Panel Discussion | Who Should Get MCS for High-Risk PCI? Pros and Cons

Sunday, March 9, 2025

3:43 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Panel Moderator(s)

Lindsey Cilia, MD

Co-Director of Complex Coronary Therapeutics Program Interventional Cardiologist
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA

Interventional Cardiologist
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Ashequl M. Islam, MD

Assoc Chief of Cardiology and Director of Valve Program and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship; Director, Heart and Vascular Program Strategy
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
David E. Kandzari, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director, Interventional Cardiology, Piedmont Heart Institute; Chief Scientific Officer, Piedmont Healthcare
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Ablative Solutions, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); DeepQure: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); GoldenLeaf Medical: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Supira Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI

Professor of Medicine; Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Disclosure(s): Abiomed;: Consultant (Ongoing); Boston Scietific: Consultant (Ongoing); Cordis Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards, Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing); W. L. Gore: Consultant (Ongoing)
Hady Lichaa, MD

Interventional Cardiovascular Specialist
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Abiomed, Philips, Penumbra, shockwave and Medtronic.: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Staff Physician
Atlanta VA Medical Center, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI

Director, Interventional Cardiology
Adventist HeathCare WhiteOak Medical Center
Silver Spring , Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Lindsey Cilia, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, MBA: No financial relationships to disclose

Ashequl M. Islam, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

David E. Kandzari, MD, FACC, FSCAI: Abbott Vascular: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Ablative Solutions, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); DeepQure: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); GoldenLeaf Medical: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Supira Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, MSCAI: Abiomed;: Consultant (Ongoing); Boston Scietific: Consultant (Ongoing); Cordis Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards, Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing); W. L. Gore: Consultant (Ongoing)

Hady Lichaa, MD: Abbott Vascular, Abiomed, Philips, Penumbra, shockwave and Medtronic.: Consultant (Ongoing), Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, FACC, FSCAI: No financial relationships to disclose

Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI: No financial relationships to disclose