Advanced Course in Endovascular Techniques – Femoral Vessels  

Thursday, 25 June 2026
Time: 08:00–15:30

Scientific Director: Heiko Wendorff (Ebersberg)
Speakers: Marcel Hofmann (Amerang), Rustam Khodzhibaev (Brandenburg an der Havel)

Objectives

• Determining indications for interventions based on patency rates
• Antegrade, ‘cross-over’, retrograde, popliteal/crural access
• Indications for PTA, uncovered BMS / DEB / DES, covered stents
• Recanalisation techniques / materials
• Management of recurrent stenosis / occlusion
• Management of calcified lesions, dissection
• Knowledge of the use of mechanical thrombectomy/atherectomy systems
• Use of lysis/aspiration systems/lithotripsy
• Indications for intervention on the deep femoral artery

 

Simulator- and/or model-assisted technical performance of:

• Interventions in the femoral region, such as PTA/stenting (DEB)

 

 

 

Contents

08:00 – 08:05	Welcome and group allocation
08:05 – 08:30	Indication
08:30	Use of lysis/aspiration systems
09:00	Introduction and practical exercises I and II at the workstations and simulators
11:00	Use of recanalisation techniques
11:30 a.m.	Use of thrombectomy/atherectomy systems
12:00 – 12:30	Video case presentations with discussion rounds
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m	Exercise part III at the workstations and simulators