SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME. Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Cardiologia Invasiva. National Congress Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology

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1 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Cardiologia Invasiva

2 CONTENTS 35 th CONTENTS Tuesday 14 October pag. 3 Wednesday 15 October pag. 11 Thursday 16 October pag. 21 Friday 17 October pag. 34 Posters pag. 36 Sponsored symposia pag. 41 NURSING TECHNICIAN SESSIONS Martedì 14 ottobre pag. 48 Mercoledì 15 Ottobre pag. 50 Giovedì 16 Ottobre pag. 54 Venerdì 17 Ottobre pag. 58 Posters pag. 59 Chairman, Speaker and Author index pag. 60 2

3 14.30 SALA GHIBLI START UP, INNOVATION & EVOLUTION SESSION I: EQUIPMENT Chairpersons: Alessandro S. Bortone (Bari), Ciro Indolfi (Catanzaro) Identification of coronary high lipid core plaque by IVUS and NIRS system: update Francesco Prati (Roma) IVUS evaluation of parameters used for TAVR Tommaso Acquaviva (Bari) A new way to manage IVUS and angio images together Stefano Galli (Milano) From CT scan to 3D printing: the future is now Francesco Meucci (Firenze) Tuesday, 14 October Myocardial revascularization by transthoracic ultrasound endovascular system Sebastiano Marra (Torino) Innovation OCT in the Cath Lab of tomorrow Francesco Prati (Roma) The new resorbable device for vascular access closure Emanuela De Cillis (Bari) A new microcatheter for FFR assessment Fabrizio Tomai (Roma) The smart cabinet in the cath lab (I) Giovanni Raguso (Bari) The smart cabinet in the cath lab (II) Giuseppe Guiducci (Roma) Experts roundtable tiziana Attisano (Salerno), Guido Belli (Milano), Ada Carcagnì (Campobasso), Antonio Dellavalle (Savigliano), Silvio Fedele (Roma), Filippo Masi (Bari) SALA GHIBLI ORAL COMMUNICATIONS RESTENOSIS, DEB & NEW CORONARY STENT Chairpersons: Serafino Orazi (Rieti), Claudio Rapetto (Sanremo) mesi di impianto di scaffold bioriassorbibile. Esperienza di un singolo centro G. Zedde, L. Armandi, M. Cadeddu, G. De Candia, G. Lai, R. Pirisi, L. Meloni (Cagliari) Clinical outcome in acute coronary syndrome patients treated with a 2nd generation drug-eluting stent: the role of diabetes mellitus in terms of lesion- and patient-related outcome a. Lunardon, G. D Amico, T. Fabris, M. Mojoli, C. Zanetti, A. Barioli, N. Bettella, M. Facchin, P.A.M. Purita, G. Masiero, F. Zilio, G. Dariol, A. Al Mamary, E. Covolo, M. Napodano, G. Isabella, S. Iliceto, G. Tarantini (Padova) Drug eluting balloon: esperienza monocenrica real world M. Ghione, M. Botta, S. Cordone, F. Critelli, L. Bellora, P. Bellotti, P. Bellone (Savona) Safety and efficacy of treatments for in stent restenosis: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials J. Perversi, F. D Ascenzo, C. Moretti, P. Omedè, F. Colombo, E. Cerrato, G. Quadri, F. Gaita (Torino) Restenosi di stent medicati: uso dei palloni a rilascio di farmaco (drug-eluting balloon, DEB) M. Pennone, M. Querio Gianetto, E. Pelloni, F. Conrotto, M. D Amico, P. Scacciatella, A. Pullara, C. Calcagnile, S. Marra (Torino) AG-READY (Agrigento-REAl world Drug eluting balloon registry) S. Geraci, D. Milazzo, E. Pieri, G. Vaccaro, G. Caramanno (Agrigento) Safety and efficacy of drug eluting stent for small vessel disease: preliminary results by a single-centre experience F. Pisano, G. Amato, D. Casolati, V. Puma, M. Sicuro (Aosta) A real-world single centre experience using the self-expanding coronary stent L. Mariani, P. Grossi, S. Silenzi, S. Volpe, L. Moretti (Ascoli Piceno) Utilizzo di bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) nella vasculopatia del cardiotrapiantato: follow-up a breve e medio termine r. Bianchi, M. Cappelli Bigazzi, D. Tartaglione, L. Baldini, R. Padalino, M. Crisci, C. Granato, G. Di Palma, C. Maiello, R. Calabrò, M.G. Russo, P. Calabrò (Napoli) 3

4 Tuesday, 14 October SALA LEVANTE UPGRADE YOUR TECHNIQUE - PERIPHERAL IMPROVE YOUR SKILL IN TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC LIMB ISCHEMIA Chairpersons: Antonino Nicosia (Ragusa), Claudio Rabbia (Torino) Clinical case: Treatment of forearm arteries Marco Comeglio (Pistoia) My top ten tip&tricks to treat forearm arteries Roberto Ferraresi (Bergamo) Experts discussion Clinical case: Iliac recanalization Armando Liso (Lecce) My top ten tips&tricks to recanalize iliac arteries Salvatore Saccà (Mirano) Experts discussion Clinical case: SFA recanalization Luigi Steffanon (Modena) My top ten tips&tricks to recanalize SFA Antonio Micari (Palermo) Experts discussion Clinical case: BTK recanalization Antonio Silvestro (Seriate) My top ten tips&tricks to treat BTK disease Francesco Liistro (Arezzo) Experts discussion Experts: Marco Contarini (Siracusa), Chiara Grattoni (Cotignola), Roberto Lorenzoni (Lucca), Massimo Medda (San Donato Milanese), Salvatore Donato Musarò (Roma), Giuseppe Roscitano (Palermo) SALA PONENTE UPGRADE YOUR TECHNIQUE - STRUCTURAL IMPROVE YOUR SKILL IN VASCULAR ACCESSES FOR STRUCTURAL HEART INTERVENTION Chairpersons: Fausto Castriota (Cotignola), Giuseppe Tarantini (Padova) Clinical case: Femoral access selection for TAVR Carmelo Sgroi (Catania) My top 10 tips and tricks to select the femoral access Nedy Brambilla (Milano) Experts discussion Clinical case: Percutaneous trans-axillary approach Emanuele Meliga (Torino) My top 10 tips and tricks to do a safe trans-axillary approach Mauro De Benedictis (Torino) Experts discussion Clinical case: Haemostasis after a large size sheath Federica Ettori (Brescia) My top 10 tips and tricks to close a big hole Bindo Missiroli (Catanzaro) 4

5 14.30 SALA PONENTE UPGRADE YOUR TECHNIQUE - STRUCTURAL IMPROVE YOUR SKILL IN VASCULAR ACCESSES FOR STRUCTURAL HEART INTERVENTION (cont.) Experts discussion Clinical case: Trans-septal puncture for structural heart intervention Luigi Fiocca (Bergamo) My top 10 tips and tricks to do a safe trans-septal puncture Angelo Bruno Ramondo (Bassano Del Grappa) Experts discussion Experts: Marco Ciardetti (Pisa), Paolo Cioffi (Alessandria), Francesco De Felice (Roma), Gaetano Tanzilli (Roma), Isabella Spadoni (Massa), Tullio Tesorio (Napoli) Tuesday, 14 October SALA SCIROCCO UPGRADE YOUR TECHNIQUE - CORONARY IMPROVE YOUR SKILL IN ISR AND SMALL VESSEL DISEASE TREATMENT Chairpersons: Carlo Briguori (Napoli), Flavio Luciano Ribichini (Verona) Clinical case: IVUS/OCT evaluation of ISR Vasile Sirbu (Bergamo) My top 10 tips and tricks on IVUS/OCT guided ISR treatement Andrea Picchi (Grosseto) Experts discussion Clinical case: ifr/ffr evaluation of small vessell coronary lesions Annalisa Mongiardo (Catanzaro) My top 10 tips and tricks on ifr/ffr guided small vessel treatment Emanuel Barbato (Aalst - Belgium) Experts discussion Clinical case: ISR treatment Alessandro Aprile (Desenzano del Garda) My top 10 tips and tricks to treat a ISR Alfredo Marchese (Bari) Experts discussion Clinical case: DEB in small vessel treatment Gaetano Gioffrè (Roma) My top 10 tips and tricks to use DEB Bernardo Cortese (Milano) Experts discussion Experts: Irene Bossi (Milano), Francesco Caprioglio (Mestre), Maria Alberta Cattabiani (Parma), Riccardo Colantonio (Roma), Carmine Musto (Roma), Andrea Pavei (Conegliano) 5

6 Tuesday, 14 October SALA MISTRAL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CAROTID INTERVENTION Chairpersons: Riccardo Colantonio (Roma), Antonio Rizza (Massa) Impact of anatomical features of aortic arch and culprit carotid artery assessed by Macdonald score on the short term outcome of carotid angioplasty and stenting S. Geraci, M. Ashraf Ahmad, A. Nicosia, Y. Kishk, C. Sgroi, C. Tamburino (Agrigento, Assiut - E, Ragusa, Catania) Setting up amultidisciplinary Program of carotid artery stenting in a community hospital: feasibility and results in a consecutive series of 277 patients F. Tomassini, A. Gagnor, A. Gambino, P. Giay-Pron, M. Hartwig, M. Reggiani, S. Amarù, E. Luda Di Cortemiglia, F. Varbella (Rivoli, Domodossola) Approccio brachiale destro per PTA carotidee in situazioni anatomiche complesse G. Teruzzi, D. Pellegrini, P. Montorsi, S. Galli, P. Ravagnani, A. Lualdi (Milano) Randomized comparison of flow reversal vs distal filter for cerebral protection during carotid artery stenting in patients with stable carotid disease a. Pacchioni, A. Mugnolo, C. Penzo, D. Nikas, R. Turri, S. Saccà, F. Versaci, S. Torabibi, B. Reimers (Mirano, Legnago, Campobasso, Cotignola) Carotid artery stenting with double cerebral embolic protection in symptomatic patients F. Varbella, F. Tomassini, A. Gagnor, A. Gambino, P. Giay-Pron, M. Hartwig, M. Reggiani, S. Amarù, E. Luda Di Cortemiglia (Rivoli, Domodossola) Risultati a lungo termine della PTA con impianto di stent per il trattamento della stenosi sintomatica dell arteria succlavia C. Auguadro, V. Casali, M. Manfredi, F. Scalise (Monza) SALA MISTRAL GISE INTENSIVE COURSES TAVR Coordinator: Francesco Bedogni (Milano) Expert: Anna Sonia Petronio (Pisa) MITRAL CLIP Coordinator: Arturo Giordano (Castel Volturno) Expert: Carmelo Grasso (Catania) LAA CLOSURE Coordinator: Sergio Berti (Massa) Expert: Paolo Luciano Danna (Milano) SALA ZEFIRO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS MITRAL VALVE INTERVENTIONS 1 Chairpersons: Filippo Finizio (Castel Volturno), Carmelo Grasso (Catania) Extended use of percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair beyond EVEREST criteria: thirty-day and twelve-month clinical and echocardiographic outcomes from the GRASP Registry M. Ministeri, G.F. Attizzani, Y. Ohno, C. Grasso, S. Immè, M. Barbanti, G. Ronsivalle, S. Cannata, F. Dipasqua, A. Caggegi, D. Capodanno, P. Capranzano, S. Giaquinta, S. Mangiafico, S. Scandura, C. Tamburino (Catania) History of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip for significant regurgitation: does it matter? F. Finizio, P. Ferraro, N. Corcione, M. Polimeno, S. Messina, A. Mongiardo, R. Avellino, G. Biondi Zoccai, G. Sardella, A. Giordano, C. Indolfi (Castel Volturno, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Catanzaro, Latina, Roma) Percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip sistem for severe mitral regurgitation in patients with surgical mitral valve repair failure C. Grasso, M. Ministeri, Y. Ohno, G.F. Attizzani, S. Cannata, S. Immè, M. Barbanti, S. Scandura, S. Mangiafico, G. Ronsivalle, F. Dipasqua, S. Giaquinta, D. Capodanno, C. Tamburino (Catania) Effectiveness of MitraClip therapy in patients with refractory heart failure M. Adamo, M. Barbanti, S. Curello, C. Fiorina, R. Mastropierro, D. Maffeo, G. Chizzola, D. Capodanno, F. Lipartiti, C. Tamburino, M. Metra, F. Ettori (Catania) A multicenter registry on the risk-benefit balance of Avantgarde Carbofilm-coated stent in real-world patients at high risk for early dis continuation of dual antiplatelet therapy undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: focus on diabetic status A. Giordano, L. Sommariva, M. Polimeno, P. Ferraro, N. Corcione, S. Messina, G. Biondi Zoccai, D. Pieri, M. Contarini, G. Sardella (Castel Volturno, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Viterbo, Latina, Palermo, Siracusa, Roma) Comparison of men versus women with significant mitral regurgitation undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip P. Ferraro, N. Corcione, M. Polimeno, S. Messina, F. Finizio, A. Mongiardo, R. Avellino, G. Biondi Zoccai, G. Sardella, C. Indolfi, A. Giordano (Castel Volturno, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Catanzaro, Latina, Roma) 6

7 15.30 SALA ZEFIRO GISE INTENSIVE COURSES CTO Coordinator: Ferdinando Varbella (Rivoli) Expert: Mauro Carlino (Milano) LM/BIFURCATION Coordinator: Alfredo Marchese (Bari) Expert: Giuseppe Sangiorgi (Roma) IMAGING AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION Coordinator: Edoardo Verna (Varese) Expert: Francesco Prati (Roma) Tuesday, 14 October SALA BORA ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PCI - PATIENT SUBSETS Chairpersons: Andrea Albani (Bolzano), Simona Pierini (Cinisello Balsamo) Nei pazienti con sindrome coronarica acuta sottoposti a PCI l anemia acquisita ha un valore prognostico? l. Iannetta, P.E. Puddu, M. Polacco, E. Taurino, G. Morabito, B. Missiroli, F. Pelliccia, C. Greco, M. Schiariti (Roma, Catanzaro) Comparison of risk of acute kidney injury following primary percutaneous coronary interventions with the transradial approach vs the transfemoral approach (from the PRIPITENA Urban Registry) B. Cortese, A. Sciahbasi, S. Rigattieri, A. Alonzo, P. Silva Orrego, F. Belloni, R. Seregni, F. Giovannelli, M. Tespili, R. Ricci, A. Berni (Milano, Roma, Seriate) Remote ischemic preconditioning and risk of contrast-induced nephropathy after percutaneous coronary intervention: the Euro-Asia CRIPS randomized controlled trial C. Moretti, E. Cerrato, E. Cavallero, S. Lin, P. Omedè, M.L. Rossi, A. Picchi, F. Ugo, A. Palazzuoli, M. Bertaina, P. Presbitero, S.L. Chen, R. Pozzi, R. Belli, U. Limbruno, G. Biondi Zoccai, F. Sanguineti, T. Lefèvre, F. Gaita (Torino, Orbassano, Njang - ROC, Milano, Grosseto, Siena, Latina, Paris - F) Il valore prognostico a lungo termine della trombocitopenia post-pci negli ottuagenari L. Iannetta, P.E. Puddu, M. Polacco, E. Taurino, M. Palumo, B. Missiroli, F. Pelliccia, C. Greco, M. Schiariti (Roma, Catanzaro) Esposizione radiologica nelle procedure diagnostiche ed interventistiche coronariche: confronto tra accesso radiale destro e sinistro S. Rigattieri, M. Cera, C. Di Russo, S. Fedele, A. Sciahbasi (Roma) Advanced age and renal dysfunction in interventional cardiology: what should we do? R. Accardi, F. Pellone, I. Giannini (Macerata) High prevalence at computed coronary tomography of non-calcified plaques in asymptomatic HIV patients treated with HAART E. Cerrato, F. D Ascenzo, G. Quadri, M. Pianelli, M. Cannillo, D. Salera, E. Mistretta, A. Raviola, F. Ballocca, U. Barbero, S. Gili, M. Mancone, A. Montefusco, P. Omedè, G. Biondi Zoccai, W. Grosso Marra, C. Moretti, F. Gaita (Torino, Roma, Latina) Confronto tra accesso radiale e accesso femorale con utilizzo sistematico del dispositivo di emostasi FemoSeal nell angioplastica primaria A. Alonzo, S. Rigattieri, F. Giovannelli, C. Di Russo, A. Sciahbasi, A. Berni, M. Volpe (Roma) One year follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention with radial approach in a population older than 84 years hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome: a single center experience S. Muraglia, G. Braito, M. Dallago, A. Menotti, M. Casavecchia, R. Bonmassari (Trento) SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS Chairpersons: Chiara Fraccaro (Padova), Marcello Ravani (Massa) Effectiveness of percutaneous PFO closure on recurrence of cerebral ischemic events in high selected patients: a long-term outcome multicentre study C. Lucarelli, P. Scacciatella, I. Meynet, L. Biava, D. Zavalloni Parenti, V. Lisignoli, P. Presbitero (Rozzano, Torino) Transcatheter left atrial appendage closure with the Amplatzer cardiac plug device for ischemic stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: a single center experience C. Zanetti, G. D Amico, M. Mojoli, P.A.M. Purita, M. Facchin, F. Zilio, A. Lunardon, N. Bettella, A. Barioli, T. Fabris, E. Covolo, G. Masiero, A. Al Mamary, G. Dariol, D. Pittarello, M. Napodano, P. Buja, G. Isabella, S. Iliceto, G. Tarantini (Padova) 7

8 14.30 SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS (cont.) Tuesday, 14 October Are left atrial appendage (LAA) dimensions or device oversize predictors of leak after percutaneouslaa closure? F. Ancona, D. Regazzoli, A. Mangieri, A. Aurelio, F. Guarracini, M. Ancona, E. Agricola, M. Oppizzi, P. Mazzone (Milano) The level of right-to-left shunt is correlated to migraine severity and predicts relief of the symptoms by anti-platelet therapy, in patients undergoing percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure G. Maresca, A. Agresta, F. Esposito, M.C. De Angelis, E. Koci, O. De Filippo, C. Carella, A. Cerrone, A. Rapacciuolo, B. Trimarco (Napoli) La trombectomia reolitica nel trattamento dell embolia polmonare: risultati iniziali dell attività dei centri operativi nella regione Lombardia F. Russo, M. Galli, N. De Cesare, F. Ettori, L. Piatti, P. Sganzerla, G. Tiberti, P. Valli, F. Casazza (Como, Zingonia Osio Sotto, Brescia, Lecco, Treviglio, Milano) Chiusura percutanea del forame ovale pervio con dispositivo ceraflex: iniziale esperienza di un singolo centro A. Carcagnì, V. Ienco, R. Contuzzi, D. Colaprete, S. Funaro, M. De Marino (Campobassso) Ultrasound-guided balloon angioplasty of arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis in day hospital setting L. Favero, D. Tonello, A. Ferraro, N. Pellizzari, S. Irsara, A. Visonà, C. Abaterusso, C. Cernetti (Castelfranco Veneto) Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure after TAVI in an elderly patient with atrial fibrillation not receiving oral anticoagulation therapy C. Zanetti, E. Covolo, M. Mojoli, G. D Amico, M. Facchin, P.A.M. Purita, A. Barioli, T. Fabris, F. Zilio, G. Masiero, D. Pittarello, P. Buja, M. Napodano, G. Isabella, S. Iliceto, G. Tarantini (Padova) Fattibilità ed efficacia di PTA in FAV M. Celestre, P. Meneghetti, K. Mukred, C. Pasqualetto, M. Ragazzo, S. Lorenzi, M. Feriani, G. Grassi (Venezia) SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIMARY PCI STRATEGIES & LOGISTICS Chairpersons: Giuseppe Caramanno (Agrigento), Alessandra Repetto (Pavia) Immediate and mid-term outcomes following primary PCI with bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the multicenter Registro ABSORB Italiano (RAI Registry) a. Ielasi, B. Cortese, A. Varricchio, M. Sesana, M. Tespili, F. Pisano, B. Loi, F. Granata, E. Moscarella, L. La Vecchia, P. Silva Orrego, G. Steffenino (Seriate, Milano, Napoli, Desenzano del Garda, Aosta, Cagliari, Cuneo) Incidence, predictors and impact of stent malapposition in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with Everolimus eluting stents C. Bernelli, K. Komukai, F. Saia, D. Capodanno, R. Garbo, G. Niccoli, G. Musumeci, G. Tarantini, V. Sirbu, M. Coccato, M. Fineschi, M. De Benedictis, U. Limbruno, H. Bezerra, G. Biondi Zoccai, B. Reimers, F. Burzotta, L. Vignali, G. Guagliumi (Bergamo, Bologna, Catania, Torino, Roma, Padova, Siena, Grosseto, Cleveland - USA, Latina, Mirano, Parma) Follow-up scintigrafico e clinico di pazienti con STEMI randomizzati al trattamento con tromboaspirazione manuale o meccanica: risultati a medio termine dello studio COCOTH C. Giglioli, R. Calabretta, E. Cecchi, F. Meucci, G.J. Baldereschi, S. Valente, M. Chiostri, G.F. Gensini, V. Spini, D. Landi, S.M. Romano, R. Sciagrà (Firenze) Residual intrastent thrombus after primary angioplasty is associated with MACE at follow-up. Insight from the COCTAIL II study l. Gatto, F. Imola, E. Romagnoli, U. Limbruno, F. Versaci, T. Pawlowski, S. Fedele, V. Marco, G. Paoletti, L. Di Vito, V. Ramazzotti, A. Manzoli, F. Prati (Roma, Grosseto, Isernia, Warsaw - PL) Use of a mechanical thrombus aspiration system with radial approach in patients with ACS: a single center experience S. Muraglia, G. Braito, M. Dallago, A. Menotti, M. Casavecchia, R. Bonmassari (Trento) Gestione dei pazienti con sindrome coronarica acuta con sopraslivellamento del tratto ST: esperienza della rete Provinciale di Viterbo e. Romagnoli, G. Caferri, A. Celestini, F. Serra, P. Scrimieri, G. Zampi, M. Madonna, P. Achilli, L. Sommariva (Viterbo) 8

9 17.00 SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS MISCELLANEOUS 1 Chairpersons: Angelo Di Roma (Roma), Valeria Gasparetto (Peschiera del Garda) Stratificare il rischio nei pazienti affetti da angina stabile: quando intensificare le cure? Risultati di una meta-analisi osservazionale U. Barbero, F. D Ascenzo, C. Moretti, P. Omedè, A. Montefusco, F. Nijhoff, M.J. Lipinski, M. Mennuni, G. Biondi Zoccai (Torino, Utrecht - NL, Washington - USA, Rozzano, Latina) Prosthesis choice for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: improved outcomes with the adoption of a patient-specific transcatheter heart valve selection algorithm M. Barbanti, S. Immè, P. Capranzano, C. Sgroi, M. Patanè, S. Gulino, G.F. Attizzani, Y. Ohno, S. Cannata, Cl. Tamburino, P. Aruta, V. Bottari, D. Di Stefano, D. Todaro, E. Di Simone, W. Deste, D. Giannazzo, D. Capodanno, C.Tamburino (Catania) Trattamento dei graft venosi degenerati con stent medicati autoespandibili: la nostra esperienza C. Moncalvo, V. Puma, G. Celano, M. Caprile, A. Laurenza, G. Carosio, P. Cioffi (Alessandria) Tuesday, 14 October Esposizione dei pazienti alle radiazioni ionizzanti nelle procedure di emodinamica: dati di un singolo centro G. Benecchi, L. Orsingher, C. Ghetti, M.A. Cattabiani, L. Vignali, A. Menozzi, I. Tadonio, E. Solinas, D. Ardissino (Parma) TIMI Frame Count come alternativa all IMR nella valutazione funzionale del microcircolo coronarico in pazienti con angina stabile e coronarie angiograficamente normali M. Basile, S. Altomare, A. Cafaro, V. Paradies, F. Iacovelli, A. Pignatelli, A. Marchese, F. Masi, D. Quagliara, S. Favale, M. Pepe (Bari) Optical coherence tomography for characterization of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in young recipients with a long follow-up time after heart transplantation f. Tomai, A. Petrolini, L. De Luca, L. Di Vito, A.S. Ghini, G. De Persio, P. Corvo, L. Altamura, F. Parisi, G. Pongiglione, F. Prati, M.G. Gagliardi (Roma) SALA GRECALE PAIR OF ACES WHAT WE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW FROM: 1 - Sergio Berti (Massa) - Leonardo Bolognese (Arezzo) 2 - Francesco Bedogni (Milano) - Gennaro Santoro (Firenze) 3 - Gian Battista Danzi (Pietra Ligure) - Davide Antoniucci (Firenze) 4 - Alfredo Marchese (Bari) - Alberto Cremonesi (Cotignola) 5 - Ferdinando Varbella (Rivoli) - Roberto Garbo (Torino) 6 - Emanuela Piccaluga (Milano) - Fabrizio Tomai (Roma) 7 - Gennaro Sardella (Roma) - Giuseppe Musumeci (Bergamo) 8 - Corrado Tamburino (Catania) - Angelo Bruno Ramondo (Bassano del Grappa) 9 - Arturo Giordano (Castel Volturno) - Ciro Indolfi (Catanzaro) 10 - Alessandro Salvi (Trieste) - Eugenio Martuscelli (Roma) 11 - Mauro De Benedictis (Torino) - Carlo Trani (Roma) 12 - Lorenzo Ciarma (Bologna) - Antonella Merelli (Pisa) 13 - Giuliana Ballo (Milano) - Flora Meriggi (Milano) SALA GRECALE MAIN SESSION SPECIAL FEATURES IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Chairpersons: Michele Massimo Gulizia (Catania), Mario Marzilli (Pisa) CAD management in HIV patients Fabrizio D Ascenzo (Torino) CAD management in neoplastic patients Alberto Margonato (Milano) CAD management in octogenarians Stefano De Servi (Pavia) CAD management in CKD Carlo Briguori (Napoli) Experts Roundtable achille Gaspardone (Roma), Alessandro Lualdi (Milano), Giampaolo Niccoli (Roma), Federico Piscione (Salerno) 9

10 Tuesday, 14 October SALA GRECALE young GISE MEETS YOUNG EAPCI AND ICOT: A JOINT SESSION PROMOTED BY THE GISE FOUNDATION THE HOTTEST INTERVENTIONAL TOPICS IN A NUTSHELL Chairpersons: Arturo Giordano (Castel Volturno), Imad Sheiban (Peschiera del Garda) Introduction: Scuola GISE in Arturo Giordano (Castel Volturno), Imad Sheiban (Peschiera del Garda) Young EAPCI presentation Davide Capodanno (Catania) Italian Cardiologists of Tomorrow ICOT presentation Mario Bollati (Antwerp - B) TAVR Renato Maria Bianchi (Napoli) - Teodoro Bisceglia (Udine) Percutaneous approach to mitral valve repair Stefano Messina (San Giuseppe Vesuviano) - Francesca Giovannelli (Roma) Primary PCI Alfonso Gambino (Rivoli) - Angela Ida Palmiotto (Bari) BVS Elio Pieri (Agrigento) - Elisabetta Ricottini (Roma) Antithrombotic therapy Raffaele Scardala (Latina) - Giovanni Paolo Talarico (Milano) Wrap up Mario Bollati (Antwerp - B), Davide Capodanno (Catania) 10

11 8.00 SALA GRECALE 9.30 Live Cases from Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia - Perugia Coordinator: Claudio Cavallini Resident Operators: Federico Fortunati, Claudio Giombolini, Salvatore Notaristefano, Rocco Sclafani Chairperson: Sergio Berti (Massa) Webmoderator: Eliano Pio Navarese (Pisa) Factoids: Luigi Lucisano (Roma) Commentators: Lorenzo Ciarma (Bologna), David Joel Cohen (Kansas City - USA), angelo Di Roma (Roma), Eugenio Martuscelli (Roma), Leonardo Paloscia (Pescara), Paolo Rubino (Mercogliano), Tullio Tesorio (Napoli) 9.30 SALA GRECALE CHALLENGE WITH THE EXPERT IN CORONARY FIELD Expert: Antonio Colombo (Milano) Challenger: Giulio Guagliumi (Bergamo) Webmoderator: Alberto Menozzi (Parma) SALA GRECALE Live Cases from Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco - Turin Coordinator: Roberto Garbo Residente Operators: Giacomo Boccuzzi, Salvatore Colangelo, Fabrizio Ugo Guest Operator: Andrea Gagnor (Rivoli) Chairperson: Fabrizio Tomai (Roma) Webmoderator: Alessio La Manna (Catania) Factoids: Luigi Lucisano (Roma) Commentators: David Antoniucci (Firenze), Mauro Carlino (Milano), Mauro De Benedictis (Torino), Alfredo Ruggero Galassi (Catania), Luca Grancini (Milano), Antonella Merelli (Pisa), Ferdinando Varbella (Rivoli) WEDNEsday, 15 October SALA GRECALE OPENING CEREMONY Welcome from President of GISE Sergio Berti (Massa) Welcome from President of Italian Federation of Cardiology Leonardo Bolognese (Arezzo) OPENING SESSION THE GREAT DEBATE: THE NEVERENDING STORY Chairperson: Gennaro Sardella (Roma) Webmoderator: Davide Capodanno (Catania) Case Presenters: Ugo Limbruno (Grosseto), Luca Testa (Milano) Inteventionalists Team: David Antoniucci (Firenze) Francesco Bedogni (Milano) Sergio Berti (Massa) Leonardo Bolognese (Arezzo) Antonio Colombo (Milano) Corrado Tamburino (Catania) Surgeons Team: Ottavio Alfieri (Milano) Giuseppe Bruschi (Milano) Gino Gerosa (Padova) Francesco Maisano (Zurich - CH) Lorenzo Menicanti (San Donato Milanese) Francesco Musumeci (Roma) SALA GRECALE GISE ANNUAL MEETING 11

12 13.30 SALA LEVANTE SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM (see page 42) SALA LEVANTE PARALLEL SYMPOSIUM - PERIPHERAL DEBATED ISSUES IN PERIPHERAL INTERVENTION Chairpersons: Alberto Cremonesi (Cotignola), Carlo Trani (Roma) Radial approach for peripheral interventions Luca Favero (Castelfranco Veneto) Resistant hypertension and renal denervation Vittorio Ambrosini (Mercogliano) Endovascular solutions for tipe B aortic dissection Mario Galli (Milano) Endovascular options for acute stroke Roberto Gandini (Roma) WEDNEsday, 15 October Optimal treatment of acute limb ischemia Alessandro Cappelli (Siena) Experts roundtable and conclusions Angelo Cioppa (Mercogliano), Michele Dallago (Trento), Chiara Grattoni (Cotignola), Antonio Manari (Reggio Emilia), Michele Polimeno (Napoli), Pedro Silva Orrego (Milano) SALA LEVANTE CLINICAL CROSSROADS - PERIPHERAL TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC CAROTID DISEASE Chairpersons: Alberto Cremonesi (Cotignola), Piero Montorsi (Milano) Case presentation Antonino Nicosia (Ragusa) Would stent it! Carlo Cernetti (Castelfranco Veneto) Surgery remains the gold standard Mauro Gargiulo (Bologna) Case conclusion Antonino Nicosia (Ragusa) Experts roundtable and conclusions Gianfranco Aprigliano (Bari), Alberto Benassi (Modena), Riccardo Colantonio (Roma), Enrico Franceschini Grisolia (Belluno), Paolo Ravagnani (Milano), Eugenio Stabile (Napoli), Fabio Felice Tarantino (Forlì) SALA LEVANTE HOW TO TREAT AND MANAGE - PERIPHERAL PERIPHERAL INTERVENTION BEYOND DAILY PRACTICE Chairpersons: Rossella Fattori (Pesaro), Carlo Setacci (Siena) Clinical case: Thoracic aortic aneurysm endografting Maurizio Tespili (Seriate) Experts discussion Case conclusion Maurizio Tespili (Seriate) Case presenter: Visceral vessels stenting Luigi Salemme (Napoli) Experts discussion

13 17.15 SALA LEVANTE HOW TO TREAT AND MANAGE - PERIPHERAL PERIPHERAL INTERVENTION BEYOND DAILY PRACTICE (cont.) Case conclusion Luigi Salemme (Napoli) Case presenter: Endovascular treatment of hemodialysis A-V fistula Francesco Bonechi (Empoli) Experts discussion Case conclusion Francesco Bonechi (Empoli) Experts: Tommaso Alberto Cipolla (Cefalù), Francesco Liistro (Arezzo), Massimo Medda (San Donato Milanese), Paolo Carlo Sganzerla (Treviglio), Giovanni Tinelli (Roma), Pietro Vandoni (Desio) SALA PONENTE SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM (see page 42) SALA PONENTE PARALLEL SYMPOSIUM - STRUCTURAL TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: OPEN ISSUES Chairpersons: Franco Fabbiocchi (Milano), Antonio Marzocchi (Bologna) Will second generation valves make a difference? Federico De Marco (Milano) WEDNEsday, 15 October Anticoagulation post-tavr: what is the optimal protocol? Francesco Saia (Bologna) What does the future hold for the transapical approach? Pierluigi Stefàno (Firenze) TAVR or Surgery for low flow, low gradient Carmen Spaccarotella (Catanzaro) Do we need protection devices to minimize stroke? Flavio Luciano Ribichini (Verona) Experts roundtable and conclusions Tiziana Attisano (Salerno), Salvatore Colangelo (Torino), Enrico Favaretto (Cittadella), Chiara Fraccaro (Padova), Antonino Pitì (Bergamo), Giulio Speciale (Roma) SALA PONENTE CLINICAL CROSSROADS - STRUCTURAL HIGH BLEEDING RISK PATIENT WITH AF UNDERGOING DES PCI: WHICH OPTIONS? Chairpersons: Corrado Vassanelli (Verona), Luigi Vignali (Parma) Clinical case Alessandro Lupi (Novara) LAA is the right choice: three drugs are too many! Paolo Luciano Danna (Milano) New OAT is fitted for this purpose Andrea Rubboli (Bologna) Case conclusion Alessandro Lupi (Novara) Experts roundtable and conclusions Piero Bellone (Savona), Maurizio D Amico (Torino), Salvatore Ierna (Carbonia), Valeria Gasparetto (Peschiera del Garda), Umberto Paradossi (Massa), Giuseppe Tarantini (Padova) 13

14 17.15 SALA PONENTE HOW TO TREAT AND MANAGE - STRUCTURAL FAILED SURGICAL VALVE PROSTHESIS Chairpersons: Francesco Bedogni (Milano), Federica Ettori (Brescia) Case presentation: Paravalvular leak Giuseppe Santoro (Napoli) Experts discussion Case conclusion Giuseppe Santoro (Napoli) Case presentation: Degenerated aortic bioprosthesis Maria Luisa Laudisa (Milano) Experts discussion WEDNEsday, 15 October Case conclusion Maria Luisa Laudisa (Milano) Case presentation: Degenerated mitral bioprosthesis Maurizio D Amico (Torino) Experts discussion Case conclusion Maurizio D Amico (Torino) Experts: Nedy Brambilla (Milano), Salvatore Curello (Brescia), Arnaldo Poli (Legnano), Rosario Sauro (Avellino), Amerigo Stabile (Palermo), Luigi Vignali (Parma) SALA SCIROCCO SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM (see page 43) SALA SCIROCCO PARALLEL SYMPOSIUM - CORONARY CURRENT DES AND ABSORBABLE VASCULAR SCAFFOLD: WE NEED CLEARNESS Chairpersons: Antonio Bartorelli (Milano), Ciro Indolfi (Catanzaro) DES are less thrombogenic than BMS: network meta-analysis artifice or scientific evidence Tullio Palmerini (Bologna) Bioresorbable polymer DES: do they improve outcomes? Massimo Mancone (Roma) Are polymer-free DES the future? Salvatore Brugaletta (Barcelona - E) How soon is reasonable to interrupt DAPT after new generation DES? Giuseppe Musumeci (Bergamo) Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds: which subsets would benefit? Corrado Tamburino (Catania) Experts roundtable and conclusions Angelo Sante Bongo (Novara), Michele Coceani (Pisa), Corrado Lettieri (Mantova), Andrea Pavei (Conegliano), Alessandro Sciahbasi (Roma), Iacopo Tadonio (Parma) 14

15 16.15 SALA SCIROCCO CLINICAL CROSSROADS - CORONARY ENHANCING THE OUTCOME OF ACS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS Chairpersons: Francesco Maria Bovenzi (Lucca), Stefano De Servi (Pavia) Clinical case Davide Zanuttini (Udine) Revascularization is the only thing that matters Zoran Olivari (Treviso) Logistic management is crucial Luigi Oltrona Visconti (Pavia) Case conclusion Experts roundtable and conclusions Fabio Barlocco (Legnano), Plinio Lorenzo Cirillo (Napoli), Antonio Maria Leone (Roma), Bruno Loi (Cagliari), Francesco Pelliccia (Roma), Serafina Valente (Firenze) SALA SCIROCCO HOW TO TREAT AND MANAGE - CORONARY HOW TO DEAL WITH COMPLEX CORONARY LESIONS Chairpersons: Fabio Felice Tarantino (Forlì), Fabrizio Tomai (Roma) Case presentation: LM bifurcation lesion Massimo Napodano (Padova) Expert discussions WEDNEsday, 15 October Case conclusion Massimo Napodano (Padova) Case presentation: CTOs Alessio La Manna (Catania) Expert discussions Case conclusion Alessio La Manna (Catania) Case presentation: Severely calcified lesions Marco Ferlini (Pavia) Expert discussions Case conclusion Marco Ferlini (Pavia) Experts: Maurizio D Urbano (Magenta), Farhat Fouladvand (Erba), Pietro Gaetano (Ciriè), Andrea Gagnor (Rivoli), Daniele Pieri (Palermo), Carlo Vigna (San Giovanni Rotondo) SALA LIBECCIO SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM (see page 43) 15

16 15.00 SALA LIBECCIO GISE-EAPCI WOMEN COMMITTEE JOINT SYMPOSIUM THE GENDER DIFFERENCE: MYTH OR REALITY Chairpersons: Sergio Berti (Massa), Julinda Mehlilli (Munich - D), Stephan Windecker (Bern - CH) The mission of EAPCI in Stephan Windecker (Bern - CH) EAPCI Women: a new reality Julinda Mehlilli (Munich - D) Similarities and differences in plaque and thrombus components in ACS Giulio Guagliumi (Bergamo) How to optimize primary PCI in women Julinda Mehlilli (Munich - D) Immediate and long term new DES and BVS performance in women Giulio Giuseppe Stefanini (Bern - CH) WEDNEsday, 15 October TAVR in women: is it different? Alaide Chieffo (Milano) Sex disparities in interventional cardiovascular therapies Anna Sonia Petronio (Pisa) Women with cardiac disease in the cath lab - Clinical Case review Coordinator: Roxana Mehran (New York - USA) STEMI due to a spontaneous dissection Patrizia Presbitero (Rozzano) TAVR in high risk patients Daniela Trabattoni (Milano) Experts Roundtable and conclusions Nedy Brambilla (Milano), Piera Capranzano (Catania), Davide Capodanno (Catania), Annalisa Mongiardo (Catanzaro), Emanuela Piccaluga (Milano), Daniela Trabattoni (Milano) SALA LIBECCIO UPGRADE YOUR TECHNIQUE - CORONARY IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS IN IMAGING AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION Chairpersons: Ciro Indolfi (Catanzaro), Ferdinando Varbella (Rivoli) Clinical case: IVUS guided LM PCI Stefano Galli (Milano) My top 10 tips and tricks in IVUS utilization Alessandro Alberti (Milano) Experts discussion Clinical case: OCT in a culprit lesion Giacomo Boccuzzi (Torino) My top 10 tips and tricks in OCT utilization Francesco Prati (Roma) Experts discussion Clinical case: Intermediate lesions functional evaluation Luigi Piatti (Lecco) My top 10 tips and tricks in Ifr/FFR evaluation Massimo Fineschi (Siena) Experts discussion

17 16.45 SALA LIBECCIO UPGRADE YOUR TECHNIQUE - CORONARY IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS IN IMAGING AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION (cont.) Clinical Case: skin lesions after PCI Marco Zimarino (Chieti) My top 10 tips and tricks to reduce X-Ray radiations Emanuela Piccaluga (Milano) Experts discussion Experts: Guglielmo Bernardi (Udine), Paolo Calabria (Grosseto), Giuseppe Calligaris (Milano), Gianluca Campo (Ferrara), Nicoletta De Cesare (Zingonia), Cristian Di Russo (Roma) SALA MELTEMI SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM (see page 44) SALA GHIBLI START UP, INNOVATION & EVOLUTION SESSION 2: STRUCTURAL AND PERIPHERAL Coordinator: Alessandro Santo Bortone (Bari) Chairpersons: Gian Battista Danzi (Pietra Ligure), Claudio Moretti (Torino) Cerebral protection in TAVI: a review of the current data and my personal perspectives Carmelo Sgroi (Catania) Last generation DCB in SFA: 24 months first in human results Antonio Micari (Palermo) WEDNEsday, 15 October Second generation self-expanding repositionable and retrievable valve Luigi Vignali (Parma) Technology innovation in SFA: Stenting with a 5Fr device - Update Stefano Galli (Milano) Paravalvular leak treatment by dedicated new devices Eustaquio Onorato (Bergamo) The new peripheral conic DEB generation Bernardo Cortese (Milano) Innovation technology in cardiology intervention: news from ICI Amit Segev (Tel Hashomer - IL) Innovative LAA closure devices Emanuela De Cillis (Bari) Renal denervation by radiofrequency: update Francesco Versaci (Isernia) The second aortic percutaneous valve generation: technology and update Federico De Marco (Milano) Ultrasound catheter-based thrombolysis for acute pulmonary embolism Filippo Figini (Milano) Ultrasound system for renal denervation: update Giulio Speciale (Roma) Experts roundtable Emanuele Bruno (Roma), Nicola Corcione (Castel Volturno), Francesco Greco (Cosenza), Alfredo Marchese (Bari), Luigi My (Taranto), Rocco Aldo Osanna (Potenza) 17

18 17.15 SALA GHIBLI ORAL COMMUNICATIONS BIORESORBABLE VASCULAR SCAFFOLD Chairpersons: Giulio Bonzani (Napoli), Battistina Castiglioni (Varese) Clinical outcome in a real world single center experience using a new bioabsorbable polymer DES D. Fischetti, M. Del Maestro, L. Quarta, L. Corlianò, C. Stile, G. Colonna, A. Tondo, A. Montinaro (Lecce) Agrigento single center experience with 180 BVS in daily clinical practice: 6 to 12 months follow-up S. Geraci, D. Milazzo, E. Pieri, G. Vaccaro, G. Caramanno (Agrigento) Early and mid-term outcome in a real-world population treated with bioresorbable vascular scaffold G. Longo, Cl. Tamburino, P. Capranzano, D. Capodanno, G. Giacchi, A. Chisari, G. Gargiulo, G. Tamburino, E. Dato, M.C. Di Lorenzo, Y. Ohno, G. Attizzani, A. La Manna, M.E. Di Salvo, B. Francaviglia, C. Grasso, C. Sgroi, C. Tamburino (Catania) Technical and procedural success of percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds implantation: insights from the GHOST-CTO Registry a. La Manna, G. Giacchi, D. Capodanno, A. Chisari, Cl. Tamburino, G. Longo, P. Capranzano, G.F. Attizzani, Y. Ohno, C. Tamburino (Catania, Cleveland - USA) WEDNEsday, 15 October days clinical outcomes of overlapping absorb bvs for the treatment of long coronary lesions: data from the Italian Multicenter RAI REGISTRY M. Mojoli, A. Varricchio, E. Moscarella, F. Granata, B. Cortese, M. Morato, G. Gabrielli, G. Steffenino, G. Tarantini (Padova, Napoli, Milano, Vicenza, Ancona, Cuneo) Bioresorbable vascular scaffold in complex lesions: acute and mid-term follow-up clinical outcomes Cl. Tamburino, G. Longo, P. Capranzano, D. Capodanno, G. Giacchi, A. Chisari, G. Gargiulo, G. Tamburino, E. Dato, M.C. Di Lorenzo, Y. Ohno, G. Attizzani, A. La Manna, M.E. Di Salvo, B. Francaviglia, C. Grasso, C. Sgroi, C. Tamburino (Catania) Use of the Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold for superficial femoral or popliteal artery revascularization: proof of concept from a case series S. Messina, M. Polimeno, N. Corcione, G. Biondi Zoccai, G. Giordano, A. Giordano (Castel Volturno, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Latina) SALA MISTRAL GISE INTENSIVE COURSES TAVR Coordinator: Francesco Bedogni (Milano) Expert: Giuseppe Tarantini (Padova) MITRAL CLIP Coordinator: Arturo Giordano (Castel Volturno) Expert: Francesco Maisano (Zurich - CH) LAA CLOSURE Coordinator: Sergio Berti (Massa) Expert: Antonio Rapacciuolo (Napoli) SALA ZEFIRO GISE INTENSIVE COURSES CTO Coordinator: Ferdinando Varbella (Rivoli) Expert: Alfredo Ruggero Galassi (Catania) LM/BIFURCATION Coordinator: Alfredo Marchese (Bari) Expert: Francesco Burzotta (Roma) IMAGING AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION Coordinator: Edoardo Verna (Varese) Expert: Giulio Guagliumi (Bergamo) 18

19 15.00 SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS TAVI CLINICAL OUTCOME AND COMPLICATIONS Chairpersons: Roberto Bonmassari (Trento), Jacopo Nottoli (Massa) Early and mid-term outcomes of 1904 patients undergoing transcathter balloon-expandable valve implantation: results from the ITER Registry S. Salizzoni, A. D Onofrio, M. Agrifoglio, A. Chieffo, M. Cioni, T. Regesta, G. Tarantini, M. Napodano, D. Gabbieri, F. Saia, C. Tamburino, F. Ribichini, O. Valsecchi, M. Aiello, F. Sanna, A. Iadanza, E. Pompei, P. Stefàno, A. Cappai, A. Minati, M. Cassese, G. Martinelli, A. Agostinelli, R. Violini, F. Casilli, F. Bedogni, A.S. Petronio, R. Mozzillo, R. Bonmassari, C. Briguori, A. Liso, A. Colombo, G. Sardella, G. Bruschi, C. Fiorina, M. D Amico, C. Moretti, G. Gerosa, M. Rinaldi (Torino, Padova, Milano, Genova, Modena, Bologna, Catania, Verona, Bergamo, Pavia, Cagliari, Siena, Udine, Firenze, Rozzano, Trieste, Bari, Parma, Roma, Pisa, Napoli, Trento, Lecce, Brescia) Outcome a 3 anni in pazienti considerati off-label sottoposti ad impianto di CoreValve: esperienza di un singolo centro P. Pagnotta, M. Mennuni, M. Rossi, D. Zavalloni, C. Barbaro, P. Presbitero (Milano) Four years durability of clinical and hemodynamic outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with self expanding CoreValve: a single center experience S. Gulino, M. Barbanti, W. Deste, S. Immè, E. Benvenuto, L. Santonoceto, D. Liberto, A. Di Landro, P. Aruta, V. Bottari, Cl. Tamburino, S. Cannata, D. Todaro, E. Di Simone, D. Di Stefano, D. Giannazzo, C. Sgroi, C. Tamburino (Catania) years clinical and hemodynamic outcomes following trans-catheter aortic balloon-expandable valve implantation M. Facchin, P.A.M. Purita, E. Covolo, E. Yzeray, M. Martin, M. Mojoli, A. Barioli, G. D Amico, B. Celmeta, F. Zilio, C. Fraccaro, V. Gasparetto, M. Napodano, A. D Onofrio, R. Bianco, A. Colli, D. Pittarello, G. Gerosa, G. Isabella, S. Iliceto, G. Tarantini (Padova) A single-center experience with transcatheter aortic valve implantation using solely the CoreValve device N. Corcione, M. Polimeno, P. Ferraro, G. Biondi Zoccai, A. Giordano (Castel Volturno, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Latina) Early, intermediate and late infectious complications after transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement: a prospective cohort study M. Pennacchi, M. Mancone, S. Calcagno, L. Lucisano, F. Placentino, L. Villanova, E. Cavallo, R.E. Stio, G. Mazzesi, F. Pugliese, F. Fedele, G. Sardella (Roma) TAVI as a sustainable option for high-risk and inoperable aortic stenosis patients. A single-center microeconomic cost analysis A. Boi, F. Sanna, A. Rossi, L. Mazzei, S. Simbula, P. Chessa, M. Pellecchia, L. Bonu, M. Porcu, B. Loi (Cagliari) WEDNEsday, 15 October Comparison between self expandable vs balloon expandable valve device in all comers high risk patients S. Calcagno, A. Pecoraro, M. Pennacchi, L. Lucisano, F. Placentino, L. Villanova, E. Cavallo, R.E. Stio, M. Mancone, F. Pugliese, F. Fedele, G. Sardella (Roma) Long term follow-up of patients undergoing valvuloplasty in tavi era: a multicentric retrospective study C. Moretti, L. Marangoni, I. Meynet, S. Rettegno, F. D Ascenzo, M. D Amico, S. Salizzoni, S. Marra, F. Gaita (Torino) SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PCI IN STEMI Chairpersons: Giovanni Saccone (Sciacca), Roberto Zanini (Mantova) ST-segment resolution in STEMI treated by primary PCI and second-generation stents: predictors and implications in long-term clinical outcome from the EXAMINATION trial G. Scalone, S. Brugaletta, M. Sabate, V. Martin-Yuste, M. Masotti, A. Cequier, A. Iñiguez, A. Serra, R. Hernandez-Antolin, V. Mainar, M. Valgimigli, M. Tespili, P. den Heijer, A. Bethencourt, N. Vazquez, B. Backx, P.W. Serruys (Barcelona - E, Vigo - E, Madrid - E, Alicante - E, Rotterdam - NL, Bergamo, Breda - NL, Palma de Mallorca - E, A Coruña - E) Prognostic impact of non-infarct-related-artery chronic total occlusion revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty R. Valenti, M. Marrani, G. Cantini, B. Bellandi, G. Parodi, V. Comito, A. Migliorini, N. Carrabba, D. Antoniucci (Firenze) Long-term outcome in very old patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction R. Sappa, M.T. Grillo, G. Prati, M. Cinquetti, G. Nucifora, G. Bernardi, A. Perkan, G. Sinagra, A. Proclemer, D. Zanuttini (Udine, Trieste) SOS-Campania (Studio Osservazionale sullo STEMI in Campania): analisi della gestione assistenziale dello STEMI in Campania in assenza di rete F. Vigorito, G. Quaranta, D. D Andrea, F. Scotto di Uccio, E. Di Lorenzo, G. Bottiglieri, D. Formigli, M. Di Maio, A. Alfieri, C. Baldi (Salerno, Nocera Inferiore, Napoli, Loreto Mare, Napoli, Avellino, Eboli, Benevento, Caserta) Polymer free Amphilimus-eluting stent in STEMI patients: one-year follow-up R. Scardala, A. Di Matteo, P. Confessore, D. Todaro, M. Conte, A. Stipo, E. Pucci (Latina) Culprit vessel in STEMI patients with previous coronary artery bypass graft B. Bellandi, M. Marrani, G. Cantini, N. Carrabba, R. Valenti, G. Parodi (Firenze) 19

20 17.30 SALA MARIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS MISCELLANEOUS 2 Chairpersons: Paolo Marraccini (Pisa), Riccardo Neri (Pordenone) Impact of gender on uric acid levels and its relationship with the extent of coronary artery disease: a single centre cohort study L. Barbieri, M. Verdoia, A. Schaffer, P. Marino, H. Suryapranata, G. De Luca (Novara, Nijmegen - NL) Efficacy of contrast medium induced Pd/Pa ratio in predicting functional significance of intermediate coronary artery stenosis assessed by fractional flow reserve: the Rapida Iniezione di mezzo di contrasto vs Nitroprussiato o Adenosina nelle Stenosi Coronariche Intermedie (RINASCI) study a.m. Leone, G. Scalone, G.L. De Maria, F. Tagliaferro, A. Gardi, F. Clemente, E. Basile, P. Cialdella, A.R. De Caterina, I. Porto, C. Aurigemma, F. Burzotta, G. Niccoli, C. Trani, A.G. Rebuzzi, F. Crea (Roma, Arezzo) AXXESS - bifurcation dedicated self-expandable drug eluting stent - in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction F. Fouladvand (Erba) Duration of balloon inflation is critical during BVS implantation S. Sorrentino, S. De Rosa, C. Spaccarotella, A. Mongiardo, D. Torella, G. Caiazzo, A. Polimeni, C. Indolfi (Catanzaro) WEDNEsday, 15 October anni di esperienza di aterectomia rotazionale in un singolo centro P. Tiddia, G. De Candia, M. Cadeddu, G. Lai, R. Pirisi, L. Meloni (Cagliari) Differenti cut-off per IFR ed FFR nella valutazione di stenosi coronariche intermedie: esperienza prospettica, monocentrica, italiana A. Fede, C. Zivelonghi, G. Benfari, M. Pighi, A. Piccoli, G. Pesarini, V. Ferrero, S. Ariotti, C. Vassanelli, F. Ribichini (Verona) 20

21 8.00 Sala GRECALE 9.30 Live Cases from Ospedale Lancisi - Ancona Coordinator: Gabriele Gabrielli Resident Operators: Andi Mucaj, Tommaso Piva, Massimiliano Serenelli Live Cases from Clinica Santa Maria - Bari Coordinator: Gaetano Contegiacomo Resident Operator: Vincenzo Pestrichella Guest Operator: Federico De Marco (Milano) Chairperson: Gian Battista Danzi (Pietra Ligure) Webmoderator: Luca Favero (Castelfranco Veneto) Factoids: Alberto Ranieri De Caterina (Massa), Marco Vaghetti (Massa) Commentators: fausto Castriota (Cotignola), David Joel Cohen (Kansas City), Bernardo Cortese (Milano), Anella Rizzo (Torino), Nicola Signore (Bari), Carlo Trani (Roma), Francesco Versaci (Isernia) 9.30 Sala GRECALE CHALLENGE WITH THE EXPERT IN STRUCTURAL FIELD Expert: Gennaro Santoro (Firenze) Challenger: Giuseppe Tarantini (Padova) Webmoderator: Carlo Trani (Roma) Sala GRECALE MAIN SESSION UNMET NEEDS AND PERSISTENT CONTROVERSIES IN SPECIFIC SUBSETS OF PCI PATIENTS Chairpersons: Steven R. Bailey (San Antonio - USA), Antonio Marzocchi (Bologna) Webmoderator: Gennaro Galasso (Napoli) Intermediate Syntax score: the big dilemma CABG is more appropriate Lorenzo Menicanti (San Donato Milanese) PCI is still feasibile David Joel Cohen (Kansas City - USA) Rebuttal PCI in OAC patient: which is the best strategy Double therapy ready for the Prime Time Roxana Mehran (New York - USA) Triple therapy still the best Daniela Trabattoni (Milano) Rebuttal Pretreatment with P2Y 12 inhibitor therapy in the NSTEMI patients Ticagrelor is the agent of choice Dominick J. Angiolillo (Jacksonville - USA) Prasugrel should still play the major role Leonardo Bolognese (Arezzo) Rebuttal Thrombectomy in PPCI No more role Marco Valgimigli (Rotterdam - NL) Still a key role Gennaro Sardella (Roma) Rebuttal Experts roundtable Leonardo De Luca (Roma), Pietro Giudice (Salerno), Eugenio Martuscelli (Roma), Guido Parodi (Firenze) THuRsday, 16 October