LINC 2017 programme

CFA stenting experiences to date and insights into the CFA SUPERA study

Yann Gouëffic

Are we ready for a paradigm shift for treating acute DVT

Iris Baumgartner

Update on the German carotid registry CAS/CEA and future outlook

Martin Storck

Predictors of periprocedural outcomes of carotid artery stenting: Real world experience

Patrice Mwipatayi

ROADSTER 2 trial: Transcervical access with reversed flow circuit for proximal protection during CAS. What have we learned so far?

Peter Schneider

6-month results in 100 patients treated with the Road-Saver stent: The CLEAR-ROAD study

Patrick Peeters

Proximal protection for CAS – the superior concept?

Giancarlo Biamino

A renaissance for CAS? Will new carotid stents and advanced protection concepts fill the gap with CEA?

Carlo Setacci

2-year results of the AcoArt1 – RCT for the use of the Orchid ® DCB in femoropopliteal artery disease

Wei Guo

A real-world look at treatment effects of IN.PACT Admiral DCB: 12-month results from the IN.PACT Global Study full clinical cohort

Marianne Brodmann

FIRST TIME DATA RELEASE: The Lutonix EU Long lesion study

Dierk Scheinert

FIRST TIME DATA RELEASE: Catheter-mediated deep adventitial microinfusion of dexamethasone for restenosis prevention in femoropopliteal arteries – 12-month results of the DANCE trial

George Adams

2-year data from the MAJESTIC DES trial for treatment of femoropopliteal disease

Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck

Patterns of restenosis: a core lab driven assessment of SFA restenosis a potential shift to unify various trials

Lawrence Garcia

Are drug-eluting devices the new standard for femoropopliteal interventions in claudication?

Peter Schneider

How do I use mechanical debulking for the treatment of acute occlusions of the proximal veins?

Marcus Treitl

Experience with the Venovo stent in complicated cases

Michael Lichtenberg

Endovascular treatment of carotid artery aneurysms

Klaus Mathias

Carotid repair is best for asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis because medical management alone does not work

Peter Schneider

Interventional stroke treatment – fundamental trials and methods

Karl-Titus Hoffmann

Intracranial thrombectomy – board certification in Germany

Stephan Duda

The importance of scientific evidence

Iris Baumgartner

Patency rates and clinical results of a dedicated ring-design stent for the treatment of iliac vein lesions

Rick de Graaf

Patency rates and clinical results of a dedicated May Thurner stent

Rolf Engelberger

Duplex ultrasound guided wiring for long SFA-CTO lesions: Why we prefer intra-plaque wiring?

Keisuke Hirano

Aggressive strategy for the treatment of CLI cases: Current status of the below-the-ankle intervention

Tatsuya Nakama

Case presentation

Keisuke Hirano

Case presentation

Kazushi Urasawa

Introduction

My experience in Italy

Roberto Ferraresi

Is swirling flow the natural partner to DCBs?

Gunnar Tepe

The unique advantages of BioMimics 3D: My experience with the swirling flow stent

Michael Lichtenberg

Amputation-free survival between endovascular therapy and bypass surgery in CLI patients: interim analysis of the CRITISCH registry

Theodosios Bisdas

Apollo registry trial: below-the-knee angioplasty with paclitaxel eluting balloon catheters in CLI

René Aschenbach

Use of ultrasound to enhance paclitaxel delivery in CLI patients with femoro-popliteal disease: PACUS trial – C. Del Giudice

Importance of stent and clinical study design for venous disease – when?

Stephen Black

Intraoperative near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring in lower limb revascularisation of outcome, using the Indigo system

Lorenzo Paolo Moramarco

Case report: Carotid retrograde approach to treat focal ostial innominate artery stenosis – A. Naga

Perioperative and long-term impact of chronic kidney disease on carotid artery interventions

Virendra Patel

Anatomic patterns of the supra-aortic vessels from the aortic arch in the era of “total endovascular arch repair” – P. Righini

Transcatheter renal artery interventions: A review of various established procedures and clinical outcomes – Y. Hwang

Radiation exposure of patients with postthrombotic syndrome during endovenous recanalization – M. E. Barbati

Venous stenting and matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor provides a fast track solution to recalcitrant venous ulcer – M. Soliman

Optimization of the Philips AlluraXper FD20 imaging setting allows to halve the radiation dose during lower limb revascularization procedures – A. Discalzi

Introduction

Dierk Scheinert

IN.PACT drug-coated balloon: Consistent clinical outcomes across patient populations

John Laird

Gain lumen, maintain patency: The power of adjunctive therapy with directional atherectomy and DCB

Thomas Zeller

Flash presentation: Difficult IVC filter retrieval: tips & tricks

T. Gregory Walker, Via satellite from Bern

Flash presentation: Hybrid procedures for the management of deep vein obstructions

Houman Jalaie

Flash presentation: Crossing techniques for challenging femoropopliteal CTO’s – How I do it

Hiroyoshi Yokoi

Challenging anatomies and device conformability: does it matter?

Eric Verhoeven

Endovascular repair of popliteal aneurysms

Daniele Psacharopulo

An alternative treatment option for calcified lesions in the common iliac artery

Andrew Holden

Vascular disease location, severity, and progression in diabetic patients

Sven Daniel Stein

The interaction between endo vascular intervention, open surgical arterial bypass, and wound care in the management of 560 patients with diabetic ischaemic foot ulceration

Michael Edmonds

Current developments in SFA treatment and future opportunities

Dierk Scheinert

Specifics of BTK arterial disease in diabetic patients and implications for patient specific revascularisation strategies: Which is the right concept – wound-related or total treatment?

Marco Manzi

Endovascular techniques for recanalisation of long chronic tibial total occlusions

Kazushi Urasawa

Vessel calcification in BTK arteries: What is specific?

Jihad Mustapha

Beside the large vessels – Microvascular disorders in critical limb ischemia

Katja Mühlberg

LIBERTY 360 study: Procedural and 30-day outcomes of endovascular interventions in patients with symptomatic lower extremity peripheral arterial disease

Jihad Mustapha

Morbidity and mortality in PAD-patients – first data from a global prospective multicenter study in claudicants

Marcus Thieme

DOND: Systematic review and meta-analysis on DCB vs. POBA for de-novo femoropopliteal PVD – C. Klumb

CONSEQUENT DCB registry

Dirk Härtel

TOBA II and III clinical trial programme

Michael Lichtenberg

First 6-month results in 75 patients in the EVOLUTION study: investigating the iVolution stent in femoropopliteal lesions

Marc Bosiers

Preliminary data on DRASTICO RCT comparing DCB vs. DES in the treatment of FemPop disease in real world

Francesco Liistro

Effectiveness of the Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent for femoropopliteal peripheral arterial disease in patients with no tibial runoff vessels: 24-month results from the Zilver PTX Post-Market Surveillance Study in Japan – S. Cipollari

2-year follow-up data from the pivotal VISION study for OCT guided directional atherectomy

Ian Cawich

Treating in-stent occlusions with the Rotarex catheter: the ROBINSON study: final 6-month results in 30 patients

Marc Bosiers

Introduction and learning objectives

Iris Baumgartner

Eluvia drug eluting stent: A platform for success?

Giovanni Torsello

Getting to answers with clinical trials: being bold

Thomas Zeller

Roadsaver – innovative solutions for CAS

Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck

Are new advancements in endovascular CAS technology impacting our daily practice?

Giovanni Nano

Evidence based SFA treatment algorithms

Jos van den Berg

What have we learned after two decades of TEVAR treatment in Type B dissection?

Michael Dake

Preventing strokes in TEVAR: What factors should be considered?

Mohammad Hamady

Revascularisation of occluded right GORE excluder limb with EKOS CDT via left radial artery access with subsequent distal anastomotic stenting with proximal graft thrombus exclusion with covered stents, complicated by Type III endoleak requiring graft explant and open aorto-bifemoral grafting

Peter Soukas

Utilisation of SAFARI technique (Subintimal Arterial Flossing with Antegrade-Retrograde Intervention) as a salvage procedure in case of angioplasty complication – I. Kogan

Simultaneous antegrade – retrograde subintimal revascularization of a femoro-popliteal chronic total occlusion by a re-entry device-facilitated puncture of a retrogradely inserted balloon – J. Goltz

A case report which performed emergent FP bypass for unexpected trouble following bare metal stent placement for SFA CTO

Kazuomi Iwasa

Successful EVT to severe calcified lesion at common femoral artery using Crossbow technique – M. Yamasaki

Aneurysm of persistent sciatic artery with acute lower limb ischaemia – combined hybrid approach in management – KN. Nagabhushan

Telemonitoring of peripheral arterial disease in outpatient care with a smartphone app – G. Arnedo

Subclavian artery stenosis, case report of 3 patients with distal ischemia – M. Bibiana

Recurrent carotid in-stent restenosis coexisting with contralateral carotid artery occlusion – P. Paluszek

Endovascular treatment of extensive lesions in common and internal carotid artery – A. C. Silveira

Mother of all chronic total occlusions – A. Koay Choon Chern

Endovascular treatment of early occlusion following hybrid revascularisation of extended ilio-femoral disease – I. Ficarelli

Hybrid revascularisation of left iliac axis and common femoral artery to prevent hip disarticulation: a case report – R. Russo

Endovascular treatment of accidental common iliac artery perforation – A. C. Silveira

SCAFFOLD study: GORE PTFE mesh-covered carotid stent – preclinical and clinical data so far

Peter Schneider

Early clinical experience with the 4 Fr everlinQ™ endoAVF in creating vascular access for hemodialysis: The EASE Study – 4F – T. Berland

Puncture-site complications in peripheral interventions – a prospective single-center registry of more than 3.000 patients

Marcus Thieme

The effect of renal denervation on blood pressure and sleep apnea – results of the Polish RCT

Adam Witkowski

INNOVATION: Long-term five year safety and effectiveness of the INCRAFT AAA stent graft for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Giovanni Torsello

Early and mid-term outcomes of Horizon™ abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft system – F. Pecoraro

Michael Hofmann

Patterns of calcification: intimal vs. medial and differences below and above the knee

Aloke Finn

Treatment of challenging calcified lesions with the next generation. Phoenix atherectomy system

Michael Lichtenberg

10 steps to percutaneous bypass of extra long, complex SFA occlusions

Grzegorz Halena

Flash presentation: Treatment of compression-related central venous stenosis in patients with cancer

Gerard O'Sullivan, Via satellite from Galway

Flash presentation: Carotid stenting – how to properly select suitable patients

Stephan Duda

Flash presentation: Is there any future for carotid stenting? Proximal protection and mesh-covered stents are the answer

Peter Schneider

Advanced techniques for complex aortoiliac obstructions

Peter Goverde

The challenge of vessel calcification and how to approach it?

Chris Metzger

Interventional strategies in critical limb ischemia – how aggressive should we be with below-the-ankle procedures?

Marco Manzi

What have we learned from past DCB BTK studies: Technology, clinical study design, and patient management

Thomas Zeller

How do I treat BTK/CLI with DCB: Past experience and a new beginning

Francesco Liistro

The clinical rationale: Why endpoints for CLI trials should be evaluated at 6 months instead of 1 year

Jihad Mustapha

Bioabsorbable scaffolds in BTK arteries: 24-month results from ABSORB BTK

Ramon Varcoe

Dealing with calcification in BTK arteries – is lithoplasty the answer?

Andrew Holden

Lessons learned in 15 years after EVAR trials

Roger Greenhalgh

Treatment of AAA in Germany: Outcomes, long term results, and trends from German health care data in a 5 year period

Sebastian Debus

Are female patients under-represented in EVAR trials?

Martin Storck

Cancer rates in patients undergoing endovascular and open repair of AAA

Matt Thompson

3-year results of the Ovation PMR registry

Patrick Peeters

Hepatic superselective chemoembolisation: conventional TACE vs. drug eluting beads

Peter Huppert

Use of aortic stent grafts for treatment of aorto-iliac occlusive disease

Ehrin Armstrong

Endovascular management of distal embolisation during iliac CTO intervention

Michael Klyachkin

We want to know where we are when we treat CTOs: OCT guided revascularisation

Marianne Brodmann

Mid-SFA as a useful access for complex peripheral interventions

Claudio Rabbia

U/S guided interventions for complex multi-level lower extremity disease: a vascular surgeon’s effort to significantly reduce procedural radiation exposure

Bryan Fisher

Angiographic dissection patterns and patency outcomes of post balloon angioplasty for SFA disease (retrospective multicenter analysis)

Masahiko Fujihara

Combination therapy of scoring balloons and drug coated balloons as a treatment for instent restenosis

Erwin Blessing

Directional atherectomy plus DCB versus DCB alone for isolated lesions of the popliteal artery

Konstantinos Stavroulakis

Internal iliac artery angioplasty for the treatment of buttock claudication and erectile dysfunction: a systematic review – K. Patel

Management of long flush superficial femoral artery occlusion with ipsilateral antegrade common femoral artery access – A. Aborahma

Dissection of the lamina vastoadductoria as a method to reduce the frequency of restenosis in TASC-II D lesions of the femoropopliteal arterial segment after stenting. Intermediate results of the pilot prospective randomised study – A. Rabtsun

Novel distal popliteal artery puncture technique in supine position for chronic femoropopliteal arterial occlusion; frontal popliteal puncture – K. Ogata

Midterm results after drug eluting stenting of superficial femoral artery in critical limb ischemia: An Italian multicenter registry – G. Galzerano

Solution of stent-jailing in the inferior vena cava incurred in the endovascular treatment of May-Thurner syndrome – W. Hsien Hsu

HeRO Graft: a resource for a patient with few possibilities of AV access and an innominate vein pseudoaneurysm – A. Mendez Fernandez

Delayed aortic rupture complicating balloon angioplasty in a case of takayasu arteritis: case report with short-term follow up and literature review – R. Khalil

Can celiac artery stenosis be a cause of chest pain? – H. Araki

Intraoperative dislocation of a balloon-expandable stent-graft from the left subclavian artery with successful retrieval and secure fixation – E. Beropoulis

Role of endovascular management of chronic mesentric ischemia – M. Ismail

Rivaroxaban for thrombosis prophylaxis in endovenous laser ablation with and without phlebectomy – H. Uthoff

Orchid DCB brings new life to a ISR patient – Story behind 31 month patency

Baixi Zhuang

Long DCB in long lesion – benefits for lesions beyond 150mm

Weiwei Wu

DCB in BTK: Preliminary result from Acoart BTK study

Francesco Liistro

The evolution of the aortic neck after EVAR

Carlo Setacci

Practicing outside of IFU – also an issue with new sac filling technologies?

Matt Thompson

Recorded case: EVAS with Chimney grafts

Ian Loftus

Tips and tricks for treating endoleaks

Marcus Treitl

Conformability is key in treating complex iliac anatomies

Antoine Millon

Resurrection at birth: AngioVac assisted IVC thrombus retrieval following caesarian section complicated by massive pulmonary embolism

Salman Arain

Removal of a greenfield IVC filter using a laser catheter

John Phillips

Treatment of a contralateral iliac vein occlusion caused by a wall stent. Creating a new vena cava bifurcation through an existing wall stent

David Dexter

DCB in the treatment of av-access – a single center prospective study – T. Steinke

Staged superficialisation of deep arm autogenous brachio-cephalic arterio-venous fistula via duplex guided liposuction: feasibility and outcome – K. Elalfy

Sharp recanalisation of symptomatic central venous occlusions in hemodialysis patients – A. Bedeti

Incidence, risk factor, and clinical outcomes for endovenous heat-induced thrombosis after radiofrequency ablation – Y. Chung

Venous aneurysms: the hidden danger. A case series and review of literature – M. Elkassaby

Comparison of cathter guided thrombolysis and ultrasound accelerated thrombolysis for the treatment of acute ileo-femoral DVT – M. Ansari

Mohammad Ansari

Arterial remodeling post DCB: Positive or dangerous?

Ulrich Beschorner

Updated clinical trial results for Trireme Chocolate DCB

Andrew Holden

FIRST TIME DATA RELEASE: 1-year results from the Asian subset of the IN.PACT Global Study clinical cohort

Dong-Hoon Choi

FIRST TIME DATA RELEASE: DCB use in the SFA: Budget impact analysis and reimbursement in Austria

Marianne Brodmann

Is lithoplasty followed by DCB the answer in case of calcified vessels?

William Gray

DCB + stent in the SFA: 12-month results of the Biolux4ever trial

Koen Deloose

Meril’s peripheral BRS technologies – Credence BRS and Credence BTK

Vimal Someshwar

Impact of chronic total occlusion artery on 5 year adverse events in patients with peripheral artery disease treated by endovascular treatment

Takashi Miura

Clinical evidence and gap analysis in intermittent claudication

Erich Minar

Dorsalis pedis approach to tackle flush CTO of femoro-popliteal segment ... a fight for limb salvage – A. Naga

Amputation prevention via OCT guided recanalization of failed venous bypass graft – G. Schwartzberg

Chronic total occlusion complicated by Post-PTA dissection

John Phillips

Direct stent puncture as a method for retrograde recanalisation of iliac and femoral vessels – E. Papsdorf

Successful PTA by retrograde approach for stumpless and severely calcified SFA CTO lesion – K.-W. Yu

Usefulness of combined treatment with the crosser system and thrombolysis in patients with stent occlusion of superficial femoral artery – Y. Yamamoto

How to achieve good results with Gore Viabahn for treating complex femoropopliteal occlusive disease: Results from the Japanese IDE trial

Takao Ohki

Endovascular techniques for treatment of visceral aneurysms

Marcus Treitl

Venous embolisation for patients with pelvic congestion syndrome

Romaric Loffroy

Emergency embolisation for acute trauma-induced bleeding

Boris Radeleff

Based on regulatory requirements

Anna Pietersma

Assessment of angiography and ultrasound endpoints – what can the corelab add?

Ulrich Beschorner

Big data in peripheral vascular disease

Stefan Verheye

– Perspective from a sponsor

Lieve Cornelis

Trends seen from the perspective of an EU physician

Marc Bosiers

Upcoming regulatory changes and their impact

Aly Talen

Long term results of iliac branch endografting: lessons learnt in 10 years

Fabio Verzini

Bilateral IBD for aorto-iliac aneurysms: technique and results

Eric Verhoeven

Parallel graft techniques for the iliac landing zone

Armando Lobato

Diameter indications for elective repair of hypogastric artery aneurysms: A current review

Frank Criado

This is a case-based session focusing on what we like best...real cases with challenges and complications that make the experts sweat. In this amphitheater setting, audience participation is encouraged and step-by-step case management is featured and discussed. This round room setting is dedicated to controversial or interactive talk-show-like sessions.

Influence of patient selection and IFU compliance on outcomes following EVAS

Jan MM Heyligers

Type Ia endoleak after Nellix EVAS: Incidence, mechanism, and treatment options: What we’ve learned

Michel Reijnen

PCS disease state, diagnosis & treatment challenges

Kathleen Gibson

PCS: The gynecologist's perspective

Christian Dadak

Early experience with 2nd generation Bentley BeGraft peripheral during FEVAR

Adrien Hertault

BeGraft in fenestrated aortic aneurysm repair

Johannes Kalder

Actual information on BeGraft peripheral and BeGraft aortic

Sebastian Büchert

Iliofemoral acute DVT: A pathway to treatment

Stephen Black, Gerard O'Sullivan

Successful limb salvage for a patient with acute and critical limb ischemia and complicating iatrogenic arterial thrombosis – F.-C. Yang

OCT guided atherectomy following antegrade and retrograde posterior tibial CTO crossing via bridging collateral for CLI limb salvage – S. Janzer

When surgery saves the day – a tricky case of critical limb ischemia – A. Sonetto

Successful endovascular debulking using the Rotarex S endovascular system in a patient with critical limb ischemia of the lower limb – G. Korosoglou

Next generation DCB catheter — adjustable, no shear, evaginating DCB design – R. Solar

Arteriovenous fistulas and grafts rescue with a new micronized paclitaxel drug eluting balloon – M. Tozzi

A first look at the LUTONIX® Catheter IDE clinical trial demographics, lesion, and procedural variables in AV fistula

Scott O. Trerotola

Conclusion and FAQ

Dierk Scheinert

Should intra procedural 3D assessment be a standard for EVAR?

Dittmar Böckler

How fusion imaging changed my workflow for FEVAR (case in a box)

Eric Verhoeven

Next generation imaging for EVAR

Bernhard Meyer

Flash presentation: The present status of self-expanding and balloon-expandable tibial BMS and DES for CLI: Why and when to use

Sean Lyden

Flash presentation: The current role and limitations of below the knee DCB: What we know now

William Gray

Evidence for USAT in PE patients

Nils Kucher

More effective than normal CDT, easier than mechanical thrombectomy: my experience with EKOS™ in DVT and PAO patients

Marcus Treitl

Successful endovascular treatment for BTK lesion using wire rendezvous technique and retrograde knuckle wire technique by collateral approach

Katsutoshi Takayama

The case of access site related complication of retrograde access by distal puncture

Masahiko Fujihara

Prognostic impact of achievement of complete wound healing for critical limbs ischemia patients presenting with infrapopliteal and padal artery diseases; sub-analysis from RENDEVOUS registry – T. Haraguchi

Clinical efficacy of successful isolated infrapopliteal angioplasty in diabetics with critical limb ischemia (CLI) – P. Jain

Importance of below the pedal artery disease for wound heal in the patients with critical limb ischemia – M. Utsunomiya

Relationship between tibial artery calcification and wound healing in patients with foot tissue loss – S. Mori

Experiences of simultaneous I-graft placement and sac embolisation for treating saccular aortic aneurysm in six patients

Ki-Young Ko

Optimal surgical management for abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm in Behcet's disease: open surgery or EVAR?

Chenyang Shen

Coverage of the left subclavian artery for grade 1-3 traumatic aortic injury is not necessary to achieve aortic healing in patients with a short proximal landing zone

Shang Loh

Staged hybrid and endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

Virendra Patel

A population-based systematic screening of AAA. Implications in the country with europe´s lowest treatment incidence – R. Castro-Ferreira

Self-expanding versus balloon-expandable stents for aortic coarctation in adolescents and adults: a 12-year single-center experience – B. Mohebbi

Mycotic visceral artery aneurysms management: short and midterm results – R. Khalil

Operative and mid-term outcomes of the fenestrated Anaconda stent graft in the endovascular treatment of juxtarenal, suprarenal and Type IV thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms – D. Kotelis

Long term outcomes of coil embolisation for Type II endoleak after EVAR – J. Tazaki

Step by step of mechanical thrombectomy in venous occlusive disease

Armando Lobato

Recanalisation of venous occlusions with AspirexS mechanical thrombectomy – the effective one session treatment, wich largely replaces the need of thrombolysis

Thomas Heller