Seventh Bulgarian Bifurcation and Complex Coronary Interventions Course

INVITATION
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee we are honored to invite you to the Seventh Bulgarian Bifurcation and Complex
Coronary Interventions Course, which is going to be held on 19‐21 January 2018 at Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
Sofia.
Traditionally Bulgarian Bifurcation Course is articulated around a highly educational program, driven by innovation.
Our aim is to produce a comprehensive program offering broad range of sessions related to bifurcations and complex
coronary interventions, covering from essentials to the latest controversies in the field.
This edition of the Course will be dedicated to IVUS imaging. Presentations on IVUS basics and interpretation of IVUS
recorded and live cases will be included in the program guided by prominent foreign experts in the field.
After the success of the last‐edition hands‐on sessions designed for young interventional cardiologists we are positive to
conduct hands‐on sessions for young specialists as per tradition. Fellows will benefit again the unique chance to perform
live‐cases under supervision of eminent foreign specialists.
Recorded best‐case sessions for fellows will also be included in the program for a second year.
Every year we invite some of the leading experts in the field to share their latest innovative knowledge as we
understand your urge to access the latest results and data.
Close to 10 nationalities are represented every year by Faculty and participants. Around 120 attendees join the Course.
Strong partnership with the Industry is established in order to be kept up to date with innovation.
No registration fees will be applicable.
For further information please contact our partner:
Congress Management and Events (CME) Ltd., www.cmebg.com
Contact person: Mrs. Denitza Yonkova
Tel: + 359 896 700 952 E‐mail: [email protected]
Participation in the hands‐on sessions will be possible for fellows or licensed cardiologists whose licenses have been
acquired not more than two years ago counted back from 19 January 2018. Participants willing to attend the hands‐on
sessions should send a scanned copy of a letter of recommendation given by their head of the cath lab, medical diploma
copy, license copy if applicable. Submission of applications will be possible till 1 December 2017, at the e‐mail address of
the event management company. As places for the hands‐on sessions are limited, applicants with valid documents will
be listed on a first come first served basis.
Best case will be nominated by the foreign faculty.
Cases should consist of a short pdf presentation in English and a movie in Quicktime H.264 format and resolution 720 p
or 1080 p. Materials should be sent via WeTransfer, prior to 1 December 2017, to the e‐mail address of the event
management company. The file should be compressed if its size exceeds 2 gigabytes.
We look forward to meeting you in Sofia!
Sincerely yours,
Yves Louvard MD – Honorable Course Director
Robert J. Gil MD, PhD – International Course Director
Dobrin Vassilev MD, PhD – Course Co‐Director
Vassil Velchev MD, PhD – Course Co‐Director
Valery Gelev MD, PhD – Course Co‐Director
PROGRAM
Friday, 19 January 2018
8:30 Registration
/floor 9/
9:00 – 11:00 Session I: Modern treatment of bifurcations – step by step approach.
/Study hall, floor 9/ Part I – Hands-on session for young interventional cardiologists with live transmission from the cathlab
Moderators: Y. Louvard, A. Maehara, D. Prvulovic
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee-break
11:30 – 13:15 Session II: Intravascular imaging in everyday practice. Challenging IVUS cases.
/Study hall, floor 9/ Moderators: Y. Louvard, D. Trendafilova, P. Gatzov
11:30 – 11:50 Basic interpretation for PCI procedure, how to size stent, length, optimization by IVUS or OCT
A. Maehara
11:50 – 12:00 Case presentation
Aleksandrovska University Hospital
12:00 – 12:05 Discussion
12:05 – 12:25 When and how should we use intravascular imaging? Left Main, bifurcation, stent failure, CTO, basically complex lesion
A. Maehara
12:25 – 12:35 Case presentation
Bulgarian Cardiac Institute
12:35 – 12:40 Discussion
12:40 – 13:00 Differences between IVUS, OCT, HD-IVUS or others (NIRS)
A. Maehara
13:00 – 13:10 Case presentation
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
13:10 – 13:15 Discussion
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
/floor 9/
14:30 – 16:30 Session III: Intravascular imaging in everyday practice.
/Study hall, floor 9/ Part II – Hands-on session for young interventional cardiologists.
Live cases with use of intravascular imaging from the cathlab
Moderators: A. Maehara, Y. Louvard, P. Gatzov, D. Trendafilova, G. Mazhdrakov, H. Mateev
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee-break
17:00 – 17:40 Session IV: Case presentations of young interventional cardiologists.
/Study hall, My best case of the year
floor 9/ Moderators: A. Maehara, Y. Louvard, F. Fouladvand
17:00 – 17:08 Case 1 – Cullote technique of large Cx and OM2, over dissection of OM2 – patient was after 1 year of MI on Cx
S. Nikolov, HI Clinical Hospital Shtip
17:08 – 17:10 Discussion
17:10 – 17:18 Case 2 – National Heart Hospital
17:18 – 17:20 Discussion
17:20 – 17:28 Case 3 – Bulgarian Cardiac Institute
17:28 – 17:30 Discussion
17:30 – 17:38 Case 4 – Aleksandrovska University Hospital
17:38 – 17:40 Discussion
Saturday, 20 January 2018 Auditorium, floor 9
8:00 – 8:15 Opening ceremony
8:15 – 9:15 Session V: LM PCI and Coronary Bifurcation Treatment
Moderators: M. Pan, I. Sheiban, G. Rigatelli, G. Mazhdrakov,
D. Vassilev, V. Velchev
8:15 – 8:35 What is best for coronary bifurcation treatment in 2017
Y. Louvard
8:35 – 8:55 When and how to switch to two stents strategy – which is best?
I. Iakovou
8:55 – 9:15 How to obtain the best result with distal left main stenting?
R. Gil
9:15 – 10:45 Live case session I
Moderators: Y. Louvard, I. Iakovou, I. Sheiban, D. Trendafilova, I. Jeleva, G. Mazhdrakov, H. Mateev, D. Vassilev, V. Velchev
Operators:
Case 1: G. Sianos
Case 2: M. Pan
Case 3: G. Rigatelli
10:45 – 11:15 Symposium of Meril – Silver Sponsor
Clinical Kaleidoscope of Novel Interventional Technologies
Co-Chair and Moderator: V. Gelev
Expert panel: V. Velchev, D. Vassilev, G. Mazhdrakov
10:45– 10:52 BioMime and Bulgarian clinical experience
H. Mateev
10:52 – 10:59 BioMime Morph – first tapered coronary stent and science behind it
D. Vassilev
10:59 – 11:06 Journey from Substance to Sublime: evolution of MeRes100 & Clinical update
V. Gelev
11:06 – 11:13 New technologies from Meril Life sciences
G. Mazhdrakov
11:13 – 11:15 Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
11:30 – 12:15 Session VI: with educational grant from Astra Zeneca
Antithrombotic treatment strategy in CHIP patient
Moderators: Y. Louvard, I. Iakovou, D. Trendafilova, I. Petrov,
H. Mateev, V. Velchev
11:30 – 11:45 What new in antithrombotic treatment of coronary bifurcation stenting patients in 2017? I. Sheiban
11:45 – 12:00 The bleeding patient after CHIP intervention – “Oh my God!” M. Pan
12:00 – 12:15 The coronary bifurcation lesion treatment in atrial fibrillation patient G. Rigatelli
12:15 – 12:45 Symposium of SMT – Silver Sponsor Supraflex and The Healing Experience
Chairpersons: D. Vassilev, R. Gil, G. Mazhdrakov
12:15 – 12:25 Supraflex in UK
A. Choudhury, Cardiff, UK
12:25 – 12:35 Supraflex interesting cases
I. Petrov, Sofia, Bulgaria
12:35 – 12:45 MIDAAS – For the researcher in you
Pledged to save millions…!
C. Uthirapathi, SMT India
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:15 Session VII: Intravascular Image-Guided Complex Coronary Interventions
Moderators: R. Gil, A. Maehara
Panelists: G. Sianos, I. Iakovou, V. Velchev, D. Vassilev
13:30 – 13:45 Complex lesion subset – role of IVUS
A. Maehara
13:45 – 13:55 Case presentation – How IVUS changed my strategy I – Aleksandrovska University Hospital
13:55 – 14:05 Discussion
14:05 – 14:20 EXCEL – Left Main IVUS Findings
A. Maehara
14:20 – 14:30 Case presentation – How IVUS changed my strategy II –
Bulgarian Cardiac Institute
14:30 – 14:40 Discussion
14:40 – 14:55 PROSPECT type vulnerable plaque
A. Maehara
14:55 – 15:05 Case presentation –How IVUS changed my strategy III – Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
15:05 – 15:15 Discussion
15:15 – 15:45 Symposium of Actavis – Silver Sponsor
15:15 – 15:30 Bleeding risk assessment in patients undergoing PCI
D. Vassilev
15:30 – 15:45 Patient with bleeding after PCI – practical approach
V. Velchev
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
16:00 – 16:30 Symposium of Bracco – Silver Sponsor
High definition intravascular ultrasound
V. Gelev
16:30 – 16:50 Did New Data and Devices change my approach for CTO Recanalization
G. Sianos
Moderators: V. Gelev, I. Jeleva
16:50 – 17:05 Presentation Vega Medical
BioFreedom – use in complex coronary lesions and high-bleeding risk patients
D. Vassilev
17:05 – 17:25 Focus lecture: What we have achieved and what we are missing in bifurcation treatment
G. Stankovic
Moderators: Y. Louvard, V. Gelev
17:25 – 17:35 Discussion
17:35 – 19:45 Live case session II
Moderators: Y. Louvard, G. Stankovic, G. Heyndrickx,
D. Trendafilova, G. Sianos, V. Velchev
Operators:
Case 4: I. Sheiban
Case 5: R. Gil
Case 6:
Sunday, 21 January 2018 Auditorium, floor 9
8:30 – 10:30 Session VIII: Controversies in stable IHD – polemic session
Moderator: R. Gil
Panelists: I. Sheiban, Y. Louvard, G. Stankovic, G. Sianos, V. Velchev, V. Gelev
8:30 – 9:00 Shall we treat asymptomatic / mildly symptomatic proximal LAD with positive FFR
8:30 – 8:45 Yes (for prognostic benefits)
I. Petrov
8:45 – 9:00 No (there is nothing the patient can gain out of the PCI)
P. Gatzov
9:00 – 9:30 Shall we do PCI only after OMT failed to control symptoms?
9:00 – 9:15 Yes (because there is only QoL benefit)
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Postadjan
9:15 – 9:30 No (because compliance with OMT in real world is worst then in RCTs)
K. Karamfiloff
9:30 – 10:00 Shall the MSCT become a new gate keeper (for the gate to the Cath lab)
9:30 – 9:45 Yes (because the data are convincing)
G. Heyndrickx
9:45 – 10:00 No (MSCT coronarography is not ready)
M. Nedevska
10:00 – 10:15 IHD and coronary stenosis – an elusive link
V. Velchev
10:15 – 10:30 Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 Symposium of Terumo – Silver Sponsor
Chairman & Moderator: V. Gelev
10:30 – 10:45 Impact of Stent Platform on Long Term Outcome of Bifurcation PCI G. Stankovic
10:45 – 10:50 Discussion
10:50 – 11:00 Case report/s – Complex TR PCI – FineDuo application D. Vassilev
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
11:15 – 11:45 Symposium of Biotronik – Silver Sponsor
Biotronik innovative solutions for coronary patients
Why Orsiro is gaining prominence in the crowded DES market? D. Vassilev
Magmaris: Continue to Show No Evidences of Scaffold Thrombosis V. Gelev
24 month experience with Magmaris – case report Alexandrovska Hospital K. Karamfiloff
11:45 – 12:45 Session IX: Bioresorbable scaffolds on a crossroad – current status and future
Moderators: R. Gil, Y. Louvard, D. Trendafilova, V. Velchev, V. Gelev, I. Petrov
11:45 – 12:00 BRS in coronary bifurcations – where we are, where we go
D. Vassilev
12:00 – 12:05 Discussion
12:05 – 12:20 Why BRS failed?
S. Mot
12:20 – 12:25 Discussion
12:25 – 12:40 BVS – what new on the horizon
G. Rigatelli
12:40 – 12:45 Discussion
12:45 – 13:25 Session X: Case presentations of young interventional cardiologists II
Moderators: D. Trendafilova, Y. Louvard, G. Sianos, G. Heyndrickx, D. Prvulovic, I. Petrov, V. Velchev, D. Vassilev
My worst case of the year
12:45 – 12:53 Case 1 – Diffuse progressive coronary artery disease in a young woman with no obvious risk factors assessed by IVUS and ending with an unplanned PCI
I. Hadzibegovic, Clinical hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
12:53 – 12:55 Discussion
12:55 – 13:03 Case 2 – L. Giunio
13:03 – 13:05 Discussion
13:05 – 13:13 Case 3 – Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
13:13 – 13:15 Discussion
13:15 – 13:23 Case 4 – L. Giunio
13:23 – 13:25 Discussion
13:25 – 13:35 Best cases awards and closing remarks