Panel Discussion | Will Angio FFR Become the Dominant Test for Physiology?

Sunday, March 9, 2025

4:02 PM – 4:20 PM ET

Panel Moderator(s)

Habib Samady, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Adjunct Professor, Emory University
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): Covanos Inc.: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)
Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC

Chief Medical Director
CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Disclosure(s): CERC ( centre european of cardiovascular research): Consultant (Ongoing), Stock-privately held company (Ongoing)
Janet Wei, MD

Associate Professor, Cardiology and Biomedical Sciences
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD

Director of Invasive Imaging Core Laboratory
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Jason Galo, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Georgetown/Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Interventional Cardiologist
VA Long Beach Health Care System
Long Beach, California, United States

Disclosure(s): hemonetics-Opsens: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronics-Cathworks: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Zoll- Therox: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Yuhei Kobayashi, MD

Assistant Professor
NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States

Disclosure(s): CathWorks: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FESC

Medical Director, Women’s Heart Center; Ginger Warner Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health; Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Bruce Samuels, MD

Interventional cardiologist
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, California, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Olga Toleva, MD, MPH

Lead of Advanced Coronary Physiology Program
Georgia Heart Institute
Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Labs: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD

Director Interventional Cath Labs
Baylor Scott & White Health
Belton, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): medtronic.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Habib Samady, MD, FACC, FSCAI: Covanos Inc.: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)

Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC: CERC ( centre european of cardiovascular research): Consultant (Ongoing), Stock-privately held company (Ongoing)

Janet Wei, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Jason Galo, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA: hemonetics-Opsens: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronics-Cathworks: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Zoll- Therox: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Yuhei Kobayashi, MD: CathWorks: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FESC: No financial relationships to disclose

Bruce Samuels, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Olga Toleva, MD, MPH: Abbott Labs: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD: medtronic.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)