We invite you to attend BALTIC SUMMER 2017 Interventional cardiology and Cardiac surgery meeting held in the Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga and in the Baltic Beach Hotel, Jurmala on 16 - 17 June, 2017. 

 

Latvia Course Director: Andrejs Erglis Organisers: Indulis Kumsars, Peteris Stradins, Andis Dombrovskis, Aigars Lismanis, Gustavs Latkovskis, Dace Sondore, Inga Narbute, Karlis Trusinskis, Sanda Jegere, Ainars Rudzitis, Kristine Dombrovska, Karlis Strenge, Ieva Briede, Agnese Knipse, Alona Grave Guest Faculty: Rimantas Benetis (Lithuania), Hubertus Degen (Germany), Utz Kappert (Germany), Dirk Hartel (Germany), Jacek Legutko (Poland), Gary Mintz (USA), Sunao Nakamura (Japan).

 

FRIDAY, 16 JUNE VENUE: Paul Stradins Hospital The New building, Pilsoņu iela 13, Rīga

09:30 – 09:40 Welcome Andrejs Erglis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC (Latvia) President, Latvian Society of Cardiology Chief, Latvian Center of Cardiology Ilze Kreicberga Chairperson of the Board, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital

09:40 – 10:20 State of Art Lecture. Intravascular Imaging for Detecting Plaque Vulnerability - A Critical Appraisal Gary S. Mintz, MD (USA) Chief, Medical Officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation

10:20 – 13:00 Registration

10:30 – 16:00 Workshop with Interventional and Cardiac Surgery Faculty Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital Intervetional Cardiology Laborathory and Cardiac surgery operation theatres Magnesium resorbable scaffold Study and technology update Hubertus Degen, MD (Germany) LIVE INTERVENTIONAL AND HEART SURGERY CASES (6 – 8 cases) Moderators: R. Benetis,A. Dombrovskis, A. Erglis, D. Iosseliani, S. Jegere, A. Kalnins, U. Kappert, I. Kumsars, R. Lacis, G. Latkovskis, J. Legutko, A. Libins, A. Lismanis, G. I. Mintz, I. Narbute, S. Nakamura, V. Osipovs, I. Putnins, A. Rudzitis, T. Schmidt, D. Sondore, P. Stradins, U. Strazdins, K. Strenge, K. Trusinskis. • Open Heart surgery with guest operator • Complex lesions (left main, total occlusions, bifurcations etc.) • Plaque modification and DES types • Scoring devices (cutting balloon, angiosculpt, etc.) • Protection devices • Closure devices for congenital heart diseases • QCA, IVUS, Virtual histology, OCT • structural heart disease

13:00 – 13:30 Lunch

18:00 – 20:00 All Star Game 2017 – basketball tournament Address: Viestura iela 6, Bulduri, Jūrmala

20:30 Dinner in Caviar Club Restaurant Address: Baltic Beach Hotel, Jūras iela 23/25, majori, Jūrmala

SATURDAY, 17 JUNE VENUE: Baltic Beach Hotel, Hall Jūra, Jūras iela 23/25, Majori, Jūrmala

09:30 – 09:40 Welcome

09:40 – 10:00 Several aspects of coronary physiology in acute coronary syndrome Andrejs Erglis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC (Latvia)

10:00 – 10:20 Practical Integration of Intravascular Imaging and Physiology into the Catheterization Laboratory Gary S. Mintz, MD (USA)

10:20 – 10:40 Something precious is always behind the scene Sunao Nakamura, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC (Japan)

10:40 – 11:00 Tips and Tricks for FFR Assessment Revisited – An Update on New Techniques and Devices Jacek Legutko, MD, PhD (Poland)

11:00 – 11:20 Aortic valve repair is still exotic operation? Rimantas Benetis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC (Lithuania)

11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break

11:40 – 12:00 BVS usage in CTO Dace Sondore, MD (Latvia)

12:00 – 12:20 PCI vs. CABG in LM disease. Single centre randomised data Karlis Strenge, MD (Latvia)

12:20 – 12:40 Controversies of BVS. Daily practice in Latvian Cardiology Centre Ieva Briede, MD (Latvia)

12:40 – 13:00 Case reports with MR and CT imaging of resorbable scaffolds Dirk Hartel, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC (Germany)

13:00 – 13:20 Agnese Knipse, MD (Latvia)

13:20 Lunch