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  • Day 1
    October, 17
  • Day 2
    October, 18
  • Session A
  • Session B
  • Session C
  • Session D
Jos Gisberts
08:30-08:45

LIABILITY for medical mistakes

Jos Gisberts / Amsterdam, Holland  
Mihai Cucu
08:45-09:00

Update on vascular access for dialysis

Mihai Cucu / Bucharest, Romania  
Elisabeta Badila
09:00-09:15

Therapeutic strategies in PAD – one size fits all

Elisabeta Badila / Bucharest, Romania  
Claudia Gherman
09:15-09:30

Risk factors associated with surgical site infections in vascular surgery Who decides

Claudia Gherman / Cluj, Romania  
Radu Popa
09:30-09:45

Surgery of abdominal visceral arteries

Radu Popa / Iasi, Romania  
Frank Criado
09:45-10:00

Einstein and Nissen: Anatomy of a New York Aneurysm Story wrapped in cellophane

Frank Criado / Baltimore, USA  
Mihai Ionac
10:00-10:15

Who decides and performs amputations in Romania today

Mihai Ionac / Timișoara, Romania  
Horațiu Coman
10:15-10:30

Disparities in Carotid Artery Disease – Treatment across Europe challenges the notion of equality

Horațiu Coman / Cluj Napoca, Romania  
Adrian Mureșan
10:30-10:45

Aortobifemoral bypass -uncommon circumstances

Adrian Mureșan / Târgu Mureș, Romania  
Dutu Bogdan
10:45-11:00

Iliac artery ostial occlusion. Revascularization issues regarding brachial vs inguinal approach

Dutu Bogdan / Cluj Napoca, Romania  
11:00-11:10

Discussion

  
11:10-11:25

Coffee Break

  
11:25-11:35

Welcome note from ISEVS Vicepresident

  
Anatolie Cazacu
11:35-11:50

CT imaging for TAVI planning: from State of the Art to Spacial Computing

Anatolie Cazacu / Chișinău, Moldavia  
Horațiu Moldovan
11:50-12:05

Urgent TAVI in patients with severe heart failure

Horațiu Moldovan / Bucharest, Romania  
Victor Costache
12:05-12:20

Patient selection for aortic valve therapy

Victor Costache / Bucharest, Romania  
Marvin D. Atkins
12:20-12:35

Endovascular management of the ascending aorta and root – The Final Frontier

Marvin D. Atkins / Houston, TX, USA  
Taiba Rostam
12:35-12:50

From pre-operative sising to 3D image fusion in OR for endovascular procedures

Taiba Rostam / Iasi, Romania  
Markus Liebrich
12:50-13:05

Long-term results of the David procedure in tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valve morphology

Markus Liebrich / Stuttgart, Germany  
Peter Haldenwang
13:05-13:20

The hybrid therapy of the Aortic Arch : indications, techniques and results

Peter Haldenwang / Bochum, Germany  
Konstantinos Spargias
13:20-13:35

New devices for transcatheter aortic valve interventions

Konstantinos Spargias / Athens, Greece  
Cristian Voinea
13:35-13:50

Cases of conversion to open surgery post TAVI

Cristian Voinea / Bucharest, Romania  
13:50-14:00

Discussion

  
14:00-14:30

Lunch / Sympozium Endosize Structural Heart

  
Cristina Pitiș
14:30-14:45

Intraoperative Echocardiography for surgical degenerative mitral valve repair

Cristina Pitiș / Bucharest, Romania  
Claude Vaislic
14:45-15:00

MITRA.FR – The MitraClip French Connection

Claude Vaislic / Paris, France  
Lucian Dorobanțu
15:00-15:15

Mitral valve reconstruction: is the minimally invasive approach the right way in all cases?

Lucian Dorobanțu / Bucharest, Romania  
Victor Costache
15:15-15:30

Minimally invasive mitral repair – 2024 update

Victor Costache / Bucharest, Romania  
Jean Paul Couetil
15:30-15:45

Challenges in mitral valve repair

Jean Paul Couetil / Paris, France  
Konstantinos Spargias
15:45-16:00

Transcatheter solutions for mitral and tricuspid valve disease

Konstantinos Spargias / Athens, Greece  
Eliza Mikus
16:00-16:15

Mitral Valve Repair in 2024: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions

Eliza Mikus / Foggia, Italy  
Markus Kofler
16:15-16:30

New trends in surgical mitral valve replacement

Markus Kofler / Berlin, Germany  
Magdalena Gurzun
16:30-16:45

Arrhythmogenic Mitral Valve Prolapse

Magdalena Gurzun / Bucharest, Romania  
16:45-16:55

Discussions

  
16:55-17:10

Coffee Break

  
Irina Costache
17:10-17:25

When the cardiologist meets the cardiovascular surgeon

Irina Costache / Iași, Romania  
Cornelia Zara
17:25-17:40

Ambulatory Heart Failure Clinic

Cornelia Zara / Brașov, Romania  
Diana Tint
17:40-17:55

AF ablation and stroke – risk factors and prevention

Diana Tint / Brașov, Romania  
Silviu Dumitrescu
17:55-18:10

Unattained targets in HFREF – what about the BAT?

Silviu Dumitrescu / Bucharest, Romania  
Andrada Guta
18:10-18:25

RV dysfunction for cardiac surgeon – when to step back

Andrada Guta / Bucharest, Romania  
Stefan Busnatu
18:25-18:40

Telerehabilitation in cardiovascular surgery, could it be a solution for postoperative care

Stefan Busnatu / Bucharest, Romania  
18:40-18:50

Discussions

  
18:50-19:30

Symposium Endosize Vascular

  
19:30-22:00

Gala Dinner Crowne Plaza

  
  • Session E
  • Session F
  • Session G
  • Session H
  • Session I
Eliza Cinteza
08:30-8:45

Transcatheter approach for coarctation of aorta in children

Eliza Cinteza / Bucharest, Romania  
Șerban Stoica
08:45-09:00

Decision making in CHD – agony and ecstasy

Șerban Stoica / Bristol, UK  
Petru Liuba
09:00-09:15

Transcatheter treatment of PA branch stenosis: when simple becomes complex

Petru Liuba / Lund, Sweden  
Patricia Caldas
09:15-09:30

Fetal Cardiology Challenges

Patricia Caldas / Bristol, UK  
Jan Marek
09:30-09:45

The Heart Visible and Invisible

Jan Marek / Bristol, UK  
Andreea Dragulescu
09:45-10:00

Borderline LV, when small is too small

Andreea Dragulescu / Toronto, Canada  
Giulia Tuo
10:00-10:15

Fetal Cardiology: State of the Art

Giulia Tuo / Genova, Italy  
10:15-10:25

Discussion

  
10:25-10:40

Coffee Break

  
Adrian Molnar
10:40-10:55

Infective endocarditis – an update

Adrian Molnar / Cluj Napoca, Romania  
Eliza Mikus
10:55-11:10

Transcatheter and Sutureless Aortic Valves: Competing Strategies or Complementary Solutions

Eliza Mikus / Foggia, Italy  
Victor Costache
11:10-11:25

TAVI in aortic regurgitation

Victor Costache / Bucharest, Romania  
Ivo Petrov
11:25-11:40

PCI-like TAVI

Ivo Petrov / Sofia Bulgaria  
Alexandru Scafa
11:40-11:55

Possible applications of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular surgery

Alexandru Scafa / Bucharest, Romania  
Rodica Niculescu
11:55-12:10

Benefits of hybrid procedures in difficult cardiovascular cases

Rodica Niculescu / Bucharest, Romania  
Zoran Stankov
12:10-12:25

TAVI in degenerated biosurgical valves

Zoran Stankov / Sofia Bulgaria  
12:25-12:35

Discussion

  
12:35-13:05

Lunch / Symposion EndoNaut Aorto-iliac&PAD

  
Jaques Busquets
13:05-13:20

History of EVAR

Jaques Busquets / Paris, France  
Rodney White
13:20-13:35

Progress in development of endografts for ascending aortic lesions

Rodney White / Los Angeles, USA  
Arjan Hoksbergen
13:35-13:50

Feasibility Trial Of First-In-Human Aortic Aneurysm Sac Filling With Aneufix Polymer During Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Arjan Hoksbergen / Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Marvin D. Atkins
13:50-14:05

Hybrid management of Aortic Arch Aneurysms

Marvin D. Atkins / Houston, TX, USA  
Peter Haldenwang
14:05-14:20

Aortic remodeling following TEVAR for type B aortic dissections

Peter Haldenwang / Bochum, Germany  
Victor Costache
14:20-14:35

Long term results after endovacular treatment of aortic dissections with multilayer stents

Victor Costache / Bucharest, Romania  
Ivo Petrov
14:35-14:50

In situ fenestration for totally endovascular aortic arch procedures

Ivo Petrov / Sofia, Bulgaria  
Gianmarco De Donato
14:50-15:05

The adaptive sealing technology for complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm endovascular repair

Gianmarco De Donato / Siena, Italy  
Frank Criado
15:05-15:20

On the nature of intramural hematomas (IMH) of the thoracic aorta: Why is it that many prove benign and do well with medical treatment alone but some turn deadly?

Frank Criado / Baltimore, USA  
Kak Khee Yeung
15:20-15:35

Prediction of cardiovascular disease progression in AAA and PAD patients: the VASCUL AID project

Kak Khee Yeung / Amsterdam, Netherlands  
15:35-15:45

Discussion

  
15:45-16:00

Coffee Break

  
Theodora Benedek
16:00-16:15

Photo counting Angio CT in interventional cardiology

Theodora Benedek / Târgu Mureș, Romania  
Adrian Molnar
16:00-16:15

Surgery for coronary artery disease: recent consensus update

Adrian Molnar / Cluj Napoca, Romania  
Cristina Spanu
16:15-16:30

Chronic coronary syndrome guidelines

Cristina Spanu / Bucharest, Romania  
Hussein Sliman
16:30-16:45

Using ivus to simplify cto treatment

Hussein Sliman / Tel Aviv, Israel  
Theodora Benedek
16:45-17:00

Management of cardiogenic schock in acute myocardial infarction

Theodora Benedek / Târgu Mureș, Romania  
Lucian Stoica
17:00-17:15

Multiarterial grafting, from simple to complex or how to do arterial CABG in over 80% cases in a cardiac surgery center

Lucian Stoica / Iași, Romania  
Claude Vaislic
17:15-17:30

In-ICU mortality of post-myocardial infarction-related ventricular septal defect complicated by cardiogenic shock

Claude Vaislic / Paris, France  
Andrei Radu
17:30-17:45

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in highly ischemic patients – is there an extractable benefit prior to myocardial revascularization?

Andrei Radu / Bucharest, Romania  
17:45-17:55

Discussion

  
Vlad Vintila
17:45-18:00

Complete revascularization after myocardial infarction – when and to whom?

Vlad Vintila / Bucharest, Romania  
Mirela Stoia
17:55-18:10

Interdisciplinary management of the critical cardiac patient – between cardiology department and intensive care

Mirela Stoia / Cluj Napoca, Romania  
Horațiu Moldovan
18:10-18:25

Xenotransplant – a new hope for patients with advanced Heart Failure

Horațiu Moldovan / Bucharest, Romania  
Claudia Nica
18:25-18:40

Preparing patients for cardiac transplantation

Claudia Nica / Bucharest, Romania  
Radu Vătășescu
18:40-18:55

Cardioneuroablation-current status

Radu Vătășescu / Bucharest, Romania  
Oana Fronea
18:55-19:10

Barriers in implementing GROMT in HFrEF patients-imaginary or real

Oana Fronea / Bucharest, Romania  
19:10-19:20

Discussions

  
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