Mastering Endovascular Techniques

Section I.- Biological effects of ionizing radiation.- Principles and guidelines for radiation protection.- Section II – Introduction in Endovascular Techniques.- The Angiographic Suite.- Basic tools and terminology for endovascular interventions.- Principles, sites and techniques of vascular access.- Techniques and devices for vessel closure.- Contrast media, nephropathy and prophyaxis .- Balloons and percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty.- Stents and percutaneous transluminal stent angioplasty.- Recanalization techniques.- Deep venous arteriliazation technique.- Embolic materials and embolization techniques.- Section III - Peripheral Occlusive Disease.- Interventions for aortoiliac disease.- Interventions for femoropopliteal disease.- Interventions for Tibial Disease.- Interventions for pedal disease.- Atherectomy and calcium modifying devices.- Novel endovascular technologies in femoropopliteal disease.- Complications and management in peripheral interventions.- Antiplatelets and anticoagulation in peripheral interventions.- Follow up and surveillance after peripheral interventions.- Endovascular management of acute limb ischemia.- Section IV – Cerebrovascular Disease.- Angioplasty and stenting of the arch branches.- Carotid artery stenting – Studies, indications and pre-interventional workup.- Technique and complications of transfemoral stenting.- Introduction to transcarotid artery revascularization.- Intracranial stenting.- Endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke.- Arch vessels dissection.- Embolizing cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations.- Section V – Splachnic Arteries.- Angioplasty and stenting of the mesenteric arteries.- Angioplasty and stenting of the renal arteries.- Endovascular management of splachnic aneurysms.- Section VI – Peripheral Aneurysms.- Current thresholds for treating aneurysms.- Endovascular management of popliteal aneurysms.- Peripheral Pseudoaneurysms.- Section VI – Vascular Access.- Creating&nbsp; a percutaneous arteriovenous fistula: Evidence and techniques.- Hybrid grafts in vascular access.- Access and lines.- Endovascular techniques to manage vascular access failure.- Section VII – Coronary disease.- Introduction to coronary angioplasty.- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation.- Transcatheter mitral valve repair.- Atrial septal defect – Left atrial appendage.- Section VIII – Aortic Aneurysm.- Endovascular management of abdominal aortic aneurysms – EVAR studies.- Patient selection for EVAR .- Preprocedural planning and measurements for EVAR.- Interpretation of aortic MDCT images.- Introduction to endografts for infrarenal AAAs.- The role of Aortouniliac endografts .- Suprarenal vs Infrarenal fixation.- Hostile proximal neck- Angulated, short or conical.- Difficult vascular access.- Hemodynamic principles of endografts.- Fenestrated endografts.- Branched endografts.- Iliac bifurcations grafts.- Endovascular approach to the hypogastric artery.- Optimizing imaging and radiation exposure during complex EVAR.- Rescue of proximal failure of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with standard and fenestrated grafts.- In situ fenestration in aortic endografts.- Chimneys and Periscopes.- Thoracic aortic aneurysm repair.-Endovascular management of aortic arch disease.- TEVAR Complications.- Endovascular management of ascending aortic disease.- Endovascular management of thoracic aortic trauma.- Endovascular management of ruptured aortic aneurysms.- Endovascular management of acute aortic dissection.- Endograft occlusion.- Endoleak Type I.- Type II endoleaks.- Endoleak Types III, IV, V.- Endograft infections.- Section IX – Venous.- Endovenous ablation of truncal veins.- Foam Sclerotherapy.- Introduction to Venous Stents and principles of stenting .- IVUS guided venous recanalization.- Endovascular management of chronic venous lesions.- Endovascular management of acute iliofemoral thrombosis.- Principles and techniques for the management of pelvic congestion.- Endovascular management of subclavian vein thrombosis.- Endovascular management of acute pulmonary embolism.- Management of Venous dysplasias.- Section X – Miscellaneous.- Biostatistics 1.- Biostatistics 2.- Medicolegal aspects of novel interventional techniques.<p></p>