FRIDAY, MAY 12

08:00 Welcome address
Eric Verhoeven

08:15 Warming up session on aneurysmal disease
Moderators: Timothy Resch & Carla Van Rijswijk
08:15 Centralization of aortic services: evidence, implications for surgical training and developments in German Health politics. Markus Steinbauer
08:20 How to improve durability in (complex) EVAR. Tara Mastracci
08:25 Statistical shape modeling to determine bad neck configuration pre-EVAR. Jean-Paul de Vries
08:30 Advantages of ultra-low profile systems – preliminary European experience. Alex Zimmerman
08:35 Long term results of TEVAR in different pathologies: are there important differences and why? Dittmar Böckler
08:40 Is the ETTAA study the end of TEVAR? Michael Jenkins
08:45 Mid-term real world evidence with a flexible balloon-expandable bridging stentgraft in FEVAR: results from EXPAND postmarket registry. Mauro Gargiulo
08:50 Discussion

09:15 Selection session on pararenal AAA
Moderators: Stephan Haulon & Jade Hiramoto
009:15 Open or endovascular in pararenal aneurysms: always a clear decision? Ingolf Töpel
09:20 Durability of the most used FEVAR platform. Barend Mees
09:25 The UK Compass study looking at treatment options of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms. Rao Vallabhaneni
09:30 How to succesfully address complex anatomieswith a ring stent stent fenestrated graft. Jürgen Falkensammer
09:35 A new and optimized fenestrated solution: initial Italian experience. Giovanni Pratesi
09:40 Applications for laser fenestrations in EVAR. Katarina Bjørses
09:45 Is aortic neck dilatation present and relevant in FEVAR? Javairiah Fatima
09:50 Discussion

10:15 Coffee break in the exhibition hall

10:45 The technical session
Moderators: Tilo Kölbel & Kak Khee Yeung
10:45 Role of IVL in bad access. Jos van den Berg
10:50 Use of endoanchors in hostile necks (ESAR) and results of the ANCHOR Registry. Giovanni Pratesi
10:55 Double barrel stenting in early branching in FEVAR. Mark Farber
11:00 EVAR with two kissing limbs: from proven results towards a 14Fr FEVAR system”. Dainis Krievins
11:05 Open or percutaneous upper extremity access in BEVAR. Luca Bertoglio
11:10 What is the indication for Chimney EVAR in short-necked AAA? Philippe Geisbüsch
11:15 Semi sequential deployment of t-branch in thoracoabdominal and juxtarenal aneurysms. Juan Varela
11:20 The technical and clinical merits of a next generation low profile fenestrated graft. Kak Khee Yeung
11:25 Discussion

12:15 Lunch at the Leonardo restaurant
13:15 Dessert and coffee served in the exhibition hall

13:30 Top-Gun session on TAAA – part 1
Moderators: Tim Chuter & Javairiah Fatima
13:30 Raising new standards in Thoracoabdominal sugery with a new hybrid procedure. Sabine Wipper
13:35 Update on the FDA approved single branched for the distal arch and four branched graft for TAAA in the USA. Mark Farber
13:40 In which anatomies does a 4-inner branch graft work best? Daniela Branzan
13:45 The impact of a steerable sheath on TAAA. Guiseppe Panuccio
13:50 Total approach from femoral artery for TAAA – a word of caution. Marcelo Ferreira
13:55 Endovascular TAAA repair in patients with connective tissue disease: only if the proximal landing zone is adequate. Michael Jacobs
14:00 Discussion

14:30 Top-Gun session on TAAA – part 2
Moderators: Dittmar Böckler & Blandine Maure
14:30 The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique for the treatment of complex aortic arch pathologies and the need for secondary open and endovascular downstream procedures. Bartosz Rylski
14:35 Strategies to prevent spinal cord ischemia. Luis Mendes Pedro
14:40 Towards objective prediction of paraplegia risk after endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Bijan Modarai
14:45 Update on a RCT trial to reduce paraplegia in TAAA. Christian Etz
14:50 Pros and cons of inner branches and does the bridging stentgraft matter? Eric Verhoeven
14:55 Long-term patency of renal arteries with extensive indication of T-Branch. Tomasz Jakimowicz
15:00 Bidirectional Inner branches, potential indications and first results. Nuno Dias
15:05 Discussion

15:30 Coffee break in the exhibition hall

16:00 All about bridging stentgrafts
Moderators: Katarina Bjørses & Eric Verhoeven
16:00 Respiratory induced dynamics of bridging stents in FEVAR/BEVAR. Christopher Cheng
16:05 Fatigue testing in bridging stentgrafts – Which is the best bridging stentgraft for renal arteries in BEVAR? Martin Austermann
16:10 Long term results of balloon expandable covered stent in fenestrations and branches. Athanasios Katsargyris
16:15 Italian multicentric experience on midterm outcomes of a new generation covered stent as bridging stents for FEVAR. Mario D’Oria
16:20 TAAs repair with a new more flexible SE Stent: advantages and initial results. Marcelo Ferreira
16:25 Use of different bridging stentgrafts in BEVAR – an American perspective. Fatima Javairiah
16:30 Bridging stentgraft deployment without sheath support. Wolf Eilenberg
16:35 Discussion

17:00 Round table discussion on acute aortic dissection
Moderators: Rachel Clough & Germano Melissano
17:00 Treatment indication for uncomplicated type B dissection. Bijan Modarai
17:05 How to handle Non-a non-b acute dissection. Tara Mastracci
17:10 Contrast enhanced TEE during TEVAR for dissections. Blandine Maurel
17:15 Update on „STABILISE“ for acute/subacute TBAD. Germano Melissano
17:20 SUNDAY trial uncomplicated dissection. Timothy Resch
17:25 Strategies for malperfusion in acute aortic dissection. Barend Mees
17:30 Discussion

18:00 Closing remarks

18:30 Official dinner