Over the last few years, the Working Group on Aorta & Peripheral Vascular Diseases has boosted its activities thanks to its pivotal role in the development of the 2011 and 2017 ESC Guidelines on Peripheral Arterial Diseases, and the production of highly cited position papers and consensus documents.
Recently, the Working Group has moved on organizing educational initiatives, including live webinars and its first Educational Training Programme "Arteries, from head to toe".
Course objectives
The Educational Training Programme provided physicians with up-to-date knowledge of peripheral artery disease in order to guide management.
Eight sessions were provided including hands-on sessions with the purpose of:
- Clarifying diagnostic processes, including differential diagnoses
- Giving a critical review of revascularization strategies
- Describing current guidelines about medical and invasive therapies
- Reviewing the basics of ABI assessment and vascular imaging
Programme
Scientific Coordinators
- Marco De Carlo , MD, PhD, FESC Chair
- Victor Aboyans, MD, PhD, FESC Vice-Chair
- Lucia Mazzolai, MD, PhD, FESC Secretary and ETP coordinator
Friday 28 September
13:00-13:15 - Welcome and introduction to the Educational Training Programme
Session 1 - Carotid artery stenosis
13:15-13:30: Interactive Case 1: a patient with carotid stenosis
13:30-14:00: Lecture: management of symptomatic stenosis
14:00-14:30: Lecture: anti-thrombotics and carotid artery disease
14:30-15:00: Lecture: Carotid artery - a window to assess the cardiovascular risk
15:020-15:15: Wrap-up of case 1
Session 2 - Management of lower extremity artery disease
15:30-15:45: Interactive Case 2: a patient with intermittent claudication
14:45-16:15: Lecture: Exercise training
16:15-16:45: Lecture : Revascularization
16:45-17:15: Lecture: Antithrombotics and LEAD
17:15-17:30: Wrap-up of case 2
Session 3 - Multisite artery disease
17:45-18:00: Interactive Case 3: a patient scheduled for CABG with asymptomatic carotid stenosis
18:00-18:30: Lecture: screening for multisite artery disease
18:30-18:45: Wrap-up of case 3
Saturday 29 September
08:15-08:30: Introduction to the Programme of the day
Session 4 - Hands-on session-LEAD: vascular assessment
08:30-09:30: ABI, TBI, tcPO2 (subgroups)
09:40-10:40: CT and MRI imaging of carotid and LEAD
Session 5 - Hands-on session-Vascular imaging
10:50-11:50: Carotid US: basics Tips & Tricks (subgroups)
12:00-13:00: Lower extremity artery US: basics, Tips &Tricks (subgroups)
Session 7 - Cardiac conditions in peripheral arterial disease
14:15-14:45: Interactive case 3: a patient with heart failure and LEAD
14:45-15:15: Lecture: 2017 ESC Guidelines on cardiac conditions and peripheral arterial disease
Session 8: Still some road ahead
15:15-15:45: LEAD and carotid disease: Gaps in evidence
15:45-16:00: Closing remarks
Our mission: To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.