CVI 2025 Challenging Case Competition Finals

Moderators: Jacqueline Tammis-Holland, MD and Srihari Naidu, MD
Panelists: Subhash Banerjee, MD; Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD; Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD; and Paul Sorajja, MD

Coronary Finalists
00:00:34 Right Atrial Compression from Coronary Artery Perforation in a Post-CABG Patient Managed with Transhepatic Pericardiocentesis , Kyeeun Park, MD
00:10:51 All roads lead to Rome, Ahmed Elborae, MD
00:17:22 Navigating the Unknown: Chronic Total Occlusion of an Anomalous Right Coronary Artery, Cyrus Munguti, MD
00:25:30 The Inaccessible CTO, Mohammed Dabbagh, MD (Coronary Winner)

Peripheral Finalists
00:35:43 Trapping the thrombi in transit, Stephen John, MD (Peripheral Winner)
00:48:46 Total Percutaneous Restoration of Central Nervous System Flow in a Patient with Takayasu Arteritis, Mustafa Kursat Tigen, MD

Structural Finalists
00:58:25 Complex Large Post-Infarct Ventricular Septal Defect – The Plug and Coil Technique, Sergio Mellado Flores, MD (Structural Winner)
01:07:41 Endgame Odyssey; When All Else Fails, Ahmed Salama, MD

01:21:08 Awards

Presentation recorded at CVI 2025. CVI 2025 The Operators Enclave(TM) was hosted by Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation on July 24-26, 2025 in Austin, TX. View more education and details on upcoming meetings at cvinnovations.org