29th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions
9-10 April 2025
Hotel Airport Okęcie, ul. Komitetu Obrony Robotników 24, Warszawa
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Ladies and gentlemen
Dear Colleagues,
As always, it is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to participate in the 27th edition of the Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions (WCCI), which takes place under the auspices of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society and in cooperation with EAPCI and EuroPCR. In order to make our Workshops more attractive, representatives of the Association of Intensive Cardiac Care of the Polish Cardiac Society, the Club 30 of the PCS and the Euro 4C EAPCI Group take part in the creation of the program. This year, WCCI is scheduled for April 24-26 in an on-site formula in the Airport Hotel Okecie in Warsaw.
This year, the main topics are: revascularization of coronary arteries with particular emphasis on multivessel coronary disease (with and without left coronary trunk involvement), the problem of coronary bifurcations and percutaneous treatment of structural heart diseases (including interventions on aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves). The program will include interesting sessions on invasive imaging and functional diagnostics. The program of the Workshops also includes sessions devoted to interventions on the carotid and peripheral arteries. As always, there will be sessions on the borderline of intensive cardiac therapy and invasive cardiology. Once again, we invite you to participate in such well-received mini-workshops: WAR-CHIP (devoted to comprehensive treatments of the highest risk) and WAR-CTO (intended for operators interested in training in recanalization of chronic coronary occlusions).
Traditionally, during the Workshops, live broadcasts from renowned centers in Poland and abroad are planned. There are also scheduled presentations in the „live-in-a box” format. As usual, the WCCI program will be complemented by satellite sessions of the Workshops sponsors.
We cordially invite you to register! Fees and regulations area vailable in the registration form.
Workshop Programme /
WCCI PROGRAM (PDF) » WAR-CTO Symposium (PDF) »- 1 Day (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)
- 2 Day (Thursday, April 10, 2025)
GALAXY 1
9:00-10:15 CAD intravascular imaging race
Session organized in cooperation with EAPCI Young Committee
Session in English
Prowadzenie: P. Gąsior (Katowice), F. Rubino (Verona)
Panel: M. Jaguszewski (Gdańsk), W. Wańha (Katowice), P. Kleczyński (Kraków)
• 9:00-9:12 Case 1 + quiz questions. Miłosz Jaguszewski (Gdańsk)
• 9:12-9:24 Case 2 + quiz questions. Wojciech Wańha (Katowice)
9:24-10:00 LIVE CASE – PCI with IVUS/OCT guidance
Operators: P. Modzelewski (Warszawa), Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań)
IVUS/OCT driver: T. Pawłowski (Warszawa)
• 10:00-10:10 Take-home message. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice)
• 10:10-10:12 Choice of the Session Winners: Panel
• 10:12-10:15 Final comments and advices. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice), Francesca Rubino (Verona)
Zespół 1: Rafał Wolny, Karolina Konsek
Zespół 2: Artur Pawlik, Łukasz Gabryel
10:15-10:25 COFFEE BREAK
10:25-11:35 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 29th WARSZAWA COURSE ON CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Chair: Robert J. Gil, WCCI Director, Adam Witkowski, WCCI Director & Directors of the: NIK-PIB & PIM MSWiA
Addresses:
• 10:25-10:28 Adam Witkowski, WCCI Co-Director
• 10:28-10:31 Robert J. Gil, President of the Polish Cardiac Society (PCS)
• 10:31-10:36 Alaide Chieffo, Chair of EAPCI
• 10:36-10:39 Michał Hawranek, Chairman of Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the PCS
• 10:39-10:52 ANDREAS 2024
Presentations:
• 10:52-11:07 Gary Mintz, Keynote WCCI 2025 Lecture: Functional and Intracoronary visualization – milestones of Interventional Cardiology
• 11:07-11:22 Franz Weidinger, past president of the ESC, Keynote WCCI 2025 Lecture: Recent evidence in coronary artery disease and how they impact our practice
• 11:22-11:34 Grzegorz L. Kaluza, Senior Director of Research CRF Skirball Center for Innovation: Progress in Device-Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure – Insights from Transcatheter Heart Failure Therapeutics 2025
11:35-11:45 COFFEE BREAK
• 11:45-12:45 Physiology in the cathlab – what we should know in 2025
Session of the AISN PTK & WCCI
Chair: Michał Hawranek (Zabrze), Zenon Huczek (Warszawa), Marek Grygier (Poznań)
Panel: Krzysztof Milewski (Bielsko-Biała), Grzegorz Smolka (Katowice), Mariusz Tomaniak (Warszawa), Wacław Kochman (Warszawa)
• 11:45-11:57 The role of physiology in obstructive coronary artery disease. Michal Hawranek (Zabrze)
Pro and cons for available methods based on clinical cases
• 11:57-12:09 Hyperemic indices. Maksymilian Opolski (Warszawa)
• 12:09-12:21 Non-hyperemic indices. Marta Kałużna-Oleksy (Poznań)
• 12:21-12:33 Angio-based. Mariusz Tomaniak (Warszawa)
• Discussion: (15 min)
• 12:33-12:45 The role of physiology in non-obstructive coronary artery disease. Paweł Kleczyński (Kraków)
12:45-13:45 LUNCH BREAK (Lunchboxes will be available)
12:45-13:45 Everything you should know beyond regular angiography…
Session supported by the unrestricted educational grant by Philips.
Chairmen: Robert J. Gil, Jacek Legutko
1. Beyond Horizons – How can ELCA change our daily Cathlab practice? Piotr Waciński (12 min)
2. The choice is yours – IVUS for stent optimisation. Gary Mintz (12 min)
3. The choice is yours – FFR/iFR for stent optimisation. Jacek Legutko (12 min)
4. Live in a box case – Complex PCI with ELCA. Tomasz Pawłowski, Paweł Kleczyński (10 min)
5. Discussion (12 min)
6. Wrap-up. Robert J. Gil
13:45-13:55 COFFEE BREAK
13:55-14:55 Session organized by DCB Academy and the working group “Modern Technologies of Drug-Eluting Stents and Drug-Coated Balloons” of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society
Faculty: Bernardo Cortese (Cleveland), Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań), Wojciech Wańha (Katowice), Filippo Luca Gurgoglione (Parma), Jasim Hasan (Amiens), Michał Hawranek (Zabrze), Zenon Huczek (Warszawa)
• 13:55-14:05 Current management of In-Stent Restenosis – Is there room for DCB after the recent ESC guidelines? Wojciech Wańha (Katowice)
• 14:05-14:15 The new perspectives of DCB in de novo lesions – A 2025 scientific update on the clinical performance of DCB. Bernardo Cortese (Cleveland)
• 14:15-14:25 Intracoronary imaging-guided DCB intervention – Is this the key to success? Sylwia Iwańczyk
• 14:25-14:35 Role of physiology in DCB-PCI. Filippo Luca Gurgoglione (Parma)
14:31-14:55 LIVE CASE – robotic-assisted PCI with DEB
Operators: T. Pawłowski (Warszawa), M. Kaczyński (Warszawa)
14:55-15:05 COFFEE BREAK
15:05-16:35 European Bifurcation Club &WCCI symposium: Coronary bifurcation treatment in 2025
Session in English
Chairmen: Alaide Chieffo (Milan), Jens Flensted Lassen (Odense), Robert J. Gil (Warszawa), Adam Witkowski (Warszawa)
Panel: Jacek Legutko (Kraków), Gary Mintz (New York), Dobrin Vassiliev (Ruse), Mirosław Ferenc (Bad Krozingen), Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)
15:05-15:45 LIVE CASE 1&2 Live from Warsaw & Cracow – Bifurcation stenting with IVUS or OCT.
Case 1: T. Pawłowski (Warszawa), M. Tajstra (Zabrze)
Case 2: S. Bartuś (Kraków), Ł. Rzeszutko (Kraków)
• 15:45-15:57 Do we have already new devices for bifurcation treatment? Dobrin Vassilev (Ruse)
• 15:57-16:09 Unintended stent deformation during bifurcation treatment – how we can deal with. Jacek Legutko (Kraków)
• 16:09-16:21 DEB in bifurcations – is it right time for routine usage? ShaoLiang Chen (Nanjing)
• 16.21-16:33 EBC 2025 achievements so far and what is the way forward”. Jens Flensted Lassen (Odense)
• 16.33-16.35 Summary by A. Chieffo (Milan)
16:35-16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45-18:15 Warsaw Course on Complex and High Risk Indicated Patients (WAR-CHIP) organized in cooperation with Euro4C group. Main session.
16:45-18:15 WARCHIP 25 – session 3: Decalcification tools battle – what is the right choice.
Session in English
Chair: Alaide Chieffo (Milan), Robert J. Gil (Warszawa), Sławomir Dobrzycki (Białystok)
Panel: Valery Gelev (Sofia), Krzysztof Reczuch (Wrocław), Jacek Legutko (Kraków)
• 16:45-16:50 Objectives of the session. Robert J. Gil (Warszawa)
• 16:50-17:05 Calcific nodules – orbital atherectomy or lithotripsy. Mirosław Ferenc (Bad Krozingen)
• 17:05-17:20 Superficial calcium – rotational atherectomy or cutting balloon. Krzysztof Reczuch (Wrocław)
17:20-17:50 LIVE CASE – Complex PCI with LVAD support
Operators: T. Pawłowski (Warszawa), P. Kleczyński (Kraków)
• 17:50-18:05 Calcium and imaging – guide for choice. Gary Mintz (New York)
• 18:05-18:15 Take home message. Alaide Chieffo (Milan)
18:15-19:15 Symposium: Innovations in Cardiology – Let`s have a look what is and will be available in Cath Lab.
Session in English
Chairmen: Zbigniew Chmielak (Warszawa), Jarosław Wójcik (Lublin), Valery Gelev (Sofia)
• 18:15-18:35 Let’s have a look what is and will be available in Cath Lab.
Lecture on Elixir technologies. Michał Hawranek (Zabrze)
• 18:25-18:35 TricValve. Adam Rdzanek (Warsaw)
• 18:35-18:45 VitaFlow – the new, electrically enabled self-expanding TAVI valve. Wojtek Wojakowski (Katowice)
• 18:45-18:55 Facilitated Culotte with the dedicated stent. Maciej Lesiak (Poznan)
• 18:55-19:10 Presentations of Industry Innovations. TBD
• 19:10-19:15 Take-home message. Jarosław Wójcik
19:15 AISN BOARD MEETING/POSIEDZENIE ZARZĄDU AISN PTK (Room Stratus, 9th Floor)
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GALAXY 2
9:00-10:15 Innovations in cardiovascular interventions: state-of the art 2025.
Session under auspices of Club 30 of the PCS
Session in English
Chairman: K. Bryniarski (Kraków), M. Tomaniak (Warszawa)
Panel: A. Janas (Tychy), S. Darocha (Otwock), R. Wolny (Anin)
• 9:00-9:10 Interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism. S. Sławek-Szmyt (Poznań)
• 9:10-9:20 AI-enhanced intravascular imaging guided PCI. K. Stępień (Kraków)
• 9:20-9:30 Calcium modification – lithotripsy, atherectomy or laser? P. Gąsior (Katowice)
• 9:30-9:40 Refractory angina caused by microvascular dysfunction – promise of coronary sinus reducer. M. Tomaniak (Warszawa)
• 9:40-9:50 Mechanical circulatory support for complex interventions and cardiogenic shock. M. Sokolski (Wrocław)
• 9:50-10:00 Interventional approaches for renal denervation. A. Janas (Tychy)
• 10:00-10:15 Discussion
10:15-10:25 COFFEE BREAK
10:25-11:35 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 29th WARSZAWA COURSE ON CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Chair: Robert J. Gil, WCCI Director, Adam Witkowski, WCCI Director & Directors of the: NIK-PIB & PIM MSWiA
Addresses:
• 10:25-10:28 Adam Witkowski, WCCI Co-Director
• 10:28-10:31 Robert J. Gil, President of the Polish Cardiac Society (PCS)
• 10:31-10:36 Alaide Chieffo, Chair of EAPCI
• 10:36-10:39 Michał Hawranek, Chairman of Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the PCS
• 10:39-10:52 ANDREAS 2024
Presentations:
• 10:52-11:07 Gary Mintz, Keynote WCCI 2025 Lecture: Functional and Intracoronary visualization – milestones of Interventional Cardiology
• 11:07-11:22 Franz Weidinger, past president of the ESC, Keynote WCCI 2025 Lecture: Recent evidence in coronary artery disease and how they impact our practice
• 11:22-11:34 Grzegorz L. Kaluza, Senior Director of Research CRF Skirball Center for Innovation: Progress in Device-Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure – Insights from Transcatheter Heart Failure Therapeutics 2025
11:35-11:45 COFFEE BREAK
• 11:45-12:45 Pulmonary embolism as a cause of heart failure
Session of the ANS & Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation PTK
Chair: Agnieszka Pawlak (Warszawa), Ewa Lewicka (Gdańsk)
Panel: Jarosław Zalewski (Kraków), Marcin Kurzyna (Otwock), Aleksander Araszkiewicz (Poznań)
• 11:45-12:00 Pulmonary embolism and acute right ventricular failure – can we reverse adverse outcome with interventional treatment? Marcin Kurzyna
• 12:00-12:15 Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams and National Program for the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock – how to link it together? Aleksander Araszkiewicz
• 12:15-12:30 Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – a cause of persistent right ventricular failure that can be effectively treated. Szymon Darocha
• 12:30-12:45 Panel discussion
12:45-13:45 LUNCH BREAK (Lunchboxes will be available)
12:45-13:45 Advancing PCI: how could we further improve clinical outcomes vs standard of care?
Session supported by the unrestricted educational grant by Elixir Medical Corporation
Chairmen: Michal Hawranek, Zenon Huczek
Faculty: Valeria Paradies, Maciej Lesiak, Janusz Kochman, Piotr Wańczura
1. Opening. Michał Hawranek & Zenon Huczek (2 min)
2. Restoring Vessel Function and Improving Long-term PCI Outcomes with Bioadaptor. Michal Hawranek (15 min)
3. Discussion and questions. Michal Hawranek (10 min)
4. Hertz Contact Stress IVL as a novel approach in calcium modification. Valeria Paradies (10 min) – online
5. Discussion and questions. Michal Hawranek (10 min)
6. Take-home message. Michal Hawranek & Zenon Huczek (3 min)
13:45-13:55 COFFEE BREAK
13:55-14:55 Wstrząs … – cogito ergo sum
Sesja AITK PTK
Prowadzący: R. Gil (Warszawa), A. Tycińska (Białystok), M. Hawranek (Zabrze), R. Zymliński (Wrocław)
• 13:55-14:07 Wstrząs – klasyfikacja, diagnostyka, różnicowanie. R. Zymliński (Wrocław)
• 14:07-14:19 Kiedy wykonywać diagnostykę inwazyjną u chorych po OHCA. W. Kuliczkowski (Wrocław)
• 14:19-14:31 Wskazania do wspomagania krążenia. M. Kałużna-Oleksy (Poznań)
• 14:31-14:43 Farmakoterapia wstrząsu. A. Świątkowski (Zabrze)
• 14:43-14:55 Dyskusja panelowa
14:55-15:05 COFFEE BREAK
19:15 AISN BOARD MEETING/POSIEDZENIE ZARZĄDU AISN PTK (Room Stratus, 9th Floor)
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GALAXY 3
8:45-10:15 My most demanding case in 2024.
Session under the patronage of the e-journal Interventional Cardiology Academy in cooperation with Club 30 of the PCS.
Session in English
Chairmen: Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warszawa), Błażej Michalski (Łódź)
Panel: Maciej Wybraniec (Katowice), Piotr Buszman (Kraków), Mariusz Kowalewski (Warszawa)
• 8:45-8:52 Nirs-IVUS guided PCI. Tomasz Roleder (Wrocław)
• 8:52-8:55 Discussion
• 8:55-9:02 CTO PCI – Hydrodynamic Contrast Recanalization. Jakub Drozd (Lublin)
• 9:02-9:05 Discussion
• 9:05-9:12 PCI of calcified LAD in a patient with low EF, supported by an Impella MCS via subclavian artery access. Maciej Karwowski (Wejherowo)
• 9:12-9:15 Discussion
• 9:15-9:22 Mechanical thrombectomy and thrombolysis in a patient with STEMI and cardiogenic shock requiring MCS support. Piotr Szolc (Kraków)
• 9:22-9:25 Discussion
• 9:25-9:32 Acute left main occlusion during TAVI: the role of cardiopulmonary bypass. Łukasz Lewicki (Wejherowo)
• 9:32-9:35 Discussion
• 9:35-9:42 Demanding aorto-femoral access for TAVI. Bartosz Rymuza (Warszawa)
• 9:42-9:45 Discussion
• 9:45-10:15 Voting and announcing the results of the competition for the best clinical case presented.
10:15-10:25 COFFEE BREAK
10:25-11:35 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 29th WARSZAWA COURSE ON CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Chair: Robert J. Gil, WCCI Director, Adam Witkowski, WCCI Director & Directors of the: NIK-PIB & PIM MSWiA
Addresses:
• 10:25-10:28 Adam Witkowski, WCCI Co-Director
• 10:28-10:31 Robert J. Gil, President of the Polish Cardiac Society (PCS)
• 10:31-10:36 Alaide Chieffo, Chair of EAPCI
• 10:36-10:39 Michał Hawranek, Chairman of Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the PCS
• 10:39-10:52 ANDREAS 2024
Presentations:
• 10:52-11:07 Gary Mintz, Keynote WCCI 2025 Lecture: Functional and Intracoronary visualization – milestones of Interventional Cardiology
• 11:07-11:22 Franz Weidinger, past president of the ESC, Keynote WCCI 2025 Lecture: Recent evidence in coronary artery disease and how they impact our practice
• 11:22-11:34 Grzegorz L. Kaluza, Senior Director of Research CRF Skirball Center for Innovation: Progress in Device-Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure – Insights from Transcatheter Heart Failure Therapeutics 2025
11:35-11:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:45-12:45 WARCHIP 25 – session 1:
How to limit the consequences of CHIP procedures? Contrast medium overload and X-ray overdose.
Chair: Robert J. Gil (Warszawa), Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warszawa)
Panel: Dobrin Vassilev (Ruse), Adam Kern (Olsztyn), Janusz Kochman (Warszawa), Paweł Gąsior (Katowice)
• 11:45-11:57 CHIP procedures – scope of the problem for patients & interventionalists. Alaide Chieffo (Milan)
• 11:57-12:09 Modern, passive x-ray solutions to protect patients & operators. Krzysztof Milewski (Bielsko-Biała)
• 12:09-12:21 Simple but underused technique to limit contrast use – IVUS, please! Jacek Legutko (Kraków)
• 12:21-12:33 X-ray overdose – what to do after? Tomasz Pawłowski (Warszawa)
• 12:33-12:45 Discussion
12:45-13:45 LUNCH BREAK (Lunchboxes will be available)
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DOUGLAS
• 11.45-12.45 Debate supported by the unrestricted educational grant by Cordis Poland only for invited guests)
Session in Polish
Titel: Drug coated ballons (DCBs) – do we know all we need for daily practical usage?
Chairman: Robert J. Gil (Warsaw), Jacek Piegza (Zabrze)
Topics to be discussed:
• Mechanisms of lumen enlargement after POBA, technologies using for DCB, evidence based indications: ISR, small or big de novo lesions?, results of the newest clinical registers and trials
• Aims of the debate: to built recommendations for the 2nd generation DCB
13:45-13:55 COFFEE BREAK
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GALAXY 3
13:55-14:55 WARCHIP 25 – session 2:
Vascular access & closure are not always the easiest part of the CHIP procedure.
Chair: Jerzy Sacha (Opole), Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
Panel: Valery Gelev (Sofia), Paweł Lewandowski (Warszawa), Paweł Kleczyński (Kraków)
• 13:55-14:07 Radial, ulnar or brachial access ? How to choose the right one. Paweł Lewandowski (Warszawa)
• 14:07-14:19 Facilitated femoral access for large bore procedure. Zoltan Ruzsa (Szeged)
• 14:19-14:31 One, two, mixed suture-based closure or just plug-in to closure large bore arteriotomy. Radosław Parma (Katowice)
14:31-14:55 LIVE CASE – complex PCI – live transmission from Brno
14:55-15:05 COFFEE BREAK
18:15-19:15 Denerwacja tętnic nerkowych – nowe fakty i aktualnie obowiązujące wskazania.
Session supported by the unrestricted educational grant by Medtronic
Panel: Robert J. Gil (Warszawa), Adam Witkowski (Warszawa), Andrzej Januszewicz (Warszawa), Krzysztof Narkiewicz (Gdańsk)
1. Podstawy działania denerwacji tt. nerkowych jako metody obniżającej ciśnienie tętnicze krwi u człowieka. Andrzej Januszewicz (Warszawa)
2. Ablacja wykorzystująca częstotliwości radiowe – podstawowe zasady, bezpieczeństwo oraz trwałość efektu. Jacek Kądziela (Warszawa)
3. Co mówią nam badania randomizowane i rejestry? Adam Witkowski (Warszawa)
4. Aktualne wskazania do RDN w oparciu o wytyczne ESC, ESH (polska propozycja PTK&PTNT). Aleksander Prejbisz (Warszawa)
5. Dyskusja z uwzględnieniem następujących wątków:
– jak kwalifikować pts do RDN – rola sieci współpracujących specjalistów (kardiolodzy, hipertensjolodzy, nefrolodzy)
– kto najbardziej korzysta z RDN?
– jak radzić sobie z farmakoterapią nadciśnienia tętniczego po RDN? Krzysztof Narkiewicz (Gdańsk)
6. Podsumowanie – dokąd zmierza RDN. Robert J. Gil (Warszawa)
19:15 AISN BOARD MEETING/POSIEDZENIE ZARZĄDU AISN PTK (Room Stratus, 9th Floor)
GALAXY 1
8:00-9:50 Walne Zgromadzenie członków Asocjacji Interwencji Sercowo-Naczyniowych Polskiego Towarzystwa Kardiologicznego. General Assembly of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society.
Session in Polish
9:50-10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:00-12:00 Kardiologia w Polsce. Perspektywy na przyszłość. Cardiology in Poland. Future perspective.
Session in Polish
Przewodniczący: Robert J. Gil, Prezes PTK; Janina Stępińska, Przewodnicząca KRK; Adam Witkowski, Pełnomocnik MZ ds. NPCHUK
Panel: Piotr Suwalski (Warszawa), Krystian Wita (Katowice), Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Piotr Ponikowski (Wrocław), Krzysztof Chlebus (Gdańsk), Michał Hawranek (Zabrze), Marek Gierlotka (Opole), Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice), Konrad Korbiński (Warszawa), Dariusz Dudek (Kraków)
• 10:00-10:12 Obecne możliwości leczenia choroby niedokrwiennej serca. Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze)
• 10:12-10:24 Obecne możliwości leczenia chorób strukturalnych serca. Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
• 10:24-10:36 Obecne możliwości leczenia niewydolności serca. Piotr Ponikowski (Wrocław)
• 10:36-11:16 Pokaz zabiegów:
• 10:36-10:56 Przezskórna angioplastyka wieńcowa wysokiego ryzyka z zastosowaniem urządzenia wspomagającego pracę lewej komory serca (LVAD). M. Opolski, R. Wolny (NIKARD, Warszawa)
• 10:56-11:16 Zabieg TAVI. A. Witkowski, M. Dąbrowski (NIKARD, Warszawa)
• 11:16-11:30 Krajowa Sieć Kardiologiczna. Konrad Korbiński, Dyrektor Dep. Opieki Koordynowanej MZ
• 11:30-12:00 Dyskusja. Dokąd idziemy? Jaki będzie docelowy kształt opieki nad pacjentami z chorobami układu sercowo-naczyniowego w Polsce? Dyskusję prowadzi Janina Stępińska (Warszawa)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH and Industry Supported Sessions
13:00-17:30 Transseptal puncture for LAAC and Mitral Interventions with Hands-on Training.
Chairmen: Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice), Łukasz Lewicki (Wejherowo), Marek Grygier (Poznań)
Panellists: Piotr Scisło (Warsaw), Krzysztof Kaczmarek (Łódź), Andreas Rück (Stockholm), Sławomir Dobrzycki (Białystok), Mirosław Ferenc (Bad Krozingen)
• 13:12-13:52 How to optimally perform transseptal puncture for Left Atrial Appendage Closure? Krzysztof Kaczmarek (Łódź)
13:12-13:52 RECORDED CASE 1. LAAC
Adam Witkowski, Jerzy Pręgowski, Patrycjusz Stokłosa (NIKARD, Warsaw)
• 13:52-14:04 How to optimally perform transseptal puncture for transcatheter mitral interventions? Adam Rdzanek (Warszawa)
14:04-14:44 RECORDED CASE 2. TEER Mitral
Jerzy Pręgowski, Zbigniew Chmielak, Patrycjusz Stokłosa (NIKARD, Warsaw)
14:44-15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00-17:30 Hands-on Training on simulators. Jerzy Pręgowski, Patrycjusz Stokłosa
(Room Cumulus, 9th floor) Earlier sing-up is required
17:30 GALAXY 1: END OF WCCI 2025
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GALAXY 2
8:00-17:15 Warsaw CTO Symposium (6th Edition), 10th April 2025
Course Co-Directors: Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw), Paul Knaapen (Amsterdam).
All sessions in English
8:00-10:45 Morning Session 1
Chairs: Mauro Carlino (Milano), Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)
Panel: Gabriele Gasparini (Milano), Wojciech Skorupski (Poznań), Mateusz Tajstra (Zabrze), Felix Woitek (Dresden), Wojciech Zimoch (Wrocław)
• 8:00-8:10 How to build CTO PCI program: “It must be love” Paul Knaapen (Amsterdam)
• 8:10-8:20 Quantum leaps in CTO PCI: “Everything you can imagine is real” Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)
8:20 LIVE CASE 1 (Military Hospital in Lublin) – Traditional Japanese Style.
Shunsuke Matsuno (Tokyo), Grzegorz Sobieszek (Lublin), Bartosz Zięba (Lublin)
9:00 LIVE CASE 2 (From Sapporo Heart Center) – HDR, TD-HDR, TD-ADR.
Tsutomu Fujita (Sapporo), Daitaro Kanno (Sapporo), Yutuka Tadano (Sapporo)
9:40 LIVE CASE 3 (National Institute of Cardiology) – Amsterdam Style.
Alexander Paulus Knapp (Amsterdam), Artur Dębski (Warsaw)
10:45-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12:00 Morning Session 2
Chairs: Jurij Avramovic (Izola), Goran Olivecrona (Lund)
Panel: Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań), Mihajlo Kovacic (Cakovec), Marek Radomski (Inowrocław), Piotr Wańczura (Rzeszów)
• 11:00-11:05 CTO toolkit in 2025: “Put your iron hand in a velvet glove”. Mihajlo Kovacic (Cakovec)
• 11:05-11:10 A brief update on the CTO-DENOVO registry: “Under pressure”. Magdalena Dobrolińska (Katowice)
• Battle talk
• 11:10-11:20 Much fanfare, little function: CTO skills are obsolete. Jurij Avramovic (Izola)
• 11:20-11:30 A parachute when things get out of hand: CTO skills are essential. Gabriele Gasparini (Milano)
11:30 LIVE CASE 4 (Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw) – Polish-Italian HDR.
Piotr Kwiatkowski (Warsaw), Jakub Drozd (Lublin), Mauro Carlino (Milano)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH and Industry Sponsored Sessions
13:00-16:00 Afternoon Session 1
Chairs: Gabriele Gasparini (Milano), Ilya Litovchik (Be’er Yaakov)
Panel: Grzegorz Horszczaruk (Łomża), Grzegorz Mężyński (Białystok), Goran Olivecrona (Lund), Daniel Rzeźnik (Cracow), Aleksander Zeliaś (Nowy Sącz)
13:00 LIVE CASE 5 (Military Hospital in Lublin) – Polish-French Hybrid.
Grzegorz Sobieszek (Lublin), Sina Porouchani (Lille), Bartosz Zięba (Lublin)
13:40 LIVE CASE 6 (National Institute of Cardiology) – Proctored Case.
Umberto Barbero (Savigliano), Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw), Jarosław Skowroński (Warsaw)
• 14:30-14:40 IVUS: “I want to hold your hand”. Sa’ar Minha (Be’er Yaakov)
• 14:40-14:50 Retrograde or ADR: “We boil at different degrees”. Goran Olivecrona (Lund)
14:50 LIVE CASE 7 (Victoria, Canada) – Difficult Retrograde.
Bilal Iqbal (Victoria) – Ram Vijayagharavan (Victoria)
16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30-17:15 Afternoon Session 2
Chairs: Leszek Bryniarski (Cracow), Vojtěch Novotný (Pardubice)
Panel: Jakub Drozd (Lublin), Alex Nap (Amsterdam), Piotr Pawluczuk (Grodzisk Mazowiecki), Marek Radomski (Inowrocław), Sławomir Surowiec (Warsaw)
• 16:30-16:40 Complication management: “It requires more courage to continue than to stop”. Ilya Litovchik (Be’er Yaakov)
• 16:40-16:45 Complication Case 1: “The impossible is what takes a little longer.” Felix Woitek (Dresden)
• 16:45-16:50 Complication Case 2: “Comfortably numb”. Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw), Alex Nap (Amsterdam)
• 16:50-16:55 Complication Case 3: “Chasing Ghosts”. Nichita-Brendea Mihnea (Oradea)
• 16:55-17:10 Keynote lecture: “If you think it’s going to rain it will”. Keynote TBA
• 17:10-17:15 Closing remarks and adjourn. Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)
• 18:00 Warsaw CTO Combat Training (by invitation only)
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GALAXY 3
9:00-16:30 Structural Heart Disease Track
All sessions in English
Session 1.
9:00-11:45 Changing indications to TAVI.
Chairmen: Ariel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv), Marek Grygier (Poznań), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdańsk), Maciej Dąbrowski (Warszawa)
Discussants: Marcin Protasiewicz (Wrocław), Mirosław Ferenc (Bad Krozingen), Pawel Kleczyński (Kraków), Zbigniew Chmielak (Warszawa), Krzysztof Wilczek (Zabrze), Pranas Serpytis (Vilnius)
9:00-9:40 LIVE CASE 1. TAVI in a patient with extremely large bicuspid valve.
National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw. Z. Chmielak, A. Witkowsk, R. Wolny
• 9:40-9:55 TAVI in degenerated surgical aortic bioprostheses. Petr Kala (Brno)
• 9:55-10:10 TAVI in degenerated transcatheter aortic bioprostheses. Alaide Chieffo (Milan)
• 10:10-10:25 TAVI for asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Radosław Parma (Katowice)
• 10:25-10:40 PCI in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation. Janusz Kochman (Warszawa)
Non-femoral access to TAVI:
• 10:40-10:55 Transcaval. TBD
• 10:55-11:10 Subclavian. Jerzy Sacha (Opole)
• 11:10-11:25 Carotid. Damian Hudziak (Katowice)
• 11:25-11:45 Discussion and wrap-up. Ariel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv)
11:45-12:00 TECHNICAL BREAK
12:00-13:00 LUNCH and Industry Supported Sessions
13:00-15:00 Session 2.
New evidence for edge-to-edge therapy in mitral regurgitation.
Chairmen: Adam Witkowski (Warsaw), Kazimierz Widenka (Rzeszów), Robert J. Gil (Warsaw), Alaide Chieffo (Milan)
Panellists: Dariusz Dudek (Kraków), Piotr Waciński (Lublin), Petr Kala (Brno), Piotr Pysz (Katowice), Zoltan Ruzsa (Szeged)
13:00-13:40 LIVE CASE 2. TEER Mitral. National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw.
J. Pręgowski, Z. Chmielak, P. Stokłosa
• 13:40-13:55 Lessons learned from COAPT and RESHAPE-2. Piotr Ponikowski (Wrocław)
• 13:55-14:10 Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair vs. isolated mitral surgery for severe mitral regurgitation. TBD
• 14:10-14:25 Evolving indications for transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair. Jerzy Pręgowski
• 14:25-14:40 Carillon Update. Tomasz Siminiak (Poznań)
• 14:40-14:55 Progress in Device-Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure – Insights from Transcatheter Heart Failure Therapeutics 2025. Greg Kaluza (New York)
• 14:55-15:00 Discussion and wrap-up. Alaide Chieffo (Milan)
15:00-16:00 Session 3.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the Management of Aortic Stenosis.
Session organized by AISN Artificial Intelligence Working Group
Chairmen: Zenon Huczek (Warszawa), Piotr Olszówka (Rzeszów), Dariusz Dudek (Kraków)
Discussants: Radosław Pracoń (Warszawa), Zoltan Ruzsa (Szeged), Andrzej Ochała (Katowice), Michał Hawranek (Zabrze), Jerzy Sacha (Opole), Kajetan Grodecki (Warszawa), Maciej Dąbrowski (Warszawa), Pranas Serpytis (Vilnius)
• 15:00-15:12 Comprehensive echocardiography exam interpretation using AI. Milos Vukadinovic (Los Angeles)
• 15:12-15:24 Heart Team Decision-Making Enhanced by Large Language Models. Mikołaj Buchwald (Poznań)
• 15:24-15:36 Procedural Planning for Aortic Valve Intervention Using Generative AI. Kajetan Grodecki (Warszawa)
• 15:36-15:48 Post-Procedural Risk Stratification Using Machine Learning. Damini Dey (Los Angeles)
• 15:48-16:00 Discussion and wrap-up. Zenon Huczek (Warszawa)
16:00-17:50 Session 4.
Transcatheter edge-to-edge and valve treatment for tricuspid regurgitation.
Chairmen: Adam Rdzanek (Warszawa), Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice), Zoltan Ruzsa (Szeged)
Panellists: Marek Grygier (Poznań), Sławomir Dobrzycki (Białystok), Tomasz Siminiak (Poznań), Krzysztof Wilczek (Zabrze)
16:00-16:40 RECORDED CASE 3. TEER Tricuspid.
J. Pręgowski, A. Mioduszewska, P. Stokłosa (NIKARD, Warsaw)
• 16:40-16:52 Review of research and clinical evidence for edge-to-edge therapy for tricuspid regurgitation. Mirosław Ferenc (Bad Krozingen)
• 16:52-17:04 TEE guidance: tips and tricks. Patrycjusz Stokłosa (Warszawa)
• 17:04-17:16 ICE guidance: tips and tricks. Andreas Rück (Stockholm)
Transcatheter valve therapy for TR: what is clinical evidence with…
• 17:16-17:28 Orthotopic valves. Jerzy Pręgowski (Warszawa)
• 17:28-17:40 Heterotopic valves. Dariusz Dudek (Kraków)
• 17:40-17:50 Discussion and wrap-up. Zoltan Ruzsa (Szeged)
17:50 GALAXY 3: END OF WCCI 2025
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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.
Profesor Robert Gil
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
Profesor Adam Witkowski