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SILVER EBC EUROPEAN BIFURCATION CLUB

Friday 16th & Saturday 17th October 2009 BRONZE Alexanderplatz, Berlin

PARTICIPANT Organised by: Y. Louvard, T. Lefèvre, O. Darremont, D. Hildick-Smith, G. Stankovic, M. Ferenc, M. Pan, R. Albiero, J. Lassen Friday Friday & Saturday

Investigator and company meetings (Hotel) 8+2 Petal Ormiston 8+2 Sideguard Chieffo 10:00-15:00 Cordis bench testing and virtual reality 8+2 Tryton Bartorelli 11:00-13:00 Investigator meeting Blast (Volcano) 8+2 Medtronic stent Ormiston 11:00-13:00 Medtronic meeting 8+2 Pie medical Serruys 13:00-14:00 Comittee meeting for EBC study Hildick Smith 8+2 Medis Reiber 13:00-15:00 Pie medical hands on workshop 14:00-15:00 Medis software hands on workshop 20:00-20:30 Break - Cocktail

14:00-15:00 Abbott Pre-Meeting (Cinema) 20:30-22:00 Case review session Chair: Darremont & Lassen Panel: Steigen, Carrié, Chieffo 15:00-15:30 Welcome drink (Cinema) Side branch difficult access: Tips & tricks Lefèvre 15:30 Hot news Intrest of lesion preperation in bifurcation treatment Erglis Chair: Lefèvre Panel: Assali, Bartorelli, De Winter OCT in evaluation of complex bifurcation stenting - is kissing enough? Christiansen 10+3 Lessons from DK crush studies China Bifurcation in STEMI: How to treat? Mehilli 10+3 New technique to solve the problem of SB occlusion Burzotta A nightmare in Bifurcation treatment Chieffo

10+3 Stent thrombosis in bifurcation and left main disease, insight from J th Cypher Nakamura Saturday 17 October 10+3 News from Asian bifurcation club Murasato 08:00 BREAKING THE CONSENSUS Opening Kleber 10+3 Stent fracture in bifurcation lesions Kinoshita 10+3 Bifurcation stenting expertise by simulation? Mortier 08:10 Bifurcation lesion and treatment definition 8+3 Balloon specifically designed for the POT technique Darremont Chair: Lassen Panel: Thuesen, Medina, Van Geuns 10+3 Balloon inflation time for kissing: 5 seconds of inflation is not enough Hikichi 10 SB diameter as an index of MI Kassab 10+3 Bifurcation stenting in AMI with self expendable stent? Van Geuns 10 Biomarkers: only endpoints for studies or predictors of future events? Popma video 17:35-18:05 Coffee break 10 Should we modify the medina classification? De Mario 10 Do we need an EBC e-CRF? Hildick-Smith 18:05 Ongoing EBC projects Hildick-Smith & Louvard 20 Discussion, new consensus or suggested study VOTING SYSTEM

18:20 Why I like this dedicated stent, device, software... 09:10 Atheroma on the carena or not? Chair: Hildick SmithEBC Panel: Kleber, Lefevre, Zelizko Chair: Stankovic Panel: Kassab, Legrand, Erglis 8+2 Devax Dubois 10 Carena is not always free of disease! Is it important or not?Medina 8+2 Minvasys Fajadet 10 Why atheroma on the carena: Different anatomy, different 8+2 Antares Hoffmann atheroma? Wentzel 8+2 Stentys Van Geuns Saturday Saturday

14:45 Hot controversy 15 Discussion, new consensus or suggested study VOTING SYSTEM Chair: Stankovic Panel: Fajadet, Galassi, China

9:45-10:15 Coffee break 8 Crush technique; died aged 6, 2008 Hildick-Smith 8 No! The Crush technique is still alive Galassi 10:15 Simple or very simple technique for most bifurcation 10 Discussion lesion? Chair: Louvard Panel: Brunel, Bonan 15:15 Stent thrombosis and bifurcation stenting? 10 Leaving stent struts in front of SB is not good ? Wentzel Chair: Pan Panel: Legrand, Erglis, Lesiak 10 Distorsion of stent when dilating towards the SB: always? Mortier 5 3D OCT analysis of stent struts in front of a SB Serruys 10 Bifurcation stenting is a predictive factor of stent thrombosis 10 Better clinical follow up with final kissing Burzotta De la Torre 10 Insight from Corpal Kiss Pan 10 Complex and simple techniques: the same risk? Hildick-Smith 10 Insight from Nordic III Lassen 10 Reasons for increased risk: flow? Chatzizisis 10 Final kissing balloon inflation is a factor of complication Gwon 15 Discussion, new consensus: rules for stent thrombosis comparisons 10 How can we explain bad results after FKS ? Murasato VOTING SYSTEM 10 Should we use 2 non compliant balloons for FKS? Hovasse 5 Non-compliant kissing ballons in the bench Kinoshito 16:00-16:30 Coffee break 25 Discussion, new consensus or suggested study VOTING SYSTEM 16:30 Bifurcation angles: infuence on bifurcation stenting 12:10-13:30 Lunch indication? Chair: Ferenc Panel: Gil, Ludwig, Mehilli

13:30 Is respect of coronary branching laws important? 10 B angle as a factor of events Dzavik Chair: Albiero Panel: Van der Giessen, Dzavik, Dubini 10 Is Left main angulation really a predictor of mortality for Left main? Girasis 10 Yes: three segments = 3 diameters and flow divider at its right 10 Which techniques have to be avoided for wide angle bifurcations place. Kassab Adrienssens 10 Better results when the Murray’s law is respected ? Koo 10 Why?: from bench point of view. Ormiston 10 Discussion, new consensus or suggested study VOTING SYSTEM 20 Why?: from simulation point of view. Wentzel 20 Discussion, new consensus or suggested study. VOTING SYSTEM 14:00 Complex techniques for complex lesions? Chair: Stankovic Panel: Fajadet, Galassi, China 17:40 What we have learned during these 2 days? Stankovic

10 What are the situations where we need a double stenting? Sheiban 18:00 CONCLUSION Louvard 10 Complex techniquesEBC in complex lesions: Which one is the best? Thuesen 19:30 Departure to the Gala Dinner Venue - (Hotel Lobby) 10 Why not use provisional strategy even when systematically stenting the SB? Lefèvre THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS YEARS EUROPEAN BIFURCATION 15 Discussion, new consensus or suggested study VOTING SYSTEM CLUB MEETING, WE WISH YOU A SAFE JOURNEY HOME AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR. Contacts Directions

The Park Inn Berlin-Alexanderplatz Hotel is centrally located Meeting Secretariat in the heart of Berlin at the legendary Alexanderplatz. Just Alexandra Le Crouerour across from the hotel is the TV Tower and the train station, Medi8 Events Alexanderplatz is 2 minutes walk. Mob:+34 663 930 604 Train station journey times from the hotel [email protected] Alexanderplatz - 2 min (walking) Ostbahnhof - 5 min Hauptbahnhof - 10 min Zoologischer Garten - 15 min

Hotel. Schönefeld Airport Park Inn The Berlin Airport Express (RE4, RE5) drops guests off at Alexanderplatz 7, Alexanderplatz, just 100 metres from the hotel. Journey times take 20 minutes, depending on traffic. 10178 Mitte, Berlin, Germany Tegel Airport Phone +49 (0) 30/2389-0 Guests can buy tickets for the TXL bus which runs a regular service between Tegel Airport and Alexanderplatz. Journey times average 40 minutes, depending on traffic.

Top Berlin attractions near the hotel (walking distance) Auditorium. TV Tower Cubix Cinema Alexanderplatz 1 Rathausstraße, Unter den Linden boulevard Friedrichstrasse - the main shopping street running through 10178 Mitte, Mitte Berlin, Germany Museum Island: the Pergamon Museum, the Old National Gallery, the Bode Museum Hackesche Höfe - Berlin’s arts scene with restaurants, bars, Thank you to the EBC 2009’s additional sponsors: galleries and boutiques EBC Prenzlauer Berg - Berlin’s popular night spot with trendy clubs and bars