• SCAI Fall Fellows Courses

  • Congenital/Structural Heart Disease Fellows Course Schedule

    Schedule subject to change.
    Last updated 6/12/12

     

    Program Director: Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, FSCAI

    WEDNESDAY, December 5, 2012

    7:00 AM BREAKFAST
    8:00 AM Welcome: Course Overview
    8:10 AM The Working Pediatric Catheter Lab
    8:35 AM Things We Use in the Cath Lab: Catheters Wires, Balloons, Stents, Devices, Etc.
    9:00 AM Preparation for the Case, Monitoring, Nursing Staff, Anesthesia / Sedation
    9:25 AM Vascular Access Including Transhepatic
    9:40 AM Vascular Closure Techniques
    9:55 AM Q&A
    10:00 AM BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS
    10:30 AM Fluoroscopy and Radiation Exposure
    10:50 AM Hemodynamic Assessment: Everything We Do in the Cath Lab
    11:25 AM The Art of Angiography: Diagnostic Needs, Interventional Projections, Locations, Etc.
    11:45 AM Diagnostic Cardiac Caths: Pre Glenn, Pre Fontan ... What are We Looking For?
    12:15 PM LUNCH – VISIT EXHIBITS
    1:35 PM Cardiac Catheterization Complications: How to Avoid, Think, and Manage!
    The Atrial Septum: Opening the Septum
    2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
    2:00 PM Balloon Septostomy, Blade, Dilation
    2:25 PM RF, Stents, and Trans-Septal
    2:50 PM Q&A
    3:00 PM BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS
    The Pulmonary Valve: Stenosis / Atresia / Regurgitation
    Open It or Resurrect It: From Echo to Intervention
    3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    3:30 PM Echo Assessment of the Pulmonary Valve in Stenosis / Atresia and Regurgitation
    3:50 PM Balloon Valvuloplasty / RF Perforation for Patients with Critical PS and / or PA / IVS
    4:15 PM Pulmonary Valve Implantation: Using the Edwards Sapien Valve – Indications, Evaluation, and Technical Aspects
    4:35 PM Pulmonary Valve Implantation: Using the Medtronic Melody Valve – Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    5:00 PM Q&A
    5:30 PM ADJOURN
    Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
    6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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    THURSDAY, December 6, 2012

    7:00 AM BREAKFAST
    The Aortic Valve: Stenosis and Regurgitation:
    Open or Resurrect It
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    8:00 AM Echocardiographic Assessment of AS / AR
    8:20 AM Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in Infants and Children: Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    8:45 AM Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Fetus
    9:05 AM Case Demonstration: Technical Aspects
    Embolization Therapy: APC, Coronary, PAVM, Etc.
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    9:30 AM APC’s and Coronary Artery Fistulas
    9:45 AM PAVMS’s and Venovenous Collaterals
    10:00 AM BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS
    ASD's / PFO's: Echo-Closure in Children
    Table demonstration of all available devices
    10:30 AM – Noon
    10:30 AM Echo Assessment of the Atrial Septum
    10:45 AM Device Closure of ASD in Children – Using the Amplatzer Devices: Indications and Catheter Preparations, Technique, and Outcome
    11:05 AM Closure of ASDs – Using Helex Devices
    11:25 AM Complications During Device Closure
    11:40 AM Case Demonstrations
    Noon LUNCH – VISIT EXHIBITS
    ICE & TEE Monitoring in Cath Lab
    2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
    2:15 PM TEE for ASD / PFO Closure
    2:40 PM ICE Monitoring for ASD's / PFO's
    3:05 PM Q&A
    3:30 PM BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS
    VSDs: Echo-Closure
    Table demonstration of all available devices
    4:00 PM – 5:45 PM
    4:00 PM Echo Evaluation of the Ventricular Septum
    4:25 PM Transcatheter Closure of Muscular and PmVSD
    4:50 PM Perventricular Closure of Muscular VSD
    5:15 PM Q&A
    5:45 PM ADJOURN

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    FRIDAY, December 7, 2012

    7:00 AM BREAKFAST
    PDA's: Angio Assessment & Closure
    8:40 AM – 10:00 AM
    8:40 AM Closure Using Coils-Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    9:05 AM Closure Using Devices: Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    9:30 AM Q&A
    10:00 AM BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS
    The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
    10:30 AM – 11:10 AM
    10:30 AM Evaluation and Management of Simple Diseases That Can Present as Adult
    10:45 AM Evaluation and Management of Complex Complex Disease
    Branch Pulmonary Arteries – Stenosis: Angioplasty-Cutting Balloons & Stents
    11:10 AM – Noon
    11:10 AM Angioplasty – Conventional and Cutting Balloons: Indications, Preparations, Technique, and Outcome
    11:30 AM Stent Implantation for PPS: Indications, Types of Stents, Technique of Deployment, Complications, and Outcome
    11:50 AM Case Demonstration
    Noon LUNCH – VISIT EXHIBITS
    Coarctation of the Aorta: Angioplasty, Stents, Etc.
    2:00 PM – 3:20 PM
    2:00 PM Infants and Children: Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    2:25 PM Adults: Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    2:50 PM Case Demonstration
    3:20 PM BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS
    Retrieval Techniques: Snares, Baskets, Bioptomes
    3:30 PM – 4:10 PM
    3:30 PM Retrieval Techniques: Snares, Baskets, Bioptomes
    3:45 PM Case Demonstration of Retrieval Techniques
    HLHS
    4:10 PM – 5:00 PM
    4:10 PM Echo Assessment
    4:25 PM Septostomy: Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    4:40 PM Hybrid Management: Indications, Technique for Stage 1, and Outcome
    5:00 PM Patients on ECMO: Role of the Cath Lab
    5:25 PM Q&A
    5:40 PM ADJOURN

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    SATURDAY, December 8, 2012

    7:00 AM BREAKFAST
    8:30 AM Myocardial Biopsy
    8:50 AM Pericardiocentesis: Adult Patients
    9:05 AM Pericardiocentesis: Pediatric Patients
    9:20 AM Presentation of Cases by Fellows
    10:30 AM BREAK
    11:00 AM Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and TAVR: Indications, Technique, and Outcome
    11:30 AM Device Closure of ASD's and PFO's: Considerations, Technical Tips, and Outcome
    Noon ADJOURN

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  • Acknowledgements

    This program is supported, in part, by educational grants from:

    • Abbott Vascular
    • Boston Scientific
    • Cook Medical
    • Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company
    • Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and Lilly USA, LLC
    • Edwards Lifesciences
    • Medtronic
    • St. Jude Medical
    • The Medicines Company

    The simulators for this program are sponsored by in-kind support from:

    • Abbott Vascular
    • Boston Scientific
    • Mentice
    • Terumo Interventional Systems