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ESCVS DUBROVNIK 2012 – FINAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM (5.4.2012) 

April 26 th 2012, Thursday 

TIME SESSION LECTURER 

INTERDISCIPLINARY CARDIAC - VASCULAR SURGERY 

8:00 – 10:00 CV 1 - Plenary session I (Elafiti 3+4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

M. Zembala (Poland), D. Palombo (Italy), Ž. Sutlić (Croatia) 

8:00 - 8:20 

Endovascular Management of Atherosclerotic Descending 

Aortic Disease 

M. Krasoń, Zabrze, Poland 

8:20 - 8:40 

Endovascular Treatment as a Golden Standard for 

Traumatic Aortic Rupture 

D. Unić, Zagreb, Croatia 

8:40 - 9:00 

TEVAR in Treatment of Acute Type B Dissection - Early and P.Kasprzak, Regensburg, 

Late Complications 

Germany 

9:00 – 9:20 TEVAR Complications – Diagnosis and Management F. Grego, Padova, Italy 

9:20 - 9:40 

Initial experience with the Magellan Robotic Endovascular 

Catheter System 

C. Bicknell, London, UK 

9:40 - 10:00 

Testing and Developments of New Medical Devices in the 

Laboratories - Feasibility, Safety Ethical Issues 

F. Laborde, Paris, France 

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

10:30 – 12:30 CV2 - Plenary session II (Elafiti 3+4 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

V. Treska (Czech Republic), Ž.Sutlić (Croatia), L. Davidović (Serbia) 

10:30 – 10:50 Visceral Debranching R. Chiesa, Milan, Italy 

10:50 – 11:10 Endovascular Treatment of Type B Aortic Dissection J. Brunkwall, Cologne, 

Including ADSORB Study 

Germany 

11:10 – 11:30 Techniques to Prevent Paraplegia During Surgical Repair of M. Jacobs, Maastricht, The 

Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms 

Netherlands 

11:30 – 11:50 Debranching Of Supra-Aortic Vessels for Performing TEVAR J. Wolfe, London, UK 

11:50 – 12:10 Total Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aorta E. Verhoeven, Nürnberg, 

Germany 

12:10 – 12:30 Vascular Surgeon in the Future: A Co-Head Physician or a 

Leader 

C. Setacci, Siena, Italy 

12:30 - 13:00 HONOURED LECTURE - Future Horizons with O.H. Frazier, Houston, 

MCS Devices (Elafiti 3+4 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Texas, USA 

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Symposium – ETHICON 

Olipa – Hotel President 

Lunch Symposium – SHIMADZU 

Tajan – Hotel President 

14:00 – 16:00 CV 3 - Plenary session III (Elafiti 3+4 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

S. Schueler (UK), I.Lovričević (Croatia), D. Velimirović (Serbia) 

14:00 – 14:20 E-Vita Open Hybrid Stent Graft Prosthesis in Mega Aorta 

Syndrome as Well as Successful Bail-Out Procedure in 

Complicated Type A Aortic Dissection 

P. Oberwalder, Graz, Austria 

14:20 – 14:40 Safety and Efficacy of Central Cannulation Through T. Asai, Shiga, Otsu, Japan 

Ascending Aorta for Type A Aortic Dissection 

14:40 – 15:00 Insights into Diagnostic Techniques and Non-Surgical D. McPherson, Houston, 

Management of Aortic Diseases 

Texas, USA 

15 :00 – 15:20 Arch Surgery and the Frozen Eelephant Trunk. Still C. Mestres, Barcelona, 

Learning. 

Spain 

15:20 – 15:40 E-Vita Open Stentgraft as Bailout Therapy in Complex Case I. Rudež, Zagreb, Croatia 

of Stanford A Dissection after TEVAR in Descending Aorta 

16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK– VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

ESCVS Dubrovnik 2012, Globtour Event, Preradoviceva 14, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 

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Mail: escvs2012@escvs2012.org www.escvs2012.org 

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9:00 – 12:30 

ETHICON Dry Lab Workshop 

ANASTOMOTIC SKILLS SIMULATION LAB 

(Asimon – Hotel Lacroma) 

9:00 – 12:30 CABG with Prof Paul Sergeant 

P. Sergeant, Leuven, 

Belgium 

April 26th 2012, Thursday 


CARDIAC SURGERY 

16:30 – 19:00 C1 - Atrial Fibrillation (Elafiti 4 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

P. Suwalski (Poland), B. Geršak (Slovenia), I. Medved (Croatia) 

16:30 – 16:45 Key note Lecture: Hybrid Treatment of 

B. Geršak, Ljubljana, 

Permanent Atrial Fibrillation 

Slovenia 

16:45 – 19:00 Atrial Fibrillation Abstracts (Elafiti 4 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Role of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in The 

Management of Stroke 

Magdi Muhammad 

King Fahd Hospital, Almadina Almunawara, Saudi 

Arabia, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, 

Egypt 

Epicardial Atrial Mapping Can Predict Elimination 

Of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation After the Box 

Pulmonary Vein Isolation During Mitral Valve 

Surgery 

Taijiro Sueda, Naomichi Uchida, Shinya Takahshi, 

Taiichi Takasaki, Tatsuya Kurosaki, Keijiro Katayama, 

Katsuhiko Imai 

Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan 

Surgical Radiofrequency Ablation Of Atrial 

Fibrillation 

Miklos Fabri, Rosic Milenko, Redzek Aleksandar, 

Golubovic Miodrag, Dejanovic Jadranka, Kovacevic 

Dragan 

Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vojvodina - 

Sremska Kamenica, Serbia 

Invasive Treatment of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation 

Thierry Folliguet, Clement Bars 

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France 

Long-Term Results Of Surgery Persistant Atrial 

Fibrillation During Cabg Operations 

Yulia Kareva 

Federal State Institution Academician E.N.Meshalkin 

Novosibirsk State Research Institute, Novosibirsk, 

Russia 


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Sequential Approach For Treatment of 

Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 

Bockeria L. A., Revishvili A.Sh., Matsonashvili 

G.R., Serguladze S.U., Shmul A.V., Kvasha B.I., 

Labartkava E.Z.A.N. Bakulev scientific center of 

Cardio-Vascular Surgery , Moscow, Russia 

George Matsonashvili 

A.N. Bakulev scientific center of Cardio-Vascular 

Surgery, Moscow, Russia 

Analysis of Results of Operations Combining 

Correction of Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Heart 

Disease 

Sergey Sukhanov 2 , Leo Bockeria 0 ,1 , Mesrop 

Shatakhyan 2 , Irina Naumenko 2 , Vahram Haroutunyan 2 , 

Aleksey Nitishevsky 2 , Roman Shekhmametyev 2 , 

Tatyana Matanovskaya 2 

1 Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS, Moscow, Russia, 2 Perm 

heart institute - Branch of the Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS, 

Perm, Russia 

Minimally Invasive Hybrid Ablation Procedure For 

The Treatment Of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation - 

One Year Results. 

Michael Zembala, Krzysztof Filipiak, Oskar Kowalski, 

Joanna Boidol, Adam Sokal, Tomasz Niklewski, 

Zbigniew Kalarus, Marian Zembala 

Silesian Center For Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland 

17:30 – 19:00 C2 - Robotic Cardiac Surgery (Bokar - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: C. Bicknell (UK), T. Mihaljević (UAE) 

17:30 – 17:50 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair T. Mihaljević, Abu Dhabi, 

UAE 

17:50 – 18:10 Robotic Surgical Approach For Electrophysiological L. Labrousse, Bordeaux, 

Challenges 

France 

18:10 – 19:00 Robotic Abstracts (Elafiti 4 - Hotel Lacroma) 

A Simple Method for Grading Aortic 

Atherosclerosis Which Has Prognostic Value in 

Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery 

Bypass 

Jeffrey Lee, Patrick Chan, Gregory Bittle, Patricia Hong, 

Brody Wehman, Bartley Griffith, Johannes Bonatti 

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 

MD, USA 

Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Using Robotic 

Totally Endoscopic Surgery – Perioperative 

Outcome and 5-Year Results 

Jeffrey Lee1 , Eric Lehr1 , Mark Vesely1 , Zachary Kon1 , 

Brody Wehman1 , Andreas DeBiasi1 , Benedikt Hofauer2 , 

Felix Weidinger2 , Thomas Schachner2 , Nikolaos 

Bonaros2 , Guy Friedrich2 , David Zimrin1 , Johannes 

Bonatti1 1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 

Maryland, USA, 2Innsbruck Medical University, 

Innsbruck, Austria 

16:30 – 19:00 C3 Congenital Heart Surgery Abstracts (Asimon - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderator: 

L. Bockeria (Russia), TBA 


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Results Of Palliative Operations For Congenital 

Heart Defects With Absent Left Pulmonary Artery 

Leo Bockeria, Vladimir Podzolkov, Osman Makhachev, 

Bagrat Alekyan, Titalav Khiriev, Mikhail Zelenikin, 

Konstantin Shatalov, Andrey Sobolev 

Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, 

Russia 

Function Of Bioconduits After Implantation In RVOT 

Position During Ross Procedure 

Farid Khammoud, Ravil Muratov, Dmitry Britikov, Nataliya 

Soboleva, Leo Bockeria 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of 

the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, 

Russia 

Our Experience Of Concominant Radiofrequency 

"Maze III" Procedure And Surgical Closure Of Atrial 

Septal Defect In Adults 

Vasyl Lazoryshynets, Valeriy Zalevskiy, Borys Kravchuk, 

Artem Klimenko, Oleksiy Paratsiy, Oleksandr Golovenko, 

Oleksiy Lozoviy, Rostyslav Maliarchuk 

Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyiv, 

Ukraine 

Agenesis Of The Pulmonary Artery In Patients With 

Congenitally Absent Pulmonary Valve: Experience 

With Surgical Treatment 

Leo Bockeria, Vladimir Podzolkov, Osman Makhachev, 

Titalav Khiriev, Mikhail Zelenikin, Alexey Kim, Vladimir 

Cheban 


Russia 

Quantitative Heart Anatomy in Tetralogy of Fallot 

Leo Bockeria, Osman Makhachev, Margarita Gordeeva, 

Tatiana Filippkina, Marina Panova, Titalav Khiriev 


Russia 

Results Of Atriovetricular Septal Defect Correction 

With Eisenmenger Syndrome. 

Sergey Gorbachevsky, Marianna Belkina, Kamal 

Rahmonov, Anastasia Tkacheva, Alla Gorchakova, 

Ulugbek Mazidov, Yuriy Koltsov 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for cardiovascular Surgery, 

RAMS, Moscow, Russia 

Complete Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot. Single 

Center Experience. 

A.Y. Omelchenko, Y. N. Gorbatykh, Y.S. Sinelnikov, Y.L. 

Naberuhin, V.G. Stenin, T.V. Vatolina, A.A. Porodikov, S.N. 

Prohorov, O.V. Strunin 

Academician E.N.Meshalkin Novosibirsk State Research 

Institute of Circulation Pathology, Ministry of Health and 

Social Development, Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia 


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Factors For Poor Outcomes In Patients With VSD 

Accompanied By Severe Pulmonary Arterial 

Hypertension And High Pulmonary Vascular 

Resistance 

Oleksandr Golovenko1 , William Novick2 , Natalia 

Iashchuk1 , Sergiy Siromakha1 , Artem Klimenko1 , Vadim 

Sakalov1 , Vasyl Lazoryshynets1 1Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, 

Kyiv, Ukraine, 2 Oleksandr Golovenko 

University of Tennessee Health Sciences 

Center, Memphis, TN, USA 

1 , William Novick2 , Natalia 



Kyiv, Ukraine, 2 Oleksandr Golovenko 

University of Tennessee Health Sciences 


1 , William Novick2 , Natalia 



Kyiv, Ukraine, 2University of Tennessee Health Sciences 


Systemic to Pulmonary Shunt Using The Internal 

Thoracic Artery In 2 Patients With Cyanotic 

Congenital Heart Disease. A Case Report 

Joanna Sliwka1 , Jan Borzymowski1 , Roman Przybylski1 , Szymon 

Pawlak1 , Ireneusz Haponiuk3 , Jacek Bialkowski2 , Jan Glowacki4 , 

Marian Zembala1 1Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology of 

the Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Centre for Heart 

Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, 2Clinical Department of Cardiology, 

Congenital Heart Diseases and Electrotherapy, Silesian Center 

for Heart Diseases,, Zabrze, Poland, 3Pediatric Cardiac Surgical 

Ward, Provincial Specialist Hospital, Gdansk, Poland, 4 Joanna Sliwka 

Diagnostic 

Imaging Laboratory, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, 

Poland 

1 , Jan Borzymowski1 , Roman Przybylski1 , Szymon 







Ward, Provincial Specialist Hospital, Gdansk, Poland, 4 Joanna Sliwka 

Diagnostic 

Imaging Laboratory, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, 

Poland 

1 , Jan Borzymowski1 , Roman Przybylski1 , Szymon 







Ward, Provincial Specialist Hospital, Gdansk, Poland, 4Diagnostic Imaging Laboratory, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, 

Poland 

Is the Outcome of Left Ventricular Retraining in 

Transposed Great Arteries Really Satisfied? 

Shoujun Li, Shengshou Hu, Kai Ma, Xiangdong Shen, Jun 

Yan, Zhongdong Hua, Keming Yang 

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Center, 

Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 

Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 

Quality of life (QoL) for patients after TGA arterial 

switch procedure in long-term follow-up: one centre 

study. 

Marek Kopala, Katarzyna Mludzik, Maciej Moll, Jadwiga 

Moll, Piotr Kazmierczak, Jacek Moll 

Polish Mothers Memorial Hospital- RI, Lodz, Poland 

Pulmonary Autograft Dilatation After The Ross 

Operation: A Computational Model Study 

Andrew Wisneski1 ,2 , Peter Matthews1 ,2 , Ali Azadani1 ,2 , 

Sam Chitsaz1 ,2 , Natalie Lui1 ,2 , Kiyoaki Takaba1 ,2 , Liang 

Ge1 ,2 , Elaine Tseng1 ,2 

1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, 

CA, USA, 2 Pulmonary Autograft Dilatation After The Ross 


Andrew Wisneski 

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 

San Francisco, CA, USA 

1 ,2 , Peter Matthews1 ,2 , Ali Azadani1 ,2 , 




CA, USA, 2 Pulmonary Autograft Dilatation After The Ross 


Andrew Wisneski 

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 


1 ,2 , Peter Matthews1 ,2 , Ali Azadani1 ,2 , 




CA, USA, 2San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 


Prenatal Diagnosis And Postnatal Surgery Of 

Immature Intrapericardial Teratoma 

Zeynep Eyileten1 , Deniz Bozdogan1 , Anar Aliyev1 , Fikri 

Demir2 , Cem Karadeniz2 , Acar Koc3 , Ercan Tutar2 , Semra 

Atalay2 , Adnan Uysalel1 1Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of 

Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara, Turkey, 2Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric 

Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey, 3 Zeynep Eyileten 

Ankara University, Faculty of 

Medicine, Depatment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ankara, 

Turkey 

1 , Deniz Bozdogan1 , Anar Aliyev1 , Fikri 




Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey, 3 Zeynep Eyileten 

Ankara University, Faculty of 


Turkey 

1 , Deniz Bozdogan1 , Anar Aliyev1 , Fikri 




Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey, 3Ankara University, Faculty of 


Turkey 


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Risk Factors for Heart Valve Replacement after 

Primary Repair of Congenital Heart Defects 

Vladimir Podzolkov, Aleksey Nosachev, Bakhadir Sabirov, 

Timur Danilov, Igor Chernogrivov, Sergey Zaets 


Russia 

Risk Of Late Aortic Events After Isolated Aortic Valve 

Replacement In Patients With BAV stenosis Versus 

BAV Insufficiency 

Evaldas Girdauskas, Kushtrim Disha, Heinrich 

Raisin, Anna-Maria Secknus, Thomas Kuntze 

Central Clinic Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany 

One And A Half Ventricle Repair For Ebstein 

Anomaly And Failing Right Ventricle 

Edvin Prifti1 ,4 , Arben Baboci1 , Altin Veshti1 ,2 , Massimo Bonacchi3 , 

Vittorio Vanini4 , Elona Dado2 , Albi Fagu1 , Klodian Krakulli1 1Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, universty hospital center of tirana, 

Tirana, Albania, 2Hygeia Hospital, Tirana, Albania, 3Divisione di 

Cardiochirurgia, Policlinico Careggi, Florence, Italy, 4 Edvin Prifti 

Heart of 

Children Foundation, Bergamo, Italy 

1 ,4 , Arben Baboci1 , Altin Veshti1 ,2 , Massimo Bonacchi3 , 



Cardiochirurgia, Policlinico Careggi, Florence, Italy, 4 Edvin Prifti 

Heart of 


1 ,4 , Arben Baboci1 , Altin Veshti1 ,2 , Massimo Bonacchi3 , 



Cardiochirurgia, Policlinico Careggi, Florence, Italy, 4Heart of 


Leriche Lecture 

(Elafiti 3+4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Cardiovascular Surgeon – Return of the Hybrid Prof. M. Zembala, 

Specialty 

Zabrze, Poland 

April 26th 2012, Thursday 


VASCULAR SURGERY 

16:30 – 18:00 V1 Abdominal Aorta (Karaka – Hotel Argosy) 

Moderators: 

A. Ivančić (Croatia), P. Štádler (Czech Republic) 

16:30 – 16:40 Key Note Lecture: Ruptured AAA 

16:45 – 18:00 Abstracts (Karaka – Hotel Argosy) 

Gender Differences In Mechanic Properties Of 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Wall And Intraluminal 

Thrombus 

Tina Cohnert1 , Jinhua Tong 2 , Peter Regitnig3 Gender Differences In Mechanic Properties Of 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Wall And Intraluminal 

Thrombus 

Tina Cohnert , Gerhard 

1 , Jinhua Tong 2 , Peter Regitnig3 , Gerhard 

Holzapfel2 Holzapfel2 M. Marković, Beograd, 

Serbia 

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1Graz Medical University, Dept. of Vascular Surgery, Graz, 

Austria, 2Institute of Biomechanics, Center of Biomedical 

Engineering, Graz, Austria, 3 1Graz Medical University, Dept. of Vascular Surgery, Graz, 

Austria, 

Graz Medical University, Dept. 

of Pathology, Graz, Austria 

2Institute of Biomechanics, Center of Biomedical 

Engineering, Graz, Austria, 3Graz Medical University, Dept. 

of Pathology, Graz, Austria 0192 

A Method For Patient-Specific Assessment Of 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Based On 

Geometric Biomechanics Factors. Clinical Validation 

Test 

Guillermo Vilalta1 1Service Vascular Surgery. Universitary Hospital, Valladolid, 

Spain, 2 A Method For Patient-Specific Assessment Of 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Based On 

Geometric Biomechanics Factors. Clinical Validation 

Test 

Guillermo Vilalta 

Mechanical Engineering Division. University 

Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain 

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1Service Vascular Surgery. Universitary Hospital, Valladolid, 

Spain, 2Mechanical Engineering Division. University 

Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain 0203 


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17:30 – 19:00 

Does The Unfit Patient Exist For Open AAA Repair? 

Bianca Pane, Nikolaos Rousas, Giovanni Spinella, Valerio Gazzola, 

Debora Musio, Silvia Venturino, Maria Cecilia Perfumo, Francesco 

Mongelli, Domenico Palombo 

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of 

Genoa, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital IST, Genoa, Italy 0147 

Open Surgical Treatment For Ruptured Abdominal 

Aortic Aneurysms In Octagenerians 

Marko Dragas1 ,2 , Dusan Kostic1 ,2 , Miroslav Markovic1 ,2 , Dragan 

Opacic1 , Igor Koncar1 ,2 , Nikola Ilic1 ,2 Open Surgical Treatment For Ruptured Abdominal 

Aortic Aneurysms In Octagenerians 

Marko Dragas 

, Lazar Davidovic1 ,2 

1Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 

2Clinical Centre of Serbia, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular 

Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia 

1 ,2 , Dusan Kostic1 ,2 , Miroslav Markovic1 ,2 , Dragan 

Opacic1 , Igor Koncar1 ,2 , Nikola Ilic1 ,2 , Lazar Davidovic1 ,2 

1Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 

2Clinical Centre of Serbia, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular 

Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia 

Early And Late Results For Surgical Mininvasive 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment: Is Hand 

Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery A Failed Experience? 

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Daniele Adami, Raffaella Berchiolli, Gianmarco Leo, Andrea 

Del Corso, Francesca Tomei, Mauro Ferrari 

Azienada Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Toscana, 

Italy 0352 

Treatment of Aorto-Iliac Septic Conditions With 

Arterial Homografts, Autologous Deep Femoral Veins 

And Silver Impregnated Dacron Grafts 

Zoltán Szeberin, Gábor Bíró, Mátyás Fehérvári, Gábor 

Viktor Szabó, Zoltán Oláh, György Acsády, László Entz 

Semmelweis University, Department of Vascular Surgery, 

Budapest, Hungary 0381 

Minimally Invasive Aortic Surgery: Standard of Care. 

Andrija Škopljanac-Mačina, Zvonimir Ante Korda, Igor 

Alfirević, Vlado Juranko 

"Magdalena" - Clinic for cardiovascular diseases, Krapinske 

Toplice, Croatia 0514 

Lessons Learnt From Combined vs. Staged Coronary 

By-Pass And Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Open 

Repair 

Konstantinos Spanos, Vasileios Saleptsis, Nikolaos 

Roussas, Antonios Vouzas, Christos Argyriou, Athanasios 

Giannoukas 

University Hospital of Larisa, Larisa, Greece 0016 

V2 Thoracoabdominal Aorta 

(Galijun – Hotel Argosy) 

Moderators: 

M.Petrunić (Croatia), J. Wolfe (United Kingdom) 

Key Note Lecture: Thoracic Endografts in Aortic 

17:30 – 17:40 

Dissections 

17:45 – 19:00 Abstracts (Galijun – Hotel Argosy) 

Abdominal Aortic Tailoring Procedure In Aortic 

Dissection 

Valery Arakelyan, Vasil Papitashvili, Leo Bokeria 

Department of Vascular Surgery, Bakoulev Scientific Center 

of Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia 


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V. Prochazka, Ostrava, 

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Traumatic Injuries Of Thoracic Aorta: Medium And 

Long-Term Results Of Endovascular Treatment 

Gattuso Roberto1 , Gossetti Bruno1 , Laurito Antonella1 , Martinelli 

Ombretta2 , Venosi Salvatore1 , Malaj Alban1 , Irace Francesco 

Giosue'2 , Bresadola Luciano2 , Irace Luigi2 , Bertoletti Giovanni3 Traumatic Injuries Of Thoracic Aorta: Medium And 

Long-Term Results Of Endovascular Treatment 

Gattuso Roberto 

1vascular Surgery A - Sapienza Univerity, Rome, Italy, 2Surgical Emergency Department - SAPIENZA UNIVERITY, ROME, Italy, 

3UOC Vascular Surgery, LATINA, Italy 

1 , Gossetti Bruno1 , Laurito Antonella1 , Martinelli 

Ombretta2 , Venosi Salvatore1 , Malaj Alban1 , Irace Francesco 

Giosue'2 , Bresadola Luciano2 , Irace Luigi2 , Bertoletti Giovanni3 1vascular Surgery A - Sapienza Univerity, Rome, Italy, 2Surgical Emergency Department - SAPIENZA UNIVERITY, ROME, Italy, 

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Our Initial Expirience In Open Treatment Of 

Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms 

Nikola Ilic 

KVEH KCS, Belgrade, Serbia 0024 

Bare Stenting Of The Descending Aorta In Type A 

Acute Dissection Stabilizes Further False Lumen 

Evolution: Results Of A Comparative Study. 

Audrey Janssens, A. Piccardo, P. Marticho, D. Carmi, A. 

Petit, J.P. Remadi, G. Touati, Thierry Caus 

Amiens-Picardy University Hospital and INSERM ERI12, 

Amiens, France 0171 

Selective Use Of Adjuncts In Descending Thoracic 

And Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair 

Mladen Petrunic1 , Yvonne Loncaric2 , Tomislav Mestrovic1 , 

Zeljko Drvar2 Mladen Petrunic 

1Department of Surgery, Division for Vascular Surgery, 

Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 

2Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Hospital Center 

Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 

1 , Yvonne Loncaric2 , Tomislav Mestrovic1 , 

Zeljko Drvar2 1Department of Surgery, Division for Vascular Surgery, 

Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 

2Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Hospital Center 

Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 0459 

Extra-anatomic bypass for postoperative infectious 

aneurysms of aortic arch and discending thoracic 

aorta 

Valery Arakelyan, Inna Chshieva, Nazim Gamzaev, Vasil 

Papitashvili, Nikita Gidaspov, Leo Bockeria 

Bakoulev Center for cardiovascular surgery, Moscow, 

Russia 

Follow-Up Is Crucially Important After The 

Interventional Repair of Aortic Coarctation : Case 

Report, Review Literature And Suggestions 

Okan Yurdakok1 , Irfan Tasaoglu1 , Bahadir Serhat Genc1 , 

Muharrem Tola3 , Mehmet Ozdemir3 , Tulga Ulus1 , Aysenur 

Pac2 , Mustafa Pac1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek 

İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ankara, Turkey, 

2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek İhtisas 

Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ankara, Turkey, 3 Okan Yurdakok 

Department of 

Radiology, Turkiye Yuksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, 

ankara, Turkey 

1 , Irfan Tasaoglu1 , Bahadir Serhat Genc1 , 

Muharrem Tola3 , Mehmet Ozdemir3 , Tulga Ulus1 , Aysenur 

Pac2 , Mustafa Pac1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek 

İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ankara, Turkey, 

2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek İhtisas 

Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ankara, Turkey, 3Department of 

Radiology, Turkiye Yuksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, 

ankara, Turkey 

Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring With Cold Blood 

Spinoplegia And Multi-Slice Computed Tomography 

Facilitated Thoracic And Thoracoabdominal Aortic 

Surgery In Tevar Era 

Shinya Takahashi, Keijiro Katayama, Taiichi Takasaki, 

Katsuhiko Imai, Naomichi Uchida, Taijiro Sueda 

Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan 


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Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion For Surgical 

Correction Of Congenital Pathology Of The Arch And 

Descending Thoracic Aorta. 

Valeriy Arakelyan, Nikita Gidaspov 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of the 

Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia 

V3 Cerebrovascular Disease 

(Ruda – Hotel President) 

Moderators: 

B.D.Franjić (Croatia), D. Radak (Serbia) 

Key Note Lecture: Predicting Intraoperative 

Neurological Deficiencies during CEA 

Abstracts 

(Ruda – Hotel President) 

Does Gender Influence Restenosis After Carotid 

Artery Stenting? 

Ron Karmeli, Dallit Mannheim, Tal Solomon 

Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel 

Correlation Between Carotid Artery Stump Pressure 

And Neurological Deficit In Carotid Endarterectomy 

Under Local Anaesthesia 

Lidija Erdelez1 , Andrija Skopljanac-Macina0 ,2 , Slaven 

Suknaic1 , Ivan Cvjetko1 Lidija Erdelez 

1Clinical Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia, 2Cardiovascular Clinic Magdalena, Krapinske toplice, Croatia 

1 , Andrija Skopljanac-Macina0 ,2 , Slaven 

Suknaic1 , Ivan Cvjetko1 1Clinical Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia, 2Cardiovascular Clinic Magdalena, Krapinske toplice, Croatia 

Our Experience After 20 Years Of Carotid Surgery 

And 10747 Performed Procedures 

B. D. Franjić, Zagreb, 

Croatia 

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Predrag Matic1 , Slobodan Tanaskovic1 Predrag Matic , Djordje Radak1 ,2 

1IKVB Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia, 2Medicinski Fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia 

1 , Slobodan Tanaskovic1 , Djordje Radak1 ,2 

1IKVB Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia, 2Medicinski Fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia 0199 

Opportunity of Vertebral Arteries Lesions Surgical 

Treatment 

German Sokurenko1 , Alexey Shatravka0 ,2 , Alexey Markov1 , 

Olga Petrova1 , Sergey Suvorov1 , Sergey Yuzvinkevich1 Opportunity of Vertebral Arteries Lesions Surgical 

Treatment 

German Sokurenko 

1City Hospital 26, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2St.Petersburg I.P. 

Pavlov Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia 

1 , Alexey Shatravka0 ,2 , Alexey Markov1 , 

Olga Petrova1 , Sergey Suvorov1 , Sergey Yuzvinkevich1 1City Hospital 26, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2St.Petersburg I.P. 

Pavlov Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia 

Multiple Lesions of Brachiocephalic Arteries: 

Prevalence And Association In Patients Undergoing 

Revascularisation 

Svetlana Tkhor1 , Polina Dombure1 , Helmuts Kidikas2 Svetlana Tkhor 

1Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, 2Institute of 

Diagnostic Radiology, Pauls Stradins Hospital, Riga, Latvia 

1 , Polina Dombure1 , Helmuts Kidikas2 1Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, 2Institute of 

Diagnostic Radiology, Pauls Stradins Hospital, Riga, Latvia 

Surgery In Patients With Carotid Stenosis And 

Controlateral Occlusion Analysis Of Risk Factors 

Related To Neurologic Complication 

Anna Rita Rizzo, Enrico Sbarigia, Laura Capoccia, Danilo 

Menna, Chiara Pranteda, Francesco Speziale 

Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy 


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16:00 – 19:00 

Simultaneous Carotid Surgery And Heart Surgery - 

Benfit or Hi-Risk 

Jiri Molacek1 , Vladislav Treska1 , Jiri Skorpil2 , Bohuslav 

Certik1 , Karel Houdek1 , Richard Sulc1 1University Hospital, Vascular surg.dpt., Pilsen, Czech 

Republic, 2 Jiri Molacek 

University Hospital, Cardiovascular surg.dpt., 

Pilsen, Czech Republic 

1 , Vladislav Treska1 , Jiri Skorpil2 , Bohuslav 

Certik1 , Karel Houdek1 , Richard Sulc1 1University Hospital, Vascular surg.dpt., Pilsen, Czech 

Republic, 2University Hospital, Cardiovascular surg.dpt., 

Pilsen, Czech Republic 

Combined Carotid Endarterectomy And Cardiac 

Surgery 

Theodor Tirilomis, Dieter Zenker, Tomislav Stojanovic, 

Friedrich Schoendube 

University of Goettingen - Dept. for Thoracic, Cardiac, and 

Vascular Surgery, Goettingen, Germany 

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Coronary And Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease: 

Changed Approach To Operative Tactics? 

Kovacevic Pavle, Milosavljevic Aleksandar, Kostovski Sasa, 

Bjeljac Ilija, Komazec Nikola, Susak Stamenko 

Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vojvodina - Sremska 

Kamenica, Serbia 

0454 

Director: 

VASCULAR WORKSHOP 1 

M. Matsagkas, Ionnina, 

(Tajan – Hotel President) 

Greece 

Measuring and Sizing in Planning Endovascular 

Procedures 

THEORETICAL PART (free participation) 

HANDS-ON PRACTICE (pre-registration is required – 

dr.koncar@gmail.com ) 

Number of participants: 10 

THEORETICAL PART 

Moderators: 

P.Kasprzak, Regensburg, 

Germany 

J.Mašković, Split, Croatia 

Secretary: 

I. Končar, Belgrade, Serbia 

16.00 – 16.05 Is It Important For The Treating Physician To Know P. Kasprzak, 

How To Measure An Aneurysm And How To Size And Regensbourg, Germany 

Choose The Adequate Graft? 

16.05 – 16.10 3Mensio. Basic Features And Characteristics Of The M. Matsagkas, Ionnina, 

Program 

Greece 

16.10 – 16.20 Live Demonstration On Measuring And Sizing An I. Končar, Belgrade, 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 

Serbia 

16.20 – 16.30 Live Demonstration On Measuring And Sizing A J. Mašković, Split, 

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm 

HANDS-ON PRACTICE 

Croatia 

16:30 – 18:40 

Each participant will have the chance to measure and size 

an AAA and a TAA case of his preference (easy, moderate, 

difficult) using Trimensio working station, under supervision 

Tutors: 

M. Matsagkas (Greece), P. Kasprzak (Germany), J. 

Mašković (Croatia), I. Končar (Serbia), N. Komighilis 

(Greece) 

18.40 – 19.00 Discussion and presentation by the participants (all 

together) 



19:30 – 20:00 

Cardiovascular Surgeon – Return of the Hybrid 

Specialty 

Prof. M. Zembala, 



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CARDIOLOGY 

Interventional Cardiology Working Group Meeting 

(Elafiti 1 – Hotel Lacroma) 


8:00 – 8:15 CROINTERVENT Opening 

J. Fajadet, EAPCI president 

A. Ernst, president of the Croatian Interventional Cardiology 

working group 

8:15 – 9:45 Session 1 - PCI in ACS 

Moderators: 

M. Strozzi, M. Lesiak, V. Nikolić 

8:15 – 8:25 

NSTEMI: What is Changed in the Treatment 

Strategy 

M. Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

8:25 – 8:40 The Polish ACS Registry M. Lesiak, Poznan, Poland 

8:40 – 8:50 Discussion 

8:50 – 10:00 

Session 2 - LMCA and MVD Disease Treatment 

Debate 

Moderators: 

J. Fajadet, T. Folliguet, G. Sianos 

8:50 – 9:05 

Pro PCI J. Fajadet, Toulouse, 

France 

9:05– 9:20 Pro Surgery T. Folliguet, Paris, France 

Round Table Discussion with Experienced V. Kanić, Maribor, Slovenia 

9:20 – 9:50 

Operators 

G. Sianos, Thesaloniki, 

Greece 

M. Lesiak, Poznan, Poland 

9:50 – 10:00 

Conclusion J. Fajadet, Toulouse, 

France 


10:30 – 11:15 Session 3 – The PCI dilemmas 

Moderators: 

I. Iakovou, P. Seferović, V. Kanić 

10:30 – 10:50 Antiplatelet Therapy Following PCI I. Iakovou, Athens, Greece 

10:50 – 11:05 

“No reflow” Phenomena-Why It Happens and How 

to Solve It 

M. Nikšić, Rijeka, Croatia 


11:15 – 12:30 

Session 4 - New Technologies in Interventional 

Cardiology 

Moderators: 

M. Sabate, W. Wijns, M. Zadura 

11:15 – 11:35 

Resorbable Stents M. Sabate, Barcelona, 

Spain 

11:35 – 11:50 Non-invasive FFR Using Coronary CT W. Wijns, Alst, Belgium 

11:50 – 12:05 

Drug Eluting Balloons M. Zadura, Karlsburg, 

Germany 

12:05 – 12:10 First Croatian experience with DEB M. Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

12:10 – 12:25 Discussion I. Iakovou, Athens, Greece 

12:30 - 13:00 HONOURED LECTURE - Future Horizons with O.H. Frazier, Houston, 

MCS Devices 

Texas, USA 

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH /VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 


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13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH SYMPOSIA 

14:00 – 15:00 Session 5 

Moderators: 

Complex Patients Treatment 

14:00 – 14:15 

J. Šikić, Ž. Plazonić, L. Giunio 

PCI in the Elderly J. Šikić, Zagreb, Croatia 

14:15 – 14:30 

PCI in Patients with Impaired Renal Function V. Tomulić, Rijeka, 

Croatia 

14:30 – 14:40 

Myocardial Revascularization in Diabetic Patients: 

Impact of Volume and Cardiac Surgery Availability 

I. Hadžibegović, 

Slavonski Brod, Croatia 


14:45 – 16:00 Session 6 Complex Lesions Treatment Therapy 

Moderators: 

A. Serra, I. Ungi, E. Margetić 

14:45 – 15:05 PCI Optimalization by Combined OCT/FFR W. Wijns, Alst, Belgium 

15:05 – 15:20 

Dedicated Bifurcation Stents I. Ungi, Szeged, 

Hungary 

15:20 – 15:35 

CTO By The Antegrade Approach : Managing All The A. Serra, Barcelona, 

Aspects 

Spain 

15:35 – 15:50 

How to perform safe and efficient complex PCI 

through the wrist approach 

S. Antov, Skopje, 

Macedonia 


16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK– VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

16:30 – 18:00 

Session 7 New Antiplatelet Therapy (sponsored by 

Astra Zeneca) 

Moderators: 

A. Ernst, D. Miličić, M. Noč 

16:30 – 16:40 

Introduction and Case Presentation M. Strozzi, Zagreb, 

Croatia 

16:40 – 16:55 

The Guidelines D. Miličić, Zagreb, 

Croatia 

16:55 – 17:10 

What Studies Tell Us R. Bernat, Krapinske 

Toplice, Croatia 

17:10 – 17:25 

The Slovenian Experience M. Noč, Ljubljana, 

Slovenia 


17:35 – 17:45 Conclusion A. Ernst, Zagreb, Croatia 

18:00 – 19:00 Session 8 

Moderators: 

The Role of BMS 

18:00 – 18:15 

B. Starčević, H. Stipić, Đ. Prvulović 

Role of "Bare - Metal" Stents in the "Drug-Eluting" 

Stents Era 

18:15 – 18:30 Is There a Place for Treating Complex Bifurcations 

With Bms in The Des Era? 

18:30 – 19:00 Where DES Implantation is Mandatory Despite 

Budget Reduction 



19:30 – 20:00 


Specialty 



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M. Trbušić, Zagreb, 

Croatia 

I. Šesto, Krapinske 


Round Table Discussion 

Prof. M. Zembala, 


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Brano Radovancevic's End-stage Heart Failure Workshop 



8:00 – 8:15 Introduction 

8:15 - 9:30 Heart Failure & Indications for Support 

Chairmen: 

I. Gregoric (USA), B. Medallion (Israel) 

Advanced Heart Failure : Significance and Current 

8:15 - 8:30 

Management 

8:30 - 8:45 Destination Therapy in the New Era of MCS 

I. Gregoric, Houston, USA 

D. Planinc, Zagreb, Croatia 

J. B. O'Connell, Atlanta, USA 

8:45 - 9:00 

J. Parameshwar, Papworth, 

Indications & Timing for Chronic Support: Cardiologist's View 

UK 

9:00 - 9:15 Indications & Timing for Chronic Support: Surgeon's View B. Medallion, Tel Aviv, Israel 

9:15 - 9:30 Mechanical Circulatory Support: Relevance of Pulsatility 

J. Lahpor, Utrecht, 

Netherlands 

9:30 - 9:45 Preimplant Care and Patient Optimization 

E. Gonsalvesova, Bratislava, 

Slovakia 

9:45 - 10:00 Panel Discussion 

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS 

10:30 - 12:20 Implantation and Complications 

Chairmen: 

J. Lahpor (Netherlands), J. Parameshwar (UK) 

10:30 – 10:45 

Anesthesia Anesthesia for for MCS MCS Patients Patients 

A. Alfirevic, Cleveland, Ohio, 

USA 

10:45 – 11:00 

TTE / TEE pre pre & intraop. intraop. 

L. Paluszkiewicz, Bad 

Oeynhausen, Germany 

11:00 – 11:15 

Right Right Heart Heart Failure: Failure: Avoidance Avoidance & Treatment Treatment 

S. Schueler, Newcastle upon 

Tyne, UK 

11:15 – 11:30 Biventricular Biventricular Support Support by by Continuous Continuous Flow Flow Devices Devices E. Potapov, Berlin, Germany 

11:30 – 11:45 

Infections: How to Avoid and How to Treat? Treat? 

A. Zuckermann , Wien, 

Austria 

11:45 – 12:00 

Transfusion Strategies Strategies in MCS Patients 

R. Radovančević, Houston, 

USA 

12:00 – 12:20 Panel Discussion 

12:30 - 13:00 HONOURED LECTURE - Future horizons with MCS O.H. Frazier, Houston, 

Devices 

USA 

13:00 -14:00 LUNCH / LUNCH SYMPOSIA/ VISIT EXHIBITS 

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Symposium – ETHICON 

Olipa – Hotel President 

Lunch Symposium – SHIMADZU 

Tajan – Hotel President 

14:00 – 15:30 Short-Term Support 

Chairmen: 

S. Schueler (UK), A. Zuckermann (Austria) 

14:00 – 14:15 MCS in Acute Heart Failure: Available Options I. Gregoric, Houston, USA 

14:15 – 14:30 ECMO: What is New in 2012 

M. Firstenberg, Columbus, 

USA 

Cemtrimag Device for Short and Mid-Term Support: When, I. Netuka, Prague, Czech 

14:30 – 14:45 How any Why? 

Republic 

14:45 – 15:00 Chronic Implant Therapy vs. Heart Transplant E. McGee, Chicago, USA 


15:30 – 16:00 

16:00 – 17:30 

Complex Complex cases cases - case case discussion 

discussion 

COFFEE BREAK 


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16:00 – 16:15 

Chairmen: 

E.McGee (USA), E. Potapov (Germany) 

Challenges in set up of the integrated ECLS/MCS/HTx 

programme 

B. Biočina, Zagreb, Croatia 

16:15 – 16:30 

Re-establishing The Heart Transplant Programme Following A. Ruchan, Ankara, Turkey 

Successful Implantation of LVAD as a Bridge to Heart 

Transplantation at Ankara University 

16:30 – 16:45 

Heart Failure Recovery After an Acute Non-fulminant 

Myocarditis: A Bridge Too Far? 

D. Barić, Zagreb, Croatia 

16:45 – 17:00 

Challenging Cases in ECMO: Absolute Contraindications 

Are Only Relative 

M. Firstenberg, Columbus, 

USA 


17:15 – 17:30 Closing Remarks 

17:30 – 19:00 

Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Abstracts 


Moderators: 

B. Biočina (Croatia), I. Gregorič (USA) 

Myocarditis - A Key Factor Of Unfavorable Surgical 

Outcomes Of Heart Failure Treatment 

Vladimir Shipulin1 , Vitaly Kazakov1 ,2 , Alexander Lezhnev1 , 

Boris Kozlov1 , Vadim Babokin1 , Ruslan Aimanov1 , Irina 

Suhodolo2 , Sergey Gutor2 , Oksana Ogurkova1 Vladimir Shipulin 

, Anna 

1 , Vitaly Kazakov1 ,2 , Alexander Lezhnev1 , 

Boris Kozlov1 , Vadim Babokin1 , Ruslan Aimanov1 , Irina 

Suhodolo2 , Sergey Gutor2 , Oksana Ogurkova1 , Anna 

Gusakova1 Gusakova1 1 Tomsk Institute of Cardiology, Tomsk, Russia, 2 Siberian 

State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia 

Mechanical Circulatory Support As A Treatment Option 

For End-Stage Heart Failure At The University 

Hospital Center Zagreb 

Bojan Biocina1 , Davor Milicic2 , Visnja Ivancan3 , Hrvoje 

Gasparovic1 , Mate Petricevic1 , Maja Cikes2 , Lucija Svetina1 , 

Sandra Uzun3 , Ivan Burcar1 1University Hospital Center Zagreb; Cardiac Surgery 

Department, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 2University Hospital 

Center Zagreb; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, 

Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 3 Bojan Biocina 

University Hospital Center Zagreb; 

Department of Anesthesiology, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia 

1 , Davor Milicic2 , Visnja Ivancan3 , Hrvoje 

Gasparovic1 , Mate Petricevic1 , Maja Cikes2 , Lucija Svetina1 , 

Sandra Uzun3 , Ivan Burcar1 1University Hospital Center Zagreb; Cardiac Surgery 

Department, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 2University Hospital 

Center Zagreb; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, 

Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 3University Hospital Center Zagreb; 

Department of Anesthesiology, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia 

Less Invasive EpiCardial Ventricular Reconstruction 

(ECVR) for Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 

and Heart Failure 

Andrew Wechlser1 , Jerzy Sadowski2 , Boguslav Kapelak2 , 

Krzysztof Bartus2 , Gintaras Kalinauskas3 , Kestutis 

Rucinskas3 , Robertas Samalavicius3 1Drexel Unviersity College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 

USA, 2Jageillonian University, Krakow, Poland, 3 Andrew Wechlser 

University of 

Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania 

1 , Jerzy Sadowski2 , Boguslav Kapelak2 , 

Krzysztof Bartus2 , Gintaras Kalinauskas3 , Kestutis 

Rucinskas3 , Robertas Samalavicius3 1Drexel Unviersity College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 

USA, 2Jageillonian University, Krakow, Poland, 3University of 

Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania 

Left Ventricle Restoration In End Stage Ischemic 

Dilated Cardiomyopathy 

Jonjev Zivojin, Torbica Vladimir, Rosic Milenko, Mihajlovic 

Bogoljub, Fabri Miklos 




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Bridge To Transplant Using BiVAD Or Total Artificial 

Heart: Is There A Survival Difference? 

Nguyen Anthony, Pozzi Matteo, Mastroianni Ciro, Leprince 

Pascal, Pavie Alain, Leger Philippe, Kirsch Matthias 

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France 

Temporary Right Ventricular (RV) Mechanical 

Circulatory Support As A Treatment Of Refractory 

Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device 

Implantation (LVAD). 

Bartlomiej Zych, Prashant Mohite, Ajay Moza, Mohamed 

Amrani, Toufan Bahrami, Fabio De Robertis, Nicholas 

Banner, Andre Simon 

Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and 

Mechanical Circulatory Support. Harefield Hospital. Royal 

Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust., Harefield. 

Middlesex, UK 

Concomitant Heart Transplantation and 

Replacement Of Ascending Aorta 

Igor Rudež, Mislav Planinc, Davor Barić, Daniel Unić, Robert 

Blažeković, Petra Radolović, Josip Varvodić, Željko Sutlić 

University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia 



19:30 – 20:00 


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Poland 

April 27th 2012, Friday 



8:00 – 10:00 C4 CORONARY SURGERY (Elafiti 4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

M. Zembala (Poland), O. Oto (Turkey), B. Biočina (Croatia) 

8:00 – 8:20 

Are the Guidelines Followed Appropriately? M. Sousa Uva, Lisabon, 

Portugal 

8:20 – 8:40 

Hybrid Revascularisation: Where Do We Stand and for Which 

Patients? 

N. Bonaros, Innsbruck, 

Austria 

8:45 – 10:00 Abstracts 


The Forgotten Conduit – The Distal "In Situ" Inverted Left 

Internal Thoracic Artery To Revascularize The Left Anterior 

Descending Coronary Artery Bed 

0013 

Dusko Nezic1 , Milan Cirkovic1 , Petar Vukovic1 , Sasa Borovic1 , 

Predrag Milojevic1 ,2 , Miomir Jovic1 ,2 

1Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, 2Faculty of 

Medicine, University of Belgrade,, Belgrade, Serbia 


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Definition Of Acetylsalicylic Acid Resistance Using Whole 

Blood Impedance Aggregometry: Impact On Antiplatelet 

Therapy Management After Coronary Artery Surgery 

Mate Petricevic 1 , Bojan Biocina 1 , Sanja Konosic 2 , Davor Milicic 3 , Maja 

Cikes 3 , Visnja Ivancan 2 , Zeljko Colak 2 , Hrvoje Gasparovic 1 

1 Department of Cardiac Surgery; University Hospital Center Zagreb, 

Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 2 Department of Anesthesiology; University 

Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 3 Department of 

Cardiovascular Diseases; University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, 

Croatia, Croatia, 4 University of Zagreb; Medical School; Andrija Stampar 

School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia 

Single aortic clamping strategy reduces the incidence of 

microembolic Doppler signals during coronary artery 

bypass surgery 

Hrvoje Gasparovic, Marko Borojevic, Branko Malojcic, Bojan 

Biocina 

Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 

Lacidipine in Prevention of Ischemia After Arterial 

Myocardial Revascularization 

Aleksandar Knezevic 1 , Zeljko Sutlic 2 , Kristina Brkic 2 , Dubravka Jonjic 2 , 

Vesna Bacic Vrca 3 , Vladimir Trkulja 4 

1 Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Zadar, Zadar, Croatia, 

2 Department of Cardiac and Transplant Surgery, Dubrava University 

Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, 3 Central Hospital Pharmacy, Dubrava University 

Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, 4 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of 

Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia 

Stent-Free Survival Under The Continuous Atorvastatin 

Treatment in Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass 

Grafting 

Aysegul Kunt, Mete Hidiroglu, Levent Cetin, Aslihan Kucuker, 

Erhan Renan Ucaroglu, Kemal Esref Erdogan, Fethi Saglam, 

Abdulkadir Bilgic, Erol Sener 

Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

8:00 – 10:00 C5 Aortic Surgery Abstracts (Bokar – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

M. Thielmann (Germany), I. Rudež (Croatia), E. Lansac, 

Paris, France 

Repair For Acute Type A Aortic Dissection With Mild-To- 

Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest And Selective 

Cerebral Perfusion 

Satoshi Numata, Yasushi Tsutsumi, Osamu Monta, Sachiko 

Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Seo, Ryo Sugita, Shohei Yoshida, Hirokazu 

Ohashi 

Fukui Cardiovascular Center, Fukui, Japan 

Early Diagnosis And Surgical Treatment Of Aortic 

Aneurysm In Marfan Syndrom Patients 

Igor Rudež, Josip Varvodic, Davor Baric, Daniel Unic, Robert 

Blažekovic, Mislav Planinc, Petra Radolovic, Željko Sutlic 

Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia 

Posterior Aortoplasty For Narrow Ostium Of Aorta During 

Aortic Valve Replacement: New Variant Of Operation 

Volodymyr Popov 

National Amosov's Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, 

Kyiv, Ukraine 


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Detection of Aortic Wall Instability With The New 

Dissectometer: Correlation With Histological Findings 

Jaroslav Benedik jr. 1 , Kevin Pilarczyk 1 , Konstantinos Tsagakis 1 , 

Hideo Baba 2 , Jiri Indruch 3 , Jaroslav Benedik 4 , Heinz jakob 1 

1 Department for thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, West 

German Heart Centre Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, 

Germany, 2 Department for pathology, University hospital Essen, 

Essen, Germany, 3 Oprox a.s., Brno, Czech Republic, 4 Aortix a.s., 

Brno, Czech Republic 

The Valsalva Graft Vs Standard Cylindrical Valved Conduit 

In The Bentall Operation: Long-Term Results 

Paolo Nardi, Antonio Pellegrino, Laura Ragni, Valentina 

Gislao, Jacob Zeitani, Antonio Scafuri, Carlo Bassano, 

Luigi Chiariello 

Cardiac Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, 

Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy 

Chronic Type B Dissection. How and when Cardiac 

Surgery should intervene 

Álvaro Larnjeira Santos, Daniela Varela-Afonso, Luis Rodrigues, 

Hugo Marques, José Fragata 

Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal 

Aortic Valve Remodeling Sparing Some Valsalva Sinuses 

With Separate Patches Technique In Aortic Root 

Aneurysms - With Good Long Term Results 

Miroslaw Bitner 1 , Ryszard Jaszewski 1 , Slawomir Jander 1 , Andrzej 

Walczak 1 , Marek Maciejewski 2 

1 Medical University of Lodz, University Hospital - Central 

Veterans' Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Department, Lodz, Poland, 

2 Medical University of Lodz, University Hospital - Central 

Veterans' Hospital, Cardiology Department, Lodz, Poland 

Aneurysm sinus of Valsalva: over 20 years experience in 

Uzbekistan 

Hakimjon Abrolov, Amonjon Alimov, Umidjon Murodov, Miraziz 

Mirsaidov 

Republican Specialized Center of Surgery named after 

academician V. Vakhidov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 

Innominate Trunk Proximal Repositioning In Acute Aortic 

Dissection 

Giuseppe Rescigno 1 , Francesco Massi 1 , Sacha Matteucci 1 , 

Emanuele Gatta 2 , Luciano Carbonari 2 , Sante Bucari 1 , Franco 

Allegrezza 3 , Lucia Torracca 1 

1 Cardiac Surgery Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, 

Ancona, Italy, 2 Vascular Surgery Department, Ospedali Riuniti di 

Ancona, Ancona, Italy, 3 Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology 

Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy 

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK-VISIT EXHIBITION & POSTERS 

0029 

0078 

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0344 

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0502 

10:30 – 12:30 C6 ISMICS / ESCVS (Elafiti 4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

B. Geršak (Slovenia), P. Suwalski (Poland), M. Levinson (USA) 

10:30 – 10:50 Balancing Success And Risks Of Cathteter Ablation For R. Bernat, Krapinske 

Paroxysmal Vs Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 


10:50 – 11:10 Totally Thoracoscopic Extended Epicardial Ablation Using Atricure N. Doll, Stuttgart, 

System 

Germany 

11:10 – 11:30 Two-stage Hybrid Approach for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation G. Bisleri, Brescia, Italy 


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11:30 – 11:50 One-stage Hybrid Approach for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation M. Zembala Jr , Zabrze, 

11:50 – 12:10 Challenges in the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, 

Guidelines and Modern Follow- Up 


Poland 

B.Geršak, Ljubljana, 

Slovenia 

10:30 – 12:30 C7 Cardiac Research - Stem Cells and Tissue 

Engineering (Elafiti 3 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

T. Folliguet (France), T. Ulus (Turkey), 

10:30 – 10:45 Environmental Regulation of Valvulogenesis: Implications for C. Bouten, Eindhoven, 

Tissue Engineering 

The Netherlands 

10:45 – 11:00 Vascular Regeneration: Which Stem Cell Fits Better? P. Madeddu, Bristol, UK 

11:00 – 11:15 CorMatrix Bioscaffold for Cardiac Tissue Repair M. Gerdisch, 

11:30 – 12:30 Abstracts (Elafiti 3 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Peroperative Intramyocardial Implantation Of Autologus 

Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells During Coronary Artery 

By Pass Grafting Surgery - Initial Observations And 

Expirience 

Zoran Trifunovic, Radoje Ilic, Slobodan Obradovic, Balint Bela 

Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia 

Mutations In Vkorc1 And Cyp2c9 Cause Warfarin 

Resistance 

Emre Boysan 1 , Kerem Yay 2 , Erdem Cetin 2 

1 Bayindir Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, 2 seyrantepe Hospital, 

Diyarbakir, Turkey 

Accurate Design Of Randomized Placebo-Controlled 

Clinical Trials For Evaluation Of Stem Cell Effects On 

Myocardial Regeneration 

Tea Kakuchaya, Leo Bockeria, Elena Golukhova, Marina 

Eremeeva, Nikolai Chigogidze, Iraklii Aslanidi, Irina 

Shurupova, Andrei Svobodov 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, 


The Protective Effect Of Preconditioning And Postconditioning In 

Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: An Experimental Study 

Athanasios Madesis 1 , Maria-Eleni Manthou 2 , Charilaos- 

Panagiotis Koutsogiannidis 1 , Olga Ananiadou 1 , Elpida-Niki 

Emmanouil-Nikolousi 2 , Christos Papakonstantinou 3 

1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “G.Papanikolaou” 

General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2 Laboratory of Histology- 

Embryology and Anthropology, Aristotle University Medical 

School, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 Department of Cardiothoracic 

Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece 

13:00 - 13:30 HONOURED LECTURE – VASCULAR 

13:30 - 15:00 LUNCH SYMPOSIA 

Lunch Symposium – NOVARTIS 

Ruda – Hotel President 

Lunch Symposium – SORIN 

Karaka – Hotel Argosy 

Lunch Symposium – MEDTRONIC 1 (ENABLE) 

Elafiti 3 – Hotel Lacroma 


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Lunch Symposium – MEDTRONIC 2 (EVAR/TEVAR) 


Lunch Symposium – CORMATRIX 

Asimon – Hotel Lacroma 


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April 27 th 2012, Friday 

15:00 – 18:30 C8 Valvular Disease 1 MITRAL VALVE (Elafiti 4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

D. Barić (Croatia), F. Maisano (Italy) 

15:00 – 15:15 Key note lecture: 

Proposed Criteria For Patient Selection For Transcatheter 

Mitral Valve Repair 

F. Maisano, Milan, Italy 

15:15 – 15:30 A New and Simple Technique for Eliminating Residual M . L e v i n s o n , 

Leaks During Mitralannuloplasty 

Hutchinson, USA 

15:45 – 18:30 Mitral Valve Abstracts 


Long-Term Results Of Surgical Treatment Of Acquired 

Mitral Valve Disease With Left Ventricle Systolic 

Dysfunction 

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Dmitry Shmatov, Yuriy Gross, Vasiliy Balakhonov, Andrey 

Marchenko, Dmitry Gorbunov, Valeriy Sakovich, Dmitry 

Buyankov, Elena Shulga 

Federal Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Krasnoyarsk, 

Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia 

Treatment Of Moderate Chronic Ischemic Mitral 

Regurgitation: Controversy Or Not 

Emilija Nestorovic 1 , Natasa Milic 2 , Ivan Stojanovic 3 , Milan Petrovic 4 , Miljko 

Ristic 1 

1 Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, 

2 Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Belgrade University 

School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia, 3 Institute for Cardiovascular 

Diseases “Dedinje”, Belgrade, Serbia, 4 Clinic for Cardiology, Clinical 

Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia 

The Mitral Valve Prolapse Correction Using Pre-Measured 

Gore-Tex Loops 

Ivan Scopin, Irma Tsiskaridze, Pavel Kakhktsian, Tigran Asatryan, 

Grigoriy Danilov, Inga Farulova, Darya Murisova 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, RAMS, 

Moscow, Russia 

Impact Of Correction Of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation On 

Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling 

Maja Mirocevic1 , Aleksandar Nikolic1 ,2 , Miodrag Radunovic1 ,2 , Ana 

Popovic1 , Aleksandar Mugosa1 ,2 , Aleksandar Radovic1 , Sergej Radovic 

1Clinical centre of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2School of 

medicine University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro, 3School of 

medicine University Goce Delcev, Stip, Macedonia 

Randomized Trial Comparing The Use of Carpentier's Ring 

with Posterior Segment Annuloplasty Using a C-Shaped 

Ring of Teflon felt for Mitral Valve Repair in Rheumatic 

Population 

Chander Mohan Mittal 1 , A Sampath Kumar 2 

1 BLK Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India, 2 Pushpanjali 

Crosslays Hospital, Delhi-NCR, India 

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery For Poor Left 

Ventricular Ejection Fraction - Experience in 177 Patients 

Jens Garbade, Joerg Seeburger, Philipp Kiefer, Bettina 

Pfannmüller, Piroze Davierwala, Martin Misfeld, Michael Borger, 

Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr 

Heart Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, 

Germany 


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Determinants Of Clinical And Functional Outcome After 

Undersized Annuloplasty Or Valve Replacement For 

Ischaemic Mitral Regurgitation 

Marco Pocar1 ,2 , Davide Passolunghi2 , Alessandra Di Mauro2 , 

Andrea Moneta2 , Alda Bregasi1 ,2 , Alberto Clerici1 ,2 , Francesco 

Donatelli1 ,2 

1Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2Scientific Institute 

MultiMedica Hospital, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy 

Mitral Regurgitation And Aortic Pathology In The Elderly 

Ignacio Moriones 

Hospital De Navarra, Pamplona/Navarra, Spain 

Papillary Muscle Approximation And Mitral Annuloplasty Is 

More Effective To Prevent Recurrence Of Mitral 

Regurgitation 

Aureliu Batrinac, Vitalie Moscalu, Vladislav Morozan, Andrei 

Ureche, Gheorghe Manolache, Serghei Voitov, Nelea Ghicavii, 

Iurie Guzgan 

Republican Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Department, Chisinau, 

Republic of Moldova 

Intraoperative Renewal Of Sinus Rhythm In Mitral Valve 

Replacement 

Volodymyr Popov, Olena Trembovetskaya, Alina Topchii, Vlada 

Popova, Gennady Knyshov 

National Amosov's Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyiv, 

Ukraine 

Parachute Technique And Folding: A Standardized 

Approach For Barlow Mitral Valve Disease Correction 

Konstantinos Zannis, Thierry Folliguet,Arrigo Lessana 


Mitral Valve Replacement Through Right Lateral 

Thoracotomy By Onpump Beating Heart Technique In 

Patients With Functioning Coronary Graft Conduits 

Kerem Yay, Ferit Çiçekçioğlu, M.Emir Erol, Alaa Hijazi, Veysel 

Başar, Emre Boysan, Ufuk Tütün, S.Fehmi Katircioğlu 

Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

C9 Young Surgeon Prize (Asimon – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

Ž. Sutlić (Croatia), M. Zembala (Poland), S. Schueler (UK) 

A New Self-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve For 

Transapical Implantation: Initial Experimental Results of 

the Acurate TATM valve.¸ 

Susanne Pasa1 , Daniel Wendt1 , Philipp Kahlert2 , Stéphane Delaloye3 , 

Rolf-Alexander Jánosi2 , Nicolas Borenstein4 , Luc Behr4 , Thomas 

Konorza2 , Raimund Erbel2 , Heinz Jakob1 , Matthias Thielmann1 1Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart Center 

Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, Germany, 2Department of 

Cardiology, West-German Heart Center Essen, University of Essen- 

Duisburg, Essen, Germany, 3Symetis SA, Research & Development, 

Ecublens, Switzerland, 4IMM Recherche Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 

Paris, France 

A Comparative Analysis Results Of Surgical Treatment 

Atrial Fibrillation Methods Mini Maze And Maze IV 

Dmitry Shmatov, Andrey Marchenko, Dmitry Gorbunov, Yuri 

Gross, Vasiliy Balakhonov, Mikhail Verkhoturov, Dmitry Buyankov, 

Valeriy Sakovich 

Federal Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Krasnoyarsk, 

Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia 


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Calcium Volume Measured by Micro-Computed 

Tomography Can Precisely Detect Aortic Stenosis Severity 

Sam Chitsaz1 ,2 , Charlie Blackshear1 ,2 , Nebiyu Tegegn 1 ,2 , Andrew 

Wisneski1 ,2 , Ali Azadani1 ,2 , Liang Ge1 ,2 , Michael Hope1 ,2 , Elaine 

Tseng 

1 ,2 

1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, 

2San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA 

Long-Term Results Of Aortic Valve Sparing Tyrone David 

Procedure. Single Center Experience. 

Andreas Paramythiotis 1 , Vito Giovanni Ruggieri 1 , Majid 

Harmouche 1 , Neza Roudmane 1 , Christian Felix 2 , Thierry 

Langanay 1 , Herve Corbineau 1 , Alain Leguerrier 1 , Jean Philippe 

Verhoye 1 

Bleeding Risk Assessment Using Whole Blood 

Impedance Aggregometry In Patients Following Coronary 

Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Study 

Mate Petricevic 1 , Bojan Biocina 1 , Davor Milicic 2 , Sanja Konosic 3 , Visnja 

Ivancan 3 , Jure Samardzic 2 , Milan Milosevic 4 , Hrvoje Gasparovic 1 

1 University Hospital Center Zagreb; Cardiac Surgery Department, Zagreb, 

Croatia, Croatia, 2 University Hospital Center Zagreb; Department of 

Cardiovascular Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 3 University Hospital 

Center Zagreb; Department of Anesthesiology, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 

4 University of Zagreb, Medical School, Andrija Stampar School of Public 

Health, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia 

Ventricular Septal Rupture As A Complication Of Acute 

Myocardial Infarction – Clinical Characterystics And Our 

Treatment Experience 

Marko Cubrilo, Ilija Bilbija, Nemanja Aleksic, Bojan Nikolic, Milica 

Terzic, Vladimir Jovicic, Milos Velinovic, Mile Vranes 

Influence Of Beating Heart Revasularization On Heart Rate 

Turbulence Parameters 

Jus Ksela1 , Jurij Matija Kalisnik1 , Viktor Avbelj2 , Janez Zibert3 , 

Borut Gersak1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center 

Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2Department of Communications and 

Computer Networks, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3Faculty of Health Science, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

The Stormy Debate Over TAVI: Cost–Effectiveness 

Analysis in a European Perspective 

Herbert Quinz, Frank Oertel, Michael Beyer 

Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany 

Safety and Efficiency of Percutaneous Dilational 

Tracheostomy with Direct Bronchoscopic Guidance for 

Thoracic Transplant Recipients 

Kevin Pilarczyk, Jens Heckmann, Kathrin Lyskawa, Guenter 

Marggraf, Markus Kamler, Heinz Jakob, Nikolaus Pizanis 

West German Heart Center Essen, Essen, Germany 

16:30 – 17:00 

COFFEE BREAK-VISIT EXHIBITION & POSTERS 

17:00 – 18:30 C10 Valvular Disease 2 AORTIC VALVE (Asimon – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

O. Oto (Turkey), B. Geršak (Slovenia), H. Gašparović (Croatia) 


Aortic Valve Repair: A Step by Step Approach Using an E. Lansac, Paris, 

Aortic Ring 

France 

17:15 – 17:30 Preservation Techniques, Transport and Preparation for R. Jashari, Brussels, 

Implementation of Human Tissues 

Belgium 

17:30 – 17:45 New Development in Aortic Valves: Do They Have a Future? T. Folliguet, Paris, 

France 

17:45 – 18:00 Integrated Organ Transplantation Andcardiovascular Tissue B. Biočina, Zagreb, 

Banking Program- Regional Perspective 

Croatia 


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18:00 – 18:30 AV Abstracts (Elafiti 4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Comparison Of Clinical And Echocardiographic Results Of 

Implantation Small Size New Biological Sutureless, 

Stentless And Mechanical Valve Prostheses In Patients 

With Severe Stenosis And Narrow Aortic Annulus 

Tomasz Niklewski, Krzysztof Filipiak, Roman Przybylski, Szymon 

Pawlak, Michal Zembala, Marian Zembala 


Mini invasive Sutureless Perceval aortic valve 

replacement. Multicenter study results 

Thierry Folliguet1 1 

1 Institut Mutualiste Montsouris,, Paris,, France, 2 Medizinsche 

Hochschule, Hannover, Germany 

April 27TH 2012, Friday 


8:00 – 10:00 

CARDIO-VASCULAR ANESTHESIA AND 

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 

(Karaka – Hotel Argosy) 

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0037 

8:00 – 8:15 

Moderators: 

A. Alfirević (USA), N. Nikić (Croatia) 

TEE During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation - a 

Valuable Tool? 

J. Ender, Leipzig, Germany 

8:15 – 8:30 Reasons For Conversion To General Anesthesia In Patients R. Sinđelić, Belgrade, 

Undergoing Carotid Surgery Under Cervical Plexus Block Serbia 

8:30 – 8:45 Usefullness of Intraoperative 3D TEE A. Alfirević, Cleveland, USA 

8:45 – 9:00 Cerebral Oximetry - Established and Emerging 

Concepts 

9:00 – 10:00 Abstracts 

Low Molecular Weight Heparin For The Prevention Of 

Venous Thromboembolism After Varicose Vein 

Surgery In Moderate Risk Patients: A Randomised 

Controlled Trial. 

Enrique M. San Norberto, Borja Merino, James Taylor, 

Inmaculada Vizcaíno, Carlos Vaquero 

Valladolid University Hospital, Valladolid, Spain 

Heparin during open AAA Surgery: "devil in disguise"? 

Arno Wiersema1 , Boy Bruijninckx2 , Michel Reijnen3 , Jan 

Albert Vos4 , Otto van Delden5 , Clark Zeebregts6 , Frans Moll7 1Westfriesgasthuis, Hoorn, The Netherlands, 2Equipe Zorgbedrijven, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 4St. Antonius Hospital, 

Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, 5AMC, Amsterdam, The 

Netherlands, 6UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands, 7 Heparin during open AAA Surgery: "devil in disguise"? 

Arno Wiersema 

UMCU, 

Utrecht, The Netherlands 

1 , Boy Bruijninckx2 , Michel Reijnen3 , Jan 

Albert Vos4 , Otto van Delden5 , Clark Zeebregts6 , Frans Moll7 1Westfriesgasthuis, Hoorn, The Netherlands, 2Equipe Zorgbedrijven, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 4St. Antonius Hospital, 

Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, 5AMC, Amsterdam, The 

Netherlands, 6UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands, 7UMCU, Utrecht, The Netherlands 

Hemodynamic Stability Of Patients Undergoing Tea 

For Bilateral Carotid Obstruction 

Zrinka Safaric Oremus, Ivana Tudoric Deno, Nada 

Nikic 

University hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia 


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E.M. Heringlake, Lübeck, 

Germany 

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Surgical And Ecography Considerations In Complex 

Mitral Valve Repair 

Vitalie Moscalu, Aureliu Batrinac, Gheorghe 

Manolache, Nelea Ghicavii, Iurie Guzgan, Vitalie V. 

Moscalu 

Republican Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Department, 

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 

Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation 

(TAVI) - an early experience 

Sergej Radovic1 ,2 , Natasa Rakocevic1 , Ljiljana Bobic1 , 

Sinisa Drekalovic1 , Marija Krnjevic1 , Dusan Matkovic1 , 

Aleksandar Nikolic1 ,2 , Ana Popovic1 , Maja Mirocevic1 1Center for cardiac surgery,Clinical Center of 

Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2 Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation 

(TAVI) - an early experience 

Sergej Radovic 

University of 

Montenegro, School of Medicine, Podgorica, 

Montenegro 

1 ,2 , Natasa Rakocevic1 , Ljiljana Bobic1 , 

Sinisa Drekalovic1 , Marija Krnjevic1 , Dusan Matkovic1 , 

Aleksandar Nikolic1 ,2 , Ana Popovic1 , Maja Mirocevic1 1Center for cardiac surgery,Clinical Center of 

Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2University of 

Montenegro, School of Medicine, Podgorica, 

Montenegro 

Cardioprotection with sevoflurane usage 

Ino Husedzinovic, Nikola Bradic 

University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia 

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK- VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

10:30 – 11:30 Abstracts (Karaka – Hotel Argosy) 

Levosimendan in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting On 

A Beating Heart 

Ino Husedzinovic, Nikola Bradic 


Anesthetic Considerations for the Transcatheter Aortic 

Valve Implantation 

Nikola Bradic, Ino Husedzinovic, Zeljko Sutlic, Daniel 

Unic, Mislav Planinc, Nada Nikic 


Can Echocardiography Measurement Predict Severity 

Of Structural Changes In The Ascending Aorta In 

Patients With Degenerative Aortic Stenosis? 

Sasa Borovic1 , Milica Labudovic Borovic2 , Sinisa Gradinac1 , 

Predrag Milojevic1 , Miodrag Peric1 , Vera Todorovic3 Can Echocardiography Measurement Predict Severity 

Of Structural Changes In The Ascending Aorta In 

Patients With Degenerative Aortic Stenosis? 

Sasa Borovic 

, Bosko 

1 , Milica Labudovic Borovic2 , Sinisa Gradinac1 , 

Predrag Milojevic1 , Miodrag Peric1 , Vera Todorovic3 , Bosko 

Djukanovic1 Djukanovic1 1Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, 

2Institute of Histology and Embryology Faculty of Medicine 

University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 3 1Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, 

2Institute of Histology and Embryology Faculty of Medicine 

University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Faculty of 

Stomatology in Pancevo University Business Academy, Novi 

Sad, Serbia 

3Faculty of 

Stomatology in Pancevo University Business Academy, Novi 

Sad, Serbia 

Management of a Patient with an Acute Stanford A 

Dissection with TEE guided transapical cannulation 

Zrinka Safaric Oremus, Nada Nikic, Marina Desnica 


Risk Factors Of Unsuccessful Restrictive Annuloplasty 

For Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation-Medium 

Term Results With Echocardiographic Follow-Up. 

Dariusz Puszczewicz, Jerzy Pacholewicz, Roman 

Przybylski, Szymon Pawlak, Jacek Wojarski, Marian 

Zembala 

Silesian Center For Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland 


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Application Of Noninvasive Respiratory Support For 

Prevention Of Pulmonary Complications After Cardiac 

Surgery 

Leo Bockeria, Elena Golukhova, Asel Medressova, 

Mikhail Luckashkin, Konstantin Shumkov 

Bakoulev Cardiovascular Scientific Center, Moscow, 

Russia 


17:00 – 18:30 

CARDIO-VASCULAR RESIDENT FORUM 

(Karaka – Hotel Argosy) 

0435 

17:00 – 17:10 

Moderators: 

D. Palombo (Italy), D. Luu (France), I. Končar (Serbia) 

What Operations an Ordinary Cardiac Surgeon Should M. Zembala, Zabrze, 

Perform? 

Poland 

17:10 – 17:20 Surgery of Thoracoabdominal Aorta – Advice of the Expert C. Dzsinich, Budapest, 

Hungary 

17:20 – 17:30 Educational Curriculum for Cardiac Surgery, Are We Close 

to a Unique One? 

M. Planinc, Zagreb, Croatia 

17:30 – 17:40 Educational Curriculum for Vascular Surgery, Are We Close S. Suknaić, Zagreb, Croatia 

to a Unique One? 

17:40 – 17:50 Will I Need to Know How to Perform Conventional 

Procedures in 15 Years? 

R. Lazarev, Moscow, Russia 

17:50 – 18:00 Endovascular Training in Eastern European Countries vs. K. Houdek, Pilsen, Czech 

Open Surgical Training in Western Countries 

Republic 

18:00 – 18:10 Presentation of the platform of the Junior committee D. Luu, Paris, France 


April 27 TH 2012, Friday 


8:00 – 10:00 

(12’ + 3’) 

8:00 – 8:15 

8:15 – 8:30 

8:30 – 8:45 

8:45 – 9:00 

9:00 – 9:15 

9:15 – 9:30 

9:30 – 9:45 


VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM I: 

Aortic Surgery (Elafiti 3 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

L. Davidović (Serbia), J. Brunkwall (Germany) 

Robotic Surgery of the Abdominal Aorta P. Štádler, Prague, Czech 

Republic 

AAA Open Repair Through Mini Laparotomy T. Klokočovnik, Ljubljana, 

Slovenia 

Ruptured AAA-Open or Endovascular Repair F. Spinelli, Misina, Italy 

EVAR from Iliac Point of View P.Kasprzak, Regensburg, 

Germany 

Vascular Graft Infections in Aorto-iliac Area V. Treska, Pilsen, Czech 

Republic 

Prevention of Type II Endoleaks By Coils and Fibrin Glue F. Grego, Padova, Italy 

Embolization of The Aneurysmatic Sac. 

Indications for Late Secondary Interventions Following D. Böckler, Heidelberg, 

EVAR 

Germany 

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK- VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

10:30 – 12:30 

V4 - Peripheral Art Occlusive Diseases 

(Bokar – Hotel Lacroma) 


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Moderators: 

K. Čandrlić (Croatia), W. Kucznik (Poland) 

10:30 – 10:40 Key note lecture: Actual Tools for Limb Salvage in 

Diabetic Patient 

10:45 – 12:30 Abstracts 


Need For New Reporting Standards For Endovascular 

Treatment Of Claudication 

Maciej Dryjski, Mollie O'Brien-Irr, Hasan H Dosluoglu 

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA 

Popliteal Artery Injuries: Analysis Of Factors 

Influencing Surgical Outcome 

G. Marcucci, Rome, Italy 

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Andrea Siani 1 , Federico Accrocca 1 , Roberto Gabrielli 1 , Luigi 

Irace 2 , Ombretta Martinelli 2 , Bruno Gossetti 2 , Giustino 

Marcucci 1 

1 San Paolo Hospital Unit of vascular and endovascular 

surgery, Civitavecchia, Rome, Italy, 2 Policlinico Umberto I° 

Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy 0058 

Results of Femoro Distal By-Passes With 

Biosynthetics Prosthesis (omniflow II) and/0r pta 

+stent in Femoropopliteal Lesions Cotratment With 

Iloprost In Patients With Critical Chronic Ischemia Of 

Inferior Limbs (CLI). 

Oreste Sassi, Eliodoro Scudieri, Salvatore Pecoraro, 

Evangelos Nitadorakis, Angelo Matarazzo 

Second University of Naples School of Vascular Surgery, 

Naples, Italy 0274 

Use of Cryopreserved Human Umbilical Vein For 

Revascularization In Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia. 

Laura Nicolai, Edoardo Galeazzi, Stefano Doro, Massimo 

Corato, Letizia Turini, Daniele Masotti, Lorenzo Ganassin 

U.O. di Chiruria Vascolare-Ospedale Regionale 

"Ca'Foncello", TReviso, Italy 0461 

Amputations in Diabetic Patients : a critical 

overview hendrik van damme m.d. ; ph.d.university 

hospital sart tilman , liège - belgium 

Hendrik Van Damme 

University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium 0250 

Recontructive Procedures in Acute Critical Lower 

Limb Ishemia 

Vladimir Manojlović, Vladan Popović, Janko Pasternak, 

Đorđe Milošević, Miloš Kaćanski, Dragan Nikolić, Svetolik 

Avramov 

(1) Departement of Vascular Surgery, Novi Sad, Serbia 0606 

Results Of "Hybrid" Therapy In Treatment Of Critical 

Limb Ischemia At Multilevel Lesions Of Limb Arteries 

Vyacheslav Yanushko, Turliuk Dmitriy, Isachkin Dmitriy, 

Ladygin Pavel 

Republican Scientific Practical centre "Cardiology”, Minsk, 

Belarus 0244 

Hybrid Vascular Procedures For Peripheral Arterial 

Occlusive Disease - A Single Center Experience 

0563 

Marko Ajduk1, Tomislav Salamon1, Predrag Pavic1, Boris 

Brkljacic2, Josip Curic2, Mirko Sarlija1 

1Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, 

Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, 2Department 

of Radiology, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia 


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10:30 – 12:30 

Etiology of the peripheral arterial disease changes the 

efficacy of cilostazol 

Hayati DENIZ, Yavuz ARSLANOGLU, Gokhan GOKASLAN, 

Ozerdem OZCALISKAN, Cem ATIK, Alptekin YASIM, Hasim 

USTUNSOY 

Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of 

Cardiovascular Surgery, Gaziantep, Turkey 0629 

V5 - EVAR 


Moderators: 

I. Lovričević (Croatia) 

10:30 – 10:40 Key note lecture: What is the Best Option for AAA? 

H. Schumacher, Zürich, 

Switzerland 

10:45 – 12:30 Abstracts 


Suprarenal Graft Fixation In Endovascular Abdominal 

Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Evar) Associates With A 

Decrease In Renal Function At Twelve Months 

Athanasios Saratzis1 ,3, Pantelis Sarafidis2, Trifonas 

Papettas1, Nikolaos Melas3, George Kitas4 

1Coventry University Hospital, Department of Vascular 

Surgery, Coventry, UK, 2King's College University Medical 

School, Department of Renal Medicine, London, UK, 

3Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of General 

and Vascular Surgery, Thessaloniki 

Endovascular Repair Of Para-Anastomotic 

Aneurysms With Standard Devices: Analysis Of 

Feasibility And Results 

Yamume Tshomba 

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1 , Daniele Mascia1 , Andrea Kahlberg1 , 

Enrico Maria Marone1 , Luca Bertoglio1 , Roberto Chiesa2 1Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Italy, 2Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Università Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy, 

Italy 

Midterm Results Of Endovascular Abdominal Aortic 

Aneurysm Repair Outside Of Instructions For Use 

(IFU) 

Kosuke Ujihira, Kiyofumi Morishita, Toshio Baba, Toshifumi 

Saga, Tsuyoshi Shibata, Toru Mawatari 

Hakodate municipal hospital, Hakodate city, Hokkaido, 

Japan 

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Fenestrated Stentgraft in Treatment of Short-Neck 

AAA 

Jacek Szmidt 1 , Tomasz Jakimowicz 1 , Bohdan Solonynko 1 , 

Lukasz Romanowski 1 , Piotr Kasprzak 2 

1 Medical University of Warsaw, Department of General, 

Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Warsaw, Poland, 

2 University of Regensburg, Vascular and Endovascular 

Surgery, Regensburg, Germany 

Lesson Learned From Evar Treatment On Over 360 

Cases In A Single Centre Study 

Mario Manno, Varroni Alessandro, Misuraca Mariella, 

Bertoletti Giovanni 

Vascular surgery Departement S.M. Goretti Hospital, Latina, 

Lazio, Italy 

Evar: Minimal Complications with Infrarenal Fixation. 

Fen Years Results 

Marco Signorelli 

Istituto Clinico Sant'ambrogio, Milan, Italy 


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Iliac artery aneurysms: a new classification aimed to 

assist endovascular repair and an update on 

endovascular repair options 

Nikolaos Melas 2 , Athanasios Saratzis 1 ,2 , Dimitrios Kiskinis 2 

1 Coventry University Hospital, Department of Vascular 

Surgery, Coventry, UK, 2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 

Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Thessaloniki, 

Greece 

Changes in Treatment Strategies For Ruptured 

Abdominal Aneurysms: Impact On Morbidity And 

Mortality 

Jan-Willem Elshof, Patrick Vriens, Jan Heyligers 

St.Elisabeth hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands 

10:30 – 12:30 VASCULAR WORKSHOP 2: 


Endovenous Treatment of Varicose Veins 

(pre-registration is required – mirko.menegolo@unipd.it ) 

10:30 – 11:00 Introduction lectures 

Director: 

A. Giannoukas, Larissa, 

Greece 

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Moderators: 

M. Šarlija, Zagreb, Croatia 

Secretary: 

M. Menegolo, Padova, Italy 

Mechanisms and Technique of Endovenous Surgery K. Ćandrlić, Croatia 

(endothermal ablation -RF, Laser; Sclerotherapy 

Technical Aspects of Laser and RF Ablation: Tips and P. Kovačić, Slovenia 

Tricks 

A Critical Review Of The Effectiveness Of Thermal P. Dragić, Serbia 

Ablation And Sclerotherapy As Compared To 

Conventional Surgery 

11:00 -12:30 Hands-on-training 

Five workstations equipped with models for RFA and 

laser 

Moderators: __ Flor (Austria),),P. Kovačić (Slovenia), 

P. Dragić (Serbia) 



15:00 – 16:30 







Lunch Symposium – MEDTRONIC 2 (EVAR/ 

TEVAR) 




V6 Endovascular procedures 


Moderators: 

A. Škopljanac (Croatia), C. Setacci (Italy) 


Hybrid Revascularization Procedures involving the 

Common Femoral Artery in CLI Patients 

15:15 – 16:30 Abstracts 



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Greece 

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15:00 – 16:30 

Effect of Training With VR Simulation Of 

Endovascular Procedures In Individuals Without 

Previous Experience 

Manuel Miralles 

hospital universitari i politècnic la fe. univ of valencia, 

valencia/valencia, spain 0554 

Endovascular treatment versus bypass surgery in cli 

patients with below-the-knee lesions: retrospective 

analysis 

Ilya Uckin 1 , Alexey Zudin 2 , Nikolay Talov 2 , Artursepukh 

Bagdasaryan 1 , Anna Hmyrova 2 

1 I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 

Moscow, Russia, 2 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 

Moscow, Russia 0513 

Endovascular treatment of iliac arteries total 

occlusions. Early and mid-term results 

Miltiadis Matsagkas 1 , Michael Peroulis 1 , Nektario Papa 1 , 

Stavros Avgos 1 , Dimitrios Godevenos 2 , John Papacostas 1 , 

Eleni Arnaoutoglou 3 , George Papadopoulos 3 

1 Vascular Surgery Unit, Medical School, University of 

Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 2 Department of Surgery, 

Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 

3 Department of Anesthesiology, Medical School, University 

of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece 

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Endovascular Treatment of Popliteal Artery 

Aneurysms: Tips And Tricks Of 10 Years Experience 

Mirko Menegolo, Michele Antonello, Michele Piazza, Paolo 

Frigatti, Franco Grego 

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of 

Cardiac,Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of 

Padua, Padua, Italy 

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Is the surgical above-knee bypass still the gold 

standard in treatment of superficial femoral artery 

disease? Experiences with viabahn stent graft 

A Fawad Jebran, Aron F Popov, Dieter Zenker, Theodor 

Tirilomis, Christian Bireta, Fritz A Schoendube, Tomislav 

Stojanovic 

University Hospital Goettingen, Department of 

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Goettingen, 

Niedersachsen, Germany 0364 

Angioplasty And Stenting For Superficial Femoral 

Artery Occlusion. 

Mikhail Chernaysvkiy 

Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, 

Russia 0061 

Treatment Options For Visceral Artery Aneurysms: 

Ten Years' Experience 

Daniela Mazzaccaro1 ,3 , Giovanni Nano2 ,3 , Michele Carmo1 , 

Giovanni Malacrida2 , Raffaello Dallatana1 , Silvia Stegher2 , Maria 

Teresa Occhiuto2 , Alberto Maria Settembrini1 ,3 , Piergiorgio 

Settembrini 

1 ,3 

1 Division of Vascular Surgery, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, 

Italy, 2 Ist Division of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San 

Donato, San Donato Milanese, MIlan, Italy, 3 University of Milan, 

Milan, Italy 

V7 Young Surgeon Prize 


Moderators: 

M. Šarlija (Croatia), V. Treska (Czech Republic), D. 

Palombo (Italy) 


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Post Evar Endoleak - Natural History And 

Management 

Maheswaran Pitchaimuthu, Amit Savjani, Muthu Krishna 

Lingam, Peter Bungay 

Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, 

Derbyshire, UK 

Mid-term results of (s)imultaneous (h)ybrid 

rev(a)scularization by ca(r)otid stenting and coronary 

artery by(p)ass grafting (sharp) protocol 

Paolo Nardi, Guglielmo Saitto, Antonella D'Annolfo, 

Benedetto Del Forno, Francesco Versaci, Luigi Chiariello 


Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy 

In Vivo Application Of Tissue-Engineered Blood 

Vessels Of Bacterial Cellulose As Small Arterial 

Substitutes: Proof Of Concept 

Maximilian Scherner 1 , Stefanie Reutter 1 , Klemm Dieter 2 , 

Sterner-Kock Anja 1 , Madershahian Navid 1 , Slottosch Ingo 1 , 

Wahlers Thorsten 1 , Wippermann Jens 1 

1 University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 

2 University of Jena, Jena, Germany 

Surgical Treatment of tos (thoracic outlet syndrome) - 

is it safe? Retrospective analysis of 29 patients 

(2000-2012) 

Karel Houdek, Jiri Molacek, Vladislav Treska 

University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Pilsen, Czech 

Republic 

The influence of Contralateral Carotid Occlusion On 

The Outcome Of Carotid Endarterectomy And 

Stenting. 

Rodolfo Pini, Gianluca Faggioli, Raffaella Mauro, Mauro 

Gargiulo, Antonio Freyrie, Andrea Stella 

Vascular Surgery - Bologna University, Bologna, Italy 

8-Year Results Of A Low-Dose Thrombolysis Protocol 

In Peripheral Arterial Occlusions On A General 

Surgical Ward 

H.P. Ebben, J.H. Nederhoed, R.J. Lely, M.R. Meijerink, B.B. 

van der Meijs, W. Wisselink, K.K. Yeung, A.W.J. 

Hoksbergen 

VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Triple-Barrel Graft As A Novel Strategy To Preserve 

Supra-Aortic Branches During The Treatment Of 

Aortic Arch Pathologies 

Robert Shahverdyan, Michael Gawenda, Jan Brunkwall 

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of 

Cologne, Cologne, Germany 

A Feasibility Study Of In-Vivo Measurements Of Flow 

Quantities Within Abdominal Aortic Aneurisms Using 

Ultrasound Scan-Piv (Uspiv) Technique 

Nikolaos Rousas 1 , Giovanni Spinella 1 , Alessandro Stocchino 2 , 

Bianca Pane 1 , Federica Persi 1 , Marta Mari 1 , Maria Cecilia 

Perfumo 1 , Domenico Palombo 1 

1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of 

Genova, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital - IST, Research 

Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Vascular Biology, Genoa, 

Italy, 2 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural 

Engineering, Genoa, Italy 


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Duplex Scanning In Planning For Infrainguinal 

Revascularization Procedures: Accuracy Of Decision 

Making 

Ahmed ELbadawy, Bahgat Thabet, Mostafa Elsharkawy, 

Mostafa Saad 

Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt 

A cross sectional survey of aneurysmal arteriovenous 

fistulae in haemodialysis patients m. Gallagher, G. 

Griffiths, N. Nagy 

Maeve Gallagher 

University of Dundee, Scotland, UK 

Fibrinolysis in Patients With An Abdominal Aortic 

Aneurysm Undergoing Endovascular And Open 

Repair 

Monika Pfanhauser 2 , Maria Kotschy 1 , Wojciech Witkiewicz 

2 , Ryszard Grendziak 2 , Norbert Zapotoczny 2 , Joanna 

Dubis 1 , Natalia Zuk 1 , Daniel Kotschy 3 

1 Research & Development Centre, Regional Specialized 

Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland, 

2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Regional Specialized 

Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland, 

3 Department of Angiology, Regional Specialized Hospital in 

Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland 

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17:00 – 18:30 E – POSTER 1 


Moderators: 

I. Cvijetko (Croatia), N. Ilić (Serbia) 

The Contralateral Extremity Has Also Benefit From 

The Locally Administered Bone Marrow-Derived 

Mononuclear Cells And Cord Blood Serum In Diabetic 

Ischemic Wound Healing 

Ahmet Tulga Ulus 1 , Ferda Alparslan Pinarli 2 , Devrim 

Sonmez 3 , Ahmet Yesilyurt 2 , Tuncay Delibasi 2 

1 Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, 

Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara, Turkey, 

2 Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, 

Cell Research Unit, Ankara, Turkey, 3 Department of 

Pathology, 29 Mayıs Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 0034 

Accuracy of cerebral oximetry in predicting of the 

protection of the brain in carotid endarterectomy 

Vladimir Starodubtsev, Andrey Karpenko, Elena Levicheva, 

Mikhail Cherniavsky, Oksana Kamenskaya, Aleksandr 

Edemskiy, Rossi Kuzhuget 

Novosibirsk research institute of circulation pathology 

named by Meshalkin,, Novosibirsk, Russia 

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the ulnar 

artery in patient with radiocephalic fistula complicated 

by hand ischemia 

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Andrea Siani, Federico Accrocca, Roberto Gabrielli, Roberto 

Antonelli, Alessandro Giordano, Giustino Marcucci 

S.Paolo Hospital Unit of Vascular and Endovascular 

Surgery, Civitavecchia, Rome, Italy 0059 

Endovenous laser treatment of lower limbs varicose 

veins at patients with wide ostial segment of the great 

saphenous veins 

Vladimir Starodubtsev, Mikhail Lukyanenko, Mikhail 

Cherniavsky, David Sergeevichev, Andrey Karpenko 


named by Meshalkin,, Novosibirsk, Russia 0062 


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The use of laser technology to eliminate pathological 

horizontal veno-venous shunts in chronic venous 

insufficiency 




named by Meshalkin, Novosibirsk, Russia 0091 

Phases of Endovenous Laser Obliteration 





The role of cerebral oxygenation in the evaluation of 

collateral reserve of the brain during carotid 

endarterectomy 

Andrei Karpenko, Vladimir Starodubtsev, Elena Levicheva, 

Michail Cherniavsky, Pavel Ignatenko, Rossi Kuzhuget 



Vertebral artery injury during reposition and fixation of 

fractured C4 vertebra successfully treated with 

endovascular approach 

Tihomir Banic 1 , Morana Mimica 1 , Ivan Cvjetko 2 , Nenad Somun 1 , 

Vide Bilic 1 , Vinko Vidjak 3 , Tomislav Kokic 4 , Zvonko Kejla 1 

1 Department for spine surgery, University Hospital for Traumatology, 

Clinical Hospital Center "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia, 

2 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Merkur, 

Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, 3 Department of Interventional 

Radiology, University Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, 

Croatia, 4 Division of traumatology and bone and joint surgery, 

Department of surgery, University Hospital Center "Zagreb", 

Zagreb, Croatia 

0251 

Endovascular embolization of a symptomatic 

muscular arteriovenous malformation with glubran 2 

acrylic glue. 

Enrique M. San Norberto, José A. Brizuela, Álvaro Revilla, 

Carlos Vaquero 

Valladolid University Hospital, Valladolid, Spain 0267 

Our surgical experience in pseudoaneurysms of 

arteriovenous fistulae 

Barcin Ozcem 1 , Orhan Gokalp 2 , Ismail Yurekli 1 , Serdar 

Bayrak 1 , Mehmet Bademci 1 , Ufuk Yetkin 1 , Levent Yilik 1 , 

Nilgun Alp 1 , Gokcen Koker 1 , Ali Gurbuz 2 

1 Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Department 

of Cardiovascular Surgery, TURKEY, Izmir, Turkey, 2 Izmir 

Katip Celebi University, Med. Fac., Dept. of CVS, TURKEY, 

Izmir, Turkey 0330 

Single center eighteen-years history of open carotid 

endarterectomy. A comparison between surgical 

results and carotid stenting studies. 

Petr Sedivy 

Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic 

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Early Failure Of Arteriovenous Fistula For 

Hemodialysis 

Janko Pasternak, Vladan Popovic, Jovan Pfau, Miloš 

Kaćanski, Vladimir Manojlović, Dragan Nikolić 

Clinical center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia 

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17:00 – 18:30 

Surgical Management Of Extracranial Carotid Artery 

Aneurysms 

Vladan Popovic, Janko Pasternak, Dragan Nikolic, Milos 

Kacanski, Vladimir Manojlovic, Milošević Djordje, Vladimir 

Markovic, Aleksandar Vasiljev 

Clinical center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia 

Early Results Of Treatment Of Recurrent Carotid 

Stenosis 

Vladimir Manojlović 1 , Vladan Popović 1 , Janko Pasternak 1 , 

Dragan Nikolić 1 , Đorđe Milošević 1 , Viktor Till 2 

1 departement of vascular surgery, novi sad, Serbia, 

2 departement of radiology, novi sad, Serbia 

Endovenous Thermal Ablation Of Superficial Venous 

Reflux Of The Lower Extremities Using Diode Laser 

1470 Nm And Radial Fiber: Single-Center Experience 

With 2000 Legs Treated In A 4-Year Period 

Petar Dragić, Jelica Malešev 

Kardio Centar, Belgrade, Serbia 

Compartment syndroma in vascular trauma of lower 

and upper extremities 

Aleksandar Tomic, Uroš Zoranović, Miroljub Drašković, 

Zoran Bjelanović, Ivan Marjanović, Ivan Leković, Momir 

Šarac 

Clinic for Vascular and endovascular surgery, Military 

Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia 

Initial Results Of The Alkannin And Shikonin Effect In 

Chronic Vein Leg Ulcers Through Planimetry Data 

And Relevant Mathematical Models. 

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Marianna Theodorakopoulou 1 , Andreas Manios 1 , Christos 

Ioannou 1 , Eelco De Bree 1 , Vassilis Papageorgiou 2 , Ioannis 

Melissas 1 

1 Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, 

Greece, 2 Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, 

Thessaloniki, Greece 0602 

The Retrospective Study Of Surgical Treatment In 

Carotid Artery Disease In KBC Split 

Vedran Radonic, Ratomir Opacak, Dragan Baric, Teo Boric, 

Ivan Ribicic, Veridijana Sunjic Roguljic, Duje Orsulic 

university hospital Split, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia 0387 

Thromboexclusion of the complete aorta in the 

treatment of chronic type B aneurysm 

Kovacevic Pavle, Nikolic Dragan, Komazec Nikola, Velicki 

Lazar, Bjeljac Ilija, Milosavljevic Aleksandar 


Kamenica, Serbia 0443 

Carotid-carotid bypass as an option in the treatment 

of infected pseudoaneurysm after carotid 

endarterectomy 

Kovacevic Pavle, Velicki Lazar, Milosavljevic Aleksandar, 

Komazec Nikola, Nikolic Dragan, Bjeljac Ilija 


Kamenica, Serbia 0450 

E – Poster 2 


Moderators: 

B.D. Franjić (Croatia), M.Marković (Serbia) 


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Anemia Is Associated With Mortality Following 

Endovascular Repair Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR) 

Athanasios Saratzis 1 ,2 , Nikolaos Melas 2 , Trifonas Papettas 2 , 

Nikolaos Saratzis 2 , Hannah Dixon 1 , Dimitrios Kiskinis 2 , 

George Kitas 3 

1 Coventy University Hospital, Coventry, UK, 2 Department of 

General and Vascular Surgery, Papageorgiou General 

Hospital,, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 Research Epidemiology 

Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 0003 

Outcome Prediction Scores in Endovascular Repair of 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 

Hannah Dixon 1 , Athanasios Saratzis 1 ,2 , Nikolaos Melas 2 , 

Trifonas Papettas 1 , Dimitrios Kiskinis 2 , George Kitas 3 

1 Coventry University Hospital, Department of Vascular 

Surgery, Coventry, UK, 2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 

Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Thessaloniki, 

Greece, 3 University of Manchester, Research and 

Epidemiology Unit, Manchester, UK 0005 

Limb Arterial Trauma in Albania 

Arben Zenelaj 1 , Dritan Cobani 1 , Valbona Zenelaj 1 , Albana 

Shahini 3 , Mihal Kerci 1 

1 Central Military University Hospital Laprake, Tirana, 

Albania, 2 National Trauma Centre, Tirana, Albania, 

3 Orthodox Medical Centre, Tirana, Albania 0022 

Open Surgery Treatment Of An Aorto-Esophageal Fistula 

After Thoracic Aorta Endografting 

Mirko Menegolo, Riccardo Campo Dall'Orto, Michele 

Antonello, Carlo Maturi, Alessandra Ferrari, Franco Grego 

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of 

Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of 

Padua, Padua, Italy 0162 

An Unusual Aortic Stent Graft Complication. Outlining a 

Possibility For The Treatment Of An Infected Stent Graft. 

Jan-Willem Elshof, M.E.E. van Kasteren, J.M.M. Heyligers, 

P.W.H.E. Vriens 

St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands 0281 

Treatment of the Abdominal Aortic Graft Infections In 

Europe: Is The Reconstruction With Deep Vein Of The Legs 

(Nais) The Best But Underused Procedure? 

Simone Carulli, Roberto Mezzetti 

Policlinico San Marco di Zingonia, Osio Sotto, Bergamo, 

Italy 0362 

TAER – Total Aortic Endovascular Repair For Complicated 

Type B Dissection The Full-Metal-Jacket Of Endo-Aortic 

Repair 

Hugo Rodrigues, João Albuquerque e Castro, Carlos 

Amaral, Luis Mota Capitão 

Hospital de Santa Marta, CHLC, Lisbon, Portugal 0409 

Ex Vivo Repair Of An Intraparenchimal Renal Artery 

Aneurysm 

Elena Molon, Mirko Menegolo, Irene Morelli, Michele 

Antonello, Franco Grego 

Padua University, Padua, Veneto, Italy 0426 

Endovascular Reconstruction of AAA in Patients With 

Malignancy, Strategy And Tactics -Our Four Year 

Experience 

Ivan Marjanovic, Momir Sarac, Aleksandar Tomic, Sinisa 

Rusovic, Jovana Obradovic 

Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia 0474 


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Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Involving Abdominal Aorta 

And Caval Bifurcation: Case Report 

Mirko Menegolo, Elena Molon, Michele Piazza, Irene 

Morelli, Franco Grego, Michele Antonello 

Padua University, Padua, Veneto, Italy 0478 

Reoperation After Surgical Treatment Of Aortic Coarctation 

Valery Arakelyan, Nazim Gamzaev, Leo Bockeria 

Department of Vascular Surgery, Bakoulev Scientific Center 

of Cardivascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia 0520 

Carotid Artery Stenting Followed By An Coronary Artery 

Bypass Graft - Hybrid Procedure. 

Jacek Piatek 1 , Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk 1 , Pawel 

Rudzinski 1 , Piotr Pieniazek 2 , Piotr Musialek 2 , Karolina 

Dzierwa 2 , Jerzy Sadowski 1 

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and 

Transplantology, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland, 

2 Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, John Paul 

II Hospital, Krakow, Poland 0569 

“Back table” surgery in organ transplantation 

Aleksandar Tomić 1 , Zoran Bjelanović 1 , Novak Milović 2 , Ivan 

Leković 1 , Nebojša Stanković 3 , Darko Mirković 3 , Ivan 

Marjanović 1 

1 Clinic for Vascular and endovascular surgery, Military 

Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia, 2 Urology Clinic, Military 

Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia, 3 Clinic for General 

surgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia 0577 

TAVI SESSION 



Moderators: M. Thielmann (Germany), T. Folliguet 

(France), R. Bernat (Croatia) 

8:00 – 8:20 Concepion of TAVI H. Andersen, Aarhus, 

Denmark 

8:20 – 8:40 Current & Future Indications M. Thielmann, Essen, 

Germany 

My Experience with… 

8:40 – 9:00 TF-TAVI A. Segev, Tel-Hashomer, 

Israel 

9:00 – 9:20 TA-TAVI D. Wendt, Essen, Germany 

9:20 – 9:40 TAo-TAVI V. Bapat, London, UK 

9:40 – 10:00 TS-TAVI F. Maisano, Milan, Italy 


10:30 – 10:50 What is Evident so Far? An Overview of Recent Trials & 

Registries 

M. Laskar, Paris, France 

10:50 – 11:10 New Devices & Future Concepts H. Treede, Hamburg, 

Germany 

11:10 – 11:30 Valve-in-Valve, Valve-in-Ring, Double Valve & Beyond V. Bapat, London, UK 

11:30 – 11:50 What do I need to Start a Successful TAVI Program? J. Kempfert, Bad Nauheim, 

Germany 

11:50 – 12:10 TAVI in Emerging Countries: A View From Croatia 

Ž. Sutlić, Zagreb, Croatia 


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Lunch Symposium – MEDTRONIC 2 (EVAR/ 

TEVAR) 




15:00 – 16:00 Session 9 Non Coronary Interventions 

Moderator: S. Kar, B. Reimers, M. Vidovich 

15:00 – 15:15 Mitral Insuff. Percutanous Treatment 

15:15 – 15:35 Peripheral Interventions for Cardiologist 

S. Kar, Los Angeles, USA 

B. Reimers, Mirano, Italy 

15:35 – 15:50 Renal Artery Ablation A. Jain, London, UK 

15:50 – 16:05 Percutaneous Cardiac Assist Device – Impella 

M. Vidovich, , Chicago, USA 

16:05 – 16:20 Patent foramen Ovale – Indications for Transcatheter 

Closure 

16:20 -16:30 Discussion 

N. Čače, Rijeka, Croatia 

16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS 

17:00 – 17:45 Session 10 DES 

Moderators: A. Kastrati, K. Štambuk, B. Škorić 

17:00 – 17:15 Are All DES Equal A. Kastrati, Munich, Germany 

Germany 

17:15 – 17:30 Restenosis after DES K. Štambuk, Krapinske 



17:45 – 18:45 Session 11 PCI in STEMI 

17:45 – 18:00 

Moderators: Z. Babić, M. Ostojić, R. Steiner 

Croatian primary PCI network –trends between 2005 and 

2012 

18:00 – 18:15 Management of Coronary Thrombus 

Z. Babić, Zagreb, Croatia 

M. Noč, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

18:15 – 18:30 BMS or DES in STEMI: Current Knowledge: What Are 

RCTs and Registries Teaching Us? 

M. Ostojić, Belgrade, Serbia 

18:30 – 18:45 Primary PCI in Late-Comers T. Šipić, Krapinske Toplice, 

Croatia 



FELLOW COURSE 

(Olipa – Hotel President) 


Moderators: H. Pintarić, I. Iakovou, I. Ungi 


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8:00 - 8:20 The Lesion Analysis H. Pintarić, Zagreb, Croatia 

8:20 - 8:40 Radiation and Contrast Risk Management K. Štambuk, Krapinske Toplice, 

Croatia 

8:40 – 9:00 Stent Selection J. Bulum, Zagreb, Croatia 

9:00 – 9:20 The Lesion Assessment with FFR I. Ungi, Szeged, Hungary 

9:20 – 9:40 OCT Imaging I. Iakovou, Athens, Greece 

9:40 -10:00 Q&A 

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK – VISIT EXHIBTION AND POSTERS 

Moderators: R. Bernat, W. Wijns, G. Sianos 

10:30 – 10:50 Risk Assessment in PCI Patients R. Bernat, Krapinske Toplice, 

Croatia 

10:50 - 11:10 The Approach to Stable Patients W. Wijns, Alst, Belgium 

11:10 – 11:30 PCI and the LMCA Disease J. Fajadet, Toulouse, France 

11:30 – 11:50 

11:50 – 12:10 When to Perform a CTO PCI G. Sianos, Thesaloniki, Greece 

12:10 – 12:30 Approach to Diabetic Patient B. Starčević, Zagreb, Croatia 

12:30 – 12:45 Q&A 



13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBTION AND POSTERS 

Moderators: A. Ernst, J. Fajadet, M. Noč 

14:30 – 14:50 Do We Need to Aspirate in All STEMI Patients? A. Serra, Barcelona, Spain 

14:50 – 15:10 High Risk Patients with STEMI M. Noč, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

15:10 – 15:30 Complications in the Cath Lab A. Ernst, Zagreb, Croatia 

15:30 – 15:50 Percutenous Valve Implantation J. Fajadet, Toulouse, France 

15:50 – 16:10 PCI in Bifurcation Lesions M. Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

16:10 – 16:30 Q&A 

16:30 – 17:00 

COFFEE BREAK– VISIT EXHIBTION AND POSTERS 

17:00 – 18:45 TRANSRADIAL INTERVENTION WORKSHOP organized 

by University of Illinois 

M. Vidovich, Chicago, USA 

18:45 – 19:00 Closing Remarks M. Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

Nurses 



LECTURES I – PLENARY SESSION 

Moderators: 

J. Daskijević, D. Šmalcelj 

08:00-08:20 Percutaneous Closure Of Atrial Septal Defect- 

Indications, Procedure And Reevaluation 

R. Bernat, Krapinske 


08:20-08:40 Complex Procedures – Prevent And Manage 

Complications, Nurse's Role 

J. Hunter, Scotland 

08:40-09.00 Left Ventricular Mechanical Support D.Barić, Zagreb, Croatia 

09:00-09:20 Medical care of the AMI patient – Nursing Aspect J. Hunter, Scotland 


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09:20-09:40 New Trends in Interventional Cardiology M.Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

09:40-10:00 Longterm Mechanical Circulatory Support B. Skorić, Zagreb, Croatia 


LECTURES II 

Moderators: 

M. Grubišić, V. Berković 

10:30 -10:45 ECMO in Cardiac Surgery Patients – Nurse's Role V. Berković, M. Stanec, 


10:45 -11:00 Heart Transplantation M. Grubišić, Zagreb, Croatia 

11:00 -11:15 Quality of Life After Heart Transplantation K. Dodig, Zagreb, Croatia 

11:15 -11:30 Admission, Diagnosis and Preparation of a Patient for S. Ruvidić, Belgrade, Serbia 

Surgical Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic 

Aneurysm 

11:30 -11:45 Role of Scrub Nurse in Surgical Treatment of M. Dorner, S. Prebiračević, 

Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm 

N. Milić, Belgrade, Serbia 

11:45 -12:00 Postoperative Monitoring and Care For a Patient After M. Banović, D. Kovačević, 

Surgery of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Belgrade, Serbia 

12:20 – 12.30 Discussion 

LECTURES III 

Moderators: 

M.Matoš, I. Ferjačić 

14:00-14:20 Complications in Cath Lab A. Ernst, Zagreb, Croatia 

14:20-14:40 Transcateter Aortic Valve Implantation D. Unić, Zagreb, Croatia 

14:40-14:55 Complications of PCI – A Case Report D. Šmalcelj, Zagreb, 

Croatia 

14:55-15:10 Management of Patients With PCI Complication in a J. Daskijević, Zagreb, 

Centre Without Cardiac Surgery 

Croatia 

15:10-15:25 PCI for Carotid Artery, Nurse's Role M. Matoš, Zagreb, Croatia 

15:25-15:40 Nurse's Competency in Hybrid Operating Theatre B. Šego, I. Šarić, K. Radić, 


15:40-15:55 Acute Coronary Syndrome in Athletes A. Miljas, B. Mihatović, 

Dubrovnik, Croatia 

15:55-16:10 Discussion 


15:00 – 18:30 WET LAB 1 

15:00 – 18:30 SORIN (Divona 1+2 – Hotel Lacroma) 

15:00 – 18:30 TERUMO (Karaka – Hotel Agrosy) 

PERFUSION 



Tel: TIME 00 385 1 4881 106 Fax: 00 385 1 4812 277 SESSION LECTURER 

8:00 Mail: – 9:00 escvs2012@escvs2012.org www.escvs2012.org Registration 

9:00 – 9:15 CROSECT MEETING OPENING CEREMONY 

Prof. dr. sc. Željko Sutlić, ESCVS President of the 

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15:00 – 18:30 WET LAB 1 

15:00 – 18:30 SORIN (Divona 1+2 – Hotel Lacroma) 

15:00 – 18:30 TERUMO (Galijun – Hotel Argosy) 

April 28 th 2012, Saturday 



9:00 – 11:00 C11 Aortic Valve Abstracts 


Moderators: 

S. Milojević (Serbia), S. Khogali (UK) 

Long-Term Outcome In Patients Underwent David 

Procedure By Using Valsalva-Design Graft 

Dmitry Sirota, Alexander Chernyavskiy, Sergey Alsov, 

Dmitry Khvan, Evgeny Kliver, Maxim Lyashenko 

Research Institute of circulation pathology, Novosibirsk, 

Russia 

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement - 

Improving patient Safety and Satisfaction. 

Krzysztof Filipiak, Jacek Wojarski, Michal Zembala, Szymon 

Pawlak, Roman Przybylski, Marian Zembala 


Aortic Valve Repair – 2 years Experience with 

External Aortic Ring Coroneo 

Jaroslav Hlubocký, Katerina Jiratova, Katerina Plocova, 

Zuzana Hlubocka, Jaroslav Lindner 

General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic 

9:00 – 11:00 C12 Coronary Surgery Abstracts 

(Asimon - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

I. Rudež (Croatia), M. Sousa Uva (Portugal) 

Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Immediate 

and long term results of an early experience 

Thierry Folliguet, Fabrice Larrazet, Jean Bachet, Alain Dibie, 

Francois Philippe, Michel Slama, Francois Laborde 


The impact of TMR as an adjunct to CABG on 

outcomes of operations in patients with advanced 

CAD. Ten-year follow-up of a prospective randomized 

trial 

ILia Berishvili 




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Early Clinical Results after Coronary Artery Surgery in 

Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction 

Ashraf Abdallah 1 , Ashraf El-Sebaie 2 , Ahmad Dokhan 3 , Tarek 

El-Sayegh 2 

1 Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 

Germany, 2 Faculty of Medicine 

Clinical and Tomographic Assessment Of Sequential 

Aorto-Coronary Bypass Graft Patency In Groups Of 

Patients Matched For Demographic Data And The 

Type Of Aorto-Coronary Bypass Procedure 

Joanna Sliwka, Roman Przybylski, Jan Glowacki, Adam 

Nagajewski, Karol Miszalski-Jamka, Jan Borzymowski, 

Marian Zembala 

Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology 

of the Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Centre for 

Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland 

CABG in the course of treatment of myocardial bridge 

in left anterior descending artery (analysis of the 

results of coronary bypass angiography) 

Leo Bockeria1 , Sergey Sukhanov0 ,2 , Ekaterina Orekhova0 ,2 , 

Mesrop Shatakhyan0 ,2 , Dmitry Korotaev0 ,2 

1Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS, Moscow, Russia, 2Perm Heart 

Institute – The Branch of the Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS, 

Perm, Russia 

Definition Of Acetylsalicylic Acid Resistance 

Using Whole Blood Impedance Aggregometry: Impact 

On Antiplatelet Therapy Management After Coronary 

Artery Surgery 

Mate Petricevic 1 , Bojan Biocina 1 , Sanja Konosic 2 , Davor Milicic 3 , 

Maja Cikes 3 , Visnja Ivancan 2 , Zeljko Colak 2 , Hrvoje Gasparovic 1 

1 Department of Cardiac Surgery; University Hospital Center Zagreb, 

Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 2 Department of Anesthesiology; University 

Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 3 Department of 

Cardiovascular Diseases; University Hospital Center Zagreb, 

Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, 4 University of Zagreb; Medical School; 

Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia 

Preoperative detection of coronary artery disease in 

valve surgery: is MDCTA a vialbe option? 

Siniša Birovljev, Želimir Antonić, Milorad Borzanović 

Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje", Belgrade, 

Serbia 

Predictors of New Requirement of Renal 

Replacement Therapy Post Coronary Artery Bypass 

Surgery: A Propensity Analysis of Complication and 

Early Outcome 

BASSEL AL-ALAO1 ,2, Haralabos Parissis1 ,2, Michael 

Tolan1, Eilis McGovern1, Vincent Young1 

1St.James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 2Royal Victoria 

Hospital, Belfast, UK 

Statins Reduce Inflammatory Response And Improve 

Hemodynamics In Patients With Impaired Cardiac 

Function Undergoing Coronary Surgery 

Petar Vukovic, Miodrag Peric, Predrag Milojevic, Vera 

Maravic-Stojkovic, Dusko Nezic, Vera Tesic, Bosko 

Djukanovic 

Cardiovascular Institute Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia 


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9:00 – 11:00 C13 Miscellaneous Abstracts 

(Elafiti 2 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

D. Luu (France), M. Fabri (Serbia) 

Eliminating Racial Disparities in Cardiac Surgery 

Robert Dunton 

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 

Four Cases of Surgical Intervention for Severe 

Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in Isolated Pulmonary 

Takayasu Arteritis 

Kan Kaneko, Motomi Ando, Yasushi Takagi, Takashi 

Watanabe, Michiko Ishida, Kiyotoshi Akita, Hiroshi Kondo, 

Tishiro Higuchi, Yuusuke Sakurai, Kentarou Amano 

Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan 

Surgical Treatment Of Infective Endocarditis 

Igor Rudez, Josip Varvodic, Daniel Unic, Davor Baric, 

Robert Blazekovic, Petra Radolovic, Zeljko Sutlic 

Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia 

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a ten-year 

experience of surgical treatment 

Leo Bockeria, Marina Berseneva, Dmitry Malenkov 


Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow, Russia 

Atrial Septostomy As A Long Bridge To Lung 

Transplantation In Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary 

Arterial Hypertension. 

Sergey Gorbachevsky, Marianna Belkina, Manolis 

Pursanov, Anastasia Tkacheva, Alexandr Kosenko, Marina 

Vladimirskaya, Yuriy Koltsov, Natalia Savina, Bagrat 

Alekyan 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for cardiovascular Surgery, 


Comparison Of Accuracy Between Euroscore I And Ii 

In Prognostic Predictive Value For Early Mortality After 

Cardiac Surgery 

Elena Arnaiz Garcia, Jose María González-Santos, Javier 

López-Rodríguez, María José Dalmau Sorlí, María Bueno 

Codoñer 

University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain 

The Use Of Tranexamic Acid Reduces Postoperative 

Blood Loss After Cardiac Surgery 

Zeljko Bradic 1 , Vladimir Tutus 1 , Radmila Karan 1 , Mile 

Vranes 1 ,2 , Dejan Markovic 1 ,2 , Milica Terzic 1 , Natasa 

Kovacevic-Kostic 1 

1 Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, 2 School of 

Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia 

Predictors of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications 

In Patients After Heart Surgery 

Elena Golukhova, Leo Bockeria, Vadim Merzlyakov, 

Konstantin Shumkov, Asel Medressova 

Bakoulev Cardiovascular Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia 

The Antiplatelet Therapy In Patients Undergoing Off- 

Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 

Elena Golukhova, Vadim Merzlyakov, Konstantin Shumkov, 

Natalia Samsonova, Natalia Pak, Naida Bulaeva, Maida 

Kubova, Mariya Ryabinina 

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery 


Review of the indication for surgical pericardiectomy 

over a 7 year period in a tertiary cardiac surgery 

referral centre 

Alan Soo, Darren Porter, Alastair Graham, Onyekwelu 

Nzewi 

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK 


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Extended cusps repair with auto- and 

xenopericardium and neochords in Infective 

Endocarditis of TV. R.I. Amiraghov, R.M. Muratov, S.I. 

Babenko, N.N. Soboleva, L.A. Bokeria 

Roman Amiraghov, Renat Muratov, Svetlana Babenko, 

Natalia Soboleva, Leo Bokeria 



Pathological Findings in Patients with Chronic 

Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension 

Yoshiro Higuchi 1 , Motomi Ando 1 , Shigeo Yamaki 2 , Kan 

Kaneko 1 , Masato Sato 1 

1 Fujita Health University, Toyoake,Aichi, Japan, 2 Japanese 

Research Institute of Pulmonary Vasculature, 

Shiroishi,miyagi, Japan 

Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery Improves 

Postoperative Functional Status Outcomes in the 

Elderly 

Elias Zias, Patricia Ursomanno, Eugene Grossi, 

Annette Rabinovich, Aubrey Galloway 

New York University Langone Medical Center, New 

York, NY, USA 

Management of cardiac patients with increased 

surgical risk. Is obtaining a second opinion justified? 

Alan Soo, Onyekwelu Nzewi, Alastair Graham 

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK 

Temporal Improvement In Cardiac Surgical Outcomes In 

Octogenarians With Poor Left Ventricular Function 

Ramesh Kutty, Marosh Vrtik, Yasir Abu Omar, John Dunning 

Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK 


11:30 – 13:30 C14 - Nutrition in Cardiovascular Disease 

(Ruda - Hotel President) 

Moderators: 

M. Lainščak (Slovenia), K. Brkić (Croatia) 

11:30 – 11:45 The Role of Mediterranean Diet in Primary and Secondary 

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 

D. Vranešić, Zagreb, Croatia 

11:45 – 12:00 Enteral Nutrition for Cardiovascular Patients Ž. Krznarić, Zagreb, Croatia 

12:00 – 12:15 

Obesity Paradox: Facts and Numbers 

M. Lainščak, Ljubljana, 

Slovenia 

12:15 – 12:30 Nutritional Assessment in Cardiovascular Patients K. Brkić, Zagreb, Croatia 

12:30 – 12:45 Nutrition Abstracts (Ruda - Hotel President) 

Body Composition Of Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients 

Kristina Brkic 1 , Zeljko Sutlic 2 , Igor Rudez 2 , Davor Baric 2 , 

Daniel Unic 2 , Robert Blazekovic 2 , Jelena Zivkovic 1 

1 Surgical Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Department 

of Cardiac and Transplant Surgery, Dubrava University 

Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, 2 Department of Cardiac and 

Transplant Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, 

Croatia 

11:30 – 13:30 E – Poster 1 

(Elafiti 2 - Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

D. Wendt (Germany), D. Letica (Croatia) 


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Off-Pump Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass 

Operation In Diabetic Patients 

Kazim Ergunes, Ismail Yurekli, Muhammed Akyuz, Serkan 

Yazman, Nagahan Karahan, Ufuk Yetkin, Levent Yilik, Ali 

Gurbuz 

İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey 

Chlamydia Pneumoniae Seropositivity And Atherosclerosis 

Hafize Yaliniz1, Ihsan Bayraktar1, Atakan Atalay1, Ugur 

Gocen1, Yasin Guzel1, Mehmet Aslan1, Yüksel Basturk1, 

Vecih Keklik1, Serafettin Demir2, Orhan K. Salih1 

1Cukurova University,Faculty of Medicine,Department of 

Cardiovascular Surgery, Adana/ Saricam, Turkey, 2Minister 

of Adana Hospital, Adana/ Karsiyaka, Turkey 

A New Method To Evaluate The Impact Of Mechanical Valve 

Design On Left Chambers Remodeling Following Mitral 

Valve Replacement 

T.I. Kosareva, V.N. Makarenko, A.A. Fadeev, L.A. Bockeria 

The Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, 

Russian Federation 

Tatiana Kosareva 

The Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, 

Russia 

The results of surgical treatment of the tricuspid valve 

infective endocarditis 

S.A. Kovalev1, A.V. Bulynin1, D.V. Gryaznov1, O.A. 

Bulynina1, A.A. Bulynin1 

1Voronezh Regional Clinical Hospital, Cardiac Surgery 

Center, Voronezh, Russia, 2Voronezh Burdenko State 

Medical Academy, Voronezh, Russia 

Major Complications And Mortality Of Negative Pressure 

Wound Therapy In The Treatment Of Deep Sternal Wound 

Infection After Cardiac Surgery 

Martin Simek1, Martin Kalab1, Martin Molitor2, Jana 

Grulichova1, Vladimir Lonsky1 

1Dept of Cardiac Surgeryy Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, 

Czech Republic, 2Dept of Plastic Surgery, Olomouc, Czech 

Republic 

Severe Pulmonary Hypertension And Right Ventricular 

Systolic Dysfunction In Patients With Mitral Regurgitation - 

Prognostic Implications In The Perioperative Period 

Flavia Catalina Corciova1 ,2, Calin Corciova1, Oana 

Bartos2, Diana Anghel1 ,2, Mihai Enache1 ,2, Grigore 

Tinica1 ,2 

1University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr. T. Popa", Iasi, 

Romania, 2Institute of 

Cardiovascular Diseases, Iasi, Romania 

Revascularization of the Myocardium On A Beating Heart By 

Using Composite Grafts In Patients With Severe 

Atherosclerosis Of The Ascending Aorta 

Abrol Mansurov, Fazliddin Sobirov, Ulugbek Akhmedov, 

Abdusalom Khujamberdiev, Khusan Khalikulov, Saidorifkhon 

Murtazaev 

Scientific Center of Surgery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 


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Morbidity, Mortality And Mid-Term Survival In Patients Using 

Intraaortic Balloon Pump Undergoing Off-Pump And On- 

Pump Coronary Surgery 

Kazim Ergunes, Levent Yilik, Mert Kestelli, Banu Lafcı, Mehmet 

Bademci, Serkan Yazman, Tayfun Goktogan, Ali Gurbuz 


Independent Predictors Of Postoperative Stroke In Patients 

Undergoing Off-Pump And On-Pump Coronary Surgery And 

Their Mid Term Follow-Up 

Kazim Ergunes, Ufuk Yetkin, Haydar Yasa, Barcın Ozcem, 

Muhammed Akyuz, Nagahan Karahan, Levent Yilik, Ali Gurbuz 


Iron in open cardiac surgery. What is the better way? 

Pilar Garrido1, Rosa Avalos1, Rafael Martinez Sanz1 ,2, 

Alejandro Jimenez Sosa1, Patricia Rodriguez Fortunez2, 

Tirso Virgos Aller1, Jose María Raya1, Ramiro De La 

Llana1 ,2, Ibrahim Nassar1, Alejandro Lacruz1, Mónica 

García Bouza2 

1HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS, TENERIFE, 

Spain, 2UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA, TENERIFE, Spain 

Early Results Of Hemiarch Replacement Without 

Hipothermic Circulatory Arrest. 

José M González Santos, Elena Arnaiz García, Javier 

López Rodríguez, María José Dalmau Sorlí, María Bueno 

Codoñer, Concepción Rubia Martín, Leire Reta Ajo, Rosa 

Diez Castro 

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain 

Comparison Between Off-Pump And On-Pump Coronary 

Surgery In Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary 

Disease 

Kazim Ergunes, Ismail Yurekli, Mert Kestelli, Orhan Gokalp, 

Ovunc Aslan, Ersin Celik, Ufuk Yetkin, Ali Gurbuz 


First Reccurence of Primary Malignant Fibrous 

Histiocytoma of Moderator Band of the Right Ventricle 

Lucian Florin Dorobantu 1 , Daniela Filipescu 1 , Ovidiu Stiru 1 , 

Anca Prodea 1 , Rodica Cioranu 1 , Anca Georgescu 2 , Vlad 

Anton Iliescu 1 

1 Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Prof.Dr. 

C.C. Iliescu", Bucharest, Romania, 2 "Victor Babes" Institute, 

Bucharest, Romania 

Coronary Artery By-Pass Grafting In A Patient With 

Hemophilia A 

Vlad Anton Iliescu, Lucian Florin Dorobantu, Ovidiu Stiru, 

Ioana Marinica, Cristian Bulescu, Valetina Uscatescu, 

Daniela Filipescu 

Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Prof.Dr. 

C.C. Iliescu", Bucharest, Romania 

Comparative Results of Endoscopic and Open Vein 

Harvesting For Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 

Aleksandr Chernyavskiy, Oleg Lavrenyuk, Aleksandr Volkov, 

Igor Terechov 

E.N. Mechalkin Novosibirsk State Research Institute, 

Novosibirsk, Russia 


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Surgery For Intramiocardial Wall Fordeign Body (Bullet) - 

Case Presentation 

Ionel Droc 1 , dragos Trandafir 0 ,2 , Florin Chirculescu 0 ,2 , 

Cristian Gabriel 1 

1 army's center for cardiovascular diseases, Bucharest, 

Romania, 2 emergency universitary hospital of bucharest, 

Bucharest, Romania 

Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma: Effect On Tracheal 

Rupture After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation 

Adolfo Arévalo, Ignacio Gallo, Alberto Sáenz, Ignacio Pérez- 

Moreiras, Sonia Roussel, Julio Martínez, Jose Méndez 

Cardiac Surgery and Hemodynamics (CCH), Logroño, La 

Rioja, Spain 

Surgical Approach In Surgery Of The Proximal Aorta 

Susak Stamenko, Nicin Svetozar, Kovacevic Pavle, Majin 

Marjan, Popovic Dusan, Velicki Lazar 



Long-Term Risk Factor Analysis After The Bentall Operation 

Paolo Nardi, Mattia Scognamiglio, Irene Binaco, Federica 

Cenci, Jacob Zeitani, Carlo Bassano, Antonio Scafuri, Luigi 

Chiariello 


Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy 

Innominate Artery As A Single Site Of Arterial Cannulation In 

Surgical Treatment Of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection 

Mojgan Laali 1 , Antonella Galeone 1 , Julien Amour 0 ,2 , Pascal 

Leprince 1 , Alain Pavie 1 

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, La Pitié- Salpêtrière 

Hospital, Paris, France, 2 Department of Anesthesiology, La 

Pitié- Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France 

Paraannular Plasty Of Left Atrium During Isolated 

Mitral Valve Replacement : Problems Solved And 

Unsolved 

Volodymyr Popov, Igor Zhekov, Kateryna Popova, Olena 

Rybakova 

National Amosov's Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyiv, 

Ukraine 

Short-Term Follow-Up After Mechanical Valve Implantation 

Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk, Jacek Piatek, Tomasz Myrdko, 

Pawel Rudzinski, Jerzy Sadowski 

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, 

John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland 

Effect Of Topical Iloprost On Left Internal Mammarian Artery 

Spasm 

Dervis Verdi 1 , Ali Vefa Özcan 1 , Emre Boysan 2 , Ibrahim 

Göksin 1 

1 cardiovascular Surgery Department Faculty Of Medicine 

Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, 2 bayindir Hospital, 

Ankara, Turkey 

Prosthesis Of The Whole Thoracic Aorta 

Yury Belov, Roman Komarov, Anna Stepanenko 

National Research Center of Sergey named by akad. BV 

Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia 


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11:30 – 13:30 C15 Surgical Treatment of Complications of AIM 

Abstracts 

(Bokar– Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

V. Nikolić-Heitzler (Croatia), M. Ristić (Srbija) 

Short- Term Results Of Reconstructive Surgery Of 

Post Infarction Left Ventricular Aneurysms On Beating 

Heart. 

L.A. Bockeria, V.Y. Merzlyakov, A.I. Skopin, I.V. Klyuchnikov, 

N.Y. Svetlova, S.K. Mamedova, A.K. Jalilov 

Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of the Russian 

Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia 

The Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Patients With 

Left Ventricular Postinfarction Aneurysm 

Vladimir Shipulin, Vadim Babokin, Ruslan Aimanov, Roman 

Batalov, Sergey Popov 

Tomsk Institute of Cardiology, Tomsk, Russia 

A serie of Post Infarction Left Ventricular Ruptures: 

What Did We Learned ? 

Roland Demaria, Mohammad Degestani, Pascal Battistella, 

Jean Marc Frapier, Philippe Rouvière, Bernard Albat 

Departments of thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery, 

Arnaud de Villeneuve Teaching Hospital, Montpellier, 

France 


Assessment of Preoperative Predictive Risk Factors 

For Ischemia In Cardiac Surgery Patients 

Szymon Pawlak 1 , Joanna Sliwka 1 , Piotr Knapik 2 , Daniel 

Ciesla 2 , Marian Zembala 1 

1 Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, 

Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, 

2 Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, 

Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland 

Early and Mid Term Outcome In Patients Undergoing 

Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair. Predictors for Poor 

Overall Outcome. Comparison Between 

Endoventricular Patch Plasty And Linear Repair 

Edvin Prifti 1 ,2 , Massimo Bonacchi 2 , Gabriele Giunti 2 , 

Albi Fagu 1 , Altin Veshti 1 ,2 , Elona Dado 2 , Klodian 

Krakulli 4 , Roland Xhaxho 4 

1 Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center 

of Tirana, Tirana, Albania, 2 Divisione di 

Cardiochirurgia, Policlinicco Careggi, Florence, Italy, 

3 Hygeia Hospital, Tirana, Albania, 4 FMES 

cardioavscular surgery clinic, Tirana, Albania 



9:00 – 11:00 VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM II: 

Carotid Surgery (Elafiti 3 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

P. Kasprzak (Germany), V. Arakelyan (Russia) 

8:00 – 9:15 Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Risk stratification A. Halliday, Oxford, UK 


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9:15 – 9:30 Eversion CEA: Which is the Technique of Choice? D. Palombo, Genova, Italy 

9:30 – 9:45 CAS or CEA for Patients in Anticoagulant Therapy? A. Stella, Bologna, Italy 

9:45 – 10:00 

Morphology of the Carotid Plaque and its Influence in 

Clinical Decision 

J. Fernandes e Fernandes, 

Lisabon, Portugal 

10:00 – 10:15 

Restenosis After CAS and After CEA: The Incidence and the C. Setacci, Siena, Italy 

Best Treatment 

10:15 – 10:30 Extracranial Carotid Artery Aneurysms – Treatment Options L. Davidović, Belgrade, Serbia 

10:30 – 10:45 

Carotid Artery Kinking and Coiling – Indications for Surgical 

Treatment 

P. Andziak, Warsaw Poland 

11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK– VISIT EXHIBTION AND POSTERS 

11:30 – 13:30 V8 Miscellaneous (Olipa 1 – Hotel President) 

11:30 – 11:40 

11:45 – 13:30 

Moderators: 

V. Radonjić (Croatia), F.Grego (Italy) 

Key note lecture: Behcets Disease and Vascular 

Effects 

Abstracts 

The role of V.A.C in the Treatment of Vascular Groin 

Infection 

Igor Koncar1 , Sinisa Pejkic1 , Marko Dragas1 ,2 , Nikola Ilic1 ,2 , 

Miroslav Markovic1 ,2 , Dragan Markovic1 ,2 , Lazar Davidovic 

2 

1 Clinic for Vacular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbian 

Clinical Center, Belgrae, Serbia, 2 Medical faculty, University 

of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia 

The Effect of Intensified Lipid Lowering Therapy on 

Renal Function in Patients Undergoing Vascular 

Surgery 

George Kouvelos 1 , Elena Arnaoutoglou 2 , Nektario Papa 1 , 

Christina Kostara 3 , Michalis Peroulis 1 , Haralampos Milionis 4 , 

Miltiadis Matsagkas 0 

1 Department of Surgery-Vascular Surgery Unit, University of 

Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 2 Department of Anesthesiology, 

University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 3 Laboratoty of 

Clinical Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 

4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, 

Ioannina, Greece 

Multidisciplinary Treatment Of Renal Cell Carcinoma 

With Tumor Thrombus In Vena Cava 

Aleksandar Tomić 1 , Novak Milović 2 , Radoje Ilić 3 , Ivan 

Marjanović 1 

1 Clinic for Vascular and endovascular surgery, Military 

Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia, 2 Urology Clinic, Military 

Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia, 3 Clinic for 

Cardiosurgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia 

CT-Angiography: Best Diagnostic Approach For 

Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia Before 

Revascularization 

Bukatsello Roman, Bockeria Leo, Arakelyan Valery, 

Makarenko Vladimir, Pryadko Sergey 

Bakoulev scientific center of cardiovascular surgery, 



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Aortic Surgery in The Presence of The Horseshoe 

Kidney 

Miroslav Markovic1 ,2 , Nikola Ilic1 ,2 , Marko Dragas1 ,2 , Igor 

Koncar2 , Nenad Jakovljevic2 , Ivan Tomic2 , Milos Sladojevic2 , 

Lazar Davidovic 

1 ,2 

1 Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia, 

2 Clinic for vascular and endovascular surgery, Serbian 

clinical center, Belgrade, Serbia 

Diagnostic Laparoscopy For The Evaluation Of Acute 

Mesenteric Ischemia In Patients With Aortic Dissection 

Yamume Tshomba 1 , Giovanni Coppi 1 , Andrea Kahlberg 1 , 

Enrico Maria Marone 1 , Luca Bertoglio 1 , Michele Carlucci 1 , 

Germano Melissano 1 , Roberto Chiesa 2 

1 Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Italy, 2 cientific 

Institute San Raffaele, Università Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy, 

Italy 

Unused arteriovenous grafts (avg) as a source of 

chronic infection in haemodialyzedpatients. Benefits of 

fdg pet / ct examination 

Petr Bachleda, Petr Utikal, Lucie Kalinova, Monika 

Vachalova, Pavel Koranda 

University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 

Czech Republic 

40 Years Result Of The Surgery Of The Aneurysms Of 

The Renal Arteries 

Sergey Pryadko, Valery Arakelyan 

The Bakoulev scientific center of cardiovascular surgery, 


11:30 – 13:30 V9 - Research (Olipa 2 – Hotel President) 

Moderators: 

M. Ajduk (Croatia), F. Spinelli (Italy) 

11:30 – 11:40 Key note lecture: Biomechanical Forces in Aorta – 

Understanding Pathology and Prevent Treatment 

Complications 

11:45 – 13:30 Abstracts 

Influence of the Chronic Abdominal Aortic Occlusion 

On The Femoral Artery Disease Pattern 

Nikola Ilic 

KVEH KCS, Belgrade, Serbia 

By Rapid Arterialization, Completely Autologous 

Vascular Grafts Without Synthetic Support Materials 

“Biotubes” Showed No Degenerative Changes Under 

Systemic Blood Pressure 

Masashi Yamanami 1 ,2 , Taiji Watanabe 2 ,1 , Keiichi Kanda 2 , 

Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda 1 , Hitoshi Yaku 2 , Yasuhide 

Nakayama 1 

1 National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research 

Institute, Osaka, Japan, 2 Kyoto Prefectural University of 

Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 


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Increased Factors VIII and Von Willebrand In Type 2 

Diabetes Women And Their Association To 

Macrovascular Disease Extent 

Marinez Sousa 1 , Michelle Borges 2 , Pedro Rosário 2 , Maria 

das Graças Carvalho 1 

1 Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/Minas 

Gerais, Brazil, 2 Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital, Belo 

Horizonte/Minas Gerais, Brazil 

Double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of 

combined vascular endothelial and hepatocyte growth 

factors in patients with critical limb ischemia 

Andreea Rata1 , Georgel Taranu1 , Lucian Jiga1 ,2 , Anca 

Tursie 1 , George Patrut 1 , Mihai Ionac 

1 Emergency County Hospital, Timisoara, Romania, 2 "V. 

Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, 

Romania 

Helicobacter pylori infection and advanced 

atherosclerotic carotid disease-is there a link? 

Slaven Suknaić 1 , Lidija Erdelez 1 , Andrija Škopljanac 

Mačina 2 , Ana Budimir 3 , Miroslava Katičić 1 

1 University Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia, 2 Special 

Hospital for cardiovascular surgery Magdalena, Krapinske 

toplice, Croatia, 3 University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia 

Diabetic Microangiopathy. Diabetic foot Prevention 

and care. 

Giovanni Brotzu 1 

1 Sardegna Ricerche Fase1, Cagliari, Italy, 2 University, 

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Pomegranateregressed carotid and coronary arteries 

atheroma: is a fiction or fact 

Fadhil Al-Amran 1 , Najah Hadi 2 , Maitham Yousif 3 

1 cardithoracic Surgical Departmrnt Medical College Kufa 

University, Najaf, Iraq, 2 pharmacological Department Medical 

College Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq, 3 microbiology 

Department College Of Science Alqadisia University, 

Diwania, Iraq 

Conditioning Effect On Visceral Organs During The 

Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Of Spinal Cord 

Ahmet Tulga Ulus 1 , Soner Yavas 1 , Ali Sapmaz 3 , Ziysan 

Sakaogullari 2 , Erdal Simsek 4 , Siyar Ersoz 3 , Cuneyt Koksoy 3 

1 Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, 

Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, 2 Turkiye 

Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Pathology 

department, Ankara, Turkey, 3 University of Ankara, 

Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey, 4 Etlik Ihtisas 

Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkey 

Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography in 

Detecting Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaques 

Complicated with Intraplaque Hemorrhage 

Marko Ajduk, Stela Bulimbašić, Ladislav Pavić, Mirko Šarlija, 

Predrag Pavić, Leonardo Patrlj, Boris Brkljačić 


11:30 – 13:30 V10 – Veins (Olipa 3 – Hotel President) 

Moderators: 

L. Erdelez (Croatia), G. Marcucci (Italy) 


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11:30 – 11:40 Key note lecture: Endvoenous Treatment –What can we do? 

K. Čandrlić, Osijek, Croatia 

11:45 – 13:30 Abstracts 

Treatment of Spider And Reticular Veins With Oxigen- 

Ozone Foam. A comparative randomized study 

Rafael Martinez Sanz1 ,2 , Rosa Avalos2 , Carlos Vaquero3 , 

Ramiro de la Llana1 ,2 , Ibrahim Nassar2 , Pilar Garrido2 , 

Alejandro Lacruz2 , Monica Garcia Bouza2 Rafael Martinez Sanz 

1INSTITUTO CANARIO CARDIOVASCULAR, Tenerife, Spain, 

2UNIVERSITY OF LA LAGUNA, Tenerife, Spain, 

3UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain 

1 ,2 , Rosa Avalos2 , Carlos Vaquero3 , 

Ramiro de la Llana1 ,2 , Ibrahim Nassar2 , Pilar Garrido2 , 

Alejandro Lacruz2 , Monica Garcia Bouza2 1INSTITUTO CANARIO CARDIOVASCULAR, Tenerife, Spain, 

2UNIVERSITY OF LA LAGUNA, Tenerife, Spain, 

3UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain 

Circumferential Suction-Assisted Lipectomy For End- 

Stage Lymphedema Of The Arm Has An Long Lasting 

Effect In Multidisciplenary Setting. A prospective study of 

100 patients. 

Otmar Wikkeling1 , Pieter Klinkert2 , D-A.A Lamprou1 , Robert 

Damstra1 , Harry Voesten1 Circumferential Suction-Assisted Lipectomy For End- 

Stage Lymphedema Of The Arm Has An Long Lasting 

Effect In Multidisciplenary Setting. A prospective study of 

100 patients. 

Otmar Wikkeling 

1Nij Smellinghe Hospital, Drachten, The Netherlands, 

2Tjongerschans Hospital, Heerenveen, The Netherlands 

1 , Pieter Klinkert2 , D-A.A Lamprou1 , Robert 

Damstra1 , Harry Voesten1 1Nij Smellinghe Hospital, Drachten, The Netherlands, 

2Tjongerschans Hospital, Heerenveen, The Netherlands 

New View On Causes Of Perforations Of The Vein Wall 

During Endovenous Laser Obliteration. 

Tatyana Khlevtova, Yuriy Stojko, Constantin Mazayshwili, 

Sergey Maximov, Irakliy Kutidze, Dmitriy Morenko 

Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Moscow, Russia 

The Absorption Of Laser Radiation In A Vein Wall 

Sergey Maximov1 , Yuriy Stoyko1 , Alexandr Krasnovsky1 ,2 , 

Constantin Masayshvili1 , Tatyana Khlevtova1 , Irakliy Kutidze1 , 

Dmitriy Morenko1 1Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Moscow, 

Russia, 2 Sergey Maximov 

A.N.Bah Institute of biochemistry, Moscow, Russia 

1 , Yuriy Stoyko1 , Alexandr Krasnovsky1 ,2 , 

Constantin Masayshvili1 , Tatyana Khlevtova1 , Irakliy Kutidze1 , 

Dmitriy Morenko1 1Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Moscow, 

Russia, 2A.N.Bah Institute of biochemistry, Moscow, Russia 

Endovenous Laser Ablation For Saphenous Reflux 

Božidar Novaković, Vuk Joković, Žarko Sretenović, Saša 

Sretenović 

Center for vascular surgery, Clinical Center Kragujevac, 

Kragujevac, Serbia 

"Laser crossectomy" further step in endovenous thermal 

ablation - single center experience using radial fiber and 

diode 1470 nm laser 

Petar Dragić 

Kardio Centar, Belgrade, Serbia 

The Use Of Laser Technology To Eliminate Pathological 

Horizontal Veno-Venous Shunts In Chronic Venous 

Insufficiency 



Novosibirsk research institute of circulation pathology named 

by Meshalkin, Novosibirsk, Russia 

Percutaneous management for deep venous thrombosis 

Levent Cetin, Murat Canyigit, Aslihan Kucuker, Mete Hidiroglu, 

Aysegul Kunt, Fethi Saglam, Erol Sener 

Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

11:30 – 13:30 V11 – TEVAR (Elafiti 4 – Hotel Lacroma) 

Moderators: 

D. Unić (Croatia), I. Gölbaşı (Turkey) 


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Key note lecture: 

E. Verhoeven, Nürnberg, 

What To Expect From The New Generation Of Thoracic Germany 

Endografts 

Hemodynamic Influences In The Hybrid Treatment Of 


Giovanni Spinella1 , Nokolaos Rousas1 , Bianca Pane1 , 

Alessandro Stocchino2 , Francesco Mongelli1 , Federica Persi1 , 

Marta Mari1 , Domenico Palombo1 1Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of 

Genova, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital - IST, 

Genova, Italy, 2 Hemodynamic Influences In The Hybrid Treatment Of 


Giovanni Spinella 

Department of Civil, Environmental and 

Architectural Engineering,University of Genova, Genova, Italy 

1 , Nokolaos Rousas1 , Bianca Pane1 , 

Alessandro Stocchino2 , Francesco Mongelli1 , Federica Persi1 , 

Marta Mari1 , Domenico Palombo1 1Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of 

Genova, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital - IST, 

Genova, Italy, 2Department of Civil, Environmental and 

Architectural Engineering,University of Genova, Genova, Italy 0146 

Initial Experience With Hybrid Endovascular Procedures 

In Treatment Of Complex Aortic Pathology 

Igor Koncar1 , Igor Banzic1 , Nikola Ilic1 ,2 , Marko Dragas1 ,2 , Dragan 

Markovic1 ,2 , Miroslav Markovic1 ,2 , Lazar Davidovic1 ,2 

1Clinic for Vacular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbian Clinical Center, 

Belgrade, Serbia, 2 Igor Koncar 

Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 

Belgrade, Serbia 

1 , Igor Banzic1 , Nikola Ilic1 ,2 , Marko Dragas1 ,2 , Dragan 

Markovic1 ,2 , Miroslav Markovic1 ,2 , Lazar Davidovic1 ,2 

1Clinic for Vacular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbian Clinical Center, 

Belgrade, Serbia, 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 

Belgrade, Serbia 

Retrograde Aortic Dissection After Endovascular 

Treatment Of Aortic Arch Pathology 

0169 

Yamume Tshomba1 , Davide Logaldo1 , Luca Bertoglio1 Yamume Tshomba , Enrico 

Maria Marone1, Andrea Kahlberg1, Germano Melissano1, 

Roberto Chiesa2 

1scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Italy, 2scientific 

Institute San Raffaele, Universita' Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy, Italy 

1 , Davide Logaldo1 , Luca Bertoglio1 , Enrico 

Maria Marone1, Andrea Kahlberg1, Germano Melissano1, 

Roberto Chiesa2 

1scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Italy, 2scientific 

Institute San Raffaele, Universita' Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy, Italy 0314 

Hemi-aortic arch debranching for hybrid aortic arch 

repair by sequential transposition of the left common 

carotid and subclavian arteries. 

Ludovic Canaud, Charles Marty-Ané, Pierre Alric 0287 

Endovascular Treatment Of Thoracoabdominal 

Aneurysms By Means Of Branched Stentgrafts 

Jacek Szmidt1 , Tomasz Jakimowicz1 , Bohdan Solonynko1 , 

Lukasz Romanowski1 , Piotr Kasprzak2 1Medical University of Warsaw, Department of General, 

Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Warsaw, Poland, 2 Jacek Szmidt 

University 

of Regensburg, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 

Regensburg, Germany 

1 , Tomasz Jakimowicz1 , Bohdan Solonynko1 , 

Lukasz Romanowski1 , Piotr Kasprzak2 1Medical University of Warsaw, Department of General, 

Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Warsaw, Poland, 2University of Regensburg, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 

Regensburg, Germany 

Reducing TEVAR Complications: The Perioperative 

Safety Checklist 

Pedro Aranda1 ,2 , Julio Gutierrez1 , Lauren Delange1 , Jose 

Joaquin Muñoz1 ,2 , Carlos Casado1 , Ali Sadek0 Reducing TEVAR Complications: The Perioperative 

Safety Checklist 

Pedro Aranda 

1Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain, 2Hospital Xanit 

Internacional, Málaga, Spain 

1 ,2 , Julio Gutierrez1 , Lauren Delange1 , Jose 

Joaquin Muñoz1 ,2 , Carlos Casado1 , Ali Sadek0 1Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain, 2Hospital Xanit 

Internacional, Málaga, Spain 0604 

Coagulopathy After TEVAR: the Role of CT- 

Cuantification of aneurysm thrombosis 

Andrea Kahlberg, Enrico Rinaldi, Sara Spelta, Enrico Marone, 

Yamume Tshomba, Germano Melissano, Roberto Chiesa 

Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 

Italy 0361 

Combined and Hybrid Procedures In Thoracic Aorta 

Disease Treatment With Stent-Graft Implantation 

Dario Jocić1 , Slobodan Tanasković1 , Srđan Babić1 Dario Jocić , Djordje 

1 , Slobodan Tanasković1 , Srđan Babić1 , Djordje 

Radak1 Radak1 1 Cardiovacular institute "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia, 

2Medical School Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia 

2 Medical School Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia 0262 


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9:00 – 13:30 

Late Reinterventions And Open Conversions After 

Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair 

Andrea Kahlberg, Davide Logaldo, Yamume Tshomba, Enrico 

Marone, Germano Melissano, Roberto Chiesa 

Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 

Italy 0360 

TAVI Abstracts 


Moderators: 

M. Thielmann (Germany), D. Unić (Croatia) 

Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Under-Expansion 

on Leaflet and Stent Stress Distribution 

Ali Azadani1 , Sam Chitsaz1 , Andrew Wisneski1 , Natalie Lui1 , 

Kiyoaki Takabe1 , Nicolas Jaussaud1 , Liang Ge1 , Elaine 

Tseng1 1University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, 

San Francisco, CA, USA, 2San Francisco VA Medical Center, 


Echocardiographic assessment of of valve parameters 

after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in 

Long Term Observation 

Tomasz Niklewski, Marcin Krason, Krzysztof Wilczek, Piotr 

Chodor, Tomasz Kukulski, Marian Zembala 


TAVI in high risk patients with a mean Euroscore of 

40%. 

Marie-Elisabeth Stelzmueller 1 , Bruno Mora 2 , Sigrid Sander 1 , 

Marie-Theres Kasimir 1 , Guenther Laufer 1 , Wilfried Wisser 1 

1 Medical University Vienna/ Department of Cardiac Surgery, 

Vienna, Austria, 2 Medical University Vienna/ 2Department of 

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vienna, 

Austria 

Multivariante Analysis Of Trace To Mild Paravalvular 

Regurgitation After Transapical Aortic Valve 

Implantation 

Marie-Elisabeth Stelzmueller 1 , Bruno Mora 2 , Sigrid 

Sandner 1 , Marie-Theres Kasimir 1 , Günther Laufer1, Wilfried 

Wisser1 

1Medical University Vienna/Department of Cardiac Surgery, 

Vienna, Austria, 2Medical University Vienna/Department of 

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vienna, 

Austria 

Improved pre-procedural assessment of failing 

bioprostheses by CT scan. Implications for valve-invalve 

procedure 

Vito Giovanni Ruggieri 1 ,2 , Amedeo Anselmi 1 , Qian Wang 2 , 

Raphael Madeleine 2 , Pascal Haigron 2 , Jean Philippe 

Verhoye 1 

1 Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France, 2 LTSI - 

Rennes University, Renens, France 


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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for Aortic 

stenosis:Direct aortic approach in a patient with 

porcelain aorta and Aorto-bifemoral graft 

Moninder Bhabra, Suresh Lakshmanan, James Cotton, 

Fayaz Mohammed, Ramesh Giri, Saib Khogali 

Heart and Lung Centre, New Cross Hospital, 

Wolverhampton, UK 

Results Of Aortic Valve Replacement In Tavi 

Candidates Evaluated By An Aortic Team. 

Francesco Massi 1 , Carla Manca 2 , Tommaso Piva 2 , Sacha 

Matteucci 1 , Michele Danilo Pierri 1 , Gian Piero Perna 2 , Lucia 

Torracca 1 , Giuseppe Rescigno 1 

1 Cardiac Surgery Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, 

Ancona, Italy, 2 Cardiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti di 

Ancona, Ancona, Italy 

Neurologic Sequelae After transapical Aortic Valve 

Implantation: a Prospective Monocenter Study in 27 

patients 

Stephan Knipp 1 , Daniel Jokisch 2 , Jan Felix Fritsch 1 , Daniel 

Wendt 1 , Marc Schlamann 3 , Hans Christoph Diener 2 , Heinz 

Jakob 1 , Matthias Thielmann 1 

1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 

Essen, Germany, 2 Department of Neurology, Essen, 

Germany, 3 Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional 

Radiology and Neuroradiology, Essen, Germany 

One-year Results of Transcatheter Aortic Valve 

Replacement in High-Risk Patients 

Renat S. Akchurin, Timur Imaev, Alexey Komlev, Marina 

Saidova, Elena Dzybinskaya, Anna Margolina 

Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, 


April 28th 2012, Saturday 

9:00 – 13:30 WET LAB 2 


SORIN (Divona 1+2 – Hotel Lacroma) 

CARDIOLOGY III 

9:00 – 11:00 Session 12 

Interventional Cardiology Working Group Meeting 


Complex Case and Complication Session 1 

9:00 – 9:10 

9:10 – 9:20 

9:20 – 9:30 

Moderators: D. Kozmar, M. Raguž 

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The “Double” CTO Case T. Letilović , D. Kozmar, 


Drug Eluting Balloons In Acute Coronary Syndrome, Z. Miovski , K .Marić, 

2 Cases Presentation 

M.Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

The Role Of The Interventional Cardiology In The Z. Babić, V. Nikolić – 

Interventricular Septum Rupture After Acute Heitzle, N. Bulj, H. 

Myocardial Infarction 

Pintarić, Zagreb, Croatia 


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9:30 – 9:40 

9:40 – 9:50 

9:50 – 10:00 

Complete Transcatheter Closure Of A Patent Arterial N. Čače, V. Ahel, I. Bilić 

Duct With Subsequent Haemolysis 

Čače, Rijeka, Croatia 

Trombolysis and Aspiration In Treating Acutely Ž. Plazonić, S. Kovačić, M. 

Occluded Renal Artery 

Nikšić, Rijeka, Croatia 

Discussion 

10:00 – 11:00 Session 13 Cardiology Abstracts 

Moderators: I. Vuković, R. Miškulin 

Correlation Between Platelet Functional Parameters, 

Von Willebrand Factor And Fibrinogen Levels In 

Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated 

With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 

Tina Kocica1 , Nebojsa Antonijevic2 ,3 , Nebojsa Savic1 , 

Natasa Ristanovic1 , Lazar Davidovic1 ,2 

1Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Clinic,Serbian Clinical 

Centre, Belgrade, Serbia, 2Belgrade University School of 

Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia, 3Clinic for Cardiology-Coronary 

Care Unit, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia 

Results of Stenting In The Treatment Of Patients With The 

"Unprotected" Left Main Coronary Artery Disease 

Bagrat Alekyan, Yuri Buziashvili, Elena Golukhova, Tatiana 

Nikitina, Anton Staferov, Narek Zakarian, Karen Petrosian, 

Bahram Kadyrov 



Real Time Needle Trajectory Monitoring In 

Ultrasound Guided Pericardiocentesis 

Ljubomir Crnojevic 

Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK 

Risk Factors For Acute Kidney Injury In Early Cardiac 

Surgery After Cardiac Catheterization 

Giovanni Mariscalco, Paolo Borsani, Carmelo Dominici, 

Riccardo Gherli, Marzia Cottini, Antonio Scannapieco, 

Francesco Terrieri, Cesare Beghi 

Department of Cardiac Surgery - Ospedale di Circolo e 

Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy 

11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK– VISIT EXHIBTION AND POSTERS 

11:30 -11:45 

Sponsored lecture: 

Bivaluridin, can we improve PCI results? 

11:45 – 12:45 Session 14 Complex Case and Complication Session 2 

11:45 – 11:55 

11:55 – 12:05 

12:05 – 12:15 

Moderators: A. Jović, J. Bulum 

V. Kanić, Maribor 

Slovenia 

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Renal Denervation - First Croatian Experience Ž. Plazonić, V. Tomulić, 

Rijeka, Croatia 

Left Anterior Descending Artery Rupture After Stent V. Tomulić, V. Jakljević, Đ. 

Implantation 

Marinović, Rijeka, Croatia 

Wire Migration Into Femoral Vein During Pace Maker M. Nikšić, S. Brusich, 

Implantation 

Rijeka, Croatia 


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12:15 – 12:25 

In-stent Restenosis And Very Late Stent Thrombosis 

H. Jurin, Zagreb, Croatia 

in DES – Case Report 

12:25 – 12:35 

Three Interesting Cases Of Endovascular Treatment 

M. Strozzi, Zagreb, Croatia 

of type B aortic Dissection 


12:45 – 13:00 Closing 


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