SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The 5th event of the academy is happening thanks to the great cooperation between the Bulgarian Society for Endovascular Therapy and the International Society of Endovascular Specialists
Moderator: Vassil Velchev, Salah Dine Qanadli
Panelists: Nikolay Stoyanov
12.00 – 12.15 Catheter-related superior vena cava syndromes | Vassil Velchev, Nikolay Stoyanov
12.15 – 12.30 Techniques for recanalization and other therapeutic options | Salah Dine Qanadli
12.30 – 12.45 Hybrid approach to management of acute iliofemoropopliteal phlebothrombosis in May-Thurner syndrome | Dimitar Nikolov, Konstantin Grudkov
12.45 – 13.15 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM)
Fibrinolytic and endovascular treatment of pulmonary embolism | Ivo Petrov
OAC therapies after PCI procedures | Yana Simova
13.15 – 13.30 Results of endovascular treatment of superior and inferior vena cava and mid-term follow-up (up to 65 months) | Iveta Tasheva
13.30 – 14.30 LIVE CASE (venous endovascular intervention) Operators: Vassil Velchev, Salah Dine Canli, Nikolay Stoyanov
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break
Moderators: Klaus Mathias, Iris Grunwald
Panelists: Ivo Petrov, Nurfet Alioski
15.00 – 15.10 What is new in ET in stroke (ETS) | Klaus Mathias
15.10 – 15.20 Technical tips and tricks for thromboaspiration and stentrievers | Iris Grunwald
15.20 – 15.30 Thrombextraction in basilar artery occlusion | Ivo Petrov
15.30 – 15.40 Interventional treatment of stroke – 3 years experience | Nurfet Alioski
15.40 – 15.50 Endovascular treatment of stroke guidelines update and local implication in single center | Marko Klisurski
16.00 – 17.00 LIVE CASE (prerecorded cases and simulation)
17.00 – 17.10 How to build a local stroke intervention program | Iris Grunwald
17.10 – 17.20 Complications in ETS and how to avoid | Klaus Mathias
17.20 – 17.30 Imaging based vs time-based intervention in stroke | Iris Grunwald
17.30 – 18.30 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (PENUMBRA&INSPIRE MD)
Part I
CAS vs. CAE: comparative with new mesh stents | JL Gomez Huerta
Part II
Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Child Successfully Treated with Thrombolytic Therapy and Mechanical Thrombectomy | Alexander Alexandrov
Part III
Aspiration with Penumbra Indigo system in patients with submasive PE – two years of clinical experience | Christo Mateev
Part IV
Dedicated Aspiration System in the Treatment of Vascular Thrombosis | Borislav Borisov
Part V
CGuard -3 years of clinical experience in Bulgaria | Nedelin Nikolov
18.30 – 18.45 SPONSORED LECTURE (Ewopharma)
Contrast Media in the Cath Lab: Innocent Bystander or Important Player | Ivo Petrov
19.00 Faculty Dinner
08.30 OPENING CEREMONY ISEVS at BEC 2019
MISSION OF ISEVS
Ivo Petrov, Vassil Chervenkoff, Vassil Velchev, Jacques Busquet, Rodney White
Moderator: Ivo Petrov, Rodney White, Sevket Gorgulu
09.00 – 09.10 The Multilayer Flow Modulator Stent (MFM) for the treatment of arterial aneurysms | Anca Chitic
Panelists: Hugo Londero, Donald Reid, Assen Kelchev
09.10 – 09.20 Fenestrated graft for TAA how to do it | Donald Reid
09.20 – 09.30 Bare stents in complex TAAD, TBAD | Zoran Stankov
09.30 – 09.40 Hybrid treatment of aortic disease | Stefan Stefanov
09.40 – 09.50 Centralization of flow concept for type A and B aortic dissection complicated by malperfusion syndrome | Ivo Petrov
09.50 – 10.00 Endovascular treatment of contained rupture of a false thoracic aneurysm | Peyo Simeonov
10.00 – 11.00 LIVE CASE (TEVAR) Operators: Ivo Petrov, Zoran Stankov
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 11.40 Our experience with a Balloon Expandable Stent Endo Prosthesis in Complex AAA | Hugo Londero
11.40 – 11.50 Chimney technique for complicated type A dissection | Ivo Petrov
11.50 – 12.00 Type A aortic dissection – endovascular is coming fast | Rodney White
12.00 – 13.00 LIVE CASE (AAA) Operators: Ivo Petrov, Hugo Londero, Zoran Stankov
13.00 – 13.10 Endovascular and hybrid treatment in acute aortic syndrome | Igor Koncar
13.10 – 13.50 Lunch and Poster Session Evaluation
Moderator: Vassil Chervenkoff, Sahin Senay, Lampros Michalis
Panelists: Sevket Gorgulu, Dobrin Vassilev, Stefan Stefanov,
13.50 – 14.00 Our experience in endovascular treatment of Leriche syndrome | Dobrin Vassilev
14.00 – 14.10 Combined EVAR and TAVI procedures | Lampros Michalis
14.10 – 14.20 Totally endovascular repair in Leriche syndrome | Zoran Stankov
14.20 – 14.30 Complex endovascular interventions in aortoiliac pathology | Sevket Gorgulu
14.30 – 14.40 Endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair simplified | Sahin Senay
SPONSORED SESSION BY ACTAVISModerator: Vassil Chervenkoff, Nikola Troisi
Panelists: Zoran Stankov, Zoltan Ruzsa, Dobrin Vassilev
14.40 – 14.50 Combined antegrade and retrograde transpopliteal approach in patients with multiple lesions above and below the knee | Chavdar Bachvarov
14.50 – 15.00 Retrograde approach in femoropoliteal intereventions – technique, procedural success, personal experience | Ivan Martinov
15.00 – 15.10 Pedal approach for SFA and BTK | Zoltán Ruzsa
15.10 – 15.40 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (MEDTRONIC)
IN.PACT™ Admiral™ Drug Coated Balloon / Clear Benefits in an Evolving Treatment Landscape | Ivo Petrov
Update on Paclitaxel Safety (6min)
Medtronic Clinical Program Update (12min)
IN.PACT AVF Randomized Trial 6 months results (6min)
Audience Q&A (6min)
15.40 – 16.20 LIVE CASE
16.20 – 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 – 16.50 Retrograde approach in a patient with femoropopliteal bypass occlusion. Case report | Vassil Chervenkoff, Nikolay Valchev
16.50 – 17.00 Restenosis after peripheral intervention scope of the problem and how to deal with | Jacques Busquet
17.00 – 17.30 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (ABBOTT)
Steps towards successful lower limb revascularization with SUPERA™ | Robert Sachner Moderator: Vassil Chervenkoff, Iveta Tasheva, Ivan Martinov, Lachezar Dobrichkov
17.30 – 17.40 Endovascular approach in a patient with Leriche syndrome. Case report | Vassil Chervenkoff, Nikolay Valchev
17.40 – 17.50 Endovascular treatment of different types of iliac occlusions - Serbian experience |
Vladimir Cvetic
17.50 – 18.00 Optimization of the final result in peripheral interventions. Role of IVUS | Donald Reid
18.00 – 18.10 Optimising the treatment of lower limb. DCB technologies and new implants | Nicola Troisi
18.10 – 18.20 Combined approach in a patient with subclavian artery occlusion and bailout technique in stent covered vertebral artery | Vassil Chervenkoff, Nikolay Valchev
18.20 – 18.50 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (VALENTIS)
Moderator: Radoslaw Parma, Ivo Petrov
18.50 – 19.20 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (ABBOTT) Percutaneous closure device PROGLIDE™
Panelists: Zoran Stankov, Nikola Troisi
Safe and reliable femoral access repair with perclose PROGLIDE™ | Dimitrij Kuhelj Moderator: Matjaz Bunc, Zoran Stankov, Peyo Simeonov, Ivan Martinov
19.20 – 19.30 Routine percutaneous EVAR /TEVAR practice | Ivo Petrov
19.30 –20.00 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (BIOMEDICA GRUPPE)
Large Bore Closure – Why MANTA is the Safest and Most Reliable | Radoslaw Parma
20.00 Gala Dinner
Moderator: Klaus Mathias, Ivo Petrov, Zelimir Antonic
09.00 – 09.10 Recanalization of subclavian artery. Case based | Valery Gelev
Panelists: Hugo Londero, Zoran Stankov
09.10 – 09.20 Endovascular interventions in patients with critical stenoses of carotid arteries | Chavdar Bachvarov
09.20 – 10.20 LIVE CASE (Carotid Intervention)
10.20 – 10.30 Proximal occlusion protection devices in CAS | Nikas Dimitrios
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.10 How late is too late to open a subtotal carotid stenosis after stroke | Ivo Petrov
11.10 – 11.20 Contemporary diagnostic and therapeutic approach in acute ischemic stroke | Dragan Stojanov
11.20 – 11.30 Mid-term results after simultaneous carotid artery stenting and cardiac surgery | Zelimir Antonic
11.30 – 12.00 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (MEDTRONIC) Moderator: Vassil Velchev
Cryptogenic stroke prevention, long term monitoring of cardiac rhythm. New trends in telemedicine | Mihail Protich
12.00 – 12.10 Deep loop cannulation for CAS | Zoran Stankov
12.10 – 12.20 Carotid Stenting – revascularization procedure of choice in selected patients. Latest data | Klaus Mathias
12.20 – 12.30 Hot news in vascular access and distal protection for carotid interventions | Hugo Londero
12.30 – 12.40 Vascular access and closure devices for TAVR intervention | Matjaz Bunc
12.40 – 12.50 Embolization of left gastric artery for weight reduction | Zoltán Ruzsa
13:00 – 14.00 Lunch and Awards of Posters Competition
14.00 – 15.00 LIVE CASE (Left gastric artery embolization)
Operators: Zoltan Ruzsa, Iveta Tasheva
15.00 – 15.30 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM (ABBOTT)
MITRA CLIP – BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
| Ivo Petrov, Zoran Stankov, Yassen Getsov, Matjaz Bunc, Emil Dimitrov
15.30 – 15.40 Ultrasound classification of carotid artery stenosis: a multiparametric approach | Ekaterina Titianova
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
(Joint Session with the Bulgarian Society of Cardiology)Moderators: Maria Tokmakova, Vassil Traykov
Panelists: Vassil Velchev, Ivo Petrov, Arman Postadjian, Assen Kelchev
16.15 – 16.30 Searching for the optimal LDL value to prevent atherosclerosis progression in 2019 | Arman Postadjian
16.30 – 16.45 Silent atrial fibrillation: how to screen, diagnose and treat? | Vassil Traykov
16.45 – 17.00 Stoke prevention in atrial fibrillation: role of LAA occlusion | Vassil Velchev
17.00 – 17.15 Left atrium appendage clipping for stroke prevention | Assen Kelchev
17.15 – 18.00 General Assembly Bulgarian Society of Endovascular Therapy/ ISEVS local chapter

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