Scientific Program
| The Oscars of CTO: a joint Romanian and Hungarian CTO Workshop Pre-Workshop Course, November 13, 2025 |
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| “Black Hawk down”: Course on complication management *additional registration required Course held at Ramada by Wyndham Hotel in Oradea, Romania |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Let’s meet the directors and read the script! Eric Eeckhout, Lucian Câlmâc, Iulian Matei |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Case presentation Session I ”Best Newcomer Actor” 7 min. presentation + 5 min. discussions |
| 12:30 - 12:42 | A side branch that is hard to kill Dan Deleanu |
| 12:42 - 12:54 | Dissection and Perforation of the RCA A Chronic Occlusion Angioplasty Odyssey Mihai Marinescu |
| 12:54 - 13:06 | Good Intentions, Grave Consequences Teodor Constantin Buliga |
| 13:06 - 13:18 | De la complicație la control. Gestionarea unei situații limită în sala de cateterism cardiac Laurențiu Pașcalău |
| 13:18 - 13:30 | When the Burr Won’t Budge: Stuck Rotablator and Ellis 3 Perforation in LAD CTO Alexandru Oancea |
| 13:30 - 13:42 | An unusual rupture Cristian Udroiu |
| 13:42 - 13:54 | A coil of the coil issue Nino Cocco |
| 13:54 - 14:06 | An expected result or failed understanding Neisser Morales |
| 14:10 - 14:40 | Lunch Break |
| 14:40 - 16:10 | Case presentation Session II ”The best at their worst - Raspberry Awards” 7 min. presentation + 5 min. discussions |
| 14:40 - 14:52 | “Say hello to my little friend!” Mihnea Traian Nichita-Brendea |
| 14:52 - 15:04 | The catch of the day Paul Simion |
| 15:04 - 15:16 | Recovery with a twist Andras Mester |
| 15:16 - 15:28 | Forced removal of a ruptured jailed wire Laszlo Hadadi |
| 15:28 - 15:40 | Catch Me If You Can: The Case of the Wandering Stent Dragoș Trache |
| 15:40 - 15:52 | Now you see it, now you don’t Nikolay Stoyanov |
| 15:52 - 16:10 | Discussions |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Keynote Lecture - Conflicts in the Cathlab (“GOT: A song of Ice and Fire”) Eric Eeckhout |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Case presentation Session III ”Are you not entertained?” 7 cases, 12 min presentation + discussion |
| 16:30 - 16:42 | Coronary Dissections - from nightmares to dreams in the cathlab Giuseppe Colletti |
| 16:42 - 16:54 | Ostial RCA Lesion Complicated with RCA Dissection Propagated to Aortic Root Alin Borina |
| 16:54 - 17:06 | Managing SCAD in a Young Female Patient: When Fragile Arteries Demand Tough Decisions Sergiu Rus |
| 17:06 - 17:18 | A diagonal closure never killed anyone… and other words of wisdom Dan Pășcuț |
| 17:18 - 17:30 | A misstep that moved us forward Teodor Băjeu |
| 17:30 - 17:42 | Iatrogenic “retrograde” HDR Arpad Kovacs |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Discussions |
| 18:00 - 19:15 | Hands-on Session (How to be an Executive Producer) |
| 1. Coiling, Perforation managing – “007: No time to die” 2. Lost materials – “Gone with the wind” 3. How to trap and how to snare -“ Catch me if you can” 4. How to close the vascular access - “Stich” 5. “Apollo 13: Houston, we have a problem” - Improvised device manufacturing in the cathlab” Rotating groups |
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| Hands-on Session: (How to be the Image Director) IVUS - 1, 2, 3 Lucian Câlmâc |
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| The Oscars of CTO: a joint Romanian and Hungarian CTO Workshop Pre-Workshop Course, November 13, 2025 |
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| Orbital Atherectomy Course *additional registration required Course held at University of Debrecen, Hungary |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Plaque modification in general. When, what, how? Tibor Szük |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Orbital atherectomy. Technical aspects. Gábor Kerecsen |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Live case Tibor Szük, Tamás Baranyai, Judit Barta |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Science behind the technology Tamás Baranyai |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Complications András Katona |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:20 - 16:50 | Specialties. Orbital atherectomy in CTO, DCB use after orbital atherectomy. Judit Barta |
| 16:50 - 17:20 | Periferial orbital atherectomy Zoltan Ruzsa (online presentation) |
| 17:20 - 17:50 | Live-in-a-box cases. Case based discussion. Judit Barta, Gabor Kerecsen, Tibor Szük, András Katona |
| Medical Track November 13, 2025 Piemonte Hall, Ramada by Wyndham Oradea |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Opening remarks – “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” Virgil Popa, Mircea Ioachim Popescu |
| 14:10 - 14:40 | The good, the bad and the ugly – Treatment of heart failure and prevention of c.v death (20 min presentation + 10 min discussion) Panel of experts: Virgil Popa, Radu Lala, Emilia Babeș, Cristiana Bustea, Mircea Ioachim Popescu |
| Beyond myths and legends: Entresto acting to improve QoL ( Quality of Life) in HFrEF Mircea Ioachim Popescu State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of Novartis |
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| 14:40 - 15:10 | Kramer vs. Kramer – Revascularization vs. Medication - Anti ischemic Medication (20 min presentation + 10 min discussion) Panel of experts: Marius Rus, Emilia Babeș, Cristiana Bustea, Mircea Ioachim Popescu, Florin Maghiar |
| Industry sponsored session: Servier Mihnea Traian Nichita-Brendea |
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| 15:10 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Empagliflozin in hospitalized patients with acute heart failure - EMPULSE trial Mircea Ioachim Popescu State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of Boehringer |
| 15:45 - 16:25 | Saving private PCI - Antithrombotic medication (30 min presentation + 10 min discussions) Panel of experts: Emilia Babeș, Cristiana Bustea, Mircea Ioachim Popescu, Florin Maghiar, Marius Huta |
| Optimization of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing interventional revascularization - ”The Berlin Golden Bear Award” Emilia Babeș State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of Berlin-Chemie |
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| The Oscars of CTO: a joint Romanian and Hungarian CTO Workshop Day 1, November 14, 2025 “A CTO day afternoon” |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Opening remarks – “Of all the CTO workshops in all the towns in all the world, you walk into ours” Virgil Popa, Mircea Ioachim Popescu, Imre Ungi, Gheorghe Carp |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Romanians and Hungarian joining forces – Dr. Ungi, “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” Imre Ungi, Virgil Popa |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Braveheart – objectives and concept “They may take our” materials “but they will never take our” passion! Mihnea Nichita-Brendea |
| 09:15 - 12:15 | And the Oscar for best procedure goes to: “Dances with the wolves (CTOs)” Experts panel: Giusseppe Colletti, Nino Cocco, Boris Dickmann, Imre Ungi, Lucian Câlmâc, Emanuel Radu, Valentin Chioncel Facilitators: Mihnea Nichita-Brendea, Stefan Harb Case 1 from Oradea Operators: Ayman ElKahlout, V. Constantin; Proctor: Claudiu Ungureanu Case 2 from Oradea Operators: Iulian Matei; Proctor: Marouane Boukhris, Neisser Morales Case 1 from Cluj-Napoca Operators: Mihai Cocoi, Mădălin Marc; Proctor: Mihajlo Kovacic Case 1 from Debrecen Operators: Tibor Szuk; Proctor: Stylianos Pyxaras |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 16:45 | Best CTO in a leading role: “Training day” Experts panel: Amr Elhadidy, Jurij Avramovic, David Baghdasaryan, Dirk Pretorius, Paul Simion, Stefan Harb Facilitators: Andrei Mihnea Roșu, Flavius Gherasie Case 3 from Oradea Operators: Lucian Câlmâc, Cristian Udroiu; Proctor: Nenad Bozinovic Case 4 from Oradea Operators: Laurențiu Pașcalău, Mihaela Gheorghiu; Proctor: Aurel Toma Case 2 from Debrecen Operators: Ferenc Györy; Proctor: Goeran Olivecrona Case 2 from Cluj Napoca Operators: Alexandru Achim, Călin Homorodean; Proctor: Gregor Leibundgut |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Up! - a story with balloons Hanna Tormilainen |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | AngioCT guided CTO: “The silver linings” Imre Benedek, Radu Lala |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | “Opolski’s list” on How to do TD-ADR |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | “CTO Heat” - How to manage knuckles and snare wire Amr Elhadidy, Nino Cocco Producer list: Jurij Avramovic, Andras Katona, Adrian Ivănică, Constantin Erimescu, Nino Cocco, Claudiu Ungureanu |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | “The path of the CTO operator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper” From CTO operator to mentor and visionary (DANUBE CHIP and CTO) Stefan Harb |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | "The French connection” and “the Italian Job” meet in Belgium – RODIN, STRIVE Giuseppe Colletti, Claudiu Ungureanu |
| 19:30 | Networking Dinner Sion Neolog Synagogue (22 Independenței Street, Oradea) *pre-registration required |
| The Oscars of CTO: a joint Romanian and Hungarian CTO Workshop Day 2, November 15, 2025 “Life is like a box of CTOs. You never know what you’re going to get!” |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | Best CTO in a supporting role: The CTO Hunter Experts panel: Lucian Câlmâc, Ferenc Gyori, Tibor Szuk, Dan Pășcuț, Virgil Popa, Mihajlo Kovacic Facilitators: Alexandru Achim, Mihai Cocoi Case 5 from Oradea Operators: Flavius Gherasie, Mihnea Nichita Brendea; Proctor: Mauro Carlino Case 6 from Oradea Operators: Andrei Mihnea Roșu, Emanuel Radu; Proctor: Jurij Avramovic Case 1 from Szeged Operators: Zoltan Ruzsa, Kornel Kakonyi Case 2 from Gyula Operators: Andras Katona, Imre Ungi; Proctor: Hanna Tormilainen |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | “One flew over the CTO’s Nest” Case competition (what would you do/what did I do) Judges: Lucian Câlmâc, Virgil Popa, Imre Benedek, Ferenc Gyori, Tibor Szuk, Amr Elhadidy, Dirk Pretorius |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Best special effects: TD HDR Special lecture from the Producer: Fujita Tsutomu |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | “Once upon a time in” Milano Producer list: Giuseppe Colletti, Nino Cocco, Aurel Toma, Dirk Pretorius, Mihajlo Kovacic, Virgil Popa Best young procedure in a leading role: HDR “pot-pouri” Special lecture by the Director: Mauro Carlino |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | The Bridges of CTO country- new subsets of treatment options for the CTO patient Mihnea Nichita Brendea |
| 14:20 - 14:30 | And the Oscar for best CTO case goes to... |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | “All those CTOs will be lost in time, like tears in rain” - Final words Mihnea Nichita Brendea, Virgil Popa, Tibor Szuk |
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