Image Guided Therapies 2015
December 11-13, 2015
Venue:
JLN Auditorium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi
December 11, 2015
8-9 AM: Master Class- Setting up an image guided therapies unit & building
IGT practice- putting the building blocks in place
9-9.05 AM: Welcome
9.05-10.30 AM: Plenary session- Renovascular Hypertension
1. Scope of the problem, various available endovascular techniques, indications, setting up
an endovascular facility for this treatment
2. Current evidence for endovascular treatment of atherosclerotic RAS
3. Current evidence for endovascular treatment of non-atherosclerotic disease
4. Current status of renal denervation strategies
5. New developments in alternative percutaneous strategies for treating systemic
hypertension
6. Discussion and Take Home Messages
10.30- 11.15 AM: Inauguration including a panel discussion on Issues &
Challenges in setting up an Image-Guided Therapy program in the emerging
world countries
11.15-11.30 AM: TEA
11.30-12.15 PM: TBA
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12.15-1.15 PM: Lessons from Trials & Registries- What are the current
evidence-based clinical practice guidelines?
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Endovascular repair of aortic Type B Dissection
Stenting for cervical carotid artery stenosis
Image-guided therapy of uterine Fibroids
Image-guided therapy of HCC
1.15-2 PM: Lunch (visit to scientific exhibits)
2-3 PM: Case-based Discussions on image-guided therapy
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Iatrogenic & accidental vascular trauma
Painful bone metastasis
Image-guided therapy of DVT
Aortic and renal artery stenosis in a young patient with Takayasu’s arteritis
3- 6 PM: Workshops & Hands-on Demonstrations (small groups of up to 20
delegates; rotate among themselves; duplicate stations to give the audience different perspectives
from alternate experts; focus on hardware, accessories and their use; avoid didactic
presentations)
1. Obtaining Vascular access (venous & arterial)- Case, hardware & accessories selection,
choice of image guidance, how-I-do-it, complications & trouble shooting
2. Diagnostic angiography- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-doit, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
3. Endovascular recanalization in PVD- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs
used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
4. Transcatheter embolization for bleeding control and tumors- Case, hardware &
accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble
shooting
5. Image-guided biopsy & drainage procedures- Case, hardware & accessories selection,
drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
6. Hepato-biliary stenting- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-doit, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
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December 12, 2015
8-9 AM: Meet the experts- Master Class
1. Image-guided therapy of venous malformations
2. Image-guided therapy of varicose veins
3. Endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm
9-10.30 AM: Plenary session– Biliary interventions
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Calculus disease
Malignant disease
Biliary leak-trauma, disease, iatrogenic
Post liver transplant
10.30- 11 AM: Tea Break (visit to scientific exhibits)
11-12 Noon: Debates & Controversies
1. IVC Filter- Permanent filtration is dead
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Against
2. PAE is well suited to treat Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
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Against
3. Closure devices for vascular access?
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Against
12-1 PM: Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for treatment algorithms
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Image-guided therapy of pulmonary embolism
Endovascular treatment of SFA occlusions
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Renal malignancy- ablation, nephron sparing surgery & intra-arterial therapy
1-2 PM: Lunch (visit to scientific exhibits)
2-3.15 PM: Case-based Discussions
1. Extending the scope of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm- difficult
necks
2. Distal aortic arch aneurysms or Type B Dissection with deficient proximal neck
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3. Malperfusion syndrome in acute aortic dissection
4. The challenging diabetic foot
5. Pelvic venous congestion syndrome
3.15-6 PM: Workshops & Hands-on Demonstrations
1. Image-guided musculoskeletal interventions- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs
used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
2. Endovascular treatment of renovascular hypertension- Case, hardware & accessories
selection, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
3. Image-guided interventions in breast lesions- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs
used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
4. Endovascular reconstruction of aneurysms & dissections- Case, hardware & accessories
selection, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
5. BTK interventions-Case, hardware & accessories selection, devices choices, indications &
evidence, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
6. Radiation Risks and Measures of Protection in Image-Guided Therapies
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December 13, 2015
8-9 AM: Meet the experts
1. Image-guided therapy in the genito-urinary tract
2. RF ablation of kidney and bone tumors
3. Image-guided treatment of difficult vascular malformations
9-10.30 AM: Plenary session – Trials & Registries creating Evidence-Based
Guidelines in Interventional Oncology- tumor ablation- TACE, radio-embolization,
microwave, cryoablation, HIFU, IRE
10.30- 11 AM: TEA Break (visit to scientific exhibits)
11-12 Noon: Panel Discussion- Image-guided palliative therapies in cancer
management (plexus block, cavity fluid drainage, lymphatic leak, hollow organ obstruction)
12-1 PM: Special session on scientific paper writing and designing of trials &
registries
1-2 PM: Lunch (visit to scientific exhibits)
2-3 PM: Featured Abstracts on cutting edge research in image-guided
therapies from the emerging world (six selected submissions for 10 minutes each)
3-4 PM: Advances in Devices & Technologies in Image-Guided Therapies
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Flow modulating devices for aneurysm repair
Advances in newer image guidance technologies
The current status of bioabsorbable scaffolds for endoluminal use
To be announced
4 PM: Closure of meeting with concluding remarks
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