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April 24 (Wed.), 2013
Imaging and Physiology Summit
Paradigm Shift to FFR Guided and IVUS Supported PCI
This year, the Imaging and Physiology Summit will extensively cover the current concept of anatomic and functional evaluation for coronary atherosclerosis. During the last years, Dr. Seung-Jung Park and his colleagues have led a paradigm shift to functional
angioplasty though TCTAP. In this context, in this year, Imaging and Physiology Summit will focus more on the practical approaches and the impact of functional angioplasty on outcome in real world patients.
IVUS and FFR comparison is still an issue. Dr. Ron Waksman (Washington Hospital Center, USA) will present the result of the F1RST trial, which was published recently........
Non-Invasive Imaging: CT and MRI
' From Risk Stratification to Prognosis Prediction'
Beyond the Framingham Risk Score
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. A large proportion of patients who develop sudden cardiac death or nonfatal myocardial infarction do not experience prior symptoms; indeed, as many as 50% of myocardial infarctions occur in persons without a known history of symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD). Therefore, it is important to identify individuals at risk of coronary events before they develop clinical symptoms. To assess the cardiovascular risk in healthy individuals, most clinicians use a combination of traditional risk factors. Of the various risk estimation systems that are
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Partnership Sessions with International Societies

April 23, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM, CTO Theater, Coronary Arena, R 1-2
Now in its 18th year, TCTAP has become a nationally and internationally recognized meeting in cardiology field. There are increased needs of international society and associations to have their own specialized programs enable to share their interests and strengths with TCTAP attendees.
Every year TCTAP has tried to find the best opportunity for our partners to keep strong relationship and develop mutually beneficial growth in this field. Therefore, TCTAP 2013 continuously holds a joint session with leading international society, and the objective is to provide an opportunity to present their own interests and study accordingly and to allow members to broaden and deepen their understanding on a wide range of topics.
For this year, the partners attending this session are Chinese Society of Cardiology (CSC), National Intervention Council of India (NIC), Indonesian Society of Interventional Cardiology, and Malaysian Live consisting of focused groups. In the Chinese session.
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