ISIIC Agenda

thursday 11.09.2025
friday 12.09.2025

10:00 - 11:50

IMAGING IN CORONARY ARTERIES PART I

Chairmen: prof. dr hab. n. med. Andrzej Ochała (Katowice), prof. dr hab. n. med. Adam Witkowski (Warszawa)

10:00 - 10:10

Clinical case no. 1 Bifurcation lesion intervention with hybdrid IVUS/NIRS and OCT imaging.

lek. Marta Bujak (Katowice)

10:10 - 10:20

Why intravascular imaging is crucial in PCI in 2025

dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Bryniarski (Kraków)

10:20 - 10:40

Intravascular imaging in bifurcations: OCT or IVUS is the modality of choice?

dr n. med. Kamil Bujak (Zabrze), dr n. med. Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań)

OCT ! - dr n. med. Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań)

IVUS ! - dr n. med. Kamil Bujak (Zabrze)

10:40 - 11:50

Connection with Cath Lab

dr n. med. Mariusz Łebek (Katowice), prof. dr hab. n. med. Tomasz Roleder (Wrocław)

11:50 - 11:00

How to deal with vulnerable plaques

prof. dr hab. n. med. Łukasz Kołtowski (Warszawa)

11:00 - 11:10

Basic of IVUS, OCT guided zero contrast PCI

prof. dr hab. n. med. Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)

11:10 - 11:20

Connection with Cath Lab – case sumary

11:20 - 12:00

Break- Workshops at consoles IVUS, OCT, FFR

12:00 - 12:15

Opening Ceremony

15th Jubilee Edition of the International Conference on Imaging and Interventions in Cardiology – ISIIC 2025

Honorary Guests: prof. dr hab. n. med. Michał Tendera (Katowice), prof. dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)

12:15 - 13:30

New 2025 ESC/EACTS guidelines - Valvular heart disease in heart failure

12:15 - 12:35

What is new in transcatheter interventions ?

Fabien Praz, MD (Berno, Szwajcaria )

12:35 - 12:55

What is new in surgical interventions ?

Michael Borger, MD, PhD (Lipsk, Niemcy)

12:55 - 13:15

Heart failure modern pharmacotherapy in valvular heart disease

prof. dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)

13:15 - 13:30

Discussion

13:30 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 15:00

Workshops at consoles IVUS, OCT, FFR: Optimal use of technology, avoiding system errors

15:00 - 16:40

Imaging in coronary arteries - Part II

Chairmen: prof. dr hab. n. med. Jacek Legutko (Kraków), prof. dr hab. n. med. Maciej Wybraniec (Katowice)

15:00 - 15:10

Clinical case No.2: Calcified lesion: pullback OCT + IVUS. Discussion of vision methods and choice of treatment

lek. Marta Bujak (Katowice)

15:10 - 15:25

Tips and tricks – PCI of LM with IVI guidance

prof. dr hab. n. med. Jacek Legutko (Kraków)

15:25 - 15:35

PCI optimization with IVUS

prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Kleczyński (Kraków)

15:35 - 15:45

PCI optimization with OCT

prof. dr hab. n. med. Stanisław Bartuś (Kraków)

15:45 - 15:55

Connection with Cath Lab

prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice), lek. Przemysław Żurek (Katowice)

15:55 - 16:05

Precise treatment heavily calcified coronary lesions with IVI guidance

prof. dr hab. n. med. Sławomir Dobrzycki (Białystok)

16:05 - 16:20

Should intravascular imaging be used in all cases?

dr n. med. Łukasz Pyka (Katowice), prof. dr hab. n. med. Mariusz Tomaniak (Warszawa)

Pro – Yes, intravasular imaging should be performed in all cases - dr n. med. Łukasz Pyka (Katowice)

Contra - No, intravascular imaging should be limited to complex cases - dr hab. n. med. Mariusz Tomaniak (Warszawa)

16:20 - 16:30

Angio CT guided complex PCI

prof. dr hab. n. med. Dariusz Dudek (Kraków)

16:30 - 16:40

Summary of the case

16:40 - 18:10

CAD intravascular imaging – focus on DCB

Chairmen: prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice), dr n. med. Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań), Alejandro Travieso, MD (Madryt, Hiszpania)

Joint Session EAPCI Young

16:40 - 16:45

Welcome and session objectives

prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice), Alejandro Travieso, MD (Madryt, Hiszpania), dr n. med. Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań)

16:45 - 17:05

Calcified lesion

dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Wańha (Katowice)

17:05 - 17:25

Left main

dr n. med. Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań)

17:25 - 17:45

Diffuse lesion

dr n. med. Kamil Bujak (Zabrze)

17:45 - 18:00

Summary lecture: Multimodality imaging in DCB interventions: the art of being selective

Fabrizio D’Ascenzi MD, PhD (Turyn, Włochy)

18:00 - 18:10

Summary and key learnings

prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice), Alejandro Travieso, MD (Madryt, Hiszpania), dr n. med. Sylwia Iwańczyk (Poznań)

18:30 - 20:00

CASE SESSION : HOW IMAGING CHANGED MY TREATMENT STRATEGY

09:00 - 11:00

Coronary artery stenosis – invasive physiological assessment

Chairmen: prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Gąsior (Katowice), prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Milewski (Katowice)

In collaboration with BesdKard 2025

09:00 - 09:20

Clinical case no.3. Physiology and intravascular imaging in tandem lesion

lek. Marta Bujak (Katowice)

09:20 - 09:30

Tips and tricks – pitfalls during physiology evaluation

dr hab. n. med. Adrian Włodarczak (Lubin)

09:30 - 09:50

Do we still need a wire for physiological evaluation?

prof. dr hab. n. med. Stanisław Bartuś (Kraków), prof. dr hab. n. med. Mariusz Tomaniak (Warszawa)

Pro - Yes, we should perform invasive measurements in all intermediate lesions - prof. dr hab. n. med. Stanisław Bartuś (Kraków)

CONTRA- No, physiological measurements based on angiography/CT are completely sufficient - dr hab. n. med. Mariusz Tomaniak (Warszawa)

09:50 - 10:00

Physiological evaluation in multivessel disease – friend of foe?

dr hab.n.med. Michał Hawranek (Zabrze)

10:00 - 10:10

Connection with Cath Lab

dr hab. n. med. Michał Kozłowski (Katowice), dr n. med. Tomasz Skowerski (Katowice)

10:10 - 10:25

Physiological evaluation in tandem lesions and ACS

dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Dyrbuś (Zabrze)

10:25 - 10:40

Is optimal angiographic effect enough? Post-PCI physiological evaluation

prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Milewski (Katowice)

In collaboration with BesdKard 2025

10:40 - 10:50

How invasive microcirculation evaluation supplements INOCA diagnosis

prof. dr hab. n. med. Bartłomiej Guzik (Kraków)

10:50 - 11:00

Connection with Cath Lab – case summary

11:00 - 11:15

BREAK

11:15 - 12:15

Workshops at consoles IVUS, OCT, FFR: Optimal use of technology, avoiding system errors

12:15 - 12:30

Lunch

13:00 - 14:10

“A Radiology Toolkit for Cardiologists: Postcards from the World of Imaging”

13:00 - 13:10

Postcard from Rotterdam: “Interventional Cardiology Meets Radiology: A No-Nonsense Toolkit”

prof. dr hab. n. med. Maksymilian Opolski (Warszawa)

13:10 - 13:20

Postcard from Rochester: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong? The CTA Edition”

dr n. med. Magdalena Dobrolińska (Katowice)

13:20 - 13:30

Postcard from Ochojec: “Please Specify: A Comedy of Errors in Cardio-Radio Communication”

lek. Anna Pyszna- Wita (Katowice)

13:30 - 13:40

Postcard from Katowice: “Nuclear Cardiology: From Head-Scratcher to Heart-Saver” Dr Anna Błach

dr n. med. Anna Błach (Katowice)

13:40 - 13:50

Postcard from Lyon: ““Seeing in Color: Is CT’s New Palette the Answer to Cardiac Clarity?”

prof.Salim Si-Mohamed,MD, PhD (Lyon, Francja)

13:50 - 14:00

Postcard from Rochester: ““MRI Decoded: A Survival Guide for Cardiologists”

prof.Tim Leiner, MD, PhD (Rochester, Minnesota)

14:00 - 14:10

„Speaking words of wisdom” short summary and discussion

14:10 - 16:10

3Mensio workshop (Part 2 – Complementary with BesdKard

Chairmen: lek. Joanna Nawara - Skipirzepa (Katowice)

Stage One:

CT scan analysis before and after TAVI using 3Mensio software

Course Scope:
What you should know when planning TAVI – analysis of the aortic valve in pre- and post-TAVI planning using 3Mensio packages (PieMedical)

Stage Two:

BesdKard Conference – November 5–7, 2025

Each participant of the training will receive a free 30-day license for 3Mensio Structural Heart Aortic Valve.

After each completed stage, exercises will be provided to reinforce the knowledge gained during the workshops.