Program

Thursday, 10.3.2016.

18:00 – 18:30 Opening ceremony

18:30 – 19:00 Concert – Lege Artis Student Choir School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

19:00 – 19:20 Award for Lifetime Achievement in Interventional Cardiology

19:20 – 19:50 Opening Lecture: Public Reporting of Cardiology Outcomes – M. Vidovich

20:00 – 22:00 Welcome reception


Friday 11.3.2016.

Imaging Techniques
Chairman: M. Čerček, M. Jukić, M. Vidovich

08:15 – 08:30 M. Jukić, L. Pavić, P. Medaković, D. Lovrić, I. Bitunjac Zagreb
The role of coronary CT angiography in the field of interventional cardiology

08:30 – 08:45 K. Gabaldo, Đ. Prvulović, B. Vujeva, I. Hadžibegović, O. Čančarević S. Brod
Clear stent imaging for guiding the complex coronary interventions

08:45 – 09:05 M. Čerček Ljubljana
IVUS use in everyday practice – experience from Ljubljana

09:05 – 09:25 M. Vidovich Chicago
Optical Coherence Tomography

Complex Lesions 1.
Chairman: E. Galić, B. Skorić, M. Strozzi

09:25 – 09:40 B. Skorić Zagreb
Rotational atherectomy in complex calcified coronary lesions

09:40 – 09:55 M. Strozzi Zagreb
Recent recommendation for bifurcation PCI and our Immediate and long-term results in this patient group

09:55 – 10:10 M. Sičaja, B. Starčević Zagreb
Drug eluting balloon-side branch with/without cross-stenting technique – alternatives for conventional bifurcation stenting?

10:10 – 10:25 T. Letilović, D. Kozmar Zagreb
Use of guide extension devices in Clinical Hospital Merkur? – initial experiences

LIVE CASE transmission
Chairman: J. Bulum, M. Čerček, V. Tomulić

10:25 – 11:25
Case 1. (E. Margetić, Z. Makarović)
Case 2. (K. Bonaventura, K. Marić Bešić)

11:25 – 11:40 Coffee Break

Complex Lesions 2.
Chairman: J. Bulum, H. Stipić, S. Stojković

11:40 – 11:55 H. Stipić K. Toplice
The dysfunction of LIMA – opportunities and risks of secondary percutaneous revascularization

11:55 – 12:15 S. Stojković Belgrade
Contemporary indications for percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions

12:15 – 12:30 K. Štambuk K. Toplice
Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients unsuitable for surgical revascularization

12:30 – 12:45 K. Marić Bešić, Z.Miovski, M.Strozzi Zagreb
Octogenarians in the cath lab LIVE CASE transmission

Chairman: K. Marić Bešić, H. Stipić, S. Stojković

12:45 – 13:45 Case 3. (J. Šikić, T. Šipić)
Case 4. (V. Tomulić, T. Krčmar, D. Zekanović)

13:45 – 14:30 Lunch Break

BVS / DEB / DES / BMS 1.
Chairman: E. Margetić, R. Steiner, M. Sičaja

14:30 – 14:50 K. Bonaventura Potsdam
Drug-coated balloons for de novo coronary lesions

14:50 – 15:10 G. Tarantini Padua
Optimal patient selection with Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

15:10 – 15:30 S. Colangelo Turin
Clinical efficacy of the polymer-free Amphilimus Eluting DES in diabetic patients

Non Angiographic Methods in Evaluation of Coronary Flow
Chairman: E. Margetić, R. Steiner, M. Sičaja

15:30 – 15:50 R. Petraco London
Physiology, From Justification To Guidance LIVE CASE transmission

Chairman: E. Margetić, G. Tarantini, M. Vidovich

15:50 – 16:50
Case 5. (J. Bulum, T. Letilović)

Case 6. (B. Skorić, K. Marić Bešić, E. Galić)
BVS / DEB / DES / BMS 2.
Chairman: T. Krčmar, J. Šikić, D. Kozmar

16:50 – 17:05 J. Šikić Zagreb
DES vs. BVS vs. DEB: advantages and problems of new technologies

17:05 – 17:20 Đ. Prvulović, I. Hadžibegović, B.Vujeva, K.Gabaldo, O.Čančarević Zagreb
Differences in serum concentration of vascular cell adhesion molecules (sVCAM-1) in patients treated with percutaneous balloon dilatation with stent implantation, and patients treated with paclitaxelcoated balloon

17:20 – 17:35 T. Krčmar, H. Pintarić, N. Pavlović, Š. Manola, K. Štambuk, I. D. Gabrić, M. Vrsalović Zagreb
Rare coronary artery reactions after DES implantation

17:35 – 17:50 Coffee Break

Structural Heart Disease Interventions
Chairman: M. Bunc, A. Halkin, V. Tomulić

17:50 – 18:10 M. Nedeljković Belgrade
Interventional treatment in atrial fibrillation – left atrial appendage occluders

18:10 – 18:30 A. Halkin Tel Aviv
Left atrial appendage closure 2016: new data, evolving indications

18:30 – 18:45 V. Tomulić, S.Brusich, T. Jakljević,K.Benko Rijeka
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion – Starting a Program?

18:45 – 19:05 M. Bunc Ljubljana
Transcuteneous valve replacement: up to date

19:05 – 19:20 J. Bulum, V. Tomulić, M. Strozzi, D. Gobić, I. Šafradin, I. Medved, J. Šeparovič-Hanževački, V. Ivančan, Z. Ostojić Zagreb
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) experience at UHC Zagreb and UHC Rijeka

19:20 – 19:35 R. Gabelica, M. Pavlek, Ž. Čolak, M. Mažar, G. Rajsman, S. Uzun, S. Konosić, D. Strapajević, V. Ivančan Zagreb
Anesthesia for interventional cardiology procedures

19:35 – 19:50 I. Malčić, D. Šarić, H. Kniewald, D. Dilber, D. Bartoniček, D. Anić, V. Ivančan, D. Belina, A. Hodalin Zagreb
Intervention methods in pediatric cardiology in a 20 year period

19:50 – 20:05 M. Strozzi Zagreb
Patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), a new target for interventional cardiologist: what should we know?


Saturday 12.3.2016.

Emergencies in cath lab
Chairman. L. Giunio, D. Gobić, Z. Makarović

08:15 – 08:30 E. Avdović, K. Uglešić, D. Gobić Rijeka
Thrombectomy in High Risk Pulmonary Thromboembolism

08:30 – 08:45 L. Giunio Split
News, controversy and our experience in interventional treatment of massive and submassive pulmonary embolism

08:45 – 09:00 B. Vujeva, Đ. Prvulović, K. Gabaldo, O. Čančarević, I. Hadžibegović S. Brod
Thrombus aspiration in stemi before and after taste trial: experience from western Slavonia PPCI network

09:00 – 09:15 Š. Manola, V. Radeljić, N. Pavlović Zagreb
Arrhythmias in acute coronary syndrome

09:15 – 09:30 Z. Makarović Osijek
Use of intraaortic balloon pump in acute aoronary syndrome patients and cardiogenic shock in KBC Osijek, in period from 2014 to 2015.

9:30 – 9:45 D. Gobić Rijeka
Extracorporeal Membraneous Oxygenation in urgent and elective PCI

Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy in PCI
Chairman: A. Lazarević, K. Štambuk

09:45 – 10:05 A. Lazarević B. Luka
Clinical Trials of DAPT Duration after PCI

10:05 – 10:20 J. Samardžić Zagreb
Clopidogrel resistance – an overview

10:20 – 10:35 E. Margetić Zagreb
Triple therapy after PCI in patients with atrial fibrilation

10:35 – 10:50 K. Štambuk K. Toplice
More efficient and safer prevention of stroke in NVAF – Dual risk reduction

10:50 – 11:05 I. Šesto K. Toplice
The role of medical therapy in patients with advanced coronary artery disease

11:05 – 11:25 Coffee Break
The third generation of antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome
Chairman: E. Margetić, Z. Babić

11:25 – 11:40 E. Margetić Zagreb
The importance of third generation antiplatelet drugs in acute coronary syndrome

11:40 – 11:55 V. Tomulić Rijeka
The Regional Strategy in ACS Management – Organization, Results and Problems

11:55 – 12:10 K. Štambuk K. Toplice
Management of patients with acute myocardial infarction in Krapina-Zagorje County – focus on new strategies for administration of antiplatelet therapy (pilot project)

12:10 – 12:25 M. Trbušić, Z. Babić, D. Balenović, A. Grman-Fanfani, I. Zadro, H. Pintarić Zagreb
How to shorten the pain to balloon time in Croatian Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

12:25 – 12:40 I. Hadžibegović, Đ. Prvulović, K. Gabaldo, O. Čančarević, B. Vujeva S. Brod
Anticoagulation and antiaggregation pretreatment in NSTEMI

12:40 – 12:55 Z. Babić Zagreb
The third generation of antiplatelet therapy in acute myocardial infarction in Croatia – current status and future plans

12:55 – 13:30 Lunch Break

Primary PCI network
Chairman: Z. Babić, I. Terzić, D. Zekanović

13:30 – 13:45 M. Terzić Tuzla
Treatment of patients with myocardial infarction in Bosnia and Herzegovina

13:45 – 13:55 Z. Babić Zagreb
News and future plans in Croatian primary PCI network

13:55 – 14:55 Delegates from Croatian PCI network participating centers
Acute myocardial infarction treatment results of interventional centers in Croatia in 2014 and 2015

14:55-15:05 E. Galić, E. Margetić, Z. Babić Zagreb
Current status of the Croatian national registry for invasive and interventional cardiology and acute coronary syndrome

15:05-15:10 Z. Babić, M. Pavlov Zagreb
Conclusion

15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break

Case reports
Chairman: Ž. Baričević, I. Hadžibegović, M. Trbušić

15:30 – 15:40 J. Bulum Zagreb
From rotablation to bifurcation

15:40 – 15:50 T. Krčmar, O. Vinter, N. Kos, H. Pintarić Zagreb
A transradial percutaneous coronary intervention for complex lesions of the left main coronary artery and first obtuse marginal branch using a 7 French guiding catheter

15:50 – 16:00 Ž. Baričević, K. Marić Bešić, M. Strozzi Zagreb
Variant angina in a patient with non-obstructive atherosclerotic coronary lesion and myocardial bridging- a puzzle not so easy to solve

16:00 – 16:10 G. Milašin K. Toplice
Percutaneous closure of paraaortal “leak-a” and PCI of a vein graft

16:10 – 16:20 M. Trbušić, V. Degoricija, K. Štambuk, J. Dumančić, I. D. Gabrić, D.Planinc Zagreb
Multiple paradoxical embolisms in patient with patent foramen ovale

16:20 – 16:30 Z. Miovski, K. Marić Bešić, M. Strozzi, J. Bulum Zagreb
Total coronary revascularization in young patient with acute coronary syndrome and multivessel disease

16:30 – 16:40 J. Patrk Zadar
Radial atery pseudoaneurysm – unexpected complication of an unsuccessful intervention

16:40 – 16:50 F. Runjić, L.Giunio, I. Vuković, D. Duplančić, A. Jukić, I. Kristić Split
Aortic dissection or coronary artery perforation

16:50 – 17:00 J.Šikić, D.Gulin, E.Galić, J.Čerkez Habek Zagreb
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy – a case report and review of the literature

17:00 – 17:10 L. Bastiančić, G.Bačić, T. Jakljević Rijeka
Mechanical Thrombectomy in STEMI

17:10 – 17:20 M. Pavlov Zagreb
Interventional treatment options for simultaneous stroke and myocardial infarction

17:20 – 17:30 I.D. Gabrić, T. Krčmar, M. Trbušić, Z. Babić, O. Vinter, H. Pintarić, D. Planinc Zagreb
Successful treatment of coronary artery perforation using fat tissue embolization

17:30 – 17:40 K. Marić Bešić, Ž. Baričević, M. Strozzi Zagreb
Intracoronary thrombus formation on a guide wire- who is to blame?

17:40 – 17:50 M. Trbušić, Z. Babić, M. Pavlov, K. Kordić Zagreb
Spontaneous pneuomopericardium an unusual complication of abdominal carcinoma

17:50 – 18:00 Z. Miovski, J. Bulum, H. Jurin Zagreb
STEMI with cardiogenic shock – from bad to worse

18:00 – 18:30 Closing ceremony

20:00 – 23:00 Farewell reception