Scientific Program
Preliminary Version – updates in progress
| Endovascular Cardiac Complications Course Romania - 1st Edition |
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| Day 1 - November 4, 2026 | |
| Timeline | Session |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Welcome & opening remarks Course Directors: Eric Eeckhout, Lucian Câlmâc, Lucian Predescu, Iulian Matei |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | EKOS Live Case Presentation & Transmission Mihnea Nichita Brendea, Lucian Câlmâc |
| 13:45 - 15:00 | Session I: Case Presentations Chairs: TBA |
| Sharpen the blades! Andrei Mihai, Cluj-Napoca |
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| The Domino Effect Șerban Damu, Sibiu |
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| The Detour Andreea Ioana Lupaș, Timișoara |
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| TBA Alin Octavian Borina, Bucharest |
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| TBA Valentin Sarpe, Bucharest |
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| TBA Eric Eeckhout, Switzerland |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 | The Ten Commandments of Complications Prevention Eric Eeckhout |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Coffee Break Room reset / EKOS Live Case Presentation & Transmission |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Technical Workshop I DCBs: + & -, complications avoidance and management Leontin Lazăr |
| 15:50 - 17:10 | Session II: Case Presentations Chairs: TBA |
| TBA Yordan Topkarov, Bulgaria |
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| A left main PCI challenge Adrian Bârzache, Timișoara |
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| What goes up, must come down Dan Prunea, Austria |
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| TBA William Camilleri, Malta - online presentation |
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| A small detail, a major consequence Eleftherios Leptopoulos, Cluj-Napoca |
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| The price of a mile Alexandru Cîrjan, Bucharest |
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| 17:10 - 17:30 | Technical Workshop II Iulian Matei |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Break Room reset/ EKOS Live Case Presentation & Transmission |
| 17:45 - 19:15 | Hands-on Session Managing complications, Tips & Tricks in device management Faculty: Lucian Câlmâc, Iulian Matei, Lucian Predescu, Mihnea Nichita-Brendea |
| Day 2 - November 5, 2026 | |
| Timeline | Session |
| 08:30 - 10:00 | Session I: Case Presentations Perforations Chairs: TBA |
| Why so serious? Áron Üveges, Hungary |
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| From bad to worse Dimitar Dimitrov, Bulgaria |
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| When TAVI’s not enough Radu Brezeanu, Bucharest |
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| TBD Agron Meshi, Albania |
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| TBD Eugen Țieranu, Craiova |
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| The price of a perfect result Ecaterina Pasat, Republic of Moldova |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 | Technical Workshop III Covered Stent Fenestration for Side Branch Salvage in Bifurcation Coronary Perforation: A Systematic Bench-Test Evaluation Giuseppe Colletti |
| 10:20 -10:35 | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 - 12:05 | Session II: Case Presentations Chairs: TBA |
| Routine duty, not routine complication Nicolae Lutica, Republic of Moldova |
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| When everything is against you Laurențiu Pașcalău, Timișoara |
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| TBD Claudio Proscia, United Kingdom |
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| TBD Neisser Morales, Mexico |
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| TBD Adrien Jossart, Belgium - online presentation |
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| TBD Annari Van Rensburg, South Africa |
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| 12:05 - 12:50 | Lunch Break |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Tehnical Workshop IV Aortic Dissections László Balogh |
| 13:10 - 14:40 | Session III: Case Presentations Chairs: TBA |
| TBD Roman Wojdyla, Poland |
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| Spiral down on CTO Tibor Szuk, Hungary |
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| Back to the scene Flavius Gherasie, Bucharest |
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| When it rains, it pours Ibrahem Rafik, Egypt |
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| Hotel California Teodor Băjeu, Bucharest |
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| TBA | |
| 14:40 - 14:55 | Keynote Lecture II Annari Van Rensburg |
| 14:55 - 15:10 | Coffee Break |
| 15:10 - 16:40 | Session IV: Case Presentations Chairs: TBA |
| TBA M. Ouchiha, France - online presentation |
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| TBA Dmytro Beshley, Ukraine |
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| Snaring at its finest Andras Mester, Oradea |
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| TBA Stefan Harb, Austria |
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| Never leave your belongings behind Judit Andreka, Austria |
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| TBA Umberto Barbero, Italy |
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| 16:40 - 16:55 | Keynote Lecture III Virgil Popa |
| 16:55 - 18:30 | Session V: Case Presentations Chairs: TBA |
| The interventional treatment of a hypertensive patient Laszlo Hadadi, Tg. Mureș |
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| TBA Dan Mihoc, Oradea |
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| Simple start, unpredictable end George Shenoda, Egypt |
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| Double Trouble Dragoș Trache, Bucharest |
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| TBA Aurel Toma, Austria |
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| Blind leading the blind Mihnea Nichita-Brendea, Oradea |
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| 18:30 - 18:45 | Closing Ceremony & Best Case Awards Course Directors & Jury: TBA |
| Romanian & Hungarian CTO Workshop - Supereroi în combaterea bolilor cardiovasculare Medical Track 5 noiembrie 2026 Sala Piemonte |
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| Interval orar | Sesiune |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Deschiderea sesiunilor Virgil Popa, Emilia Elena Babeș, Cristiana Bustea, Marius Rus |
| 12:15 -13:15 | Ateroscleroza - epidemia modernă |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | De la prevenție la tratament și înapoi la prevenție - o scurtă Odisee în tratamentul bolilor cardiovasculare în SCJU Bihor (Ulise și Agamemnon) Marius Rus, Virgil Popa |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Perspective noi în tratamentul bolilor cardiovasculare în cadrul SCJU - Eneida unui serviciu cardiovascular la standarde europene (Athena și Callipso) Emilia Elena Babeș, Cristiana Bustea |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | Discuții |
| 13:30 - 17:30 | Program simpozioane industria farmaceutică |
| Prevenția primară | |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Sinergii terapeutice în bolile cardiovasculare - AquaMan calea lichidului Cristiana Bustea Sesiune științifică realizată cu sprijinul Berlin Chemie |
| 13:30 - 13:45 | Sunt anticoagulantele egale în terapia cardiovasculară? |
| 13:45 - 14:00 | Prezentare caz clinic |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Pauză de prânz |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Managementul Pacientului cu Dislipidemie – Leqvio Virgil Popa Sesiune științifică realizată cu sprijinul Novartis |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | CCS: beyond what meets the eye. The symptoms are real. So is the impact. Emilia Babeș Sesiune științifică realizată cu sprijinul Servier |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | O promisiune de onoare în lupta cu riscul trombotic Adriana Ardelean Sesiune științifică realizată cu sprijinul Chiesi |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Pauză de cafea |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Sesiune științifică Antoniu Octavian Petris |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Insuficienţa cardiacă, recomandările ghidurilor şi cum le punem în practică |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | De la PCI cu risc înalt la colaps cardiovascular: ECMO- indispensabil într-un centru cardiovascular avansat Diana Cimpoeșu, Mihnea Nichita-Brendea |
| Prevenția secundară | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Fiecare inimă merită a doua șansă Florin Maghiar Sesiune științifică realizată cu sprijinul Amgen |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Sesiune știintifică realizată cu sprijinul Bleu Pharma Dinu Dragomir |
| Superheroes of CTO: a joint Romanian and Hungarian CTO Workshop Day 1, November 6, 2026 “A Marvel Universe of CTOs” Toscana Hall |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Opening remarks – “With great power comes great responsibility” Virgil Popa, Zoltan Ruzsa, Tibor Szuk, Imre Ungi |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Romanians and Hungarian joining forces – “Avengers, assemble!”- message from Captain Magyar Tibi and The Priest Tibor Szuk, Virgil Popa |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | CTO-men (and women) – objectives and concept “Days of future past” - message from CTO Gambit Mihnea Nichita-Brendea |
| 09:15 - 12:15 | CTO- the Dark Knight of complex procedures Experts panel: Laurent Drogoul, Luis Teruel, Virgil Popa, Tibor Szuk, Tomislav Krcmar, Masahisa Yamane Facilitators: Mihnea Nichita-Brendea, Stefan Harb Case 1 from Oradea Operators: Laurențiu Pașcalău, Mihaela Gheorghiu, Mohaned Egred Case 2 from Oradea Operators: Flavius Gherasie, Mohamed Aymen Ben Abdessalem, Alexander Nap Case 1 from Cluj-Napoca Operators: Alexandru Achim, Mădălin Marc, Neisser Morales Case 1 from Debrecen Operators: Ferenc Gyory, TBA, Olivecrona Goeran Special Live Case Transmission from Basel (Rotaman and Kapitan Chocolate) Operators: Felix Woitek, Gregor Leibundgut |
| New superheroes at the horizon: five-minute product presentations with three-minute case illustrations of new devices • CELHAWK – world class Hawkeye archery in caged side-branches for MIRACLE crossing with a Caravelle S - Tudor Cocoi, Claudiu Ungureanu • The Great Ten can anyReach anywhere - Michael Gergis • The yellow HORNET is a JUDO FIGHTER able to defeat any CTO: The CTO-TAVI timeline dilemma - Boris Dickmann • The hybrid Beast – the Bioadaptor - Iulian Matei |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 17:00 | "It's never as bad as it seems. You're much stronger than you think you are. Trust me." – Superman Experts panel: Claudio Proscia, Hussein Sliman, Laurent Drogoul, Tomi Kaukonen, Jakob Koh, Dirk Pretorius, Boris Dickmann Facilitators: Giuseppe Colletti, Stefan Harb Case 3 from Oradea Operators: Mihnea Nichita Brendea, Aurel Toma, Mauro Carlino Case 4 from Oradea Operators: Călin Homorodean, Dan Tătaru, Claudiu Ungureanu Case 1 from Gyula Operators: Imre Ungi, Masahisa Yamane, TBA Case 2 from Cluj Napoca Operators: Mihai Cocoi, Horațiu Cadiș, Marouane Boukhris |
| New ways of battling the dark forces of CTO: ten-minute presentations • TD-ADR – In the land of the blind Cyclops is the King – Zoltan Ruzsa • How to be a Juggernaut – post CABG CTO PCI - Mikko Minkkinen |
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| Day 2, November 7, 2026 “Dreaming of opening those CTOs with some of the superheroes of interventional cardiology” Toscana Hall |
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| Timeline | Session |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | "I'm a blunt instrument and I'm damn good at it..." - Aquaman Experts panel: Giuseppe Colletti, Emanuel Radu, Umberto Barbero, Alexander Nap, Mohaned Egred, David Baghdasaryan Facilitators: Nino Cocco, Alexandru Achim Case 5 from Oradea Operators: Iulian Matei, Nenand Bozinovic, Vlad Ploscaru Case 6 from Oradea Operators: Giuseppe Colletti, Mikko Minkkinen, Sevket Gorgolu Case 1 from Szeged Operators: Zoltan Ruzsa, Dan Prunea Case 2 from Debrecen Operators: Tibor Szuk, Stylianos Pyxaras, TBA |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | All you wanted to know about the “liquid way” (HDR; instent CTOs; TD-HDR and much more) – meet Aquaman Followed by a cascade of discussions |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Wonder boy and his way of doing CTO PCI (DEB Only) Mihai Cocoi State of the Art Presentation, organized with the support of Boston Scientific |
| Friendship between CTO superheroes: the Gentle Samurai and the Hungarian Sensei (Bushido applied in CTO PCI) Masahisa Yamane, Imre Ungi 20 min. talk |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:15 - 16:00 | Who wants to stay for another battle? – Avengers Endgame Experts panel: Arash Hashemi, Mihaly Simon, Michael Gergis, Valentin Chioncel, Arkadiusz Pietrasik Facilitators: Mihai Cocoi, Flavius Gherasie Case 7 from Oradea Operators: Lucian Câlmâc, Cristian Udroiu, Ahmed ElGuindy Case 8 from Oradea Operators: Viorel Constantin, Nino Cocco, Umberto Barbero Case 2 from Szeged Operators: TBA |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | AngioCT guided CTO: Captain Marvel, Thor and Batman – seeing in the Dark Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Radu Lala, Istvan Kovacs |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | CTO X-men: The new class Case competition |
| 15:45 - 15:55 | The one who gets the superhero cape is… Case competition award |
| 16:00 - 17:55 | X- CTO “the last stand” Experts panel: Neisser Morales, Marouane Boukris, Goeran Olivecrona, Lucian Câlmâc, Virgil Popa, Umberto Barbero Facilitators: Giuseppe Colletti, Nino Cocco Case 9 from Oradea Operators: Alexandru Ispas, Luis Teruel, Hussein Sliman Case 2 from Gyula Operators: Mădălin Marc, Masahisa Yamane, Imre Ungi |
| 17:55 - 18:00 | “The greatest gift we can receive is to have the chance, just once in our lives, to make a difference” - Dr. Strange Final remarks Mihnea Nichita Brendea, Virgil Popa, Tibor Szuk |
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