Chairmen: S. Bartuś (Kraków), A. Tycińska (Białystok)
Panelists: M. Grygier (Poznań), M. Dąbrowski (Warszawa), P. Trzeciak (Zabrze), R. Zymliński (Wrocław)

• All devices on-board in STEMI with difficult thrombus. W. Wojakowski (Katowice)
• Discussion
• Fulminant myocarditis - the story of unspoken words… M. Gierlotka (Opole)
• Discussion
• Acute coronary syndrome and rotablationdo they go along with each other? P. Kralisz (Białystok)
• Discussion
• Refractory cardiogenic shock- mission (im)possible. A. Tycińska (Białystok)
• Discussion 

Chairmen: J. Kochman (Warszawa), A. Ochała (Katowice)
Panelists: A. Kern (Olsztyn), W. Wąsek (Rzeszów), J. Sacha (Opole), T. Roleder (Wrocław)

• Intravascular ultrasound. T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• Optical coherence tomography. R. Wolny (Warsaw)
• IVUS + NIRS. T. Roleder (Wroclaw)
• Live-in-a box 1. IVUS/OCT guidance for PCI in pts with MVD. Operator: P. Kleczyński (Krakow)
• Roundtable discussion and wrap-up. A. Ochała (Katowice) 

Chairmen: R.J. Gil (Warsaw), S. Bartuś (Kraków)
Panelists: D. Dudek (Kraków), A. Witkowski (Warsaw), J. Wójcik (Nałęczów), G. Smolka (Katowice)

• Introduction and objectives. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

Presentations of Industry Innovations:

• Abbott. A. Witkowski (Warsaw)
• Medtronic. M. Lesiak (Poznań)
• Edwards. R. Parma (Katowice)
• Meril. R. Bauernschmitt (Lahr)
• Balton. R. Parma (Katowice)
• Biotronik. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)
• Siemens. R. Jakubowski (Warsaw)
• Take-home message. S. Bartuś (Kraków)

Chairmen: Ł. Kołtowski (Warsaw), J. Stępińska (Warsaw)
Panelists: P. Kala (Brno), J. Zalewski (Kraków), R. Parma (Katowice)

• What do we know from the latest trials and registries? J. Kubica (Bydgoszcz)
• What do current recommendations say? J. Legutko (Kraków)
• Antiplatelet therapy beyond the current guidelines. M. Lesiak (Poznań)
• Discussion.
• Wrap-up. J. Stępińska (Warsaw)

Chairmen: Agnieszka Tycińska (Białystok), Marcin Fijałkowski (Gdańsk)
Panelists: Michał Marchel (Warszawa), Patrycjusz Stokłosa (Warszawa), Barbara Zawiślak (Kraków), Zenon Huczek (Warszawa)

• Point-of-care echocardiography in ICCU – Agnieszka Tycińska (Białystok)
• Left atrial appendage closure – size does matter! Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka (Warszawa)
• TAVI – is periprocedural echocardiography necessary? Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska (Poznań)
• Transcatheter mitral valve interventions – what the echocardiographer can and cannot tell you. Radosław Nowak (Gdańsk)
• Discussion
• Wrap-up. Marcin Fijałkowski (Gdańsk)

Course Directors: T. Pawłowski (Warsaw) and F. Ribichini (Verona)
Scientific Committee: R. J. Gil (Warsaw), A. Witkowski (Warsaw), K. Reczuch (Wrocław), K. Bryniarski (Krakow)

Chairman: R. J. Gil (Warszawa), K. Reczuch (Wrocław)

• Welcome & Opening  Robert J. Gil
• CHIP program building & operators’ training. F. Ribichini (Verona)
• The challenges of poor vascular access. R. Parma (Katowice)
• Lesion subsets: LM and bifurcation. R. J. Gil (Warsaw)
• CTO skills for non CTO. L. Bryniarski (Kraków)
• Calcium PCI –  T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• Recorded  case. Complex left main PCI supported by RotaShock facility. Operators: R. J. Gil (Warsaw), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)

Chairmen: Beatriz Vaquerizo (Barcelona), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw), S. Dobrzycki (Białystok)

• Imaging modalities in CHIP – is it necessary or not? Luca Testa (Milan)
• Devices 1: Balloons, laser, ultrasound. J. Legutko (Krakow)
• Devices 2: Atherectomy – rotational & orbital. K. Reczuch (Wrocław)
• The choice of hemodynamic support for CHIP cases. F. Cuculi (Zurich)
• Live case 1. High risk PCI with rotational atherectomy. Operators: S.Bartuś (Krakow), Ł. Rzeszutko (Krakow)

Chairmen: P. Suwalski (Warsaw), A. Witkowski (Warsaw)
Panelists: K. Widenka (Rzeszów), A. Babunashvili (Moscow), J. Legutko (Krakow), D. Dudek (Krakow)

• Left main stenosis – a case for surgery. M. Deja (Katowice)
• Left main stenosis – majority of cases may receive PCI. Duk-Woo Park (Seoul)
• Live case 2. High risk PCI with distal left main stenosis supported by percutaneous assist device.
  Operators: Z. Chmielak (Warsaw), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• Roundtable discussion
• Wrap-up A. Witkowski (Warsaw)

Chairmen: Robert Gil (Warsaw), Piotr Suwalski (Warsaw)
Panelists: Mariusz Gąsior (Zabrze), Tomasz Hirnle (Białystok), Tomasz Pawłowski (Warsaw), Janusz Konstanty Kalandyk (Kraków)

• Hybrid treatment of coronary artery disease. For whom and how? P. Suwalski (Warsaw)
• Live case 3. PCI of LCX and RCA after LIMA grafting to LAD
  Operators: M. Dąbrowski (Warsaw), T. Pawłowski (Warsaw)
• Hybrid treatment for patients with valvular and coronary artery disease. M. Deja (Katowice)
• Heart Team for patients with acute coronary syndromes in everyday practice. M. Tajstra (Zabrze)
• Panel discussion and wrap-up. P. Suwalski (Warsaw), R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

Chairmen: R.J. Gil (Warsaw)
Panelists: A. Babunashvili (Moscow), M. Lesiak (Poznan), A. Araszkiewicz (Poznan), A. Kern (Olsztyn)

Introduction and objectives. R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

Case 1.
• Speaker 1: Case presentation (5 minutes). V. Gelev (Sofia)
• Expert 1: How would I treat? (7 minutes). S. Bartuś (Krakow)
• Expert 2: How would I treat? (7 minutes). J. Bil (Warsaw)
• Speaker 1 (5 minutes). V. Gelev (Sofia)
• Discussion (10 minutes)
• Consensus (5 minutes). S. Bartuś (Kraków)

Case 2.
• Speaker 2: Case presentation (5 minutes) J. Bil (Warszawa)
• Expert 1: How would I treat? (7 minutes) M. Lesiak (Poznan)
• Expert 2: How would I treat? (7 minutes) A. Babunashvili (Moscow)
• Speaker 2: How did I treat. (5 minutes)
• Discussion (10 minutes)
• Consensus (5 minutes). R.J. Gil (Warsaw)

Chairmen: J. Legutko (Kraków), W. Wąsek (Rzeszów)
Panelists: Ł. Rzeszutko (Kraków), D. Ciećwierz (Gdańsk), A. Włodarczyk (Lubin), Z. Peruga (Łódź)

• Physiology of coronary circulation. J. Bil (Warszawa)
• Are we able to estimate coronary reserve with QCA? W. Wojakowski (Katowice)
• Fractional Flow Reserve – do we need more? R. Parma (Katowice)
• Non hyperemic parameters for coronary stenosis assessment. Ł. Kołtowski (Warszawa)
• Microcirculation assessment with Coroventis. J. Legutko (Krakow)
• CT-FFR. M. Kruk (Warsaw)
• Angio FFR. Rafal Wolny (Warsaw)
• Wrap-up. J. Legutko (Kraków)

Chairmen: M. Lesiak (Poznan), D. Vassilev (Sofia)
Panelists: K. Reczuch, L. Bryniarski (Poznań), M. Lesiak (Poznań), M. Jaguszewski (Gdańsk), Z. Chmielak (Warsaw)

• Rotational atherectomy in patients with low ejection fraction. When mechanical support should be considered. N. Mezilis (Saloniki)
• Recorded case from Brno
• High Risk PCI with VA ECMO support.Operator: P. Kala (Brno)
• Indications for IVL (Shock wave). B. Vaquerizo ( Barcelona)
• Optimal management of calcified left main stenosis. G. Pesarini (Verona)
• Discussion and wrap-up

Chair: Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)
Panel: Leszek Bryniarski (Kraków), Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Jacek Kwieciński (Warsaw), Marek Radomski (Bydgoszcz), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)

• Tools you must have on the shelf for dissection & re-entry. Jacek Kwieciński (Warsaw)
• Tips and tricks how to prevent hematoma formation. Marek Radomski (Bydgoszcz)
• Long-term outcomes of re-entry techniques. Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)
• My antegrade dissection & re-entry experience: case presentation. Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw)
• Live Case 2 from Warsaw. Jakub Drozd – Artur Debski
• CT for guidance of antegrade dissection and re-entry technique. Maksymilian Opolski (Warsaw)
• Wrap-up. Maciej Lesiak (Poznań)

Chairmen: Goran Olivecrona (Lund), Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen), Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
Panelists: Arkadiusz Pietrasik (Warsaw), Jerzy Sacha (Opole), Piotr Waciński (Lublin), Paweł Kralisz (Białystok), Michał Chmielecki (Gdańsk)

• Introduction. Wojciech Wojakowski (Katowice)
• Who is an optimal candidate for MitraClip? Functional vs primary vs mixed mitral regurgitation. Jarosław Trębacz (Kraków)
• Patients after mitral surgery: valve-in-valve and valve-in-ring interventions. Adam Witkowski (Warsaw)
• Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: where are we today? Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen)
• Case-based presentation 1 & 2
• Transcatheter mitral valve replacement
  Operators: Jerzy Pręgowski (Warsaw), Adam Witkowski (Warsaw), Zbigniew Chmielak (Warsaw)
• Discussion
• Tricuspid interventions: where are we today? Adam Rdzanek (Warsaw)
• Wrap-up. Goran Olivecrona (Lund)

Chairmen: Eberhard Grube (Bonn), Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdańsk)
Panelists: Janusz Kochman (Warsaw), Marek Grygier (Poznań), Jarosław Trębacz (Kraków), Piotr Olszówka (Rzeszów)

• Introduction. Eberhard Grube (Bonn)
• Live-in-a box cases
  Operators: Adam Witkowski (Warsaw), Zbigniew Chmielak (Warsaw), Maciej Dąbrowski (Warsaw), Dariusz Jagielak (Gdańsk)
  ECHO: Paweł Tyczyński (Warsaw)
• Guidelines versus clinical practice in Europe. Dariusz Dudek (Kraków)
• New TAVI valves in a pipeline. Worse, the same or better? Marcin Protasiewicz (Wrocław)
• What and how should we improve to consider TAVI as a default procedure in younger patients with aortic stenosis? Ariel Finkelstein (Tel-Aviv)
• Discussion
• Wrap-up. Lars Sondergaard (Copenhagen)