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“An interdisciplinary problem”
CX 2022 will highlight Hurting Leg Challenges, addressing unbalanced amputation rates based on geography, distilling the underlying causes of “hurting legs” and getting patients into the right hands. Be a part of it – register your place and explore the programme online.
CX Executive […]
Global thought leaders speak to CX, the first opportunity of the year to unite the vascular and endovascular field, face-to-face, about the challenges and opportunities at the crux of the aortic field. You can register with the early bird rates now.
Stéphan Haulon (Paris, France), highlights the […]
Nicholas Inston (Birmingham, UK) talks to CX about the challenges in creation, maintenance and salvage of vascular access in patients with end stage renal disease. Inston highlights the […]
Christopher Aylwin (UK) talks about resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA), which he notes will likely be the biggest controversial topic in this year’s Vascular […]
“International practice differences exist in cannulation and dialysis provision with some approaches aiming for fistulas to suit the logistics of dialysis, rather than best long-term outcomes for the fistula and the patient”
The CX 2021 Vascular Access Controversies Programme is designed to showcase the latest advances and disputes […]
William Jeffcoate (UK) discusses his upcoming presentation at the Hurting Leg session at CX 2021, titled The impact of socio-economic and clinical variables on the incidence of major amputation in people with diabetic foot ulcers.
The session, which will take place on Thursday 22 April, will shine a […]
Colin Bicknell (UK) and Michael Jenkins (UK) will go toe-to-toe in a hotly anticipated debate at CX 2021 titled Standard EVAR can be used in most challenging necks. Bicknell will be arguing for the motion and Jenkins–who is current president of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI)–will be […]
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Sophie Renton (London, UK) moderates a session with Michel Makaroun (Pittsburgh, USA) and Armando Mansilha (Porto, Portugal) where the trio discuss some of the challenges relating to recruitment within the field of vascular surgery.
Makaroun explains that there are two main recruitment pathways into vascular surgery in the USA but notes […]
Kevin Mani (Uppsala, Sweden) chats to BLearning about the upcoming Aortic Workshop at CX 2020 (Charing Cross Symposium; 21–24 April, London, UK), noting how the sessions will give attendees access to experts, the latest technologies and provide a platform for hands-on experience with new devices and imaging technology.
Workshop participants can take this […]
Roger Greenhalgh (London, UK) speaks to former president of the SVS (2018–2019) Michel Makaroun (Pittsburgh, USA) about the CX Symposium which Makaroun says “always has a special flavour” and is “a special meeting”. Makaroun also touches on some of the similarities and differences between CX and the SVS meeting in […]
Roger Greenhalgh (London, UK) and W L Gore’s Michael Koenke (Flagstaff, USA), take a look back at the history of the Charing Cross Symposium (CX), which began in 1978.
Koenke says that CX is a “special meeting for us”, adding that it is an “opportunity for us to connect with our […]
Roger Greenhalgh (London, UK) chats with Enrico Ascher (New York, USA) about some of the highlights of the CX Symposium, how it differs to the VEITH symposium in the USA and also how the two complement each other.
Ascher says he is always “totally amazed by the scientific level” of CX, […]
Leading experts including Robert Morgan (London, UK), Richard McWilliams (Liverpool, UK), Stéphan Haulon (Paris, France), Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, Germany) and Peter Schneider (Honolulu, USA) discuss the various approaches to correcting endoleak during CX 2018 (Charing Cross Symposium; 24–27 April 2018; London, UK).
Giovanni Torsello (Münster, Germany) and Mauro Gargiulo (Bologna, Italy) discuss the “very high” morbidity and mortality caused by open surgery when treating complex aortic aneurysms. This is […]