07:15-08:55 Investigators Meeting
BIOSS CoCr and Alex2 stents trials. Sponsored by BALTON and KCRI

9:00-10:50 ROOM C
Forum on Acute Coronary Syndromes: Patient with ACS and hemodynamic compromise
Chairmen: Stephan Windecker (Bern), Janina Stępińska (Warsaw), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw)
Panel: Andrzej Ochała (Katowice), Jarosław Wójcik (Lublin), Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Gennadyi Hubulava (ST. Petersburg), Tadeusz Przewłocki (Krakow), Ivo Petrov (Sofia)

 9:00-9:40 Live case 1. Patient with NSTE-ACS and multivessel CAD
Operators: Marek Grygier (Poznań), Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw) ABSORB
FFR/IVUS/OCT: Sławomir Gołębiewski (Warsaw), Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Warsaw)

Featured Lecture
• 9:40-9:55 Acute coronary syndrome with hemodynamic compromise in Cath Lab – PCI and the role of pharmacological support. Dariusz Dudek (Krakow)

9:55-10:35 Live case 2. Patient with NSTE-ACS and left main stenosis.
Operators: Jacek Legutko (Krakow), Sławomir Gołębiewski/Piotr Kwiatkowski (Warsaw)
FFR/IVUS/OCT: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Warsaw)

Featured Lecture
• 10:35-10:50 Acute coronary syndrome with hemodynamic compromise – PCI and the role of mechanical support. Goran Olivecrona (Copenhagen)

10:50-11:30 ROOM C
Acute coronary syndrome: case presentations
Chairmen: Goran Olivecrona (Lund/Copenhagen), Dariusz Dudek (Krakow), Paweł Buszman (Ustron)
Panelists: Robert J. Gil (Warsaw), Jacek Legutko (Krakow), Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Sławomir Dobrzycki (Bialystok), Janusz Rzeźniczak (Poznań), Krzysztof Reczuch (Wroclaw)

• 10:50-11:00 Case 1. TBD (Krakow)
• 11:00-11:03 Discussion
• 11:03-11:13 Case 2. Sung Yun Lee (Seul)
• 11:13-11:16 Discussion
• 11:16-11:26 Case 3. Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 11:26-11:30 Discussion

11:30-12:00 ROOM C
Opening Ceremony
1. Robert J. Gil and Adam Witkowski, WCCI Directors
2. Zbigniew Kalarus, President of the Polish Cardiac Society
3. Stephan Windecker, President of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions
4. William Wijns, Chairman of PCR
5. ANDREAS AWARD

12:00-12:15 COFFEE BREAK

12:15-16:30 ROOM A+B
Learning Pathway on Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in a stable angina patient
PCR SESSION @ WCCI

• 12:00-14:00 Learning the Technique on Left Main Coronary Artery Disease PCI
Facilitators: Goran Stankovic (Belgrade), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw)
Media Driver: Mariusz Kłopotowski (Warsaw)

• Live-in-a boxe case 1 and 2

14:00-15:00 LUNCH

14:00-14:30 BOARDROOM
Advances in the Interventional Cardiology – Editorial Board Meeting

15:00-16:30 ROOM A+B
How Should I treat Left Main Coronary Artery Disease?
Chairmen: Christoph Naber (Essen), Andrzej Ochała (Katowice), William Wijns (Aalst)
2 invited cases presented and disscussed
Experts (1st case): Goran Stankovic (Belgrade), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw)
Experts (2nd case): Ravi Nair (Cleveland/Abu Dhabi), Jacek Legutko (Krakow)
Consensus after each case will be delivered by the chairmen.

• 15:00-15:05 Introduction and objectives. William Wijns (Aalst)

• 15:05-15:45 Case 1.
Speaker 1: Case presentation. Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw) – 5 minutes
Expert 1: How would I treat? Goran Stankovic (Belgrade) – 7 minutes
Expert 2: How would I treat? Robert Gil (Warsaw) – 7 minutes
Speaker 1: How did I treat. Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw) – 5 minutes
Discussion – 10 minutes
Consensus: William Wijns (Aalst) – 5 minutes

• 15:45-16:30 Case 2.
Speaker 2: Case presentation. Ricardo Costa (Sao Paulo) – 5 minutes
Expert 1: How would I treat? Ravi Nair (Cleveland/Abu Dhabi) – 7 minutes
Expert 2: How would I treat? Jacek Legutko (Krakow) – 7 minutes
Speaker 2: How did I treat. Ricardo Costa (Sao Paulo) – 5 minutes
Discussion – 10 minutes
Consensus: Andrzej Ochała (Katowice) – 5 minutes

12:00-16:30 ROOM C
Learning Pathway on Left Atrial Appendage Closure
PCR SESSION @ WCCI

12:00-14:00 ROOM C
Learning the Technique on Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Facilitators: Farrell Helig (Johannesburg), Marcin Demkow (Warsaw)
Media Driver: Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)

• Live-in-a-box case 3 and 4

14:00-15:00 LUNCH

15:00-16:30 ROOM C
How Should I Treat Left Atrial Appendage Closure?
Chairmen: Marcin Demkow (Warsaw), Dariusz Dudek (Krakow), Jai-Wun Park (Koburg)
2 invited cases presented and disscussed
Experts (1st case): Marek Grygier (Poznan), Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice)
Experts (2nd case): Adam Sukiennik (Bydgoszcz), Zbigniew Kalarus (Zabrze)
Consensus after each case will be delivered by the chairmen.

• 15:00-15:05 Introduction and objectives. Marcin Demkow (Warsaw)

• 15:05-15:45 Case 1.
Speaker 1: Case presentation. Radoslaw Pracon (Warsaw) – 5 minutes
Expert 1: How would I treat? Marek Grygier (Poznan) – 7 minutes
Expert 2: How would I treat? Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice) – 7 minutes
Speaker 1: How did I treat. Radoslaw Pracoń (Warsaw) – 5 minutes
Discussion – 10 minutes
Consensus: Marcin Demkow (Warsaw) – 5 minutes

• 15:45-16:30 Case 2.
Speaker 2: Case presentation. Wojciech Wasek (Warsaw) – 5 minutes
Expert 1: How would I treat? Adam Sukiennik (Bydgoszcz) – 7 minutes
Expert 2: How would I treat? Zbigniew Kalarus (Zabrze) – 7 minutes
Speaker 2: How did I treat. Wojciech Wąsek (Warsaw) – 5 minutes
Discussion – 10 minutes
Consensus: Jai-Wun Park (Koburg) – 5 minutes

16:30-17:00 COFFE BREAK 

17:00-19:50 ROOM A+B
Stable Angina: How new ESC guidelines on myocardial revasculartization impacts daily practice in Central and Eastern Europe?
Chairmen: Volkmar Falk (Zurich), Stephan Windecker (Bern), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)
Experts: Paweł Buszman (Ustron), Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Christoph Naber (Essen), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw), Goran Olivecrona (Lund), William Wijns (Aalst)
Central/Eastern European Panel: Gennadyi Hubulava (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), Andrzej Ochała (Warsaw, Poland), Ivo Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria ), Walery Stelmaszuk (Minsk, Bielarus), Bela Merkely (Budapest, Hungary), Stanislas Juhas (Kosice, Slovakia), Pranas Serpytis (Vilnius, Lithuania), Lucian Zarma (Bucharest, Romania), Sebov Denys (Odessa, Ukraine), Goran Stankovic (Belgrade, Serbia), Andrejs Erglis (Riga, Latvia)

• 17:00-17:05 Learning objectives. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)

 • 17:05-17:45 Live case 3. A patient with multivessel coronary artery disease. Polish experience
Operators: Jacek Legutko (Krakow), Jarosław Rzezak (Warsaw)

• 17:45-18:00 State-of the-art lecture:
Left main and multivessel coronary artery disease revasculatrization in 2015. Stephan Windecker (Bern)

• 18:00-18:40 Live case 4. A patient with left main disease
Hungarian experience from Budapest
Operators: TBD

• 18:40-19:20 Live case 5. A patient with multivessel coronary artery disease. Czech experience from Brno
Operators: Petr Kala

• 19:20-19:44 Recorded case. Romanian experience from Bucharest. Lucian Zarma (Bucharest)
• 19:44-19:50 Take-home message. Volkmar Falk (Zurich)

The end of EAPCI/EuroPCR @ WCCI Programme

17:00-18:35 ROOM C
Concurrent WCCI session. Forum on TAVI: case review
Chairmen: Anson Cheung (Vancouver), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdansk), Dominique Himbert (Paris)
Panelists: Sławomir Dobrzycki (Białystok), Maciej Lesiak (Poznan), Radosław Parma (Katowice), Jan Z. Peruga (Łódź), Krzysztof Reczuch (Wroclaw), Krzysztof Wilczek (Zabrze)

• 17:00-17:05 Learning objectives. Dariusz Jagielak (Gdansk)
• 17:05-17-20 Case 1. Marian Branny (Tesin)
• 17:20-17:25 Discussion
• 17:25-17:40 Case 2. Maciej Dąbrowski (Warsaw)
• 17:40-17:45 Discussion
• 17:45-18:00 Case 3. Rolf Birkemeyer (Ulm)
• 18:05-18:10 Discussion
• 18:10-18:25: Case 4. Janusz Kochman (Warsaw)
• 18:25-18:30 Discussion
• 18:30-18:45 Case 5. Krzysztof Wilczek (Zabrze)
• 18:45-18:50 Discussion
• 18:50-18:55 Take-home message. Anson Cheung (Vancouver)

9:00-19:00 AIDA ROOM
Medtronic Innovation Village

9:00- 18:00
Medtronic Innovating Room
New Cardiovascular Technologies (Coronary, TAVI & RDN therapies)

7:45-9:00 ROOM A
General Assembly of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society

9:00-12:18 ROOM A
SESSION 1. Left Atrial Appendix Closure (LAAC)
Chairmen: Marcin Demkow (Warsaw), David Meerkin (Jerusalem), Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice)
Panelists: Pawel Kralisz (Białystok), Janusz Rzeźniczak (Poznan), Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw), Tadeusz Przewłocki (Krakow), Krzysztof Reczuch (Wrocław), Janusz Sławin (Wrocław)

• 9:00-9:12 New Guidelines and Recommendations for LAAC. Farrel Hellig (Johannesburg)
• 9:12-9:24 Amplatzer Cardiac Plug – step-by-step. David Meerkin (Jerusalem)
• 9:24-10:04 Live Case 1. Left atrial appendage closure with Amplatzer Cardiac Plug
Operators: Zbigniew Kalarus (Zabrze), Radosław Pracoń (Warsaw)
• 10:04-10:26 TEE assessment before, during and after LAAC. Marek Konka (Warszawa)
• 10:26-10:38 Cardiac CT Angiography assessment before and after LAAC. Cezary Kępka (Warszawa)
• 10:38-10: 50 Left atrial anatomy revisited. Witold Streb (Zabrze)
• 10:50-11:02 Watchman step-by-step. Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice)
• 11:02-11:42 LIVE CASE 2. Left atrial appendage closure with Watchman
Operators: Marek Grygier (Poznan), Radosław Pracoń (Warszawa)
• 11:42-11:54 Lariat step-by-step. Krzysztof Bartuś (Krakow)
• 11:54-12:06 Post device implant: follow-up and pharmacological strategies. Zbigniew Kalarus (Zabrze)
• 12:06-12:18 Left atrial appendage closure beyond ACP, Watchman and Lariat. Jai-Wun Park (Koburg)

9:00-12:05 ROOM B
Peripheral Interventions and transcatheter treatment of arterial hypertension.
Chairmen: Andrzej Ochała (Katowice), Wacław Kuczmik (Katowice), Paweł Buszman (Ustron)
Panelists: Dobrin Vassilev (Sofia), Tadeusz Przewłocki) (Krakow), Jacek Kądziela (Warsaw), Jarosław Wójcik (Lublin), Tomasz Jargiełło (Lublin), Stanislaw Bartuś (Krakow)

• 9:00-9:15 When and how to treat below the ankle – Roberto Ferraresi (Milan)
•  9:15-9:30 Drug-eluting balloons: RCTs and registries results in peripherals. Stanislaw Bartuś (Krakow)
• 9:30-9:45 Endovascular repair should be the primary treatment for patients with peripheral artery disease. Wacław Kuczmik (Katowice)
• 9:45-10:00 In stent restenosis after the treatment of femoropopliteal arteries – Hans Krankenberg (Bad Bevensen)
• 10:00-10:15 Mechanical debulking in the therapy of acute and subacute ischemia of lower limbs. Miroslav Bulvas (Prague)
• 10:15-10:30 Still discussing on carotid revascularisation. Piotr Pieniążek (Krakow)

• 10:30-11:10 LIVE-IN-A-BOX Case 1. Stenting of the aneurysm of descending aorta.
Operators: TBD
• 11:10-11:25 Sympathetic renal denrevation: where we are in 2015? Felix Mahfoud (Homburg/Saar)
• 11:25-11:40 Central arteriovenous anastomosis for patients with uncontrolled hypertension: ROX CONTROL HTN Study. Jacek Kądziela (Warsaw)
• 11:40-11:55 Discussion
• 11:55-12:05 Wrap-up. Andrzej Ochała

9:00-12:06 ROOM C
SESSION 2: New Frontiers in the Treatment of Mitral Valve

• Part 1. Transcathete Mitral Valve Repair
Chairmen: Marek A. Deja (Katowice), Dominique Himbert (Paris), Witold Rużyłło (Warsaw)
Panelists: Adam Sukiennik (Bydgoszcz), Jerzy Pręgowski (Warsaw), Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw), Krzysztof Reczuch (Wrocław)

• 9:00-9:12 Natural history and prognostic implications of ischemic mitral regurgitation: how and when to intervene to impact the course of the disease? Piotr Hoffman (Warsaw)
• 9:12-9:24 Biological Prosthesis for Everyone – in the Era of Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation. Anson Cheung (Vancouver)
• 9:24-9:36 Transcatheter treatments overview – Edge-to-edge repair. Adam Sukiennik (Bydgoszcz)
• 9:36-9:48 Transcatheter treatments overview – indirect annuloplasty. Tomasz Siminiak (Poznan)
• 9:48-10:00 Transcatheter treatments overview – direct annuloplasty: the new horizons. Adam Groothuis (New York)
• 10:00-10:12 Can we predict outcomes of mitral valve interventions – ECHO insights. Piotr Szymański (Warsaw)
• 10:12-10:42 LIVE-IN-A-BOX Case2. Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty with Mitralign Bident system.
Operators: TBD

• Part 2. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI)
Chairmen: Tomasz Hryniewiecki (Warsaw), Kazimierz Widenka (Rzeszów), TBD
Panelists: Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice), Piotr Suwalski (Warsaw), Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdańsk), Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Tomasz Hirnle (Białystok)

• Featured Lectures part 1
• 10:42-10:54 Transvenous TMVI in a native mitral valve. Dominique Himbert (Paris)
• 10:54-11:06 First-in-Man transapical implantation of the new mitral valve prosthesis. Anson Cheung (Vancouver)
• 11:06-11:36 LIVE-IN-A-BOX 3. Transapical TMVI and TAVI in native valves. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)

• Faetured Lectures part 2
• 11:36-11:51 Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation: A Single Center 6 Year Experience Witold Rużyłło (Warsaw)
• 11:51-12:06 TAVI in 2015 and beyond. Michael Haude (Neuss)
• 12:07-12:22 Update metallics caffolds. Michael Haude (Neuss)

12:30-13:30 ROOM A
Luncheon Session 1. Mastering Complexity
Sponsored by unrestricted grant by TERUMO
Chairs: Prof. Maciej Lesiak (Poznan), Prof. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)
1. Introduction and objectives. Adam Witkowski (5 min)
2. Case presentation: bifurcation with Ultimaster and Accuforce. To be discussed the methods for the treatment and the choice of the materials based on available clinical data. TBD (10min)
3. 3D-OCT-guided bifurcation stenting. Maciej Lesiak (20 min)
4. Case presentation: complex PCI with Ultimaster through transradial approach. To be discussed the choice of the access site, methods for the treatment and used materials. TBD. (10 min)
5. Transradial Approach for Complex PCI: pushing boundaries. Adam Witkowski (20 min)
6. Discussion (15 min)
7. Take-home message. Maciej Lesiak (10 min)

12:30-13:30 ROOM B
Luncheon Session 2. Sponsored by unrestricted grant by Astra Zeneca.
Chory po zawale serca – jak poprawić rokowanie? Rola wsparcia psychologicznego i prawnego w realizacji optymalnego leczenia chorych z OZW.

12:30-13:30 ROOM HEMISPHERE (level -1)
LuncheonSession 4. Sponsored by unrestricted grant by GE

13:30-15:30 ROOM A
Session 3. Post-CABG patient: What is the optimal treatment?
Chairmen: Maciej Lesiak (Poznan), Volkmar Falk (Berlin), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)
Panelists: Joseph Elias (Beirut), Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Adam Kern (Olsztyn), Krzysztof Milewski (Ustron), Janusz Rzeźniczak (Poznan), Tadeusz Przewłocki (Krakow), Dobrin Vassilev (Sofia)

• 13:30-14:10 Live Case 3. PCI in a patient after CABG surgery.
Operators: S. Dobrzycki (Białystok), K. Kukuła (Warsaw)
• 14:10 -14:20 Learning objectives. Volkmar Falk (Berlin)
• 14:20-14:35 Post CABG patients in the new ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization. Dobrin Vassilev (Sofia)
• 14:35-14:50 Risks and benefits for re-do CABG. Piotr Suwalski (Warsaw)
• 14:50-15:05 Protection devices in post-CABG patients undergoing PCI – Do we really need them? Does device selection matter? Bela Merkely (Budapest)
• 15:05-15:20 CTO treatment in post CABG patients – when, whom and how? Leszek Bryniarski (Krakow)
• 15:20-15:30 Take-home message. Maciej Lesiak (Poznan)

• 15:30-15:45 Featured Lecture Part 3
Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Safety and Efficacy of Heparin versus Bivalirudin in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Stefan Grajek (Poznan)

13:30-15:50 ROOM B
Session 4. Open questions in TAVI
Chairmen: Dominique Himbert (Paris), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw), Michael Haude (Neuss)
Panelists: Goran Olivecrona (Lund/Copenhagen), Rolf Birkemeyer (Ulm), Krzysztof Reczuch (Wrocław), Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Ariel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv), Eberhardt Grube (Bonn)

Open questions in TAVI: How to optimally guide patient selection?
• 13:30-13:42 Optimal TAVI diagnostics: the role of ECHO. Agnieszka Pawlak (Warsaw)
• 13:42-13:54 Optimal TAVI diagnostics: the role of MSCT. Jan Głowacki (Zabrze)

Open questions in TAVI: procedural issues and outcomes
• 13:54-14:06 Stroke and TAVI: How to optimally protect the brain? Eberhardt Grube (Bonn)
• 14:06-14:18 Clinical experience with LOTUS valve. TBD
• 14:18-14:30 How to avoid and managevascular and bleeding complications? Ralf Birkemeyer (Ulm)
• 14:30-14:42 TAVI for intermediate risk patients – ready for prime time? Ariel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv)

• 14:42-15:32 Live Case 4. TAVI with EVOLUTE valve. 
Operators: Zbigniew Chmielak (Warsaw), Maciej Dąbrowski (Warsaw)
• 15:32-15:44 Valve-in valve TAVI. Piotr Olszówka (Rzeszów)
• 15:44-15:50 Take-homemessage. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)

13:30-15:30 ROOM C
Session 5. Daily coronary imaging and physiology.
Chairmen: Giuseppe De Luca (Novara), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw), Jacek Legutko (Krakow)
Panelists: Ivo Petrov (Sofia), Gennadyi Hubulava (St. Petersburg), PawełTyczyński (Warsaw), Sławomir Gołębiewski (Warsaw), Vasil Velchev (Sofia)

• 13:30-14:10 Live Case 5. PCI in a patient with multivessel CAD.
Operators: Jarosław Wójcik (Lublin), Michał Ciszewski (Warsaw)
• 14:10-14:20 Learning objectives. Robert J. Gil (Warsaw)
• 14:20-14:35 IVUS for left main disease. Jerzy Pręgowski (Warsaw)
• 14:35-14:50 IVUS / OCT for stent optimalization – Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
• 14:50-15:05 IFR and FFR for intermediate coronary lesions – together or alone? Jacek Legutko (Krakow)
• 15:05-15:20 OCT for stent failure. Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 15:20-15:30 Take-home message. Giuseppe De Luca (Novara)

15:30-15: 50 COFFEE BREAK

9:00-14:00 AIDA ROOM
Medtronic Innovation Village

9:00-13:00
Medtronic Innovating Room
New Cardiovascular Technologies (Coronary, TAVI & RDN therapies)