The London cardiovascular symposium

Friday - Saturday  30 - 31 October 2009

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

A joint meeting with University College London Hospitals Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team

Online registration for this meeting has now closed. Please contact the Section Coordinator on +44 (0)20 7290 3947 to check availability. It may still be possible to attend this symposium although at this late stage we may not be able to offer you lunch on the day. No discounted rates can be given in this instance


We our pleased to announce details of our satellite meeting "Thoraco-abdominal aneurysms
overcoming the challenges" with thanks to our major sponsor, Cook Medical.
Download the programme below. Registered delegates are welcome to stay for this meeting on Friday evening.

Download the PDF for this meeting. [PDF 135k]

Registration Details:
One day fees (please state which day when booking):
1 Day Fellow: £160
1 day RSM Trainee: £110
1 day - RSM Student Members: £50
1 day Non Fellow: £200
1 day - SpR trainee: £150
1 day - Allied Health Professional: £80
1 day Student: £60
1 day Nurse: £80
2 day fees:
2 days Fellow: £280
2 days RSM Trainee: £210
2 days Student Member: £75
2 days Non Fellow: £350
Trainee both days: £280
2 days Allied Health Professional: £130
2 days Nurse: £130
2 days Student: £90

Meeting ref: VA-J10-1

CPD day 1: 5 credits
CPD day 2: 5 credits


Day 1: All about dissections - Update and controversies in the management of dissections

9.30 am

Registration with tea and coffee

10.30 am

Welcome and introduction
Mr G Geroulakos, President, Vascular Medicine Section, RSM;
Professor P Harris, Leader, Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team, University College London Hospitals

Session 1
Chair: Professor G Hamilton; Professor J Lumley

10.35 am

Genetic conditions associated with aortic dissections
Dr A H Child, London, UK

10.50 am

The many faces of aortic dissections. Beware of the uncommon presentations
Mr M Jenkins, London, UK

11.05 am

D-dimer as a sole screening test for acute aortic dissections in the casualty
Dr M Lobo, London, UK

11.20 am

Aortic curvature as a risk factor for dissection - a new angle
Mr M Poullis, Liverpool, UK

11.40 am

Emergency assessment of acute aortic dissections
Dr R Morgan, London, UK; Professor C Nienaber, Rostock, Germany

12.00 pm

The management for acute type A dissection
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, London, UK

12.20 pm

Natural history, medical and endovascular management of acute type B dissection.
Professor C Nienaber, Rostock, Germany

12.40 pm

Is there a place for surgery in acute type B dissection?
Mr P Taylor, London, UK

1.00 pm

Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Professor K Ivancev, Professor A Belli

2.00 pm

Should emergency surgical intervention be performed in the octogenarian with acute aortic dissection?
Professor R Bonser, Birmingham, UK

2.15 pm

Strategies for organ malperfusion in acute type B dissections
Professor K Ivancev, London, UK

2.35 pm

Endovascular repair of chronic type B with late aneurysmal degeneration
Professor M Czerny, Vienna, Austria

2.55 pm

Limitations of endovascular treatment on the management of symptomatic type B acute and chronic dissections
Dr H J Safi, Houston, TX, USA

3.15 pm

Tea and coffee break

Session 3
Chair: Professor A Katsamouris, Dr P Vaccaro

3.35 pm

Case 1: Acute dissection - Infolding of a stent/graft
Professor P Harris, London, UK

Case 2: Membranectomy
Dr W Sandmann, Dusseldorf, Germany

Case 3: Debranching
Mr G Geroulakos, London, UK

Case 4: Hybrid
Dr O Preventza, Houston, TX, USA

4.10 pm

The management of spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery
Professor Y W Kim, Seoul, Korea

4.30 pm

The management of carotid and vertebral artery dissection
Professor Emeritus John Norris,
Clinical Neurosciences
St Georges Medical School,
London
Chair: Mr P Taylor

4.50 pm

The RSM vascular debate:

Medical management provides the best outcome for acute type B dissections
Dr HJ Safi, Houston, USA

Surgical management provides the best outcome for acute type B dissections
Professor N Cheshire, London, UK

5.20 pm

Close of day 1

Satellite symposium - with thanks to our major sponsor Cook Medical

6.00 pm

Thoraco-abdominal aneurysms:
Overcoming the challenges
Download pdf programme above

7.00 pm

Close
Followed by drinks reception
Day 2: The arch symposium - Endovascular options for the management of aortic root and arch disease

8.15 am

Registration with tea and coffee

8.45 am

Welcome
Mr G Geroulakos, President, Vascular Medicine Section, RSM;
Professor P Harris, Leader, Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team, University College, London

Session 1: The aortic root
Chair: Professor C McGregor, Professor R Bonser

8.50 am

Root reconstructions for aneurysms and dissections:

Introduction: Where are we now? What are the challenges?
Mr B Koul, Lund, Sweden

9.00 am

Aortic root replacement including valve-sparing procedures
Mr D Cameron, Baltimore, MD, USA

9.15 am

Endovascular options
Dr C Abraham, Montreal, Canada

9.30 am

Discussion

Session 2: The aortic valve
Chair: Dr H Swanton, Mr A Rashid

9.40 am

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is the future and balloon expanded devices are best
Mr M Thomas, London, UK

9.55 am

Self-expanded transcatheter AVR is the way to go.
Mr M Mullen, London, UK

10.15 am

Open surgical aortic valve replacement is here to stay
Professor J Pepper, London, UK

10.25 am

Discussion

10.40 am

Tea and coffee break

Session 3: The arch 1
Chair: Professor K Ivancev; Dr J Elefteriades

11.00 am

Arch aneurysms: Today's results from open surgery. What are the challenges?
Mr J Yap, London, UK

11.10 am

Arch aneurysms: Endovascular. What are the challenges?
Professor K Ivancev, London, UK

11.20 am

Cerebral protection
Mr M Jacobs, Maastricht, Holland

11.30 am

Endovascular options and early results
Dr C Abraham, Montreal, Canada

11.40 am

A hybrid approach is the best option
Dr P Bergeron, Marseille, France

11.50 am

Open surgery will remain the best option
Professor R Bonser, Birmingham, UK

12.00 pm

Discussion

12.15 pm

Lunch

Session 4: The arch 2
Chair: Professor JP Becquemin

1.15 pm

Inferior arch aneurysm is a specific pathological entity with unique challenges for treatment
Dr Piotr Kasprzak, Germany

1.30 pm

Aortic transections: Specific requirements for safe, successful, durable endovascular repair
Mr C Kyriakides, London, UK

1.45 pm

Penetrating ulcers and intramural haematomas demand endovascular repair
Mr P Taylor, London, UK

2.00 pm

Takayasu's disease: when is it appropriate to revascularize stenosis of the arch vessels ?
Duk Kyung Kim MD, Seoul, Korea
Chair: Professor M Thompson

2.15 pm

Case 1: Total arch repair by in-situ fenestration of an endograft
Mr B Sonesson, Malmo, Sweden

2.25 pm

Case 2: Virtual imaging of the arch
Professor JP Becquemin, Paris, France

2.35 pm

Case 3: In-situ fenestration of thoracic endograft for reperfusion of the overstented left subclavian artery
Mr T Richards, London, UK

2.45 pm

Discussion

Session 5: Total thoracic aorta
Chair: Dr J Elefteriades, Professor M Thompson

2.55 pm

Elephant trunks and frozen elephant trunks: Open surgery is unavoidable
Dr J Elefteriades, Yale, CT, USA

3.05 pm

Total endovascular total aortic replacement is conceivable and likely
Professor M Thompson, London, UK

3.15 pm

Endovascular is the only way to go for ruptured TAA as it is for ruptured AAA
Dr F Veith, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

3.25 pm

Obstructed access is never an obstacle to endovascular repair of TAA
Mr R Vallabhaneni, Liverpool, UK

3.35 pm

Discussion

3.45 pm

Tea and coffee break

Session 6: The future
Chair: Professor P Harris; Dr F Veith

4.00 pm

Endografts for arch aneurysms (actual and potential)
Mr D Hartley, Australia

4.15 pm

Options for combining biological and endovascular technologies.
Professor J Martin, London, UK

4.30 pm

Discussion

4.45 pm

Grand Finale
The past, present and future of arch reconstruction: An innovator's perspective
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, London, UK

5.00 pm

Close of meeting

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