February 13-14 | Athens, GR
February 13-14 | Athens, GR
February 13-14 | Athens, GR
February 13-14 | Athens, GR
February 13-14 | Athens, GR
Dialysis vascular access interventions, Athens/GR, February 13-14, 2025
Approximately four million people are receiving kidney replacement therapy, worldwide and this number is expected to increase over the next decade. Hemodialysis (HD) is the most common kidney replacement therapy, accounting for nearly 90% of all dialysis procedures. Vascular access used for HD, such as arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) or grafts (AVGs), is related to fewer complications and reduced morbidity and mortality compared to central venous dialysis lines. Therefore, the physiological function of vascular access is a prerequisite for End-Stage Kidney Disease patients undergoing HD. Complications such as circuit stenosis leading to dysfunction or eventually thrombosis are urgent situations that require immediate treatment, also compromising the longevity of the vascular access. Percutaneous, endovascular, and dialysis access treatment options, are the standard of practice as recommended by KDOQI Guidelines (2019) and the ESVS Guidelines (2018) for the treatment of failing and failed vascular access.
The course will include theoretical and hands-on training on a variety of percutaneous, endovascular interventions using various techniques (angioplasty, stenting, percutaneous thrombectomy, thrombolysis, volume flow-guided and IVUS-guided procedures) and numerous endovascular devices (high-pressure balloons, drug-coated balloons, cutting balloons, stents, drug-eluting stents, stent-grafts, and thrombectomy devices), used for the treatment of failing or failed dialysis vascular access (both AVF and AVGs). Presentations and hands-on workshops on minimally invasive, percutaneous, creation of arteriovenous fistula (Endo AVF), will also be available. Discussions will be also focused on the management of complications (disasters and bailouts), currently unanswered clinical, diagnostic, and treatment issues, as well as the need for future investigations.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for interventional radiologists who have completed their training and are interested in further developing their practical skills and updating their knowledge.
Preliminary programme
Thursday, February 13, 2025
08:30-08:55 Registration
08:55-09:00 Welcome and opening
9:00-10:00 Lectures I
Vascular access: where do we stand
Guidelines for endovascular treatment
Failing AVG treatment: How I do it
Failing AVF treatment: How I do it
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 Hands-on device training I
AVG treatment simulator
AVF treatment simulator
Angio suite demonstration of endovascular treatment (incl. volume flow-guided angioplasty)
Clinical evaluation of vascular access
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:30 Lectures II
Data for various devices in AVGs (high-pressure, stent-grafts, cutting balloons, DCBs, DES, thrombectomy devices)
Percutaneous AVF creation: rationale and data
14:30-14:45 Coffee Break
14:45-16:45 Hands-on device training II
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) training I & II
Percutaneous AVF creation simulator
Friday, February 14, 2025
09:00-09:30 Lectures III
Percutaneous thrombectomy of AVGs
Percutaneous thrombectomy of AVFs
Central venous lesions
09:30-10:30 Hands-on device training III
DUS applications for pre-procedural planning and post-procedural follow-up
Parallel Simulator training
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Video case
Discussion of treatment options based on lesion type/anatomical location
11:30-13:00 Case presentations
Extreme thrombectomy
High-pressure AVF anastomosis
VF-guided angioplasty
Cephalic arch-covered stent
Central venous PCB
Cannulation zone
AVG venous anastomosis covered stent
AVG venous anastomosis high-pressure
Pseudoaneurysm covered stenting
13:00-13:30 Complication management
13:30-14:00 Course wrap-up and quiz
Local host
Faculty
M. Creteanu (Suceava/RO)
I. Giannikouris (Athens/GR)
P. Kitrou (Patras/GR)
G. Sengoelge (Vienna/AT)
D. Siriopol (Suceava/RO)
Venue
Attikon University General Hospital
Rimini 1
Chaidari 124 62
Greece
Registration
Please note that this course is open to interventional radiologists with at least one year of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of venous disease.
The registration fees are as follows:
| Early Fee (until December 19, 2024) | Regular Fee (as of December 20, 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Course registration | €710 | €920 |
| Course registration (CIRSE Member*) | €610 | €710 |
| Nurse/radiographer** | €710 | €920 |
Reduced registration fees are only available for members of CIRSE in good standing.
Registration needs to be accompanied by the Confirmation form, signed by the head of department.
These fees include:
- Course attendance
- Teaching material for the course
- Coffee breaks
- Lunch on the first day
General Information
- Please note that this course is limited to 40 participants and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- To attend the ESIR courses as a member, CIRSE membership fee for the year of the course must be settled.
- Please note that your registration becomes valid only after receipt of payment and after confirmation by the CIRSE Central Office.
- When making your flight bookings, please make sure that you will be able to stay for the entire course.
Cancellation of course registration
The CIRSE Foundation offers all participants the possibility of purchasing insurance with our partner “Europäische Reiseversicherung” via this link. Thus, the CIRSE Foundation itself will not refund any amount after a cancellation of registration. All requests have to be issued to the “Europäische Reiseversicherung” directly. Refunds will be given within the terms and conditions of the “Europäische Reiseversicherung”. Name changes will be handled as a cancellation and new registration.
Please note that CIRSE offers just a platform to effect a policy between you and “Europäische Reiseversicherung”.
Invoices will be issued by the CIRSE Foundation, Neutorgasse 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
CIRSE Foundation
Neutorgasse 9
1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone: 0043 1 904 2003
Fax: 0043 1 904 2003 30
Email: [email protected]
Accommodation
Below is a list of recommended hotels within the vicinity of the course venue. To proceed with booking your rooms for the course duration, please get in touch with the hotels directly. Accommodation is not included in the registration fee and course delegates shall bear all costs in this context themselves.
Crowne Plaza
5*, 30 min. from the venue by car
Michalakopoulou Avenue 50
Athens 11528, Greece
Phone: + 30 210 727 8000
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.cpathens.com/
Airotel Stratos Vasilikos
4*, 30 min. from the venue by car
Michalakopoulou Street 114
Athens 11528, Greece
Phone: +30 210 7706611
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.airotel.gr/en/
The Golden Age Hotel of Athens
4*, 30 min. from the venue by car
Michalakopoulou Street 57
Phone: +30 210 7240861
E-mail: [email protected]
https://hotelgoldenage.com/