Basic Course in Endovascular Techniques
Monday, 22 June 2026
Time: 09:00–17:30
Academic Director: Christian Wack (Munich)
Speakers: Tomislav Stojanovic (Wolfsburg)
Presentations and introduction to the topic
- Puncture techniques
- Introducer sheaths, guidewires, guide catheters
- Radiation protection: C-arm or angiography system, contrast agents and complications
- Stent materials, covered stents and stent grafts
- Occlusion systems
- Perioperative pharmacological management
- Complications and complication management
Simulator- and/or model-assisted technical performance of:
- Punctures and angiographies
- Occlusion systems (anchor and suture systems)
Contents
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and group assignment |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | The path to becoming an endovascular surgeon |
| 09:30 | Introduction to endovascular technology |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Drug management in vascular interventions |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Introduction to the models |
| 11:10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m | Practical exercises I at the workstations and simulators Puncture and closure techniques, interventions in the infrarenal aorta, pelvic and femoral arteries |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m | Radiation protection in interventional vascular treatment |
| 2:50 – 3:30 | Closure systems |
| 3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Case presentations |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Practical exercises II at the workstations and simulators Graft systems, complex morbidities |
| 5:00 – 5:15 | Learning success check with evaluation of answers |
| 5:15 p.m. | Final discussion, course evaluation, presentation of certificates |