Day 1 - 23rd August 2024 (Friday)

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Check-In

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Live In-Box

Chairpersons: Masahisa Yamane, Ajay Swamy, Vijayakumar S, Selvamani S
Moderators: Karthikeyan B, M Kathiresan, Damodharan

Live In-Box: Ajith Pillai

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Antegrade Wire Related Confusions - Case-Based Panel Discussion

Chairperson: Sharath Reddy, P K Hazra, Pratap Kumar, N Ganesh
Moderators: D Prabhakar, K P Pramod Kumar, Vignesh Thanikgaivasan, Movva Srinivas, Stalin Roy
Anchor: Anand Gnanaraj

Panelists & Topics:

• Ajith Pillai: Which wire to start with based on Proximal cap morphology and Why

• Mukesh Jha: How do I know if my wire is in a microchannel or bridging collateral

• Pratap Kumar: When to switch to a stiffer wire and how do I know that

• Ajay J Swamy: What to do if my wire deviates from the expected track - Reasons and Solutions

• Karthikeyan B: How hard can I push the wire when I feel resistance - Reasons and Solutions

• Pravesh Vishwakarma: Why is my wire subintimal at the distal cap - Reasons and Solutions

• Arvind Sharma: How do I know my reentry strategy - Is Angiography good enough?

• Arun Kalyanasundaram: What do I do if my ADR wire loop is too big and caused a hematoma

• Jimmy George: Once crossed with wire & MC, which wire should I exchange & why

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Keynote Lectures

Chairpersons: Ajit S Mullasari, Ajith Pillai, Pratap Kumar
Moderators: Senthil Kumar S, Jimmy George, Sivakumar R, Rajasekar Varma

• 03:00 - 03:20 PM: How to Start My CTO Career and Grow - Masahisa Yamane

• 03:20 - 03:40 PM: Pre-procedure preparation based on J-CTO Score - Nagamatsu

• 03:40 - 04:00 PM: When a CTO goes for CABG - Before or After an attempt - Kazunori Yamaji

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM

Antegrade Microcatheter Related Confusions - Case-Based Panel Discussion

Chairpersons: Ramadoss Nayak, Asha Mahilmaran, Arumugam CVN Murthy
Moderators: Rituparna Baruah, Manoj Gupta, Tanuj Bhatia, Haider Guru, Jyotirmaya Dash
Anchor: Karthikeyan B

Panelists & Topics:

• Rajasekhar Varma: Which microcatheter to start with based on Angiogram

• Dilip Kumar: Can I use OTW balloons instead of Microcatheters - Why not

• P K Goel: How do I know how hard to push the microcatheter - with anchor balloon

• Selvamani S: Is it safe to track the microcatheter over the wire if the wire is still in the CTO lesion

• Pratap Kumar: Is it possible to predict MC damage/avulsion during advancement

• Pravesh Vishwakarma: When to use Nanto and when to use Trap balloon and How to do it

• Karthikeyan B: At which point should I stop pushing the MC and switch to Tornus

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM

Live Case Demonstration

Chairpersons: Masahisa Yamane, Okamura, Pratap Kumar, Ramadoss Nayak
Moderators: Pravesh Vishwakarma, Ajith Pillai, PK Hazra, SKP Karuppiah

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Your CTO ToolKit - Master Class

Presenter: Mihajio Kovacic
Chairpersons: Arijit Kumar Ghosh, Robert Mao, YVC Reddy, Sivakumar R, Kannan K, Rajasekar Varma
Moderators: Harikrishnan P, Prabhakar D, Kathiresan, Premchand

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Special Sessions

Chairpersons: Ashok Kumar A, Lijo Varghese, Jyotimaya Dash, Brijesh Kumar
Moderators: Jimmy George, Balaji Pakshirajan, Vinoth Kumar

Sessions:

• 06:00 - 06:10 PM: Calcium Management in CTO PCI (Rotational Atherectomy) - Arvind Sharma

• 06:10 - 06:20 PM: Protected CHIP PCI - Arun Kalyanasundaram

• 06:20 - 06:30 PM: Is a Metal-free CTO PCI for Young Patients possible? - BRS & DEB - Florum Cuculi

• 06:30 - 06:40 PM: Recent Update on DCB - Manoj S

• 06:40 - 06:50 PM: Side Branch Stenting in CTO - Sivakumar R

• 06:50 - 07:00 PM: Radiation Safety in Cathlab - Andrews Kamala Vathanan

• Laser in CTO - Dhamodharan

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

CTO Wiring Skills Live Demonstration

Presenter: Yamane
Chairpersons: Harikrishnan P, Vivek Gupta, Anupam Goel
Moderators: PK Hazra, Rituparna Baruah, Irfan Bhat, Ajay Joshi

08:00 PM Onwards
DINNER

Day 02 - 24th August 2024

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast

09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Complications in CTO PCI - Case Presentations

Chairpersons: Okamura, Wataru Nagamatsu, K N Srinivasan, Keshavamurthy, Joy Thomas, Ajay Swamy
Moderators: Babu Ezhumalai, Sahil Mahajan, Vinoth Kumar, Ajeet Arulkumar

Sessions:

• 09:00 - 09:15 AM: Complications - Prevent, Predict, Perceive, and Patch (Lecture) - Karthikeyan B

• 09:15 - 09:40 AM: Ambiguous cap, LAD Dissection, Septal hematoma and an uncrossable collateral - Asha Mahilmaran

• 09:40 - 09:50 AM: DK Crush Bifurcation - Sathish Kumar

• 09:50 - 10:00 AM: CHIP CTO - Harikrishna D

• 10:00 - 10:10 AM: When suddenly best becomes worse - Krishna Kumar Sahani

• 10:10 - 10:20 AM: Simple LAD CTO with a Leaky problem - Aravind Sampath

• 10:20 - 10:30 AM: A bolt from the Blue - Jimmy George

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Antegrade CTO

Chairpersons: Justin Paul, Rasesh Pothiwala, Arvind Sharma, G Gnanavelu, Joy Thomas, Irfan Bhat
Moderators: Haritha, Aruna, Sahil Mahajan, Ashok Kumar A, Vignesh Thanikgaivasan

Sessions:

• 10:30 - 10:45 AM: Guidewires & Microcatheters for CTO PCI - Babu Ezhumalai

• 10:45 - 11:00 AM: Antegrade Approach to CTO - Tips and Tricks - Tom Devasia

• 11:00 - 11:15 AM: When to switch to Retrograde from Antegrade

• 11:15 - 11:30 AM: How to identify complications in CTO PCI - N Ganesh

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Live Case Demonstration

Chairpersons: Vikas Reddy, Senthilkumar, Subramanyan K, Ajith A Pillai
Moderators: Dr. Rituparna Baruah, Dr. S N Pathak, Manotosh Panja
Live from Heart Institute, Cluj, Romania
Presenters: Alexandru Achim & Mihai Cocoi

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

3D Wiring - Learn from the Master

Presenter: Okamura
Chairpersons: Atsunori Okamura, Vikas Reddy, Subramanyan K, K Shyam Sunder, Wataru Nagamatsu, Senthilkumar S
Moderators: Mukesh Jha, Ramadoss Nayak, Joy Thomas, Babu Ezhumalai

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch

Translating Guideline Recommendations to Clinical Practice with Inclisiran
Speaker: Radha Priya

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Nostalgic Master Lectures

Chairpersons: Ajit S Mullasari, P K Hazra, Santhosh Kumar Sinha, Mukush Jha, Surya Prakash Rao

Moderators: Ajay K Gopal, Asif Mattoo, Rajesh T, Zakia Khan, Ganesan N, Ramadoss Nayak

Sessions:

• 02:00 - 02:20 PM:
  How I Developed the J-CTO Channel Score System
  Speaker: Wataru Nagamatsu

• 02:20 - 02:40 PM:
  CTO Techniques - From the Bench to the Cath Lab
  Speaker: Atsunori Okamura

• 02:40 - 03:00 PM:
  CTO Practices and Techniques - How It Varies in Different Countries
  Speaker: Masahisa Yamane

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Retrograde CTO PCI - Panel Discussion (Q&A)

Chairpersons: Masahisa Yamane, Tom Devasia, Suryaprakash Rao, Deepak Davidson, Mahendra Prasad Samal

Moderators: Aravind Sharma, Vimala J, Manoj S, SKP Karuppiah, Joy Sanyal

Anchor:
Ajith Pillai

Panel Questions:

1. What do I do if the wire is in the distal cap but the microcatheter cannot cross?
   Speaker: Lijo Varghese

2. What are the basic wires needed for a retrograde, and why?
   Speaker: Kaparthi PLN

3. When do I surf the septal collateral? Which view?
   Speaker: Ajay K Gopal

4. What should be the wire shape for septal crossing?
   Speaker: Stalin Roy

5. How much rotation should I give during septal crossing?
   Speaker: Ajeet Arulkumar SJ

6. What do I do if the wire is in the distal cap but the microcatheter cannot cross?
   Speaker: A Sharath Reddy

7. What are the techniques for Remote Rendezvous (Tip-in)?
   Speaker: [TBD]

8. How to recover if the wire knots beyond the MC after septal crossing?
   Speaker: Santhosh Kumar Sinha

9. If the wire does not enter the Antegrade guide - What are the options?
   Speaker: Rajasekar Varma

10. If the snared wire is damaged and cannot be externalized - What are the options?
    Speaker: [TBD]

11. How do I choose my microcatheter based on the septal channel?
    Speaker: Babu Ezhumalai

12. After trapping the wire in the antegrade guide, if the MC does not cross, how do I deal with that?
    Speaker: [TBD]

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Live Inbox

Speaker: Surya Prakash Rao

04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

CTO Forensics

Chairpersons: Masahisa Yamane, Atsunori Okamura, Wataru Nagamatsu, Ajit S Mullasari, Anil Dhall

Moderators: Ajith Pillai, Vijayakumar S, Pravesh Vishwakarrma, P K Hazra, S Socrates, Deepak Davidson

Sessions:

• 04:30 - 04:50 PM: A Simple Antegrade CTO Takes an Ugly Turn
  Speaker: Premkumar K J

• 04:50 - 05:10 PM: Tamponade with DIC
  Speaker: Aruna Greams Road

• 05:10 - 05:30 PM: Post CABG CTO PCI with Hypotension
  Speaker: Arvind Sampath

• 05:30 - 05:50 PM: An Over Ambitious CTO PCI
  Speaker: Kirubakaran K

• 05:50 - 06:10 PM: An Unsolved Hypotension
  Speaker: Anand Gnanaraj

• 06:10 - 06:30 PM: TBD
  Speaker: Ajay Swamy

06:30 PM - 07:30 PM

Bail Out Demonstration Live

Demonstrators:
Karthikeyan & Vijayakumar

08:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Gala Dinner

Day 03 - 25th August 2024

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

My Most Educational CTO Cases

Chairpersons: Aravind Sharma, Sarath Reddy, Kavita Tyagi, Ravindran, Animesh Mishra

Moderators: K N Srinivasan, Thiyagarajan K, Sriram V, Medarametla Premchand, Sathish Kumar, Khalid, G Gnanavelu

Sessions:

• 09:00 - 09:10 AM: Double CTO with LV Dysfunction and Renal Failure
  Speaker: Manoj Gupta

• 09:10 - 09:20 AM:TBD
  Speaker: Anaz

• 09:20 - 09:30 AM: PCI with Rotational Arthrectomy in CTO
  Speaker: Babu Ezhulumalai

• 09:30 - 09:40 AM: RCA CTO with Distal Cap Bifurcation - Antegrade Wire Escalation
  Speaker: Kiran Kumar Reddy

• 09:40 - 09:50 AM: Reverse Parallel Wiring and Tip-In
  Speaker: Upendra Apollo

• 09:50 - 10:00 AM: TBD
  Speaker: [TBD]

• 10:00 - 10:10 AM: TBD
  Speaker: Rituparna Baruah

• 10:10 - 10:20 AM: Hybrid PCI
  Speaker: Dhamodaran K

• 10:20 - 10:30 AM: Proximal RCA CTO – Reverse CART
  Speaker: Anand Manjunath

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Master Class on Retrograde Techniques

Chairpersons: Dilip Kumar, Anil Dhall, C V N Murthy, YVC Reddy, Joy Sanyal

Moderators: Ganesan S, Satish Kumar, Syed, Vivek Gupta

Sessions:

• 10:30 - 10:45 AM: Retrograde CTO PCI Through Epicardial Channels
  Speaker: Wataru Nagamatsu

• 10:45 - 11:00 AM: CTO PCI in Post-CABG - Unique Challenges
  Speaker: Masahisa Yamane

• 11:00 - 11:15 AM: Retrograde CTO PCI Complications & Management
  Speaker: Atsunori Okamura

11:15 AM - 12:00 Noon

Imaging in CTO PCI

Anchor: Vijayakumar
Chairpersons: A Sharath Reddy

Moderators: Arijit Kumar Ghosh

Sessions:

• 11:00 - 11:10 AM: CT Coronary Analysis in Complex & CTO PCI
  Speaker: [TBD]

• 11:10 - 11:20 AM: How to Predict Success in CTO PCI with CT and Angiogram
  Speaker: Vijayakumar

• 11:20 - 11:30 AM: Software Assessment of CT Coronary to Plan PCI
  Speaker: Medis Imaging

• 11:30 - 11:40 AM: IVUS/NIRS in CTO PCI
  Speaker: Mahesh Kerala

• 11:40 - 11:50 AM: IVUS Usage During CTO PCI - Retrograde
  Speaker: Ajith A Pillai

• 11:50 - 12:00 Noon: IVUS-Guided CTO Management in a Patient with Deranged Renal Parameters
  Speaker: Maria Jyothi

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Failed CTO PCI Analysis

Chairpersons: Masahisa Yamane, Wataru Nagamatsu, Okamura

Moderators: Dilip Kumar, I Sathyamoorthy, Kaparthi PLN, Justin Paul

Sessions:

• 12:00 - 12:15 PM: A Short RCA CTO
  Speaker: Radha Priya

• 12:15 - 12:30 PM: TBD
  Speaker: [TBD]

• 12:30 - 12:45 PM: Failed ADR and Unstable Patient
  Speaker: MGM - Madan

• 12:45 - 01:00 PM: A Failed CTO PCI Finished with 3D Wiring
  Speaker: Karthikeyan B

• 01:00 - 01:15 PM: TBD
  Speaker: Jimmy George

• 01:15 - 01:30 PM: TBD
  Speaker: Rithupan Baruah

01:30 PM
Lunch

02:00 PM
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