E.I.C.C.
European Endovascular & Interventional Cardiology Conference
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Read more...Thursday August 27th 2015 - Coronary and Structural Interventions
Morning session (Coronary Session)
Session President:
Harisios Boudoulas MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
George Katsimagklis MD, Cath Lab Director, Naval Hospital of Athens, Greece
9:00 Welcome - Contribution of cardiac catheterization laboratory to our understanding of coronary atherosclerosis
Harisios Boudoulas MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Pharmacy at The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
Director, Clinical Research Center, Chairman Scientific Board, Biomedical Research Foundation
Athens, Greece
9:30 Advances on Interventional Onco-Cardiology
Cezar Iliescu MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
10:00 Percutaneous Ventricular Assist devices in coronary and structural cardiac interventions
Cindy Grines MD, FACC,FSCAI
Vice President of Academic and Clinical Affairs for DMC Heart Hospital
Detroit Medical Center, Heart Hospital
Detroit, MI, USA
10:30 OCT-guided PCI
Periklis Davlouros MD
Associate Professor, University of Patra
Patra, Greece
11:00 Current strategies for complex CTO revascularization
Georgios Sideris MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Lariboisière Hospital
Paris, France
11:30 IVUS-guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Andreas Synetos MD, PhD, MEAPCI
Attending Cardiologist at the Ippokrateio University Hospital
Ippokrateio Hospital, Athens, Greece
12:00 Percutaneous Management of Unprotected Left Main Disease
Vaios Tzifos MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Cath Lab Director
Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens Greece
Session Commentators :
Konstantina Bouki MD, PhD, FESC, Interventional Cardiologist, Nikaia General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Iakovou MD, Interventional Cardiologist, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Kanakakis MD, Cath Lab Director, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Sotirios Patsilinakos MD, Cath Lab Director, Konstantopouleio Hospital Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
Lunch Break
Afternoon session (Structural Interventions)
Session Presidents:
Dimitrios Tousoulis MD, PhD, FACC. Professor of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Georgios I. Papaioannou, MD, MPH. Cath lab Director, Athens Medical Center, Greece
13:00 Role of imaging to optimize TAVR procedures
Stamatios Lerakis MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Emory University and Georgia Insitute of Technology
Director of Imaging for the Emory Stuctural and Valve Heart Center
Director of Cardiac MRI at EUH and Emory Clinic
Atlanta, GA, USA
13:30 Imaging during structural cardiac interventions
Eric Yang MD, FACC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
14:00 TAVR in failed bioprosthetic surgical valves and paravalvular leaks
Gregory Pavlides MD, PhD, FACC, FESC
Professor of Interventional Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE, USA
14:30 Transcatheter management of Mitral Insufficiency
Konstantinos Charitakis MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Texas
Houston , TX, USA
15:00 Endovascular Stroke Management
Maria Politi, MD, PhD
Consultant of Interventional Neuroradiology
Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
Bremen, Germany
15:30 The role of predilatation in TAVR
George Latsios MD
Attending Cardiologist at the Hippokratio University Hospital
Hippokratio Hospital, Athens
16:00 Bridge of Life - Improving community health care, dialysis treatment and vascular access in the developing world (Skype).
Sara Hendren
Senior Director of Programs- Bridge of Life, Denver CO, USA
William C Jennings MD
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Tulsa, OK, USA
Session Commentators :
Maria Drakopoulou MD, Attending Cardiologist, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
Aristotelis Gatsis MD, Interventionnal Cardiologist, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Friday August 28th 2015 - Endovascular Interventions
Morning session (Endovascular)
Session President:
George Geroulakos MD, Professor and Chair of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens ; Professor of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College, London
Martin Malina MD, Associate Professor, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Vascular Center, Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
9:00 Extreme Endovascular Techniques for Critical Limb Ischemia
Giwrgos Aggelopoulos MD
Interventional Radiologist - Saint Joseph Hospital
Paris France
9:30 Peripheral interventional procedures using carbon dioxide
Dionyssis Ponggas MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Hôpital Privé d'Antony
Paris, France
10:00 Tips and Techniques in Carotid Artery Stenting
Ageliki G. Vouyouka MD FACS
Associate Professor in Surgery and Radiology, Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
10:30 Analysis of the ultrasonic carotid plaque image and impact on endovascular carotid interventions
Athanasios D. Giannoukas, MSc, MD, PhD, FEBVS
Professor of Vascular Surgery - Chairman
University Hospital of Larissa
Larissa, Greece
11:00 Identifying which patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis could benefit from interventions
Kosmas Paraskevas MD
Vascular Surgeon, Saint George's Hospital
London UK
11:30 Retrograde open superior mesenteric artery stenting: a hybrid procedure
Yves Castier, MD, PhD
Professor of Vascular Surgery – Chairman
Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Thoracique, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard
Paris, France
Session Commentators :
Andreas M Lazaris, Vascular Surgeon, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
Lunch Break
Session President:
Christos D, Liapis MD, PhD. Director Vascular & Endovascular Clinic. Athens Medical Center.
Ageliki G. Vouyouka MD FACS, Associate Professor in Surgery and Radiology, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
13:00 Open or Endovascular Repair of Aortoenteric fistulas? A multicenter comparative study
Stavros Kakkos MD, PhD, RVT
Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras
Patra, Greece
13:30 Endovascular Treatment of Complex Aortic Pathologies
Massimiliano Di Primio MD
Interventional Radiologist - Saint Joseph Hospital
Paris France
14:00 In situ Fenestration - a Novel Option for Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair
Martin Malina MD
Associate Professor
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Vascular Center, Skane University Hospital
Malmö, Sweden
14:30 Endovascular repair and management of acute traumatic thoracic aortic pathology.
Nikos Paraskevas MD
Vascular Surgeon, CHU Bichat Claude Bernard
Paris France
15:00 Importance of Iliac Artery Preservation during Selective EVAR - Is it really so important?
K. Papazoglou MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Hippokration Hospital
Thessaloniki Greece
15:30 Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Christos Karkos MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Hippokration Hospital
Thessaloniki Greece
Session Commentators :
George Sfyroeras, Vascular Surgeon, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
