Multi-Level CTO Middle East – 1ST Edition
Thursday 5th & Friday 6th October 2023

08:45
09:00

ML CTO MIDDLE EAST 2023 – INTRODUCTION

Ahmed ElGuindy, Tarek Rashid & Yasser Sadek

09:00
10:45

SESSION1 THE BASICS

Moderators: Adel El Etriby, Khalid Tammam, Habib Gamra & Khaldoon Alaswad

  • Getting started on the right foot, Arun Kalyanasundaram
  • Wires, wires …. and more wires, Michael Megaly
  • Choosing the right microcatheter, Tarek Rashid

09:30

LIVE CASE #1

from Cleopatra Hospitals Group – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Elliott Smith & Owayed Al Shammeri

10:00

LIVE CASE #2

from Al Qassimi Hospital – Sharjah, UAE

Operators: Georgios Sianos & Arif Al Nooryani

10:45

Coffee break

11:15
13:00

SESSION2 ANTEGRADE

Moderators: Mohamed Sobhy, Tarek Rashid, Khaled Shokry & Roberto Garbo

  • AWE 101: how to handle your wires Alexandre Avran
  • Changing to the other lane Gabriele Gasparini
  • I’m an antegrade only operator: what can I do to progress? Mohaned Egred
  • Case presentation Waqar Ahmed

11:55

LIVE CASE #3

from Dar Al Fouad Hospital – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Paul Knaapen & Amr Elhadidy

13:00

Lunch

14:00
15:30

SESSION3 RETROGRADE

Moderators: Arif Al Nooryani, Alexandre Avran, Waqar Ahmed & Hamed AlGhamdi

14:00

LIVE CASE #4

from Cleopatra Hospitals Group – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Yasser Sadek & Kambis Mashayehki

  • Getting your retrograde program started Husam Noor
  • Collaterals are not created equally Stéphane Rinfret
  • Reverse CART troubleshooting Roberto Garbo

15:30

Coffee break

16:00
18:30

SESSION4 SPECIAL SITUATIONS

Moderators: Nabil Farag, Stéphane Rinfret, Owayed Al Shammeri & Elliot Smith

16:00

LIVE CASE #5

from Dar Al Fouad Hospital – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Tarek Rashid & Alexandre Avran

17:00

LIVE CASE #6

from Asl città di Torino – Turin, Italy

Operators: Andrea Gagnor

  • Utility of IVUS in CTO PCI, Ahmed ElGuindy
  • In-stent CTOs, Alexander Nap
  • Aorto-ostial CTOs, Yasser Sadek

18:30

End of the day

09:00
10:45

SESSION5 ADR

Moderators: Fawaz Al Mutairi, Kambis Mashayehki, Mohammed Balghith & Islam Saifelyazal

09:00

LIVE CASE #7

from Dar Al Fouad Hospital – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Khalid Tammam & Roberto Garbo

10:00

LIVE CASE #8

from Cleopatra Hospitals Group – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Ahmed ElGuindy & Stéphane Rinfret

  • ADR: what works and what doesn’t Alexandre Avran
  • Tips & tricks for successful ADR Khaldoon Alaswad

10:45

Coffee break

11:15
13:15

SESSION6 COMMON CHALLENGES IN CTO PCI

Moderators: Hazem Khamis, Tarek Rashid, Husam Noor & Alexander Nap

11:15

LIVE CASE #9

from Dar Al Fouad Hospital – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Omer Goktekin & Mohaned Egred

  • I want to get into the subintimal space but … Elliot Smith
  • Dealing with bifurcations at the distal cap Kambis Mashayehki
  • My wire is in the true lumen distally, but nothing else will pass Paul Knaapen
  • Post-CABG CTOs: challenges and opportunities Stéphane Rinfret

13:15

Lunch

14:00
16:30

SESSION7 COMPLICATIONS

Moderators: Yasser Sadek, Paul Knaapen, Wail Alkashkari & Arun Kalyanasundaram

14:00

LIVE CASE #10

from Cleopatra Hospitals Group – Cairo, Egypt

Operators: Gabriele Gasparini & Alexander Nap

15:00

LIVE CASE #11

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Operators: Khaldoon Alaswad and Husam Noor

  • Enhancing safety in CTO PCI: General principles Kambis Mashayehki
  • Prevention and management of perforations Alexandre Avran
  • Case presentation (complication) Khalid Tammam

16:30

Coffee break

17:00
18:30

Challenging participants’ case competition

Moderators: Kambis Mashayehki, Stéphane Rinfret, Ahmed ElGuindy & Khalid Tammam

  • 8 cases

18:30

CASE COMPETITION WINNERS AND CLOSING REMARKS