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
11.30-1 PM: Lessons from Trials & Registries- What are the current evidencebased 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
Catheter-directed therapies for DVT management
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5. Image-guided treatment of lower extremity varicose veins- LASER, RF or Foam
6. Image-guided therapy of HCC
1-1.30 PM: Lunch (visit to scientific exhibits)
1.30- 2.30 PM: Case-based Discussions on image-guided therapy
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Iatrogenic & accidental vascular trauma
Aortic and renal artery stenosis in a young patient with Takayasu’s arteritis
Critical limb ischemia with long tibio-peroneal trunk occlusion
Painful bone metastasis
2.30-3.30 PM: Biliary interventions
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Calculus disease
Malignant disease
Biliary leak-trauma, disease, iatrogenic
Post liver transplant
3.30- 6 PM: Workshops & Hands-on Demonstrations (small groups of up to 30
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. Image guided therapy in management of vascular malformation- 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. Image guided therapies in biliary disease -benign/malignant- Case, hardware &
accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble
shooting
7. Endovascular reconstruction of thoracic aortic aneurysms & dissections- Case,
hardware & accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis,
complications & trouble shooting
8. PICC lines, ports for chemotherapy and venous access- Case, hardware & accessories
selection, how-I-do-it, complications & trouble shooting
9. Setting up an image-guided embolization unit for bleeding control, trauma and tumor
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December 12, 2015
8-9 AM: Meet the experts- Master Class
1. BRTO
2. TIPS
3. BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME
9-10.30 AM: Plenary session– Image-guided therapies in Vascular Malformations
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Venous low flow malformations
Extremity AV malformations
Head & neck AVM
Pulmonary AVM
10.30- 11 AM: Tea Break (visit to scientific exhibits)
11-12 Noon: Debates & Controversies
1. IVC Filter- Permanent filtration is dead
For
Against
2. PAE is well suited to treat Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
For
Against
3. Closure devices for vascular access?
For
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
1-1.30 PM: Lunch (visit to scientific exhibits)
1.30-3.30 PM: Case-based Discussions
1. Extending the scope of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm- difficult
necks
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Distal aortic arch aneurysms or Type B Dissection with deficient proximal neck
Malperfusion syndrome in acute aortic dissection
Endovascular approach to thoraco-abdominal aneurysms
The challenging diabetic foot
Combined ante grade-retrograde approach for BTK lesion recanalization
Visceral artery aneurysm
Pelvic venous congestion syndrome
3.30-6 PM: Workshops & Hands-on Demonstrations
1. Image-guided urinary system- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-doit, 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 abdominal aortic 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
7. MR Aangiography- Case selection, how-I-do-it, ways to avoid venous contamination,
outcome analysis
8. DVT- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis,
complications & trouble shooting
9. Image-guided musculoskeletal intervention- Case, hardware & accessories selection, drugs
used, how-I-do-it, outcome analysis, complications & trouble shooting
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December 13, 2015
8-9 AM: Meet the experts
1. Image-guided therapy in the complications of pancreatic disease
2. RF ablation of kidney and bone tumors
3. Image-guided therapies in pain management
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: Image-guided therapies for palliative or definitive management of
HCC
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TACE/TARE
RFA/microwave ablation
DEB
Portal vein embolization
1-1.30 PM: Lunch (visit to scientific exhibits)
1.30-2.30 PM: Featured Abstracts on cutting edge research in image-guided
therapies from the emerging world (six selected submissions for 10 minutes each)
2.30-3 PM: Designing trials & registries, preparing research proposals in
image-guided therapies
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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