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Postgraduate Course - Vascular

Aortic Disease: Open and Endovascular repair

Organised by members of the Vascular Disease Domain

Session 1: Progress in Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair 

Moderator: A Bryan, Bristol; L von Segesser, Lausanne  

09:00 New standards in diagnostics of aortic disease  L Lönn, Copenhagen
09:20 Metanalysis on endovascular therapy  M Turina, Zürich
09:40  Lessons learned from a decade of thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair  M Czerny, Vienna
10:00 Update on branched or fenestrated aortic stents  T Resch, Malmö
10:30 Coffee Break  

Session 2: Progress in Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Moderator: J Bavaria, Philadelphia; M Karck, Heidelberg 

11:00 Acute Type B Dissection: Who to stent and when? H Verhagen, Rotterdam
11:20 Retrograde Type A aortic dissection – Insights from European Registry on EVAR Complications (EUREC)  H Eggebrecht, Essen
11:40 Reflections on thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair in acute traumatic aortic injury R Di Bartolomeo, Bologna
12:00 Collateral circulations in aortic surgery and Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair R Bonser, Birmingham
12:30  Lunch  

Session 3: Progress in Conventional Surgery

Moderators: J Bachet, Abu Dhabi; M Schepens, Brugge

13:30 Disease specific approaches to the sinus of valsalva  R De Paulis, Rome
13:50 Cannulation site debate in aortic surgery  C Mestres, Barcelona
14:10 Insights from the German Type A acute dissection registry  E Weigang, Mainz
14:30 Limited or extended surgery in acute Type A aortic dissection  M Grabenwöger, Vienna
14:50 Arch hybrid procedures: conceptual approach, anatomic constrains and reconstructive indications  J Bavaria, Philadelphia 
15:10 The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection
 (IRAD) What have we have learned -is it still valid?
T Carrel, Berne
15:30 Refined treastment strategies in conventional total aortic arch replacement S Takamoto, Tokyo
15:50 Discussion  
16:15 Adjourn  


Programme subject to change at the Organisers discretion

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