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SEPTEMBER 17

A detailed program is provided below. You may also access specific session details by selecting your desired session within the respective hall.

Sep17_MoMA

Day 1. September 17th.

MoMA

Sep17_dial

09:00 - 10:30 Session I - Dialysis.

Chairs: A. Drobnys

  • A. Drobnys  —  Basilic vein surgery

  • J. Bernotas  —  Always a radiocephalic approach for AVF formation

  • M. Menegolo  —  Xeltis aXess conduit as an AVF graft: insights into this breakthrough technology

  • J. Lindholt  —  Telegraft

  • L. Patrone  —  Endovascular AV fistula

  • S. Norvydas  —  Hero graft

  • J. Bernotas  —  Systemic and vascular changes after AVF formation

  • M. Menegolo  —  Endovascular treatment of innominate and superior cava vein obliteration in haemodialysis patients: the role of balloon-expandable covered stents and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)

Sep17_PAD1

11:00 - 12:30 Session II - PAD I.

Chairs: To be confirmed

  • R. Morgan  —  To be confirmed

  • B. Migliara  —  New technologies for lesion crossing and treatment in BTK

  • D. Van Heuvel  —  How to select the perfect wire

  • P. Myrcha  —  Mesh vs. fully covered stents for complex iliac lesions: pros, cons, and outcomes

  • G. Halena  —  Common femoral artery into the deep femoral artery stenting: when the ‘no-go zone’ becomes the ‘go-to option’

  • H. Zayed  —  To be confirmed

  • P. Ivanova  —  Deep femoral artery – really forgotten?

  • J. Lindholt  —  To be confirmed

Sep17_aorta1

13:30 - 15:00 Session III - Abdominal Aorta I.

Chairs: L. Davidovic; A. Barbatis

  • J. Lindholt  —  The changing epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms

  • A. Giannoukas  —  Trends in AAA treatment in Greece

  • F. Moll  —  Thirty years of EVAR: what did we get right and what did we get wrong?

  • E. Huistra  —  Sac regression after FEVAR and BEVAR: what does it tell us about durability?

  • A. Barbatis  —  Perioperative outcomes using the GORE Excluder Conformable Endograft in patients with extreme proximal aortic neck angulations during EVAR

  • G. VaitÄ—nas  —  Beyond diameter: AI-based assessment of AAA progression

  • F. Thaveau  —  Robotic aortic surgery in 2026: niche technique or missed opportunity?

15:30 - 17:00 Session IV - Abdominal Aorta II.

Chairs: F. Grego; TBD

Sep17_aorta2
  • E.-L. Rätsep  —  AAA epidemiology and treatment outcomes in Estonia: a registry-based study from 2010–2025

  • A. Barbatis  —  Complex endovascular repair following failed EVAR: midterm outcomes

  • M. G. Stanisic  —  Recanalization of occluded EVAR limbs: the role of CERAB

  • V. Dabravolskaite  —  Spinal cord ischemia after complex aortic repair: prevention, prediction… or pure luck?

  • C. Zeebregts  —  When anatomy is no longer the limitation: frailty and sarcopenia in complex aortic repair

  • F. Grego  —  Outcomes of branched endovascular aortic repair using an off-the-shelf preloaded inner branch device

  • M. Matsagkas  —  Endovascular repair of failed EVAR

sep17_dorsay

Day 1. September 17th.

d'Orsay

09:00 - 10:30 Session I - Miscellaneous (short)

Chairs: To be confirmed

Sep17_miscellan
  • R. KašÄ—ta  —  Endovascular management of hemosuccus pancreaticus secondary to superior mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm

  • A. Bružas  —  Isolated limb perfusion as a limb-salvage vascular procedure in locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma: case report

  • A. Koureas  —  Endovascular retrieval of a port-a-cath fragment from a pulmonary artery branch

  • P. ÄŒepulis  —  Recurrent celiac trunk pseudoaneurysm with venous fistulization after pancreatectomy

  • G. Stefanidis  —  In vitro proof-of-concept evaluation of a novel balloon-stabilized endovascular catheter for chronic total occlusion crossing

  • G. Stefanidis  —  In vivo feasibility evaluation of a novel balloon-stabilized endovascular catheter for chronic total occlusion crossing in porcine models with implanted occlusions

  • A. Aladaitis  —  Does concomitant valve surgery affect early outcomes after simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting? A single-center retrospective study

  • V. KvedaraitÄ—  —  Associational analysis of gene variants with aortic phenotypic changes and clinical outcomes in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

  • A. BaškytÄ—  —  Vascular surgery in complex oncological treatment: a single-center experience

sept17_carotid

11:00 - 12:30 Session II - Carotids (short)

Chairs: To be confirmed

  • E. Nuellari  —  Carotid endarterectomy: a retrospective comparative study between eversion and patch endarterectomy

  • Y. Shimamura  —  Technical pitfall of retroclavicular carotid–axillary bypass: a case of brachial plexus injury

  • A. Yulbarisov  —  Tactics of surgical treatment for bilateral carotid artery disease

  • A. Yulbarisov  —  Comparative assessment of revascularization efficacy in vertebrobasilar insufficiency

  • A. Yulbarisov  —  Long-term results of surgical treatment of patients with internal carotid artery occlusion

  • J. Myrcha  —  Nickel hypersensitivity as a potential contributor to carotid in-stent restenosis

  • A. Yulbarisov  —  Results of staged revascularization in combined atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid and coronary arteries

  • R. BukauskienÄ—  —  Impact of baseline cognitive status and cerebral blood flow velocity on postoperative cognitive dysfunction after carotid endarterectomy

sep17_PADshort

13:30 - 15:00 Session III - PAD (short)

Chairs: To be confirmed

  • U. Cetingok  —  Difficult lesions in endovascular treatment

  • S. Duesing  —  Improving efficiency of crossing complex, calcified chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)

  • A. BaltrÄ—nas  —  Association between postprocedural pedal arch patency and wound healing / limb salvage after infrainguinal endovascular revascularization in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and tissue loss: a systematic review

  • J. Drilevskis  —  One-year analysis of femoropopliteal revascularisation vs. endovascular intervention in patients with infrainguinal arterial occlusive disease

  • E. M. Liepa  —  Complex surgical management of a spontaneous superficial femoral artery pseudoaneurysm in the setting of Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis: a case report

  • U. Cetingok  —  Endovascular treatment of heavily calcified femoropopliteal lesions using the UPROOTER™ atherectomy catheter with or without angioplasty: technical description and 12-month results

  • R. Gircius  —  Our approach to complex endovascular BTK cases in Vilnius

  • V. Mosenko  —  Pedal acceleration time and wound healing in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia: a systematic review

sep17_basicstofuture

15:30 - 17:00 Session III - From basics to future solutions

Chairs: G. Lengvenis; A. Kratovska

  • I. Koncar  —  AI in ultrasound examinations: the next frontier in imaging

  • A. Karuzas  —  Cardiac ultrasound AI

  • G. Lengvenis  —  CT software (TBD)

  • U. Cetingok  —  Difficult lesions in endovascular treatment

  • A. Kratovska  —  Mid-term results of aortoiliac bifurcation kissing stenting with covered stent grafts

  • R. Morgan  —  Topic TBD

  • G. F. Torsello  —  To be confirmed

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