123 - CAIC SPOTLIGHT: CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION

Chair(s)

• 

  Mina Madan, MD, MHS, FRCPC, FSCAI

  Interventional Cardiologist
  Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiolgists (CAIC)
  University of Toronto

Co-Chair(s)

• DP

  Don Palisaitis

  PROFESSOR
  University of Montréal
  University of Montreal
• DT

  Dean Traboulsi, MD, FRCPC, FACC (he/him/his)

  Clinical professor of medicine, University of Calgary
  CAIC
  University of Calgary

Presenter(s)

• DK

  Dennis Ko

  Interventional Cardiologist
• WS

  Wael Sumaya, MD, PhD

  Interventional Cardiologist
  Dalhousie University
  Dalhousie University
• MV

  Minh Vo, MD

  Royal Columbian Hospital

Planning Committee Member(s)

• DT

  Dean Traboulsi, MD, FRCPC, FACC (he/him/his)

  Clinical professor of medicine, University of Calgary
  CAIC
  University of Calgary

Review of complex coronary and structural interventional cases

Presentations:

• Dr Wael Sumaya: Controversial Case from Quebec/Eastern Canada
  
• Dr Dennis Ko: Controversial Case from Ontario
  
• Dr Minh Vo: Controversial Case from Western Canada

  Learning Objectives:

  At the end of this session participants will be able to:

  • evaluate and critique controversial techniques and decisionmaking during cardiovascular interventions;
  • challenge conventional thinking and approaches used during cardiovascular interventions; and
  • identify controversies in the utilization of adjunctive therapies and modalities during cardiovascular interventions.

  Presentations:

  • 9:45 AM – 9:50 AM PT

    BALLOON PULMONARY ANGIOPLASTY AT A PULMONARY HYPERTENSION CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE: THE INITIAL CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
    

    Presenter: Abdullah AlJohani, MBBS (he/him/his) – McGill University