Thursday, September 10, 2015
Friday, September 11, 2015
Saturday, September 12, 2015
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| 07:45-08:00 | Opening Remarks |
| 08:00-10:30 | Session I: CAROTIDS Moderators: Christos Liapis (Greece) – Alan Dardik (USA) 08:00 | Best medical treatment in carotid artery disease Dimitri Mikhailidis (United Kingdom) 08:10 | The T. Gerasimides Lecture: Predictors of progression of asymptomatic carotid disease Stavros Kakkos (Greece) 08:20 | Racial disparities in early mortality in young patients with acute stroke Spiros Vasdekis (Greece) 08:30 | Ophthalmic insult after carotid interventions as a surrogate end-point in future trials on asymptomatic carotid disease Athanasios Giannoukas (Greece) 08:40 | Open vs. endovascular repair of atherosclerotic lesions of the supra-aortic vessels Konstantinos Filis (Greece) 08:50 | Emergency carotid interventions: CEA or CAS? Gianmarco de Donato (Italy) 09:00 | The E. Dalainas† Lecture: The clinical significance of filter findings following CAS Triantafillos Giannakopoulos (Greece) 09:10 | The N. Doundoulakis Lecture: Carotid artery stenting and cognitive function George Sfyroeras (Greece) 09:20 | Endovascular treatment of tandem lesions of the carotid arteries Elias Brountzos (Greece) 09:30 | Innovations in carotid artery stenting – clinically meaningful Sumaira Macdonald (USA) 09:40 | OP01: Simultaneous bilateral carotid stenting in high-risk patients is cost saving with slightly increased morbidity E.A. Kaperonis, N. Zannes, C. Karathanos, T. Konstantopoulos, G. Galanopoulos, S. Theodorou, A. Katsarou, J. Tsoutsas, D. Xanthopoulos, S. Tsoupanos, K. Loupou, V.G. Papavassileiou (Greece) 09:50 | OP02: Safety of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting in the early period after the neurologic index event – Results from the German quality assurance registry on >50,000 patients P. Tsantilas, A. Kühnl, M. Kallmayer, A. Zimmermann, B. Haller, T. König, U. Mansmann, M. Storck, H.-H. Eckstein (Germany) 10:00 | OP03: Study of proinflammatory parameters in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy G. Voulalas, K. Venetsanou, I. Kakisis, A. Lazaris, C. Maltezos, C. Liapis (Greece) 10:10 | OP04: Carotid plaque ultrasonic image analysis correlates to symptomatic status and to immunohistochemistry markers of angiogenesis and inflammation I. Tzormpatzoglou, D. Maras, T. Papas, P. Lazari, C. Barbatis, N. Liasis, A. Giannoukas (Greece) 10:20 | OP05: Concomitant coronary artery bypass with carotid, brachiocephalic, or aorto-femoral artery revascularization surgery D. Kim, J. Kim, H. Park, M. Lee, D. Yun, J. Kim (Korea Republic) |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Refreshment break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session II: LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASE I Moderators: Sotirios Georgopoulos (Greece) - Toshya Nishibe (Japan) 11:00 | Eicosapentaenoic acid is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis in young patients Toshiya Nishibe (Japan) 11:10 | The P. Dimakakos Lecture: Consensus document on intermittent claudication from the Central European Vascular Forum Nicos Angelides (Cyprus) 11:20 | Unilateral iliac artery stenting improves perfusion and symptoms in both limbs in patients with bilateral iliac lesions Sotirios Georgopoulos (Greece) 11:30 | Discussion 11:50 | OP06: The role of the distal arteriovenous fistula as an adjunct for improving graft patency rates following crural revascularization H. Dardik (USA) 12:00 | OP07: Differences between sex in clinical presentation and outcomes after peripheral vascular interventions P. Jasinski, A. Tassiopoulos, A. Kokkosis (USA) 12:10 | OP08: Crural bypass with Omniflow II® prosthesis for critical lower limb ischemia F. Dünschede, J. Stabrauskaite, G. Weißer, C. Espinola-Klein, B. Dorweiler, C.F. Vahl (Germany) |
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch break |
| 13:30-15:00 |
Session III: ABDOMINAL AORTA I Moderators: Apostolos Tassiopoulos (USA) – Sherif Sultan (Ireland) 13:30 | Should young patients with AAA be offered EVAR? Apostolos Tassiopoulos (USA) 13:40 | The P. Panousis† Lecture: Current management of complex aortoiliac aneurysms Thomas Kotsis (Greece) 13:50 | Predictors of in-hospital mortality of ruptured AAAs John Kakisis (Greece) 14:00 | Emergency EVAR, experiences from India Kumud Rai (India) 14:10 | rEVAR vs open repair: Does the Improve trial guide the management of ruptured AAA or is it a statistical smoked screen? Sherif Sultan (Ireland) 14:20 | Discussion 14:30 | OP09: Rupture after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in a 3-year dual centre study N. Rudarakanchana, B. Telgenkamp, M. Sallam, C.D. Bicknell, R. Bell, R. Gibbs, H. Zayed, M.P. Jenkins (United Kingdom) 14:40 | OP10: Open vs. endovascular repair of abdominal aortic injury in polytrauma patients: an analysis using the American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank A. Dayama, A. Mahmoud, O. Olorunfemi, K. Sumit, C. Fontecha, A. Rivera, J. McNelis (USA) 14:50 | OP11: Distant and non-distant organ injury during pre- and post-conditioning after suprarenal occlusion of the abdominal aorta: The role of oxidative stress and DNA damage D. Karageorgiadi, P. Selemenakis, K. Filis, G. Galyfos, D. Tsilimigras, G. Pateras, A. Kotsinas, V. Gorgoulis, F. Sigala (Greece) |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Refreshment break |
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Session IV: VENOUS AND LYMPHATICS Moderators: George Geroulakos (United Kingdom) - Efthymios Avgerinos (USA) 15:30 | Catheter directed interventions for DVT and PE Efthymios Avgerinos (USA) 15:40 | Review of indications and practices of vena caval filters Apostolos Tassiopoulos (USA) 15:50 | Vascular surgery and thrombophilia Antonios Papageorgiou (Greece) 16:00 | The A. Katsamouris† Lecture: New oral anticoagulants in the treatment and secondary prevention of VTE Athanasios Giannoukas (Greece) 16:10 | The C. Liapis Lecture: Contemporary strategies for the prevention and management of post-thrombotic syndrome George Geroulakos (United Kingdom) 16:20 | Mechanochemical ablation of varicose veins Michael Gaunt (United Kingdom) 16:30 | Guidelines on diagnosis and management of chronic limb lymphedema Athanasios Giannoukas (Greece) 16:40 | OP12: Venous thromboembolism and coronary artery disease: Is there a link? A. El-Menyar, H. Al-Thani (Qatar) 16:50 | OP13: A retrospective analysis on diagnosis and treatment for 55 cases of acute superior mesenteric venous thrombosis S. Wang, J. Wang, H. Ying, Y. Zhu, C. Yao, Z. Hu, G. Chang, S. Wang (China) 17:00 | OP14: Combined approach in the management of refractory chylous ascites in oncology patients A. Alkudayri, Z. Habib, S. Koussayer (Saudi Arabia) |
| PARALLEL HALL (Terpsichore B) |
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Session V: PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Moderators: Christos Klonaris (Greece) – Toshiya Nishibe (Japan) 15:30 | OP15: MiRNAs and inflammation in peripheral vascular diseases: Novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets G. Galyfos, K. Filis, A. Kotsinas, D. Tsilimigras, D. Chrisikos, G. Zografos, V. Gorgoulis, F. Sigala (Greece) 15:40 | OP16: Serum miR-15a reflects disease severity in critical limb ischemia patients M. Sharkawy, M. Korashi, E.E.D. Korashi (Egypt) 15:50 | OP17: Contemporary management of critical lower limb ischaemia in TASC D lesions with subintimal angioplasty in femoro-popliteal lesions, tibial angioplasty and sequential compression biomechanical device for infra-inguinal arterial occlusion.Experience and quality of life outcome learned over 25 years N. Hynes, S. Sultan (Ireland) 16:00 | OP18: Subintimal angioplasty of chronic total superficial femoral artery occlusions in CLI patients: Single center experience K. Attalla, A. El Badawy, A. El Naggar, B. Thabet (Egypt) 16:10 | OP19: Combined retrograde-antegrade arterial wiring: Peroneal artery can be a bridge to cross infrapopliteal TASC D lesions U. Lotfi (Egypt) 16:20 | OP20: Endovascular versus open surgical repair of popliteal artery aneurysms: a single center’s experience C. Tampakis, P. Antoniadis, D. Staramos, V. Argitis, I. Dodos, E. Pappas, K. Dervisis (Greece) 16:30 | OP21: Erectile dysfunction in peripheral vascular disease: Arterial inflow as a potential therapeutic target K.D. Bosch, E. Powell, A. Giannopoulos, J. Hague, O. Agu, J.A.C. Brookes, K.S. Benaragama, T. Richards (United Kingdom) 16:40 | OP22: Evaluation of greater saphenous vein for infra inguinal bypasses through simple eye balling the CT angiogram F. Alam, A.H. Baloch (Oman) 16:50 | OP23: Management strategy for persistent sciatic artery S.-K. Min, S. Ahn, A. Han, C. Choi, S.-Y. Kim, J. Ha, S.J. Kim (Korea Republic) |
| PLENARY HALL (Terpsichore A) | |
| 17:10-18:10 |
Session VI: DIALYSIS ACCESS Moderators: Jackie Ho Pei (Singapore) – Miltos Lazarides (Greece) 17:10 | Native vein fistula creation in difficult vascular access patients Jackie Ho Pei (Singapore) 17:20 | The J. Dayadas Lecture: Extra- and intra- thoracic access Miltos Lazarides (Greece) 17:30 | OP24: Minimal-dissection techniques save the vein in failing-to-mature radial-cephalic hemodialysis fistulae N. Sadaghianloo, A. Dardik, S. Declemy, J.-B. Elixène, R. Hassen-Kodja (France-USA) 17:40 | OP25: Surgical management of arteriovenous fistula aneurysm in hemodialysis patients: techniques and outcomes H. Al-Thani, A. El-Menyar (Qatar) 17:50 | OP26: Decreased steal syndrome with radio-basilic transposition on the upper arm fistula K. Okay Guven, A.N. Ecevit, A. Koc, M.A. Sungur (Turkey) 18:00 | OP27: Lessons learned from tunneled catheter insertion for hemodialysis G. Galanopoulos, T. Konstantopoulos, S. Theodorou, I. Tsoutsas, V. Papavassiliou (Greece) |
| 18:10 |
Closing Remarks |
| 18:30 |
Welcome Reception |
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| 08:00-10:00 | Session VII: LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASE II Moderators: Alik Farber (USA) – John Fletcher (Australia) 08:00 | The D. Kiskinis Lecture: Management of vascular graft infections in the groin Kiriakos Ktenidis (Greece) 08:10 | Management of the diabetic foot John Fletcher (Australia) 08:20 | PTFE-covered stents vs. bare-metal stents in the primary treatment of iliac arterial obstructive disease Mirko Menegolo (Italy) 08:30 | Initial experience of endovascular popliteal aneurysm repair Li Zilun (China) 08:40 | Is open surgery still an option for popliteal aneurysms? Jose Fernandes e Fernandes (Portugal) 08:50 | Update on the BEST-CLI Trial Alik Farber (USA) 09:00 | Percutaneous thrombectomy and thrombolysis in the management of ALI – Review of PEARL registry Ali Amin (USA) 09:10 | Discussion 09:20 | OP28: Validation of the BASIL survival prediction model in Asian patients with severe limb ischaemia undergoing revascularization J.J. Ng, C.S. Tan, K.Z. Thant, J. Ho Pei (Singapore) 09:30 | OP29: Epidemiology and outcomes of 655 diabetic foot patients in a Brazilian University Hospital M. Torres Soares, R.H. Rodrigues Costa, L. de Loiola Cisneros, C. da Silva Seabra, C.G. da Silva Vaz Gonzales Acosta , L. Rodrigues Amaral, A.L. de Castro Reis, J.O.M. Leite, R. Bernardes, R.J. Procopio, T.P. Navarro, A. Dardik (Brazil) 09:40 | OP30: The role of DNR status in mortality after major amputation or revascularization A.C. Long, S. Perez, G. Velazquez-Ramirez, M. Corriere, L. Brewster (USA) 09:50 | OP31: Circulating plasma Osteoprotegerin in patients with peripheral arterial disease undergoing lower limb endovasclar interventions I. Giagtzidis, N. Kadoglou, A. Spathis, G. Mantas, S. Milonas, J. Kakisis, K. Papazoglou, P. Karakitsos, C. Liapis, C. Karkos (Greece) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Refreshment break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Session VIII: TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN VASCULAR SURGERY Moderators: Christos Liapis (Greece) – Luis Pedro (Portugal) 10:30 | Web-based platform for optimal personalized management of atherosclerotic patients Konstantina Nikita (Greece) 10:40 | How to maintain competence in vascular surgery? The role of simulation Luis Pedro (Portugal) 10:50 | European standards for vascular training John Kakisis (Greece) 11:00 | US standards for vascular training Angela Kokkosis (USA) 11:10 | The E. Ascher Lecture: South American standards for vascular training Tulio Navarro (Brazil) 11:20 | Asian/Chinese standards for vascular training Shenming Wang (China) 11:30 | The G. Biasi Lecture: Education in vascular surgery to achieve vascular proficiency Jose Fernandes e Fernandes (Portugal) 11:40 | The M. Sechas Lecture: The role of scientific societies in training and education Christos Liapis (Greece) 11:50 | Discussion |
| PARALLEL HALL (Terpsichore B) |
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| 10:30-12:00 | Session IX: AORTIC Moderators: Ali Amin (USA) – Marios Moustardas (Greece) 10:30 | OP32: Prospective analysis of immediate and short term EVAR results in real world scenario at two Brazilian hospitals M. Torres Soares, R.H. Rodrigues Costa, A. Gualter Salles, T. Silva Ramos, N.J. Vieira, R. de Castro Bernardes, R.J. Procópio, A. Dardik, T.P. Navarro (Brazil-USA) 10:40 | OP33: Experience from a single-center in the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms during the transition from open surgery to endovascular treatment K. Spanos, V. Saleptsis, C. Karathanos, D. Makris, K. Stamoulis, A.D. Giannoukas (Greece) 10:50 | OP34: Cranial cross-over transarterial embolization for type II endoleak from vertebral artery in pseudo-aneurysms of bilateral subclavian arteries after covered-stenting T.-W. Su (Taiwan) 11:00 | OP35: Endovascular repair of proximal entry tear in patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection: Long-term results from two Greek centers N. Asaloumidis, G. Trellopoulos, C. Karkos, K. Konstantinidis, I. Giagtzidis, T. Kalogirou, K. Papazoglou (Greece) 11:10 | OP36: New design approach in aortic endografts and its initial clinical results S. Raz, M.L. Lachat (Israel) 11:20 | OP37: Acute thrombosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms. A rare complication of the aneurysmal pathology D. Arvanitis, T. Konstantopoulos, G. Galanopoulos, S. Theodorou, I. Tsoutsas, E. Kaperonis, D. Xanthopoulos, E. Loupou, S. Tsoupanos, V. Papavassiliou (Greece) 11:30 | OP38: The necessity for expeditious endovascular exclusion of blunt thoracic aortic injury S. Yamaguchi, T. Hori, M. Otsu, H. Fujita, T. Sueta, S. Takeuchi (Japan) 11:40 | OP39: An experimental evaluation of the compliance mismatch effects for four stent-graft devices and a Multi-layer Flow Modulator (MFM) device for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms F. Stefanov, N. Hynes, L. Morris, S. Sultan (Ireland) 11:50 | OP40: Indications and limitations of EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) – Clinical experience after 125 procedures S. Zerwes, Y. Gosslau, Z. Nurzai, G. Leissner, H.-K. Bruijnen, J. Hudjetz, K.-D. Woelfle, R. Jakob (Germany) |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Company Sponsored Symposium (details available here) During the above Sponsored symposium a lunch box will be served to all registered participants. |
| 13:00-15:00 | Session X: OPENING CEREMONY - PRESIDENT'S SESSION Moderators: Efthymios Avgerinos (USA) – Christos Liapis (Greece) – Alan Dardik (USA) 13:00 | OPENING CEREMONY Salutations 13:30 | The G. Skalkeas Lecture: Reflections on the metamorphosis of vascular surgery Christos Liapis (Greece) 13:45 | The P. Balas Lecture: Master in Endovascular Surgery: What does this really offer to vascular patients? Giorgio Biasi (Italy) 14:00 | The F. Veith Lecture: Shifting the learning curve from the patient to the model – VASCULAR INTERNATIONAL training courses Henning Eckstein (Germany) 14:15 | The Sir P. Bell Lecture: Changing curriculums in Medical Schools Jose Fernandes e Fernandes (Portugal) 14:30 | Presidential Address Alan Dardik (USA) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Refreshment break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Session XI: ABDOMINAL AORTA II Moderators: Alik Farber (USA) – Christos Klonaris (Greece) 15:30 | Is Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) a shift in paradigm for the treatment of AAA? Giorgio Biasi (Italy) 15:40 | Late open conversion after failed EVAR Christos Klonaris (Greece) 15:50 | Fenestrated vs. chimney EVAR for pararenal aortic aneurysms Athanasios Katsargyris (Germany) 16:00 | Computational studies in the management of AAAs Efstratios Georgakarakos (Greece) 16:10 | Endovascular management of aortic infections Konstantinos Moulakakis (Greece) 16:20 | Aortic stent-graft infections. The Chinese perspective Shenming Wang (China) 16:30 | Discussion 16:40 | OP41: Results of the surgical management of infected endoprosthesis after endovascular exclusion of asymptomatic infra-renal aortic aneurysms X. Chaufour, A. Aurc, M. Le Gall, C. Gerges, J. Gaudric, Y. Goueffic, R. Hassen-Kodja, D. Midy, S. Malikov, E. Rosset, A. Cadron (France) 16:50 | OP42: Simultaneous endovascular repair for thoracic and abdominal aortic pathologies Y.-Y. Guo, H. Jin, H. Cai, B. Yang (China) |
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Company Sponsored Session (details available here) |
| POSTER AREA (Terpsichore C) |
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Session XII: POSTER PRESENTATIONS (detailed list) |
| PLENARY HALL (Terpsichore A) |
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| 18:00 | Closing Remarks |
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Session XIII: THORACOABDOMINAL / THORACIC AORTA Moderators: Sherif Sultan (Ireland) – Tulio Navarro (Brazil) 08:00 | TAAA open repair: Updated multimodal approach in order to achieve an improved multiorgan protection Germano Melissano (Italy) 08:10 | Arterial hypertension in young patients following TEVAR Vassileios Tzilalis (Greece) 08:20 | Recurrent operations after TEVAR: Incidence, tips and tricks, and results Germano Melissano (Italy) 08:30 | Predictors and preventive strategies of spinal cord injury after TEVAR for aortic dissection Chang Shu (China) 08:40 | Multi-layer flow modulator: Is it a disruptive technology or a disappointing mirage? Sherif Sultan (Ireland) 08:50 | Surgeon modified aortic branched devices Tulio Navarro (Brazil) 09:00 | Supra-aortic debranching and TEVAR for arch aneurysms Henning Eckstein (Germany) 09:10 | Anesthesia considerations in thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair Tatiana Sidiropoulou (Greece) 09:20 | Aortic arch aneurysms: An organized policy for its management Luis Pedro (Portugal) 09:30 | OP43: Endovascular treatment of aortic arch using relay branched stent grafts B. Saint Lebes (France) 09:40 | OP44: The Phantom Streamliner as a therapeutic option in the management of total body Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic Pathology (TAAA). Early results S. Sultan, V. Costache, A. El-Helali, F. Stefanov, E. Kavanagh, V. Lundon, N. Hynes (Ireland-Romania) 09:50 | OP45: Preliminary results of alternative access in TAVI procedure: Multidisciplinary approach A. Ascoli Marchetti, G. Ussia, L. Palombi, P. De Vico, E. Centonza, F. Romeo, A. Ippoliti (Italy) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Refreshment break |
| 10:30-11:30 | Session XIV: CHALLENGING CASE PRESENTATIONS Moderators: Chrysostomos Maltezos (Greece) - Alan Dardik (USA) 10:30 | Hybrid treatment of lower limb critical ischemia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus Chrysostomos Maltezos (Greece) 10:40 | Endovascular repair of popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm with arteriovenous fistula after knee arthroscopy Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece) 10:50 | Endovascular repair of bleeding common femoral artery pseudoaneurysm in intravenous drug users Nikolaos Bessias (Greece) 11:00 | The O. Papazoglou Lecture: Ruptured mycotic common femoral artery pseudoaneurysm and fatal pulmonary embolism after emergency stent-grafting Konstantinos Papazoglou (Greece) 11:10 | Late renal artery occlusion following EVAR Achilleas Chatzioannou (Greece) 11:20 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Closing Remarks & Abstract Awards ISVS 2015 Moderators: Christos Liapis (Greece) – Alan Dardik (USA) – Efthymios Avgerinos (USA) |
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