Program
Multi-Level CTO Middle East – 3rd Edition
Multi-Level CTO Middle East – 3rd Edition
Thursday 9th
Friday 10th
Thursday 9th
ML CTO MIDDLE EAST 2025 – INTRODUCTION
08:15
10:15
SESSION1 THE BASICS FOR ANTEGRADE
MODERATORS: Khaled Aljohani, Laurent Drogoul, Yasser Sadek , Mohamed Sobhy
- Guiding principles of CTO PCI – Ignacio Amat-Santos
- Knowing your wires – Alexandre Avran
- Microcatheters and other gadgets – Waqar Ahmed
09:15
LIVE CASE #1
From International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- RAPID FIRE: Choosing the right wire for the task – Tarek Rashid
10:15
Coffee break & Exhibition hall visit
11:00
12:15
SESSION2 ANTEGRADE – PART 1
MODERATORS: Hesham Ammar, Mohamed Atef, Adel El Etriby, Kambis Mashayekhi
11:00
LIVE CASE #2
From Cleopatra Hospitals Group Nile Badrawy Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Young Ambassador: Michael Gergis
- How to handle your wires – Alexandre Avran
- RAPID FIRE: Balloon uncrossable lesions – Raed Alawaisheh
12:15
LIVE CASE #3
From Global Medical City, Cairo, Egypt
Young ambassador : Hesham Bahaa
13:15
LUNCH SYMPOSIA
- CTO Demonstration in a Heart Model – Maoto Habara
- The Hybrid Approach to CTO-PCI: Optimizing Strategy and Wire Selection with APT Solutions – Yasser Sadek
- Optimizing CTO PCI Outcomes With the Elong™ Microcatheter – Hazem El Guindy
- Comprehensive APT Solutions for Complex PCI and CTO – Damon Wei
- Fact or Myth: Introducing Alirocumab during Hospitalization Index – Tarek Rashid
- Evolving LDL-C Goals: What Clinicians Need to Know – Hany Ragy
14:50
16:20
SESSION3 ANTEGRADE – PART 2
MODERATORS: Sherif Elbelagui, Ahmed ElGuindy, Raid Ibrahim, Mohamed Seteiha
14:50
LIVE CASE #4
From Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA
- CTO intervention; If you run out of choices – Mohamed Atef Hamza
- Plaque modification in subintimal space and vascular healing – Kambis Mashayekhi
- RAPID FIRE: Parallel wiring – Jurij Avramovic
- RAPID FIRE: Dealing with the ambiguous proximal cap – Tarek Rashid
16:20
Coffee break & Exhibition hall visit
17:00
19:00
SESSION4 ADR
MODERATORS: Ahmed Alshatti, Jurij Avramovic, Ali ElSayed, Yasser Sadek
17:00
LIVE CASE #5
From Georgia Heart Institute, Gainsville, USA
- RAPID FIRE: Post-CABG CTOs – Mohamed Ayoub
- ADR: what works and what doesn’t? – Ahmed ElGuindy
- How can I improve my ADR success rate? – Roberto Garbo
- RAPID FIRE: Getting into the subintimal space – Ignacio Amat Santos
- Tip-detection ADR – Maoto Habara
19:00
Adjournment
Friday 10th
08:30
11:00
SESSION5 THE RETROGRADE APPROACH – 1
MODERATORS: Hamad Albadi, Alexandre Avran, Adel Elhosieny, Nerine Okasha, Tarek Rashid
08:30
LIVE CASE #6
From Global Medical City, Cairo, Egypt
Young ambassador: Raouf Mahmoud
- Retrograde step-by-step – Alexander Nap
- RAPID FIRE= How to snare wires safely – Amr ElHadidy
10:00
LIVE CASE #7
From Cleopatra Hospitals Group Nile Badrawy Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Young Ambassador: Khaled Mandour
11:00
Coffee break & Exhibition hall visit
11:45
15:10
SESSION 6 THE RETROGRADE APPROACH – 2
MODERATORS: Tamer Abo Arab, Jurij Avramovic, Hazem El Guindy, Yasser Sadek
- Troubleshooting reverse CART – Laurent Drogoul
- Aorto-ostial RCA CTO – Yasser Sadek
12:35
LIVE CASE #8
From University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
13:35
PRAYER TIME & LUNCH SYMPOSIA
- CTO 3D wiring Technique – Maoto Habara
- IVUS guidance for CTO PCI: interactive Forum
2 Cases discussion – practical aspects and tips&tricks – Stéphane Carlier & Alexandre Avran
- Challenge to Success: Mastering Complexity with Naviscore – Roberto Garbo
- Drug-Coated Balloons for CTO: An Emerging Paradigm in Coronary Intervention – Ahmed Hatata
- From Rigid to Reachable: Naviscore Balloon in Coronary Calcification – Raouf Mahmoud
- Personalizing Dyslipidemia Care: From Risk to Therapy – Mohamed Hassan
14:40
CLINICAL CASES COMPETITION
- Antegrade and retrograde in harmony – Michael Gergis
- CTO case when you turn around the coronories – Hisham Ammar
- PCI CTO RCA antegrade, retrograde approch – Hazem ElGuindy
- When the hard way is the only way – Sherif Rizk
15:30
17:00
SESSION7 CHIP
MODERATORS: Mohaned Egred, Ahmed ElGuindy, Hazem Khamis, Ahmet Sakir
15:10
LIVE CASE #9
From Global Medical City, Cairo, Egypt
Young Ambassador: Ahmed Hatata
- MCS: Who, When, Which? – Gabriele Gasparini
- CTO PCI in heavily calcified vessels: what have I learned? – Mohaned Egred
- RAPID FIRE: tips and tricks for safe MCS use – Ignacio Amat Santos
17:00
Coffee break & Exhibition hall visit
17:30
18:25
SESSION8 COMPLICATIONS
MODERATORS: Alexander Nap, Tarek Rashid
- How would you treat this complication? – Ahmed ElGuindy
- Clinical Case presentation (my worst complication/best bailout?) – Laurent Drogoul
- Prevention and management of complications – Alexander Nap
18:25