Cath Lab Basics 2010
Agenda
8:00–9:00 am
Registration / Breakfast
9:00–9:10 am
Welcome
9:10–9:50 am
Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease
9:50–10:30 am
The Great Access Debate (Radial vs. Femoral)
10:30–10:45 am
Break / Exhibits
10:45–11:30 am
High Risk PCI and Ventricular Support
11:30–1:00 pm
Lunch and Learn with Live Hands-on Demonstrations (exhibitors)
1:00–1:40 pm
Mitral Stenosis and Valvuloplasty
1:40–2:30 pm
Atrial Septal Defect Closure
2:30–3:30 pm
Complication Potpourri
3:30 pm
Question & Answer
Specific Topics to Be Addressed in Cases
Topic #1: Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease
- Drug eluting stents vs. Bare metal stents
- CABG vs. PCI
- Discussion of the SYNTAX trial
- Discuss of the FAME trial
- Value of Fractional Flow Reserve
- Value of Intravascular Ultrasound
Topic #2: The Great Access Debate
- Radial access technique, advantages, disadvantages
- Femoral access technique, advantages, disadvantages
- Complications of radial access
- Complications of femoral access
Topic #3: High Risk PCI and Ventricular Support
- High risk PCI defined
- Intra-aortic balloon pump – indications, contraindications, benefits, and complications
- Impella - indications, contraindications, benefits, and complications
- TandemHeart - indications, contraindications, benefits, and complications
Topic #4: Mitral Stenosis and Vavuloplasty
- Hemodynamic assessment of mitral stenosis
- Transeptal puncture technique
- Optimal candidates for valvuloplasty
- Inoue Balloon orientation and set-up
- Mitral valvuloplasty – technique and complications
Topic #5: Atrial Septal Defect Closure
- Indications for catheterization with ASD
- Assessment of intracardiac shunts in the cath lab
- Calculation of a Qp:Qs ratio
- Pulmonary hypertension – diagnostic criteria and implications
- Technique of ASD closure, including discussion of available closure devices
- Complications of closure
Topic #6: Complication Potpurri
- Recognition and management of complications in the lab during diagnostic and interventional cases
