Coronary
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I’d like to personally invite you to join us for the SCAI 2025 Coronary Track, a meeting designed to bring interventional cardiologists from diverse practice scenarios and enhance your skills as a PCI operator, whether you're navigating routine cases or tackling more complex scenarios.
This program will help you become a smarter, safer, and more versatile operator, focused on troubleshooting, problem-solving, and managing complications effectively. Our expert faculty will share invaluable tips, tricks, and evidence-based practices developed over years of experience.
Key topics include modern physiology and imaging and how it will positively impact your practice, managing cardiogenic shock, contemporary approaches to DES ISR, strategies to manage complex calcified multi-vessel disease, and step-by-step demonstrations of complication management, all illustrated with live and presented cases.
Manish A. Parikh, MD, FSCAI
Coronary Track Director
Overview
The meeting will further improve the operator’s routine and complex PCI skillsets. The aim is to educate attendees on how to be a smarter, safer, and versatile operator who is well-equipped to problem-solve, troubleshoot, and manage complications. Expert operators and faculty will share tips and tricks developed over years of practice, along with evidence-based best practices.
The SCAI 2025 Coronary track covers:
- How modern physiology has changed practice.
- Cardiogenic Shock and MCS
- Contemporary treatment options for DES ISR
- Imaging tips and tricks
- Illustration of technical and procedural aspects based on live and presented cases.
- Step-by-step demonstration of complication management.
Target Audience
The Coronary track will interest PCI operators in all stages of their careers looking to improve their skills further, acquire new and niche skills, develop programs, collaborate in research and clinical endeavors, and update their knowledge of the latest in the field.
Learning Objectives
After attending this program, attendees will be able to:
- Evaluate contemporary physiological approaches in cardiovascular interventions, focusing on physiology-guided PCI, CT, and FFR to enhance patient outcomes.
- Develop strategies for managing cardiogenic shock, including device selection, ECMO, and ECPR, with an understanding of access and escalation complications.
- Optimize management of drug-eluting stent (DES) failures and in-stent restenosis (ISR) through advanced imaging and innovative treatments like drug-coated balloons and brachytherapy.
- Integrate advanced imaging techniques into clinical practice to improve diagnostic accuracy, particularly for complex cases involving calcified nodules.
- Advance skills in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, mastering antegrade and retrograde approaches, and navigating post-CABG CTOs.
- Apply strategies for managing heavily calcified coronary lesions, including the use of IVL, atherectomy, and algorithms for improved prognostic outcomes.
In this session, we will delve into the complexities of managing cardiogenic shock through the lens of current clinical trials and device options. This session will cover critical decision-making processes for selecting the appropriate mechanical support device, including ECMO and ECPR strategies. Attendees will leave with a comprehensive understanding of access, escalation, and potential complications in the treatment of this challenging condition.
Presenters will address the challenges and strategies in establishing and advancing a successful chronic total occlusion (CTO) practice. This session will cover essential techniques such as antegrade wiring algorithms and mastery of advanced retrograde approaches while emphasizing the importance of learning from failures. Expert speakers will provide practical tips for navigating post-CABG CTOs and troubleshooting difficult cases, equipping participants with the tools to enhance their interventional skills.
This session will explore effective strategies for managing heavily calcified coronary lesions. The session will cover the prognostic implications of calcium, detailed algorithms for treatment, and practical insights into advanced techniques like coronary IVL and atherectomy. Attendees will also hear about challenging case experiences that illustrate best practices and innovative solutions in tackling these complex scenarios.
May 1 - 3, 2025
Washington, DC