EuroPCR 2012

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[28] Single vessel disease

Main arena
From late breaking trials to clinical practice 15:00 - 17:25
Room 241
Stent thrombosis and coagulation disorders
Session comprising selected EuroPCR 2012 clinical case submissions
12:30 - 13:50
All you need to know about coronary computed tomography for interventional cardiologists 14:00 - 15:20
All you need to know about FFR and intracoronary testing 15:30 - 16:50
Room 242A
Chronic total occlusions: pathophysiology and prognosis
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12:30 - 13:50
Complications of transradial approach 14:00 - 15:20
OCT assessment of vascular responses to stent designs 17:00 - 18:30
Room 242B
The role of mechanical thrombectomy in the setting of pulmonary embolism and STEMI
With an unrestricted educational grant from BAYER INTERVENTIONAL
15:30 - 17:00
Room 243
Severe aortic stenosis with concomitant mitral regurgitation and/or pulmonary hypertension
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Invasive and Interventional Cardiology of the Slovenian Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Austrian Society of Cardiology
15:30 - 16:50
Solutions for tough cases in STEMI
With an unrestricted educational grant from STENTYS
17:00 - 18:30
Room 251
What support is best for patients with PCI-related calamities?
With an unrestricted educational grant from MAQUET Cardiovascular GETINGE GROUP
12:30 - 14:00
New challenges in the cathlab 15:30 - 16:50
Focus on drugs and devices used during PCI 17:00 - 18:20
Room 252AB
Cre8: the effective DES solution with no safety concerns
With an unrestricted educational grant from CID
14:00 - 15:30
FAME-Trials family: physiology, decision-making and clinical outcomes
With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL
17:00 - 18:30
Room 341
Interventional treatments for challenging coronary aneurysms
Session comprising selected EuroPCR 2012 clinical case submissions
14:00 - 15:20
Room 342B
Use of transradial approach for primary PCI 12:30 - 13:50
Comparison of outcomes between DES (Part I) 15:30 - 16:50
Outcomes with new bioresorbable polymer DES 17:00 - 18:30
Room 343
2012 Status of drug-eluting balloon therapy 12:30 - 13:50
Improving outcomes in primary PCI 14:00 - 15:20
DES in challenging clinical situations 17:00 - 18:30
Room 351
Changing management of acute myocardial infarction : perspectives from Asia 17:00 - 18:20
Room Maillot
Difficult decisions with dual antiplatelet therapy: DES, STEMI, unplanned treatment interruption. Practical solutions.
With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR
14:00 - 15:30
Theatre Bleu
Complication Forum - Part I
Session comprising selected EuroPCR 2012 clinical case submissions
17:00 - 18:30
Theatre Bordeaux
Emerging clinical tools for coronary imaging and physiological lesion assessment 12:30 - 14:50
Frontiers in interventional cardiology: traversing the therapeutic landscape in ACS
EBAC accredited educational programme - Programme supported by an unrestricted educational grant from ASTRAZENECA
17:00 - 18:30
Theatre Havane
Provisional treatment approach of a Medina 1,1,1 bifurcation lesion, when and how to treat the side branch?
With an unrestricted educational grant from MINVASYS
17:00 - 18:30

[35] Single vessel disease

PCR Training Centre
Coronary imaging: clinical and pathologic correlates. Lessons for interventional therapies 13:40 - 15:00
Room 241
Techniques for bifurcation PCI 08:00 - 09:00
All you need to know about renal denervation 09:00 - 10:20
Late breaking science: novel OCT imaging 13:40 - 15:00
All you need to know about adjunctive antithrombotic pharmacotherapy for PCI 15:00 - 16:20
Functional assessment of percutaneous interventions with pressure guidewires: will instantaneous wave-free ratio change your practice?
With an unrestricted educational grant from VOLCANO
16:30 - 18:00
Room 242A
Contrast induced nephropathy 09:00 - 10:20
Assessment of stenosis severity by OCT 10:30 - 11:50
ACS in elderly patients: is it really different? 12:00 - 13:30
Role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the interventional cardiologist
With the collaboration of the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
13:40 - 15:00
Difficult situations in primary PCI for STEMI
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Turkish Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (EWGIC) of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology
16:30 - 17:50
Room 243
How to manage high thrombus burden in acute myocardial infarction
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (GTCI) of the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and CardioVascular Surgery and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology
09:00 - 10:20
IVUS to assess PCI outcomes 12:00 - 13:30
Towards a standard definition of cardiovascular events: the world according to Academic Research Consortium. A case-oriented discussion 13:40 - 15:00
Room 251
EuroIntervention / European Heart Journal @ EuroPCR 08:00 - 09:20
New antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents in practice 16:30 - 17:50
Room 252AB
First-in-man trials and novel clinical applications 10:40 - 12:00
From stent to scaffold: from revascularisation to vascular repair
With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR
12:00 - 13:30
When is it safe to discontinue dual antiplatelet therapy after DES: what is the evidence and the potential impact of emerging technology?
With an unrestricted educational grant from BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
16:30 - 18:00
Room 253
Practical approach to challenging saphenous vein graft interventions
Under the auspices of the Association of Interventional Cardiology of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology and the Scottish Cardiac Society
10:30 - 11:50
The role of novel bare-metal stents in contemporary coronary angioplasty
With an unrestricted educational grant from JAPAN STENT TECHNOLOGY
12:00 - 13:30
Discussion of revascularisation strategy in diabetic patients with multivessel disease
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology
15:00 - 16:20
Room 341
Stent trials 09:00 - 10:20
Coronary plaque composition: which clinical impact? 13:40 - 15:00
Room 342B
Simultaneous atrial septal defect closure and coronary intervention in adults
Under the auspices of the Russian Scientific Society of Interventional Cardioangiology (RSICA) and the Swiss Society of Cardiology
13:40 - 15:00
Special issues in left main treatment
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of the Danish Society of Cardiology
15:00 - 16:20
Room 351
Acute stroke interventions: a new place for the "brain team" 08:30 - 10:20
How should I treat STEMI patients with primary PCI: the value of optical imaging-guidance
With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO
16:30 - 18:00
Room 352AB
The emerging panvascular role of drug-eluting balloon
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC
12:00 - 13:30
Room Maillot
Secondary revascularisation Part I - Stent failure: understanding a multifactorial clinical problem 08:00 - 11:50
Theatre Bordeaux
Management of a patient with complex coronary artery bifurcation lesion 08:00 - 11:00
Learning Pathway Forum: bifurcation lesion 11:10 - 12:00
Dedicated side branch stent system for treatment of complex bifurcation and left main lesions
With an unrestricted educational grant from TRYTON MEDICAL
12:00 - 14:00
Theatre Havane
Complex patients: optimal combination of stents and adjunctive therapy
With an unrestricted educational grant from BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL
12:00 - 13:30
Latest generation self-expanding stents in STEMI and in bifurcations
With an unrestricted educational grant from STENTYS
16:50 - 18:50

[42] Single vessel disease

Main arena
Hot Line from ACC 2012 - Evolving device strategies
With the collaboration of the American College of Cardiology
10:30 - 12:00
PCR Training Centre
Coronary imaging: clinical and pathologic correlates. Lessons for interventional therapies 08:00 - 09:20
Imaging in aortic stenosis and functional mitral regurgitation: clinical and pathologic correlates. Lessons for transcatheter valve therapies 09:30 - 10:50
Room 241
Emerging interventional technologies for treatment of resistant hypertension 08:00 - 10:20
Cardiovascular Innovation Pipeline - Drug-eluting stents 10:30 - 11:50
ACC@EuroPCR - Vulnerable lesions and patients 13:40 - 15:00
Bifurcation and left main lesions: challenges, treatment and strategies
With an unrestricted educational grant from MINVASYS
16:30 - 18:00
Room 242B
Left main PCI: improved outcomes through technical optimisation 08:00 - 09:00
Comparison of outcomes between DES (Part II) 10:30 - 11:50
Select, don't react: why, when and how to use GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors in ACS-PCI
With an unrestricted educational grant from ELI LILLY
12:00 - 13:30
New developments in the assessment of coronary stenosis and the microcirculation 13:40 - 15:00
Anatomic and functional assessment of coronary stenosis 15:00 - 16:20
Thrombus management during PCI 16:30 - 18:00
Room 251
Working in the cathlab: European perspectives 10:30 - 12:10
Nurses and Technicians best presentation award and closing ceremony 15:20 - 15:50
Room 252AB
Late breaking clinical trials 10:30 - 11:50
Fast, effective, safe: making the right choices in STEMI
With an unrestricted educational grant from TERUMO and THE MEDICINES COMPANY
16:30 - 18:00
Room 253
Results of PCI for the treatment of saphenous vein graft lesions 08:00 - 09:00
Late stent malapposition
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of the Danish Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Finnish Society of Cardiology
13:40 - 15:00
Bioresorbable scaffolds in clinical practice
Under the auspices of the Luxembourg Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the German Cardiac Society (DGK)
16:30 - 17:50
Room 341
Results of PCI in bifurcation lesions 09:00 - 09:50
Dedicated stents for the treatment of bifurcation lesions 10:30 - 11:50
Drug-eluting balloons: for which patients, for which coronary lesions? 15:00 - 16:20
Stent thrombosis 16:30 - 18:00
Room 342A
Titanium-nitride-oxide active stent: combining DES clinical efficacy with enhanced bare-metal stent safety
With an unrestricted educational grant from HEXACATH
12:00 - 13:30
Room 342B
Should all STEMI patients routinely be treated with thrombus aspiration?
Under the auspices of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Swedish Society of Cardiology, the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Danish Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Norwegian Society of Cardiology
16:30 - 18:30
Room 343
Meet the trialists - Interactive meeting with the principal investigators of essential clinical trials 16:30 - 18:00
Room 351
Longitudinal deformation of coronary stents 08:00 - 09:00
Cardiovascular Innovation Pipeline - Novel devices 09:00 - 10:20
Stent for Life - How do we optimise the delivery and quality of primary PCI? 10:30 - 11:50
Room 352AB
Drug-eluting balloons: perspectives in angioplasty beyond stents
With an unrestricted educational grant from BBRAUN and BAYER HEALTHCARE
12:00 - 13:30
How to improve your success rate in coronary chronic total occlusions: let's keep it simple!
With an unrestricted educational grant from ABBOTT VASCULAR
16:30 - 18:00
Room Maillot
Emerging technologies for coronary imaging and lesion assessment 08:20 - 11:20
Emerging bioresorbable scaffolds: a report from the PCR Focus Group 13:40 - 16:20
Theatre Bleu
Interventional treatment of coronary chronic total occlusion: 2012 update
With the collaboration of Complex Cardiovascular Therapeutics (CCT)
08:00 - 11:20
Treating bifurcation lesions: a simple and elegant solution for a complex situation
With an unrestricted educational grant from BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL
11:30 - 13:30
Primary PCI for the management of high-risk STEMI patients 13:40 - 16:20
Renal denervation treatment: keys to success from almost 5 years of clinical experience
With an unrestricted educational grant from MEDTRONIC
16:30 - 18:30
Theatre Bordeaux
Management by PCI of a patient presenting with STEMI 08:00 - 11:00
Learning Pathway Forum: STEMI 11:10 - 12:00
Optimising PCI and patient outcomes with combined FFR and OCT guidance
With an unrestricted educational grant from ST. JUDE MEDICAL
12:00 - 14:00
Theatre Havane
Interventional therapy of arterial hypertension: a case-based discussion - Highlights from the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the German Cardiac Society (AGIK/DGK) 13:40 - 15:00