PROGRAM
Multi-Level CTO Endovascular Course
Thursday, May 2nd
Friday, May 3rd
Thursday, May 2nd
Introduction of ML CTO Endovascular Course
08:15 - 09:45
SESSION 1- VENOUS SESSION
Session Manager : Marie-Josee Van Rijn
Panel: Theodosios Bisdas, Romaric Loffroy & Anna Prent
Live case #1 – PTS
Operator : Michael Lichtenberg
• Invasive PTS treatment: patient selection and workup
Anna Prent
• Deep venous stenting: tips, tricks and pitfalls
Marie-Josee Van Rijn
10:00 - 10:45
SESSION 2- IMENDO@ML CTO
Session Managers : Fabrizio Fanelli & Giovanni Torsello
Panel: Theodosios Bisdas & Mariano Palena
• Case discussion: CTO or multilevel disease of fem-pop segment
Lorenzo Patrone
Panel & audience discussion
10:45 - Coffee break & exhibition visit
11:15 - 12:45
SESSION 3- IN-STENT OCCLUSION
Session Manager : Theodosios Bisdas
Panel: Stefano Fazzini, Julien Lemoine & Konstantinos Stavroulakis
Live case #2 – Introducing Innovative Dual-Layer Technology for Fempop lesions
Operator : Michael Lichtenberg
Unresctived industry sponsoring
• ISR in femoropopliteal artery: current treatment strategies and my algorithm
Stefano Fazzini
• Challenging Cases of ISR
Theodosios Bisdas
Short question, short answer:
• ISR in the internal carotid artery: to treat or not to treat?
Julien Lemoine
• How much does a TLR cost?
Konstantinos Stavroulakis
Round table discussion
12:45
Lunch break & Exhibition visit
HANDS-ON STATION
Hands-On Demonstration of a Multifunctional Catheter for Challenging PAD Lesions
Location: Join us on the Biotronik booth
14:00 - 15:00
SESSION 4- COMPLICATIONS & TROUBLESHOOTING: a rock and roll session!
Session Manager : Lorenzo Patrone
Panel: Fabrizio Fanelli, Mosaad Soliman & Hany Zayed
• Distal embolisation: what to do and how to prevent it
August Ysa
• Complications with the filter and how to save your day
Theodosios Bisdas
• Anything can happen: are you ready for the worst?
Konstantinos Stavroulakis
15:15 - 16:50
SESSION 5- COMPLEX SFA CTO
Session Manager : Konstantinos Stavroulakis
Panel: Theodosios Bisdas, Lorenzo Patrone, Giovanni Torsello & Hany Zayed
Live case #3 – Calcified SFA occlusion
Operator : Michael Lichtenberg
Unresctived industry sponsoring
• Live in the box – My best bail-out for SFA CTO
Hany Zayed
• Calcified SFA CTO
Lorenzo Patrone
• IVUS for rookies: image interpretation
Giovanni Torsello
• Live in the box – Use of Oscar in different CTOs
Theodosios Bisdas
16:50 - Coffee break & exhibition visit
17:15 - 18:15
SESSION 6- TELEVASCULAR GAMES@MLCTO
Session Manager : Emiliano Chisci
Panel:Lorenzo Patrone & Giovanni Torsello
• CTO ALGORITHM – 101 Ways for Rock-Solid Crossing
Andreia Pinelo
• Calcified Fem – Pop CTO management
Khalid H Shanab
• Different approaches for FEM- Pop CTO Glass stage III
Leonela Aloy
18:15 - 19:00
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS SESSION – NEW DIRECTIONS
Session Manager : Giovanni Torsello
Panel: Emiliano Chisci & Lorenzo Patrone
Oral communications presented by participants
• Reverse Triage – A concept to choose pedal access in iliofemoral CTO
Lijesh Kumar
• Endovascular treatment of acute over chronic thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and iliac veins
Aleksejs Zolovkins
• Challenging Retrograde and Thru-Thru Approach for Severe Atheromatous Lesions:
A Case Study in Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease
Victor Martinez Valiente
19:00 - End of the day
19:00 – 20:30 – Welcome cocktail – In the Exhibition Hall
Friday, May 3rd
08:30 - 10:00
SESSION 7- NO STENTING ZONES
Session Manager : Konstantinos Stavroulakis
Panel: Raphaël Coscas & Konstantinos Stavroulakis
Live case #4 – Calcified popliteal artery occlusion
Operator : Julien Lemoine
Unresctived industry sponsoring
• CFA: stenting is the way to go
Raphaël Coscas
• CFA: No, leave nothing behind is better
Konstantinos Stavroulakis
10:00 - Coffee break & exhibition visit
10:30 - 11:30
SESSION 8- RENAL AND VISCERAL VASCULAR REPAIR
Session Manager : Antonella Ruffino
Panel: Theodosios Bisdas, Fabrizio Fanelli & Romaric Loffroy
• Revascularization strategy in visceral arteries lesions: how I do it
Romaric Loffroy
• Complex renal lesions: does one technique fit all?
Romaric Loffroy
• Coeliac and mesenteric arteries occlusions: should we always recanalize both?
Fabrizio Fanelli
• Visceral arteries occlusions: how far can we go? Role of athero-thrombectomy devices in native vessels and in-stent restenosis
Theodosios Bisdas
11:30 - 12:50
SESSION 9- CAROTID AND SUPRA-AORTIC BRANCHES
Session Managers : Giovanni Torsello & Max Amor
Panel: Fabrizio Fanelli & Stefano Fazzini
Live case #5 – Brachiocephalic trunk occlusion
Operator : Julien Lemoine
Unresctived industry sponsoring
• Stent occlusion of brachiocephalic artery :sometimes is open repair better
Giovanni Torsello
• Intravascular Lithotripsy as vessel prep for calcified plaques in CAS
Stefano Fazzini
• Subclavian lesion and IMA Bypass. That’s the way to treat
Fabrizio Fanelli
12:50 - Lunch break & exhibition visit
HANDS-ON STATION
Challenging the conventional approaches for iliac calcification
Location: Join us on the Shockwave booth
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 10- BTK/BTA
Session Manager : Luis Mariano Palena
Panel: Caroline Caradu & August Ysa
Live case #6 – Complex BTK occlusion
Operator : Marco Manzi
Unresctived industry sponsoring
• How you can treat the so called “no option patient”
August Ysa
• My first choice material for treatment of BTK lesions
Caroline Caradu
• Are stents an option in BTK and BTA treatment?
Luis Mariano Palena
15:30 - 16:45
SESSION 11- COMPLEX AORTO-ILIAC
Session Manager : Antonella Ruffino
Panel: Thomas Baltrunas, Stefano Fazzini & Kostantinos Stavroulakis
Live case #7 – Complex Aorto-iliac occlusive disease
Operator : Michel Bosiers
Unresctived industry sponsoring
• Complex aorto-iliac lesions made simple: How I deal with CTO involving the aortoiliac bifurcation
Thomas Baltrunas
• When standard techniques are not enough in aortoiliac CTO D12
Konstantinos Stavroulakis
• Leaving nothing behind in very calcified aortoiliac lesions. A paradigm shift
Stefano Fazzini
16:45 - Coffee break & exhibition visit
17:05 - 18:00
SESSION 12- OPEN BYPASS SURGERY
Session Manager : Hany Zayed
Panel: Caroline Caradu, Robert Davies, Mosaad Soliman, Giovanni Torsello & Hany Zayed
• Thromb-endarterectomy: How I do it and how I modify my technique for different arterial territories –
Giovanni Torsello
• Open surgery for AIOD: What you should and shouldn’t do
Caroline Caradu
• Distal and ultra-distal bypasses: What you need to know
Hany Zayed
• Uncommon approaches to lower limb arteries: When and how?
Robert Davies
