Congenital
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With the rapid development of new transcatheter devices and techniques for the treatment of congenital heart disease, I’m excited about this year’s CHD track.
The sessions and live cases will focus on a broad range of topics, beginning with the basics (imaging) and progressing to the more unusual, such as aortic and mitral and tricuspid valve interventions in congenital heart disease patients.
In addition, we will have a luminaries’ session where five world-renowned interventionalists will share their life experiences with the attendees.
Zahid Amin, MD, MSCAI
Congenital Heart Disease Track Director
Overview
This track is dedicated to congenital interventional cardiology and will employ didactics, case-based learning, and group discussions to enhance expertise through collaborative and interactive learning.
Attendees will acquire take-home knowledge for navigating complex cases, maximizing procedural success, and minimizing complications.
Target Audience
This track will appeal to trainees, early-career physicians, experienced practitioners of congenital interventional cardiology, and structural interventionalists with expertise in valve technology.
Learning Objectives
After attending SCAI Scientific Sessions, the learner will be able to:
- Apply imaging techniques for pre-, intra-, and post-procedural assessment of congenital cardiac lesions.
- Implement VSD closure techniques, including device selection for perimembranous and muscular ventricular septal defects using transcatheter and perventricular approaches.
- Evaluate clinical approaches in various cardiac scenarios, utilizing AI, vascular occlusion devices, electro-surgery, and lymphatic management strategies.
- Assess pulmonary valve technologies for optimal timing, effectiveness of different valves, and their impact on patient outcomes.
- Understand advanced percutaneous valve interventions for tricuspid, aortic and mitral valves, including valve-in-valve approaches.
- Manage PDA stenting procedures, addressing imaging, stent sizing, branch PA growth, re-intervention strategies, and management of jailed branches.
Now Available on Demand
In the SCAI Conference Library, a wealth of trusted, quality online resources from past SCAI meetings can be found, including recorded presentations and downloadable PowerPoints that now, for the first time, include sessions recorded during the Congenital Track at SCAI 2025 Scientific Sessions.
Members can access SCAI Conference Library resources for free by logging in using their SCAI account information and searching by event, clinical practice area, keyword, and speaker to explore available resources.
Non-members can join SCAI to receive this member benefit or purchase past conference recordings a la carte.
This session will focus on imaging related to interventions. We will focus on pre-, intra-, and post-procedure assessment of congenital cardiac lesions.
In this session, senior ICs will share valuable lessons learned from their extensive practices and ongoing experiences. Attendees will gain practical insights and life lessons from a cumulative 180 years of cardiology expertise, providing actionable takeaways for their professional development.
After this session, join us at SCAI Central and meet our CHD luminaries.
This session will cover advanced percutaneous valve techniques beyond pulmonary valves, including tricuspid and mitral valve interventions, with a focus on procedures such as tricuspid valve interventions in complex conditions, mitral valve clips and valve-in-valve approaches, and the Lampoon procedure for mitral valve preparation.