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