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

Room 3 - Technical Forum

18 events

Tuesday, January 22nd: 9:00 - 11:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Management of carotid artery disease: Remaining controversies, latest technologies, and challenges ahead

Moderator:

Horst Sievert, Alison Halliday

Panel:

Martin Storck, Giancarlo Biamino, Frank Veith
1. 09:00 - 09:06
  
  Assessment of carotid plaque morphology using photoacoustic imaging
2. 09:06 - 09:12
  
  LINC status update: Management of asymptomatic stenose: Medical therapy is usually sufficient for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. What are the exceptions?
3. 09:12 - 09:18
  
  LINC status update: Management of asymptomatic stenose: Carotid repair is best for asymptomatic carotid stenosis because medical management alone does not work
4. 09:18 - 09:23
  
  Status update on the ongoing trials looking at asymptomatic carotid stenoses
5. 09:23 - 09:26
  
  Audience vote
6. 09:26 - 09:51
  
  Live case transmission from Berlin
7. 09:51 - 09:57
  
  Carotid interventions – is there a gender difference in outcome?
8. 09:57 - 10:03
  
  40 years of carotid angioplasty – A glance back
9. 10:03 - 10:15
  
  LINC status update: Is carotid stenting largely equivalent to carotid endartherectomy for the majority of patients with significant carotid disease and indication for revascularisation? What are the open questions?
10. 10:15 - 10:21
  
  1-year results of the SCAFFOLD study: GORE PTFE mesh-covered carotid stent
11. 10:21 - 10:27
  
  Parameters affecting the risk of embolization during carotid stenting
12. 10:27 - 10:33
  
  Initial clinical study of the new CGuard™ MicroNet®covered carotid-stent: One size fits all – experimental data and clinical results
13. 10:33 - 10:39
  
  Dual layer stents for CAS: all you need to know to avoid acute re-occlusion
14. 10:39 - 10:45
  
  Proximal protection during CAS: Why is it the superior concept?
15. 10:45 - 10:51
  
  TECAR with proximal flow reversal in symptomatic patients is superior to carotid endarterectomy no matter what kind of stent is used – results of a prospective study which includes DWMRI analysis
16. 10:51 - 10:57
  
  Avoiding and managing complications during CAS – lessons learned
17. 10:57 - 11:22
  
  Live case transmission from Bergamo
18. 11:22 - 11:30
  
  Audience vote
Tuesday, January 22nd: 11:30 - 12:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Focus session: Advances in stroke management

Moderator:

Franziska Dorn, Hans Henkes

Panel:

Stephan Duda, Marios Nikos Psychogios
1. 11:30 - 11:40
  
  The art of thrombectomy
2. 11:40 - 11:50
  
  Stroke treatment: New data
3. 11:50 - 12:00
  
  Time management in endovascular stroke treatment
4. 12:00 - 12:10
  
  Credentialing approaches for interventional stroke management
5. 12:10 - 12:30
  
  Discussion and conclusion
Tuesday, January 22nd: 12:35 - 13:20, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Lunch symposium: Why do we need proven balloon expandable covered stents for long term performance?

supported with an educational grant from Getinge

Moderator:

Eric Ducasse

Panel:

Eric Verhoeven, Giovanni Torsello
1. 12:35 - 12:45
  
  The 15-year evolution of covered stent: Choosing the best stent for iliac artery disease. Is COBEST a strong evidence for V12 as choice of covered stent?
2. 12:45 - 12:55
  
  Reliable performance of Advanta V12 in complex aortic cases as a renal stent
3. 12:55 - 13:05
  
  Long-term Münster experience with Advanta V12 and latest in-vitro evidence
4. 13:05 - 13:20
  
  Discussion and conclusion
Tuesday, January 22nd: 13:30 - 15:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Scrub-in with the experts: Innovative approaches for complex femoropopliteal lesions

partially supported with an educational grant from B. Braun Melsungen

live from Berlin:

Ralf Langhoff

live from Leipzig:

Sven Bräunlich

Moderator:

Luis Mariano Palena, Brian DeRubertis

Panel:

Klaus Amendt, Michael Lichtenberg, Chris Metzger
1. Flash presentation: Treatment algorithm for a “leaving as little as possible behind” strategy in femoro-popliteal lesions
2. Dissecting the TOBA Data: What does it mean in practice
3. INDICATIONS FOR SPOT STENTING – WHERE TO PLACE SPOT STENTS?
4. Case discussion: Major dissection treated with DCB and spot stents
5. Case discussion: Calcified long femoro-popliteal lesions treated with DCB and spot stents
6. Long-segment stenting with woven nitinol stents: the new endoluminal bypass managing
Tuesday, January 22nd: 15:00 - 16:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Scrub in with the experts: Challenging aortoiliac interventions

live from Leipzig:

Andrej Schmidt

live from New York:

Prakash Krishnan

Moderator:

Lawrence Garcia, Michel Reijnen

Panel:

Patrice Mwipatayi, Sigrid Nikol, Hans Krankenberg
1. Flash presentation: A series of BeGraft implantations in isolated aortic stenoses: a women’s issue?
2. Flash presentation: Acute and follow-up results of complete aortoiliac obstruction (Leriche syndrome) – The Leipzig experience
3. Flash presentation: Global CERAB study: where are we standing?
4. Flash presentation: Covered stents as a lifesaver for the patient and me in my most bizzare cases
Tuesday, January 22nd: 16:30 - 18:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Scrub-in with the experts: Supraaortic and brachial interventions

live from Bergamo:

Fausto Castriota, Antonio Micari

live from Leipzig:

Andrej Schmidt

Moderator:

William Gray, Horst Sievert

Panel:

Sean Lyden, Bernhard Reimers, Stanislaw Bartus
1. Flash presentation: Use of OCT and IVUS during CAS
2. Flash presentation: Comparison of Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) virtual histology during carotid artery stenting and lack of correlation with plaque embolization as measured by either clinical findings or the captured plaque observed on direct or flow-reversal filter
3. Flash presentation: Covered stents in the management of carotid artery erosion from head and neck cancers
Wednesday, January 23rd: 8:00 - 9:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Focus session: Interventional oncology and embolisation therapies – Liver (part I)

Moderator:

Ulf Teichgräber, Michael Moche

Panel:

Thomas J. Vogl, Maciej Pech, Walter Wohlgemuth
1. 08:00 - 08:08
  
  Irreversible electroporation – current role in percutaneous tumor ablation
2. 08:08 - 08:33
  
  Live case transmission from Frankfurt
3. 08:33 - 08:41
  
  Clinical evidence of radioembolisation in HCC
4. 08:41 - 08:49
  
  Transarterial chemoembolisation: C-TACE vs. DEB TACE vs. DSM TACE
5. 08:49 - 09:14
  
  Live case transmission from Jena
6. 09:14 - 09:22
  
  SIRCCA trial: Radioembolisation as first line therapy in patients with inoperable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
7. 09:22 - 09:30
  
  Holmium-166 radioembolisation: do we really need that?
Wednesday, January 23rd: 9:30 - 10:15, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Stop bleeding! Tips and tricks for interventional management of bleeding complications

Moderator:

Jörn Balzer, Robert Lookstein

Panel:

Boris Radeleff, Bernhard Reimers
1. 09:30 - 09:38
  
  Interventional therapies in patients under anticoagulation – risk-related management
2. 09:38 - 09:46
  
  Emergency coiling procedures for acute bleeding – tips and tricks
3. 09:46 - 09:54
  
  Interventional treatment options for bleeding of oesophageal varices
4. 09:54 - 10:02
  
  Access complications during TAVI – How to treat and how to prevent
5. 10:02 - 10:15
  
  Discussion and conclusion
Wednesday, January 23rd: 10:15 - 11:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Symposium: Pelvic venous disorders: Iliofemoral obstruction and pelvic venous insufficiency case presentations

sponsored by Medtronic

Moderator:

Stephen Black

Panel:

Vincent Vidal
1. 10:15 - 10:30
  
  PTS and Acute DVT case with Abre Venous Stent System
2. 10:30 - 10:40
  
  NIVL case with Abre Venous Stent System
3. 10:40 - 10:50
  
  Pelvic venous reflux: Embolisation with the Onyx® Liquid Embolic system
4. 10:50 - 11:00
  
  Questions and answers
Wednesday, January 23rd: 11:00 - 12:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Focus session: Interventional oncology and embolisation therapies – Liver (part II)

Moderator:

Thomas J. Vogl, Maciej Pech

Panel:

Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Ulf Teichgräber, Michael Moche
1. 11:00 - 11:08
  
  Double embolisation for rapid liver hypertrophy: The endovascular ALPPS
2. 11:08 - 11:33
  
  Live case transmission from Jena
3. 11:33 - 11:41
  
  Portal vein aborisation after TIPPS implantation
4. 11:41 - 11:49
  
  Thermoablation – where do we stand?
5. 11:49 - 12:14
  
  Live case transmission from Frankfurt
6. 12:14 - 12:22
  
  Recorded case presentation: Technical aspects of portal venous embolisation
7. 12:22 - 12:30
  
  OPTIMIS: a global observational study to assess the use of Sorafenib after TACE in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Wednesday, January 23rd: 13:30 - 15:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

VIVA@LINC: Deep dive into acute lower extremity ischemia: are we making progress?

live from Columbus:

Gary Ansel

Moderator:

Sean Lyden, Peter Schneider

Panel:

Osamu Iida, Sabine Steiner, John Laird, Ehrin Armstrong
1. Flash presentation: My algorithm for managing acute lower extremity ischemia
2. Flash presentation: Insights into the pathophysiology of thrombus: Why is clot removal so difficult?
3. Flash presentation: When is open surgery or a hybrid approach indicated for acute limb ischemia and when to do fasciotomy?
4. Flash presentation: The impact of new devices and strategies on how we perform arterial thrombectomy
Wednesday, January 23rd: 15:00 - 16:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Focus session: Interventional radiology – embolisation therapy

Moderator:

Ulf Teichgräber, Thomas J. Vogl

Panel:

Walter Wohlgemuth, Antonio Gaetano Rampoldi, Vincent Vidal
1. 15:00 - 15:08
  
  Medium and longterm outcome of prostate artery embolisation for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia
2. 15:08 - 15:29
  
  Live case transmission from Jena
3. 15:29 - 15:37
  
  Uterine artery embolisation (UAE) vs. laparoscopy vs. HIFU
4. 15:37 - 15:45
  
  5-year results of prostate artery embolisation from Jena University Hospital
5. 15:45 - 15:53
  
  Endovascular therapy of arterio-venous malformations: how to treat lesions with different angioanatomy
6. 15:53 - 16:14
  
  Live case transmission from Frankfurt
7. 16:14 - 16:22
  
  Interventional treatment of visceral artery and pseudoaneurysm
8. 16:22 - 16:30
  
  Emborrhoid: A new concept for the treatment of hemorrhoids with arterial embolization
Wednesday, January 23rd: 16:30 - 18:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Miscellaneous topics: Renal, visceral interventions, and beyond

Moderator:

William Gray, Thomas J. Vogl

Panel:

Robert Lookstein, Marcus Thieme, Philipp Lurz
1. 16:30 - 16:37
  
  Renal denervation: Is the concept still alive?
2. 16:37 - 16:44
  
  Fibromuscular dysplasia in renal arteries
3. 16:44 - 16:51
  
  Acute and chronic mesenteric ischaemia – Incidence, clinical presentation, and treatment options
4. 16:51 - 17:15
  
  Live case transmission from Jena
5. 17:15 - 17:22
  
  TIPPS – current and future applications
6. 17:22 - 17:29
  
  Endovascular techniques for visceral artery aneurysm treatment
7. 17:29 - 17:53
  
  Live case transmission from Frankfurt
8. 17:53 - 18:00
  
  Left gastric artery embolization for obesity management – Current experiences and techniques
Thursday, January 24th: 8:00 - 9:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

CLI and CTO summit – complex aortoiliac and femoral interventions

live from Leipzig:

Sven Bräunlich

live from Bad Krozingen:

Thomas Zeller

Moderator:

John Laird, Dai-Do Do

Panel:

Sebastian Sixt, Ralf Langhoff, Brian DeRubertis
1. SELECTED ABSTRACTS - CHALLENGING CASES
2. Covered Endovascular Reconstruction of Aortic Bifurcation (CERAB-technique) in a case of common iliac artery rupture
3. Hybrid surgical treatment of bilateral aorto-femoral occlusion
4. The Chimney-CERAB for treatment of acute aortic thrombosis
5. Ultrasound-guided direct needle engagement for flush-occluded superficial femoral artery
6. Long-term follow-up after retrograde recanalisation of superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusion
Thursday, January 24th: 9:30 - 10:30, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Step by step on SFA/pop and other Supera usage technical and practical aspects

supported with an educational grant from Abbott Vascular

Moderator:

Jos van den Berg

Panel:

Jörg Teßarek, Shannon Thomas, Koen Deloose
1. 09:30 - 09:40
  
  How to perform CFA Supera deployment
2. 09:40 - 09:50
  
  How to perform AVF Supera deployment
3. 09:50 - 10:00
  
  How to perform subintimal Supera deployment with Presto technique
4. 10:00 - 10:10
  
  How to perform Supera popliteal aneurysm deployment
5. 10:10 - 10:30
  
  Discussion and conclusion
Thursday, January 24th: 10:30 - 12:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

CLI and CTO summit – complex femoral and BTK interventions

live from Abano Terme:

Marco Manzi

live from Leipzig:

Andrej Schmidt

Moderator:

Antonio Micari, Jihad Mustapha

Panel:

Chris Metzger, Kazushi Urasawa
1. Over 1200 patients treated with pedal access from primary CTO + CLI in an outpatient setting
2. Usefulness of ankle block in case of distal puncture for below-the-knee angioplasty
3. SELECTED ABSTRACTS - CHALLENGING CASES
4. Retrograde transcollateral revascularisation of totally occluded superficial femoral artery
5. Modified snare-piercing technique for severe calcified superficial femoral artery lesion
6. Popliteal artery bifurcation reconstruction by double retrograde access of tibial arteries with kissing balloon technique
Thursday, January 24th: 13:30 - 17:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

Pioneering techniques for critical limb ischemia and “no-option” patients

live with:

Andrej Schmidt, Marco Manzi, Thomas Zeller

Moderator:

Giancarlo Biamino

Panel:

Antonio Micari, Francesco Liistro, Konstantinos Katsanos
1. Angiosomal-guided revascularisation in critical limb ischemia
2. Direct revascularisation (DR) to improve wound healing and prevent major amputations in CLI patients with below-the-knee PAD. Case presentations and literature review
3. Percutaneous needle disruption of heavily calcified tibial artery during infrapopliteal angioplasty; personal experience with the PIERCE technique previously described by Sato et al.
4. Central wiring technique is useful for SFA occluded lesions with self ultrasonography guided method
5. Assisted tibial artery re-entry during SAFARI revascularisation
6. An endovascular treatment option for end stage desert foot in the setting of rapidly progressing critical limb ischemia by way of deep venous arterialization
Friday, January 25th: 9:00 - 13:00, Room 3 - Technical Forum

“Great saves and big disasters” – Review of challenging cases and complications – Join us for brunch, served from 08:45am until 11:00am

Moderator:

Giancarlo Biamino

Panel:

Klaus Amendt, Hans Krankenberg, Dai-Do Do

live from Leipzig:

Andrej Schmidt
1. Announcement of the winners of the LINC 2019 poster award
2. Endovascular treatment of a tracheo-carotid artery fistula (TCAF) through a covered stent placement in the common carotid artery (CCA)
3. Massive bleeding through tracheostomy site controlled by double and parallel covered stent insertion
4. The most severe distal emboli of endovascular treatment for iliac and superficial femoral artery we experienced

Notice

LINC 2019 presentations

LINC 2019 programme

Room 3 - Technical Forum

Management of carotid artery disease: Remaining controversies, latest technologies, and challenges ahead

Assessment of carotid plaque morphology using photoacoustic imaging

LINC status update: Management of asymptomatic stenose: Medical therapy is usually sufficient for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. What are the exceptions?

LINC status update: Management of asymptomatic stenose: Carotid repair is best for asymptomatic carotid stenosis because medical management alone does not work

Status update on the ongoing trials looking at asymptomatic carotid stenoses

Audience vote

Live case transmission from Berlin

Carotid interventions – is there a gender difference in outcome?

40 years of carotid angioplasty – A glance back

LINC status update: Is carotid stenting largely equivalent to carotid endartherectomy for the majority of patients with significant carotid disease and indication for revascularisation? What are the open questions?

1-year results of the SCAFFOLD study: GORE PTFE mesh-covered carotid stent

Parameters affecting the risk of embolization during carotid stenting

Initial clinical study of the new CGuard™ MicroNet®covered carotid-stent: One size fits all – experimental data and clinical results

Dual layer stents for CAS: all you need to know to avoid acute re-occlusion

Proximal protection during CAS: Why is it the superior concept?

TECAR with proximal flow reversal in symptomatic patients is superior to carotid endarterectomy no matter what kind of stent is used – results of a prospective study which includes DWMRI analysis

Avoiding and managing complications during CAS – lessons learned

Live case transmission from Bergamo

Audience vote

Focus session: Advances in stroke management

The art of thrombectomy

Stroke treatment: New data

Time management in endovascular stroke treatment

Credentialing approaches for interventional stroke management

Discussion and conclusion

Lunch symposium: Why do we need proven balloon expandable covered stents for long term performance?

The 15-year evolution of covered stent: Choosing the best stent for iliac artery disease. Is COBEST a strong evidence for V12 as choice of covered stent?

Reliable performance of Advanta V12 in complex aortic cases as a renal stent

Long-term Münster experience with Advanta V12 and latest in-vitro evidence

Discussion and conclusion

Scrub-in with the experts: Innovative approaches for complex femoropopliteal lesions

Flash presentation: Treatment algorithm for a “leaving as little as possible behind” strategy in femoro-popliteal lesions

Dissecting the TOBA Data: What does it mean in practice

INDICATIONS FOR SPOT STENTING – WHERE TO PLACE SPOT STENTS?

Case discussion: Major dissection treated with DCB and spot stents

Case discussion: Calcified long femoro-popliteal lesions treated with DCB and spot stents

Long-segment stenting with woven nitinol stents: the new endoluminal bypass managing

Scrub in with the experts: Challenging aortoiliac interventions

Flash presentation: A series of BeGraft implantations in isolated aortic stenoses: a women’s issue?

Flash presentation: Acute and follow-up results of complete aortoiliac obstruction (Leriche syndrome) – The Leipzig experience

Flash presentation: Global CERAB study: where are we standing?

Flash presentation: Covered stents as a lifesaver for the patient and me in my most bizzare cases

Scrub-in with the experts: Supraaortic and brachial interventions

Flash presentation: Use of OCT and IVUS during CAS

Flash presentation: Comparison of Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) virtual histology during carotid artery stenting and lack of correlation with plaque embolization as measured by either clinical findings or the captured plaque observed on direct or flow-reversal filter

Flash presentation: Covered stents in the management of carotid artery erosion from head and neck cancers

Focus session: Interventional oncology and embolisation therapies – Liver (part I)

Irreversible electroporation – current role in percutaneous tumor ablation

Live case transmission from Frankfurt

Clinical evidence of radioembolisation in HCC

Transarterial chemoembolisation: C-TACE vs. DEB TACE vs. DSM TACE

Live case transmission from Jena

SIRCCA trial: Radioembolisation as first line therapy in patients with inoperable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Holmium-166 radioembolisation: do we really need that?

Stop bleeding! Tips and tricks for interventional management of bleeding complications

Interventional therapies in patients under anticoagulation – risk-related management

Emergency coiling procedures for acute bleeding – tips and tricks

Interventional treatment options for bleeding of oesophageal varices

Access complications during TAVI – How to treat and how to prevent

Discussion and conclusion

Symposium: Pelvic venous disorders: Iliofemoral obstruction and pelvic venous insufficiency case presentations

PTS and Acute DVT case with Abre Venous Stent System

NIVL case with Abre Venous Stent System

Pelvic venous reflux: Embolisation with the Onyx® Liquid Embolic system

Questions and answers

Focus session: Interventional oncology and embolisation therapies – Liver (part II)

Double embolisation for rapid liver hypertrophy: The endovascular ALPPS

Live case transmission from Jena

Portal vein aborisation after TIPPS implantation

Thermoablation – where do we stand?

Live case transmission from Frankfurt

Recorded case presentation: Technical aspects of portal venous embolisation

OPTIMIS: a global observational study to assess the use of Sorafenib after TACE in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

VIVA@LINC: Deep dive into acute lower extremity ischemia: are we making progress?

Flash presentation: My algorithm for managing acute lower extremity ischemia

Flash presentation: Insights into the pathophysiology of thrombus: Why is clot removal so difficult?