PORTOROŽ
5 – 6 MARCH 2026
SLOVENIA
Organizing Committee
Jurij Avramovič
Gorazd Plevnik
Jakob Boh
Simon Korošec
Maja Kristan Tomšič
Peter Repnik
Marko Jerković
Faculty ▼
- Achim Aleksandru
Romania - Balevski Igor
Slovenia - Birkemeyer Ralf
Germany - Brum Silveira Joao
Portugal - Bulum Josko
Croatia - Carlino Mauro
Italy - Cercek Miha
Slovenia - Cocco Nino
Italy - Colletti Giuseppe
Belgium - Dobric Milan
Serbia - Drnovsek Borut
Slovenia - Egred Mohaned
UK - El Guindy Ahmed
Egypt - Gasparini Gabriele
Italy - Hadzibegovic Irzal
Croatia - Harb Stefan
Austria - Hudec Martin
Slovakia - Ilic Ivan
Serbia - Ioannes Dan
Sweden - Jakljevic Tomislav
Croatia - Jurin Hrvoje
Croatia - Knappen Paul
Netherlands - Kompara Gregor
Slovenia - Kovacic Mihajlo
Croatia - Kovacic Dragan
Slovenia
- Kroupa Josef
Czech Republic - Leibundgut Gregor
Switzerland - Lipar Luka
Slovenia - Margetic Eduard
Croatia - Nap Alex
Netherlands - Nichita Mihnea
Romania - Nikas Dimitrios
Greece - Novotny Vojtech
Czech Republic - Olivecrona Goeran
Sweden - Opolski Max
Poland - Oreglia Jacopo
Italy - Preti Gerlando
Italy - Postu Marin
Romania - Pyxaras Stelios
Germany - Sacca Salvatore
Italy - Smith Elliott
UK - Starčeviċ Boris
Croatia - Stojkoviċ Siniša
Serbia - Šušteršič Miha
Slovenia - Toma Aurel
Austria - Tomulić Vjeko
Croatia - Weilenmann Daniel
Switzerland - Wojtech Felix
Germany - Habara Maoto
Japan - Schauffele Tim
Switzerland
- Will Maximilian
Austria - Geppert Alexander
Austria - Reimers Berhard
Italy - Kovacevic Mila
Serbia - Rissanen Tuomas
Finland - Rahimi Faridun
Germany - Litovchik Ilya
Israel - Hussein Sliman
Israel - Ruzsa Zoltan
Hungary - Garbo Roberto
Italy - Zizek David
Slovenia - Vokac Damijan
Slovenia - Kandic Elma
Macedonia - Cocoi Mihai
Romania - Rakar Serena
Italy - Amat Ignacio
Spain - Kallasmaa Evelyn
Finland - Hemetsberger Rayyan
Austria - Iqbal Bilal
Canada - Marlon Walter
Austria - Mohamed Ayoub
Germany - Michael Behnes
Germany - Reschner Hrvoje
Register for free
No registration fee. The event is free of charge.
All attendees must be registered on the site.
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Our Events Schedule
Day 01 – March 5, 2026
The Past, the Present & the Disruptive
- From cutting-edge stents to metal-free angioplasty and the return of bioresorbable scaffolds, Day 1 explores how DES, DCB and BRS are redefining coronary intervention — and how modern PCI blends devices, lesion preparation and hybrid strategies into truly personalized treatment.
Program
The Past, the Present & the Disruptive
March 5, 2026
| Time | Session Title | Speaker/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 – 08:00 | Registration | |
| 08:15 – 08:30 | Opening Remarks | Jurij Avramovic |
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Live Session 1 Live Cases 1 & 2 (Simultaneous) | Izola & Tokyo |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | DES / DCB / BRS – Devices in the Spotlight | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | DES – Tiny or Déjà Vu? Is the Stent Still King? Ultra-thin, ultra-safe – or just old school? | |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | No Metal, No Problem – The Balloon Strikes Back DCB power: less hardware, more heart | Tuomas Riisanen |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Now You See Me, Now You Don’t – The Return of BRS Bioabsorbable scaffolds 2.0 – smarter, slicker, safer | |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Mix, Match & Master – When One Device Just Isn’t Enough Hybrid PCI: picking the best of both (or three) worlds | Tuomas Riisanen |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Back to the Future – Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going A nostalgic trip through coronary PCI evolution | Goran Olivecrona |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | If I Had One Lesion, How I Would Like to Be Treated – DES, DCB, or BRS? Experts disclose their own self-treatment strategies | |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Live Session 2 Live Cases 3 & 4 (Simultaneous) | Izola & Valladolid |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break & Industry Symposium I | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Lesion Preparation – Polish Before You Publish | |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Prep Like a Pro – With the Eagle’s Eye Step one to PCI success | Tim Schauffele |
| 14:10 – 14:20 | Slice, Dice & Spin – Getting the Lesion Just Right Cutting, scoring and atherectomy – choose your weapon | Tomislav Krcmar |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Dress Code for Devices – Tailoring Prep to Match Your Strategy Prep strategies that fit your stent (or balloon) | Daniel Weilenmann |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Stop or Go? The Eternal Question of Lesion Preparation When “good enough” is truly enough | |
| 14:40 – 15:30 | Roundtable Discussion Mastering Lesion Preparation: Key Takeaways | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Live Session 3 Live Cases 7 & 8 (Simultaneous) | Izola & Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Cracking Calcium – Rock and Roll in the Cathlab | |
| 18:30 – 18:40 | Spin Wars – Orbital vs Rota vs Laser: The Final Battle Who wins in the uncrossable lesion fight? | Felix Wojtech |
| 18:40 – 18:50 | Chip Away the Stone: Who Cracks It Better? All balloons for calcium modification compared | Miha Cercek |
| 18:50 – 19:00 | The Hard Truth – Conquering the Nodule Nightmare How to tackle the calcified nodule in 2026 |
We Will Operate Live
We will operate across all key conference locations.
Victoria, Canada
Tokyo
Brisbane
Bucharest
Milano
La Louviere
Valladolid
Case competition
Submit your most challenging case. A dedicated competition will spotlight complex procedures and advanced operative skill. All submissions will be reviewed by an expert committee, and the top 10 most challenging and outstanding cases will be selected and awarded.
The winner will be invited to join the Faculty of the 2027 edition of Cathlab of the Future.