Name: The Physiology Course
Start: 2025-06-05T07:00:00
Location: MacMillan Center

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The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF) and Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute®, in partnership with CoreAalst®, Optima®, and The American College of Cardiology - Minnesota Chapter®, are pleased to present The Physiology Course. Join us as we explore how to use coronary physiology for the assessment of epicardial coronary artery disease and the coronary microcirculation. This educational opportunity is an in-person experience that includes presentations, debates, discussions, hands-on training, and interactive live cases.

Dates: June 5-6, 2025
Location: MacMillan Center | 2800 10th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN

Our expert faculty will delve into the latest research and advancements in coronary physiology, including wire-based and wireless approaches, providing valuable insights for cardiovascular professionals and researchers alike to improve patient care. Don't miss the opportunity to join this inaugural coronary physiology course in the United States and deepen your understanding of the vital role that coronary physiology plays in modern PCI and the assessment of patients with coronary microvascular dysfunction.

Course Directors

Yader Sandoval, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC

Interventional Section | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Co-Chairman, Center for Coronary Artery Disease | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Adjunct Associate Professor | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI

Director, Center for Complex Coronary Interventions | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Chairman, Center for Coronary Artery Disease | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Carlos Collet, MD, PhD

Codirector, Catheterization Laboratory | Cardiovascular Center OLV

Bernard De Bruyne, MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Center OLV

Faculty

João Cavalcante, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR

Section Head, Cardiac Imaging | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center and Core Lab | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Inaugural Innovation Chair, Van Tassel Innovation Center | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

William Fearon, MD

Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Interventional Cardiology Section | Stanford University School of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology Section | VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Nils P. Johnson, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Weatherhead Distinguished Chair of Heart Disease | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Morton J. Kern, MD

Professor of Medicine | University of California, Irvine
Chief of Cardiology | Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center

Claire E. Raphael, MBBS, PhD

Cardiologist, Assistant Professor, Senior Associate Consultant | Mayo Clinic

Arnold Seto, MD, MPA

Interventional Cardiologist, Past Chief of Cardiology | Long Beach VA Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor | University of California, Irvine
Treasurer | Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine | New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Interventional Cardiologist | NYU Langone Health & VA New York

Jay Traverse, MD

Senior Consulting Cardiologist | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine | University of Minnesota Medical School

R. Jay Widmer, MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiologist | Baylor Scott & White Health

Agenda

Agenda Day 1 | June 5, 2025

0700-0745	Registration and badge collection at welcome desk
0745-0800	Welcome and Introduction (Sandoval, Brilakis, Collet, and De Bruyne)
0800-0817	The rebirth of coronary physiology: why?
0817-0834	Coronary physiology in the CCL: how we got to now
0834-0851	Key concepts in coronary physiology
0851-0910	The physiology toolkit
0910-0925	Coffee break #1
0925-0940	Pressure-wire-based FFR: how to - best practices
0940-0955	Pressure-wire pullback and PPG: phenotyping CAD
0955-1010	NHPR and iFR co-registration: easier is better
1010-1025	Post-PCI physiology
1025-1040	Coffee break #2
1040-1200	Live Cases
1200-1300	Lunch and networking
1300-1530	Hands-on sessions
1530-1550	Group picture and coffee break #3
1550-1605	CT-based coronary physiology
1605-1620	FFR-CT based virtual PCI
1620-1635	Angiographic FFR: the future is now
1635-1650	PET and CMRI for CMD assessment: pros and cons
1650-1700	Day 1 wrap-up

Agenda Day 2 | June 6, 2025

0800-0815	Bolus-thermodilution for CMD
0815-0830	Continuous thermodilution for CMD
0830-0845	Doppler-based assessment of CMD
0845-0900	Microvascular resistance reserve (MRR): what is it and why should I measure it?
0900-0915	Acetylcholine spasm provocation: how-to
0915-0930	Coffee break #1
0930-1030	Live Cases
1030-1045	Coffee break #2
1045-1057	Serial lesions: how-to
1057-1109	Left main and bifurcations: how-to
1109-1121	Aorto-ostial lesions: how-to
1121-1133	Physiology for complex PCI: why and how?
1133-1145	Myocardial bridging: how-to
1145-1200	Microvascular obstruction in STEMI: interventional opportunities?
1200-1300	Lunch and networking
1300-1315	GMDT for CMD and spasm: options and how to best deploy them
1315-1330	Emerging interventional therapies: the coronary sinus reducer
1330-1345	The ANOCA clinic: why and how?
1345-1400	Coronary physiology and the vulnerable plaque: new concepts
1400-1415	The future: what is new and what is coming?
1415-1430	Best FIT case presentation
1430-1445	Best FIT research abstract
1445-1500	Closing remarks

A photograph from the April 2024 CT-Guided PCI Course

Challenging Cases & Abstracts Competition

Fellows, Students, & Residents: Share your most challenging, innovative, or educational case or research abstract for a chance to present at The Physiology Course! Selected winners will have the opportunity to showcase their work during the program and receive a travel grant.

Case Competition

Please submit your most challenging, innovative or educational case for consideration in The Physiology Course 2025 Challenging Case Competition. Cases will be reviewed by course directors and winners will be selected to present during the conference program.

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Research Abstracts

The Research Abstracts gallery at The Physiology Course allows early-career researchers to share their work with their colleagues! Abstracts will be reviewed by course directors and winners will be selected to present during the conference.

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Thank You to Our Event Partners

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