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 |
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9.30 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
10.30 am |
Welcome and introduction |
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Mr G Geroulakos, President, Vascular Medicine Section, RSM; Professor P Harris, Leader, Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team, University College London Hospitals |
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Session 1 |
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| 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 |
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Session 2 |
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| 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 |
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Session 3 |
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| Chair: Professor A Katsamouris, Dr P Vaccaro | |
3.35 pm |
Case 1: Acute dissection - Infolding of a stent/graft |
| Professor P Harris, London, UK | |
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Case 2: Membranectomy |
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| Dr W Sandmann, Dusseldorf, Germany | |
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Case 3: Debranching |
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| Mr G Geroulakos, London, UK | |
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Case 4: Hybrid |
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| 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 |
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Professor Emeritus John Norris, Clinical Neurosciences St Georges Medical School, London |
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| Chair: Mr P Taylor | |
4.50 pm |
The RSM vascular debate: |
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Medical management provides the best outcome for acute type B dissections |
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| Dr HJ Safi, Houston, USA | |
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Surgical management provides the best outcome for acute type B dissections |
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| Professor N Cheshire, London, UK | |
5.20 pm |
Close of day 1 |
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Satellite symposium - with thanks to our major sponsor Cook Medical |
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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 |
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8.15 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
8.45 am |
Welcome |
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Mr G Geroulakos, President, Vascular Medicine Section, RSM; Professor P Harris, Leader, Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team, University College, London |
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Session 1: The aortic root |
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| Chair: Professor C McGregor, Professor R Bonser | |
8.50 am |
Root reconstructions for aneurysms and dissections: |
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Introduction: Where are we now? What are the challenges? |
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| 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 |
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Session 2: The aortic valve |
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| 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 |
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Session 3: The arch 1 |
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| 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 |
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Session 4: The arch 2 |
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| 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 |
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Session 5: Total thoracic aorta |
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| 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 |
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Session 6: The future |
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| 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 |