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Friday, October 2, 2026
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Igor F. Palacios, MD Lectureship and Symposium - Friday
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Saturday, October 3, 2026
7:50 AM - 5:00 PM
Igor F. Palacios, MD Lectureship and Symposium - Saturday
7:50 AM - 5:00 PM
 
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Agenda

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Friday, October 2, 2026

CME Information: This session is eligible for CME credits.

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Valvular Heart Disease/Tricuspid/Aortic valve Disease

Saturday, October 3, 2026 | Hybrid Symposium

7:00 - 7:50 AM

Registration

7:50 - 8:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Guillherme Silva, MD and Alex Llanos, MD

CT guided PCI

8:00 - 8:20 AM

State of the Art Ct-Guided PCI 

Carlos Collet M

8:20 - 8:40 AM

CT-Guidance as the Future of PCI 

Carlos Collet MD  

8:40 - 9:00 AM

Advantages of Intra-coronary Imaging for PCI in 2026

Darshan Doshi, MD 

Coronary Cases

9:00 - 9:15 AM

 

 

9:15 - 9:30 AM

 


 

9:30 - 9:45 AM

 

 

 

9:45 - 10:00 AM

Heavily Calcified Vessel PCI: Case Example  

Angel Caldera, MD

 

Choosing Plaque Modification Tools: Case Example

TBD

 

Emerging Technologies for Calcified Lesions: Case Example 

Pedro Moreno, MD

 

Lessons Learned from Peripheral Intervention: Case Example

Larry Diaz

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Drug Coated Balloon for native lesions “The Next Frontier”

Christian Spaulding

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Advantages of OCT: Case Example

Pedro Moreno, MD

11:00 - 11:15 AM

Uncrossable lesions: Tips and Tricks: Case Example

Bill O’Neill, MD         

11:15 - 11:30 AM

Role of Coronary CTA in CTO’s: Case Example 

Juan Carlos Lopez Mattei       

11:30  - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 - 1:00 PM

Keynote Lecture: Advances in Surgical treatment of Mitral Valve Disease

Sergei Melnitchouk, MD

1:00 - 1:20 PM

 



 

1:20 - 1:40 PM

 

 

Severe Mitral Disease with Annular Calcification: Indications/Considerations for Therapy

Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD

 

Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation (Surgery vs TEER)

TBD

Cases

1:45 - 2:00 PM

 

 

 

2:00 - 2:15 PM

 

 

2:15 - 2:30 PM

 

 

 

2:30 - 2:45 PM

 

 

 

2:45 - 3:00 PM

Percutaneous Repair vs Replacement: When/Why: Case Example
Pablo Rengifo, MD 

 

Percutaneous treatment of Mitral Regurgitation: How to choose the Best Strategy: Tendyne & M3 
 Eduardo De Marchena, MD

 

Emerging Percutaneous Mitral Replacement Technologies: Case Example
Rodrigo Do Lago, MD

 

Calcified Mitral Stenosis: A New Paradigm: Case Example
Roberto Cubeddu, MD (Balloon vs Shockwave)

 

Mitral Clip Treatment of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez, MD  (Virtual Presentation)
 

3:00 - 3:15 PM

Break

Cases

3:15 - 3:30 PM

 


3:30 - 3:45 PM

 

 


3:45 - 4:00 PM


 

4:00 - 4:15 PM


 

4:15 - 4:30 PM



4:30 - 4:45 PM

Lifetime Management Updates of Aortic Stenosis 
Guilherme Silva, MD  

 

TAVR Complications: Iatrogenic VSD: Case Example
Igor Palacios, MD

 

Challenging TAVR: Coronary Protection: Case Example
Jose Condado, MD

 

Challenging TAVR: Small Annulus: Case Example
Christian Witzke, MD

 

Pulmonic Replacement
Ada Stefanscu Schmidt, MD
 

TBD

CME information: CME credits will be available for Saturday’s sessions.