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OLYMPIA HALL
08:00-08:45 Registration
08:45-09:00 Welcome-Introduction
Athanasios Giannoukas (Greece)
09:00-10:00 EVES @ LIVE
Hot Topics in vascular practice it’s an open discussion
Moderators: M. Hosni (Egypt), E. Avgerinos (Greece)
  Topics:
09:00-09:20 Zone 2 TEVAR (what are our options)
09:20-09:40 Acute on top of chronic ischaemia, do we have a game changer tools?
09:40-10:00 Combined superficial reflux and deep venous obstruction, what to do?
  Discussants:
M. Hosni (Egypt)
S. Elkerdawi (Egypt)
E. Hussein (Egypt)
A.A. Taha (Egypt)
A. Katsargyris (Greece)
T. Bisdas (Greece)
10:00-11:10 ESVS & SVS @ LIVE
Moderators: M. Makaroun (SVS), A. Giannoukas (LIVE)
  Presenters: 
T. Forbes
(SVS)
W. Jordan (SVS)
S. Debus (ESVS)
M. Venermo (ESVS)
  2-4 minutes statement of the problem pointing out the differences in outcomes or indications
  5-7 min discussion from the SVS side
  5-7 min discussion from the ESVS side
  General discussion
10:00-10:40 Topic 1: “Guidelines” process of both ESVS and SVS.  How is the process, how often is it updated, Impact on practice, conflict with guidelines from other societies like NICE or AHA
10:41-11:10 Topic 2: Randomized trials on both sides of the Atlantic. What can explain the differences: For instance, BEST-CLI vs. BASIL2 or EVAR vs. OVER. Is it the way we conduct studies?
11:10-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:15 SITE @ LIVE
Early and late aortic complications and failures and how to deal with them
Moderators: G. Georgiadis (Greece), A. Katsargyris (Greece)
11:30-11:38 How to deal with Type I endoleak after ChEVAR
V. Riambau (Spain)
11:39-11:47 Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in the HEVAR Registry: rupture after previous EVAR versus de novo rupture
K. Moulakakis (Greece)
11:48-11:56 Complications after F/BEVAR: The fate of bridging stent-grafts
N. Mosquera (Spain)
11:57-12:05 Different types of EVAR failure and how to treat
C. Ioannou (Greece)
12:06-12:15 Discussion
12:15-12:30 INVITED LECTURE 1 in Memoria of Prof. Dimitrios Tsetis
Moderators: M. Lazarides (Greece), A. Chatziioanou (Greece)
  EVAR: an ideal treatment except for its Achilles tenton: endoleaks II and V. How to manage them
Elias Brountzos (Greece)
12:30-12:45 INVITED LECTURE 2 in Memoria of Prof. Asterios Katsamouris
Moderators: I. Tsolakis (Greece), M. Matsagkas (Greece)
  Open Repair for Failed EVAR
M. Makaroun (USA)
12:45-13:15 DEBATE: What is the best option for the non-infected proximal failure after EVAR?
Moderators: C. Karkos (Greece), K. Moulakakis (Greece)
12:45-12:48 Audience voting
12:49-12:57 Open surgical conversion in experienced hands is the best option
G. Geroulakos (Greece)
12:58-13:06 Endovascular repair should be preferred: different endovascular options
V. Riambau (Spain)
13:07-13:12 Discussion
13:13-13:15 Audience voting
13:15-14:00 Industry Session
14:00-15:00 Light Lunch
15.00-16.00 Thoracic aorta dissections - Do we have all the answers in the management?
Moderators: M. Makaroun (USA), M. Matsagkas (Greece)
15:00-15:10 Chronic Type B Dissection Management: Evidences from the international guidelines
V. Riambau (Spain)
15:10-15:20 Facts and uncertainties in aortic dissection
C. Klonaris (Greece)
15:20-15:30 Open and endovascular treatment of chronic aortic dissections
D. Kotelis (Switzerland)
15:30-15:40 Indications and techniques for left subclavian revascularization during TEVAR for Type B Aortic Dissections
T. Forbes (Canada)
15:40-16:00 Discussion
16.00-17.00 Thoracoabdominal aorta
Moderators: V. Riambau (Spain), K. Papazoglou (Greece), V. Tzilalis (Greece)
16:00-16:10 Advantages of the treatment of TAAAs using a different inner branch technology. When and why to use it
P. Szopinski (Poland)
16:10-16:20 Risk and predictive factors for intraoperative and late complications in F/BEVAR
A. Katsargyris (Greece)
16:20-16:30 Evolution of bridging stent technology for F/BEVAR
K. Spanos (Greece)
16:30-16:40 Thoracoflo - a new hybrid device for TAAA repair
S. Debus (Germany)
16:40-17:00 Discussion
17.00-17.30 Industry Session
17:30:18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:00 Carotid disease - Best medical treatment in asymptomatic patients and when to intervene/which method?
Moderators: A. Giannoukas, (Greece) M. Venermo (Finland), I. Kakisis (Greece)
18:00-18:10 Should treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis be changed based on the latest trials results?
I. Kakisis (Greece)
18:10-18:20 Vertebrobasilar ischaemia: What is the role of surgery and stenting?
A. Mackevicius (Lithuania)
18:20-18:30 AI solutions for stratification of patients with carotid disease
I. Koncar (Serbia)
18:30-18:40 When to reintervene for restenosis after previous carotid endarterectomy or stenting?
C. Zeebregts (The Netherlands)
18:40-18:50 TCAR outcomes are comparable to CEA in both symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis
A. Tassiopoulos (USA)
18:50-19:00 Discussion
19.00-20.00 Critical limb threatening ischemia
Moderators: F. Grego (Italy), T. Bisdas (Greece), A. Lazaris  (Greece)
19:00-19:10 The BEST-CLI Randomized trial
M. Venermo (Finland)
19:10-19:20 Tibial and Pedal Bypass in 2025: Still the Gold Standard for Limb Salvage?
A. Lazaris (Greece)
19:20-19:30 Current role of crossover bypass in treatment of chronic limb-threatening ischemia
D. Casian (Moldova)
19:30-19:40 Emerging technologies for plaque investigation during endovascular treatment
T. Baltrunas (Lithuania)
19:40-19:50 A novel way to enhance compliance in the conservative treatment of intermittent claudication patients with the help of remote monitoring
M. Wikkeling (The Netherlands)
19:50-20:00 Discussion
20:00

Opening Ceremony and Welcome reception

Inaugural Lecture by Academician and Professor Andreas Tzakis entitled:
"The Role of Vascular Surgery in Transplant Procedures: Focus on Autotransplantation"

Welcome reception will follow
ATTICA HALL
11:00-14:00 Speed Program
Moderators: A. Giannoukas (Greece), S. Debus (Germany), M. Venermo (Finland)
11:00-11:15 Life of a Vascular Surgeon inside the hospital
G.-A. Boschetti
11:15-11:30 Work-Life Balance of a Vascular Surgeon
V. Dabravolskaite (Switzerland)
11:30-11:45 Why did I choose Vascular Surgery?
M. Venermo (Finland)
11:45-12:00 Professional/Career Opportunities and Innovations in Vascular Surgery
S. Debus (Germany)
12:00-12:20 Vascular Surgical Techniques & Materials
S. Debus (Germany)
12:20-12:30 Instructors & Teams Acquaintance
12:30-14:00 Workshop on suturing techniques
15:00-16:30 MICS valve surgery
Moderators: A. Pitsis (Greece), E. Demirsoy (Turkiye), C. Narin (Turkiye)
15:00-15:15 Why endoscopic cardiac surgery? Is there still a doubt? (10’)
M. Matkovic (Serbia)
Discussion (5’)
15:15-15:30 Is endoscopic approach feasible for aortic valve surgery and concomitant procedures? (10’)
S. Loris (Italy)
Discussion (5’)
15:30-15:45 Minimal invasive tricuspid valve repair (10’)
A. Pitsis (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
15:45-16:00 Femoral or axillary cannulation for minimally invasive heart valve surgery (10’)
C. Narin (Turkiye)
Discussion (5’)
16:00-16:15 Trans-axillary AVR (live-in-box) (10’)
E. Demirsoy (Turkiye)
Discussion (5’)
16:15-16:30 How to set up a minimally invasive program cardiac surgical program (10’)
K. Perreas (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
16.30-17:30 Let’s go hybrid
Moderators: M. Thielmann (Germany), P. Michail (Greece)
16:30-16:45 Open, Endovascular, and Hybrid Treatment of Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms (10’)
G. Pattakos (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
16:45-17:00 CABG in Acute Coronary Syndromes with Cardiogenic Shock (10’)
M. Thielmann (Germany)
Discussion (5’)
17:00-17:15 Hybrid arch replacement (10’)
P. Dedeilias (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
17:30:18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:00 New guidelines and developments in cardiac surgery
Moderators: J. Eleftheriades (USA), N. Bonaros (Austria), G. Makos (Greece)
18:00-18:15 ESC Guidelines for endocarditis: The surgeon’s perspective (12’)
N. Bonaros (Austria)
Discussion (3’)
18:15-18:30 New guidelines on the “aortic organ” disease management (12’)
J. Eleftheriades (USA)
Discussion (3’)
18:30-18:45 2024 EACTS Guidelines on perioperative medication in adult cardiac surgery (12’)
M. Milojevic (Serbia)
Discussion (3’)
18:45-19:00 5-year updates of the Avatar trial (12’)
S. Putnik (Serbia)
Discussion (3’)
E-POSTER AREA
09:00-10:00 E-Posters Presentations
Moderators: A. Lazaris (Greece), K. Spanos (Greece)
3min presentation, 2min discussion

CEREBRAL OXYMETRY IN THE CHOICE OF TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE LESIONS OF THE CAROTID ARTERIES
Shavkat Karimov, Abdurasul Yulbarisov, Xodjiakbar Alidjanov, Nargiza Umarova
Tashkent medical academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

SAFETY OF CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY IN OCTAGENARIANS
Ionel Droc1, Mihai Dumitrascu1, Cosmin Buzila1, Tudor Paduraru2
1 cardiovascular surgery departement, Central Military Hospital "Dr. Carol Davilla"
2 Intensive care & Anesthesia departement, Central Military Hospital "Dr. Carol Davilla"

DETECTION OF VARIOUS MICROPLASTICS IN HUMAN CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUES-COMPARISON OF TYPE, NUMBER AND SIZE OF MICROPLASTIC-PARTICLES IN CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUES VERSUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD (STUDY-PROTOCOL)
Emina Dudakovic1, Igor Knez2, Vanessa Stadlbauer-Koellner3, Peter Konstantiniuk1
1 Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
2 Division of Heart Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
3 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

PECULIARITIES OF SURGICAL TACTICS IN TAKAYASU ARTERITIS OF EXTRACRANIAL VESSELS IRNAZAROV A.A., YULBARISOV A.A., RAKHMATALIYEV S.H. REPUBLICAN SPECIALIZED CENTER OF SURGICAL ANGIONEUROLOGY TASHKENT MEDICAL ACADEMY
Saidjon Rakhmataliev
Vascular surgery

ICA RUPTURE AFTER ENDARTERECTOMY WITH PORCINE INTESTINAL SUBMUCOSA EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (SIS-ECM): A VALUABLE PATCH OR NOT?
Areti Vassiliou, George S. Sfyroeras, Constantine N. Antonopoulos, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, George Plakas, Aristotelis Yfantis, Pavlos Georgiou, Christos Pitros, Andreas M Lazaris, John D. Kakisis
Attikon University Hospital,1st Vascular Surgery Department, NKUA
 
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR R0 EXCLUSION OF RETROPERITONEAL MYXOFIBROSARCOMA WITH COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA
Thomas Kotsis1, Alexandros Papadopoulos2, Nikolaos Memos3
1 Vascular Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, Medical School of Athens, Greece
2
3 Surgery, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Ippokrateion Hospital, Athens, Greece

RATIONAL AND DESIGN OF A PILOT STUDY ON THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF AI-GUIDED ULTRASOUND TO EXCLUDE ENDOTHERMAL HEAT-INDUCED THROMBOSIS AFTER THERMAL ABLATION FOR VARICOSE VEINS
Aristotelis Yfantis1, Georgios Plakas1, Pavlos Georgiou1, Foivos Spanos1, Areti Vasileiou1, Christos Pitros1, Konstantinos Moulakakis1, George Sfyroeras1, Constantine Antonopoulos1, Andreas Lazaris1, Efthymios Avgerinos2, John Kakisis1
1 1st Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2 2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens

ROLE OF SINGLE PERONEAL VERSUS SINGLE NON-PERONEAL TIBIAL ANGIOPLASTY IN LIMB SALVAGE
Amr Abdelghaffar Hanfy Mahmoud
Vascular Surgery Department, Ain Shams University, Egypt 

FEMORAL ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION WITH PROFUNDA REIMPLANTATION USING FEMORAL VEIN INTERPONATION FOLLOWING PROSTHETIC PATCH INFECTION
Elena Ulloa1, Yanina Kozovska1, Robert Finichi1, Beatrix Cucurux1, Georgios Sachsamanis2
1 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Martha Maria Hospital, Nurnberg, Germany
2 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

THE INTERNATIONAL, PROSPECTIVE COSMOS (CYTOSORB TREATMENT OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS) REGISTRY: INTERIM RESULTS FROM THE FIRST 230 PATIENTS
Thielmann Matthias1, Ricard Ferrer2, Moritz Unglaube3, Andreas Baumann4, Thomas Kirschning5, Bartosz Tyczynski6, Andreas Kribben7, Teresa Klaus8, Jorg Scheier9, Fabio Silvio Taccone10
1 Klinik fur Thorax- und Kardiovaskulare Chirurgie,, Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefa?zentrum Essen, 2. Universitatsklinikum Essen, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstra?e 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
2 Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group (SODIR), Barcelona, Spain
3 Helios Dr. Horst- Schmidt Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
4 Department of Anaesthesiology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical Faculty of Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
6 Medical Intensive Care, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany
7 Klinik fur Nephrologie, University Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
8 8. CytoSorbents GmbH, Berlin, Germany
9 CytoSorbents GmbH, Berlin, Germany
10 Department of Intensive Care, Hopital Universitaire de Bruxelles (HUB), Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TREATMENT OF THE EARLY AND LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES AND COMPLICATIONS OF THE INJURIES OF THE MAIN VESSELS
Yuliia Nahaliuk, Volodymyr Rogovskiy, Borys Koval
Vascular surgery, National military medical clinical centre

USE OF BARE METAL STENT IN HEMIARCH REPAIR: A LESS INVASIVE APPROACH TO AORTIC DISSECTION DISEASE
Maria Antonaraki
NKUA, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

MICROCATHETER REMOVAL IN THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY IN A NEONATE: SURGICAL APPROACH AND CHALLENGES
Marina Maria Antonaraki, Karountzos Nikolaos, Tsatsaragkou Aikaterini
NKUA, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
General Surgery at the Greek Hospital of Athens Laiko, 2nd University Surgical Clinic

ALEXANDER HALL
17:00-19:00 ESCVS EC meeting
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
15:00-16:40 Oral Presentations: Young Surgeons
Moderators: M. Thielman (Germany), N. Bonaros (Austria), D. Iliopoulos (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion

UNILATERAL VERSUS BILATERAL ANTEGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION IN AORTIC ARCH SURGERIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS AND PROPENSITY-MATCHED STUDIES
Kristine Santos1, Emmanuel Mark Velasco2, Mohammad Mawasi1, Tomasz Plonek3
1 School of Medicine, New Vision University
2 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Toronto General Hospital
3 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thorax Centrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED VERSUS CONVENTIONAL MEDIAN STERNOTOMY FOR THE SURGICAL EXCISION OF CARDIAC MYXOMAS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Kristine Santos1, Luiz Gustavo Albuquerque2, Leo Consoli2, Norma Gamarra-Valverde3, Ahmed Abdelmajeed4, Tomasz Plonek5
1 School of Medicine, New Vision University
2 Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
3 Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
4 Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt
5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thorax Centrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING VERSUS PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS STRATIFIED BY LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
Matti Jubouri1, Mohammed Al-Tawil2, Abdelaziz Surkhi2, Yousif Jubouri3, Fatima Kayali4, Basel Alqeeq5, Aya Hammad1, Thurkga Moothathamby6, Mohammed Aburaida7, Idhrees Mohammed8, Ian Williams9, Damian Bailey10, Mohamad Bashir10, Wael Awad11
1 Hull York Medical School, University of York
2 Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
3 Aston Medical School, Aston University
4 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
5 Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza
6 Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
7 Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
8 Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders, SRM Institutes for Medical Science (SIMS Hospitals), Chennai, India
9 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Wales
10 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
11 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, BARTS HEART, ST BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL

EN BLOC VERSUS BRANCHED GRAFT TECHNIQUE FOR SUPRA-AORTIC VESSEL REIMPLANTATION IN TOTAL ARCH REPLACEMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Kristine Santos1, Kensei Oya2, Tulio Caldonazo3, Tomasz Plonek4
1 School of Medicine, New Vision University
2 Department of Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
3 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
4 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente

the perioperative outcomes associated with these approaches.

PREDICTORS AND PROGNOSIS OF MILD REGURGITATION AFTER RHEUMATIC MITRAL VALVE REPAIR: A DUAL-CENTER COHORT ANALYSIS BASED ON CARDIAC COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY
Zhou Liu1, Hongkai Zhang2, Maozhou Wang1, Yue Ren2, Jiajun Liang1, Jie Han1, Hongyu Ye3, Hongjia Zhang1, Wenjian Jiang1
1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University
2 Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University
3 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Zhongshan City People’s Hospital

MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION STRATEGIES IN EMERGENCY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: BLOOD VS. CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA
Anja Osswald1, Friederike Schöttler1, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada1, Hendrück Welp2, Wolfgang Schiller3, Ingo Schlottosch4, Sven Martens2, Thorsten Wahlers4, Oliver Liakopoulos5, Alina Schenk6, Malwina Mackowiak6, Markus Neuhäuser6, Payam Akhyari1, Matthias Thielmann1
1 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Duisburg-Essen
2 Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Münster
3 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn
4 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne
5 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Campus Kerckhoff, University of Giessen
6 Department of Mathematics & Techniques, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences

SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN OUTCOMES OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES: A CURRENT REPORT FROM A SURGICAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION REGISTRY
Friederike Irmgard Schoettler1, Anja Osswald1, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada1, Yukiharu Sugimura1, Arash Mehdiani1, Ingo Slottosch2, Thorsten Wahlers3, Henryk Welp4, Sven Martens4, Wolfgang Schiller5, Markus Neuhäuser6, Oliver Liakopoulos7, Payam Akhyari1, Matthias Thielmann1
1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2 Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany
3 Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
4 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Germany
5 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Germany
6 Department of Mathematics and Technology, Koblenz University of Applied Science, Remagen, Germany
7 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kerkhoff Clinic, Campus Bad Nauheim, Germany

 THE IMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE ANTIPLATELET THERAPY ON PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES IN ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Kristine Santos1, Joo Young Belen Kim Kim2, Eren Cetinel3, José Manuel Comprido4, Khaled Alhwaishel5, Amrinder Kaur6
1 School of Medicine, New Vision University, Tbilisi, Georgia
2 Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
3 Department of Medicine and Surgery, San Raffaele University Milan, Italy
4 Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
5 Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura Manchester Program, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
6 Department of Medicine, University of Chicago

THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND PRINTING OF AORTIC BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE USING PORTABLE 3D SCANNING AND POWDER FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Panagiotis Pepis, Tosios Paschalis, Karapanagiotidis Georgios, Antonitsis Polychronis, Tsagkaropoulos Sokratis, Anastasiadis Kyriakos
Cardiothoracic Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki,Greece

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF BEST CONTEMPORARY FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK PLATFORM: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW & META-ANALYSIS
Matti Jubouri1, Abdelaziz Surkhi2, Rami Alaraj2, Rohan Chikhal3, Aya Hammad1, Yousif Jubouri4, Marco David Bokobza de la Rosa5, Mohamad Bashir6
1 Hull York Medical School, University of York
2 Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
3 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
4 Aston Medical School, Aston University
5 Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University
6 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK

CLINICAL IMPACT OF DIFFERENT PRE- AND POSTOPERATIVE PLATELET FUNCTION TESTING IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGERY
Aleksandar Milojevic1, Svetozar Putnik1, Milos Matkovic1, Tina Novakovic2, Emilija Petrovic1, Ilija Bilbija1, Nemanja Aleksic1, Marko Cubrilo, Jelena Milin Lazovic3, Jovana Subotic1
1 Cardiac Surgery, Clinical center of Serbia, School of medicine, Belgrade University,Serbia
2 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Clinical center of Serbia, School of medicine, Belgrade University,Serbia
3 Biostatistics, faculty of medicine university of belgrade

CONCURRENT CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING VS. ISOLATED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RCTS AND PROPENSITY-MATCHED STUDIES
Kristine Santos1, Giovanna Macanhã Scremin 2, Amal Zakani3, Neel Patel4, Mihaela Ioana Mari?5
1 School of Medicine, New Vision University, Tbilisi, Georgia
2 Department of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
3 Faculty of Medicine And Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Medicine And Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco
4 School of Medicine, New Vision University, Tbilisi Georgia.
5 Department of Vascular Surgery, Center for Translational Research and Systems Medicine, ”Victor Babe?" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timi?oara, Romania
,

HEMODYNAMIC SUPPORT WITH PERCUTANEOUS DEVICES IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: THE CURRENT EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
Fatima Kayali1, Tiffany Agbobu2, Thurkga Moothathamby3, Yousif Jubouri4, Matti Jubouri2, Amr Abdelhaliem5, Samuel Ghattas6, Samuel Rezk, Ian Williams7, Damian Bailey8, Mohamad Bashir8, Wael Awad9
1 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
2 Hull York Medical School, University of York
3 Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
4 Aston Medical School, Aston University
5 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, UK
6 Department of General Surgery, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd
7 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Wales
8 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
9 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barts Heart, St Bartholomew's Hospital

16:40-17:40 Oral Presentations: Coronary Artery Disease I
Moderators: I. Koukis (Greece), M. Argiriou (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
16:40-16:50 Keynote Lecture
I. Koukis (Greece)

EARLY CABG WITH INTRAOPERATIVE HEMOADSORPTION IN PATIENTS ON TICAGRELOR: REAL WORLD DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SAFE AND TIMELY ANTITHROMBOTIC REMOVAL (STAR) REGISTRY
Matthias Thielmann1, Robert Storey2, Kambiz Hassan3, Anna L. Meyer4, Thomas Eberle5, Nikolaas deNeve6, Martin H. Bernardi7, Nandor Marczin8, Ulf Guenther9, Bernd Panholzer10, Heinrich Maechler11, Steven Hunter12, Marijana Matejic-Spasic13, Daniel Wendt14, Efthymios N. Deliargyris15, Michael Schmoeckel16
1 Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2 Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
3 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
4 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
5 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, MediClin Heart Center Coswig, Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
6 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine O.L., Vrouwhospital, Aalst 164 Moorselbaan 9300 Aalst, Belgium
7 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
8 Division of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS, London, United Kingdom, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
9 University Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg Research Network Emergency- and Intensive Care Medicine (OFNI), Faculty VI - Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl v. Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
10 Department of Cardiac Surgery, UKSH, Kiel, Germany
11 Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria
12 Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK
13 CytoSorbents GmbH, Berlin, Germany
14 CytoSorbents GmbH, Berlin, Germany, Essen Medical School, University Clinic of Essen, Essen, Germany
15 CytoSorbents Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
16 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE 2016 NICE AND 2019 ESC RISK STRATIFICATION MODELS FOR IDENTIFYING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS USING CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY
 

ROUTE OF CARDIOPLEGIA AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CABG WITHIN 48HOURS AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Aysun Tulun, Katharina Huenges, Bernd Panholzer, Jan Schöttler, Gregor Warnecke, Jochen Cremer, Christina Grothusen
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, UKSH Kiel, Germany

CARDIAC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PROTOCOL: WILL ADHERANCE IMPROVE SURVIVAL?
Angelica Sgambato1, Muslim Mustaev1, Gentjan Jakaj2, Mehdi Hasan1, Paolo Bosco1, Kamran Baig1
1 Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

PRIMARY RESULTS HYPOTHESIZING SUPERIORITY OF ASYMMETRICAL HFNCO VS STANDARD HFNCO STUDY ON CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS. SHOULD WE EXPECT SOMETHING SPECTACULAR?
Stavros Theologou1, Maria Mponikou1, Giorgos Giannis1, Panagiotis Karkalis1, Dimitris Veloulas1, Ioannis Vidalis1, Vasiliki Torri1, Ioanna Kariofylla1, Stavroula Arkoudi1, Aikaterini Evodia1, Aikaterini Karypiadou1, Paola Capella1, Chara Sykioti1, Alexia Koumantani1, Eirini Katsioni1, Ina Bentai1, Georgia Kyriakou1, Androniki Petritzikli1, Theodora Politaki1, Aggeliki Pagida1, Georgia Takaki1, Despoina Prokopidou1, Dafni Katarachia1, Dimitra Papachristou2, Vasiliki Papagiannaki2, Fotini Menti1, Anastasia Karageorgou1, Michalis Tsamatsoulis3, Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos3, Panagiotis Sfyridis3, Ilias Gissis3, Ilias Samiotis3, Vasilis Patris3, Victor Panagiotakopoulos3, Panagiotis Dedeilias3, Michalis Argiriou3, John Kokotsakis3, Spyridon Mentzelopoulos4
1 Cardiac Surgery ICU, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Cardiothorasic Ward, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
3 Cardiac Surgical Team, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
4 Intensive Care Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece

DOES NoL MONITORING AFFECT OPIOID CONSUMPTION DURING OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS ?
Artemisia Papadima1, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos2, Anna Karamolegkou1, Fotis Braimakis1, Theodore Milas2, Maria Triantafyllou2
1 Department: Anesthesiology, Hippokrateio GH , Athens
2 Department: Cardiac Surgery, Hippokrateio GH, Athens

17:40:18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:30 Oral Presentations: Coronary Artery Disease II
Moderators:  I. Koukis (Greece), M. Argiriou (Greece), I. Samiotis (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
18:00-18:10 Keynote Lecture
I. Koukis (Greece)

IMPELLA 5.0/5.5 - RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF INSERTION AND MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT VIA AXILLARY ARTERY GRAFT
Nikola Dobrilovic, Jonathan Somers, James Brown, Steven Greenberg, Robert Gordon, Hyde Russell
NorthShore University Hospital

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION COMPLICATION. RADIAL ARTERY INTIMA EMBOLISM IN POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
Oganes Oganesyan, Artem Bukhtoyarov, Konstantin Lyaskovskiy
Interventional Radiology

CORONARY INSTENT RESTENOSIS : ACTUAL SURGICAL STRATEGY
IONEL DROC1, Liviu Stan2, Cosmin Buzila2, Daniel Nita3, Alice Munteanu4
1 Army’s Clinic Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
2 cardiovascular surgery departement, Central Military Hospital "Dr. Carol Davilla"
3 Interventional cardiology department, Central Military Hospital "Dr. Carol Davilla"
4 Cardiology Departement, Central Military Hospital "Dr. Carol Davilla"

DIRECT MYOCARDIAL ADMINISTRATION OF ADENOSINE FOR CARDIOPROTECTION
Theodoros Milas1, Evangelia Sigala2, Georgia Roumeliotaki1, Vasiliki Christou1, Konstantinos Manios1, Theoni Kontou1, Dimitrios Lymperiadis1, Nikolaos G. Baikoussis1
1 Cardiac Surgery Department, General Hospital Athens Hippokration
2 Nursing Education Office, General Hospital Athens Evangelismos

SIMULTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS IN MULTIFOCAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS INVOLVING CORONARY ARTERIES AND LOWER LIMB ARTERIES
Artur Gabriyelyan, Olexander Cheveliuk
Heart surgery and transplantation, Heart surgery and transplantation Department/Scientific Centre of surgery and Transplantation named after O.O.Shalimov/ National Academy of medical sciences of Ukraine/ Kyiv/ Ukraine

ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL MODALITIES FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN PATIENTS WITH REDUCED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND PERIOPERATIVE LEVOSIMENDAN CONDITIONING
Friederike Irmgard Schoettler1, Koen Selten2, Branka Cvetanovic2, Sebastian Johannes Bauer1, Moritz Benjamin Immohr1, Arash Mehdiani1, Matthias Thielmann1, Ajay Moza2, Payam Akhyari1, Yukiharu Sugimura1
1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen,

HIGH-SENSITIVITY I-TROPONIN AND T-TROPONIN AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
Paulina Briz Echeverria1, Ana Diaz Rojo1, Javier Garcia Veredas2, Marcelino Sanchez Casado3, Luis F. López Almodóvar1, Alfonso Cañas Cañas1
1 Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital of Toledo.
2 Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital of Toledo
3 Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Toledo

SEQUENTIAL GRAFTING OF THE SCELETONIZED LEFT IMA TO THE LEFT CORONARY ARTERY SYSTEM
Zivojin Jonjev, Mirko Todic, Andela Bozic, Aleksandar M. Milosavljevic, Ilija Bjeljac
Institutte for CV Diseases of Vojvodina,

TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Mohamed El Gabry, Yukiharu Sugimura, Payam Akhyari, Mohamad Majbour
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum Essen, 2. Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany

SURGERY FOR POST INFARCT VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE
Aureliu Batrinac, Andrei Ureche, Serghei Voitov, Veronica Stratan, Verginia Onofrei, Vitalie Moscalu
Medpark International Hospital, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Institute of Cardiology

CONFERENCE ROOM 2
15.00-16.40 Oral Presentations: Young Surgeons
Moderators: I. Koncar (Serbia), C. Zeebregts (The Nederlands), A. Giannoukas (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion

THE POST-IMPLANTATION SYNDROME AND ITS OUTCOME AFTER ELECTIVE ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH THE NEWEST 4TH GENERATION DEVICES
Georgios Plakas, Konstantinos Moulakakis, Constantine Antonopoulos, Aristotelis Yfantis, Pavlos Georgiou, Foivos Spanos, Areti Vasileiou, Christos Pitros, Andreas Panagiotopoulos, George Sfyroeras, Andreas Lazaris, John Kakisis
1st Vascular Surgery Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

ULTRASOUND DIAMETER-BASED GRADING IN CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS
Spiro Koustas1, Matthew Pergamo2, Nicos Labropoulos2
1 Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Resident
2 Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Attending

INFLUENCE OF LATENCY AND APPLIED FORCE ON ACCURACY IN AN ENDOVASCULAR SIMULATION TASK: INSIGHTS FOR ROBOTIC TELESURGERY
Auguste Melaikaite1, Gabija Zymantaite1, Tomas Baltrunas2
1 Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos & Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

THE IMPACT OF FRAILTY AND CLINICAL RISK FACTORS ON GROIN INFECTIONS AND POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CLEAN VASCULAR PROCEDURES
Aikaterini Karamitsou, Yang Song Wash1, Ahmed Abdelkader, Tabish Gulzar, Stephen Ball, Tawqeer Rashid
Manchester Vascular Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

EVALUATING THE CLINICAL PROFILE OF THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR IN BLUNT THORACIC AORTIC INJURY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Abedalaziz Surkhi1, Matti Jubouri2, Abdullah Alsarayrah3, Yousif Jubouri4, Hani Akasheh5, Rami Alaraj1, Ahmed Al-Bunnia6, Aya Qaisi1, Muhammad Rajput7, Amr Abdelhaliem8, Gabriele Piffaretti9, Mohamad Bashir10
1 Faculty of medicine, Al-Quds University, Palestine
2 Hull York Medical School, University of York
3 Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
4 Aston Medical School, Aston University
5 Vascular Surgery Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
6 School of Medicine, European University of Cyprus
7 Faculty of Science, McMaster University, Canada
8 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, UK
9 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy
10 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK

TEVAR VERSUS OPTIMAL MEDICAL THERAPY FOR UNCOMPLICATED TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW & META-ANALYSIS
Matti Jubouri1, Abdelaziz Surkhi2, Abdullah Alsarayrah3, Rami Alaraj2, Donovan Campbell4, Aya Qaisi2, ?Celina Andonie2, Yousif Jubouri5, Amr Abdelhaliem6, Gabriele Piffaretti7, Damian Bailey8, Ian Williams9, Mohamad Bashir8
1 Hull York Medical School, University of York, UK
2 Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
3 Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
4 School of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, UK
5 Aston Medical School, Aston University, UK
6 Royal Blackburn Hospital, East Lancashire Hospitals, UK
7 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy
8 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
9 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, UK

NOVEL MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY TECHNIQUES FOR UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: A SINGLE CENTER CASE-SERIES
Alexandra Tsirigoti1, Vasileios Bouris, Georgios Tzavellas, Dimitrios Papastavrou, Efthymios Avgerinos
Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Greece

PREEMPTIVE TEVAR AFTER TYPE I AORTIC DISSECTION REPAIR: THE ERADICARE TRIAL ON AORTIC REMODELING AND MID-TERM OUTCOMES
Nikolaos Schizas1, Mihalis Argiriou2, Theodoros Kratimenos3, Panagiotis Dedeilias2, Dimitrios Iliopoulos4, Georgia Nazou5, Ioannis Toumpoulis1, Ioannis Kakisis6, Dimitrios Angouras1
1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department,, Evangelismos General Hospital
3 Interventional Radiology Department, Evangelismos General Hospital
4 4th Cardiac Surgery, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece
5 Anesthesiology, EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL, ATHENS, GREECE
6 Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

DEEPSEEK AND GRAPHRAG MAKE AN ALMOST FLAWLESS EVIDENCE-BASED TOOL FOR CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING
Areti Vassiliou1, Vangelis Alexiou2
1 Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital
2 Vascular Surgery, Ioannina University Hospital

FIRST-IN-EUROPE USE OF A TAPERED SELF-EXPANDING BRIDGING DEVICE IN ENDOVASCULAR THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR
Efthymios Beropoulis, Konstantinos P. Donas
 

GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES IN OPEN AND ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
Aleksandra Milacic1, Bojan Vucurevic2, Branko Durdevic3, Nikola Markovic4, Ivan Soldatovic5, Slobodan Tanaskovic1, Nenad Ilijevski1
1 Clinic For Vascular Surgery, Institute For Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia
2 Clinic For Vascular Surgery, Department Of Cardiology, Institute For Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia
3 Clinic For Anesthesiology, Institute For Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia
4 Clinic For Cardiology, Institute For Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia
5 Institute Of Medical Statistics And Informatics, Faculty Of Medicine, Universitiy Of Belgrade

PERIPHERAL GRAFT INFECTION – A RARE BUT TRICKY CONDITION THAT BRINGS ALONG SOME SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
Areti Vassiliou, George S Sfyroeras, Andreas Lazaris, John D Kakisis, Konstantinos G Moulakakis, Constantine N Antonopoulos
 Vascular Surgery, ‘Attikon’ University General Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece

MANAGEMENT OF INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY DURING ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AORTOILIAC ANEURYSMS- 3 YEAR EXPERIENCE OF OUR DEPARTMENT
Iliana Doukogianni, Anna Pachi, Apostolos Chaveles, Nikolaos Mpekas, Sotirios Giannakakis, Anastasios Papapetrou, Chrysostomos Maltezos
Vascular Surgery Department, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece

16.40-17.40 Oral Presentations: Carotid I
Moderators: I. Koncar (Serbia), S. Giannakakis (Greece), M. Peroulis (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
16.40-16.50 Keynote Lecture
M. Peroulis (Greece)

EFFECT OF PERIOPERATIVE CARDIAC DAMAGE ON LONG-TERM CARDIAC EVENTS AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY – 12-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF A FORMER PROSPECTIVE STUDY
George Galyfos, Alexandros Chamzin, Ioanna Kravari, Kiriaki Konstantinou, Athanasios Emmanuil, Argyris Athanasiou, Sami Chatzikalil, Frangiska Sigala, Konstantinos Filis
Vascular unit, First Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration Hospital

COMBINED EFFECTS OF HYPERTENSION AND HEART RATE ON THE RISK OF INCIDENT STROKE AMONG MONGOLIAN, CHINA
Yonghong Zhang, Aili Wang, Tan Xu, Chen Dong
School of Public Health, Soochow University

ASSOCIATION OF COMBINED HYPERTENSION AND HIGH LIPID ACCUMULATION PRODUCT WITH THE RISK OF INCIDENT STROKE AMONG MONGOLIAN, CHINA
Aili Wang, Yonghong Zhang, Tan Xu, Chen Dong
School of Public Health, Soochow University

CAROTID ARTERY ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING: A 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE
Dimitrios Voliotis1, Ilias Voulgaris1, Afroditi-Maria Mitka2, Thomas Kalogirou2, Ioakeim Giagtzidis2, Nikolaos Asaloumidis2, Christos Karkos2, Konstantinos Papazoglou2
1 5th-Year Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Vascular Surgery Unit, 5th Surgical Department, “Hippokration” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

CLINICAL AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AFTER CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY IN PRESENCE OF CONTRALATERAL CAROTID OCCLUSION
Spiridon Botsios1, Almuth Glase 2, Denise M D Özdemir-van Brunschot 1
1 Vascular Surgery, Augusta Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany
2 Thonbergklinik Leipzig, Germany;

INTERVENTION FOR NEAR TOTAL OCCLUSION OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY. A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Athanasios Haidoulis, Konstantinos Spanos, George Kouvelos, Konstantinos Tzimkas-Dakis, Christos Karathanos, Miltiadis Matsagkas, Athanasios Giannoukas
Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly

17:40:18:00 Coffee break
18.00-19.10 Oral Presentations: Carotid II & Venous Disease
Moderators: P. Chatzigakis (Greece), P. Antoniadis (Greece), K. Filis (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
18.00-18.10 Keynote Lecture
P. Chatzigakis (Greece)

POLYCYSTIN-1 AS A NOVEL BIOMARKER FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Panagiotis Theodoridis1, Sotirios Georgopoulos2, Christos Bakoyannis2, Konstantinos Davos3, Aimilia Varela3, Christos Dimopoulos1, Theodosios Bisdas, Chris Klonaris2
1 3rd Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece
2 2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
3 Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece

IMPACT OF ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING ON OUTCOMES OF EVERSION vs. CONVENTIONAL CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
Nenad Ilijevski, Slobodan Pesic, Jovan Petrovic, Enes Ljatifi, Aleksandra Milacic, Slobodan Tanaskovic
Vascular Surgery Clinic, Intute For Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE -SINGLE CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY-
Konstantinos Maltezos, Anastasios Papapetrou, Ilianna Doukogianni, Anna Pachi, Georgios Kastrisios, Stavros Kerasidis, Chrysostomos Maltezos
Vascular Surgery Department, GENERAL HOPSITAL of ATHENS "K.A.T."

OUR EXPERIENCE SURGICAL TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION AND CONTRALATERAL STENOSIS
Shavkat Karimov, Xodjiakbar Alidjanov, Abdurasul Yulbarisov, Isomiddin Asrorov
Tashkent medical academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

POTENTIAL OF ULTRA-HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE-TREATED AUTOLOGOUS SKIN AS A VASCULAR PATCH: A PILOT ANIMAL STUDY
Masashi Yamanami1, Yukiko Ida2, Tasturo Gondai1, Hidetake Kawajiri1, Tomoya Inoue1, Keiichi Kanda1, Satoshi Gojo3, Tetsuji Yamaoka4, Shinichiro Oda1
1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
2 Department of Plastic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
3 Department of Regenerative Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
4 Department of Clinical Engineering, Komatsu University, Ishikawa, Japan

ADVERSE INTRAPROCEDURAL EVENTS DURING TRANSFEMORAL CAROTID ARTERY STENTING THAT MAY REQUIRE CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY AS A BAILOUT
Thomas Kalogirou1, Afroditi-Maria Mitka1, Giorgos Koudounas2, Nikolaos Asaloumidis1, Ioakeim Giagtzidis1, Christos Karkos1, Konstantinos Papazoglou1
1 Vascular Surgery Unit, 5th Surgical Department, “Hippokration” General Hospital of Thessaloniki,, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2 General Surgery Resident, 424
Γενικό Στρατιωτικό Νοσοκομείο, Θεσσαλονίκη

TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL VEIN THROMBOSIS WITH INTERMEDIATE DOSE OF TINZAPARIN IN PATIENTS AT HIGH THROMBOEMBOLIC RISK
Christos Karathanos1, Dimitrios Chatzis 2, Aikaterini Karolina Zianika 3, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos4, Panagiotis Latsios 5, Vasilios Saleptsis6, Ioannis Bountouris 7, Stavros Kakkos 4, Athanasios Giannoukas 8
1 Department of Vascular Surgery, University General Hospital of Larissa,Larissaa
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
3 Department of Vascular Surgery, 7DepartmG.N.A ‘‘G. Gennimatas’’ Hospital, Athens
4 Department of Vascular Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras
5 Private Vascular Surgeon, Kozani
6 Private Vascular Surgeon, Larissa
7 Private Vascular Surgeon, Athens
8 Department of Vascular Surgery, DepUniversity General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa

URGENT TREATMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND COMPRESSION: A SINGLE CENTER REVIEW OF 25 CASES USING THE MEDTRONIC ABRE STENT PLATFORM
Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos, Nektario Papa, Michalis Mantelas, Sokratis Konstantinidis, Konstantinos Vasilas
 Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus

OLYMPIA HALL
08:30-08:40 Welcome & Opening Note
Professors: H. Jakob (Germany), M. Bashir (UK), M. Matsagkas (Greece)
08:40-13:00 PLENARY I: The Proximal Aorta, Aortic Arch
Panel: H. Jakob (Germany), T. Folliguet (France), B. Adams (UK), P. Tossios (Greece), G. Piffaretti (Italy), M. Thielmann (Germany)
Moderator: M. Bashir (UK)
08:40-08:45 Live from Munich: Case 1 Presentation
Endovascular Repair of Aortic Arch
N. Tsilimparis (Germany)
08:45-08:50 Live from Chennai: Case 2 Presentation
Hypoplastic Aortic Arch, Aneurysm of DTA and LSA, Abrreant Right Subclavian Artery - Corrective Surgery
B. Valeyudhan (India), M. Idhrees (India)
08:50-08:55 Live from Cologne: Case 3 Presentation
Aortic Annular Enlargement Using the Novel Y-Incision Technique
L. Conradi (Germany)
08:55-13:00 LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION-3 sites -
In between Presentations: IN PERSON (10min talk + 5min questions) or VIDEO-LIVE (7min talk + 3min questions)
video-live Aortic Arch Replacement-EV-NEO Results
S.-W. Song (Korea)
in person FET With EV-NEO and Hybrid LSA Stent
M. Grabenwöger (Austria)
video-live David Operation: Bologna Results
D. Pacini (Italy)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 PLENARY I: The Proximal Aorta, Aortic Arch (cont.)
video-live Clinical Experience with Thoracic Branched Endograft in Acute Aortic Syndromes
G. Pratesi (Italy)
in person Thoracic Aortic Surgery in Greece
J. Kokotsakis (Greece)
in person Device Technology-AMDS Overview in ATAAD
S. Benussi (Italy)
in person Status of Development: The Endo-Wheat Concept of MEDIRA
M. Grabenwöger (Austria)
13.00-13.45 The Kieffer Lecture & award
Moderators: M. Matsagkas (Greece), M. Thielmann (Germany)
  Introduction
L. Davidovic (Serbia)
  The role of the Vascular Surgeon today
F. Grego (Italy)
13:45-14:45 Light Lunch
13:45-14:15 Lunch Symposium:
Chairs: H. Jacob (Germany), M. Thielmann (Germany)
  Hemoadsorption in aortic surgery and infective endocarditis patients
T. Folliguet (France)
  Antithrombotic removal by intraoperative hemoadsorption: Facts & News
D. Wendt
14:45-17:00 PLENARY II: Aortic Arch, Thoracoabdominal Aorta
Panel: A. Estrera (USA), F. Grego (Italy), G. Piffaretti (Italy), M. Grabenwöger (Austria), H. Jakob (Germany)
Moderator: M. Bashir (UK)
14:45-14:55 Morning Live Cases 1-3: Results Presentation
14:55-15:00 Live from Munich: Case 4 Presentation
Endovascular Repair of Complex (Thoraco)-Abdominal Aneurysm
N. Tsilimparis (Germany)
15:00-15:05 Live from Cologne: Case 5 Presentation
FET and Simultaneous Extension Using EV-NEO
K. Tsagakis (Germany)
15:05-15:10 Live from Genoa: Case 6 Presentation
FEVAR with Zenith Cook Custom-made Device and BeFlared Bridging Stent
G. Pratesi (Italy)
15:10-18:45 LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION-3 sites -
In between Presentations: IN PERSON (10min speaking + 5min questions) or VIDEO-LIVE (7min speaking + 3min questions)
in person Aortic Root Enlargement-The Bo Yang Technique & Results
B. Yang (USA)
video-live Modified Bentall with Single Patch Konno Enlargement (BeSPoKE) Plus Myectomy for Severe Aortic Stenosis
E. Roselli (USA)
video-live Optimal Approach to VSRR/AV Repair with AI
E. Chen (USA)
in person Aortic Arch Repair Using Nexus TRE
T. Bisdas (Greece)
in person Robotic Transcranial Doppler Guided Aortic Arch Surgery
B. Adams (UK)
in person Viszeral Debranching and TEVAR in TAAR
G. Piffaretti (Italy)
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-18:55 PLENARY II: Aortic Arch, Thoracoabdominal Aorta (cont.)
video-live fFEVAR for Dissection in ZONES 6-8 after EVAR
M. Lescan (Germany)
video-live Total Endovascular Repair of TAAA
S. Haulon (France)
video-live Endovascular Repair for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Current Status and Future Challenges
G. Oderich (USA)
video-live Hamburg Results of BEVAR for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathologies
T. Kölbel (Germany)
18:45-18:55 Afternoon Live Cases 4-6: Results Presentation
18:55-19:00 Closing Note
Professors: M. Bashir (UK), H. Jakob (Germany), M. Matsagkas (Greece)
ATTICA HALL
09:00-10:00 Aorto-iliac occlusive disease - What do new techniques have offered?
Moderators: G. Georgiadis (Greece), T. Forbes (Canada), A. Gougoulakis (Greece)
09:00-09:10 Role of intravascular ultrasound in endovascular reconstruction of aorto-iliac occlusive disease
F. Grego (Italy)
09:10-09:20 Contemporary results of open surgery in aortoiliac occlusive disease
G. Sfyroeras (Greece)
09:20-09:30 Endovascular Aorto-iliac reconstruction (CERAB) is a good alternative option to open surgery
M. Menegolo (Serbia)
09:30-09:40 Experience with reopening of occluded iliac arteries with rotarex
G. Kouvelos (Greece)
09:40-09:50 Coral reef atherosclerosis is best treated with open surgery
L. Chiche (France)
09:50-10:00 Discussion
10:00-11:00 Acute and/or chronic mesenteric ischaemia
Moderators: L. Davidovic (Serbia), K. Moulakakis (Greece), G. Kouvelos (Greece)
10:00-10:10 When to intervene in acute mesenteric ischemia and what to do?
G. Geroulakos (Greece)
10:10-10:20 Visceral malperfusion in acute aortic dissection
G. Pratesi (Italy) video camera
10:20-10:30 Surgical management of mesenteric ischaemia
F. Grego (Italy)
10:30-10:40 Endovascular Repair of Atherosclerotic Chronic Mesenteric Ischaemia: Where do we currently stand?
K. Spanos (Greece)
10:40-11:00 Discussion
11:00:11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 The role of new technologies in vascular procedures
Moderators: Z. Rancic (Switzerland), C. Ioannou (Greece), C. Bakogiannis (Greece)
11:30-11:40 The role of robot guided procedures in modern vascular surgery
T. Baltrūnas (Lithuania)
11:40-11:50 Challenges in aortic intervention and the role of advanced technologies
C. Riga (UK)
11:50-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Diabetic foot management - What is new?
Moderators: M. Menegolo (Serbia), K. Filis (Greece), P. Antoniadis (Greece)
12:00-12:10 The wound-some concept in treating patients with CLTI
T. Bisdas (Greece)
12:10-12:20 Diabetic foot: the role of multidisciplinary approach
M. Menegolo (Serbia)
12:20-12:30 Apps, e-learning, telemedicine, gadgets and AI: technology in the management of diabetic foot
T. Kalogirou
12:30-12:40 Advanced management of diabetic foot in Asia
S.R. Pandey (Nepal)
12:40-12:50 Pedal acceleration time as a diagnostic and decision-making tool in diabetic patients with chronic lower limb ischemia
V. Culiuc
12:50-13:00 Discussion
13:00-13:45 “State of the Arch” Joint Session ESCVS Junior Committee & EVST (ESVS)
Moderators: TBA
13:00-13:08 Current and future perspectives of total endovascular arch repair
P. Nana (Greece)
13:08-13:16 Current and future perspectives of open surgical arch/hemi-arch repair
P. Tsipas (Greece)
13:16-13:21 Discussion
13:21-13:28 Multistaged Aortic Repair for a 14-Year-Old with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: A Case Report
V. Dabravolskaite (Switzerland)
13:28-13:32 Discussion
13:32-13:40 Case Presentation of open surgical arch repair
A. Osswald (Germany)
13:40-13:45 Discussion
13:45-14:45 Lunch Break
14:45-16:00 New perspectives in aortic valve disease
Moderators: S-E Shehada (Germany), G. Stavridis (Greece), D. Angouras (Greece)
14:45-15:00 Sutured valves versus sutureless (rapid deployment) valves (10’)
S.-E. Shehada (Germany)
Discussion (5’)
15.00-15.15 Following the Evidence: SAVR as the Optimal Choice for Low-Risk Patients Under 75 (10’)
D. Angouras (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
15.15-15.30 Patient Prosthesis Mismatch: How to avoid it (10’)
C. Kotoulas (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
15.30-15:45 Bicuspid aortic valve repair (10’)
I. Koukis (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
15.45-16.00 Y incision for aortic root enlargement (10’)
B. Yang (USA)
Discussion (5’)
16:00-17:00 Innovations in Mitral Valve Repair
Moderators: G. Dahle (Norway), P. E. Vardas (Greece)
16:00-16:15 The evolution of cardiac surgery (10’)
G. Dahle (Norway)
Discussion (5’)
16.15-16.30 Mitral Annular Calcification: Tackle the beast
P. N. Vardas (USA)
Discussion (5’)
16.30-16.45 State-of-the-art endoscopic mitral valve repair (10’)
P. Sardari Nia (The Netherlands) video camera
Discussion (5’)
16.45-17.00 Minimally invasive treatment of Barlow’s disease (10’)
A. Panos (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-18:30 Innovations in CABG
Moderators: J. Tatoulis (Australia), T. Sakaguchi (Japan), P. Dedeilias (Greece)
17.30-17.42 Radial artery: Avoiding pitfalls (10’)
J. Tatoulis (Australia)
Discussion (2’)
17.42-17.54 CABG on MiECC (minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation) (10’)
K. Anastasiadis (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
17.54-18.06 Anaortic method (10’)
K. Katsavrias (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
18.06-18.18 Tips and Pitfalls of Minimally Invasive Off-pump CABG
T. Sakaguchi (Japan)
Discussion (2’)
18.18-18.30 Technique for Minimaly Invasive Anaortic Complete Coronary Artery Bypass (10’)
I. Mavioglu (Turkiye)
Discussion (2’)
18:30-19:30 Minimally Invasive Coronary Revascularization
Moderators: E. Demirsoy (Turkiye), S. Marinakis (Belgium), N. Baikoussis (Greece)
18.30-18.45 Is minimally invasive coronary revascularization suitable for patients with low LVEF (10’)
G. Lazopoulos (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
18.45-19.00 New data on MICS-CABG (10’)
S. Marinakis (Belgium)
Discussion (2’)
19.00-19.15 Multivessel minimal CABG (10’)
E. Demirsoy (Turkiye)
Discussion (2’)
19.15-19.30 Hybrid revascularization (10’)
A. Roubelakis (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
E-POSTER AREA
12:00-13:00 E-Posters Presentations
M. Lazarides (Greece), C. Riga (UK), T. Baltrunas (Lithuania)
3min presentation, 2min discussion
CASE REPORT: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSING TOTALLY INTRA-ARTERIAL MISPLACEMENT OF AN ANGIO-SEAL CLOSURE DEVICE

Almahdi Ali
Vascular Surgery, Helios Klinik Cuxhaven

FAILURE OR SUCCESS? 7 ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS DURING 3 YEARS IN SEVERE CALCIFIED CASE OF CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA
Oganes Oganesyan, Artem Bukhtoyarov, Konstantin Lyaskovskiy
Interventional Radiology

SUBINTIMAL ANGIOPLASTY IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS OF THE PERIPHERAL ARTERIES
Ugur Cetingok
Cardiovascular Surgery, Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye

RIGHT ATRIUM AMD PERICARDIUM PENETRATED BY END-STAGE-RENAL-DISEASE DIALYSIS PERMANENT TUNNELED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER
Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos1, Konstantinos Diplaris2, Michalis Demosthenous2, Nektario Papa1, Michalis Mantelas1, Sokratis Konstantinidis1, Konstantinos Vasilas1
1 Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus
2 Cardiac Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRP-TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES OF THE TREATMENT OF THE INJURIES OF THE MAIN VESSELS OF THE LOWER AND UPPER EXTREMITIES
YULIIA NAHALIUK1, Vladimir Rogovsky2, Boris Koval2
1
2 Vascular surgery, National military medical clinical centre

PHLEBOLYMPHEDEMA: A CASE SERIES ON DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT, AND OUTCOMES
Elena Saremi1, Mehdi Zabihi
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Atieh Hospital, Tehran

A SURPRISING CAUSE OF ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA IN A YOUNG PATIENT WITH NO PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY
Konstantinos Litinas, Michalis Pesmatzoglou, Ifigeneia Tzartzalou, Georgios Tzouliadakis, Nikolaos Kontopodis, Christos V. Ioannou
Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

THE WORLD-FIRST 2-FENESTRATION & 1-SCALLOP LOW-PROFILE ENDOVASTEC MERIDIAN ENDOGRAFT TO TREAT A SACCULAR ANEURYSM OF THE SPLACHNIC AORTA IN A FEMALE PATIENT WITH NARROW ILIACS - A CUSTOM FENESTRATED SOLUTION BASED ON THE ALTURA PLATFORM
Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos1, Nektario Papa1, Paul Hayes2, Michalis Mantelas1, Sokratis Konstantinidis1, Konstantinos Vasilas1
1 Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus
2 Clinical Development Department, Lombard Medical, Oxford, United Kinfdom

ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE FOCUSING ON 30-DAY MORTALITY AND MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
Karamitsou, I. Giagtzidis, A.M. Mitka, T. Kalogirou, N. Asaloumidis, C. Karkos, K. Papazoglou
Vascular Surgery Department, 5th Surgical Clinic Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece

OPEN REPAIR OF TYPE IIIA ENDOLEAKS IN ENDOLOGIX’S AFX AAA GRAFT SYSTEM IS NOT TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE: A LESSON LEARNED THE HARD WAY
Areti Vassiliou1, Georgios Fanariotis2, Michail Peroulis2, Vangelis Alexiou2
1 Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital
2 Vascular Surgery, Ioannina University Hospital

HYBRID 2-STAGE REPAIR OF TYPE V THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM AND INFRARENAL AORTIC OCCLUSION IN A FEMALE PATIENT
Natasha Hasemaki, Antonia Skotsimara, Konstantinos Tzanis, Nikolaos Melachroinopoulos, Evaggelia Mila, Christos Bakogiannis, Athanasios Katsargyris, Christos Klonaris
2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, "Laiko" General Hospital of Athens, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens

IS SPINAL ANESTHESIA THE SAFE KEY FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS UNDERGOING VASCULAR SURGERY?
Georgia Gκounti1, Nikolaos Zelevaris1, Christos Katsioulis 1, Vasileios Nevras1, Georgios Tyrikos1, Paschalis Karakasis1 ,   Apostolos G. Pitoulias1, Dimitrios Chatzelas1 , Georgios A. Pitoulias2
1G. Gennimatas” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Second Department Of Surgery Division Of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital,    Thessaloniki, Greece
2G. Gennimatas” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, School Of Health Sciences, Faculty Of Medicine, Second Department Of Surgery Division Of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

FIRST IMPLANTATION OF A LARGE WINDOW FENESTRATION FEVAR DEVICE TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMON ORIFICE OF THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC AND CELIAC ARTERIES WITHOUT REQUIRING BRIDGING STENTS
Konstantinos Litinas1, Michalis Pesmatzoglou1, Nikolaos Kontopodis1, Ifigeneia Tzartzalou1, Georgios Tzouliadakis1, Yannis Nikolaras2, Christos V. Ioannou1
1 Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
2 Clinical Representative and Primary Planner, Terumo Aortic

ABBEY HALL
11:00-12:00 Industry Shared Workshop: Venous
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
08:00-10:30 Workshop: Aortic Triathlon by EVST
13:00-15:00 Industry Workshop: Endovascular Masterclass by Medtronic
  • Simulator AAA
  • Hands on deployment of Endurant
  • Virtual Reality glasses for EnChEVAR
14.45-16.00 Oral Presentations: Aortic Disease
Moderators: I. Samiotis (Greece), K. Antonopoulos (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
14.45-14.55 Keynote Lecture
I. Samiotis (Greece)

A NOVEL COMPREHENSIVE PROTOCOL FOR BRAIN PROTECTION IN AORTIC ARCH REPLACEMENT: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
Luchen Wang1, Sangyu Zhou1, Yanxiang Liu1, Bowen Zhang1, Weijing Wang2, Shujuan Li2, Yinghua Zhou2, Xiaogang Sun1
1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
2 Department of Neurology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
 
THE FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK OPERATION - 4 YEARS EXPERIENCE FROM SINGLE INSTITUTION
Vitalii Kravchenko1, Alina Liubarets1, Vasyl Lybavka1, Ihor Zhekov1, Iryna Osadovskaya1, Vasyl Lazoryshynets2
1 Aortic pathology, M.Amosov ICVS NAMS of Ukraine
2 Director, M. Amosov ICVS NAMS of Ukraine

SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGICAL REPAIR FOR PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER IN THE AORTIC ARCH: INSIGHTS FROM A 12-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE COHORT
Luchen Wang1, Yanxiang Liu1, Bowen Zhang1, Jialiang Li1, Sangyu Zhou1, Ruojin Zhao1, Cuntao Yu1, Xiangyang Qian1, Yaojun Dun1, Xiaogang Sun1
1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

MODIFIED AORTIC ROOT REPAIR WITH PRESERVATION OF THE FALSE LUMEN IN ACUTE STANFORD TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS
Luchen Wang, Yanxiang Liu, Xuyang Chen, Haoyu Gu, Yaojun Dun, Xiaogang Sun
Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

THE ROLE, IMPORTANCE AND RESULTS OF HEART VALVE TEAM IN THE TREATMENT OF HIGH RISK PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS
Bettina Brtka1, Tamas Szerafin2, Tamas Maros2, Attila Kertesz3, Bertalan Kracsko3, Geza Horvath3, Ferenc Bodnar4, Gabor Sira4, Andras Zudor4
1 Deparment of Surgery, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County Hospitals and University Teaching Hospital, Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
3 Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
4 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE OF TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION ANEURYSMS SURGICAL TREATMENT
Vitalii Kravchenko2, Yurii Tarasenko 2, Ivan Kravchenko2, Vasyl Lazoryshynets1, Oleksandr Tretyak3, Alina Liubarets3
1 Director, M. Amosov ICVS NAMS of Ukraine
2 Surgical treatment of aortic pathology, M.Amosov ICVS NAMS of Ukraine
3 Anesthesiology, M.Amosov ICVS NAMS of Ukraine

RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA WITH AORTO-CAMERAL FISTULA
Zeeshan Afzal, Abdul Nasir, Mohammad Asif Shams, Hira Hameed
Department of Cardiac Surgery, MTI Peshawar Institute of Cardiology

CARDIOMEGALY AFTER OPEN AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM REPAIR: CAUSES, SIGNIFICANCE AND THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT
Μαρίνα Μαρία Αντωναράκη
ΕΚΠΑ, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ)

16.00-17.00 Oral Presentations: Coronary Artery Disease III
Moderators: J. Tatoulis (Australia), S. Marinakis (Belgium), N. Schizas (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
16.00-16.10 Keynote Lecture: Arterial Grafting - lessons learnt over 40 years
J. Tatoulis (Australia)

CEREBRAL COMPLICATIONS  AFTER SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Olena Gogayeva1 , Mykola Rudenko1 , Oleksandr Nudchenko2, Anatolii Rudenko1
 1 Department of Surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease, National Amosov Institute of cardiovascular surgery NAMS of Ukraine, Kyiv
2 Ultrasound department, National Amosov Institute of cardiovascular surgery NAMS of Ukraine, Kyiv

LEFT MAIN ACUTE DISSECTION SETS OFF AVALANCHE OF CHALLENGES FOR THE CARDIAC SURGEON
Aureliu Batrinac, Mihail Tasnic, Hakan Eraslan, Serghei Voitov, Veronica Stratan, Verginia Onofrei, Ala Slobozeanu-Russu
Medpark International Hospital, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”

 KIDNEY FUNCTION OF CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS WITH POSTINFARCTON LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM
Olena Gogayeva, Mykola Rudenko, Anatolii Rudenko
Department of Surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease, National Amosov Institute of cardiovascular surgery NAMS of Ukraine, Kyiv

FREQUENCY AND OUTCOMES OF ELEVATED PREOPERATIVE GLYCOSYLATED HAEMOGLOBIN IN DIABETIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Muhammad Nisar
Cardiac surgery, MTI Peshawar Institute of Cardiology

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
Zeeshan Afzal, Muhammad Tariq, Waqar Masud Malik, Kifayat Ullah, Abdul Rehman
Department of Cardiac Surgery, MTI Peshawar Institute of Cardiology

THE EXISTENCE OF AN "ABNORMAL" LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY (ALCAPA) IN ADULTS
Μαρίνα Μαρία Αντωναράκη
ΕΚΠΑ, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ΕΚΠΑ

RECURRENT ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN A HIGH-RISK ELDERLY PATIENT: A CASE REPORT
Ankit Singh
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17.30-19.30 Oral Presentations: Structural Disease I
Moderators: I. Touboulis (Greece), P. Michail (Greece), N. Schizas (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
17.30-17.40 Keynote Lecture
I. Touboulis (Greece)

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF AORTIC VALVE REPAIR THROUGH MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH
Aureliu Batrinac1, Veronica Stratan2, Serghei Voitov3, Verginia Onofrei4, Ala Slobozeanu-Russu3
1 Cardiovascular Surgery, State University Of Medicine And Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu” &Medpark International Hospital & Cardiology Institute
2 Cardiovascular Surgery, Tate University Of Medicine And Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu” &Medpark International Hospital
3 Cardiovascular Surgery, Medpark International Hospital
4 Cardiovascular Surgery, Medpark International Hospital 
& Cardiology Institute 

THE FORECASTING “NEW” CARDIAC CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES AND THE RISK OF PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
VALERIYA CHEKANOVA, Timur Imaev, Alexander Pevzner
National Medical Research Centre of Cardiology named after acad. E.I. Chazov, Moscow, Russia

NOVEL ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE ANNULOPLASTY SIZING METHOD: PRELIMINARY VALIDATION RESULTS FROM A CADAVER ANIMAL MODEL
NIKOLA DOBRILOVIC
NorhtShore University Hospital

SUTURELESS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN HIGH RISK CONCOMITANT VALVULAR AND BYPASS SURGERY
Farouk M Oueida1, Khalid Alkhamees1, Mustafa Fadel2, Anwar A Alhulaibi1, Mohammed A Sallam1, Muslem A Almusawi1, Shaya F Aldosari1, Abdullah S Alotaibi1, Mohamed A Elasheri1, Ibrahim M Yassin3
1 Cardiac Surgery Department, Saud AlBabtain Cardiac Center, Dammam, KSA
2 Anaesthesia Department, Saud AlBabtain Cardiac Center, KSA
3 Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Tanta University Egypt

 THE IMPACT OF SAVR ON QUALITY OF LIFE: VALVE TYPE MATTERS
Evangelia Sigala1, Theodore Milas2, Foteini Koutsokosta2, Vassiliki Christou2, Georgia Roumeliotaki2, Dimitrios Aragiannis3, Nikolaos Baikoussis2
1 Education Office, GHA Evangelismos
2 Cardiac Surgery, GHA Hippokration
3 Hemodynamic Laboratory, GHA Hippokration

BRACHIAL-ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Evangelia Sigala1, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios2, Vasiliki Gardikioti3, Andreas Katsaros4, Konstantinos Filis5, Nikolaos Baikoussis4, Konstantinos Tsioufis2, Charalambos Vlachopoulos2
1 Nursing Education Office, GHA Evangelismos
2 First Department of Cardiology, GHA Hippokration
3 Cardiology Department, Tzaneio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
4 Cardiac Surgery, GHA Hippokration
5 Surgical Department, GHA Hippokration

ULTRASOUND AND FLUOROSCOPIC NAVIGATION ALGORITHM FOR APPLYING APICAL-MITRAL NEO CHORDS ON A BEATING HEART (?N ACUTE IN VIVO ANIMAL STUDY)
Aleksandr Nemkov1, Gennady Khubulava, Vladimir Komok1, Andrey Kuznetsov2, Nikolay Bunenkov3, Nikita Titov1, Vladimir Matrosov1, Eduard Bystrov1, Victor Smoley1, Kirill Shokin4, Sergey Romanov4, Georgy Lebedev5
1 Faculty surgical Dpt, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
2 Functional Diagnostic Dpt, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
3 Institute of children's hematology, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
4 Ltd Nevsky Technologies
5 Ltd Ecoflon

REVERSE REMODELING OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE USING THE RADO II PROCEDURE IN END-STAGE ISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: A 10-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY
Zivojin Jonjev, Ilija Bjeljac, Mirko Todic, Aleksandar M. Milosavljevic, Andela Bozic
Institutte for CV Diseases of Vojvodina

COMPLEMENTARY INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR BETTER LONGEVITY OF THE 3D MITRAL RING ANNULOPLASTY, F.O TECHNIQUE
Farouk M Oueida1, Khalid Khamees2, Ibrahim Yassin3, Mostafa Fadel4, Tamer Ibrahim4
1 Cardiac surgery- chair person_, SAUD A, DAMMA, Saudi Arabia,
2 Cardiac Surgery, Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center, DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia;,
3 CARDIAC SURGERY, TANTA UNIVERSITY,, TANTA, Egypt;,
4 Cardiac center , Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center, DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia,

THE IMPACT OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION OF A SINGLE VENTRICLE ON THE RESULTS OF THE FONTAN PROCEDURE.
Dmitry Kovalev1, Timur Danilov2, Tatyana Astrakhantseva, Ivan Malinkin1, Svetlana Alexandrova3, Anton Minaev1, Gulamjan Dadabaev4, Vera Dontsova5, Ojga Medvedeva1
1 CHD, A. N. Bakulev National medical research center for cardiovascular surgery
2 CHD, A. N. Bakulev National medical research center for cardiovascular surgery
3 Department of MRI, A. N. Bakulev National medical research center for cardiovascular surgery
4 Department of X-ray surgical methods for studying and treating the heart and blood vessels, A. N. Bakulev National medical research center for cardiovascular surgery
5 Department of Ultrasound diagnostic, A. N. Bakulev National medical research center for cardiovascular surgery

IMPACT OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS WITH PET/SPECT ON SURVIVAL AND FOLLOW-UP OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS. STUDY (2018-2024) AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY IGNACIO CHAVEZ.
Carlos Aaron Proano-Larrea, Laura Leticia Rodriguez-Chavez, Victor Armando Perez-Meza, Ana Castillo-Choy, Jorge Gomez-Reyes
National Institute Of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez.

A CASE OF FONTAN OPERATION FOR CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA SEPTAL DEFECTS AND ABSENCE OF UPPER RIGHT PULMONARY ARTERY.
Aikaterini Giannakopoulou1, Antonios Belegrinos2, Eleni Anna Kallikoyrdi3, Antonios Kallikourdis4, Georgios Kalavrouziotis4, Evagelos Karanasios1
1 Cardiology Department, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, EKPA
3 Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
4 1st Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece

INCREASED LEFT VENTRICULAR OXYGEN DEMANDS IN INCREASED LV AFTERLOAD ASSOCIATED EARLY WITH VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA OCCURRENCE
Sofija Popevska
Imaging and Dynamics, Cardiovascular Sciences, Medical faculty, KU Leuven

APICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN A TEENAGER WITH SURGICALLY CORRECTED SUBVALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS AND NEGATIVE GENETIC TESTING FOR HCM
Evagelia Grigoraki1, Antonios Belegrinos2, Aikaterini Giannakopoulou1, Eleni Anna Kallikourdi3, Antonios Kallikourdis4, Evagelos Karanasios1, Georgios Kalavrouziotis5
1 Cardiology Depatrment, "Aghia Sophia" Children’s Hospital, Athens
2 Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, EKPA
3 Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
4 1st Department of Cardiovascular, "Aghia Sophia" Children’s Hospital, Athens
5 1st Department of Cardiovascular, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece

METASTATIC MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE RIGHT ATRIUM
Amin Serradj, Ines Mazlout, Costin Radu, Eric Bergoend, Thierry Folliguet
Cardiac Surgery, Henri Mondor University Hospital –APHP- FRANCE

CONFERENCE ROOM 2
14:45-16:00 Oral Presentations: Peripheral Artery Disease I
Moderators: C. Bakogiannis (Greece), D. Staramos (Greece), V. Papavasiliou (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
14:45-14:55 Keynote Lecture: Management of  “no-option” Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
V. Papavasileiou (Greece)

MID-TERM RESULTS OF FEMORO-POPLITEAL BYPASS WITH THE USE OF A HEPARIN-BONDED ePTFE GRAFT: EXPERIENCE OF TWO VASCULAR CENTERS IN GREECE
Konstantinos Batzalexis1, Konstantinos Dakis1Alexandros Barbatis1, Dimitrios Chatzelas2, Georgios Kouvelos1, Konstantinos Spanos1, Georgios Pitoulias2, Athanasios Giannoukas1
1 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
2 Division of Vascular Surgery, 2nd Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, "G. Gennimatas" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

SHOCKWAVE INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HOSTILE ILIAC ACCESS DURING ENDOVACULAR AORTIC REPAIR
Natasha Hasemaki, Antonia Skotsimara, Ilias Avgerinos, Michail Tsotsios, Thodoris Mansolas, Athanasios Katsargyris, Sotirios Georgopoulos, Christos Klonaris
2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, "Laiko" General Hospital of Athens, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WITH POOR PROGNOSIS OF ISCHEMIC STROKE
Tan Xu, Yu Wang, Aili Wang, Yonghong Zhang, Chen Dong
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

ENCAPSULATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND POLYPHENOLS: A NEW PARADIGM FOR VASCULAR DRUG DELIVERY
Roberta Campardelli1, Pier Francesco Ferrari1, Chiara Barisione2, Chiara Bufalini1, Silvia Ortona3, Caterina Ivaldo2, Patrizia Perego1, Giovanni Pratesi4, Domenico Palombo2
1 Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa
2 Department of Surgical and Integrated Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa
3 Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa
4 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

THE RESULTS OF THE TREATMENT OF THE INJURIES OF THE MAIN VESSELS FOR THE PERIOD 2014-2024
Yuliia Nahaliuk, Vladimir Rogovsky, Vladimir Koval
Vascular surgery, National military medical clinical centre

LOW-PROFILE ATHERECTOMY-ASSISTED CRURO-PEDAL ANGIOPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LIMB-THREATENING ISCHEMIA AND PATENT FEMORO-POPLITEAL/CRURAL BYPASS GRAFTS
Efthymios Beropoulis, Konstantinos Donas
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Rhein Main Vascular Center, Asklepios Clinics Langen, Paulinen Wiesbaden

REAL-WORLD 12-MONTH OUTCOMES WITH SIROLIMUS-COATED BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY FOR COMPLEX FEMOROPOPLITEAL DISEASE
Efthymios Beropoulis1, Konstantinos Avranas2, Elena Rouvi3, Konstantinos Donas4
1 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Rhein Main Vascular Center, Asklepios Clinics Langen, Paulinen Wiesbaden
2 Research Collaborator Rhein Main Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Clinic Langen
3 Research Collaborator Rhein Main Vascular Center, Asklepios Langen Germany
4 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Rhein Main Vascular Center, Asklepios Clinics Langen, Paulinen Wiesbaden, Seligenstadt, Germany

INFRARENAL AORTA ANGIOPLASTY -SINGLE CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY-
Konstantinos Maltezos, Apostolos Chaveles, Vasileios Gatsos, Sotirios Giannakakis1, Stavros Kerasidis, Georgios Kastrisios, Chrysostomos Maltezos
Vascular Surgery Department, GENERAL HOPSITAL Of ATHENS "K.A.T."

16:00-17:20 Oral Presentations: Abdominal Aorta I
Moderators: P. Nana (Greece), C. Maltezos (Greece), D. Xanthopoulos (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
16:00-16:10 Keynote Lecture: Female sex as factor of mortality in aortic aneurysm repair
P. Nana (Greece)

COMPLEX ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR FOR FAILED-EVAR; MIDTERM OUTCOMES
Konstantinos Tzimkas-Dakis1, Konstantinos Spanos1, George Kouvelos1, Aikaterini Bouzia2, Athanasios Chaidoulis1, Christos Karathanos1, Eleni Arnaoutoglou2, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece
2 Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece

ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH ENDOSTAPLER IMPLANTATION
Fedor Filipovic1, Milos Sladojevic1,2, Perica Mutavdzic1,2, Borivoje Lukic1,2, Ognjen Kostic1, Andrija Roganovic1, Igor Koncar1,2
1 Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbian Clinical Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Medical faculty, University of Belgrade, Serbia

A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE ON ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR IN PATIENTS MANAGED FOR COMPLEX AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Konstantinos Tzimkas-Dakis1, George Kouvelos1, Konstantinos Spanos1, Petroula Nana1, Metaxia Bareka2, Athanasios Chaidoulis1, Christos Karathanos1, George Volakakis1, Konstantinos Batzalexis1, Eleni Arnaoutoglou2, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Larissa University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Larissa University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

COVERED ENDOVASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION OF ILIAC BIFURCATION TECHNIQUE - CERIB
Athanasios Haidoulis1, Kostantinos Spanos1, George Kouvelos1, Konstantinos Dakis1, Alexandros Barbatis1, Dimitra Papaspyrou2, Elena Arnaoutoglou2, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly
2 Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly

EARLY OUTCOMES FROM THE USE OF THE NEW OVATION ALTO STENT GRAFT IN THE TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: RESULTS FROM THE HELLENIC REGISTRY
Alexandros Barbatis1, Konstantinos Spanos1, Konstantinos Dakis1, Christos Ioannou2, Stavros Kakkos3, Georgios Georgiadis4, Georgios Kouvelos1, Nikolaos Kontopodis2, Athanasios Giannoukas1
1 Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
2 Vascular Surgery, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
3 Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
4 Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

COMPARISON OF THREE TECHNIQUES – DEVICES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY
Konstantinos Spanos1, Alexandros Barbatis1, Athanasios Chaidoulis1, Georgios Kouvelos1, Dimitra Papaspyroy2, Konstantinos Batzalexis1, Konstantinos Tzimkas - Dakis1, Eleni Arnaoutoglou2, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
2 Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly

ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF RUPTURED AORTIC ANEURYSMS USING THE CHIMNEY TECHNIQUE
Georgios Volakakis1, Georgios Kouvelos1, Konstantinos Spanos1, Petroula Nana1, Konstantinos Tzimkas-Dakis1, Aikaterini Bouzia2, Eleni Arnaoutoglou, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
2 Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece

COVERED ENDOVASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERNAL ILIAC BIFURCATION TECHNIQUE - CERIIB
Athanasios Haidoulis1, Konstantinos Spanos1, George Kouvelos1, Konstantinos Tzimkas-Dakis1, Alexandros Barbatis1, Dimitra Papaspyrou2, Elena Arnaoutoglou2, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly
2 Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly

A META-ANALYSIS OF PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT RADIATION DOSE ON ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR INTERVENTIONS
Christos F. Pitros1, Fotios O. Efthimiou2, Vasileios I. Metaxas2, Constantine N. Antonopoulos1, Christos P. Dimitroukas2, Stavros K. Kakkos3, George S. Panayiotakis2, John D. Kakisis1, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis1
1 1st Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2 Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
3 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece

UPPER EXTREMITY ACCESS FOR VARIOUS ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES. IS IT SAFE?
Alexandros Barbatis, Konstantinos Spanos, Konstantinos Dakis, Christos Karathanos, Georgios Kouvelos, Georgios Volakakis, Konstantinos Batzalexis1, Athanasios Chaidoulis, Athanasios Giannoukas, Miltiadis Matsagkas
Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

17:20-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-18:40 Oral Presentations: Peripheral Artery Disease II
Moderators: C. Karkos (Greece), G. Pitoulias (Greece), A. Papapetrou (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
17:30-17:40 Keynote Lecture: Atherectomy in BTK vessels. Is it worthy?
G. Pitoulias (Greece)

IPSILATERAL PARADOXICAL THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENT LEADING TO ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA
Almahdi Ali, Almahdi Ali
Department of Vascular Surgery, Helios Klinik Cuxhaven, Germany

DEVELOPING A PORCINE ARTERIAL MODEL TO STUDY CELLULAR SENESCENCE
Sylvie Vagena1, Alexios Theodorou1, Evangelos Andreakos2, Frangiska Sigala1, George Galyfos1
1 First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2 Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens

DECOMPRESSION OF POPLITEAL ARTERY ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME COMBINED WITH SIMULTANEOUS ANGIOPLASTY
Odysseas Lomvardeas, Afroditi-Maria Mitka, Thomas Kalogirou, Nikolaos Asaloumidis, Ioakeim Giagtzidis, Marwan Elmoghrabi, Antonios Oikonomou1, Christos Karkos1, Konstantinos Papazoglou
Fifth Department of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

USE OF BIODEGRADABLE PERIPHERAL STENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES: LATE RESULTS
Ugur Cetingok
Cardiovascular Clinic, Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye

INCREASED PERIORTIC FAT VOLUME AND CHARACTERISTICS OF FAT DEPOTS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
Dimitrios Tasoulas1, Stavroula Psychari2, Antonia Kountouri3, Anastasios Papaspyropoulos2, Evangelia Kapsali2, Athanasios Kotsakis2, Loukianios Rallidis4
1
2 2nd Cardiology Clinic, General State Hospital of Nikaia “Saint Panteleimon”
3 Microbiolofy, General State Hospital of Nikaia “Saint Panteleimon”
4 Cardiology Clinic, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

OPEN SURGICAL REPAIR OF A TRUE RIGHT AXILLARY ARTERY ANEURYSM WITH INTERPOSITION REVERSED CEPHALIC VEIN BYPASS - A CASE REPORT
Argyro Ilia1, Giannis Theodosopoulos2, Georgios Tzavellas2
1 School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
2 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Department, Athens Medical Group, Athens, Greece

PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE AT A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER IN SAUDI ARABIA: COMPLEXITY AND DEMOGRAPHICS
ALMAMOON JUSTANIAH1, Ashjan Ahmed2, Osama Mohamed3, Abdullah Linjawi2, Abdulmalik Abumohssin2, Ali Mizher2, Donald Bain3, Zergham Zia2, Emily Heaphy4, Majed Ashour2
1
2 Interventional Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia
3 Vascular Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia
4 Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia

18:40-20:00 Oral Presentations: Abdominal Aorta II
Moderators: G. Kouvelos (Greece), V. Katsikas (Greece), K. Antonopoulos (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
18:40-18:50 Keynote Lecture: Aortic neck dilatation after EVAR: causes and effects
G. Kouvelos (Greece)

USE OF COOK ZENITH ILIAC BRANCH DEVICE FOR INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY FLOW PRESERVATION DURING EVAR. EXPERIENCE OF A TERTIARY CENTER
Konstantinos Batzalexis1, Alexandros Barbatis1, Konstantinos Spanos1, Georgios Kouvelos1, Konstantinos Dakis1, Elena Arnaoutoglou2, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1
1 Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
2 Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece

ROTATIONAL MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY FOR TREATING ILIAC LIMB THROMBOSIS AFTER EVAR
Athanasios Haidoulis1, Miltiadis Matsagkas1, George Kouvelos1, Athanasios Katsargyris2, Natasha Hasemaki2, Konstantinos Batzalexis1, Athanasios Giannoukas1, Christos Klonaris2
1 Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly
2 Vascular Surgery, 2nd Vascular Surgery Department, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

USE OF FENESTRATED/BRANCHED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR RESCUE OF PROXIMAL ENDOGRAFT FAILURE AFTER INFRARENAL ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR – A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND AN UPDATED META-ANALYSIS
Vasileios Papavlasopoulos, Spyridon Dendias, Dimitrios Broutas, Alexandros Christou, Georgios Geropapas, Vasileios Katsikas, Petros Chatzidakis, Spyridon Mylonas
Vascular Surgery Department, "G. Gennimatas" Athens General Hospital

COMPARISON OF MANUAL VERSUS FULLY AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF SMALL CHANGES IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM DIAMETER
Austėja Račytė, Tomas Baltrūnas
Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

EVALUATION OF THE NOVEL ENDOVASTEC ALTURA AND MINOS AORTIC ENDOGRAFT PLATFORMS: A SINGLE CENTER REVIEW OF 20 CASES
Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos, Nektario Papa, Michalis Mantelas, Sokratis Konstantinidis, Konstantinos Vasilas
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus

THE WORLD-FIRST NELLIX ENDOVASCULAR SALVAGE USING THE ENDOVASTEC MERIDIAN ENDOGRAFT - A LOW-PROFILE CUSTOM FENESTRATED SOLUTION BASED ON THE ALTURA PLATFORM
Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos, Christos Gkekas2, Nektario Papa, Michalis Mantelas, Sokratis Konstantinidis1, Konstantinos Vasilas
1 Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus
2 A' Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece

CAN YOU FIX MY ANEURYSM? 3D PRINTED MODELS AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE SURGICAL PATIENT.
Jagoda Bobula1, Joanna Halman 2, Kornelia Polat1, Paulina Wiatrzyk1, Natalia Zielinska1 , Jaroslaw Meyer-Szary3
1 Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Clinical Centre, Gdansk, Poland
3Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects , Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

ENCHANT STUDY, EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE PARTICIPATING CENTER
Odysseas Lomvardeas, Ioakeim Giagtzidis, Afroditi-Maria Mitka, Nikolaos Asaloumidis, Marwan Elmoghrabi, Antonios Oikonomou, Christos Karkos, Konstantinos Papazoglou
Fifth Department of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

URINE BIOMARKERS FOR AAA RUPTURE- IS IT WORTH INVESTIGATING? THE PILOT STUDY
Emma Maria Östling1, Lee M Graves 2, Jonas Cicenas3, Urbonavicius Sigitas4
1 Department of Vascular surgery, Hospitalsenhed Midt, Viborg, Denmark, MD
2 University of North Carolina Chappell Hill, Department of Pharmacology, USA, Professor
3 Department of Biosciences, Kaunas Kollegium, Kaunas, Lithuania, Assist. proff
4 Department of Vascular surgery, Hospitalsenhed Midt, Viborg, Denmark, MD, Phd, Assoc. prof

OLYMPIA HALL
08:00-09:00 New techniques for AV access
Moderators: D. Karnabatidis (Greece), M. Lazarides (Greece), S. Kakkos(Greece)
08:00-08:10 The Role of Ultrasound in the Natural History of Vascular Access
P. Kitrou (Greece)
08:10-08:20 Endovascular Treatment of intragraft stenosis in hemodialysis grafts
D. Staramos (Greece)
08:20-08:30 Surgical thrombectomy approach for AV access maintenance in the hemodialysis population
G. Georgiadis (Greece)
08:30-08:40 Covered Stents in Vascular Access. New evidence, New Options
P. Kitrou (Greece)
08:40-09:00 Discussion
09:00-11:00 HAS SESSION I: Controversies in Acute Aortic Dissection
Moderators: B. Yang (USA), A. Estrera (USA)
09:00-09:10 Should ALL Patients Get a 27 mm or larger Aortic Valve?
B. Yang (USA)
09:11-09:21 Acute Aortic Dissection: Cannulations and Perfusion
J. Eleftheriades (USA)
09:22-09:32 Core competencies for a successful clinical research career: implications for training programs
C. Miller
09:33-09:43 Valve-Sparing Techniques for During Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
D. Iliopoulos (Greece)
09:44-09:54 Central Repair versus Targeted Repair for Visceral malperfusion syndrome in ATAAD
H. Jakob
09:55-10:05 Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) during Type A aortic dissection: Indications, Tips and Tricks
K. Tsagakis (Germany)
10:06-10:16 Update on Endovascular Treatment of the Ascending Aorta
A. Tanaka (USA)
10:17-10:27 Current Status of Endo-Bentall: Are We There Yet?
N. Tsilimparis
10:28-11:00 Panel Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:00 Lifetime Achievement Award and the Leriche Lecture
Moderators: M. Matsagkas (Greece), A. Estrera (USA)
  Introduction: D. Illiopoulos (Greece)
  Houston Legacy: Where Cardiovascular Surgery was born. Past, present and future
H. Safi (USA)
12:00-14:00 HAS SESSION II: Thoracoabdominal Aorta
Moderators: A. Estrera (USA), A. Oo (UK)
12:05-12:15 Mitigating organ dysfunction during open TAAA repair
A. Oo (UK)
12:16-12:26 Novel anastomotic device in Aneurysm
E. Osorio
12:27-12:37 Management of Delayed Paraplegia
A. Estrera (USA)
12:38-12:48 Endovascular Management of the Visceral Aorta
M. Makaroun (USA)
12:49-12:59 Open repair for Heritable Thoracoabodminal Aortic Aneurysm is still the Standard
A. Tanaka (USA)
13:00-13:10 TAAA hybrid repair -First experience with Thoracoflo
S. Wipper (USA)
13:11-13:21 How to address difficult target vessels in Endovascular TAAA Repair
K. Katsargyris (Greece)
13:22-13:32 Custom Made Endovascular Solutions for Unique and Problematic Anatomies in Thoracoabdominal Aorta
M. Matsagkas (Greece)
13:33-14:00 Panel Discussion
14:00-15:00 Light Lunch
15:00-16:30 Abdominal Aorta & Iliac artery aneurysms-What’s new?
Moderators: C. Klonaris (Greece), P. Chatzigakis (Greece)C. Zeebregts (The Netherlands)
15:00-15:15 Suprarenal fixation in EVAR does not prevent endograft migration and it allows more proximal endografting with F/BEVAR
A. Giannoukas (Greece)
15:15-15:30 Rupture after previous EVAR: a meta-analysis and metaregression analysis of factors influencing perioperative outcome
C. Karkos (Greece)
15:30-15:45 Reasons for failed EVAR. How to provide a redo open repair if endovascular treatment is not an option.
P. Szopinski (Poland)
15:45-16:00 Treating iliac aneurysms using parallel grafts
M. Matsagkas (Greece)
16:00-16:15 Endoanchors offer durable protection of the proximal seal zone in EVAR patients with hostile neck anatomy
A. Tassiopoulos (USA)
16:15-16:30 Discussion
16:30-17:00 Industry Session 
17:00-17:30 The future of Vascular education in Europe
Moderators: C. Liapis (Greece), L. Davidovic (Serbia)
17:00-17:10 Open Vascular Surgery Training in the Endovascular Era
L. Davidovic (Serbia)
17:10-17:20 The ESCVS EEET exchange program
D. Palombo (Italy)
17:20-17:30 Discussion
17:30:18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:00 Vascular prosthetic graft infections: new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
Moderators: Ch. Maltezos (Greece), C. Zeebregts (The Netherlands), I. Kakisis (Greece)
18:00-18:10 Graft Infections After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: A Rising Concern
A. Lazaris (Greece)
18:10-18:20 What is the next best material to use after autologous veins in of vascular prosthetic graft infection?
C. Zeebregts (The Netherlands)
18:20-18:30 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Prosthetic Graft Infection
C. Ioannou (Greece)
18:30-18:40 Aortic Graft Infections after Endovascular Repair
L. Davidovic (Serbia)
18:40-19:00 Discussion
19:00-20:00 Modern approaches to Deep Venous Disease
Moderator: Ch. Bakogiannis (Greece), A Gasparis (USA), F. Sigala (Greece)
19:00-19:07 Preoperative Imaging assessment in Deep Venous Intervention
N. Labropoulos (USA)
19:07-19:14 New Data and New Devices in acute DVT Intervention
E. Avgerinos (Greece)
19:14-19:21 Treating Superficial Venous Disease upon Deep Venous Obstruction
D. Kontothanassis (Italy)
19:21-19:28 Stent sizing, placement and follow-up care
A. Gasparis (USA)
19:28-19:33 Clinical Case 1-Pulmonary Embolism
E. Avgerinos (Greece)
19:33-19:38 Clinical Case 2-Nonthrombotic iliac vein obstruction
N. Hasemaki (Greece)
19:38-19:43 Clinical Case 3-Caval Hypoplasia
A. Skotsimara (Greece)
19:43-20:00 Discussion
20:30 Gala Dinner: Royal Olympic Hotel - Roof Top
ATTICA HALL
08:00-09:00 ECMO-LVAD-Transplant
Moderators: S. Kucukaksu (Turkiye), T. Chamogeorgakis (Greece), I. Andrianakis (Greece)
08:00-08:15 Central versus peripheral VA ECMO for cardiogenic shock: an 8-year experience of a tertiary cardiac surgery center in Greece (10’)
S. Dimopoulos (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
08:15-08:30 Heart transplantation in Greece (10’)
T. Chamogeorgakis (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
08:30-08:45 The use of ECMO in the ICU: Who, when, and how?
M. Gaga (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
08:45-09:00 The long-term results of LVAD implantation in 100 patients: 24 years experience from TÜRKİYE (10’)
S. Kucukaksu (Turkiye)
Discussion (5’)
15:00-16:00 Recent developments in aortic root surgery
Moderators: D. Iliopoulos (Greece), D. Avgerinos (Greece), I. Manna (Greece)
15:00-15:12 Practical Genetics for the Aortic Surgeon (10’)
J. Eleftheriades (USA)
Discussion (2’)
15:12-15:24 Reimplantation of the aortic valve in patients with tricuspid aortic valve (10’)
K. Plestis (USA)
Discussion (2’)
15:24-15:36 Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (10’)
D. Iliopoulos (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
15:36-15:48 Internal aortic ring annuloplasty for aortic valve repair/aortic root restoration (10’)
G. Stavridis (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
15:48-16:00 Surgery of Ebstein's anomaly (10’)
A. Kalangos
Discussion (2’)
16:00-17:00 Surgical approaches in arch surgery
Moderators: D. Iliopoulos (Greece), K. Tsagakis (Germany), S. Syminelakis (Greece)
16:00-16:10 Dissected arch. What to do? (8’)
A. Oo (UK)
Discussion (2’)
16:10-16:20 Tips and tricks in new generation FET devices (8’)
K. Tsagakis (Germany)
Discussion (2’)
16:20-14:30 Outcomes of the NEOS study (8’)
M. Grabenwöger (Austria)
Discussion (2’)
16:30-16:40 Frozen elephant trunk procedure for complex aortic arch surgery. The Hellenic experience in Evaggelismos Hospital (8’)
I. Kokotsakis (Greece)
Discussion (2’)
16:40-16:50 A novel method of modified frozen elephant trunk without deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest and importance of left subclavian artery perfusion for cerebral protection (8’)
U. Kiziltepe (Turkiye)
Discussion (2’)
16:50-17:00 Minimally invasive proximal aortic surgery. State of the art
K. Plestis (USA)
Discussion (2’)
17:00-17:30 Debate: What’s new in Open and Endovascular Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm treatment?
Moderators: D. Iliopoulos (Greece), I. Kokotsakis (Greece), G. Makos (Greece)
17:00-17:15 New devices with inner or outer branches for Endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysms
T. Kratimenos (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
17:15-17:30 Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair is here to stay
A. Estrera (USA)
Discussion (5’)
17:30:18:00 Coffee break 
18:00-19:30 Pediatric and Congenital cardiac surgery
Moderators: K. Ozisik (Turkiye), G. Sarris (Greece)
18:00-18:18 The aorta and the aortic valve in Tetralogy of Fallot (13’)
T. Tirilomis (Germany)
Discussion (5’)
18:18-18:36 Endoscopic Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery (13’)
F. Mitropoulos (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
18:36-15:54 TBA (13’)
G. Sarris (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
18:54-19:12 Aortic coarctation in the adult: is endovascular treatment a viable option? (13’)
D. Bobos (Greece)
Discussion (5’)
19:12-19:30 Surgeon’s Perspective for Bleeding Management in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery (13’)
K. Ozisik (Turkiye)
Discussion (5’)
20:30 Gala Dinner: Royal Olympic Hotel - Roof Top 
E-POSTER AREA
09:00-10:00 E-Posters Presentations
Moderators: F. Sigala (Greece), D. Casian (Moldova), M. Peroulis (Greece)
3min presentation, 2min discussion
ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM USING A REVERSED CHIMNEY GRAFT TECHNIQUE IN A PATIENT WITH A RIGHT PELVIC KIDNEY

Anastasia Rokou1, Theofanis Konstantopoulos2, Vasileios Tzilalis3, George Geroulakos4
1 1st Vascular Surgery Dpt NKUA, Attikon University Hospital
2 Vascular Surgeon, NIMTS Hospital, Athens
3 Vascular Surgeon, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens
4 Professor and Chair of Vascular Surgery NKUA, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens

RUPTURE AND INFECTION IN THE AORTIC ARCH: A LIFE-THREATENING INTERSECTION
Alexia-Vasiliki Amvrazi, Nikolaos Konstantinou, David Bijan Khangholi, Nikolaos Tsilimparis
Vascular Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital, Munich, Germany

MODIFIED BAVARIA TYPE II REPAIR OF COMPLEX AORTIC PATHOLOGY COMPLICATED BY REFRACTORY VASOPLEGIA, DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION AND CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME
Christos Prokakis, Athanasios Kapezanos, Emmanouil Margaritis, Efthimia Rouska, Nikolaos Charokopos
Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

URGENT ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A SYMPTOMATIC 12CM THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITH BIG THROMBUS BURDEN & PARTIALLY THROMBOSED RENAL ARTERY USING THE ARTIVION E-NSIDE ENDOGRAFT
Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos, Nektario Papa, Michalis Mantelas, Sokratis Konstantinidis, Konstantinos Vasilas
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Department, Mediterranean Hospital Of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus

HYBRID REPAIR OF TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION WITH LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION: A CASE OF CAROTID-SUBCLAVIAN BYPASS FOR SHORT ANEURYSM NECK MANAGEMENT
Ioannis Tsagkos, Aikaterini Kotzadimitriou
Department of minimally invasive Vascular Surgery, Metropolitan General, Athens

THE OCCULT AORTIC SAC ENLARGEMENT AFTER ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR
Austeja Racyte, Tomas Baltrunas
Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT RADIAL ARTERY HARVESTING TECHNIQUES: ENDOSCOPIC VS. CONVENTIONAL METHOD
Zoran Tabakovic1, Slobodan Micovic2, Petar Vukovic2, Petar Milacic2, Miroslav Milicic2, Jelena Rakocevic3, David Savic3, Marija Vekic4, Igor Zivkovic2
1 Cardiac Surgery, "Dedinje" Cardiovascular Institue, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Cardiac Surgery, "Dedinje" Cardiovascular Institue, Belgrade, Serbia & Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
3 Institute of Histology and Embryology “Aleksandar Dj. Kostic”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
4 Department of Pathology, KBC ‘’Dr Dragisa Misovic-Dedinje’’, Belgrade, Serbia

SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF VALVE-SPARING AORTIC ROOT REIMPLANTATION VERSUS AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT IN BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE PATIENTS WITH AORTIC ROOT ANEURYSM: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Kristine Santos1, Henri Bartolozzi2, Ogechukwu Samuel Obi3, Ghislain Habiyambere4, Mihaela Ioana Mari?5, Tomasz Plonek6
1 School of Medicine, New Vision University
2 Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
3 Faculty of Medicine, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA
4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Global health Equity- Butaro campus, Burera, Rwanda
5 Center for Translational Research and Systems Medicine, "Victor Babe?" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Romania

MANAGEMENT AND PROGNOSIS OF CARDIAC TUMORS: PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS AND CARDIAC MYXOMAS
Μαρίνα Μαρία Αντωναράκη
ΕΚΠΑ, Ιατρική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ - ΓΝΑ Λαϊκό

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE - MILESTONES IN THE INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR A NOVEL MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY RING SIZING DEVICE AND METHOD
Nikola Dobrilovic
Cardiac Surgery, NorthShore University Hospital

ARTERIOVENOUS DYSPLASIA OF GALEN: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS
Μαρίνα Μαρία Αντωναράκη
ΕΚΠΑ, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ΕΚΠΑ

VASCULAR RINGS: CLINICO-MORPHOLOGICAL TYPES AND TREATEMENT STRATEGIES
Oleg Repin1, Iurie Guzgan1, Varvara Naghita-Pila1, Denis Repin2, Nichifor Sciuca1, Eduard Cheptanaru2
1 Surgical Laboratory of CHD, RCH” T. Mosneaga”
2 Clinic of Cardiovascular surgery, USMF ”N. Testemitanu”

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COMPLEX CONGENITAL CARDIAC MALFORMATIONS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL OVERLOAD – SHORT TERM RESULTS
Nichifor ?ciuca, Oleg Repin, Iurie Guzgan, Varvara Naghi?a-Pila, Vasile Corcea, Eduard Cheptanaru, Liviu Maniuc
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Republican Clinical Hospital “T. Mosneaga”, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of Moldova 

CURRENT ROLE OF CROSSOVER BYPASS IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LIMB-THREATENING ISCHEMIA
Dumitru Casian, Vasile Culiuc, Igor Spinei, Sergiu Danu
Vascular Surgery Clinic, Institute of Emergency Medicine, „Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

POSTOPERATIVE RESULTS IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS AND INTRACARDIAC SHUNTING
Vasile Corcea, Oleg Repin, Iurie Guzgan, Varvara Naghi?a-Pila, Nichifor ?ciuca, Ghenadie Bostan
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Republican Clinical Hospital ”T.Mosneaga”, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of Moldova

PORT IMPLANTATION TIVAP IN THE SUPRACLAVICULAR VARIANT OF THE CEPHALIC VEIN: FIRST DOCUMENTED CASE OF TIVAP IMPLANTATION
Almahdi Ali
Vascular Surgery, Helios Klinik Cuxhaven, Department of Vascular Surgery, Marienhospital Witten, Germany

ALEXANDER HALL
19:00-20:00 ESCVS General Assembly
ABBEY HALL
11:00-12:00 Industry Shared Workshop: PDA
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
15:00-17:30 Oral Presentations: Structural Disease II
Moderators: D. Pavlopoulos (Greece), D. Bobos (Greece), I. Samiotis (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
15:00-15:10 Keynote Lecture
D. Pavlopoulos (Greece)

IS THERE ANY OTHER SURGICAL OPTION TO DO IN FRONT OF EXTENSIVE CALCIFICATION OF MITRAL ANNULUS EXCEPT THE GOLD STANDARD?
Amin Serradj1, Madjid Boukhantar2, Louis Labrousse3, Thierry Folliguet
1 Cardiac Surgery, Henri Mondor University Hospital –APHP- FRANCE
2 Cardiology , Henri Mondor University Hospital –APHP- FRANCE
3 Cardiac Surgery , CHU Bordeaux , France

MODIFIED PERCEVAL SUTURELESS BIOPROSTHETIC AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION FOLLOWING FAILED TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A CASE SERIES
Friederike Irmgard Schoettler1, Alexander Lind2, Ali Haddad3, Anja Osswald1, Alexandros Merkourios Dimitriou1, Ilir Balaj1, Matthias Thielmann1, Payam Akhyari1, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada1
1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2 Department of Cardiology and Angiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
3 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
ERMAL LIKAJ1, Erjola Likaj2, Adelina Musliu1, Altin Veshti1
1 Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Center Mother Theresa Tirana
2 Nephrology and Dialysis, University Hospital Center Mother Theresa Tirana

PULMONARY VALVE LEAFLETS AUGMENTATION WITH AUTOLOGOUS PULMONARY TISSUE FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY TRUNK IN A PATIENT WITH COMBINED PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS
Dmitry Kovalev, Michail Chiaureli, Victor Samsonov, Timur Danilov, Bohadir Sabirov, Lyale Yanybaeva, Alana Tsokova, Nikolay Chikin
CHD, A. N. Bakulev National medical research center for cardiovascular surgery

THE BENEFITS OF REDUCED CARDIOPLEGIC CIRCUIT FOR HEART SURGERY IN INFANTS
Iurie Guzgan, Oleg Repin, Nichifor ?ciuca, Varvara Naghi?a-Pila, Vasile Corcea, Ionela Bulat
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Republican Clinical Hospital “T.Mo?neaga”, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of

NOVEL PORCINE MODEL WITH CHRONIC LATE LOADS VS. EARLY LEFT VENTRICULAR AFTERLOAD INCREASE IN MODERATE STENOSIS
Sofija Popevska


SURGICAL REPAIR OF POST INFARCT VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE IN PESHAWAR INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY: EXPERIENCE IN A NEWLY ESTABLISHED TERTIARY CARE
Muhammad Nisar, Waqar Masud Malik

 Cardiac surgery, MTI Peshawar Institute of Cardiology

CHRONIC PACEMAKER LEAD PERFORATION INTO THE RIGHT VENTRICLE: A RARE CAUSE OF PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AND CHEST PAIN
Zein Barakat1, Paola Campillo2, Michael Sabina 1, Adeeb Mustafa1
1 Internal Medicine, Lakeland Regional Health
2 Transitional Year, Lakeland Regional Health

MULTIVALVULAR INVASION AND MANAGEMENT OF INFECTION: CHALLENGE AND SURGICAL STRATEGIES
Μαρίνα Μαρία Αντωναράκη
ΕΚΠΑ, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών ΕΚΠΑ

BLEEDING AND VASCULAR HAZINESS FOLLOWING MANTA CLOSURE DEVICE DEPLOYMENT: A CASE REPORT ON COMPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Dimitrios Aragiannis1, Andriana Theodorakopoulou1, Dimitrios Syrseloudis1, Nikolaos G. Baikoussis2, Konstantinos Tsioufis1
1 1st University Cardiology Department, GHA Hippokration
2 Cardiac Surgery Department, GHA Hippokration

EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS AS A PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION IN TRIPLE VALVE REPLACEMENT: A CASE REPORT AND LESSONS LEARNED
Laura Rodriguez-Chavez, Ana Castillo-Choy, Victor Perez-Meza , Jorge Gomez-Reyes, Pamela Ramirez-Rangel
Adults Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez

TRICUSPID VALVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN A 24 YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
ERMAL LIKAJ1, Erjola Likaj2, Saimir Kuci1, Altin Veshti1
1 Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Center Mother Theresa Tirana
2 Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, Albania

MYXOMA OF THE MITRAL VALVE: AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCALIZATION
Amin Serradj1, Costin Radu 1, Eric Bergoend 1, Mathilde Khoury2, Elsa Poullot3, Thierry Folliguet1
1 Cardiac Surgery, Henri Mondor University Hospital –APHP- FRANCE
2 Cardiology, Henri Mondor University Hospital –APHP- FRANCE
3 Anatomopathology , Henri Mondor University Hospital –APHP- FRANCE

20:00 Gala dinner
CONFERENCE ROOM 2
11:00-12:00 Shared Workshop: PDA
15:00-16:25 Oral Presentations: Thoracic Aorta
Moderators: K. Spanos (Greece), N. Hasemaki (Greece), M. Peroulis (Greece)
5min presentation, 2min discussion
15:00-15:10 Keynote Lecture: Thoracic Aortic coarctation: the current role of endovascular treatment and device choice in adult patients
K. Spanos (Greece)

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS VERSUS LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HEPARIN IN UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: A META-ANALYSIS
Ayman Zyada
Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

TREATMENT OF AORTIC DISSECTION TYP B USING STABILISE TECHIQUE- SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Andrija Roganovic1, Ognjen Kostic1, Fedor Filipovic,1 Milos Sladojevic1,2, Perica Mutavdzic1,2, Borivoje Lukic1,2, Igor Koncar1,2
Clinic for vascular and endovascular surgery, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia 

MID-TERM OUTCOMES OF XENOPERICARDIAL ROLL GRAFT REPLACEMENT FOR NATIVE AORTA AND AORTIC GRAFT INFECTION
Yusuke Inaba, Yu Takahashi, Sachito Minegishi, Hidehito Endo,
Hiroshi Kubota

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan

CHALLENGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AORTO-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULAS. SHORT CASE SERIES
Christos Prokakis1, Fotios Eforakopoulos 2, Athanasios Kapezanos1, Emmanouil Margaritis1, Efthimia Rouska1, Dimitrios Garbis1, Nikolaos Charoulis1, Efstratios Koletsis1, Nikolaos Charokopos1, Dimitrios Dougenis3
1 Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
2 Thoracic Surgery Department, 417 NIMTS Medical Institution (Veterans' Fund Army Hospital of Athens), Athens, Greece
3 Cardiac Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

AN ANALYSIS OF EARLY AND LONG-TERM AORTA-RELATED OUTCOMES AFTER THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR IN LARGE (>7CM) THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Gabriele Piffaretti1, Marco Franchin1, Angela Veneziano1, Federico Fontana2, Maria Cristina Cervarolo1
1 Vascular Surgery - Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy
2 Interventional Radiology - Department of Medicine and Technological Innovation, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy

BARORECEPTORS IN HUMAN AORTIC ARCH
Jaroslav Pelisek, Yankey Yundung, Benedikt Reutersberg, Alexander Zimmermann
Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

ENDOVASCULAR AND HYBRID REPAIR FOR AORTIC PATHOLOGIES - SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Christos Prokakis1, Fotios Eforakopoulos 2, Athanasios Kapezanos1, Efthimia Rouska1, Emmanouil Margaritis1, Dimitrios Garbis1, Nikolaos Charoulis1, Efstratios Koletsis1, Dimitrios Dougenis3, Nikolaos Charokopos1
1 Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
2 Thoracic Surgery Department, 417 NIMTS Medical Institute (Veterans' Fund Army Hospital of Athens), Athens, Greece
3 Cardiac Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

COMPARATIVE SURVIVAL ANALYSIS AND HAEMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SUTURED AND SUTURELESS BIOPROSTHESIS IN TREATEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS
Marko Kaitovic1, Slobodan Micovic, Tatjana Vujicic1, Ivan Nesic1, Tatjana Gazibara2
1 Cardiac Surgery, "Dedinje" Cardiovascular Institue, Belgrade, Serbia & Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia

ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF TYPE B DISSECTION IN THE ACUTE PHASE – RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS IN THE TERTIARY CENTER
Ognjen Kostic1, Andrija Roganovic1, Fedor Filipovic1, Milos Sladojevic1,2, Perica Mutavdzic1,2, Aleksandar Mitrovic1, Borivoje Lukic2,3, Stefan Milosevic3, Marko Miletic3, Vladimir Cvetic2,3, Ksenija Jovanovic4, Igor Koncar1,2
1 Clinic for vascular and endovascular surgery University Clinical Center of Serbia
2 Medical faculty, University of Belgrade
3 Center for Radiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia
4 Center for Anesthesiology and Resuscitation University Clinical Center of Serbia

20:00 Gala dinner

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