Day 1 Morning: Vascular Access Masterclass Controversies - Tuesday, 23rd April
Venue:   Theatre 3
Time: 08:00 - 13:00
Controversy 1: We don’t know what the right access, right time for the right patient is
Time: 08:00 - 09:10
Anchor:   Nicholas Inston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Moderator:   Kate Steiner, Stevenage, United Kingdom
08:00 - 08:05
Updates from the Hamburg Registry
Speaker:   Robert Shahverdyan, Hamburg, Germany
08:05 - 08:10
Audience participation & discussion
08:10 - 08:15
Access registries are currently inadequate
Speaker:   Maarten Snoeijs, Maastricht, Netherlands
08:15 - 08:20
Audience participation & discussion
08:20 - 08:25
We are adding to renal patient workload burden unnecessarily
Speaker:   Karen Stevenson, Glasgow, United Kingdom
08:25 - 08:30
Audience participation & discussion
08:30 - 08:35
Fistulas in the elderly and frail are pointless
Speaker:   Flavia Gentile Johansson, Strassen, Luxembourg
08:35 - 08:40
Audience participation & discussion
08:40 - 08:45
Fistulas are not the best access! Grafts should be 1st
Speaker:   David Kingsmore, Glasgow, United Kingdom
08:45 - 08:50
Audience participation & discussion
08:50 - 08:55
Dynamic AVF is the answer
Speaker:   Koen van der Bogt, Leiden and The Hague, Netherlands
08:55 - 09:00
Audience participation & discussion
09:00 - 09:05
We don’t know which DCB to use next: The PAVE and PAVE-2 studies
Speaker:   Michael Robson, London, United Kingdom
09:05 - 09:10
Audience participation & discussion
 
Great Debate: Endovascular AVFs are a failed experiment
Time: 09:10 - 10:10
Anchor:   Nicholas Inston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Moderator:   Narayan Karunanithy, London, United Kingdom
09:10 - 09:20
Secondary interventions make endovascular AVFs unrealistic

For the motion
09:10 - 09:20
Tobias Steinke, Dusseldorf, Germany

09:20 - 09:30
Endovascular AVFs are part of the algorithm
Against the motion
09:20 - 09:30
Robert Shahverdyan, Hamburg, Germany

09:30 - 09:40
We can achieve better results with surgical AVFs

For the motion
09:30 - 09:40
Shannon Thomas, Sydney, Australia

09:40 - 09:50
Endovascular AVFs already are standard of care and need to be in the guidelines
Against the motion
09:40 - 09:50
Monnie Wasse, Chicago, United States

09:50 - 10:10
Audience participation, discussion & voting
 
Coffee break
Time: 10:10 - 10:30
Real cases, real problems
Time: 10:30 - 11:00
Chairing:   Nicholas Inston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
10:30 - 11:00
A short multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting-style session to review new cases and clinical conundrums. This is a discussion-led session and will pose questions and polls to the audience.
 
Controversy 2: We have new technology but do we need it?
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Anchor:   Kate Steiner, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Moderator:   Narayan Karunanithy, London, United Kingdom
11:00 - 11:05
Revolutionising haemodialysis access: Unveiling the latest advancements from the aXess trials
Speaker:   Robert Shahverdyan, Hamburg, Germany
11:05 - 11:10
Audience participation & discussion
11:10 - 11:15
EU registry AV Arm
Speaker:   Matteo Tozzi, Varese, Italy
11:15 - 11:20
Audience participation & discussion
11:20 - 11:25
Do we need more stents?
Speaker:   Robert Jones, Birmingham, United Kingdom
11:25 - 11:30
Audience participation & discussion
11:30 - 11:35
A multicenter analysis of the treatment of AVF/AVG of 114 patients with a flexible self-expanding endograft
Speaker:   Leonardo Harduin, Niteroi, Brazil
11:35 - 11:40
Audience participation & discussion
11:40 - 11:45
Next generation endovascular AVF devices are required
Speaker:   Robert Shahverdyan, Hamburg, Germany
11:45 - 11:50
Audience participation & discussion
11:50 - 11:55
External support in surgical fistulas: A standard of care?
Speaker:   Ellen Dillavou, Chapel Hill, United States
11:55 - 12:00
Audience participation & discussion
12:00 - 12:05
Fistula creation: Functional independence measure results
Speaker:   Nicholas Inston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:05 - 12:10
Audience participation & discussion
12:10 - 12:15
Vein dilatation system
Speaker:   Surendra Shenoy, St Louis, United States
12:15 - 12:20
Audience participation & discussion
12:20 - 12:25
We know what DCB to use! ABISS trial
Speaker:   Raphael Coscas, Paris, France
12:25 - 12:30
Audience participation & discussion
12:30 - 12:35
Podium First: IN.PACT AV Access outcomes. We know which DCB to use!
Speaker:   Andrew Holden, Auckland, New Zealand
12:35 - 12:40
Audience participation & discussion
12:40 - 13:00
Panel discussion
 
Lunch break
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Day 1 Afternoon: Renal Interventions Controversies
Venue:   Theatre 3
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Sponsored Education
Time: 13:30 - 14:00
Controversy 3: We have all the tools, we just don’t use them properly
Time: 14:00 - 15:50
Anchor:   Robert Shahverdyan, Hamburg, Germany
Moderator:   Karen Stevenson, Glasgow, United Kingdom
14:00 - 14:05
Real-time monitoring of vascular access
Speaker:   Rajesh Sivaprakasam, London, United Kingdom
14:05 - 14:10
Audience participation & discussion
14:10 - 14:15
Surveillance: We have the tools, we don’t use them properly
Speaker:   David Kingsmore, Glasgow, United Kingdom
14:15 - 14:20
Audience participation & discussion
14:20 - 14:30
Panel discussion
14:30 - 14:35
Leg access options are underused
Speaker:   Karen Stevenson, Glasgow, United Kingdom
14:35 - 14:40
Audience participation & discussion
14:40 - 14:45
Post-procedure volume flow measurement: Proving rather than assuming success
Speaker:   Panagiotis Kitrou, Patras, Greece
14:45 - 14:50
Audience participation & discussion
14:50 - 15:50
Roundtable: The international approach to vascular access problems
Moderator:   Nicholas Inston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Panel:   Robert Shahverdyan, Hamburg, Germany
Robert Jones, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Shannon Thomas, Sydney, Australia
Raphael Coscas, Paris, France
Maarten Snoeijs, Maastricht, Netherlands
 
Tea break
Time: 15:50 - 16:10
Real cases, real problems
Time: 16:10 - 16:40
Chairing:   Kate Steiner, Stevenage, United Kingdom
16:10 - 16:40
A short multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting-style session to review interventional radiology cases and clinical conundrums. This is a discussion-led session and will pose questions and polls to the audience.
Faculty:   Robert Jones, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Narayan Karunanithy, London, United Kingdom
 
Renal interventions session: Controversies in renal vessel management
Time: 16:40 - 18:00
Anchor:   Nicholas Inston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Moderator:   Frank Dor, London, United Kingdom
16:40 - 16:45
There is a role for renal denervation
Speaker:   Neelan Das, London, United Kingdom
16:45 - 16:50
Renal artery denervation has resurfaced! Why vascular surgeons and interventional radiologists should care
Speaker:   Lindsay Machan, Vancouver, Canada
16:50 - 17:00
Audience participation & discussion
17:00 - 17:05
Nutcracker syndrome: Is it real?
Speaker:   Paul Crowe, Birmingham, United Kingdom
17:05 - 17:10
Nutcracker syndrome: Therapeutic approaches
Speaker:   James Barnes, Birmingham, United Kingdom
17:10 - 17:15
Surgery is the best option for nutcracker syndrome
Speaker:   Frank Dor, London, United Kingdom
17:15 - 17:30
Audience participation & discussion
17:30 - 17:35
Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) needs a defined approach
Speaker:   Robert Jones, Birmingham, United Kingdom
17:35 - 17:40
Audience participation & discussion
17:40 - 17:50
Renal artery aneurysms need a defined approach
Speaker:   Robert Morgan, London, United Kingdom
17:50 - 18:00
Audience participation & discussion