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Update : July 18, 2008

	Left main coronary disease

	Ostial disease

	Bifurcation

	Graft vessel disease

	Diffuse coronary disease

	Chronic total occlusion (CTO)

	Restenosis

	Multivessel disease

	Drug eluting stent

	Vulnerable plaque

Angioplasty Summit 2004

: Expert Lectures

Poster Abstracts -
Guideline -

--Thursday, April 29
-	Drug Eluting Stent Summit-I
-	Drug Eluting Stent Summit-II
-	Angiomyogenesis Symposium: "From Bench To Bedside"
-	Platelet Inhibitors: From Bench To Bedside
-	Moving Beyond Unfractionated Heparin: LMWH, Direct Thrombin Inhibitors
--Friday, April 30
-	Defending the Microcirculation: Distal Protection and Thrombectomy Devices
-	Management of the Post-PCI Patient: Lipids and Beyond
-	Clearing the Way: Current Strategies for Peripheral Intervention
-	Plenary Sessions
--Saturday, May 1
-	Complex Angioplasty: What Is Changing Now in the Era of Drug Eluting Stent ?- Lt. Main, Bifurcation, CTO
-	Cutting-edge Strategies in Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction
-	Why Not TRI?
-	New Strategies for Optimal Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome with Agrastat to Zocor
-	Drug Eluting Stent Summit-III
-	Complementary Stenting - New Strategies in DES Era
-	Vulnerable Plaque: How To Detect? How To Treat?
-	Plenary Sessions

Drug Eluting Stent Summit-I

•	Updates from¡¦SIRIUS: Lessons from the Subgroup Analyses
	-Presenter : Gary S. Mintz, MD -Reviewer : Jeffrey W. Moses, MD

•	The TAXUS-IV "Mega-trial": Insights from Subgroup Analyses
	-Presenter : Stephen G. Ellis, MD

•	New Drug-Eluting Stents: Everolimus(FUTURE-I and -II) and More
	- Presenter : Alan C. Yeung, MD - Reviewer : Eberhard Grube, MD

•	Long Cypher Multicenter Registry Study
	- Presenter : Seung-Jung Park, MD

•	New Drug-Eluting Stent Trials: EASTER, IMPACT, PISCES, BioRest, and More
	- Presenter : Alexandre Abizaid, MD

•	Drug-Eluting Stenting: Update on ABT 578(PREFER, and ENDEAVOR-I)
	- Presenter : Ian Meredith, MD

Drug Eluting Stent Summit-II

•	The Program of DES of SORIN-Biomedica
	- Presenter: Gian B. Danzi, MD

•	A Pro-healing Approach to Stent Thrombo-resistance and Restenosis Prevention: Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capture
	- Presenter: Michael Kutryk, MD

•	A Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent from India: the Infinnium SIMPLE-I Trial Results
	- Presenter : D.S. Gambhir, MD

•	Brachytherapy vs DES: Is the Answer in yet ?
	- Presenter : Alan C. Yeung, MD

•	FIM Results with a PC-coated Angiopeptin-Eluting Stent: Angiographic and IVUS Results
	- Presenter : Vincent On-Hing Kwok, MD

•	PPAR-r Agonist and In-stent Restenosis
	- Presenter : Yang Soo Jang, MD

•	The "Whole Truth" on Incomplete Apposition with DES: Observations from Studies with Silolimus, Paclitaxel and Beyond
	- Presenter : Gary S. Mintz, MD

•	The Value of Animal Models in Evaluating Pathobiologic Effects of Drug-Eluting Stents: Insights from Past Successes and Failures
	- Presenter : Renu Virmani, MD

Angiomyogenesis Symposium: "From Bench To Bedside"

•	Endogenous Cardiac Stem Cells in the Regeneration of Acute and Chronic Ischemic Myocardium
	- Presenter: Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, MD

•	The Therapeutic Potential of Stimulated Endothelial Progenitor Cells(EPCs) for Ischemic Neovascularization
	- Presenter: Takayuki Asahara, MD

•	Heterogeneity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Synergism between? Two Types of EPCs
	- Presenter: Hyo-Soo Kim, MD

•	Mobilizing Stem Cells to Treat Acute Myocardial Infarction: First Results from the RECOVER Pilot
	- Presenter: Stephen G. Ellis, MD

•	Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
	- Presenter: Duk-Kyung Kim, MD

Platelet Inhibitors: From Bench To Bedside

•	New Developments in Antiplatelet Therapy
	- Presenter: Melvin S. Blumenthal, MD

•	Results from the CREST Trial
	- Presenter: William S. Weintraub, MD

•	Platelet Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease(CREDO)
	- Presenter : A. Michael Lincoff, MD

•	RACTS: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Cilostazol vs Ticlopidine in Patients Undergoing Stent Implantation
	- Presenter : Junbo Ge, MD

•	Cilostazol vs.Clopidogrel
	- Presenter : Seong-Wook Park, MD

Moving Beyond Unfractionated Heparin
: LMWH, Direct Thrombin Inhibitors

•	Integration of New Antithrombotic Approaches During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Direct Thrombin Inhibitors, GP IIb/IIa Antagonists and Thienopyridines(REPLACE II)
	- Presenter: A. Michael Lincoff, MD

•	LMWHs in the Setting of PCI
	- Presenter : Jean-Philippe Collet, MD

Defending the Microcirculation: Distal Protection and Thrombectomy Devices

•	Distal Protection in AMI- Is the Extra Effort Worth It?
	- Presenter: Barry D. Rutherford, MD

•	Embolic Protection is Required for a Small Minority of Vein Graft Interventions!
	- Presenter : Jean Fajadet,MD

•	Effect of Guard Wire Protection in AMI: Flow Study
	- Presenter: Seung-Jea Tahk, MD

•	Design, Rationale, and Early Results from the ASPARAGUS Trial
	- Presenter : Toshiya Muramatsu, MD

•	RUBY Study
	- Presenter : Tian-Hai Koh, MD

Management of the Post-PCI Patient: Lipids and Beyond

•	The New NCEP III Guidelines: A Clinical Challenge to Interventional Cardiologists for Wider Utilization of Statins
	- Presenter: Cheol-Whan Lee, MD

•	Aggressive Colesterol Lowering Therapy after PCI(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention)
	- Presenter: Satoshi Saito, MD

•	Clinical Implication of REVERSAL
	- Presenter: Leon Simons, MD

Clearing the Way: Current Strategies for Peripheral Intervention

•	Outcome of Carotid Artery Stenting in Extreme High-risk Patients
	- Presenter: Seong-Wook Park, MD

•	Carotid Artery Stenting under Neuroprotection Device
	- Presenter: Paul Hsien-Li Kao, MD

•	Extracranial Carotid Artery Stenting with or without Distal Protection
	- Presentation : Eak-Kyun Shin, MD

•	Latest Advances in Endoluminal Stent Grafting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
	- Presentation : John R. Laird Jr, MD

Plenary Sessions

•	Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging and Physiologic Lesion Assessment in a Drug-Eluting Stent World
	- Presenter: Gary S. Mintz, MD

•	Should We Expect "Late Catch-up"(Late Restenosis) After DES Treatment…Is the Genie Already out of the Bottle? You Have Simply Postponed the Inevitable
	- Presenter: Renu Virmani, MD

•	Chronic Total Occlusion
	- Presenter: Barry D. Rutherford

•	Percutaneous Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
	- Presenter: Richard R. Heuser, MD

•	Update on Carotid Stenting
	- Presenter : John R. Laird Jr, MD

Complex Angioplasty: What Is Changing Now in the Era of Drug Eluting Stent ?- Lt. Main, Bifurcation, CTO

•	Unprotected Left Main Interventions in the Era of Drug Eluting Stent
	- Presenter: Jean Fajadet, MD

•	Comparison of PCI and Bypass for Unprotected Left Main Disease
	- Presenter: Takahiko Suzuki, MD

•	Debulking of Chronic Total Occlusions with Rotational or Directional Atherectomy before Stenting Trial: A Multicenter Randomized Study (DOCTORS)
	- Presenter: Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD

•	Bifurcation Stenoses: Is There a Solution in Sight ?
	- Presenter : Alan C. Yeung, MD

•	Four-year Results of the Biodegradable Stent
	- Presenter : Hideo Tamai, MD

•	Bifurcation Stenting in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era. Insights from Bench Testing
	- Presenter : John Ormiston, MD

Cutting-edge Strategies in Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction

•	Safety and Feasibility of Regional Myocardial Hypothermia during Acute Myocardial Infarction
	- Presenter : Mun Kyung Hong, MD

•	Facilitated PCI: Concept and Trial Status
	- Presenter : Stephen G. Ellis, MD

•	ON-TIME: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Early Initiation of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Prior to Patient Transport to Facilitate Primary PCI in Acute Myocardial Infarction
	- Presenter : Harry Suryapranata, MD

	Why Not Trans-Radial Intervention?
	Live case transmissions from Ajou University Medical Center, Korea

•	The Data First: Results of Studies Comparing Transradial and Femoral Angiography and PCI
	- Presenter: Howard A. Cohen, MD

•	Tips of TRI
	- Presenter: Motomaru Masutani, MD

•	Hemostasis after TRI
	- Presenter : Hideaki Sakai, MD

•	Transradial Stenting for Acute Myocardial Infarction
	- Presenter : Tejas Patel, MD

•	TRI for CTO lesions
	- Presenter : Yoshifumi Kan, MD

•	Why TRI? Aspect from the year 2020 of Japan
	- Presenter : Takashi Okada, MD

New Strategies for Optimal Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome with Agrastat to Zocor

•	Adjunctive Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Inhibition with Tirofiban before Primary Angioplasty Improves Angiographic Outcomes: Results of the TIrofiban Given in the Emergency Room before Primary Angioplasty(TIGER-PA) Pilot Trial
	- Presenter: Alan C. Yeung, MD

•	Early Use of Stain Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome; Results in A to Z Trial
	- Presenter: Harvey White, MD

•	Making an Impact on Cardiovascular Disease in Your Patients : HPS Indication of Simvastatin Based on Heart Protection Study
	- Presenter: Richard Charles O'brien, MD

•	Cholesterol Absorption Inhibition: Shaping the Future of Lipid Management
	- Presenter: Ki Hoon Han, MD

Drug Eluting Stent Summit-III

•	Update on the WISDOM Registry
	- Presenter: Charles Chan, MD

•	Updates from... the FIM Experience: Are the Results Durable?(in Coronary De Nove and ISR)
	- Presenter: Gary S. Mintz, MD

•	Drug Eluting Stent: Real World Experience(AMC Registry Study)
	- Presenter: Seung-Jung Park, MD

Complementary Stenting - New Strategies in DES Era

•	Small Vessel Stenting - Controversy between DES and BMS
	-Presenter : Gian B. Danzi, MD

•	Real-world Indications of Bare Stent - We Still Need Bare Stent?
	-Presenter : Teguh Santoso, MD

•	New Technique of Guiding Catheter-5 in 6Fr - Improve Device Success during Delivery of Stent
	-Presenter : Yoshifumi Kan, MD

•	New Diagnostic Catheter in TRI Application - Restructure Diagnosis, More Cost Efficiency and More Patient Comfort
	-Presenter : Seong Man Kim, MD

Vulnerable Plaque: How To Detect? How To Treat?

•	Clinical Implication of the Rupture of the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque
	- Presenter: Mun Kyung Hong, MD

•	The Multisite Nature of Vulnerable Plaque: Insights from Clinical, Angiographic, and IVUS Studies
	- Presenter : Gary S. Mintz, MD

•	Virtual Histology™: Listening through Walls
	- Presenter : D. Geoffrey Vince, PhD

•	Virtual Histology: Clinical Uses Now and in the Future
	- Presenter : James R. Margolis, MD

•	Non-invasive Plaque Imaging Using Multi-slice Spiral Computed Tomography
	- Presenter : Stephen Schroder, MD

•	Role of MSCT in the Evaluation of Coronary Revascularization
	- Presenter : Yean-Leng Lim, MD

Plenary Sessions

•	Rationale and Results of Cutting Balloon before Stenting(REDUCE-III)
	- Presenter : D. Geoffrey Vince, PhD

•	Virtual Histology: Arterial Reconstruction From IVUS Radiofrequency Back-scatter Analysis: Uses in Vulnerable Plaque(and Beyond)
	- Presenter : D. Geoffrey Vince, PhD

•	Percutaneous Bypass: Rebirth as Treatment for CTO
	- Presenter : Alan C. Yeung, MD

•	Catheter Treatment of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstraction
	- Presenter : Ulrich Sigwart, MD