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07.30 Welcoming coffee
08.00 Welcome adresses, Natzi Sakalihasan 
08.15 Lecture: Facing the sun while aging, Dimitris-Solon Georgopoulos
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Genetics, genomics and pathobiology of thoracic aortic diseases
Moderators: Eric Allaire & John A. Elefteriades
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08.30 What’s new in the genetics of thoracic aortic aneurysm?
Bart Loeys
08.45 Comparative biology of progressive dilatation (aneurysm) versus acute
intraparietal rupture (dissection) of the human ascending aorta
Jean-Baptiste Michel
09.00 Antagonism of GxxPG-fragments ameliorates manifestations of aortic disease in
Marfan syndrome mice
Peter N. Robinson
09.15 Cardiomyopathy in Marfan and other aneurysmal syndromes
Julie De Backer
09.30 Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: from men to mice
Fransiska Malfait
09.45 Root aneurysm protects against systemic atherosclerosis
John A. Elefteriades
10.00 Coffee break
10.30 Biomarkers of TAAD and an effective medical therapy for thoracic aneurysms: statin
John A. Elefteriades
10.50 Medical treatment of Marfan syndrome
Julie De Backer
11.05 Discussion
11.25 Talks selected from submitted abstracts
11.25 Incomplete segregation of myh11 variants with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections and patent ductus arteriosus
Annette Baas
11.30 Angiotensin ii pathway is critical for mmp-9 production in human thoracic aortic aneurysms
Ayako Nagasawa
11.35 Familial aortic aneurysm and dissection due to tgfβr2 gene mutation – clinical course and current management
Fabio Ramponi
11.40 Susceptibility to aortic dissection of the mouse model of the vascular type of ehlers-danlos syndrome (edsv) in response to angiotensin ii
Julie Faugeroux
11.45 Evaluation of chemokine receptors (ccrs) expression on peripheral blood t-lymphocyte subsets of patients with thoracic aortic disease
Tiwari Kausal
11.50 Evaluation of apoptotic molecular pathways for smooth muscle cells isolated from thoracic abdominal aneurysms in response to oxidized sterols
Adiguzel Zelal
12.00 PARALLEL POSTERS SESSIONS
12.00 SESSION 1: Pathophysiology and genetics
Jean-Baptiste Michel and Helena Kuivaniemi
• Global analysis of gene expression in abdominal aortic aneurysmal wall with a positive 18-FDG uptake detected by PET/CT
Audrey Courtois
• A fresh look at Homocysteine (HCY) levels in AAA patients and controls and its effect on aneurysm growth
Sohrabi Soroush
• Marfan syndrome: clinical observations in 50 patients Ukrainian population
Zhurayev Rustam
• Dissection of iliac artery in a patient with polycystic kidney disease: a case report
Audrey Courtois
• Aneurysmal circulating progenitors – are they as old as they look?
Harry Pritchard
• Can be predictive the ankle-brachial index of the grade and localisation of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis?
Ferenc Lakatos
12.00 SESSION 2: Management of aortic diseases
Jes Lindholt and Tilo Kölbel
• Hybrid approach to mega aortic syndrome: the lupiae technique
Samuele Bichi
• Hybrid treatment of kommerell diverticulum. A case report and outcome
Gilberto Boselli
• Simultaneous surgical treatment of type b dissection complicated with visceral malperfusion and AAA: role of aortic fenestration
G. Filippone
• A surgical approach for vasculogenic impotence with aortoiliac occlusive diseases; aortoiliofemoral sequential bypass
Rusen Melih Nebigil
• Mesenteric revascularisation by carrel patch technique in abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy
Rusen Melih Nebigil
• A fluid-chemical model of intra-luminal thrombus growth
Jacopo Biasetti
• When do abdominal aortic aneurysms rupture?
Daniel Morris
12.30 Lunch
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Clinical management and treatment of thoracic aortic diseases
Moderators: Jean-Olivier Defraigne and Christoph Nienaber
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13.30 Gender differences in aortic dissection
Martin Czerny
13.45 Evolution of IMH
Luigi Lovato
14.00 Long-term outcomes of proximal and distal dissection of aortic dissection type B
Christoph Nienaber
14.15 Management of acute complicated aortic dissection type B
Germano Melissano
14.30 Natural history and delayed surgery of type A dissection
Thai An Nguyen
14.45 Tips and tricks to deliver a stengraft to the ascending aorta
Tilo Kölbel
15.00 Lessons learned from early experiences on TEVAR for ascending aortic pathologies
Ian Loftus
15.15 Surgical treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms
John A. Elefteriades
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 Surgical options to treat aortic dissections
Thomas Bilfinger
16.15 Hybrid interventions for aortic dissection
Carsten Bünger
16.30 Dissection with malperfusion surgical – by PETITCOAT
Stephan Kische
16.45 Management of blunt aortic injuries?
Benjamin W. Starnes
17.00 Debranching for type B dissection and aneurysms: initial experiences and lessons
Frédéric Cochennec
17.15 Functional imaging and outcome of the aortic dissections
Sakalihasan Natzi
17.30 Debate and interactive discussions:
- Clinical case debate: for/against
Christoph Nienaber
- Medical treatment or surgical options for asymptomatic type B dissections
Thomas Bilfinger
18.00 Talks selected from submitted abstracts
18.00 Hybrid repair of extensive type a acute aortic dissection with lupiae technique: long-term results
Davide Patrini
18.05 1-year outcomes of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms repair using Cardiatis® multilayer stents
Jean-Marc Alsac
18.10 Successful endovascular treatment of an aortic mycotic pseudoaneurysm: two cases with two year follow up
Isabelle Bouckenooghe
18.15 Acute type A dissection: effect of composite root replacement versus interposition grafts on long-term outcome and proximal reoperation
Bart Meuris
18.20 End of the sessions
