February 8-9, 2019

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TRANSRADIAL INTERVENTION COURSETranslating Data and Technique into a Successful Transradial Practice

Friday, February 8 - Saturday February 9, 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah

Faculty Presenters:Ferdiand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD Interventional Cardiologist at Tergooi,

The Netherlands

Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI Associate Professor of MedicineMedical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care UnitCo-Director, Cardiac Catheterization LaboratoryUniversity of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL

Darren Klass, MD, PhD, MRCS, FRCR, FRCPC Clinical Assistant ProfessorInterventional RadiologistMedical Head of MRIIR Head - Complex Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft ProgramVancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC

Transradial Intervention CourseTranslating Data and Technique into a Successful Transradial Practice

This two-day course is for interventionalists who would like to start or expand their transradial interventional practice. The course combines high-impact didactic presentations, taped cases, state-of-the-art medical simulation, angiographic review and cadaver lab training, to provide an immersive educational experience.

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CONTACT INFORMATIONAlaine Eyre

Coordinator, Global Clinical Programs

801.208.4149

aeyre@merit.com

ACCOMMODATION

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City

15 West 200 South

SLC, UT 84101

801.595.0000

COURSE LOCATION

Merit Medical Global Headquarters

1600 West Merit Parkway

South Jordan, Utah 84095

THE TRANSRADIAL APPROACHThe transradial approach (TRA) offers significant advantages over the femoral approach by way of reductions in major bleeding, vascular complications and length of stay, as well as enhanced patient comfort and patient preference, all while maintaining procedural success.

Despite increasing use of the TR approach among interventional cardiologists in the United States, the US still lags behind Canada, Europe and much of Asia in TR adoption. Additionally, TRA is only beginning to emerge as a useful tool for peripheral vascular interventions.

Dramatic improvements in TR equipment and the availability of focused training opportunities now put this key skill set within the reach of every progressive interventional operator.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is designed to provide a comprehensive exposure to transradial interventional skills ranging from case selection and preparation to procedural logistics and equipment selection as well as significant focus on technical skills, troubleshooting and management of complications. Through a robust, carefully designed curriculum of didactics, taped cases and hands-on training on cadaver models and radial simulators, participants will gain familiarity with most commonly encountered scenarios in transradial intervention. A certificate will be provided upon successful completion of this course.

MERIT MEDICALMerit Medical has made a substantial commitment to advancing the practice of transradial intervention with a broad portfolio of radial-specific products and accessories, its sponsorship of high quality training programs, and the ThinkRadial website, a resource for education, research, and informati on supporting the radial approach.

February 8-9, 2019

COURSE LOCATION: Merit Medical Campus in Salt Lake City, UT, US

FACULTY PRESENTER PROFILES

Ferdiand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD

Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij, internationally recognized as the “father of transradial intervention,” performed the first transradial coronary angioplasty in 1992, followed by transradial stenting in the same year and stenting on an outpatient basis in 1994. After more than two decades, transradial coronary access was recognized as the preferred route for PCI by the European Society of Cardiology in 2015. In 2013, Dr. Kiemeneij was invited to build an intervention program at the Tergooi Hospital in The Netherlands, where he still holds a full position. Currently, he combines his practice with proctoring, lecturing and training minimally invasive TRI worldwide.

Dr. Kiemeneij is the Interventional Cardiology proctor for the European ThinkRadial program and is a special guest of honor for the US course in April.

Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI

Dr. Sandeep Nathan is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the University of Chicago Medical Center where he also serves as the Co-Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program. Dr. Nathan completed his fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL and also served in the role of Chief Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Nathan held a joint faculty appointment at Rush University Medical Center and Cook County Hospital before transitioning to his current position at the University of Chicago. Dr. Nathan’s clinical interests include complex transradial PCI, percutaneous mechanical circulatory support, peripheral intervention and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Dr. Nathan utilizes the transradial approach in more than 75 percent of his coronary cases and describes his mindset as a “radial first” approach. He believes training other physicians in this technique “is a golden opportunity to improve patient comfort and safety, without compromising procedural efficacy.”

Darren Klass, MD, PhD, MRCS, FRCR, FRCPC

Dr. Klass is an interventional radiologist at Vancouver General and UBC Hospitals in Vancouver, Canada.

He obtained his medical degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and trained initially as a surgeon and then as a radiologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich, England, before completing a fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Dr. Klass completed a PhD titled Bimodal Electric Tissue Ablation.

He has a strong interest in thermal ablation techniques and clinical outcomes thereof and is part of the interventional oncology team at VGH.

Dr. Klass performed the first transradial radioembolization and chemoembolization of the liver in Canada and is developing a robust hardware platform for radial access to the liver. His practice is 90% radial for liver interventions and fibroid embolization.

Dr. Klass is the head of MRI for Vancouver Acute and has specialist training in low dose MR angiography.

His current research interests include intraprocedural perfusion of liver tumors pre and post intervention and perfusional assessment of tumor response to ablation, transradial outcome, and efficacy measurements.

AGENDA

* Participants are reminded to check out of their hotel and bring their belongings with them at the time of pickup on Saturday. Agenda subject to change at the discretion of course proctor and executive director. If you’ve already finalized flight arrangements and then cancel, or wish to reschedule, a cancellation fee from the airlines may apply. Cancellation fee is not reimbursable.

Cardiology

10:00am Selected Topics in Complex TRI PCI 1 - Dr. Kiemeneij

10:45am TRI Challenges & Technical Solutions 2 - Dr. Nathan

12:00am Q&A

Cardiology

1:00pm TRI Challenges 3: Complications - Dr. Nathan

2:00pm Selected Topics in Complex TRI PCI 2 - Dr. Kiemeneij

Radiology - Dr. Klass

1:00pm Essentials of Catheter Choice, Advancement & Manipulation

1:30pm How to Build an IR Practice

1:45pm Basic and Advanced Case Review (From UFE to Stenting)

Friday, February 8, 2019

Full group 6:45am Meet in Hotel Lobby, Shuttle to Merit Medical7:20am Arrival at Merit for Breakfast and Registration7:45am Welcome8:00am Introductions & Course Overview8:30am Next Generation of Transradial - “The Sky’s the Limit” - Dr. Kiemeneij9:00am TRI Challenges and Technical Solutions 1 - Dr. Nathan

12:15pm Lunch & Book Signing with Dr. Kiemeneij, Optional 30-minute factory tour

2:30pm Break

Saturday, February 9, 2019

6:45am Meet in Hotel Lobby, Shuttle to Merit Medical7:20am Arrival at Merit for Breakfast and Sign In7:45am Advanced Adjunctive Techniques - Dr. Nathan8:20am Break8:30am LdTRA the Next Generation of Radial Access - Dr. Kiemeneij9:00am Distal UltraSound Techniques - Dr. Klass9:30am Technique, Pitfalls & Challenges ldTRA & Changing the Room Set Up - Dr. Kiemeneij10:30am Distal Catheter Specifics to Hemostasis - Dr. Nathan11:00am dTRA Taped Cases - Dr. Kiemeneij11:30am Distal Case Presentations from Attendees12:00pm Session Wrap Up, Q & A, Final Comments12:15pm Adjourn & Departure for Airport

Full group3:00pm Breakout sessions

• Cadaver Lab with Ultrasound Guidance • Simulator Experience • Vascular Models

• Ultrasound Techniques • Intro Embolics • Future Product Demonstration & Feedback5:15pm Wrap-Up and Shuttle Back to Hotel6:30pm Squatters, Salt Lake City

Radiology 10:00am Radial Overview: How Have We Got Here - the Science - Dr. Klass10:15am Radial Fundamentals: Case Selection, Patient Preparation, Room

Setup & Workflow11:00am Access Techniques11:15am Hemostasis & TR Protocol Development11:30am Pitfalls & Challenges