Programme

SESSION II
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND PERIOPERATIVE CARE IN PATIENTS TREATED DUE TO VASCULAR DISEASES

MODERATORS:
Marek Motyka, Artur Pupka, Stanisław Molski

1. Marek Grygier - Challenges faced by CARDIOLOGISTS AND VASCULAR SURGEONS in the treatment of cardiac patients with ischemia of the lower limbs or abdominal aortic aneurysm - 15 min.
2. Krzysztof Lewandowski - Patient prepared for surgery - treated with anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents - a challenge for the surgeon - 10 min.
3. Przemysław Rutkowski - Prevention of contrast-induced kidney damage - 15 min.
3. Joanna Waliszewska, Robert Juszkat - Diagnosis and monitoring of intestinal ischemia in angio-CT - 10 min.
4. Marek Chrapko - The use of PET/CT in vascular surgery -10 min.
5. Stevo Duvnjak – Promising first experience of endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms – how to start center program and solve the organizational complexities - 15 min.

Discussion (10 min.)

 

SESSION III
CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS AND DISEASES - A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY:

MODERATORS:
Marek Maruszyński, Piotr Szyber, Zbigniew Rybak

1.    Which imaging tests should be performed before carotid endarterectomy: 
•     Grzegorz Madycki - Is Doppler ultrasound sufficient? - 8 min.
•     Katarzyna Katulska  - Are other examinations necessary - when and which? - 8 min.
2.    Wacław Kuczmik - Early treatment of carotid artery stenosis - risk or benefit for the patient - 15 min.
3.    Piotr Ciostek - Do we still need to operate asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis? - 15 min.
4.    Indications and contraindications for endovascular treatment of carotid arteries
•    Piotr Andziak - I am against carotid artery stenting - 10 min.
•    Piotr Myrcha - I am for carotid artery stenting - 10 min.
5.    Andrzej Kulesza - Treatment of carotid body tumors - 10 min.
  
Discussion - 10 min.

 

SESSION IV
JOINT SESSION "THE VASCULAR ACCESS SOCIETY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND" and "POLISH SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY"

MODERATORS:
Zbigniew Krasińki, Lech Cierpka, Łukasz Dzieciuchowicz

1.    Robert Jones - Endovascular salvage of AV Access and recent advancements - 20 min.
2.    Nick Inston - New frontiers in vascular access - science to surgery and beyond  - 20 min.
3.    Zbigniew Gałązka - Causes and methods of treatment of the upper limb ischemia in patients after formation of an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis - 15 min.
4.    Tadeusz Grochowiecki - Arteriovenous fistula - What's new? - 15 min.
5.    Robert Jones - Viabahn for treatment of venous/av access stenosis - 10 min.
6.    Krzysztof Bieda - Cannulation techniques and new types of catheters in dialysis patients - 15 min.
7.    Maciej Zieliński - Nonstandard arteriovenous fistulae - 15 min.

Discussion - 10 min.

 

SESSION V
NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN VASCULAR SURGERY - BUSINESS FORUM

MODERATORS:
Grzegorz Madycki, Jerzy Głowiński, Piotr Terlecki

1.    Costa Almeida - Using Collatamp in vascular surgery to reduce SSI: one centre experience - 10 min.
2.     Rafał Maciąg - Ovation Prime - Trivasvular - a new sealing technology with more possibilities - 10 min.
3.    Tomasz Szpotan - Percutaneous implantation of stent grafts using Perclose ProGlide system - 10 min.
4. Andrew Hatrick - The complex procedures simplified with Fenestrated Anaconda + the Registry Results - 15 min.
5.   Gianmarco De Donato - CAS renaissance: CAS RENAISSANCE: new devices fill the gap. Preliminary report from Italian multicenters registry - 15 min.

 

SESSION VI 
ANESTHESIOLOGY AND VASCULAR SURGERY- CHALLENGES OF THE SECOND DECADE OF 21ST CENTURY. INTERDISCIPLINARY PREPARATION OF PATIENTS FOR VASCULAR OPERATIONS DEBATE OF THE POLISH SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY

MODERATORS:
Krzysztof Kusza, Marcin Wąsowicz, Marek Grygier, Krzysztof Świerkocki, Paweł Sobczyński, Piotr Andziak, Zbigniew Gałązka, Grzegorz Oszkinis

1. Marcin Wąsowicz - Anesthesiology and vascular surgery. A patient with advanced atherosclerosis - 40 min.
2. Krzysztof Kusza - What is Goal-directed therapy (GDY) in vascular surgery? -15 min.
3. Piotr Kasprzak - Aspects of qualification and perioperative care after using fenestrated and bifurcated stent grafts -  vascular surgeon's point of view - 15 min.
4. Katarzyna Karwowska - Enteral and parenteral nutrition in vascular patients - 20 min.
5.  Aniela Artyńska - Perioperative analgesia in vascular patients - 20 min.
6.  Damian Zwaruń - Thromboelastometry as a diagnostic tool in vascular surgery - 20 min.
7.  Radosław Baraniak - The use of ultrasound in conduction anesthesia - practitioner's point of view - 10 min.

8. Questions and topics for discussion:
1. The role of the cardiologist in preparing a vascular patient.
2. The role of the pulmonologist in preparing a vascular patient.
3. Should all patients after abdominal aorta surgery be treated in the ICU on Day 1?
4. Does cooling the patient during a vascular operation cause postoperative complications in vascular surgery?
5. Importance of fluid therapy in vascular surgery. 
6. Risks and complications in patients operated on due to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm - anesthesiologist's point of view.
7. Similarities and differences in anesthetic procedures in patients treated with stent grafts within the thoracic and abdominal aorta.

 

SESSION VIII
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPY

MODERATORS:
Marcin Gabriel, Maciej Zaniewski, Paweł Chęciński, Piotr Ciostek

1.  Anetta Undas - Secondary antiplatelet and antithrombotic prophylaxis after vascular surgery - 20 min.
2.  Jacek Wroński - Secondary antithrombotic prophylaxis after endovascular surgery in the popliteal region and within the foot, with particular emphasis on diabetic foot syndrome - 15 min.
3. Piotr Gutowski -Thrombolytic therapy - is it a method of choice in the treatment of acute limb ischemia? - 20 min.
4. Zbigniew Krasiński - Rivaroxaban in the hands of a vascular surgeon - three years of experience - 10 min.
  
Discussion (15 min.)
 

SESSION IX
BASIC SCIENCES SESSION FOR VASCULAR SURGEONS

MODERATORS:
Marek Gacko, Andrzej Dorobisz, Piotr Myrcha

1.  Lars Maegdefessel - MicroRNA-based therapeutics in vascular disease - 20 min.
2.  Rajmund Adamiec - The role of fibrin network in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis - 10 min.
3.  Andrzej Bręborowicz - The role of endothelium in the pathomechanism of atherosclerotic lesion formation - potential therapeutic procedures -10 min.
4. Ewa Strauss - Genetic determinants in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms - the result of meta-GWAS - 10 min.

Own studies.

1.    Michał Nowicki - Optimizing selection of vascular grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting - 5 min.
2.    Wojciech Witkiewicz - Overexpression of the markers of calcification process: Runx2 and Sost in the tissue of abdominal aortic aneurysm - 5 min.

 

SESSION X
THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS IN THE ERA OF  ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT:

MODERATORS:
Jacek Szmidt, Piotr Kasprzak, Piotr Gutowski

1.    Olgierd Rowiński - Algorithms for planning and procedures in the treatment of true and dissecting aneurysms of the thoracic aorta - 15 min. 
2.    Małgorzata Szostek - "Difficult arches" - risk factors in endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic diseases - 20 min.
3.    Wawrszyniec Jakuczun - Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms in patients with anatomical abnormalities of arteries originating from the aortic arch - 15 min.
4.    Tomasz Zubilewicz - Technical difficulties in the endovascular treatment of thoracic aorta dissection - retrograde dissection, stent grafts without free flow, type II leaks from the subclavian artery, stent-graft migrations - 15 min.
5.    Piotr Szopiński, Jarosław Iwanowski - The use of thoracoabdominal stent-grafts according to the own design based on ready-made components - 10 min.
6.    Agata Kącka - Principles of anesthesia and monitoring during endovascular surgery of the thoracic aorta - 15 min.
7.    Maciej Dryjski - About the need for further clinical trials on the proper treatment of type B dissecting aneurysms - 15 min.
8.    Eugeniusz Szpakowski - Complex procedures in thoracic aortic dissection - the  place of cardiac surgery in endovascular treatment - 15 min..

Discussion (15 min.)
 

SESSION XI
SESSION OF THE POLISH–GERMAN SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY:

MODERATORS:
Andreas Gußmann, Andrzej Dorobisz, Arkadiusz Jawień, Grzegorz Oszkinis, Dariusz Janczak, Jerzy Polański

1.  Andrzej Dorobisz - German - Polish vascular meetings - long history continues - 10 min.
2.  Max Zegelmann - Infected prosthesis and prosthesis in infection - 10 min.
3.  Jorg Teßarek - Vascular surgery goes endovascular - 10 min.
4.   Andreas Gußmann - Quality standards: Carotid, AAA and Iliacs - 10 min.
5.   Wilma Schierling, Piotr Kasprzak - New developments in vascular sonography - 10 min.
6.   Piotr Szopiński, Maciej Stryga, Eliza Pleban - Modern department of vascular surgery - my vision; co-authors: Dr. Maciej Stryga, Eliza Pleban - 10 min.
7.   Wolfgang Krahlwinkel - Transregional data in acute limb ischemia - peer-review to reduce mortality - 10 min.
8.    Piotr Gutowski - The role of big size Bare Stents in endovascular treatment of aortic dissection - 10 min.

Discussion - 10 min.
 

SESSION XII
PROBLEMS IN THE ENDOVASCULAR AND OPEN TREATMENT OF AAA i TAAA. 

MODERATORS:
Ryszard Staniszewski, Tomasz Zubilewicz, Wacław Kuczmik

1.  Eric Zimmerman - Concerning the possibility of endovascular treatment of ruptured AAA - 15 min.
2.  Patrick Berg - Short and angulated proximal neck AAA Endovascular in my practice - 15 min.
3.  Rafał Maciąg - Types of repair procedures in the treatment of type II leaks after aneurysm stent grafting - 10 min.
5.  Sławomir Nazarewski - Chimneys, periscopes, snorkeling - overview of the potential combination of stent grafts - what works best?- 10 min.
6.  Marcin Gabriel - The use of ultrasound in the follow-up of patients after implantation of a stent graft (Contrast enhanced ultrasound - CEUS) - 10 min.
7.  Enrico Maria Marone - Mialano experience in open surgery of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms - 25 min.
 

 

SESSION XIV
SESSION OF THE YOUNG VASCULAR SURGEON CLUB OF THE POLISH SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY

MODERATORS:
Tomasz Urbanek, Tadeusz Grochowiecki, Łukasz Dzieciuchowicz, Hubert Stępak
6 minutes + 2 minutes for discussion
 
1.  Igor Banzic, Belgarde, Serbia - Complete thoraco-abdominal aortic replacement - Balkan experience
2.  Radosław Krupiński, Lublin, Poland - Are there specific risk factors for carotid artery atherosclerosis?
3.  Igor Banzic, Belgarde, Serbia - Overall experience among vascular surgeons in Europe
4.  Roman  Radysh, Lviv, Ukraine - Open surgical training in endovascular era
5.  Ernest Biros, Brno, Czech Republic - Present and future of training in endovascular interventions
6.  Pavel Staško, Košice, Slovakia - Do we really need general surgical training?
7.  Michał Molski, Osielsko, Poland - Surgical insight into future of phlebology
8. Hubert Stępak, Poznań, Poland - Training opportunities for young surgeons
  

 

Inaugural session (English)

MODERATORS:
Jolanta Tomczak, Bartosz Bąk

1. Sonyia Mcfadden - Contemporary issues in the radiological protection of patients and personnel - 20 min.
2. Maryam Jessop - Lesion detection performance in an anthropomorphic chest phantom: comparative analysis of low-dose CT data on two hybrid imaging systems - 20 min.
3. Simon Ward: The delivery of dedicated vascular ultrasound services in the UK  - 20 min.

 

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND

MODERATORS:
Anna Kowalik, Bartosz Bąk

1. Marcin Gabriel - The use of ultrasound in the follow-up of patients after implantation of a stent graft (Contrast enhanced ultrasound - CEUS) - 20 min.
2. Aleksandra Kaczmarek - Ultrasound in cardiology. Fundamentals and career prospects for electroradiologists - 20 min.
3. Jolanta Tomczak - Doppler evaluation of carotid artery stenosis from the view of an electroradiologist - 20 min.

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION OF  PATIENTS AND PERSONNEL

MODERATORS:
Aleksandra Kaczmarek, Dorota Wojtusik

1. Monika Jędrzejewska - Advanced aspects of radiological protection of the medical personnel and patients - 20 min.
2. Jerzy Kowski - Interventional radiology - doses - 20 min.
3. Anna Kowalik - Recommendations for radiological protection of pregnant women undergoing diagnostic procedures and radiotherapy - 15 min.

MODERN TECHNIQUES USED IN VASCULAR SURGERY/ANGIOGRAPHY

MODERATORS:
Jolanta Tomczak, Anna Kowalik

1. Łukasz Dzieciuchowicz - The use of IVUS (Intravascular Ultrasound) in vascular surgery - 20 min.
2. Artur Łazorczyk, Radosław Pietura - Modern, multipurpose endovascular team -  20 min.
3. Daniel Gościński - Visualization of abdominal aortic aneurysms using a 3D printer - 20 min.
4. Dorota Wojtusik - The role of an electroradiologist in diagnosing eye diseases, illustrated with an example of eye angiography and OCT - 15 min.

 

PRESENTATION OF EQUIPMENT IN THE FIELD OF VASCULAR SURGERY 

MODERATOR:
Elżbieta Zawada

•    Treatment of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms using the endovascular technique with stent grafts