Basic Vascular Heraklion (GR), July 24-25, 2009

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Course Description

This course is designed for physicians who wish to offer basic endovascular treatments to their patients. It will concentrate on introducing organisation and basic catheter and wire skills. Different approaches to the treatment of peripheral vascular disease will be highlighted as well as inclusion and exclusion criteria and other appropriate treatments. Dedicated techniques for iliac, SFA and BTK interventions will be presented. Dialysis interventions management in Interventional Radiology will complete the course.

Practical skills will be broken down into simple step by step algorithms to obtain a successful technical and clinical outcome. Workshops will offer further practical advice including how to stay out of trouble, how to get out of it if you have not managed the former and when to call for help. The invited speakers are European experts in their field. Web-based support after the course is also offered by these experts.

Programme

How to gain arterial and venous access safely
D. Tsetis (Heraklion/GR)
• Basic principles of femoral, politeal, pedal, brachial, radial, axillary arterial access
• Basic principles of femoral, arm, jugular venous access
• Technical specific aspects of each type of access
• What is the role of US guidance?
• Advantages and drawbacks of each type of access
• Management of complication

Iliac Interventions
D. Tsetis (Heraklion/GR)
• Patient selection according to clinical and TASC criteria
• Technique for crossing stenoses-occlusions
• Is there a place for catheter-directed thrombolysis?
• Indications for stenting and stent selection
• When should we use covered stents?
• Anticoagulation/Antiaggregant therapy
• Follow-up
• Treatment of restenosis
• Outcome
• Complications and how to manage

SFA Interventions
T. Rand (Vienna/AT)
• Indications for endovascular therapy of the SFA
• TASC criteria regarding SFA treatment
• Stents and ballons overview: state of the art
• Endovascular therapy of the SFA I : standard techniques
• Endovascular therapy of the SFA II : cryoplasty, cuttingballoon, subendothelial revascularisation
• Which technique for which lesion?
• Complex lesions of the SFA
• Management of bypass recidive stenosis
• Management of complications

Below the knee interventions
S. Müller-Hülsbeck (Flensburg/DE)
• Clinical Indication + Guidelines
• Endovascular Approach
• Update on latest BTK data
• New Materials
• Case Review Tricks + Complication Management

Dialysis Interventions
R. Uberoi (Oxford/UK)
• Surveillance programmes
• Indications/contra-indications and patient selection
• Pre-imaging and planning cases
• Equipment standard and specialist including bail out devices.
• Access and approach for different lesions including chronic stenosis/occlusions and acute occlusions
• Basic procedure for stenosis and occlusions including acute occlusion.
• Stenting, high pressure balloons and cutting balloons. When to use them?
• Managing complications

Details

Venue
University Hospital of Heraklion
Department of Radiology
GR – Heraklion/Crete

Local Host D. Tsetis

Duration Friday 13:00 - Saturday 17:30

Schedule

Friday, July 24, 2009
12:00 Registration
13:00-17:30 Lectures
20:00 Welcome Dinner

Saturday, July 25, 2009
09:00-13:15 Repetitions of lectures in small groups
14:30-16:00 Interactive Case Discussion Forum
16:30-17:30 Voluntary Test & Certificate of Attendance

Faculty

D. Tsetis, T. Rand, S. Müller-Hülsbeck, R. Uberoi

Accommodation

GDM Megaron Luxury Hotel
9, D. Beaufort, 71202 Heraklion - Crete
Tel. +30 2810 305300 Fax. +30 2810 305400
Email: Megaron@otenet.gr

Hotel Olympic
Kornarou Square
GR-71201 Heraklion - Crete
Website: www.hotelolympic.com
Telephone:+30 2810 288861 Fax: +30 2810 222512

Capsis Astoria Heraklion
11 Eleftherias sq. , T.K. 712 01, Heraklion - Crete
Tel.: +30 2810 343080-2 Fax: +30 2810 229078
Email: info@astoriacapsis.gr