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Mayo Clinic TransRadial Angiography and Intervention Course (TRAC)

Friday, May 4

TimeTopic
7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:55 Welcome and Introductions
  Moderator:  Issam D. Moussa, MD, Malcolm Bell, MD and Rajiv Gulati, MD
Session: Transradial Angiography and Intervention 101
Panelists: Charanjit Rihal, MD, Olivier Bertrand, MD, PhD and Ramon Quesada, MD
8:00 Transradial Coronary Angiography and Intervention in the US: Current Utilization and Impediments to Wider Adoption Lecture
Sunil Rao, MD
8:15 Transradial vs. Transfemoral Coronary Intervention: Current State of Knowledge and the Imperative for Broader Application
Lecture
Sanjit Jolly, MD
8:30 Do the Refinements in Femoral Closure Devices Neutralize the Potential Benefit of the Transradial Approach?
Lecture
Rajiv Gulati, MD
8:45 How to Select Patients for the Transradial Approach as a New Adopter? Which Patients to Avoid?
Case-Based Lecture
Malcolm Bell, MD
9:00 The "Radial Cath Lab" Set-Up: How to Optimize Efficiency and Reduce Radiation Exposure?
Lecture
John Coppola, MD
9:15 How to Perform Transradial Puncture and Access? Preparation, Tools and Techniques
Case-Based Lecture
Tejas Patel, MD, DM
9:30 Round Table Panel Discussion: Q & A
9:45 Refreshment Break
  Session: The Radial Access Is In: What's Next?
Panelists: Tejas Patel, MD, DM, Jeffrey Popma, MD and Mauricio Cohen, MD
10:00 Pharmacology for Prevention of Spasm, Thrombosis and Pain: Science or "Dealers Choice"?
Lecture
Michael Levy, MD
  Debate: Baseline Radial Artery Angiography
10:15 Baseline Radial Angiography Should be Always Performed
Case-Based Lecture
Issam Moussa, MD
10:25 Baseline Radial Angiography Should Never be Performed Unless There is a Problem with Catheter Advancement
Case-Based Lecture
Malcolm Bell, MD
10:35 Rebuttal
10:45 Transradial Native Coronary Angiography: Catheter Selection and Manipulation Techniques
Case-Based Lecture
Olivier Bertrand, MD, PhD
11:00 Transradial Bypass Grafts Angiography: Catheter Selection and Manipulation Techniques
Case-Based Lecture
Rajiv Gulati, MD
11:15 Right Versus Left Transradial Coronary Angiography: Does it Matter?
Case-Based Lecture
John Coppola, MD
11:30 Round Table Panel Discussion: Q & A
11:45 Lunch
  Session: Transradial Coronary Intervention
Panelists: John Coppola, MD, Sunil Rao, MD and Sanjit Jolly, MD
1:00 p.m. Guide Catheter Selection for Transradial Coronary Intervention
Case-Based Lecture
Ramon Quesada, MD
  Debate: Transradial Coronary Intervention and Coronary Anatomy Complexity
1:15 Transradial Intervention Can and Should Always be Performed, Irrespective of the Complexity of Coronary Anatomy!
Case-Based Lecture
Tejas Patel, MD, DM
1:25 Transradial Intervention in Very Complex Coronary Anatomy is Associated with Lower Success Rate!
Case-Based Lecture
Olivier Bertrand, MD, PhD
1:35 Rebuttal
  Case Reviews: Transradial Coronary Intervention in Complex Anatomic Subsets
1:45 TRI in UPLMCA Bifurcation
Charanjit Rihal, MD
1:55 TRI in CTOs
Ramon Quesada, MD
2:05 TRI in SVGs
Rajiv Gulati, MD
2:15 TRI in Tortuous and Calcified Vessels
John Coppola, MD
2:25 Hemostasis after Transradial Intervention: Dogma and Science
Lecture
Mauricio Cohen, MD
2:45 Refreshment Break
  Transradial Angiography and Intervention Workshop
3:00-5:00 Simulation Training and The Radial Catheter Lab of the Future