Wouldn't Believe It Unless I Showed You:
My Most Memorable Case of 2008
Moderator: Mark Reisman
Panelists: Kotaro Obunai, Mark Reisman, Craig A. Thompson, David O. William, R. Michael Wyman

CTO Complications Forum

Moderators: Paul S. Teirstein, Craig A. Thompson

1:10 PM

Perforation Happens: Identification and Management
Mark Reisman

1:22 PM

Complications Unique to the Retrograde Technique:
Septal and Collateral Perforation and Beyond
Osamu Katoh

1:34 PM

Stent Fracture and Late Incomplete Apposition
Gary S. Mintz

1:46 PM

My Worst Complications and How I Treated Them
Paul S. Teirstein

1:58 PM

Radiation Injury and Contrast Nephropathy: Clinical Consequences and Prevention
Reginald I. Low (from La Jolla, California)

2:10 PM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Paul S. Teirstein, Craig A. Thompson
Discussants: Osamu Katoh, Reginald I. Low, Gary S. Mintz, Mark Reisman

2:20 PM

Live Coronary Case Session IV: Cases 10, 11, and 12
Site: Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
Moderator: Paul S. Teirstein
Panelists: Alfredo R. Galassi, Richard R. Heuser, Yuji Ikari, Osamu Katoh,
Keyur H. Parikh, Bradley S. Strauss
Visiting Operators: Wiliam L. Lombardi, Reginald I. Low, Shigeru Saito
Local Operators: David E. Kandzari, Matthew J. Price, Curtiss Stinis

Solutions to the Last Great Barrier in PCI Success:
Innovative Technologies

Moderators: Bradley H. Strauss, David O. Williams

4:20 PM

FlowCardia Crosser System: Practical Experiences and Device Evolution
Alfredo R. Galassi

4:32 PM

OCR Guided Radiofrequency-Enabled CTO Recanalization with the Safe Cross System
Richard R. Heuser

4:42 PM

Ovalum CiTop: FIM Results and Early Clinical Experience
Keyur H. Parikh

4:52 PM

EndoCross Enabler Technology: Device Description and Early Results
Maurice Buchbinder

5:02 PM

Bridgepoint Intraluminal Coronary Reentry Technologies
Patrick L. Whitlow

5:12 PM

Novelis Forward-Looking IVUS and RF CTO Ablation: Program Update
David O. Williams

5:22 PM

Collagen Dissolution: Rationale, Preclinical Results, and FIH Plans
Bradley H. Strauss

5:32 PM

Moderated Discussion with Audience Q&A
Moderators: Bradley H. Strauss, David O. Williams
Discussants: Alfredo R. Galassi, Richard R. Heuser,
Keyur H. Parikh, Patrick L. Whitlow

5:45 PM

Adjourn

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