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13th Biennial Meeting
International Andreas Gruentzig Society Meeting
January 17–21, 2016
Millbrook Conference Center
Queenstown, New Zealand
Program Agenda
Monday, January 18, 2016
MONDAY SESSION VIDEOS:
Video 1: Steve Bailey discusses our current state of knowledge, our concerns and hopes for the future of bioresorbable scaffolds and novel coronary stents.
Video 2: Alternative Access for TAVR / Mitral Valve Repair. Augusto Pichard leads the discussion about alternative access for TAVR and the enthusiasm the IAGS members have about these approaches. The panel emphasizes the importance of training, centers of excellence, reimbursement and team-based approaches.
Video 3: Gary Roubin leads the panel in discussing the bright future of new technologies in peripheral vascular disease. Details and goals of the CREST-2 Registry are outlined. Optimal patient selection and credentialing of operators in approved centers will be extremely important. Gus Pichard summarizes the IAGS consensus on guidelines for DAPT.
Welcome & Introductions: Gary Roubin
Session 1: Coronary
Chair: Steve Bailey
Panelists: Ronald Dick, Tarek Helmy, Jamey Jacobs, Jeff Marshall, Sundeep Mishra, Max Muhs, Aniket Puri, Jason Struck, Hall Whitworth
Bioresorbable Scaffolds – Where do They Fit Best?
Speaker: Steve Bailey
Novel Coronary Stents – Leaders Free, Cobra PzF and Other Biomimetic Stents
Speaker: Ian Meredith
Optimum Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following DES – 3 mos or 3 years?
Speaker: Alfredo Rodriguez
Session 2: Structural
Chair: Augusto Pichard
Panelists: Seth Bilazarian, Jamey Jacobs, Patrick McCoy, Augusto Pichard, Alfredo Rodriguez, David Wood
Alternative Access for TAVR – Carotid, Transcaval, Percutaneous TA
Speaker: Adam Greenbaum
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair – Rubik’s Cube?
Speaker: Brian O’Neill
Trancatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Speaker: Ian Meredith
Session 3: Endovascular
Chair: Gary Roubin
Panelists: Robert Bersin, John Brumleve
Aortic Frontiers: Treatment of Uncomplicated Type B Diss
Speaker: Douglas Cavaye
Leave Nothing Behind: Atherectomy, DCB, Both?
Speaker: Germano DiSciascio
CREST-2: Game Changer or Just Another Toothpaste?
Speaker: Gary Roubin
Society Working Session / Transcatheter Valve Therapies
Chair: Gary Roubin
Panelists: Robert Bersin, Simon Dixon, William O’Neill
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
TUESDAY SESSION VIDEOS:
Video 1: Bill O’Neill leads a panel discussion to detail the important take-aways from day 2 of the 13th Biennial International Andreas Gruentzig meeting. Larry Dean recounts the important points of Coronary CTA, iFFR and Robotic PCI with other panelists including Tim Henry and Simon Dixon.
Video 2: Bill O’Neill leads a panel discussion to help summarize the sessions from day 2 of the 13th Biennial International Andreas Gruentzig meeting. Tim Henry discusses where we stand with renal denervation and cell therapy. Panelists include Larry Dean, Simon Dixon, Bill O’Neill, Gary Roubin and Bob Bersin.
Video 3: Bill O’Neill leads a panel discussion to detail topics discussed during day 2 of the 13th Biennial IAGS meeting. Bob Bersin discusses where we stand with these devices in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and especially therapy below the knee.
Video 4: Lithoplasty, Insight and Wrap-up. Bill O’Neill leads a panel discussion to detail the important take-aways from the emerging therapies sessions of the 13th Biennial IAGS meeting. Bob Bersin describes an exciting therapy called lithoplasty, in which balloon-delivered energy actually changes lesion compliance.
Session 4: Coronary
Chair: Larry Dean
Panelists: Skip Anderson, Larry Dean, Lloyd Jones, Madhav Menon, Brian O’Murchu
Coronary CTA: Plaque characterization and iFFR
Speaker: Jim Adams
Robotic PCI
Speaker: Rafi Beyar
Coronary CTOs – Latest Techniques and Patient Selection
Speaker: Sundeep Mishra
Session 5: Emerging Therapies
Chair: Tim Henry
Panelists: Tony Dortimer, Ian Meredith
Renal Denervation: Is There Proof of Concept? Is there a Better Way?
Speaker: Tim Fischell
Cell Therapy for Myocardial Regeneration-My Cells or Your Cells?
Speaker: Tim Henry
Bioerodable Metallic Scaffolds
Speaker: Nickolas Kipshidze
Session 6: Endovascular
Chair: Robert Bersin
Panelists: Douglas Cavaye, Nickolas Kipshidze, Ian Meredith, Gary Roubin
Bioerodable Vascular Stents: Are They the Answer?
Speaker: Douglas Cavaye
Can We Get DCBs to Work in Critical Limb Ischemia?
Speaker: Nickolas Kipshidze
Lithoplasty: A 'Disruptive' Technology
Speaker: Robert Bersin
Society Working Session / Vascular Interventions
Chair: Robert Bersin
Panelists: Simon Dixon, William O’Neill
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
WEDNESDAY SESSION VIDEOS:
Video 1: Hemodynamics
Video 2: Anticoagulants for the future
Video 3: Lipid lowering and risk factors
Video 4: Paravalvular Leaks
Video 5: Bicuspid aortic valve disease
Video 6: Left atrial appendage devices
Session 7: Hemodynamics
Chair: William O’Neill
Panelists: David Baron, Seth Bilazarian, Simon Dixon, Lillian Garcia Palmer, Fayaz Shawl, Marco Weinstein
High Risk PCI: Who Should Undergo PCI with Hemodynamic Support?
Speaker: Paul Overlie
Update on Percutaneous LVADS and RVADS
Speaker: William O’Neill
Devices for Diastolic Dysfunction: Drive a CORolla or Use a Parachute?
Speaker: Skip Anderson
Session 8: Drug Therapy
Chair: Jeff Marshall
Panelists: Paul Puccioni, Hall Whitworth, Michael Williams
Anticoagulants for PCI: Back to the Future?
Speaker: Michael Cowley
Novel Antiplatelet Agents and Anticoagulants in ACS: on Par?
Speaker: Germano DiSciascio
Combination Lipid Lowering Therapy: Which Drugs and in Whom
Speaker: Jim Adams
Session 9: Structural
Chair: Brian O’Neill
Panelists: Adam Greenbaum, Ian Meredith, Gerard Wilkins, Ben Yerbury
Dealing with Perivalvular Leaks: Techniques, Data, and Path to Reimbursement
Speaker: Augusto Pichard
Interventional Treatment of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Speaker: David Wood
Who Should Receive a LAA Device?
Speaker: Michael Mooney
Society Working Session / Hemodynamic Support
Chair: William O’Neill
Panelists: Robert Bersin, Simon Dixon
Thursday, January 21, 2016
THURSDAY SESSION VIDEOS:
Video 1: Left main intervention
Video 2: Interventions in acute MI
Video 3: Hypothermia and ECMO
Video 4: Industry and physician collaboration
Session 10: Coronary
Chair: Simon Dixon
Panelists: Steve Bailey, Seth Bilazarian, Ronald Dick, Germano DiSciascio, Tim Henry, Renato Ramos
Left Main PCI: Which Lesions, In Whom and How
Speaker: Tarek Helmy
AMI Intervention: Best Strategies and New Devices
Speaker: Marco Weinstein
Hypothermia and ECMO for Cardiac Arrest
Speaker: Michael Mooney
Session 11: Industry
Chair: Bonnie Weiner
Panelists: Skip Anderson, Evelyn Baram-Clothier, Larry Dean, Jay Hollman, Marcia Schallehn
How to Approach the Increasing Disconnect Between Evidence, Indication and Reimbursement
Speaker: Jeff Marshall
Consolidation in the Device Industry: Will this Stifle or Promote Innovation?
Speaker: Jamey Jacobs
Interventional Cardiology in Perspective: Future Societal Needs and Governmental Regulation at Crossroads?
Speaker: Paul Overlie
IAGS Business Meeting
