EACTS/ESVS Endovascular Skills Course

Registered participants of this course are eligible for a reduced registration rate of 100,00 Euro  for the Aortic Live Symposium.
Please contact: registrations [at] cong-o [dot] de for reduced rate.

This EACTS/ESVS Endovascular Skills course will run from 21-22 October 2017

SATURDAY 21 October

Part 1: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) techniques – Skills and access

 13:00 Course introduction
 13:10 Overview of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)/endovascular aortic repair (EVAR); T. Kölbel, Hamburg
 13:30 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – artery access and technique; L. Bertoglio, Milan
 13:50 Wires and catheters – make your store; B. Rylski, Freiburg
 14:10 Percutaneous closure systems; B. Modarai, London
 14:30 Overview of sheaths and introducers; A. Hertault, Lille
 14:50 Discussion
 15:00 Break

Part 2: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – Planning

 15:20 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – landing and sealing zone; N. Tsilimparis, Hamburg
 15:40 Stent graft-induced new entry (SINE) – proximal/distal; K. Tsagakis, Essen
 16:00 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – planning on a PC; To be announced
 16:20 Hybrid operating room; A. Hertault, Lille
 16:40 Low radiation/contrast agents concept; F. Rohlffs, Hamburg
 17:00 Discussion
 17:10 Training Session 1:
– Stentgraft planning on workstation
– Drylab (Stentgraft implantation and deployment in aortic model)
– Simulator training
 18:40 Close

SUNDAY 22 October

Part 3: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – Treatment

08:00 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – descending aorta aneurysm; To be announced
08:20 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – Chronic Type B Dissection; F. Rohlffs, Hamburg
08:40 Acute Type B Dissection – indications and results; S. Ronchey, Rome
09:00 False lumen after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR); M. Youssef, Mainz
09:20 Create a proximal landing zone; M. Czerny, Freiburg
09:40 Break
10:00 Training Session 2:
– Stentgraft planning on workstation
– Drylab (Stentgraft implantation and deployment in aortic model)
– Simulator training
11:30 Aortic arch – thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in zone 0; G.W. Schurink, Maastricht
11:50 Transapical thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR); K. Tsagakis, Essen
12:10 Frozen elephant trunk (FET)– overview and techniques; D. Pacini, Bologna
12:30 Hybrid arch repair – antegrade/retrograde; L. Bertoglio, Milan
12:50 Follow-up programme; To be announced
13:10 Discussion
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Training Session 3:
– Stentgraft planning on workstation
– Drylab (Stentgraft implantation and deployment in aortic model)
– Simulator training

Part 4: Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) – Endo repair

16:00 Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) Surgery/Endo – update; To be announced
16:20 Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) fenestrated/ branched grafts; B. Modarai, London
16:40 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – spinal cord; C. Etz, Leipzig
17:00 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) – how to deal with complications and malperfusion; N. Tsilimparis, Hamburg
17:20 Discussion
17:30 Close
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Faculty

Luca Bertoglio

Martin Czerny

Ruggero De Paulis

Christian Etz

Tilo Kölbel

Davide Pacini

Sonia Ronchey

Bartosz Rylski

Konstantinos Tsagakis

Marwan Youssef