
STARS 2024
FRIDAY 5 JULY
08:00 - 08:45:00: Registration & Breakfast
SESSION 1: Vascular complications in non-vascular procedures and how to manage them
Moderators:
Mr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Said Abisi, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Panos Gkoutzios, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
08:50 - 08:58: Vascular complications during Trans-Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Dr Tiffany Patterson, Guy's and Trust' NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London
08:58 - 09:06: Vascular complications in cardiac and thoracic aortic surgery
Mr Michael Sabetai, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:06 - 09:14: Radial access complications and how to avoid them
Professor Raphael Coscas, Ambroise Pare Hospital
09:14 - 09:22: Management of iatrogenic vascular injuries in abdomino-pelvic surgery
Mr Morad Sallam, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:22 - 09:30: Endovascular management of Iatrogenic carotid and subclavian arteries
Dr Raghuram Lakshminarayan, Hull York Medical School
09:30 - 09:45: DISCUSSION
09:45 - 09:53: Industry Session – Shockwave: To stent or not to stent? Expanding treatment options for Iliac Calcification
Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:53 - 10:01: Industry Session – Gore: The Treatment of Aortoilliac Disease: Clinical Data and Best Practices with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis
Prof. Dr. Gianmarco de Donato, Universita di Siena Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Siena, Italy
10:01 - 10:15: LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION
Operator: Mr Lukla Biasi
10:15 - 10:45: Networking & Refreshment Break
SESSION 2: Management of challenging Aortoiliac and Femoro-Popliteal disease
Moderators:
Mr Hany Zayed, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Chris Twine, North Bristol NHS Trust
Professor Matthew Bown, University of Leicester
10:45 - 10:55: Endovascular management of coral reef aorta involving the visceral vessels
Professor Raphael Coscas, Ambroise Pare Hospital
10:55 - 11:03: Vessel preparation: Atherectomy: Patient selection, tips and tricks
Dr Anthanasios Diamantopoulos, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
11:03 - 11:11: Vessel preparation: Intra-Vascular Lithotripsy: Patient selection, tips and tricks
Dr Konstantinos Stavroulakis, Klinikum Hochsauerland, Arnsberg
11:11 - 11:19: Vessel preparation: How do we assess the haemodynamic response to vessel preparation?
Dr Konstantinos Katsanos, Patras University Hospital, Rion
11:19 - 11:27: Paclitaxel-coated balloons: Long-term outcomes
Professor Giovanni Torsello, St. Franziskus Hospital, Munster, Germany
11:27 - 11:35: Limus-coated balloons: The evidence we have so far
Dr Sabine Steiner, University Hospital Leipzig
11:35 - 11:45: Take home messages from BASIL-2 and BASIL-3 trials
Mr Matthew Popplewell, University of Birmingham
11:45 - 11:55: Overview of current research in PAD and what’s to come after BASIL2 & 3
Professor Athansios Saratzis, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.
11:55 - 12:15: Discussion
12:15 - 12:30: Industry Session: Boston Scientific - Primary stenting strategies: why, how... and where's the evidence?
Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
12:30 - 12:45: LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION
Operated by Mr Lukla Biasi
12:45 - 13:45: Lunch & Networking Break
SESSION 3: Extreme Below the knee revascularisation
Moderators:
Dr Taun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Chris Twine, North Bristol NHS Trust
13:45 - 13:53: Industry Session - Bentley: Using the BeBack Catheter – When precision matters
Mr Prakash Saha, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
13:53: - 14:01: Anatomical Considerations for Extreme endovascular revascularisation
Dr August Ysa, Hospital de Cruces
14:01 - 14:09: Distal and ultra-distal bypasses: Patient selection, tips and tricks
Mr Patrick Chong, Surrey Heart, Stroke and Vascular Centre
14:09 - 14:17: Percutaneous Deep venous arterialisation: Results of PROMISE-UK study
Miss Kaji Sritharan
14:17 - 14:25: Off the Beaten Path: Unconventional Approaches to Lower Limb Arteries
Mr Robert Davies, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust
14:25 - 14:33: Rehabilitation after Below knee amputation: Picking the winners
Jodie Spyrou and Matt Fuller, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
14:33 - 14:55: DISCUSSION
14:55 - 15:10: LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION
Operated by Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan
SESSION 4: Innovations, new techniques and future trajectories in lower limb revascularisation
Moderators:
Mr Hany Zayed, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Paul Moxey, St George's Hospital
15:10 - 15:18: Endovascular Robotics: A dream or reality?
Dr Tomas Baltrunas, VUL Santariškių Klinikos
15:18 - 15:26: The role of digital platforms in advancing vascular surgery
James Pidliswyj, Proximie
15:26 - 15:34: How can we use new and evolving technologies to improve vascular training?
Professor Isabelle Van Herzeele, Ghent University Hospital
15:34 - 15:55: Discussion
15:55 - 16:10: Industry Session: Abbott - Initial experience with Stealth360 Orbital Atherectomy system
Dr Anthanasios Diamantopoulos, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
16:10 - 16:40: Networking & Refreshment Break
SESSION 5: My Nightmare Cases
Moderators:
Mr Hany Zayed, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Taha Khan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
16:40 - 16:55: LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION
Operated by: Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan
16:55 - 17:07: Case 1
Dr Arsalan Wafi, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
17:07 - 17:19: Case 2
Dr Ben Thomson, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
17:19 - 17:31: Case 3
Mr Michael Robinson, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
17:31 - 17:43: Case 4
Dr Tom Gordon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
17:43 - 17:55: Case 5
Dr Ebrahim Palki, York and Scarborough NHS Foundation Trust
17:55 - 18:07: Case 6
Mr Harishankar Nair, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
18:07 - 18:10: Closing comments
18:30 - 20:00: Celebration Reception: Drinks & bowl food
SATURDAY 6 JULY
08:30 - 09:00: Registration & Breakfast
SESSION 6: Updates on the Diagnosis and management of visceral arterial diseases - Interesting case discussion on mesenteric ischaemia
Moderators:
Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Miss Rachel Bell, Freeman Hospital
Dr Shahzad Ilyas, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:00 - 09:10: Open Surgical Management of Mesenteric Ischaemia
Mr Tommaso Donati, Vascular Consultant, Agostino Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital Foundation
09:10 - 09:20: Endovascular Management of Mesenteric Ischaemia
Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:20 - 09:30: Case discussions
Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:30 - 09:40: Splenic Downsizing and embolisation
Dr Ganesh Deogaokar, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:40 - 09:50: Visceral Artery Dissection: How to manage?
Dr Vivek Shrivastava, Hull Royal Infirmary
09:50 - 09:58: Diagnosis of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
Dr Narayan Karunanithy, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
09:58: 10:06: Treatment of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
Mr Abrie Botha, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
10:06 - 10:16: Renal artery aneurysms: Diagnosis and treatment options
Dr Raj Das, St George’s Hospital
10:16 - 10:20: DISCUSSION
10:20 - 10:50: Networking & Refreshment Break
SESSION 7: Challenges and updates on Carotid and vertebral artery disease management
Moderators:
Mr Hany Zayed, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
10:50 - 10:58: Industry Session - Philips: The real-world experience of treating PAD using IVUS and TACK.
Mr Mohamed Abdelhamid, St. George's Hospital
10:58 - 11:06: Management of Carotid and vertebral artery dissection
Professor Domenico Valenti, King's College Hospital
11:06 - 11:14: Carotid artery aneurysms: A challenging open surgical case
Mr Prakash Saha, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
11:14 - 11:22: Carotid artery aneurysms: Challenging endovascular cases
Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
11:22 - 11:32: The role of Carotid Interventions in Stroke patients
Dr Raghuram Lakshminarayan, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
11:32 - 11:40: Uncommon anatomical variations of the carotid artery and their implications on carotid interventions
Miss Becky Sandford, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
11:40 - 12:10: Discussion
12:10 - 12:15: Closing Comments
12:15 - 13:15: Lunch & Networking