Specialist Course in Endovascular Techniques – Thoracic Aorta
22 June 2026
, 08:00–15:30
Academic Director: Kyriakos Oikonomou (Frankfurt)
Speakers: Viktor Reichert (Sindelfingen), Alexander Stehr (Mülheim)
Objectives
Knowledge of endovascular treatment of pathologies of the aortic arch, the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta
- Indications and current research
- Access routes, interventional techniques and materials science
- Case discussions and troubleshooting
- Recent developments, aortic arch, fenestrations, branches
Simulator- and/or model-assisted technical performance of:
- Endograft implantation for diseases of the thoracic aorta
Video demonstration and case discussion of:
- Endograft implantation for lesions of the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta
- Chimney technique
- fEVAR
- bEVAR
- Open aortic replacement
Contents
| 08:00 – 08:10 | Welcome and group allocation |
| 08:15 – 08:40 | Indications and study status TAA |
| 08:40 | Materials science – IFUs |
| 09:00 | Introduction to models and simulators – Exercise Part I |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Aortic dissection – study situation, indication, technique |
| 11:30 a.m. | New developments – aortic arch, fEVAR, bEVAR |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m | Case presentations, bail-out, discussion round |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Exercise part II |