Programme: Leipzig Interventional Course – interdisciplinary global platform for endovascular interventions

Conference day 4

Thursday, January 28th 2021

7:00 - 9:00, Main Arena 1

Challenges in EVAR: focus on aortic dissections and innovations for aortic arch treatment

partially supported by Gore & Associates

Moderator:

Tilo Kölbel, Andrew Holden

Panel:

Ralf Kolvenbach, Vicente Riambau, Wei Guo, Vikram Puttaswamy
1. 07:00 - 07:25
  
  Live case transmission from Leipzig
2. 07:25 - 07:30
  
  Type A aortic dissection – current knowledge gaps
3. 07:30 - 07:35
  
  Open and endovascular surgery after frozen elephant trunk for extensive aortic aneurysms
4. 07:35 - 07:40
  
  WeFlow-Arch™: a new modular double inner branch stent graft for endovascular repair of aortic arch pathology
5. 07:40 - 07:45
  
  Off-the-shelf treatment of aortic arch pathologies with Nexus
6. 07:45 - 07:50
  
  The role of in situ fenestration in complex aortic arch repair
7. 07:50 - 07:55
  
  Optimizing TEVAR outcomes in acute and subacute type B aortic dissections, what is the right amount of radial force?
8. 07:55 - 08:00
  
  Tailoring the treatment of fragile aorta with the Valiant Navion covered seal device: my clinical experience in TBAD
9. 08:00 - 08:05
  
  Conformability and dissection, is it important?
10. 08:05 - 08:10
  
  Identifying at risk patients: who could benefit from TEVAR in uncomplicated type B dissections
11. 08:10 - 08:15
  
  Short-term results of TEVAR in complicated vs. uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection: a report from the Gore Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment (GREAT)
12. 08:15 - 08:20
  
  Meeting an unmet need: the DISSECT-N trial
13. 08:20 - 08:25
  
  Treatment approaches for the distal landing zone for type B dissection
14. 08:25 - 08:30
  
  Multicentre data on the usage of large covered stents in aortic blisters/PAU instead of an EVAR device
15. 08:30 - 08:50
  
  Live case transmission from Universitätsklinik für Herzchirurgie Leipzig
16. 08:50 - 09:00
  
  Q&A, discussion, and conclusion
9:00 - 9:15, LINC Studio

LINC Studio – Start into day 4

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan

Guest:

Tilo Kölbel
9:15 - 10:15, Main Arena 1

SYMPOSIUM: EVAR imaging innovations for a safer treatment

supported by Siemens Healthineers

Moderator:

Eric Verhoeven

Panel:

Hayato Morimura, Michael Moche, Maani Hakimi
1. 09:15 - 09:20
  
  Introduction
2. 09:20 - 09:25
  
  Artificial intelligence algorithm for an automated assessment of the thoracic aorta
3. 09:25 - 09:30
  
  Coil embolization of internal iliac arteries before EVAR: experience with fusion imaging
4. 09:30 - 10:00
  
  Live case transmission from Münster
5. 10:00 - 10:05
  
  Preconditioning before EVAR with multimodality imaging for embolisation of aortic side branches
6. 10:05 - 10:10
  
  Ultra low dose EVAR: first results
7. 10:10 - 10:15
  
  Q&A, discussion, and conclusion
9:15 - 10:40, Main Arena 2

Overcoming paclitaxel with sirolimus in PAD

partially supported by Concept Medical
1. Paclitaxel issues and comparison with Sirolimus
2. Pre Clinical Sirolimus and paclitaxel comparison
3. Opportunity with Sirolimus balloon in US market
4. Live case transmission from Singapore
10:15 - 10:45, LINC Studio

LINC Studio – Strategies for optimizing EVAR and reduction of complications

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan

Guest:

Andrej Schmidt, Eric Verhoeven, Tilo Kölbel
10:45 - 12:15, Main Arena 1

Advanced concepts for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)

Moderator:

Marc van Sambeek, Jean-Pierre Becquemin

Panel:

Martin Malina, Martin Austermann, Dittmar Böckler
1. 10:45 - 10:51
  
  Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology: 3D device guidance in practice
2. 10:51 - 10:57
  
  Clinical relevance of dynamic 4D analysis in the thoracic aorta throughout the cardiac cycle
3. 10:57 - 11:03
  
  Addressing unmet clinical needs with a new generation TEVAR device: practical application of the Valiant Navion
4. 11:03 - 11:09
  
  Valiant Navion: what have we learned about this next Generation TEVAR device: 1 year results from the global clinical trial and new mormphetry insights
5. 11:09 - 11:15
  
  A multi-center, independent, real-world study of the Valiant Navion stent graft
6. 11:15 - 11:45
  
  Live case transmission from Paris
7. 11:45 - 11:51
  
  Durable thoracic outcome throughout 5 year clinical follow up
8. 11:51 - 11:57
  
  3 years of experience in more than 100 patients using TAG conformable with active control: what did we learn?
9. 11:57 - 12:03
  
  Endoanchors in TEVAR: how this application can add confidence to your practice
10. 12:03 - 12:09
  
  How does the Advanta V12 make a difference and leads the way
11. 12:09 - 12:15
  
  Q&A, discussion, and conclusion
10:45 - 12:00, Main Arena 2

DEEP DIVE SESSION: Innovations and new techniques in embolization therapies

Moderator:

Ulf Teichgräber, Walter A. Wohlgemuth

Panel:

Costantino del Giudice, Marcus Katoh
1. 10:45 - 10:51
  
  Embolization against the clock – strategies and techniques in the management of hemorrhage
2. 10:51 - 10:57
  
  Hemorrhoids: embolic therapy to address bleeding, inflammation, and pain
3. 10:57 - 11:03
  
  Bariatic embolization
4. 11:03 - 11:09
  
  Preoperative embolization of soft tissue sarkomas
5. 11:09 - 11:15
  
  New therapeutic options for osteoarthritis
6. 11:15 - 11:21
  
  French SEAL registry update: type II endoleak treatment outcomes using a liquid embolic agent
7. 11:21 - 11:27
  
  Peripheral AVMs: clinical considerations for determining embolic selection
8. 11:27 - 11:33
  
  Pulmonary AVMs: different embolic agents and potential impact on clinical outcomes
9. 11:33 - 11:48
  
  Recorded case presentation: AVM-treatment
10. 11:48 - 12:00
  
  Q&A, discussion, and conclusion
12:15 - 12:20, LINC Studio

LINC Studio – Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta and the arch

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan

Guest:

Michael Borger, Andrej Schmidt, Tilo Kölbel
12:20 - 13:15, Main Arena 1

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM: From benchtop to bedside: elevating EVAR and TEVAR through Medtronic technologies

supported by Medtronic

Moderator:

Vicente Riambau, Jean-Paul de Vries

Panel:

Hence Verhagen, Vikram Puttaswamy, Yamume Tshomba
1. 12:20 - 12:30
  
  Why sac regression matters: how our experience with Endurant informs our practice
2. 12:30 - 12:40
  
  How to approach challenging necks with off-the-shelf solutions
3. 12:40 - 12:50
  
  New features associated with Valiant Navion covered seal that tailor fragile aorta treatment
4. 12:50 - 13:15
  
  Discussion, Q&A
12:30 - 13:15, Main Arena 2

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM: Mastering challenges in lower limb interventions

supported by Terumo

Moderator:

Michael Lichtenberg

Panel:

Eric Ducasse, David Shaw, Koen Deloose
1. 12:30 - 12:35
  
  Introduction
2. 12:35 - 12:45
  
  CASE DISCUSSION: Tips and tricks for lesion crossing in patient with complex CLI
3. 12:45 - 12:55
  
  CASE DISCUSSION: Endovascular treatment of challenging fem-pop occlusive disease
4. 12:55 - 13:05
  
  Introducing dual layer micromesh, a new era in fempop interventions
5. 13:05 - 13:15
  
  Q&A, discussion, and closure
13:15 - 13:20, LINC Studio

LINC Studio

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan
13:20 - 14:50, Main Arena 1

EVAR for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms (TAAA)

Moderator:

Giovanni Torsello, Stéphan Haulon

Panel:

Eric Verhoeven, Mauro Gargiulo, Piotr Kasprzak
1. 13:20 - 13:28
  
  Knowledge driven approach to manage TAAAs
2. 13:28 - 13:48
  
  Live case transmission from Hamburg
3. 13:48 - 13:56
  
  Overcoming challenging TAAAs anatomies with CMD endografts
4. 13:56 - 14:01
  
  How to handle the specific anatomical issues in post-dissection-TAAA
5. 14:01 - 14:06
  
  Advantages of balloon expandable covered bridging stents in F/B/EVAR procedures: which one is best and why
6. 14:06 - 14:11
  
  The E-nside inner branches technology – an approach to make TAAA-EVAR more efficient?
7. 14:11 - 14:16
  
  Multicentre (London/Nuremberg) clinical experience in BEVAR procedures – what do new devices offer me as a surgeon
8. 14:16 - 14:25
  
  Live case transmission from Hamburg
9. 14:25 - 14:30
  
  Insight in the German BEVAR approval study to get bridging stents approved for the indication
10. 14:30 - 14:35
  
  New Advanta FEVAR and BEVAR long-term data
11. 14:35 - 14:40
  
  Respiratory-induced dynamics of the BeGraft stent in FEVAR
12. 14:40 - 14:45
  
  Spinal cord protection by selective spinal artery coil embolization – update on the PAPA-ARTIS trial
13. 14:45 - 14:50
  
  Open TAAA repair in patients with connective tissue disorders
14:50 - 14:55, LINC Studio

LINC Studio

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan
14:55 - 16:10, Main Arena 1

SYMPOSIUM: Cook thoracic solution – expand your treatment options

supported by Cook Medical

Moderator:

Eric Verhoeven

Panel:

Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Germano Melissano, Nilo Mosquera
1. 14:55 - 15:00
  
  Introduction
2. 15:00 - 15:08
  
  Zenith Alpha TAA: why Alpha TAA is my preferred thoracic endograft
3. 15:08 - 15:38
  
  Live case transmission from Münster – part I
4. 15:38 - 15:46
  
  Zenith Alpha TAA: clinical outcomes after 5 years of follow up
5. 15:46 - 15:54
  
  For emergent and standard cases: Zenith t-Branch does the job
6. 15:54 - 16:00
  
  Live case transmission from Münster – part II
7. 16:00 - 16:10
  
  Q&A
16:10 - 16:15, LINC Studio

LINC Studio

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan
16:15 - 18:00, Main Arena 1

Current concepts, innovations, and open questions in EVAR of complex infrarenal aortoiliac aneurysms

Moderator:

Giovanni Torsello, Frank Veith

Panel:

Armando Lobato, Eric Verhoeven, Konstantinos Donas
1. 16:15 - 16:40
  
  Live case transmission from Paris
2. 16:40 - 16:45
  
  Best practices and technical learning on the on-label treatment of challenging necks: The EXCeL registry
3. 16:45 - 16:50
  
  Contemporary options for treating juxtarenal aneurysm when infrarenal sealing is not enough
4. 16:50 - 16:55
  
  EndoAnchors can facilitate and maintain successful standard EVAR for AAAs with challenging proximal necks
5. 16:55 - 17:00
  
  FEVAR technique – a case presentation
6. 17:00 - 17:05
  
  4xFEVAR: is it always needed to stent the celiac artery?
7. 17:05 - 17:10
  
  Data on the 3 year clinical results of BeGraft in FEVAR
8. 17:10 - 17:15
  
  Insight in the German FEVAR approval study to get bridging stents approved for the indication
9. 17:15 - 17:20
  
  WeFlow-JAAA™: a new uncustomized device for juxtarenal AAA
10. 17:20 - 17:25
  
  Type II endoleak and aortic aneurysm sac shrinkage after pre-emptive embolization of aneurysm sac side branches
11. 17:25 - 17:40
  
  Live case transmission from Leipzig
12. 17:40 - 17:45
  
  How stent graft design influences overall AAA sac dynamics and overall therapy success
13. 17:45 - 17:50
  
  EVAR long term perspectives: facts and figures from the GREAT registry experience at 5 years
14. 17:50 - 17:55
  
  How and why do the Endurant endograft results for EVAR in France differ from the global results: what are the implications
15. 17:55 - 18:00
  
  How sac regression at 1 year affects all-cause mortality through 5 year: key insights from the ENGAGE registry
18:00 - 18:10, LINC Studio

LINC Studio – Strategies to avoid type II endoleaks

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert, Daniela Branzan

Guest:

Piotr Kasprzak, Andrej Schmidt, Frans Moll
18:10 - 18:55, Main Arena 1

How should you approach patients with a vasculogenic erectile dysfunction?

supported by Concept Medical

Moderator:

Roxana Mehran, Giuseppe Massimo Sangiorgi

Panel:

Theodosios Bisdas
1. 18:10 - 18:15
  
  Vasculogenic erectile dysfunction: we don’t ask, they don’t talk
2. 18:15 - 18:20
  
  What current European guidelines suggest for the treatment of erectile dysfunction
3. 18:20 - 18:26
  
  How cardiologists should approach the patients with erectile dysfunction
4. 18:26 - 18:32
  
  Treatment of erectile dysfunction: from pills to balloons and stents
5. 18:32 - 18:40
  
  Clinical cases
6. 18:40 - 18:47
  
  Clinical cases
7. 18:47 - 18:55
  
  Panel discussion and conclusion
18:55 - 19:00, LINC Studio

LINC Studio

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert
19:00 - 20:30, Main Arena 1

SYMPOSIUM: Complex femoropopliteal lesions and new treatment options

supported by BD

Moderator:

Dierk Scheinert

Panel:

Miguel Montero-Baker, George Adams, Andrej Schmidt
1. 19:00 - 19:30
  
  Live case transmission from Leipzig
2. 19:30 - 19:50
  
  Prevalence of mixed morphology pathology within peripheral arterial disease
3. 19:50 - 20:10
  
  Overview of the Rotarex™ rotational atherectomy system
4. 20:10 - 20:30
  
  Case review from US center

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LINC 2021 preliminary programme

LINC 2021 preliminary programme

Conference day 4

Challenges in EVAR: focus on aortic dissections and innovations for aortic arch treatment

Live case transmission from Leipzig

Type A aortic dissection – current knowledge gaps

Open and endovascular surgery after frozen elephant trunk for extensive aortic aneurysms

WeFlow-Arch™: a new modular double inner branch stent graft for endovascular repair of aortic arch pathology

Off-the-shelf treatment of aortic arch pathologies with Nexus

The role of in situ fenestration in complex aortic arch repair

Optimizing TEVAR outcomes in acute and subacute type B aortic dissections, what is the right amount of radial force?

Tailoring the treatment of fragile aorta with the Valiant Navion covered seal device: my clinical experience in TBAD

Conformability and dissection, is it important?

Identifying at risk patients: who could benefit from TEVAR in uncomplicated type B dissections

Short-term results of TEVAR in complicated vs. uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection: a report from the Gore Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment (GREAT)

Meeting an unmet need: the DISSECT-N trial

Treatment approaches for the distal landing zone for type B dissection

Multicentre data on the usage of large covered stents in aortic blisters/PAU instead of an EVAR device

Live case transmission from Universitätsklinik für Herzchirurgie Leipzig

Q&A, discussion, and conclusion

LINC Studio – Start into day 4

SYMPOSIUM: EVAR imaging innovations for a safer treatment

Introduction

Artificial intelligence algorithm for an automated assessment of the thoracic aorta

Coil embolization of internal iliac arteries before EVAR: experience with fusion imaging

Live case transmission from Münster

Preconditioning before EVAR with multimodality imaging for embolisation of aortic side branches

Ultra low dose EVAR: first results

Q&A, discussion, and conclusion

Overcoming paclitaxel with sirolimus in PAD

Paclitaxel issues and comparison with Sirolimus

Pre Clinical Sirolimus and paclitaxel comparison

Opportunity with Sirolimus balloon in US market

Live case transmission from Singapore

LINC Studio – Strategies for optimizing EVAR and reduction of complications

Advanced concepts for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)

Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology: 3D device guidance in practice

Clinical relevance of dynamic 4D analysis in the thoracic aorta throughout the cardiac cycle

Addressing unmet clinical needs with a new generation TEVAR device: practical application of the Valiant Navion

Valiant Navion: what have we learned about this next Generation TEVAR device: 1 year results from the global clinical trial and new mormphetry insights

A multi-center, independent, real-world study of the Valiant Navion stent graft

Live case transmission from Paris

Durable thoracic outcome throughout 5 year clinical follow up

3 years of experience in more than 100 patients using TAG conformable with active control: what did we learn?

Endoanchors in TEVAR: how this application can add confidence to your practice

How does the Advanta V12 make a difference and leads the way

Q&A, discussion, and conclusion

DEEP DIVE SESSION: Innovations and new techniques in embolization therapies

Embolization against the clock – strategies and techniques in the management of hemorrhage

Hemorrhoids: embolic therapy to address bleeding, inflammation, and pain

Bariatic embolization

Preoperative embolization of soft tissue sarkomas

New therapeutic options for osteoarthritis

French SEAL registry update: type II endoleak treatment outcomes using a liquid embolic agent

Peripheral AVMs: clinical considerations for determining embolic selection

Pulmonary AVMs: different embolic agents and potential impact on clinical outcomes

Recorded case presentation: AVM-treatment

Q&A, discussion, and conclusion

LINC Studio – Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta and the arch

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM: From benchtop to bedside: elevating EVAR and TEVAR through Medtronic technologies

Why sac regression matters: how our experience with Endurant informs our practice

How to approach challenging necks with off-the-shelf solutions

New features associated with Valiant Navion covered seal that tailor fragile aorta treatment

Discussion, Q&A

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM: Mastering challenges in lower limb interventions

Introduction

CASE DISCUSSION: Tips and tricks for lesion crossing in patient with complex CLI

CASE DISCUSSION: Endovascular treatment of challenging fem-pop occlusive disease

Introducing dual layer micromesh, a new era in fempop interventions

Q&A, discussion, and closure

LINC Studio

EVAR for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms (TAAA)

Knowledge driven approach to manage TAAAs

Live case transmission from Hamburg

Overcoming challenging TAAAs anatomies with CMD endografts

How to handle the specific anatomical issues in post-dissection-TAAA

Advantages of balloon expandable covered bridging stents in F/B/EVAR procedures: which one is best and why

The E-nside inner branches technology – an approach to make TAAA-EVAR more efficient?

Multicentre (London/Nuremberg) clinical experience in BEVAR procedures – what do new devices offer me as a surgeon