Scientific Programme

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

07:00 Opening of Onsite Registration

08:30-10:00
Materials, tools and how to use them
Chairs: J. Lammer (Vienna/AT), G. Simonetti (Rome/IT)
 
How to get there: wires and catheters
M. Sapoval (Paris/FR)
Particles: how, when and which to choose
J.-P. Pelage (Boulogne/FR)
Glue and Onyx
P. Goffette (Brussels/BE)
Liquids: alcohol and sclerosing agents
P. Fourie (Johannesburg/ZA)
Coils and plugs: when, what and how to deliver
J. Jackson (London/UK)
Gelfoam and Ethibloc
G. Richter (Heidelberg/DE)
Embolization agent quiz
M. Sapoval (Paris/FR)

10:30-12:30
GI hemorrhage
Chairs: G. Cornalba (Milan/IT), R. Uflaker (Charleston, VT/US)

Imaging for GI hemorrhage
A.-M. Belli (London/UK)
Acute upper GI hemorrhage: when should IR get involved
A. Nicholson (Leeds/UK)
Acute lower GI hemorrhage: IR should always be involved
A. Nicholson (Leeds/UK)
Chronic GI bleeding: imaging and treatment
J. Jackson (London/UK)
Hemobilia and pancreatic hemorrhage
E. Brountzos (Athens/GR)
GI bleeding from HHT
R. White (New Haven, CT/US)
How to deal with variceal hemorrhage
S. Hirota (Hyogo/JP)
Complex cases
A. Nicholson (Leeds/UK) 

12:45-13:15
Industry Symposium: CeloNova Bio Science
Bland Embolization for Liver Tumors with the Novel 40 Micron Embozene^TM Microsphere
F. Orsi (Milan/IT)


13:30-15:30
Trauma
Chairs: G. Feltrin (Padova/IT), J.A. Reekers (Amsterdam/NL)

How to set up an IR trauma service
J.C. Goslings (Amsterdam/NL)
Damage control for liver and splenic injuries
S. Sclafani (Brooklyn, NY/US)
Damage control for kidney, mesenteric and lumbar injuries
R. Uflacker (Charleston, VT/US)
When and how to embolize pelvic injuries 
O.M. van Delden (Amsterdam/NL) 
Extremity injuires - embolization and stent grafts
P. Goffette (Brussels/BE)
Head and neck injuries - complex stuff
S.J.A. Sclafani (Brooklyn, NY/US)
Life threatening traumatic bleeding - case discussion
J.A. Reekers (Amsterdam/NL)

16:00-17:30
Vascular malformations 1
Chairs: L. Lupattelli (Perugia/IT), R. White (New Haven, CT/US)

Biology and classification
P.E. Burrows (Boston, MA/US)
Running an vascular malformation policlinic
J.A. Reekers (Amsterdam/NL)
Imaging and planning
P. Rowlands (Liverpool/UK)
When to do embolization therapy and when to do surgery
H.F. Kubiena (Vienna/AT)
Embolization of high flow malformation
J. Jackson (London/UK)
Two complex cases
R. Gandini (Rome/IT) 

17:30-19:00 
Vascular malformations 2
Chairs: P. Gaines (Sheffield/UK), P. Rowlands (Liverpool/UK)
 
Pulmonary vascular malformation
R. White (Tulsa, OK/US)
Sclerotherapy of low flow malformations
P.E. Burrows (Boston, MA/US)
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
P. Gaines (Sheffield/UK)
Congenital lymphatic malformations
P. Fourie (Johannesburg/ZA)
Head and neck vascular malformations
P. Waldenberger (Linz/AT)
Two controversial cases
J. Kettenbach (Vienna/AT) 

Thursday, April 10, 2008 

08:00-10:00
Embolization of the female pelvis
Chairs: A. Nicholson (Leeds/UK), J.-P. Pelage (Paris/FR)

Uterine artery embolization: indication and imaging
T.J. Kroencke (Berlin/DE)
Uterine artery embolization: technique 
R. Gandini (Rome/IT)
Uterine artery embolization: pain treatment
J. Spies (Washington, WA/US)
Uterine artery embolization: how to avoid complications
G. Richter (Heidelberg/DE)
Pelvic congestion syndrome
A.C. Roberts (La Jolla, CA/US)
Post-partum hemorrhage
J.-P. Pelage (Paris/FR)
Two cases discussions - unexpected findings and outcome
J. Spies (Washington, WA/US) 



10:30-12:00
Workshops
A total of 16 Workshops will be held on Thursday. All 4 Workshop topics will be repeated 4 times to allow delegates to attend as many workshops as they are interested in.

WS 1&2: Coils and things
E. Brountzos (Athens/GR), J.A. Reekers (Amsterdam/NL)
WS 3&4: Liquid and things
P.E. Burrows (Boston, MA/US), P. Fourie (Johannesburg/ZA)
WS 5&6: Glue, Onyx and things
A.A. Nicholson (Leeds/UK), G.M. Richter (Heidelberg/DE), P. Rowlands (Liverpool/UK)
WS 7&8: Particles and things
J.-P. Pelage (Paris/FR), J.B. Spies (Washington, DC/DE)

14:30-16:00

WS 9&10: Coils and things
E. Brountzos (Athens/GR), J.A. Reekers (Amsterdam/NL)
WS 11&12: Liquid and things
P.E. Burrows (Boston, MA/US), P. Fourie (Johannesburg/ZA)
WS 13&14: Glue, Onyx and things
A.A. Nicholson (Leeds/UK), G.M. Richter (Heidelberg/DE), P. Rowlands (Liverpool/UK)
WS 15&16: Particles and things
J.-P. Pelage (Paris/FR), J.B. Spies (Washington, DC/DE)

Joint sessions with ECIO 2008 - European Conference on Interventional Oncology

12:00-12:30
Industry Symposium: Bayer Healthcare
Nexavar: The New Treatment Paradigm in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Chair: Riccardo Lencioni (Pisa/IT)

New hope for unmet needs in advanced and recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
J. Bruix (Barcelona/ES)
Nexavar as the standard of care in HCC: implications for earlier stages in HCC and future directions
J.M. Llovet (Barcelona/ES)

13:00-13:45
Industry Symposium: Terumo/Biocompatibles
Infarction endpoint in bland embolization and drug eluting beads: latest updates
Chair: A. Denys (Lausanne/CH)

UFE treatment: long-term follow up of bead block registry
T.J. Kroencke (Berlin/DE)
TACE with DC beads as a pretransplant treatment for HCC: results with anatomopathological data
P. Goffette (Brussels/BE)
International hepatic arterial embolization registry of malignant tumours
R. Martin (Lexington, KY/US)


13:45-14:30
Industry Symposium: Angiodynamics
Innovations in embolization and radio frequency ablation

Drug-eluting bead-enhanced RF ablation of liver cancer
R. Lencioni (Pisa/IT)
Latest Optimization Updates of Radio Frequency Ablation lectrodes
L. Appelbaum (Jerusalem/IL)

15:00-16:45
Clinical Focus Session: Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Chairs: M. Colombo (Milan/IT), J.-F. Geschwind (Baltimore, MD/US)

Clinical overview and BCLC staging
L. Bolondi (Bologna/IT)
Current approaches in surgical resection
G. Torzilli (Milan/IT)
Transplantation versus resection
V. Mazzaferro (Milan/IT)
Interventional treatment of patients awaiting transplantation
L. Crocetti (Pisa/IT)
Transplantation after interventional downstaging
F. Filipponi (Pisa/IT)
Percutaneous ablation: chemical versus thermal
P. Mueller (Boston, MA/US) 
Prevention of recurrence after curative treatment
M. Colombo (Milan/IT)


15:00-15:45
Workshop: Radioembolization of Liver Malignancies: Techniques
Chair: C. Ferro(Genoa/IT)
Speakers: J. Bilbao (Pamplona/ES), T. Helmberger (Munich/DE)


16:00-16:45
Workshop: Intraarterial Liver Treatments: Technical Tips
Chair: A. Siani (Naples/IT)
Speakers: F. Orsi (Milan/IT), C. Vignali (Pisa/IT)


17:00-18:45
Clinical Focus Session: Intermediate-Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Chairs: J. Bruix (Barcelona/ES), G. Simonetti (Rome/IT)

Chemoembolization: protocols and outcomes
G. Cornalba (Milan/IT)
Bland embolization versus chemoembolization
G. Getrajdman (New York, NY/US)
Chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads: experimental studies
J.-F. Geschwind (Baltimore, MD/US)
Chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads: clinical trials
J. Lammer (Vienna/AT)
Combined chemoembolization and ablation
R. Lencioni (Pisa/IT)
Radioembolization
R. Salem (Chicago, IL/US)
Targeted sytemic therapy
J.M. Llovet (Barcelona/ES)
Recommendations for future research
J. Bruix (Barcelona/ES)


18:45-19:30 
Welcome
Chairs: J. Lammer (Vienna/AT), R. Lagalla (Palermo/IT), G. Gandini (Turin/IT)

Welcome by the President of the CIRSE Foundation
J. Lammer (Vienna/AT)
Welcome by the President of the Italian Society of Radiology
R. Lagalla (Palermo/IT)
Welcome by the President of the Italian Interventional Radiology Section
G. Gandini (Turin/IT)

Honorary Lecture
Imaging tumor response
H. Hricak (New York, NY/US)

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