24th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions

28th-30th September 2020
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Ladies and gentlemen
Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to participate in the next, 24th edition of WCCI, which is heldunder the auspices of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society and in cooperation with EAPCI and EuroPCR. In addition, representatives of the PCS Intensive Cardiac Care Association and the EAPCI Euro 4C group take part in part of the program.

This year, due to epidemiological advice, our Workshops will be held online only, on September 28-30, 2020.

This year, the main topicis the revascularization of the coronary arteries, with a special encounter between multivessel coronary disease and coronary trunk disease and coronary bifurcations. The program includes sessions on endovascular imaging and functional diagnostics. Additionally, during the Workshop we will discuss issues related to structural heart diseases, including interventions on the aortic and mitral valves, as well as closing the left atrium appendage. The program of the Workshop will also include a session on interventions on the carotid arteries. There will be sessions on the borderline of intensive cardiac therapy and invasive cardiology.

New this year are the WAR-CHIP mini-workshops devoted to difficul ttreatments, intended for advanced inspections, as well as CTO workshops on the techniques of “antegrade and dissection re-entry”

Traditionally, during the Workshops, live broadcasts from renowned centers in Warsaw, Kraków and Białystok are planned. We have also planned several presentations in the “live-in-a box” format.

As always the WCCI program is supplemented by sessions of Workshop sponsors.

We cordially invite you to register! Fees and regulations area vailable in the registration form.

 

Directors of the WCCI

Professor Robert J. Gil             Professor Adam Witkowski

                                           

Workshop Programme /

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  • 1 Day (Monday, September 28th, 2020) 24th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions
  • 2 Day (Tuesday, Semptember 29th, 2020) 24th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions
  • 3 Day (Wednesday, Semptember 30th, 2020) 24th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions

Studio 1 & Studio 2

11:30-12:00 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 24th WARSAW COURSE ON CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
• Robert J. Gil, WCCI Director
• Adam Witkowski, WCC Director, President of the Polish Cardiac Society
• Stanisław Bartuś, Chairman of Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society
• Dariusz Dudek, President of the EAPCI
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Studio 1

12:00-13:00 Joint Session of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions & Intensive Cardiological Care Associations of the Polish Cardiac Society: Hard stories for “strong nerves” members of two Associations… A case-based session.
SESSION IN POLISH
Chairmen: S. Bartuś (Kraków), A. Tycińska, (Białystok)
Panellists: M. Grygier, (Poznań), M. Dąbrowski (Warszawa), P. Trzeciak (Zabrze), R. Zymliński (Wrocław)
• 12:00-12:08 All devices on-board in STEMI with difficult thrombus. W. Wojakowski (Katowice)
• 12:08-12:15 Discussion
• 12:17-12:23 Fulminant myocarditis – the story of unspoken words… M. Gierlotka (Opole)
• 12:23-12:30 Discussion
• 12:30-12:38 Acute coronary syndrome and rotablation- do they go along with each other? P. Kralisz (Białystok)
• 12:38-12:45 Discussion
• 12:45- 12:53 Refractory cardiogenic shock- mission (im)possible. A. Tycińska (Białystok)
• 12:53-13:00 Discussion 

13:00-13:15 TECHNICAL BREAK

13:15-14:45 Workshop on intracoronary imaging techniques: how and what to use in everyday practice?
SESSION IN POLISH
Chairmen: J. Kochman (Warszawa), A. Ochała (Katowice)
Pannelists: A. Kern (Olsztyn), W. Wąsek (Rzeszów), J. Sacha (Opole), T. Roleder (Wrocław)
• 13:15-13:30 Intravascular ultrasound. T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 13:30-13:45 Optical coherence tomography. R. Wolny (Warsaw)
• 13:45-14:00 IVUS + NIRS. T. Roleder (Wroclaw)
•  14:00-14:30 Live-in-a box 1
IVUS/OCT guidance for PCI in pts with MVD.
Operator: P. Kleczyński (Krakow)
• 14:30-14:45 Roundtable discussion and wrap-up. A. Ochała (Katowice)

14:45-15:00 TECHNICAL BREAK

15:00-17:10 European Bifurcation Club session: Coronary bifurcation treatment in 2020.
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: R.J. Gil (Warsaw), A. Babunashvili (Moscow)
Panellists: A. Witkowski (Warsaw), M. Lesiak (Poznań), J. Legutko (Krakow), V. Gelev (Sofia)
• 15:00-15:40 Live case 1. Patient with distal left main stenosis (PTS approach).
Operators: S. Dobrzycki (Białystok), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 15:40-15:55 How I treat distal left main stenosis based on current data. S. Chen (Nanjing).
• 15:55- 16:35 Live case 2. PCI of “true” bifurcation lesion (two stents approach).
Operators: S. Dobrzycki (Białystok), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 16:35-16:47 Bifurcation treatment. In 2020. P. Kala (Brno)
• 16:47-17:05 Panel discussion
• 17:05-17:10 Wrap-up. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

17:10-17:25 TECHNICAL BREAK

17:25-18:26 Symposium: Innovations in Cardiology – Let`s have a look what is and will be available in Cath Lab.
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: R.J. Gil (Warsaw), S. Bartuś (Krakow)
Panelists: D. Dudek (Krakow), A. Witkowski (Warsaw), J. Wójcik (Nałęczów), G. Smolka (Katowice)
• 17:25-17:30 Introduction and objectives. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

Presentations of Industry Innovations:

• 17:30-17:37 Abbott. A. Witkowski (Warsaw)
• 17:37-17:44 Medtronic. M. Lesiak (Poznań)
• 17:44-17:51 Edwards. R. Parma (Katowice)
• 17:51-17:58 Meril. R. Bauernschmitt (Lahr)
• 17:58-18:05 Balton. R. Parma (Katowice)
• 18:05-18:12 Biotronik. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)
• 18:12-18:19 Siemens.
• 18:19-18:26 Take-home message. S. Bartuś (Krakow)


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Studio 2

12:00-13:00 Contemporary antiplatelets treatment in acute and chronic coronary syndromes– is it time to change current guidelines?
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: Ł. Kołtowski (Warsaw), Janina Stępińska (Warsaw) D. Vassilev (Sofia)
Panellists: P. Kala (Brno), J. Zalewski (Krakow), R. Parma (Katowice)
• 12:00-12:12 What do we know from the latest trials and registries? J. Kubica (Bydgoszcz)
• 12:12-12:24 What do current recommendations say? J. Legutko (Krakow)
• 12:24-12:36 Antiplatelet therapy beyond the current guidelines. M. Lesiak (Poznan)
• 12:36-12:48 Discussion.
• 12:48 -13:00 Wrap-up. D. Vassilev (Sofia)

13:00-15:00 TECHNICAL BREAK

15:00-16:30 Case-based echocardiography workshop organized by the Association of Intensive Cardiac Care of the Polish Cardiac Society
SESSION IN POLISH
Chairmen: Agnieszka Tycińska (Białystok), Marcin Fijałkowski (Gdańsk)
Panelists: Michał Marchel (Warszawa), Patrycjusz Stokłosa (Warszawa), Barbara Zawiślak (Kraków), Zenon Huczek (Warszawa)
• 15:00-15:15 Point-of-care echocardiography in ICCU – Agnieszka Tycińska (Białystok)
• 15:15-15:30 Left atrial appendage closure – size does matter! Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka (Warszawa)
• 15:30-15:45 TAVI – is periprocedural echocardiography necessary? Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska (Poznań)
• 15:45-16:00 Transcatheter mitral valve interventions – what the echocardiographer can and cannot tell you. Radosław Nowak (Gdańsk)
• 16:00-16:10 Discussion
• 16:10-16:20 Wrap-up. Marcin Fijałkowski (Gdańsk)

17:10-17:25 TECHNICAL BREAK

Studio 1

Warsaw Course on Complex and High Risk Patients (WAR-CHIP) organized in cooperation with Euro4C group.
Course Directors: T. Pawłowski (Warsaw) and F. Ribichini (Verona)
Scientific Committee: R. J. Gil (Warsaw), A.Witkowski (Warsaw), K. Reczuch (Wrocław), K. Bryniarski (Krakow)

9:30-11:00 Session 1
Chairman: R. J. Gil (Warszawa), K. Reczuch (Wrocław)

• 9:30-9:35 Welcome & Opening  Robert J. Gil
• 9:35-9:45 CHIP program building & operators’ training. Flavio Ribichini (Verona/ Włochy)
• 9:45-9:55 The challenges of poor vascular access. R. Parma (Katowice)
• 9:55-10:05 Lesion subsets: LM and bifurcation. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)
• 10:05-10:15 CTO skills for non CTO. L. Bryniarski (Kraków)
• 10:15-10:25 Calcium PCI –  T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 10:25-11:00 Recorded  case. Complex left main PCI supported by RotaShock facility. Operators: R. J. Gil (Warszawa) , T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)

11:05-12:30 Session 2
Chairman: Beatriz Vaquerizo ( Barcelona/ Hiszpania), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw), S. Dobrzycki (Białystok)
• 11:05-11:15 Imaging modalities in CHIP – is it necessary or not? Luca Testa (Mediolan/Włochy)
• 11:15-11:25 Devices 1: Balloons, laser, ultrasound. J. Legutko (Krakow)
• 11:25-11:35 Devices 2: Atherectomy – rotational & orbital. K. Reczuch (Wrocław)
• 11:35-11:45 The choice of hemodynamic support for CHIP cases. F. Cuculi (Zurich)
• 11:45-12:30 Live case 1. High risk PCI with rotational atherectomy.
Operators: S.Bartuś, Ł. Rzeszutko (Krakow)

12:30-12:45 TECHNICAL BREAK

• 12:45-14:15 Great Debate:  How we should treat Left Main Stem stenosis? Do we need new guidelines after EXCEL Trial 5-year results?
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: P. Suwalski (Warsaw), A. Witkowski (Warsaw)
Panelists: K. Widenka (Rzeszów), A. Babunashvili (Moscow), S. Chen (Nanjing), J. Legutko (Krakow), D. Dudek (Krakow)
• 12:45-13:00 Left main stenosis – a case for surgery. M. Deja (Katowice)
• 13:00-13:15 Left main stenosis – majority of cases may receive PCI. Duk-Woo Park (Seoul)
• 13:15-13:55 Live case 2. High risk PCI with distal left main stenosis supported by percutaneous assist device.
Operators: Z. Chmielak (Warsaw), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 13:55-14:10 Roundtable discussion
• 14:10-14:15 Wrap-up A. Witkowski (Warsaw)

14:20-14:35 TECHNICAL BREAK

14:35-15:55 Session  Joint Session of the Working Group on Cardiac Surgery & Association On Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society: Where does Cardiac Surgery meet Interventional Cardiology?
SESSION IN POLISH
Chairmen: Robert Gil (Warsaw), Stanisław Bartuś (Krakow), Piotr Suwalski (Warsaw)
Panelists: Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Tomasz Hirnle (Białystok), Tomasz Pawłowski (Warszawa), Janusz Konstanty Kalandyk (Kraków)
• 14:35-14:45 Hybrid treatment of coronary artery disease. For whom and how? P. Suwalski (Warsaw)
• 14:45-15:25 Live case 3. PCI of LCX and RCA after LIMA grafting to LAD
Operators: M. Dąbrowski (Warsaw), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• 15:25-15:35 Hybrid treatment for patients with valvular and coronary artery disease. M. Deja (Katowice)
• 15:35-15:45 Heart Team for patients with acute coronary syndromes in everyday practice. M. Tajstra (Zabrze)
• 15:45-15:55 Panel discussion and wrap-up. P. Suwalski (Warsaw), R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

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Studio 2

PCR SESSION @ WCCI

How Should I treat multivessel disease in pt with CHRONIC CORONARY SYNDROMES?
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: R.J. Gil (Warsaw), S. Bartuś (Kraków)
Panellists: A. Babunashvili (Moscow), M. Lesiak (Poznan), A. Araszkiewicz (Poznan), A. Kern (Olsztyn)

• 11:00-11:05 Introduction and objectives. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

Case 1.
• Speaker 1: Case presentation (5 minutes). V. Gelev (Sofia)
• Expert 1: How would I treat? (7 minutes). S. Bartuś (Krakow)
• Expert 2: How would I treat? (7 minutes). J. Bil (Warsaw)
• Speaker 1 (5 minutes). V. Gelev (Sofia)
• Discussion (10 minutes)
• Consensus (5 minutes). S. Bartuś (Kraków)

Case 2.
• Speaker 2: Case presentation (5 minutes) J. Bil (Warszawa)
• Expert 1: How would I treat? (7 minutes) M. Lesiak (Poznan)
• Expert 2: How would I treat? (7 minutes) A. Babunashvili (Moscow)
• Speaker 2: How did I treat. (5 minutes)
• Discussion (10 minutes)
• Consensus (5 minutes). R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

12:30-12:45 TECHNICAL BREAK

12:45-14:20
Coronary Symposium. Functional assessment of coronary stenosis – state of the art in 2020.
SESSION IN POLISH
Chairmen: J. Legutko (Kraków), W. Wąsek (Rzeszów)
Panelists: Ł. Rzeszutko (Kraków), D. Ciećwierz (Gdańsk), A. Włodarczyk (Lubin), Z. Peruga (Łódź)
• 12:45-12:57 Physiology of coronary circulation. J. Bil (Warszawa)
• 12:57-13:09 Are we able to estimate coronary reserve with QCA? W. Wojakowski (Katowice)
• 13:09-13:21 Fractional Flow Reserve – do we need more? R. Parma (Katowice)
• 13:21-13:33 Non hyperemic parameters for coronary stenosis assessment. Ł. Kołtowski (Warszawa)
• 13:33-13:50 Microcirculation assessment with Coroventis. J. Legutko (Krakow)
• 13:50-14:02 CT-FFR. M. Kruk (Warsaw)
• 14:02-14:14 Angio FFR. Rafal Wolny (Warsaw)
• 14:14-14:20 Wrap-up. J. Legutko (Kraków)

14:20-14:35 TECHNICAL BREAK

14:35-16:00 Session organized by Euro4C Club
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: M. Lesiak (Poznan), D. Vassilev (Sofia)
Panelists: K. Reczuch, L. Bryniarski (Poznań), M. Lesiak (Poznań), M. Jaguszewski (Gdańsk), Z. Chmielak (Warsaw)

• 14:35-14:50 Rotational atherectomy in patients with low ejection fraction. When mechanical support should be considered. N. Mezilis (Saloniki)
• 14.50-15:15 Recorded case from Brno
• High Risk PCI with VA ECMO support.Operator: P. Kala (Brno)
• 15:15-15:30 Indications for IVL (Shock wave). B. Vaquerizo ( Barcelona)
• 15:30-15:45 Optimal management of calcified left main stenosis. G. Pesarini (Verona)
• 15:45-16:00 Discussion and wrap-up

Studio 1

9:00-15:00 ANTEGRADE AND DISSECTION RE-ENTRY CTO COURSE
COURSE IN POLISH
Course Co-Directors: Jakub Drozd (Lublin), Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)

09:00-11:10 Session 1
Chair: Jakub Drozd (Lublin)
Panel: Jacek Kwieciński (Warsaw), Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw), Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw), Marek Radomski (Bydgoszcz)

• 09:00-9:15 History of CTO angioplasty in Poland. Jarosław Wójcik (Lublin)
• 09:15-09:25 Hybrid approach: rationale for antegrade dissection & re-entry. Jakub Drozd (Warsaw)
• 09:25-10:10 Live Case 1 from Warsaw. Maksymilian Opolski – Rafal Wolny
• 10:10-10:25 CrossBoss and Stingray: product presentation. Jakub Drozd (Lublin)
• 10:25-10:40 How to look at CTO for planning antegrade dissection & re-entry? Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)
• 10:40-10:55 My antegrade dissection & re-entry experience: case presentation. Marek Radomski (Bydgoszcz)
• 10:55-11:10 Crossboss & Stingray or Stingray only? Jacek Kwieciński (Warsaw)

11:10-11:40 TECHNICAL BREAK

11:40-15:00 Session 2
Chair: Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)
Panel: Leszek Bryniarski (Kraków), Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Jacek Kwieciński (Warsaw), Marek Radomski (Bydgoszcz), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)

• 11:40-11:55 Tools you must have on the shelf for dissection & re-entry. Jacek Kwieciński (Warsaw)
• 11:55-12:05 Tips and tricks how to prevent hematoma formation. Marek Radomski (Bydgoszcz)
• 12:05-12:20 Long-term outcomes of re-entry techniques. Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)
• 12:20-12:35 My antegrade dissection & re-entry experience: case presentation. Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw)
• 12:35-14:30 Live Case 2 from Warsaw. Jakub Drozd – Artur Debski
• 14:30-14:45 CT for guidance of antegrade dissection and re-entry technique. Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)
• 14:45-15:00 Wrap-up. Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)

15:00-15:15 TECHNICAL BREAK

15:15-16:45 Session 3.
MITRAL and TRICUSPID TRANSCATHETER INTERVENTIONS
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: Goran Olivecrona (Lund), Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen), Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
Panellists: Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw), Jerzy Sacha (Opole), Piotr Waciński (Lublin), Paweł Kralisz (Białystok), Michał Chmielecki (Gdańsk)

• 15:15-15:20 Introduction. Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
• 15:20-15:32 Who is an optimal candidate for MitraClip? Functional vs primary vs mixed mitral regurgitation. Jarosław Trębacz (Kraków)
• 15:32-15:44 Patients after mitral surgery: valve-in-valve and valve-in-ring interventions. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)
• 15:44-15:56 Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: where are we today? Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen)
• 15:56-16:15 Case-based presentation 1 & 2
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement
Operators:Jerzy Pręgowski (Warsaw), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw), Zbigniew Chmielak (Warsaw)
ECHO: TBD
• 16:15-16:28 Discussion
• 16:28-16:40 Tricuspid interventions: where are we today? Adam Rdzanek (Warsaw)
• 16:40-16:45 Wrap-up. Goran Olivecrona (Lund)

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Studio 2

9:00-10:45 Session 1
TAVI: GUIDELINES IMPLEMENTATION AND REMAINING CONTROVERSIS
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: Eberhard Grube (Bonn), Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdańsk)
Panellists: Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Marek Grygier (Poznań), Jarosław Trębacz (Kraków), Piotr Olszówka (Rzeszów)

• 9:00-9:05 Introduction. Eberhard Grube (Bonn)
• 9:05-9:45 Live-in-a box cases
Operators: Adam Witkowski (Warsaw), Zbigniew Chmielak (Warsaw), Maciej Dąbrowski (Warsaw), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdańsk)
ECHO: Paweł Tyczyński (Warsaw)
• 9:45-10:00 Guidelines versus clinical practice in Europe. Dariusz Dudek (Kraków)
• 10:00-10:15 New TAVI valves in a pipeline. Worse, the same or better? Marcin Protasiewicz (Wrocław)
• 10:15-10:30 What and how should we improve to consider TAVI as a default procedure in younger patients with aortic stenosis? Ariel Finkelstein (Tel- Aviv)
• 10:30-10:40 Discussion
• 10:40-10:45 Wrap-up. Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen)

10:45-11:15 TECHNICAL BREAK

11:15-13:15 Session 2.
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairman: Witold Rużyłło (Warsaw), Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice), Seung Yong Shin (Seoul)
Panellists: Marcin Demkow (Warsaw), Zenon Huczek (Warsaw), Tadeusz Przewłocki (Kraków), Dariusz Ciećwierz (Gdańsk)
• 11:15-11:20 Introduction. Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice)
• 11:20-11:32 Who is an optimal candidate for LAAO? Tadeusz Przewłocki (Kraków)
• 11:32-11:44 Hybrid procedures. Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen)

Technical tips and tricks with:
• 11:56-12:08 Amulet … Marcin Demkow (Warsaw)
• 12:08-12:20… and Watchman Flex. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)

• 12:20-13:00 Live case 3
Operators: Marek Grygier (Poznan), Maciej Dąbrowski (Warsaw)
ECHO: Marek Konka (Warsaw)
• 13:00-13:10 Discussion
• 13:10-13:15 Wrap-up. Seung Yong Shin (Seoul)

13:15-13:45 TECHNICAL BREAK

13:45-14:45 Satellite Symposium
Supported by unrestricted grant from: PHILIPS
HOW MODERN DIAGNOSTIC METHODS CAN IMPROVE OUTCOMES IN COMPLEX HIGH RISK PATIENTS?
Session chairmen: Robert J. Gil, MD, PhD, Professor, Warsaw, Poland
Lecturers: Jacek Legutko, MD, PhD, Professor, Krakow, Poland, Luca Testa, MD, PhD, Milan, Italy

Panelists: Janusz Kochman, MD, PhD, Warsaw, Poland
Jerzy Sacha, MD, PhD, Opole, Poland
Tomasz Pawłowski, MD, PhD, Warsaw, Poland

PROGRAM:
• Session objectives – ROBERT J. GIL
• Case 1 – How can we optimize treatment outcomes in diffused disease? – Luca Testa
• Case 2 – Left Main PCI – how can we improve patient outcomes? – Jacek Legutko
• Discussion
• Take home message

14:45-15:00 TECHNICAL BREAK

15:00-17:50 Session 3.
CAROTID INTERVENTIONS
SESSION IN ENGLISH
Chairmen: Piotr Pieniążek (Krakow), Zsoltan Ruzsa (Budapest), Piotr Andziak (Warsaw)
Panellists: R. J. Gil (Warsaw),V. Gelev (Sofia), Tadeusz Przewłocki (Krakow)

Great Debate: Carotid interventions before major cardiac surgery
• 15:00-15:05 Introduction. Zsoltan Ruzsa (Budapest)
• 15:05-15:17 Percutaneous treatment is the best option! Adam Kobayashi (Warsaw)
• 15:17-15:29 Surgery is the treatment of choice! Mirosław Dziekiewicz (Warsaw)

• 15:29-16:00 Live-in-a box 1 from Budapest 
 Carotid angioplasty
Operators: Zsoltan Ruzsa Take home message
• 16:00-16:12 Intracranial Doppler in patients awaiting cardaic surgery. Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka (Krakow)
• 16:12-16:24 Simultaneous cardiosurgical and endovascular carotid arteries treatment (T -CAR). Piotr Musiałek (Krakow)
• 16:24-16:55 Live-in-a box 2 from Krakow
Operators: Piotr Pieniążek
• 16:55-17:07 Treatment of Carotid In-Stent Restenosis. Piotr Pieniążek (Krakow)
• 17:07-17:15 Discussion
• 17:15-17:20 Wrap-up. Piotr Andziak (Warsaw)

Workshop Venue

Online

Fee for the Workshop

The registration fee includes: access to streaming of the Workshops (September 28-30, 2020), workshop materials in electronic form, access to the virtual exhibition. Invoices.


PHYSICIANS

1 day – The registration fee for physicians for one day participation in the conference 550 zł
3 days – The registration fee for physicians for three days participation in the conference, including subject to discount 1.500 zł


NURSES, TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS

1 day – The registration fee for nurses, technicians and paramedics for one day participation in the conference 45 zł
3 days – The registration fee for nurses, technicians and paramedics for three days participation in the conference, including subject to discount 120 zł


STUDENTS

1 day – The registration fee for students for one day participation in the conference 1 zł

Tips for travelers

WCCI Directors

Organizing Committee

Invited faculty

PROFESSOR ROBERT JULIAN GIL, MD, PhD, FESC

Professor Robert Julian Gil, MD, Ph.D., a graduate of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin has been the head of the Department of Invasive Cardiology of the Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) in Warsaw, one of the most efficient centres of Interventional Cardiology in Poland since 2001. In 1997-2004 he was the Chair of the Invasive Cardiology Section (Working Group) of the Polish Cardiac Society, and a member of its Board (as a past president) for the next 3 years. Since 2001 he has been in the Expert Team handling accreditation in cardiology appointed by the Polish Minister of Health. Since 2002 he has been a Consultant of Healthcare for the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in the field of cardiology.

His scientific interests include mostly the evaluation of atherosclerotic plaque, coronary stenosis, diagnostics and treatment of complex lesions, including bifurcation lesions. He is also interested in the use of percutaneous revascularisation in acute coronary syndromes. For many years he has participated in international clinical studies evaluating medicines and devices supporting coronary angioplasty.

His achievements include over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals, out of which more than 60 were published in foreign journals (IF close to 200). Moreover, he co-authored 30 chapters of books on interventional cardiology and more than 300 convention reports, out of which more than 100 were presented at prestigious international conventions on clinical electrophysiology and invasive cardiology. Since 2005 he has been a research fellow in the Mossakowski Medical Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. In June 2013 he was appointed as professor in that Institution.

He initiated annual National Workshops on Interventional Cardiology, which after 5 editions in Szczecin were moved to Warsaw as the Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions. Their 19th edition is planned for April 2015.

He co-authored the guidelines of the Invasive Cardiology Section of the Polish Cardiac Society concerning Invasive Cardiology.

Since 2007 he has been a member of the exclusive European Bifurcation Club handling the questions of diagnostics and treatment of bifurcation lesions.

Since 1994 he has been a scientific reviewer of monthly Kardiologia Polska, since 1998 – Folia Cardiologica (currently Cardiology Journal), and since 2000 – Polski Przegląd Kardiologiczny. In all of these magazines he is a member of Editorial Boards, and in Kardiologia Polska was the editor of column “Angiogram of the month”. Since 2009 he has regularly reviewed papers sent by to the American Journal of Cardiology, EuroIntervention, Journal of Interventional Cardiology and Circulation.

In 1999 he was appointed as the editor-in-chief of the Invasive Cardiology journal and is performing these functions up till today.

Since 1999 he has been active in the Working Group on coronary circulation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which in September 2006 transformed into the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). In 2009 he was assigned to its Grant Committee. In June 2000 he was awarded a prestigious title of the Fellow of European Society of Cardiology. Since 2001 he has been regularly invited to actively participate (Faculty member) in such prestigious Congresses and Workshops of Interventional Cardiology as: EuroPCR, TCT, TCT Russia, ICI in Tel Aviv, European Bifurcation Club meetings and many national congresses.

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PROFESSOR ADAM WITKOWSKI, MD, PhD, FESC

CURRICULUM VITAE

General Cardiology & Haemodynamics Dept., Institute of Cardiology,
42 Alpejska St., 04-628 Warsaw, Poland

Phone: +48 22 812 41 64
Fax: +48 22 34 34 506
E-mail: witkowski@hbz.pl

Born: Poznań, Poland Aug 1st, 1958
Education: Warsaw Medical Academy 1976- 83

Proffessional training:
• six weeks of elective training at the Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Hospital, USA, 1980
• Internship, Medicine and Surgery 1983-84
• 1st degree – Internal Medicine 1986
• two weeks of elective training at the Haemodynamics Division, University Vaudois Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989
• 6th Course in Interventional Cardiology, Geneva, Switzerland, 1989
• 2nd degree – Internal Medicine 1990
• Doctor of Philosophy 1993
• Fellowship in Cardiology 1996
• Habilitation 2001 (postdoctoral lecturing qualification)
• Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology 2003

Post held:
• Assistant and Senior Assistant, Haemodynamics&General Cardiology Dept., Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland 1983-93
• Assistant Professor, Heamodynamics &General Cardiology Dept., Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland, 1993
• Deputy Director, Haemodynamics Dept., Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland, 1998
• Associate Professor, Haemodynamics Dept., Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland, 2001
• Chairmen, Working Group on Interventional, Cardiology of the Polish Cardiac Society 2004-7

Trials:
• Primary Investigator, CAPE, Pfizer 1990-92
• Co-Investigator, GITS Verapamil, Lorex Pharmaceuticals, USA 1992-93
• Co-Investigator, MATTIS, Sanofi Winthrop, 1996
• Co-Investigator, EXCITE, Searle 1998
• Primary Investigator, Tirofiban Study, MSD 1998
• Primary lnvestigator, ICARUS – 1+2, 1999 Medtronic
• Primar Investigator, Race-Car, Medtronic 1999
• Co-lnvestigator, ADVANCE, Boston Scientific 1999
• Primary Investigator, PRESTO, S-KB 2000
• Primary Investigator, VISION, Guidant 2001
• Co-Investigator, Taxus II, Boston Scientific 2001
• Co-Investigator, Euroinject-One 2002
• Co-Investigator, Taxus VI, Boston Scientific 2002
• Co-Investigator, Agent-4, Schering 2002
• Co-Investigator, ARTS II, J&J-Cordis 2003
• Co-Investigator, ENDEAVOR II, Medtronic 2004
• Primary Investigator, FREEDOM 2006
• Primary Investigator, HORIZONS 2006
• Co-Investigator, SYNTAX 2006

Special interest In Cardiology:
Coronary Interventions (PTCA, DCA, TEC, Stenting, HOCM ablation, Brachytherapy)

Research Work:
• Systolic and Diastolic Performance of the Left Ventricle
• Stunned and Hibernating Myocardium
• Perfusion Balloon Catheters
• Coronary Stenting
• DCA
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Coronary Brachytherapy
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Angiogenesis

Awards:
Awards of the Polish Cardiac Society 1995, 2001

Faculty member:
ESC Congresses, EuroPCR

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