Program
Session I
Session II
Session III
Session IV
Session V
Session VI
Session I
09.30
Registration, tea and coffee
10.00
Welcome Address
Robert Bell
10.10
Introduction
The organising committee: scope of the meeting
SESSION I: DECISION MAKING
CHAIRS: Nick Cheshire and Christoph Nienaber
10.15
Inherited or acquired aortic conditions?
Laura Muino Mosquera
10.25
Discussion
10.30
Diagnosis and risk assessment in acute aortic syndromes
John Pepper
10.40
Discussion
10.45
The role of biomarkers in the acute setting of AAS
Toru Suzuki
10.55
Discussion
11.00
How can 3-D printing help to assess aortic diseases?
Andrew Taylor
11.25
Discussion
11.30
Planning individualised endovascular treatment
Christoph Nienaber
11.40
Discussion
11.45
Keynote Lecture: how can imaging improve outcome?
Artur Evangelista
12.05
Case presentations
CASE 01: AAS with an evolving stroke
Terri-Ann Russell
CASE 02: Subclavian artery aneurysm with arch disease
James Yeh
CASE 03: Retrograde Type A dissection
Jullien Gaer
CASE 04: Single stage complex hybrid surgery
Cesare Quarto
12.30
Lunch, break
Session II
SESSION II: RISK AND BENEFIT
CHAIRS: Cesare Quarto and John Pepper
13.30
Aortic dissection – Improved care over 2 decades from IRAD?
Foeke Nauta
13.40
Discussion
13.45
Individuals at risk for aortic disease – From cocaine to congenital
Sonya Babu-Narayan
13.55
Discussion
14.00
Life after successful repair of acute Type A dissection – Who is at risk to die?
Ulrich Rosendahl
14.10
Discussion
14.15
TAVI for intermediate risk patients with aortic stenosis
Neil Moat
14.25
Discussion
14.30
Emerging indications for endovascular options
Eric Verhoeven
14.40
Discussion
14.45
The effect of TAVI on the practice of aortic valve surgery
George Asimakopoulos
14.55
Discussion
15.00
Keynote Lecture: how stem cell research may help the patient with aortic disease
Sanjay Sinha
15.15
Discussion
15:20
Break: tea and coffee – Exhibition
Session III
SESSION III: CHALLENGES IN THE PROXIMAL AORTA
CHAIRS: Ulrich Rosendahl and George Asimakopoulos
16.00
How to deal with the dissected arch
Joe Bavaria
16.10
Discussion
16.15
The role of endovascular management
Christoph Nienaber
16.25
Discussion
16.30
Treatment options for retrogade Type A aortic dissection
Martin Czerny
16.40
Discussion
16.45
Therapeutic options in chronic aortic arch diseases
Nick Cheshire
16.55
Discussion
17.00
Keynote Lecture: the changing pattern of treatment of acute events in the ascending aorta
Luca Welter
17.10
Discussion
19.00
Masterclass Dinner at Bateaux London
Session IV
SESSION 4: PROTECTING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
CHAIRS: Christoph Nienaber and Jullien Gaer
09.00
Spinal protection at present and in the future
Michael Jacobs
09.10
Discussion
09.15
Brain protection during TEVAR
Mohamad Hamadi
09.25
Discussion
09.30
Revisiting the collateral network: does embolization protect the cord?
Christian Etz
09.40
Discussion
09.45
Early pelvic revascularisation in BEVAR
Eric Verhoeven
09.55
Discussion
10.00
Staged sealing in thoraco-abdominal TEVAR
Krassi Ivancev
10.10
Discussion
10.15
Indications for the frozen elephant trunk – Critical appraisal with regards to paraplegia
Ulrich Rosendahl
10.25
Discussion
10.30
Keynote Discussion: the patient’s view
William Weston
Christoph Nienaber
John Pepper
10.45
Case presentations
– Case I
– Case II
– Case III
– Case IV
12.30
Lunch, break
Session V
SESSION 5: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES – PIPELINE SESSION
CHAIRS: Christoph Nienaber and John Pepper
13.30
Gore symposium – Devices for the arch and ascending aorta
Onica Ramey
13.40
Discussion
13.45
Medtronic symposium
Ad hoc contribution
13.55
Discussion
14.00
Cook symposium – Cook branched devices in the aortic arch
Said Abisi
14.10
Discussion
14.15
Bolton symposium
Ad hoc contribution
14.25
Discussion
Session VI
SESSION 6: NEW THERAPIES AND PRIZES
CHAIRS: Ulrich Rosendahl and Nick Cheshire
14.45
Reconstructive surgery for bicuspid aortic valve and root aneurysm with re-implantation/leaflet repair
Joe Bavaria
14.55
Discussion
15.00
Adult coarctation: self-expanding stent or balloon-expandable stent-graft?
Anselm Uebing
15.15
Discussion
15.20
Break: tea, coffee and intermission
16.00
Reducing the burden of transfusion
Mark Field
16.10
Discussion
16.15
How to manage intramural haematoma of the ascending aorta?
Mohamad Hamady
16.25
Discussion
16.30
New concepts of aortic valve repair – The leaflet replacement
Cesare Quarto
16.40
Discussion
15.45
Keynote Lecture: risk assessment for the asymptomatic patient with aortic disease
Sam Nashef
17.00
End of Masterclass
Date
Start: Saturday 3rd June at 9:30
Sunday 4th June at 17:00
Sunday 4th June at 17:00
Venue
Imperial College. Sir Alexander Fleming Building
Imperial College Union, Prince Consort Rd. Kensington, London