12:40 – 13:00

Opening words

13:00 – 14:40

Diagnostics
M. Grimm (Vienna), J. Lammer (Vienna)

• Functional imaging in thoracic aortic disease –
  value and outlook, C. Loewe (Vienna)
• The role of IVUS in diagnostics and therapy of aortic disease,
  P. Tozzi (Lausanne)
• The problem of aortic valve disease due to
  ascending aortic disease, R. Rosenhek (Vienna)
• Intraoperative TEE as a decision making tool
  in acute and chronic thoracic aortic disease, H. Tschernich (Vienna)
• Serum diagnostics of aortic disease, G. Sodeck (Vienna)
  
  

14:40 – 15:20

Coffee Break

15:20 – 15:50

Honorary Lecture
M. Grimm (Vienna)

• Aortic medicine – from past to future, E. Wolner (Vienna)
  
  

15:50 – 17:30

Aortic arch disease
T. Carrel (Berne), M. Grabenwöger (Vienna)

• Natural course of aortic arch disease, C. Mestres ( Barcelona)
• Conventional arch surgery, J. Bachet (Abu Dhabi)
• Combined treatment strategies without CPB, M. Grimm (Vienna)
• Combined treatment strategies with CPB, M. Grabenwöger (Vienna)

Honorary Lecture
M. Czerny (Vienna)

• Bleeding that won’t stop, H. Edmunds (Philadelphia)
  
  

08:30 – 10:30

Cannulation and perfusion in aortic surgery
J. Coselli (Houston), R. Bonser (Birmingham)

• Different sites of cannulation, M. Karck (Heidelberg)
• Temperature management, M. Ehrlich (Vienna)
• Experimental aspects of cannulation and perfusion, C. Hagl (Hannover)
• Perfusion and cerebral protection, L. Englberger (Berne)
• True lumen cannulation for surgical management of acute type A aortic dissection, L. Conzelmann (Mainz)
• Perfusion techniques, L. von Segesser (Lausanne)
  
  

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00

Type A dissections
C. Mestres (Barcelona), C. Nienaber (Rostock)

• Evidence and lack of evidence in the surgical management of acute type A aortic dissection, R. Bonser (Birmingham)
  
• Monitoring of organ parameters in aortic surgery, F. Waldenberger (Vienna)
  
• Extending type A treatment to downstream aortic segments, H. Jakob (Essen)
  
• IRAD is still valid, T. Rehders (Rostock)
  
• IRAD is overcome, T. Carrel (Berne)
• Insights from the German registry on type A aortic dissections, E. Weigang (Mainz)

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 16:10

Intervention in descending aortic pathology
H. Eggebrecht (Essen), R. Fattori (Bologna)

• Importance of collateral circulation in TEVAR, B. Zipfel (Berlin)
  
• Long-term durability of stent-grafts, M. Funovics (Vienna)
  
• INSTEAD, C. Nienaber (Rostock)
  
• Results after endovascular repair of complicated type B dissections, R. Fattori (Bologna)
• A critical overview on treatment algorithms of traumatic aortic lesions, D. Do (Berne)
• Key points in treatment of traumatic aortic lesions, L. Sunder-Plassmann (Ulm)
  
  

16:10 – 16:40

Coffee Break

16:40 – 17:40

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
M. Czerny (Vienna), J. Elefteriades (New Haven)

• Surgical techniques in TA replacemen,t M.  Schepens (Nieuwegein)
  
• Indications and strategies for TA repair in the endovascular era, J. Coselli (Houston)
• Is there really a place for hybrid approaches in TAAA?, M. Jenkins (London)
  
  

17:40 – 19:00

Connective tissue disease
T. Rehders (Rostock), R. Koppensteiner (Vienna)

• Genetic and other inciting factors in acute and chronic aortic disease, J.  Elefteriades (New Haven)
  
• Proteomics and the role of losartan, P. Matt (Basel)
  
• Is early repair justified?, A. Moritz (Frankfurt)
  
• Root treatment in connective tissue disease, R. De Paulis (Rome)
  
  

Hands-on Workshop by Limbeck and Vaskutek
Endovascular treatment of difficult AAA
with the Vascutek Anaconda devic, G. Pratesi (Florence)

08:30 – 10:10

Abdominal aortic aneurysms I
G. Fraedrich (Innsbruck), T. Rand (Vienna)

• Natural course of AAA and risk stratification, L. Claeys (Herne)
• Relation of aneurysm size and prognosis after AAA repair, H. Teufelsbauer (Vienna)
  
• Device-specific outcome after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, G. Pratesi (Florence)
  
• European registry results for a European stent graft, P. Varejka (Prague)
  
• Management of unfavourable access situations in AAA, M. Czerny (Vienna)
  
  

10:10 – 10:40

Coffee Break

10:40 – 11:40

Abdominal aortic aneurysms II
D. Do (Berne), P. Polterauer (Vienna)

• EVAR as treatment of choice- in ruptured AAA, M. Schoder (Vienna
• Surgery as treatment of choice- in ruptured AAA, J. Schmidli (Berne)
• Anesthesiologic management in ruptured AAA , H. Koinig (Vienna)
  
  

Honorary Lecture
J. Lammer (Vienna)

• Appraisal for EVAR, R. Greenhalgh (London)
  
  

12:10 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:50

Ascending aorta-aortic root
P. Oberwalder (Graz), E. Weigang (Mainz)

• Biovasalva Prothesis: the Bologna experience,  R. Di Bartolomeo (Bologna)
• Autograft or composite replacement in root disease?,  W. Harringer (Braunschweig)
• Negative issues with biological conduits, L. Englberger (Berne)
• Limited access approach in surgery of the ascending aorta – reasonable?, G. Wimmer-Greinecker (Bad Bevensen)
  
  

Endovascular complications and their management
M. Czerny (Vienna), M. Funovics (Vienna)

• Retrograde type A dissection after TEVAR - insights from the European Registry , H. Eggebrecht (Essen)
• Vascular access,  P. Oberwalder (Graz)
• Lessons learned from 13 years of TEVAR- pitfalls and mistakes,  M. Funovics (Vienna)
  
  

16:20- 16:30

Closing remarks and adjourn

Welcome and introduction with coffee, M. Dinboeck (Barcelona)

Initial experience with the novel Relay Plus Stent-Graft System in patients with chronic aortic dissection, H. Eggebrecht (Essen)