Thursday 16 March
| 09:15 | Welcome and introduction | Ruggero De Paulis |
| 09:20 | PROXIMAL THORACIC AORTIC SURGERY | |
| 09:20 | The physiology and the hemodynamic of the aortic root | Denis Berdajs |
| 09:40 | Guidelines for a timely surgical indication | Alessandro Della Corte |
| 10:00 | The bicuspid aortopathy: Classification and prognosis | Alessandro Della Corte |
| 10:20 | A practical guide to the extent of resection in bicuspid aortopathy | Ruggero De Paulis |
| 10:40 | Discussion | |
| 10:50 | BREAK | |
| 11:00 | The Bentall procedure: Keynote lecture, live-in-a-box surgical case and discussion | Thomas Schachner |
| 11:40 | The remodelling procedure: Keynote lecture, live-in-a-box surgical case and discussion | Paul Urbanski |
| 12:20 | The reimplantation procedure: Keynote lecture, live-in-a-box surgical case and discussion | Ruggero De Paulis |
| 13:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | ARCH SURGERY | |
| 14:00 | Standard surgical arch replacement: Keynote lecture, live-in-a-box surgical case and discussion | Davide Pacini |
| 14:40 | Classic and frozen elephant trunk: Keynote lecture, live-in-a-box surgical case and discussion | Malakh Shrestha |
| 15:20 | Various forms of Hybrid arch repair: Keynote lecture, live-in-a-box surgical case and discussion | Bartosz Rylski |
| 16:00 | BREAK | |
| 16:30 | AORTIC DISSECTION | |
| 16:30 | How to best approach malperfusion in acute aortic dissection | Konstantinos Tsagakis |
| 16:50 | Indications and contraindications on arch replacement during an acute dissection | Davide Pacini |
| 17:10 | How to deal with a root dissection | Thomas Schachner |
| 17:30 | Acute dissection in patients with connective tissue diseases: What are the differences in strategy? | Florian Schoenhoff |
| 09:00 | PECULIAR ASPECTS OF AORTIC SURGERY | |
| 09:00 | Safe cerebral protection in aortic surgery. What’s the evidence? | Eduard Quintana |
| 09:20 | Strategy for the treatment of an infected aortic graft prosthesis | Florian Schoenhoff |
| 09:40 | How to deal with a small aortic annulus. When is small too small? What are the options? How to fit a larger valve prosthesis | Ruggero De Paulis |
| 10:00 | Surgery for acute endocarditis of the aortic root (Expert case video: The Commando operation) | Eduard Quintana |
| 10:30 | A Glimpse Into A Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Experience | |
| 10:30 | Guidelines for the use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in thoracic aortic disease. Live-in-a-box clinical cases | Bartosz Rylski |
| 10:50 | Landing zone and sizing. Tips and tricks with video | Sonia Ronchey |
| 11:10 | Discussion | |
| 11:25 | BREAK | |
| 11:40 | The use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in acute and chronic type B dissection | Sonia Ronchey |
| 12:00 | Thoracic endovascular aortic repair vs frozen elephant trunk in various anatomical conditions | Malakh Shrestha |
| 12:20 | How to follow-up patients after thoracic endovascular aortic repair? | Konstantinos Tsagakis |
| 12:40 | Discussion | |
| 13:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | EVAR simulation session with the Faculty | Sonia Ronchey |
| 15:30 | BREAK | |
| 16:00 | TEVAR simulation session with the Faculty | Bartosz Rylski |
| 09:00 | Wetlab with the faculty: Annulus enlargment | Thomas Schachner |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |
| 11:00 | Wetlab with the faculty: Reimplantation/ Remodelling | Thomas Schachner |
COURSE INFORMATION
Date/Duration
16-18 March 2017
Location
Windsor, UK
Course Director/s
Thomas Schachner
