Overcoming the Complexities of Coronary Intervention – Contemporary PCI in LM Disease Series

Published: 07 July 2021

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Overview

Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) intervention is challenging to the operator due to a wide array of factors as compared to treating other stenosis elsewhere in the coronary tree. Complications arising from hemodynamic instability, lack of proximal reference angiographically and lesion preparation due to a higher rate of atherosclerosis make LM Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) by far the most complex to treat.

 

During this series of three live webinars on Overcoming the Complexities of Coronary Intervention – Contemporary PCI in LM Disease, our faculty of renowned international experts will walk you through the complexities of LM Disease and the state of the art image-guided stent optimization treatment strategies, in different clinical sub settings of LM aorta-ostial and LM-bifurcation disease.

 

This series is targeted at an international audience with a focus on clinical practice in the Asian, Middle Eastern and European cardiology community.

 

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Format and Key Learning Objectives

Each session comprises of 3 elements:

  • Lecture: Introduction to overall webinar topic; clinical overview of specific LM disease with focus on stent optimization and treatment strategies/state of art treatment technology
  • Case-In Point: Prerecorded case studies from international clinics presented and discussed by the local operator
  • Panel Discussion: Dr de la Torre and each panel discuss the topics highlighted in each lecture and case-in-point

Target Audience

This series is designed for the entire cardiology community:

  • Interventional Cardiologists
  • Cardiologists
  • Clinical Fellows and Trainees
  • Physiologists
  • Cath Lab Nurses and Technologists

More from this programme

Part 1

Welcome and Introduction to the Series

Hear from Dr Jose de la Torre, chairperson of the Overcoming the Complexities of Coronary Intervention – Contemporary PCI in LM Disease Series, explaining what will be covered in this important educational series.
1 session
Welcome and Introduction to the Webinar Series Watch now

Part 2

Precision Diagnostics in LM Aorta-ostial Disease – Imaging and Optimization Guidance

Don't miss this on-demand webinar chaired by Dr Jose de la Torre who is joined by an international faculty including Dr Albert Alahmar, Dr Do-Yoon Kang and Dr Raymond Chi-Yan Fung and the audience-digital moderator Dr Tamara Garcia Camarero. Learn from this team of renowned experts about the challenges of treating Left Main aorta-ostial disease by starting with an overview lecture focusing on stenting techniques and image-guided optimization strategies. The operators will demonstrate, with interactive case-in-point, the use of imaging and IVUS Co-registration for PCI guidance during treatment of aorta-ostial lesions.
5 sessions
Welcome and Introductions - Dr Jose de la Torre Watch now
Overview of LM Disease (aorta-ostial), Stenting Techniques and Optimization of LM Stenting Criteria with the use of Imaging - Dr Jose de la Torre Watch now
Case 1: Optimization Of LM Stenting with Imaging and IVUS Co-Reg - Dr Do-Yoon Kang Watch now
Case 2: Optimization Of LM Stenting with Imaging and IVUS Co-Reg - Dr Albert Alahmar Watch now
Summary Discussion and Thank You - All Panel Watch now

Part 3

Precision Diagnostics in LM Bifurcation Disease – Imaging and Optimization Guidance

Discover more on the next steps of using image-guided stent optimization strategies in treating Left Main bifurcation lesions – an area which carries the risk of occluding side branches and involving a higher rate of in-stent-restenosis (*1). This live webinar moderated by Dr Jose de la Torre and a group of renowned operators will demonstrate how these challenges can be addressed through recorded case-in-point from international centers and overview lectures. (*1. Wang, J., Guan, C., Chen, J. et al. Validation of bifurcation DEFINITION criteria and comparison of stenting strategies in true left main bifurcation lesions. Sci Rep 10, 10461 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67369-9)
6 sessions
Welcome and Introduction - Dr Jose de la Torre Watch now
Overview of Left Main Bifurcation Disease; the role of IVUS guidance and its clinical evidence in Left Main stenting optimization techniques - Dr Jose de la Torre Watch now
Challenges and Complexities of Distal Left Main Bifurcation in PCI in today’s clinical approach - Dr Nattawat Wongpraparut Watch now
Case 1: Optimization Of LM Bifurcation Stenting with Imaging and IVUS Co-reg from Prince of Wales Hospital In Sydney Watch now
Case 2: Optimization Of LM Bifurcation Stenting with Imaging and IVUS Co-reg from University Hospital Wales in Cardiff Watch now
Take Home Messages from the Faculty Watch now

Part 4

Complexities in Left Main Diseases

The finale of this series of three sessions on Left Main will feature a webinar moderated by Dr Jose de la Torre in which the use of imaging, physiology and optimization tools and techniques in Left Main diseases will be demonstrated – an area of intervention with potential complexities arising from both aorta-ostial and left main bifurcation lesions. Learn from a team of renowned operators via recorded, interactive case-in-point and lectures showcasing the latest state of the art way to perform LM PCI – a norm for the future.
5 sessions
Welcome and Introductions - Dr Jose de la Torre Watch now
Case 1: Optimization of LM Stenting with Imaging and IVUS Co-Reg from Marques de Valdecilla University of Santander in Spain Watch now
Imaging Techniques and IVUS Co-Reg - Dr Benjamin Wrigley Watch now
Case 2: Optimization of LM Stenting with Imaging and IVUS Co-Reg from Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore Watch now
Summary Discussion and Thank You - All Panel Watch now

Faculty Biographies

Nigel Jepson

Nigel Jepson

Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Director of the Clinical Trials Unit

Associate Professor Nigel Jepson is Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at the Eastern Heart Clinic and Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the Prince of Wales Public Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He holds the position of Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales. Associate Professor Jepson trained in Tasmania and completed clinical and cardiac interventional training at Harefield Hospital in London and the Eastern Heart Clinic in Sydney. He is a high volume interventionalist, practicing over the last 20 years with a specific interest in bifurcation and left main-stem disease, new stent technology and intra-coronary imaging. He has performed more than 10,000 coronary procedures and heads a transcatheter aortic valve replacement program.

Associate Professor Jepson is a regular invited speaker,…

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Virag Kushwaha

Virag Kushwaha

Interventional Cardiologist

Dr Virag Kushwaha is an interventional cardiologist with special interest in the management of structural heart disease and coronary artery disease. He graduated in medicine and surgery at the University of Sydney in 2005.He completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine and cardiology at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney and the Leeds General Infirmary in the UK.

Dr Kushwaha is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Prince of Wales Hospital and a visiting Medical Officer at the Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Eastern Heart Clinic, Sutherland Heart Clinic and Port Macquarie Base Hospital.

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