The 46th Charing Cross International Symposium, 23 – 25 April 2024 featured world-class education presented by key experts from the global vascular and endovascular community. All educational content including exclusive abstract presentations is available to view on-demand.
Aortic Highlights:
- Most Viewed Session: Aortic Techniques & Technologies: Dissection
- Debate: Best medical treatment remains the standard for uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection
- Debate: The best treatment for most juxtarenal AAA is…FEVAR? ESAR? OR?
- Debate: Volume-outcome relationship of AAA repair calls for a combined recommendation of EVAR and OAR hospital volumes
- Exclusive on-demand abstracts
Peripheral Arterial Highlights:
- Most Viewed Session: Paclitaxel Mortality Controversy
- Late Breaker: New data from the CLARITY trial
- Late Breaker: Final results from the PROMISE UK trial
- Late Breaker: Latest data on covered endovascular repair of the aortic bifurcation
- Exclusive on-demand abstracts
CLTI Highlights:
- Most Viewed Session: Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia (CLTI) Controversies – Modern Management of Acute Limb Ischaemia
- Edited Case: How I do it endovascularly: Pedal angioplasty
- Edited Case: How I do it surgically: Pedal bypass
- Abstract E-Posters
Venous & Lymphatic Highlights:
- Most Viewed Session: Venous & Lymphatic Controversies – Deep Venous Controversies
- Pulmonary Embolism Focus: Underutilisation of thrombus removal intervention for pulmonary emboli
- Pulmonary Embolism Focus: Lytic-free options for early thrombus removal in acute pulmonary embolus
- Pulmonary Embolism Focus: Update on STRIKE PE study using computer-aided thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism
- Abstract E-Posters
Vascular Trauma Highlights:
- Most Viewed Session: Vascular Trauma Controversies
- Case Disaster: Transclavicular repair of the subclavian artery after knife stab injury
- Case Disaster: Blunt trauma with thoracic aorta rupture in a 17-year-old patient
- Case Disaster: Beyond the slopes and highways: A comparative analysis of blunt thoracic aortic injuries in skiers vs. motor vehicle accidents
Acute Stroke & Carotid Highlights:
- Most Viewed Session: Acute Stroke & Carotid Controversies
- Debate: Patients with symptomatic near occlusion in the internal carotid artery (ICA) should only be treated medically
- Debate: Best medical treatment (BMT) only is as effective as carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) in patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis
- Debate: Patients with symptomatic carotid artery web should only be treated medically
