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RECENT EVENTS » METAA - FOURTH AORTIC SUMMIT
- INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON LATEST TRENDS IN
AORTIC ANEURYSM MANAGEMENT » 8th and 9th
January 2011
The Fourth Aortic Summit was held at MIOT
Hospitals between 8th and 9th January 2011.
The meeting was attended by around 150
cardiac surgeons, cardiologists,
interventional radiologists and vascular
surgeons and they discussed their
experiences. In addition, live
demonstrations of open and endovascular
surgeries are also being performed
MIOT being a leading centre in the country
for thoracic and cardio vascular care
practices the latest Keyhole or Endovascular
stenting - the latest development that
involves less risk and minimal stay in the
hospital. The success rate of open surgery
for aortic aneurysm is 95%, which was only
50-60% in olden days. With this in mind, a
Press Meet was conducted on 07th January
2011 in order to create awareness amongst
the public about Aneurysm and its treatments
options.
Press Meet - 4th Aortic Summit - 07th
January 2011
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From left to right
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Dr. K. Murali -
Interventional
Radiologist - MIOT
Hospitals
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Prof. Dr. P.V.A.
Mohandas - Managing
Director - MIOT
Hospitals
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Dr. V.V. Bashi -
Chairman - Centre for
Thoracic and Cardio
Vascular Care - MIOT
Hospitals
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Prof. Dr. Roberto Di
Bartolomeo -
Director Dept. of
Cardiac Surgery -
Almamater University of
Bologna, Italy
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Dr. Cherrie Abraham
- Vascular Surgeon,
Mayill University -
Montreal, Canada
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Dr. K. Sivakumar
- Chief Paediatric
Cardiologist & Senior
Consultant - MIOT Centre
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This fourth aortic
international summit offered the real
platform for cardiac surgeons,
cardiologists, interventional radiologists
and vascular surgeons to share the latest
development in aortic aneurysm treatments
option available around the world, offered
training and share key statistical data.
METAA has been
conducting meetings over the last 3 years
where experts from India and abroad discuss
the recent innovations in aortic diseases.
This year we had four international experts
who were the keynote speakers in this 4th
international summit.
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Prof. Dr. Roberto Di
Bartolomeo M.D.
Director – Dept. of Cardiac Surgery,
Almamater University of Bologna, Italy
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Prof. Gebrine El
Khoury
St. Luc’s Hospital, Brussels,
Belgium
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Dr. Cherrie Abraham
Vascular Surgeon, Mayill University,
Montreal, Canada
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Dr. Thodur Vasudevan
Consultant Vascular Surgeon,
Auckland, New Zealand
Programme Schedule
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Day 1: Saturday,
January 08, 2011 |
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09.00 - 09.30 am |
INAUGURATION |
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09.30 - 10.30 am |
LECTURES
Chairpersons: Dr. Shiv
Chowdhry, Dr. Vijayshankar
- Prof. Gebrine El Khoury
- Bicuspid & Tricuspid
aortic valve repair
- Prof. Dr. Roberto Di
Bartolomeo - Aortic
valve sparing operation with
the Valsalva prosthesis.
Results of a multicentre
study.
- Prof. Dr. Roberto Di
Bartolomeo - Antegrade
brain perfusion in aortic
arch surgery
- Dr. Cherrie Abraham
- Scalloped, fenestrated and
branched grafts for aortic
arch aneurysms |
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10.30 - 10.45 am |
TEA BREAK |
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10.45 - 01.00 pm |
LIVE DEMONSTRATION CASE 1
Chairpersons: Dr. Vivek
Jawali, Dr. Balakrishnan K.R
Case discussion / video
demonstration by
participants
- Dr.
Murugusundarapandiyan
- Dr. Richard Saldanha
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Dr. Kannan Nair
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Dr. P.R. Murugesan |
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01.00 - 02.00 pm |
LUNCH |
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02.00 - 02.45 pm |
LECTURES
Chairpersons: Dr. George
Joseph, Dr. Ajit Mullassery
- Dr. Yugal Mishra -
Adult aortic coarctation -
different surgical
strategies
- Dr. K. Sivakumar -
Catheter based interventions
in coarctation
- Dr. Shiv Chowdhury
- Tricks and safeguards in
the management of aortic
type A dissection |
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02.45 - 04.30 pm |
LIVE DEMONSTRATION CASE 2
Chairpersons: Dr. Richard
Saldanha, Dr. Shiv Chowdhry
Case discussion /
video demonstration by
participants
- Dr. George Joseph –
Difficult aortic aneurysm
- Dr. Bedi V.S
- Dr. Balakrishnan K.R
- Dr. Dilip |
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04.30 - 04.45 pm |
TEA BREAK |
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04.45 - 05.00 pm |
Prof. Roberto Di Bartolomeo
Single stage hybrid repair
of complex pathologies of
the thoracic aorta. No
compromise to optimal
results. |
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05.00 - 05.15 pm |
Dr. V.V. Bashi
Single stage total thoracic
aortic repair for complex
aneurysms - feasibility |
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08.00 pm Onwards |
COCKTAILS AND DINNER |
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Day 2: Sunday, January 09, 2011 |
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09.00 - 10.00 am |
LECTURES
Chairpersons: Dr.
Neelakandan K. S, Dr. Felix
Sridhar
- Prof. Gebrine El Khoury
- Dr. V.V. Bashi -
Tips and tricks in arch
hybrids
- Dr. Cherrie Abraham
- Branched Aortic stent
grafts for thoraco abdominal
aortic aneurysms
- Dr. K. Murali -
Lessons learnt in EVAR -
MIOT experience |
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10.00 - 10.15 am |
TEA BREAK |
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10.15 - 01.00 pm |
LIVE DEMONSTRATION CASE
3
Chairpersons: Dr. Anil Bhan,
Dr. Rajan.S
Case discussion / video
demonstration by
participants
- Dr. Kannan Nair |
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01.00 - 02.00 pm |
LUNCH |
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02.00 - 02.40 pm |
LECTURES
Chairpersons: Dr. Shiv K
Nair, Dr. Chandrashekar
- Dr. Anil Bhan -
Redo Aortic Surgery
- Dr. K.S. Neelakantan
- Tips and tricks in hybrid
repair of thoraco abdominal
aneurysm |
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02.40 - 05.30 pm |
LIVE DEMONSTRATION CASE 4
Chairpersons: Dr. Yugal
Mishra, Dr. Prashanth.V
Case discussion / video
demonstration by
participants
- Dr. Dilip |
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