204 - CAIC SESSION: SPOTLIGHT ON YEAR IN REVIEW TOP 3 CANADIAN TRIALS AND TOP 3 INTERNATIONAL TRIALS ON BOTH CORONARY AND STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS

Friday, October 24, 2025

8:30am - 9:30am ET

Room:302AB

Target Audience: Structural Interventional Team Members, Clinical cardiologists

Chair(s)

Samer Mansour, MD FRCPC (he/him/his)

Cardiologist
CHUM
CHUM

Panelist(s)

Janine Eckstein, MD FRCPC

Assistant Professor
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Andrea Lavoie, MD FRCPC FACC

Assistant professor University of Saskatchewan
CAIC
University of Saskatchewan

Presenter(s)

RH

Raja Hatem, MD

Interventional Cardiologist - Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory and Director
CAIC
David Wood, MD, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia

Early Career(s)

Janine Eckstein, MD FRCPC

Assistant Professor
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Allison Hall, MD FRCPC

Interventional Cardiology
Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland
Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland
AS

Ayaaz Sachedina, MD, FRCPC

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary

Moderator(s)

Samer Mansour, MD FRCPC (he/him/his)

Cardiologist
CHUM
CHUM

Planning Committee Member(s)

Janine Eckstein, MD FRCPC

Assistant Professor
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Allison Hall, MD FRCPC

Interventional Cardiology
Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland
Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mina Madan, MD, MHS, FRCPC

Interventional Cardiologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
University of Toronto
Samer Mansour, MD FRCPC (he/him/his)

Cardiologist
CHUM
CHUM
Alexis Matteau, MD MS FRCPC

Cardiologist
Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
KM

Kevin Mckenzie, Mr

Consultant, Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology
AS

Ayaaz Sachedina, MD, FRCPC

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary
VS

Vincent Siu, MD, FRCPC

Workshop Description: This workshop is part of a new 6-hour interventional cardiology learning track entitled CAIC-ACCI@CCC2025 to be held on Friday October 24, 2025. The aim of this hour of programming is to highlight new clinical trial results published in the last year in both coronary and structural heart interventions. The top 3 Canadian trials and top 3 international trials will be presented by two well-known speakers in both the coronary and structural field. We will ensure ample time for discussion after each presentation. Dr. Raja Hatem will present and discuss the top 3 Canadian and international trials in the coronary intervention field and Dr David Wood will be presenting the top 3 trials in structural interventions.
Drs. Hatem and Wood are world-class speakers with a well-known international reputation in their respective fields. Our panel consists of established early career, mid-career and senior career interventional cardiologist in both the coronary and structural fields.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

learn about new clinical trial results in the coronary and structural field;
discuss the application of the new clinical trials results; and
anticipate limitations to the application of the new clinical trials results.