11/12
8:55 - 10:30
Main room - Le Nôtre

Endovascular myths: separating fact from fiction

Plenary
PAD
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Define the limits of the vascular treatment
  • Adapt the treatment

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE)

09:00 - 09:12
AIOD: CERAB or kissing: the final answer?

Michel Reijnen (Arnhem, NETHERLANDS)

09:12 - 09:24
CFA: do the guidelines push the limits or are these still too conservative?

Hany Zayed (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

09:24 - 09:36
Distal popliteal disease: still a no-stenting zone?

Sabine Steiner (Vienna, AUSTRIA)

09:36 - 09:48
Lesson from SWEDEPAD RCT in clinical practice

Per Skoog (Gothenburg, SWEDEN)

10:18 - 10:30
Resorbable scaffolding: the eternal promise?

Prakash Krishnan (New York, UNITED STATES)

11/12
10:30 - 10:40
Main room - Le Nôtre

Opening ceremony

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE), Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE)

11/12
10:40 - 12:10
Agora

Short Oral Communications

Abstract

11/12
11:10 - 12:45
Main room - Le Nôtre

Latest developments in the Ascending Aorta and Arch

Plenary
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Select the appropriate technique to repair arch pathologies
  • Include percutaneous strategies to ascending and arch repairs
  • Implement an endovascular option for ascending aorta lesions

Animators: Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE), Tara M Mastracci (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

11:15 - 11:27
Endovascular treatment of the ascending aorta: techniques and available tools

Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, GERMANY)

11:27 - 11:39
Minimally invasive arches! Total percutaneous approaches to the supra-aortic trunks

Tim Resch (Copenhagen, DENMARK)

11:39 - 11:51
EndoBentall is here: our experience standardising a device and approach

Shahab Toursavadkohi (Baltimore, UNITED STATES)

11:51 - 12:03
Full metal jacket: endovascular aortic repair from the root to the bifurcation

Mauro Gargiulo (Bologna, ITALY)

12:33 - 12:45
How I manage intrastent thrombosis and kinks after TEVAR and FET

Santi Trimarchi (Milan, ITALY)

11/12
11:10 - 12:45
Room 2 - Gabriel

Individualised carotid artery treatment

Live in the box
Carotid
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Decide the best device for carotid artery stenting for navigation and brain protection
  • Decide indication for treatment in a near occlusion carotid
  • Decide the best technical indication and device for restenotic carotid lesion
  • Decide strategy and treatment for a carotid dissection

Animators: Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Alison Halliday (Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

11:10 - 11:15
Introduction

Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Alison Halliday (Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

11:15 - 11:27
Choosing the best access: the Achilles heel

Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN)

11:27 - 11:39
Lesion preparation prior to carotid stenting? Key to success!

Piotr Musialek (KRAKOW, POLAND)

11:39 - 11:51
TCAR is safe in recently symptomatic patients with contralateral carotid occlusion

Peter Schneider (San Francisco, UNITED STATES)

11:51 - 12:03
Decision making in carotid near occlusion

Laura Capoccia (Frosinone, ITALY)

12:03 - 12:15
CAS treating CEA restenosis requires dedicated techniques!

Paolo Sbarzaglia (Cotignola, ITALY)

12:15 - 12:27
Symptomatic carotid artery dissection? HELP!

Barbara Rantner (Munich, GERMANY)

12:27 - 12:39
Carotid dissection from right radial access: could happen!

Prakash Krishnan (New York, UNITED STATES)

11/12
11:10 - 12:55
Hands-on room 1

Acute limb ischaemia of lower limb

Hands-on
Carotid
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Decision making in ALI - open/endo/hybrid
  • Perform open embolectomy
  • Safely use thrombectomy devices

Lead convenor: Gianmarco de Donato (Siena, ITALY)

Co-convenor: Fabrizio Fanelli (Florence, ITALY), Raghuram Lakshminarayan (Hessle, UNITED KINGDOM), Teresa Martin Gonzalez (Lille, FRANCE), Piotr Myrcha (Warsaw, POLAND), Bahaa Nasr (Brest, FRANCE), Andrej Schmidt (Leipzig, GERMANY), Konstantinos Stavroulakis (Rheine, GERMANY)

11/12
11:10 - 12:55
Hands-on room 2

Patient-tailored superficial vein treatment & sclerotherapy

Hands-on
Venous
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Perform US of the superficial veins
  • Perform US during puncturing of a vein
  • Perform sclerotherapy
  • Know how to perform a laser/RF ablation
  • Know how to make and perform chemical ablation with foam
  • Know how to perform glue ablation

Lead convenor: Sarah Thomis (Leuven, BELGIUM)

Co-convenor: Ahmed Gaweesh (Alexandria, EGYPT), Marzia Lugli (Modena, ITALY), Mark Meissner (Seattle, UNITED STATES), Prakash Saha (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

11/12
12:45 - 14:00
Agora

Controversies PAD I

Controversies
PAD
By the end of this session learners will be able to:
  • Define the limits of the vascular treatment

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE)

12:45 - 12:50
An autologous great saphenous vein is availalbe for a CLTI patient with a calcified 25cm CTO and reinjection at P1: as first strategy, I do a bypass

Athanasios Saratzis (Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM)

12:50 - 12:55
An autologous great saphenous vein is availalbe for a CLTI patient with a calcified 25cm CTO and reinjection at P1: as first strategy, I do an endovascular revascularization

Konstantinos Stavroulakis (Rheine, GERMANY)

12:55 - 13:05
Debate

Athanasios Saratzis (Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM), Konstantinos Stavroulakis (Rheine, GERMANY)

13:05 - 13:10
Endo failed and no autologous great saphenous vein is available. As first strategy, as conduit, I use a prosthesis

Gabriele Piffaretti (Varese, ITALY)

13:10 - 13:15
Endo failed and no autologous great saphenous vein is available. As first strategy, as conduit, I use allograft

Eric Steinmetz (Dijon, FRANCE)

13:15 - 13:25
Debate

Gabriele Piffaretti (Varese, ITALY), Eric Steinmetz (Dijon, FRANCE)

13:25 - 13:30
Delphi consensus algorythm for the endovascular treatment of chronic femoropopliteal lesion JACC-CI 2025- Pro

Eric Secemsky (Boston, UNITED STATES)

13:30 - 13:35
Delphi consensus algorythm for the endovascular treatment of chronic femoropopliteal lesion JACC-CI 2025- Cons

Prakash Krishnan (New York, UNITED STATES)

13:35 - 13:45
Debate

Prakash Krishnan (New York, UNITED STATES), Eric Secemsky (Boston, UNITED STATES)

11/12
13:35 - 15:05
Hands-on room 2

Innovation in carotids and supra-aortic arteries treatment

Hands-on
Carotid
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
- to name the various embolic protection devices
- to deploy the embolic protection device according to IFU
- to name the stent used in carotid stenting to offer maximal protection
- to deploy the stents according to IFU

Lead convenor: Maarten Uyttenboogaart (Groningen, NETHERLANDS)

Co-convenor: Tommaso Castrucci (Roma, ITALY), Ralf Langhoff (Berlin, GERMANY), Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN), Piotr Musialek (KRAKOW, POLAND), Piotr Myrcha (Warsaw, POLAND), Peter Schneider (San Francisco, UNITED STATES), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

11/12
13:45 - 15:20
Main room - Le Nôtre

All you need to know about dissections

Plenary
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Determine which patients require early endovascular repair
  • Create a dedicated follow-up protocol for patients with type B dissections
  • Implement a comprehensive workflow to safely perform FBEVAR in chronic dissections

Animators: Caitlin Hicks (Baltimore, UNITED STATES), Tim Resch (Copenhagen, DENMARK)

13:50 - 14:02
Tips & tricks for open and endovascular surgery in patients with CTD

Roberto Aru (Philadelphia, UNITED STATES)

14:02 - 14:14
The science behind the high-risk features of uncomplicated acute type B dissection is shaky at best

Hence Verhagen (Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS)

14:14 - 14:26
Follow up in aortic dissections. How often should we do surveillance, and should we tailor it?

Tara M Mastracci (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:26 - 14:38
What is the optimal management of the false lumen in chronic dissections

Nikolaos Tsilimparis (Munich, GERMANY)

15:08 - 15:20
Unravelling the mysteries of septotomy: Is it the safest and best option to open the true lumen in chronic dissections?

Andres Schanzer (Worcester, UNITED STATES)

11/12
13:45 - 15:20
Room 2 - Gabriel

Multidisciplinary approach (JIF)

Joint session
Joint sessions & Other

Animators: Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Sabine Steiner (Vienna, AUSTRIA)

13:45 - 13:50
Introduction

Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Sabine Steiner (Vienna, AUSTRIA)

13:50 - 14:05
(Orbital) Atherectomy for calcified occluded common femoral artery from upper approach

Gilles Goyault (Strasbourg, FRANCE)

14:05 - 14:20
Management of a complex aortic and both iliac occlusion

Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE)

14:20 - 14:35
Management of a complex SFA occlusion without proximal stamp assisted with IVUS

Jérôme Brunet (Avignon, FRANCE)

14:50 - 15:05
Calcified occluded external and common femoral artery Interested of IVL

Nicolas Louis (Nîmes, FRANCE)

11/12
13:45 - 15:30
Hands-on room 1

Principles of ultrasound in vascular disease

Hands-on
Imaging
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
 
  • will be comfortable with US systems, transducer choice, knops and bottoms, applications etc.
  • will have trained visualization of groin vessels, carotid, aorta and its major branches, and lower limb arteries.
  • have basic knowledge to acquire and evaluate Doppler flow curves from carotid and lower limb.

Co-convenor: Kim Bredahl (Copenhagen, DENMARK), Teresa Martin Gonzalez (Lille, FRANCE), Bernard Peeters (Gent, BELGIUM)

11/12
14:20 - 15:50
Agora

Short Oral Communications

Abstract

11/12
15:50 - 17:25
Room 2 - Gabriel

Navigating the complexities of aortic repair

Live in the box
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Design endografts to adapt to anatomical challenges
  • Create a dedicated workflow for aortic procedures to avoid technical failures
  • Have bailout options when facing technical challenges when performing complex aortic endografting

Animators: Daniela Branzan (Munich, GERMANY), Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE)

15:55 - 16:07
Retrograde branches for aortic arch repair. Great, but not an option for everyone!

Nuno Dias (Malmö, SWEDEN)

16:07 - 16:19
Armed, not dangerous: when do we still need upper approach when performing FBEVAR

Luca Bertoglio (Brescia, ITALY)

16:34 - 16:46
I can perform complex FBEVAR with (almost) no X-Ray!

Benjamin Sandholdt (Copenhagen, DENMARK)

16:46 - 17:00
How to avoid complications during Arch BEVAR

Vaiva Dabravolskaite (bern, SWITZERLAND)

17:00 - 17:12
Tips & tricks when using closure devices in the carotid and axillary arteries

Giovanni Pratesi (Genoa, ITALY)

17:12 - 17:24
Open surgery to the rescue: treatment of arch fenestrated endograft infection

Viviana Grassi (Milan, ITALY)

11/12
16:00 - 18:00
Hands-on room 1

Endovascular treatment solutions in the aortic arch

Hands-on
Aorta
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • To select the appropriate device in every patient
  • Learn the procedural steps of dedicated devices in aortic arch pathology
  • Know the toolkit to use and facilitate endovascular aortic arch treatment

Lead convenor: Carlota Prendes (Uppsala, SWEDEN), Nikolaos Tsilimparis (Munich, GERMANY)

Co-convenor: Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, GERMANY), Mario Lachat (Zurich, SWITZERLAND), Antoine Millon (Lyon, FRANCE), Gioele Simonte (Perugia, ITALY), Giovanni Tinelli (Roma, ITALY)

11/12
16:15 - 18:00
Hands-on room 2

Carotid endarterectomy

Hands-on
Carotid
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Know the basic principles behind and have hands-on experience in how to perform an endarterectomy
  • Know how to insert and remove a shunt
  • Know how to close arteriotomy with a patchHow to unclamp safely

11/12
16:30 - 18:35
Main room - Le Nôtre

Extreme CLTI

Plenary
PAD

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE)

17:05 - 17:20
Retrograde recanalisation: predictors of success

Erwin Blessing (Hamburg, GERMANY)

17:35 - 17:50
The hurdles of DVA

Marta Lobato (Bilbao, SPAIN)

18:05 - 18:20
Treatment goals: it is not all about intervention

Barend Mees (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

18:20 - 18:35
Below the ankle: does it save the foot?

Andrej Schmidt (Leipzig, GERMANY)

12/12
8:15 - 10:00
Main room - Le Nôtre

Crossing and drug abuse

Plenary
PAD
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Improve the skill to cross and to treat lower limb atheromatous lesions

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE)

08:20 - 08:34
Intra or sub intimal FP recanalization: for which benefits?

Fabrizio Fanelli (Florence, ITALY)

08:34 - 08:48
Slow flow phenomenon: a transient issue or an impact on outcome?

Marc Sirvent (Granollers, SPAIN)

08:48 - 09:02
Double paclitaxel shots for femoropopiteal lesion

Gunnar Tepe (Rosenheim, GERMANY)

09:32 - 09:45
Limus: a lot of questions

Marianne Brodmann (Graz, AUSTRIA)

12/12
8:25 - 10:00
Room 2 - Gabriel

Pulmonary embolism: breaking the clot barrier

Plenary
Venous
By the end of this session, learners will be able to: 
  • Identify patients eligible for catheter guided thrombectomy
  • Know what it takes to set up a PERT in their institution

Animator: Sanne de Boer (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

08:30 - 08:45
How to set up a PERT team?
08:45 - 09:00
Catheter guided thrombectomy

Sanne de Boer (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

09:00 - 09:15
Treating and managing pulmonary embolism
09:15 - 09:30
Treatment outcomes for PE
09:30 - 09:45
PE as a complication of venous intervention

Mark Meissner (Seattle, UNITED STATES)

12/12
8:45 - 10:15
Agora

Short Oral Communications

Abstract

12/12
9:00 - 10:00
Hands-on room 1

Any vessel can be accessed and closed

Hands-on
Aorta
PAD
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
●            Review indications and limitations of small hole closure devices
●            Review indications and limitations of large hole closure devices
●            To use the closure devices according to IFU

Lead convenor: Barend Mees (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

Co-convenor: Caroline Caradu (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Mario Lachat (Zurich, SWITZERLAND), Wouter Lansink (Genk, BELGIUM), Lieven Maene (Aalst, BELGIUM), Max Meertens (Mainz, GERMANY), Sabine Steiner (Vienna, AUSTRIA)

12/12
10:25 - 11:45
Main room - Le Nôtre

Carotid: update & state of the art

Plenary
Carotid
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Decide the most dedicated device for protection and stenting in carotid lesion
  • Have a clear strategy for carotid lesion in accordance with ECST2 guidelines
  • Decide strategy for vertebral lesion and symptomatology

Animators: Richard Bulbulia (Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

10:30 - 10:42
Flow reversal varies during carotid stenting and makes a difference!

Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN)

10:42 - 10:54
Access, neuroprotection or stent design in CAS: do we really know their 'independent' influence on clinical outcomes?

Maarten Uyttenboogaart (Groningen, NETHERLANDS)

10:54 - 11:06
ECST2...will it change my practice? PRO
11:06 - 11:18
ECST2...will it change my practice? CONS

Richard Bulbulia (Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM)

11:33 - 11:45
Nonagenarians - need for a different treatment algorithm?

Barbara Rantner (Munich, GERMANY)

12/12
10:25 - 12:00
Room 2 - Gabriel

The devil in the details with dissection

Live in the box
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Select the appropriate endovascular approach to occlude the false lumen
  • Apply a strategy to detect and appropriately treat malperfusion
  • Implement tips and tricks when facing technical challenges during dissection endografting

Animators: Andres Schanzer (Worcester, UNITED STATES), Santi Trimarchi (Milan, ITALY)

10:25 - 10:30
Introduction

Andres Schanzer (Worcester, UNITED STATES), Santi Trimarchi (Milan, ITALY)

10:30 - 10:45
Treatment of distal ischemia following type A open repair

Blandine Maurel (Nantes, FRANCE)

10:45 - 11:00
False Lumen Endografts: instructions for use from the master

Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, GERMANY)

11:00 - 11:15
BEVAR in chronic dissections: how I manage the narrow true lumen

Michele Piazza (Padova, ITALY)

11:15 - 11:30
Early experience with False lumen embolization with dedicated large plugs

Dai Yamanouchi (Madison, UNITED STATES)

11:30 - 11:45
My most complex dissection case

Said Abisi (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

11:45 - 12:00
Explantation is not always the best option to treat infected TEVARs

Germano Melissano (Milan, ITALY)

12/12
10:30 - 12:05
Agora

Deep dive into venous cases: Learn, Share, Discuss

Plenary
Venous
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Outline the etiopathogenesis of venous ulcers
  • Formulate an original surgical approach plan for patients with venous ulcers
  • Determine surgical and non surgical solutions for venous ulcerations

12/12
10:30 - 12:30
Hands-on room 1

Creation and maintenance of AVF – Proven and new strategies

Hands-on
AV Access
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
 
  • To decide the optimal technique and site for an AV fistula
  • Perform an endovascular AV fistula
  • Perform an open AV fistula
  • Be able to do a thrombectomy or thrombo-aspiration  of AV fistula

12/12
10:30 - 12:30
Hands-on room 2

Treatment of acute mesenteric ischaemia

Hands-on
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Decision making in acute mesenteric ischemia – algorithm
  • Perform endo/hybrid embolectomy- thrombectomy
  • Familiarize with endovascular toolkit required to manage acute mesenteric ischemia

Co-convenor: Lorenzo Garzelli (Paris, FRANCE), Gustavo Oderich (Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES), Martin Rouer (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, FRANCE), Narayanan Thulasidasan (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

12/12
11:50 - 12:35
Main room - Le Nôtre

Late breaking trials

Abstract

12/12
12:05 - 13:40
Room 2 - Gabriel

The cardiologist's point of view

Plenary
Joint sessions & Other
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Describe at least 4 different strategies to manage endovascularly arterial bifurcations
  • Determine what is the best endovascular option to manage lesions of the aorto-iliac, iliac, femoral or below-the-knee arterial bifurcations
  • Associate strategies from cardiology and interventional surgery to offer the most appropriate endovascular treatment for each arterial bifurcation lesion

Animators: Antoine Sauguet (Toulouse, FRANCE)

12:05 - 12:10
Introduction

Antoine Sauguet (Toulouse, FRANCE)

12:10 - 12:15
Flash news on restenotic treatment in 2025: Is there science to guide the treatment?
12:15 - 12:25
CASE IN POINT Aorto Iliac in-stent thrombosis treatment (atherectomy use)

Raphael Coscas (Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE)

12:25 - 12:35
CASE IN POINT Aorto Iliac restenotic lesion treatment (Under expansion treated by IVL plus DCB)

Paolo Sbarzaglia (Cotignola, ITALY)

12:35 - 12:45
CASE IN POINT intrastent occlusive SFA restenotic lesion treatment (Rotarex plus DCB)

Gilles Goyault (Strasbourg, FRANCE)

12:45 - 12:55
CASE IN POINT intrastent occlusive SFA restenotic lesion treatment (Laser plus DCB)

Jérôme Brunet (Avignon, FRANCE)

12:55 - 13:00
Which tools do we have for distal embolization?

Fausto Castriota (Cotignola, ITALY)

13:00 - 13:05
Take home message

Antoine Sauguet (Toulouse, FRANCE)

12/12
12:40 - 13:45
Agora

Controversies PAD II

Controversies
PAD

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE)

12:45 - 12:50
Intraprocedural lesion assessment: IVUS is mandatory, 2 projection angiography is insufficient

Fabrizio Fanelli (Florence, ITALY)

12:50 - 12:55
Intraprocedural lesion assessment: 2 projection angiography is the reality, IVUS is a transient hype

Jos C. Van Den Berg (Lugano, SWITZERLAND)

12:55 - 13:05
Debate

Fabrizio Fanelli (Florence, ITALY), Jos C. Van Den Berg (Lugano, SWITZERLAND)

13:05 - 13:10
Atherectomy sytems in the fempop area: a waste of money and efforts

Wouter Lansink (Genk, BELGIUM)

13:10 - 13:15
Atherectomy sytems in the fempop area: Indispensable!

Ralf Langhoff (Berlin, GERMANY)

13:15 - 13:25
Debate

Ralf Langhoff (Berlin, GERMANY)

Wouter Lansink (Genk, BELGIUM)

13:25 - 13:30
Endovascular is the way to go for lower limb acute Limb Ischemia...by mechaninal thrombectomy

Bruno Migliara (Peschiera del Garda, ITALY)

13:30 - 13:35
Endovascular is the way to go for lower limb acute Limb Ischemia...by thrombo-aspiration

Hideaki Obara (Tokyo, JAPAN)

13:35 - 13:45
Debate

Bruno Migliara (Peschiera del Garda, ITALY), Hideaki Obara (Tokyo, JAPAN)

12/12
13:10 - 15:15
Main room - Le Nôtre

Don't make complex AAA too complex!

Plenary
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Select the appropriate endograft design for patients with complex AAA
  • Determine which patient should be best treated by open surgery
  • Implement a training program to safely perform FEVAR

Animators: Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE), Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, GERMANY)

13:15 - 13:27
F/BEVAR outcomes in the United States is different in centres with an IDE and without - so how do we disseminate this technology

Caitlin Hicks (Baltimore, UNITED STATES)

13:27 - 13:39
Strategies to avoid crushing defeat (and bridging stents) during FEVAR

Gustavo Oderich (Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES)

13:54 - 14:06
How I design my FEVAR: lessons learned from >2000 cases to achieve a successful repair

Eric Verhoeven (Nuremberg, GERMANY)

14:21 - 14:33
Thinking outside the box: creative F/BEVAR designs to salvage failed open and endo surgery

Andres Schanzer (Worcester, UNITED STATES)

15:03 - 15:15
In 2025, which patients with TAAA should be treated with open repair, and which should not: wise advice from a seasoned expert

Roberto Chiesa (MILANO, ITALY)

12/12
13:35 - 15:20
Hands-on room 1

Crossing techniques in challenging chronic total occlusions

Hands-on
PAD
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
- Name various characteristics of a guide wire to be able to select the appropriate one to cross a CTO lesion
- have an overview of the various support catheters on the market including their characteristics
- to select the optimal access site to treat CTO lesions

Co-convenor: Jérôme Brunet (Avignon, FRANCE), Marta Lobato (Bilbao, SPAIN), Teresa Martin Gonzalez (Lille, FRANCE), Bahaa Nasr (Brest, FRANCE), Konstantinos Stavroulakis (Rheine, GERMANY), Sabine Steiner (Vienna, AUSTRIA), Çagdas Unlü (Alkmaar, NETHERLANDS)

12/12
13:40 - 15:15
Room 2 - Gabriel

Disruption, Debate, and Delivery: Evolving Approaches to the Hemodialysis Lifeline

Plenary
AV Access
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Assess the current clinical experience surrounding endoAVF and biologic grafts as alternatives to traditional AV access materials
  • Compare and contrast therapeutic strategies for AV access stenosis in terms of efficacy, durability and safety
  • Formulate management plans for patients with AV access thrombosis

Animators: Alexandros Mallios (Chartres, FRANCE), Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse (Chicago, UNITED STATES)

13:40 - 13:45
Introduction

Alexandros Mallios (Chartres, FRANCE), Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse (Chicago, UNITED STATES)

13:45 - 14:00
The Artificial Kidney: Vascular Access Challenges

Jonathan Himmelfarb (New York, UNITED STATES)

14:00 - 14:15
DEBATE: EndoAVF - a failed experiment - YES

Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse (Chicago, UNITED STATES)

14:15 - 14:30
DEBATE: EndoAVF - a failed experiment - NO

Bart Dolmatch (Portola Valley, UNITED STATES)

14:30 - 14:45
A biological graft dedicated for access - could it replace Goretex one day?

Alexandros Mallios (Chartres, FRANCE)

14:45 - 15:00
Algorithm for AVF / AVG stenosis treatment: Covered stents vs DCBs vs Surgery
15:00 - 15:15
Management of Recurrent access Thrombosis

Stephen E. Hohmann (Dallas, UNITED STATES)

12/12
13:45 - 15:45
Hands-on room 2

Open surgical repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms

Hands-on
Aorta
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to :
 
  • Identify anatomical landmarks and determine safe clamping sites for juxta- and suprarenal aneurysms
  • Understand indications for and apply renal cooling techniques during open repair
  • Perform selective perfusion and/or reimplantation of renal and visceral arteries
  • Execute a full open repair of complex AAA using synthetic grafts or biological substitutes
  • Learn how to design a NAIS with biological substitues if necessary

 

Lead convenor: Caroline Caradu (Bordeaux, FRANCE)

Co-convenor: Luca Bertoglio (Brescia, ITALY), Dominique Fabre (Plessis-Robinson, FRANCE), Marine Gaudry (Marseille, FRANCE), Alexander Gombert (Aachen, GERMANY), Gustavo Oderich (Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES), Sabine Wipper (Innsbruck, AUSTRIA)

12/12
15:20 - 16:25
Agora

Controversies Carotid

Controversies
Carotid

Animators: Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

16:20 - 16:25
Introduction

Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

15:20 - 15:25
Carotid artery dissection always requires Invasive treatment

Maarten Uyttenboogaart (Groningen, NETHERLANDS)

15:25 - 15:30
Carotid artery dissection only requires medical treatment

Richard Bulbulia (Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM)

15:30 - 15:40
Carotid artery dissection debate

Richard Bulbulia (Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM), Maarten Uyttenboogaart (Groningen, NETHERLANDS)

15:40 - 15:45
Carotid artery aneurysm (primary): Hybrid treatment is the way forward!

Gianluca Faggioli (Yes, ITALY)

15:45 - 15:50
Carotid artery aneurysm (primary): Watchful waiting is the only evidence based solution

Raechel Toorop (Utrecht, NETHERLANDS)

15:50 - 16:00
Carotid artery aneurysm (primary) debate

Gianluca Faggioli (Yes, ITALY), Raechel Toorop (Utrecht, NETHERLANDS)

16:00 - 16:05
Indication for symptomatic carotid artery treatment should always be based on Degree of Carotid artery stenosis
16:05 - 16:10
Indication for symptomatic carotid artery treatment should always be based on plaque characteristics

Piotr Musialek (KRAKOW, POLAND)

16:10 - 16:20
Indication for symptomatic carotid artery treatment debate

Piotr Musialek (KRAKOW, POLAND)

12/12
15:40 - 17:45
Main room - Le Nôtre

Back to the future in lower limb PAD

Plenary
PAD
By the end of this session learners will be able to:
  • Learn the next steps of the future treatments 

Animators: Koen Deloose (Dendermonde, BELGIUM), Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE)

15:45 - 16:00
Personalisation of antithrombolic therapy

Anahita Dua (Boston, UNITED STATES)

16:30 - 16:45
The value of medico administrative databse for lower limb PAD assessment

Eric Secemsky (Boston, UNITED STATES)

17:15 - 17:30
AI: friend or enemy of PAD specialists?

Trisha Roy (Houston, UNITED STATES)

12/12
15:40 - 17:15
Room 2 - Gabriel

Imaging & more

Plenary
Imaging
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Decide benefit for IVUS in aortic and PAD treatment
  • Decide most dedicated imaging for Endoleak detection and help for strategy
  • Compare failure and benefit with IVUS versus angiography during vessel preparation and arterial management

Animators: Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Kak Khee Yeung (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)

15:40 - 15:45
Introduction

Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Kak Khee Yeung (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)

15:45 - 15:57
IVUS for aortic treatment: fake or future?

Michele Piazza (Padova, ITALY)

15:57 - 16:09
3D guidance using FORS (Fiber Optic RealShape) and now?

Tim Resch (Copenhagen, DENMARK)

16:09 - 16:21
IVUS assisted septotomy for TBD

Vincent Jongkind (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)

16:21 - 16:33
Multimodality assessment of aortic endoleaks: US, CTA, MRA or IVUS?

Narayan Karunanithy (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

16:33 - 16:45
CTA and 4D reconstruction for endoleak analyse

Simon Roisin (Amiens, FRANCE)

16:45 - 16:57
The modern role of vascular image processing

Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk (Bern, SWITZERLAND)

12/12
15:50 - 17:20
Hands-on room 1

Endovascular deep venous arterialization

Hands-on
PAD
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Open deep vein arterialization – hands-on
  • Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization (pDVA) – Case-in-a-box tips & tricks
  • Understand pre- and post-procedural criteria for pDVA within a multidisciplinary approachGet hands-on experience with Ultrasound guided arterio-venous crossing

Co-convenor: Marta Lobato (Bilbao, SPAIN), Athanasios Saratzis (Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM), Andrej Schmidt (Leipzig, GERMANY), Michiel Schreve (Alkmaar, NETHERLANDS), Konstantinos Stavroulakis (Rheine, GERMANY), Narayanan Thulasidasan (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

12/12
16:30 - 18:30
Hands-on room 2

Open repair of infected aortic (endo)graft

Hands-on
Aorta
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
- Prepare workflow for removal of infected stent graft
- Be more familiar with problem solving, replacement of the infected graft using bovine material.

Co-convenor: Elixène Jean-Baptiste (Nice, FRANCE), Andrea Kahlberg (Milano, ITALY)

12/12
16:45 - 19:00
Agora

Flash Presentations

Abstract

12/12
17:20 - 19:10
Room 2 - Gabriel

Interventional nightmares I

Plenary
Joint sessions & Other

17:25 - 17:40
Large RA thrombus/management

Bart Dolmatch (Portola Valley, UNITED STATES)

17:40 - 17:55
Massive distal embolisation
17:55 - 18:10
Extreme corral reef
18:10 - 18:25
Rupture of the aortic bifurcation during cross over procedure
18:25 - 18:40
Long term complications antero-caval-fistulae

Jorinde Van Laanen (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

18:40 - 18:55
Wait till you see my worst case

Antoine Millon (Lyon, FRANCE)

12/12
17:50 - 19:10
Main room - Le Nôtre

Late breaking news from Asia Pacific

Joint session
Joint sessions & Other
By the end of this session learners will be able to:
  • Discover the managment and treatment of peripheral artery disease by asia pacific vascular interventionalists

Animators: Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE), Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE)

17:50 - 17:55
Introduction

Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE), Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE)

17:55 - 18:05
DVT - The Singapore Experience
18:05 - 18:15
The japaneese surgical view for the endovascular treatment of CFA

Hideaki Obara (Tokyo, JAPAN)

18:25 - 18:35
Pulmonary embolism endovascular repair in India

Varinder Singh Bedi (New Delhi, INDIA)

18:40 - 18:50
Pre-clinical and clinical research regulations in New Zealand
18:50 - 19:00
Chinese experience with fenestrated and branched aortic endografts
13/12
8:25 - 10:00
Main room - Le Nôtre

From Planning to Patency: Optimizing AV access maturation, cannulation and intervention

Plenary
AV Access
By the end of this session, leaners will be able to: 
  • Evaluate strategies to promote AVF maturation
  • Apply best-practices for AV access site selection and positioning to improve useability
  • Develop a clinical framework for timely intervention of AV access

Animators: Bart Dolmatch (Portola Valley, UNITED STATES), Stephen E. Hohmann (Dallas, UNITED STATES)

08:30 - 08:45
Percutaneous AVF is not dead! Results from the VENOS-2 Trial

Bart Dolmatch (Portola Valley, UNITED STATES)

08:45 - 09:00
Positioning the AV access for cannulation success

Stephen E. Hohmann (Dallas, UNITED STATES)

09:00 - 09:15
Optimising AVF maturation / when to utilize a device

John Lucas (Greenwood, UNITED STATES)

09:15 - 09:30
Living Your Best Life: Deciding When to Catheter Consign

Scott Trerotola (Philadelphia, UNITED STATES)

09:30 - 09:45
HAIDI: when and how intervene

Robert Shahverdyan (Hamburg, GERMANY)

09:45 - 10:00
Case Presentation with Faculty Discussion
13/12
8:25 - 10:00
Room 2 - Gabriel

Deep venous dilemmas: unraveling complex pathologies in pelvic venous disorders

Plenary
Venous
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Describe different approaches to treat pelvic venous disease
  • Describe the complex pathofysiology of Pelvic venous disorders
  • Formulate a treatment plan for central venous compression as a cause for Pelvic venous disorders

Animators: Mark Meissner (Seattle, UNITED STATES), Jorinde Van Laanen (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

08:25 - 08:30
Introduction

Mark Meissner (Seattle, UNITED STATES), Jorinde Van Laanen (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

08:30 - 08:45
The patient journey

Jorinde Van Laanen (Maastricht, NETHERLANDS)

08:45 - 09:00
Classification & pathophysiology

Mark Meissner (Seattle, UNITED STATES)

09:00 - 09:15
Treatment options for left renal vein compression

Olivier Hartung (Marseille, FRANCE)

09:15 - 09:30
NIVL as a cause for PeVD

Michael Lichtenberg (Arnsberg, GERMANY)

09:30 - 09:45
Ovarian and internal iliac vein coiling

Romaric Loffroy (Dijon, FRANCE)

09:45 - 10:00
Treatment of pelvic disease in adolescents, young women and pregnancies

Olivier Hartung (Marseille, FRANCE)

13/12
8:55 - 10:30
Agora

Short Oral Communications

Abstract

13/12
10:05 - 12:05
Hands-on room 1

A deep dive in the DEEP venous world

Hands-on
Venous
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Elaborate strategies to treat acute DVT
  • Understand the basic treatment options for pelvic venous disease
  • Understand the basic treatment options for post-thrombotic syndrome
  • Use IVUS

Co-convenor: Ahmed Gaweesh (Alexandria, EGYPT), Olivier Hartung (Marseille, FRANCE), Michael Lichtenberg (Arnsberg, GERMANY), Romaric Loffroy (Dijon, FRANCE), Marzia Lugli (Modena, ITALY), Mark Meissner (Seattle, UNITED STATES)

13/12
10:05 - 12:05
Hands-on room 2

Endovascular emergency treatment of aortic disease

Hands-on
Aorta
At the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
  • Know how to use off the shelf endografts in acute situations
  • List the toolkit needed to modify a graft (punch card technique)
  • Know the tips and tricks to perform in-situ fenestration (laser, thermocoagulation)Know how to create a home-made steerable sheath 

Co-convenor: Luca Bertoglio (Brescia, ITALY), Carlota Prendes (Uppsala, SWEDEN), Nikolaos Tsilimparis (Munich, GERMANY)

13/12
10:20 - 12:05
Main room - Le Nôtre

AAA update

Plenary
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Determine which patients are at risk of secondary procedures after EVAR
  • Include a radiation protection protocol in their hybrid room daily practice
  • Implement a specific approach for female patients

Animators: Gustavo Oderich (Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES), Hence Verhagen (Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS)

10:25 - 10:40
The data clearly demonstrate we need to reconsider AAA treatment thresholds and repair less AAA
10:40 - 10:55
And the data also clearly demonstrate we need to better select our patients: risk stratification for open and endovascular AAA repair

Lorenz Meuli (Zurich, SWITZERLAND)

10:55 - 11:10
I can predict EVAR failure

Jean-Paul De Vries (Groningen, NETHERLANDS)

11:25 - 11:40
Radiation protection in our hybrid OR, what's really effective?

Bijan Modarai (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

11:40 - 11:55
Should aortic disease in female patients be managed differently?

Anna Louise Pouncey (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

13/12
10:30 - 12:05
Room 2 - Gabriel

Embolisation & more

Plenary
Embolisation
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Decide an algorythm for embolisation during arterial bleeding
  • Decide best option for endoleak treatment
  • Decide benefit and option for persistant endoleak type 2

Animators: Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Narayan Karunanithy (London, UNITED KINGDOM), Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN)

10:30 - 10:35
Introduction

Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Narayan Karunanithy (London, UNITED KINGDOM), Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo (Madrid, SPAIN)

10:35 - 10:47
Embolotherapy for orthopedic disorder!

Varinder Singh Bedi (New Delhi, INDIA)

10:47 - 10:59
Traum bleeding: examples and treatment with pragmatism

Narayan Karunanithy (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

10:59 - 11:11
Bleeding during procedure: example and treatment with calm

Prakash Krishnan (New York, UNITED STATES)

11:11 - 11:23
New polymer filling for type 2 EL
11:23 - 11:35
Type 2 EL: direct puncture or transarterial? Examples of good and bad

Jos C. Van Den Berg (Lugano, SWITZERLAND)

11:35 - 11:47
Type 2 EL: I love to glue everywhere!
11:47 - 11:59
Type 2 EL should not be treated endo, only option is conversion

Athanasios Katsargyris (Nuremberg, GERMANY)

13/12
12:05 - 13:10
Agora

Controversies Aorta I

Controversies
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Implement a treatment strategy in the setting of false lumen growth
  • Create a personalized septotomy treatment plan
  • Understand that both endovascular and open repair are mandatory for treatment success

Animators: Stéphan Haulon (Paris, FRANCE), Kak Khee Yeung (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)

12:10 - 12:15
False lumen flow must be stopped

Daniela Branzan (Munich, GERMANY)

12:15 - 12:20
If it's not growing don't fix it

Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, GERMANY)

12:20 - 12:30
Debate

Daniela Branzan (Munich, GERMANY), Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, GERMANY)

12:30 - 12:35
Arch aneurysm during follow-up after type A dissection open repair. FET is the best option

Xavier Chaufour (Toulouse, FRANCE)

12:35 - 12:40
No way, its BEVAR!

Giovanni Tinelli (Roma, ITALY)

12:40 - 12:50
Debate

Xavier Chaufour (Toulouse, FRANCE), Giovanni Tinelli (Roma, ITALY)

12:50 - 12:55
Septotomy should be performed routinely in FBEVAR for chronic dissections

Gustavo Oderich (Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES)

12:55 - 13:00
Why make a straight-forward procedure complex!

Eric Verhoeven (Nuremberg, GERMANY)

13:00 - 13:10
Debate

Gustavo Oderich (Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES), Eric Verhoeven (Nuremberg, GERMANY)

13/12
12:15 - 13:00
Room 2 - Gabriel

The French and German Vascular Societies perspective on asymptomatic carotid stenosis, AAA indication for repair, and training

Joint session
Joint sessions & Other

12:15 - 12:30
Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: surveillance, open or endovascular treatment?
12:30 - 12:45
How do we train young vascular surgeons in such a competitive environment with cardiology, angiology, and radiology!
12:45 - 13:00
Indication for AAA repair: is 55mm diameter the only threshold?

Blandine Maurel (Nantes, FRANCE)

13/12
13:05 - 14:40
Room 2 - Gabriel

Broadening horizons of aortic repair

Live in the box
Aorta
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
  • Implement a multidisciplinary strategy involving vascular surgeons for TAVI and pediatric vascular strategy
  • Create a personalized open vascularization plan for failed EVAR
  • Better select patients that require treatment of type II endoleaks

Animators: Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

13:05 - 13:10
Introduction

Eric Ducasse (Bordeaux, FRANCE), Isabelle Van Herzeele (Gent, BELGIUM)

13:10 - 13:25
Friends with benefits: the role of vascular surgeon in TAVI

Enrico Gallitto (Bologna, ITALY)

13:25 - 13:40
Dealing with sac growth after EVAR: should we treat type 2 EL, extend the sealing zone with FEVAR, or is there something else going on?

Hence Verhagen (Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS)

13:40 - 13:55
Maximally invasive rescue: open strategies to manage failed endovascular repairs

Orwa Falah (Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM)

13:55 - 14:10
Bad day at the office: my most challenging aortic case

Simon Neequaye (Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:10 - 14:25
Aortic sac management as an adjunct to EVAR

Jan MM Heyligers (Tilburg, NETHERLANDS)

14:25 - 14:40
Pediatric aortic surgery: what every vascular surgeon must know

Dominique Fabre (Plessis-Robinson, FRANCE)

13/12
13:10 - 14:40
Main room - Le Nôtre

Open/endo: my heart balances

Plenary
PAD

Animators: Yann Gouëffic (Paris, FRANCE), Ralf Langhoff (Berlin, GERMANY)

13:45 - 14:00
Open surgery for CFA after failed stenting

Wouter Lansink (Genk, BELGIUM)

14:00 - 14:15
Complex femoropopliteal recanalization after failed surgery

Prakash Krishnan (New York, UNITED STATES)

14:15 - 14:30
A good vein available but I prefer endo first

Peter Schneider (San Francisco, UNITED STATES)

14:30 - 14:45
Despite Basil 2 I perform routinely bypasses

Gonçalo Cabral (Lisbon, PORTUGAL)

13/12
14:45 - 16:20
Main room - Le Nôtre

The dark sides of CLTI, but there is light at the end of the tunnel

Joint session
Joint sessions & Other
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Describe at least 4 different strategies to manage endovascularly arterial bifurcations
  • Determine what is the best endovascular option to manage lesions of the aorto-iliac, iliac, femoral or below-the-knee arterial bifurcations
  • Associate strategies from cardiology and interventional surgery to offer the most appropriate endovascular treatment for each arterial bifurcation lesion

Animators: Anahita Dua (Boston, UNITED STATES), Jos C. Van Den Berg (Lugano, SWITZERLAND)

15:05 - 15:20
The economic burden of CLTI

Jos C. Van Den Berg (Lugano, SWITZERLAND)

15:05 - 15:20
VUS in BTK angioplasty: how many lesions do we leave behind and does this matter?

Michiel Schreve (Alkmaar, NETHERLANDS)

15:20 - 15:35
Treatment of the desert foot: overall management

Ashish Patel (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

15:35 - 15:50
I do not need all the fancy stuff: PTA is enough

Daniel Van Den Heuvel (Nieuwegein, NETHERLANDS)

15:50 - 16:05
How to cross occluded tibial artery origins that a jailed with a stent

Marta Lobato (Bilbao, SPAIN)

16:05 - 16:20
Resorbable scaffolds in CLTI : the devices of eternal promise?

Michel Bosiers (Bern, SWITZERLAND)

13/12
14:45 - 16:20
Room 2 - Gabriel

Superficial and deep pathology: update

Plenary
Venous
By the end of this session, learners will be able to: 
  • Argue about the benefits and risks of the use of foam
  • Describe the different non-thermal ablation techniques
  • Make a treatment plan in concommittent superficial and deep venous disease

Animators: Thomas Proebstle (Mannheim, GERMANY), Sarah Thomis (Leuven, BELGIUM)

14:45 - 14:50
Introduction

Thomas Proebstle (Mannheim, GERMANY), Sarah Thomis (Leuven, BELGIUM)

14:50 - 15:20
The place of foam in 2025? Interactive presentation
15:20 - 15:35
Review of all non-thermic ablation techniques

Thomas Proebstle (Mannheim, GERMANY)

15:35 - 15:50
What to treat first: deep or superficial disease?

Ahmed Gaweesh (Alexandria, EGYPT)

15:50 - 16:05
How to approach severe ulceration

Sarah Thomis (Leuven, BELGIUM)

16:05 - 16:20
Treatment options of deep venous insufficiency

Marzia Lugli (Modena, ITALY)

13/12
16:40 - 17:45
Room 2 - Gabriel

Interventional nightmares II

Plenary
Joint sessions & Other

16:45 - 17:00
long term complications for nutcracker syndrome

Olivier Hartung (Marseille, FRANCE)

17:00 - 17:15
My worst aortic case

Jonathan Sobocinski (Lille, FRANCE)

17:15 - 17:30
Steal versus monomelic neuropathy

Stephen E. Hohmann (Dallas, UNITED STATES)

17:30 - 17:45
My definition of a nightmare aortic case

Marine Gaudry (Marseille, FRANCE)