Agenda

OPCI will be held virtually on Friday, June 11, and Saturday, June 12, 2021.

Friday, June 11, 2021

All times below are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Special Focus Session

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Special Focus Session: Optimizing Pharmacotherapy

Moderators: Evan Shlofmitz, David Cohen
Panel: Robert Busch, Darshan Doshi, Rita Jermyn, Ori-Ben Yehuda

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Beyond Statin therapy, novel lipid -
lowering agents
Robert Busch

2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
Discussion

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
SGLT2 Inhibitors: A drug for Heart Failure, Diabetes or Renal disease? One Drug that does it all
Rita Jermyn

2:35 PM - 2:40 PM
Discussion

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM
Balancing ischemic and bleeding risk: Contemporary use of anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic therapy following PCI
Darshan Doshi

2:55 PM - 3:00 PM
Discussion

Session I

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session I: Beneath the surface - Mastering Microvascular Dysfunction

Moderators: Evan Shlofmitz, Martin Leon
Panel Discussants: Jennifer Tremmel, Roxana Mehran, Bruce Samuels, Mitsuaki Matsumura

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM
Introduction to Precision PCI
Richard Shlofmitz

3:05 PM - 3:13 PM
Microvascular Dysfunction Alphabet Soup
Jennifer Tremmel

3:13 PM – 3:20 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

3:20 PM - 3:28 PM
Microvascular dysfunction in contemporary practice – What’s with all the hype?
Olga Toleva

3:28 PM – 3:35 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

3:35 PM – 4:10 PM
Live Cases from St. Francis Hospital-
The Heart Center

Live Case Operators: Allen Jeremias, Ziad Ali
Live Case Moderator: Martin Leon

Debate:

4:10 PM – 4:17 PM
Which drugs when in CMD
Bruce Samuels

4:17 PM – 4:24 PM
Call it what you want, it’s all just GDMT
Duane Pinto

4:24 PM – 4:30 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Session II

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Session II – Foundations of Imaging and Physiology
Moderators: Richard Shlofmitz, Gregg Stone
Panel Discussants: Hector Garcia-Garcia, Habib Samady, Akiko Maehara, Paul Lee

4:30 PM – 4:38 PM
Plaque morphology assessment with IVUS and OCT – What’s what?
Hector Garcia-Garcia

4:38 PM – 4:45 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

4:45 PM – 4:53 PM
Recognizing imaging artifact – when NOT to act
Khady Fall

4:53 PM – 5:00 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

5:00 PM – 5:08 PM
Coronary physiology in contemporary practice - Biggest bang for your buck
Habib Samady

5:08 PM – 5:15 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

5:15 PM – 5:23 PM
Post-PCI Imaging – When is additional PCI necessary?
Akiko Maehara 

5:23 PM – 5:30 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Friday Night Fight Night:

5:30 PM – 5:37 PM
It’s all about the flow – Why physiology guided PCI should be the standard
George Dangas

5:37 PM – 5:44 PM
It’s all about the plaque –
Why imaging rules it all
Gregg Stone   

5:44 PM – 5:50 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion 

5:50 PM – 6:00 PM
Stump the Panel –
Unusual Left Main Cases - Rapid Fire
Gary Mintz

Saturday, June 12, 2021

All times below are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Session III

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Satellite Session sponsored by Abbott Vascular

Session III – OPCI: Live from India
Moderators: Ziad Ali, Andrew Berke
Panel Discussants: Azeem Latib, Michael Lee, Hiram Bezerra, Ki Park

7:00 AM – 7:05 AM
iOPTICO – Impact of Imaging on daily practice
Ajit Menon

7:05 AM – 7:10 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

7:10 AM – 7:40 AM
Live Cases from Lisie Hospital, Kochi
Live Case Operators: Rony Mathew, Jabir A & Team

7:40 AM – 7:45 AM
OCT guided deferral of stent implantation in STEMI with calcified nodule
Ajit Mullasari

7:45 AM – 7:50 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

7:50 AM – 7:55 AM
To kiss or not to kiss – Lessons from OCT Imaging
Balbir Singh

7:55 AM – 8:00 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Session IV

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Session IV – Step-by-step guide to intravascular imaging
Moderator: Sunil Rao, Evan Shlofmitz
Panel Discussants: Ron Waksman, Paul Teirstein, Chong Park, Robert Riley

8:00 AM - 8:08 AM
Case – IVUS guided PCI
Jasvindar Singh

8:08 AM - 8:16 AM
Case – OCT guided PCI
Sunil Rao

8:16 AM – 8:25 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

8:25 AM - 8:33 AM
Vulnerable Plaque: Treat or not to treat
Ron Waksman

8:33 AM – 8:40 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

8:40 AM – 8:48 AM
Size matters - Stent sizing
Farouc Jaffer

8:48 AM – 8:52 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Debate:

8:52 AM – 8:59 AM
Malapposition matters
Hiram Bezerra

8:59 AM – 9:06 AM
Expansion matters more
Paul Teirstein

9:06 AM – 9:12 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

9:12 AM – 9:19 AM
Dissections and tissue protrusion - When to Treat
Ki Park 

9:19 AM – 9:22 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

9:22 AM – 11:00 AM
Live Cases Moderator: Jeffrey Moses, Kevin Croce
Panel Discussants: George Petrossian, Newell Robinson, Kathleen Kearny, Rob Riley

9:22 AM - 10:07AM
Live Cases from St. Francis Hospital - 
The Heart Center
Live Case Operators: Richard Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias

10:07 AM – 10:15 AM
Is it necessary to achieve calcium fracture
Robert Riley

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM 
Live Cases from St. Francis Hospital
Live Case Operators: Ziad Ali, Allen Jeremias

Session V

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Session V – Mastering Advanced Coronary Physiology – Up for Debate
Moderators: Morton Kern, David Cohen
Panel Discussants: William Fearon, Hayder Hashim, Will Chung, Nadia Sutton

11:00 AM – 11:05 AM
Absolute coronary flow – better than FFR
Morton Kern

11:05 AM – 11:10 AM
Pressure-based physiology is the gold standard
William Fearon

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Debate:

11:20 AM - 11:25 AM
Lessons from the ISCHEMIA trial – Spot stent for symptoms
David Cohen

11:25 AM - 11:30 AM
Lessons from the ISCHEMIA trial – Cover the plaque for better outcomes
Sripal Bangalore

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Debate:

11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
Optimizing PCI planning (pre-procedure) – Physiology is best
Kevin Croce

11:45 AM - 11:50 AM
Optimizing PCI planning (pre-procedure) – Intravascular imaging is best
Hayder Hashim

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Debate:

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM
Post-PCI Optimization – Physiology is best
Nadia Sutton

12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
Post-PCI Optimization – Intravascular imaging is best
Kathleen Kearny

12:10 PM – 12:30 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion/Wrap-up

Lunch & Learn 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Session VI

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session VI – Intravascular Imaging and Physiology for CHIP PCI
Moderators: David Kandzari, David Cohen
Panel Discussants: Amir Kaki, Stephane Rinfret, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Morton Kern

1:30 PM - 1:38 PM
Intravascular Imaging for alternative access large bore
Amir Kaki

1:38 PM – 1:45 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

1:45 PM - 1:53 PM
Use of intravascular imaging in CTO PCI
Dimitrios Karmpaliotis

1:53 PM - 2:01 PM
State of the art Left Main PCI
David Kandzari

2:01 PM - 2:09 PM
Which calcified lesions require plaque modification
Stephane Rinfret

2:09 PM - 2:17 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Debate:

2:17 PM - 2:25 PM
Optimal Bifurcation PCI – A provisional 2-stent strategy is the strategy of choice
Azeem Latib

2:25 PM - 2:33 PM
Optimal Bifurcation PCI – A planned 2-stent strategy - don’t hesitate!
Michael Lee

2:33 PM – 2:50 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion/Wrap-up

Focused Sessions with an Expert

We invite you to join the sessions below that will be tailored to groups of 10.

The Full Physiology Assessment: From Epicardial Vessel to the Microvasculature

Understanding the Steps of Interpreting an OCT case with the MLD MAX Algorithm

Tips & Tricks for performing ultra-low contract PCI

High Definition IVUS - Come See The Difference

Session VII

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session VII – Vascular Imaging and Physiology –
What’s next?
Moderators: Ziad Ali, Manesh Patel
Panel Discussants:  Olga Toleva, David Marlevi, Farouc Jaffer, Ori Ben-Yehuda

3:00 PM – 3:08 PM
Diffuse and multi-focal disease – Best modalities for PCI planning
Jeffrey Moses

3:08 PM - 3:16 PM
Optimizing PCI with Lesion-Specific Treatment
David Marlevi

3:16 PM – 3:24 PM
Angio-based physiology assessment – Will it make wire-based physiology obsolete?
Ori Ben-Yehuda

3:24 PM – 3:31 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

3:31 PM – 3:39 PM
Update on CT-FFR clinical trials – Changing the practice of Cardiology?
Manesh Patel

3:39 PM – 3:46 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

3:46 PM – 3:54 PM
MINOCA – Does intravascular imaging alter management?
Harmony Reynolds

3:54 PM – 4:02 PM
OCT imaging of vein grafts will be the future of cardiac surgery
Ed Lundy

4:02 PM – 4:09 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

Debate:
Mintz vs. Mintz: A master's view on vulnerable plaque

4:09 PM – 4:25 PM
Vulnerable plaque detection will/will not revolutionize coronary prevention
Gary Mintz

4:25 PM - 4:45 PM
Q&A with Panel Discussion

4:45 PM - 4:55 PM
OPCI Wrap-up
David Cohen, Jeffrey Moses, Ziad Ali, Evan Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias, Richard Shlofmitz

4:55 PM - 5:00 PM
Thank you - it’s a wrap!
Richard Shlofmitz