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The 27th international 
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For over 25 years, Critical Issues in Aortic Endografting has set the annual standard for the latest technologies and debates in aortic interventions worldwide. This year's programme continues that tradition. Amid unprecedented change and global uncertainty, Critical Issues will gather experts to discuss, debate, and showcase the newest and most significant trends

Following tradition, the meeting has moved locations once again, and we are proud to host it in Paris, France. 

The atmosphere will be as open and friendly as ever, fostering intense discussions and debates. We eagerly anticipate your contributions and challenging questions as we advance the field together.

Get ready for Critical Issues 2025! 
Stephan Haulon, Tara Mastracci 
Course directors

REGISTRATION

 

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Registration 
fees

Individual Registration fees (VAT 10% include)BEFORE 10/1AFTER 10/1
Physicians

450 €

550 €

Residents, fellows, nurses & technicians*

300 €

350 €

Sponsor industrialists

500 €

600 €

Non-sponsor industrialists

1000 €

1200 €

*As a Fellow, Resident, Graduate Student or Nurse, you benefit from reduced rates. A proof of status is required for fee application. It can be a copy of your work card, a letter from your Head of Department stamped and signed or a copy of your student card.

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Steering
Committee

  • Stephan Haulon
    Stephan Haulon

    France

  • tara mastracci
    Tara Mastracci

    England

  • NUNO DIAS
    NUNO DIAS

    Sweden

  • Athanasios  Katsargyris
    Athanasios Katsargyris

    Germany

  • Timothy Resch
    Timothy Resch

    Denmark

  • Eric Verhoeven
    Eric Verhoeven

    Germany

COURSE LOCAL ORGANIZERS 

Stephan Haulon, Paris, France
Tara Mastracci, London, United Kingdom
 

 

program

Programme 
Details

20
March
THURSDAY 20TH MARCH
 

ASCENDING & ARCH
Edited Live Case 

  • Device and patient selection to minimize neurological risks
  • I have switched from single, to double, and now triple BEVAR in the arch. 
  • Is totally percutaneous access to the SAT an option? 
  • How I optimize target vessel patency in the arch: sometimes the branches don’t match the main body!
  • Lessons learned from the EVERGREEN study  
  • I have data to support the use of retrograde branches in the arch. 
  • When do I need a quadruple branch configuration in the arch? 
  • How young is too young for endo arch? Refining indications in an era of health care austerity. 
  • Electrocautery in situ fenestrations: lessons learned from the bench test. 
  • Should TEVAR be performed early after open repair of Type A dissections? 
  • How can we integrate a TAVR into an arch BEVAR delivery system? 
  • Is PMEG a safe option in the arch?
 
Coffee Break
 

TEVAR & DISSECTIONS
Edited live case

  • The LSA matters, always find a method to perfuse it! 
  • Zone 2 management: a comparison between bypass, in-situ fen/PMEG and bTEVAR. 
  • Experience with High Fidelity Computational Modeling in TEVAR.  
  • 5-year outcomes of endovascular treatment for aortic dissection. 
  • Optimal designs to extend proximal seal in TEVAR: LCCA and LSA Scallop and fenestrations. 
  • LSA FBEVAR and false lumen endografts is the standard of care for DTA chronic dissections.
  • TEVAR’s impact on the heart and the ascending aorta. 
  • Indications, Safety and Effectiveness of Transcatheter Electrosurgical Septotomy During Endovascular Repair of Aortic
  • Dissections. Emphasis on cases that did not go as planned 
  • Open surgery tips & tricks for intramural haematoma and dissections involving the arch. 
  • The uncomplicated dissection. Is there ever a role for intervention and at what size? 
  • In situ fenestration, a concept who’s time has come for dissection. 
  • Aggressive embolization is key to avoid persistent flow in the false lumen.
 
Lunch
 

TAAA
Edited Live Case 

  • One-piece preloaded bifurcated fenestrated stengraft is the best design to reline a failed EVAR. 
  • Complementary roles of open and endovascular repair of TAAAs. 
  • Inner branches, a game changer? Lessons learned from the Extent trial. 
  • I prefer standard Inner/outer branches, also in narrow lumen! 
  • Endovascular treatment of 100 urgent TAAAs cases. What have we learned? 
  • Can we perform bridging stent deployment without sheath support in FBEVAR? 
  • Double cuffed inner branches indications and results. 
  • When should we design grafts with Semi Branches? 
  • Bridging stent selection/sizing in challenging renal vessels. 
  • Difficult iliac access can be managed through the femoral vein. 
  • Balloon expandable bridging stents for BEVAR. Update on outcomes. 
  • How my high-volume practice has evolved in recent years. 
 
Coffee Break
 

COMPLEX AAA
Edited Live Case

  • Summary of publications from the US Aortic Research Consortium. 
  • Mortality and aneurysm rupture during waiting time for customization of FBEVAR: do we need to change strategy? 
  • Preclinical testing of new bridging stents. 
  • Standardizing PMEG: Be your own Tailor! 
  • Current indications and results of PMEGs. 
  • Results from the EMBRACE registry. 
  • Analysis of 3D reconstruction of bridging stents in fEVAR. 
  • How I get out of trouble: take home messages from the Nuremberg experience with bridging stents complications. 
  • Predictors of failure to rescue after fenestrated-branched endovascular. 
  • How I select my bridging stents during FBEVAR and what I know about stent torsion. 
  • What we know about antiplatelets and bridging stents.  afe option in the arch?
21
March
FRIDAY 21TH MARCH
 

AAA and Iliacs
Edited Live Case 

  • The AI revolution in Aortic Surgery. 
  • Sac regression is the best marker of long- term durability 
  • 10-year survival after open and Endo AAA repair. 
  • How I manage challenging necks and results from a multicentric trial. 
  • IVUS guided Reconstruction of the aortic bifurcation. 
  • New polymer-based aneurysm sac management: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. l patency in the arch: sometimes the branches don’t match the main body!
 
Coffee Break
 

AAA and Iliacs
Edited Live Case 

  • AI and digital twin technology to evaluate proximal seal in EVAR. 
  • Low dose CO2 protocol and X-Ray synchronization in EVAR/FEVAR. 
  • Will automatic AI Volume follow-up change our follow-up paradigm? 
  • The true utility of CTA for post EVAR monitoring:  Is this surveillance paradigm still valid in 2024? 
  • How I push the envelope with iliac branch devices.  
  • What I want you to tell me: perspective of a recently graduated aortic fellow on whats good and bad in aortic specialty training.  The AI revolution in Aortic Surgery. 
 

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In order to get all the details about our sponsorships options, 
please contact:


Marijana MOIROUX
mmoiroux@europa-group.com
Phone: + 33 (0)7 44 81 02 52
 

 

infos

Practical 
Information

Congress Venue  

Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile,
3 Pl. du Général Koenig,
75017 Paris

Official Language  

The congress official language is English.

Information & Registration Desk  

Thursday March 20: 07:00-18:30 
Friday March 21: 07:30-14:30

Exhibition Hours  

Thursday March 20: 07:30-18:30 
Friday March 21: 08:00-14:30

 

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