The official language of the congress is English

Especially for you, we have arranged sessions with the interventional radiology specialists at CIRSE 2013 (also in Spanish, as a one-time exception). These leading doctors will take you on a virtual tour of interventional radiology, including questions and answer sessions, and hands-on experience. More information available soon!
 

Sat, Sept 14 | Sun, Sept 15 | Mon, Sept 16 | Tues, Sept 17 | Wed, Sept 18

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

08:30-09:30
FC 101 Foundation Course
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage: how I do it
101.1 Diagnosis and localisation
101.2 Embolize upper GI haemorrhage
101.3 Embolize lower GI haemorrhage
101.4 Diagnose and treat chronic GI haemorrhage

08:30-09:30
SS 103 Special Session
Training and accreditation for IRs
103.1 How does IR training vary across Europe?
103.2 How will the EBIR and the new curriculum help training and accreditation?
103.3 Arguments for and against recertification
103.4 Should IR become a separate subspecialty?

08:30-09:30
SS 104 Special Session
Advances in image guidance for interventional oncology procedures
104.1 New developments in guidance and navigation
104.2 Non-contrast fusion road-mapping: how can it help?
104.3 Stereotaxy and robotic assistance: where are we now?
104.4 Intraprocedural evaluation

10:00-11:00
FC 201 Foundation Course
Female genito-urinary embolization: how I do it
201.1 Manage life-threatening post-partum haemorrhage
201.2 Manage placental abnormalities
201.3 Uterine artery embolization: patient selection and technique
201.4 Ovarian vein embolization: patient selection and technique

10:00-11:00
SS 203 Special Session
Preventative stroke management
203.1 What we know about atherosclerotic plaques: non-invasive morphologic imaging
203.2 Prevention of imminent or recurrent stroke with medical therapy or non-radiologic intervention
203.3 Extracranial stenting: indications and techniques
203.4 Intracranial stenting: indications and techniques

11:30-12:30
FC 301 Foundation Course
Vascular malformations: how I do it
301.1 Diagnosis: imaging strategy
301.2 Treat peripheral low flow malformations
301.3 Treat peripheral high flow malformations
301.4 Treat large visceral malformations

14:30-16:00
OP 501 CIRSE Opening Ceremony and Awards

17:30-18:30
WS 704 Workshop
Trauma: case-based discussions

17:30-18:30
WS 705 Workshop
ABC of biliary intervention: case-based discussions

08:30-09:30
FC 901 Foundation Course
Stroke management 1: how I do it
901.1 What do you need to know about imaging in acute stroke?
901.2 How to decide when to perform intra-arterial thrombolysis/thrombectomy (IAT)
901.3 Logistics of IAT in acute stroke patients
901.4 Which devices should I use in which patients?

10:00-11:00
FC 1001 Foundation Course
Stroke management 2: how I do it
1001.1 How I perform thrombolysis and thrombectomy
1001.2 What influences the outcomes of IAT?
1001.3 Clinical outcomes after IAT – trial update
1001.4 How to prevent and manage complications of IAT

10:00-11:00
SS 1004 Special Session
Uterine artery embolization
1004.1 Imaging pre and post uterine artery embolization – how good are new imaging techniques?
1004.2 What do we know about uterine-ovarian anastomoses and uterine artery embolization outcomes?
1004.3 How good is uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis: what do we know?
1004.4 Uterine artery embolization vs. myomectomy: trials update

11:30-12:30
FC 1101 Foundation Course
Spine interventions: how I do it
1101.1 Spinal approach and bone biopsy
1101.2 Vertebroplasty
1101.3 Balloon augmentation/stentoplasty
1101.4 Facet joints and discs

14:30-16:00
Andreas Gruentzig Lecture /
Hot Topic Symposium
HL 1301 Andreas Gruentzig Lecture
1301.1 EVAR for AAA – evolution or revolution?
HTS 1302 Intra-arterial stroke management – should this be an IR procedure?
1302.1 Recent developments regarding the training of neuroradiologists and other specialties for
neurointerventions
1302.2 Intra-arterial thrombectomy should only be performed by dedicated neuroradiologists
1302.3 Intra-arterial thrombectomy can be safely performed by a well trained “general interventionalist”
1302.4 How much are general IRs involved in stroke therapy across Europe?
1302.5 A plan for the future involvement of IRs in the provision of acute stroke therapy

17:30-18:30
WS 1503 Workshop
GI haemorrhage: case-based discussions
 

08:30-09:30
FC 1701 Foundation Course
Biliary interventions: how I do it
1701.1 Biliary stenting and drainage
1701.2 Manage benign biliary strictures and stones
1701.3 Percutaneous cholecystostomy
1701.4 Manage complications of biliary and gall bladder interventions

08:30-09:30
SS 1702 Special Session
Evidence forum: BTK – do we know the optimal treatment yet?
1702.1 PTA
1702.2 Bare stents
1702.3 Drug-eluting balloons
1702.4 Drug-eluting stents
1702.5 Stem cell and gene therapy
1702.6 Summary of evidence and panel discussion

08:30-09:30
ICS 1704 Interactive Case Session
Haemorrhage

10:00-11:00
FC 1801 Foundation Course
Biopsy and abscess drainage: how I do it
1801.1 Lung and mediastinal biopsy
1801.2 Abdominal and pelvic biopsy
1801.3 Empyema, lung abscess and mediastinal drainage
1801.4 Abdominal and pelvic abscess drainage

10:00-11:00
SS 1803 Special Session
Varicose veins
1803.1 Which patients should we treat?
1803.2 Endothermal vein ablation: step by step
1803.3 What other endovenous techniques can we use?
1803.4 How can IRs set up a varicose vein ablation service?

15:30-16:30
FI 2101 Film Interpretation Quiz

18:00-19:00
WS 2306 Workshop
Palliation in interventional oncology (pleural effusions, ascites, pain, etc.)

08:30-09:30
SS 2503 Special Session
Trauma
2503.1 Renal trauma
2503.2 Mesenteric and hepatic vascular trauma
2503.3 Supra-aortic arterial trauma
2503.4 Lower extremity arterial trauma

10:00-11:00
SS 2603 Special Session
Acute deep venous thrombosis
2603.1 Lower limb DVT – which patients should we treat and how?
2603.2 Upper limb DVT – which patients should we treat and how?
2603.3 What is the true benefit of thrombectomy devices in acute upper and lower limb DVT?
2603.4 Is there a role for lysis and IVC filters in paediatric DVT?

13:00-14:30
Josef Roesch Lecture / Hot Topic Symposium
HL 2801 Josef Roesch Lecture
2801.1 High-intensity focused ultrasound: an IR tool for the future?
HTS 2802 Treatment of lung cancer – the choices, and how to make them
2802.1 The role of imaging in guiding the treatment of lung cancer
2802.2 Thermal ablation: research or mainstream therapy?
2802.3 Percutaneous cryotherapy in the lungs and the thoracic wall
2802.4 Radiation therapy: the oncologist’s view of how to choose whether and how to treat

16:15-17:15
AI 3001 Amazing Interventions

16:15-17:15
SS 3002 Special Session
Clinical practice – lower limb
3002.1 How can IRs provide total management of the patient with PAD?
3002.2 Non-imaging assessment of the patient with PAD: essentials
3002.3 Peri- and postprocedural coagulation management
3002.4 Can you explain outcome measures in peripheral interventions?

16:15-17:15
SS 3004 Special Session
High-intensity focused ultrasound
3004.1 How much ablation do you need in uterine fibroids?
3004.2 Morphological and anatomical inclusion criteria for the treatment of painful bone metastases
3004.3 Prostate cancer: focal tumour ablation or total gland ablation?
3004.4 Technical advances for breast tumours

17:30-18:30
WS 3106 Workshop
ABC of varicose vein ablation

09:45-10:45
SS 3302 Special Session
IR after surgical disasters
3302.1 Complications of bariatric surgery (weight-loss surgery)
3302.2 IR in complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
3302.3 IR after urologic procedures or nephron-sparing surgery
3302.4 IR after Whipple’s duodenopancreatectomy

11:00-12:30
MM 3401 Morbidity & Mortality Conference
and Closing