Please join us in Barcelona for the Management of Aortic Rupture (MARB) course! Course confirmed! Please go ahead and book your flights and accommodation.  Your convenors will be: Ramon Vila & Elena Iborra The faculty guiding you includes: Zoran Rancic, Emma Espinar, Begoña Gonzalo, Carolina Herranz, Malka Huici, Carlos Martinez-Rico, Dorelly Martínez-del-Carmen, Antoni Romera, Raul Lara, Esther Alba, Raul Herrera, Ivan Macía, Zoilo Madrazo. Twelve vascular surgeons who will have to deal with the management of a ruptured aortic aneurysm (RAAA) are the target audience for the novel and exclusive MARB course. It is a 2-day course that seeks to cover all the details regarding a ruptured aneurysm. The course aims to offer students the skills they need to manage the RAAA comprehensively and empower them. We also intend to provide students with the tools to create a program to improve RAAA management in their centre. We will give students the resources needed to manage a RAAA effectively, allowing them to export and apply the information and behaviours they learned in their home country. It is a twenty-hour face-to-face course distributed over two days of intense work. The student collaborates with peers in small groups while being supervised by tutors who are subject matter […]

We are pleased to announce the first of two new courses in the PAD Pathway, in collaboration with the Zuyderland Medical Centre, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Heerlen, the Netherlands! You will be in the capable hands of: Dr. Ozan Yazar, MD, Phd. - Zuyderland Medical Centre, Heerlen, the Netherlands - lead course tutor & Prof. Dr. Lee Bouwman, MD, PhD, course tutor, Zuyderland Medical Centre Drs. Pieter Salemans, MD, course tutor, Zuyderland Medical Centre Drs. Ine Rochus, MD, Zuyderland Medical Centre. Objective: This comprehensive workshop is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their experience in using vascular closure devices (VCDs). We will discuss the fundamental principles of vascular access, explore the evolution of VCDs, and gain practical skills through hands-on training. The workshop will cover four types of VCDs (Manta, Prostyle, Starclose, Angioseal), offering a nuanced understanding of their applications and limitations. Participants will learn how to assess patients for VCD suitability, ensuring safe and effective use in various clinical scenarios. Through interactive sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to practice deploying different VCDs on wet-models, simulating real-world procedures. We will show how the different VCDs work on live cases. The workshop will also address complications associated with VCDs and provide […]

Course confirmed - Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation! The ESVS Academy is pleased to announce the 2024 repeat edition of this course, in collaboration with the Serbian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia. 27th – 29th November 2024 Join the international faculty: Convenor: Igor Koncar, MD, PhD, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia Faculty: Kim Kargaard Bredahl, MD, PhD, Dept. Vasc. Surg., Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Nicola Aleksic, MD, Institute for Cardiovascular Disease, Belgrade, Serbia Ramon Vila, MD, Hospital Beltvitge, Barcelona, Spain Sandra Radak, MD, Institute for Cardiovascular Disease, Belgrade, Serbia Nicolaus Rousas, MD, University Hospital Larissa, Larissa, Greece Dragan Vasic, MD, PhD, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia Tamara Jemcov, MD, PhD, Zemun Medical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia Objectives: Vascular ultrasound provides immediate diagnostics, and may provide clinically important information not obtained by any other imaging modality. Vascular ultrasound is harmless and can be performed  at the bedside. The course is a 50/50% theoretical/hands-on course. During this course, participants will be taught the physics and principles behind vascular ultrasound, ultrasound anatomy and how to perform basic vascular ultrasound examination: abdominal aorta, femoral arteries, peripheral bypasses, basic carotid ultrasound, deep venous thromboses,  varicose veins and A-V […]

Join the faculty in Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden, for this new aortic course. Course confirmed - Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation The faculty guiding you includes: Dr Magnus Jonsson, consultant vascular surgeon/associate professor Dr Carl Magnus Wahlgren, consultant vascular surgeon/professor (adjunct), Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden & Dr Göran Lundberg, consultant vascular surgeon/PhD Dr Joy Roy, consultant vascular surgeon /associate professor Dr Anton Razuvajev, specialist vascular surgeon/PhD, Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Objectives: This is a practical 1.5-day workshop to gain knowledge on the management of basic TEVAR including patient selection, sizing, and procedural steps of stent graft implantation. The workshop includes case presentations covering state-of -the-art management of a thoracic aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and traumatic aortic, as well practical training on access, procedural steps of TEVAR implantation with different devices, and troubleshooting/bail out techniques. Participant level: The course is designed for vascular surgeons and vascular surgeons in training. No TEVAR experience is required but some prior EVAR experience is expected. Accreditation: CME accreditation is being requested for this course. Registration & Cancellation Policy: The registration fee is € 250 for ESVS members and € 350 for non-members. It includes […]