Intravascular Lithotripsy – Reducing Risk and Simplifying Complex Calcified Lesions

  • Published:  23 July 2021
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Intravascular Lithotripsy – Reducing Risk and Simplifying Complex Calcified Lesions

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Overview

Supported by Shockwave Medical, this page brings together the content from the Vascular Interventions Online Symposium: Intravascular Lithotripsy – Reducing Risk and Simplifying Complex Calcified Lesions. Here we also present the three part IVL STAG tutorial series delivered by Konstantinos Stavroulakis

 

Combining expert opinion and discussion from a world-class faculty, insightful presentations, and live cases from centres on both sides of the Atlantic, VIO 2021 delivered best-in-class learning, supporting the latest in diagnosis, treatment strategies and patient management in vascular care.

This event was supported by:

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how IVL's unique mechanism provides efficacious lumen gain and reduces procedural complication.
  • Discover how IVL can facilitate a leave nothing behind strategy in calcified Femoropopliteal lesions.
  • Learn how IVL can offer a best endo approach to treat CFA disease with case examples from daily practice and an overview of the data to support its use.

Target Audience

  • Vascular Surgeon
  • Angiologist
  • Cardiothoracic surgeon
  • Cardiovascular specialist
  • Endovascular surgeon
  • Imaging diagnostician
  • Interventional cardiologist/ radiologist

More from this programme

Part 2

Symposium: Can IVL Facilitate a 'Leave Nothing Behind' Strategy?

Part 3

Symposium: A 'Best Endo Solution' for the Treatment of Complex CFA Disease

Part 4

IVL STAG Tutorial: Challenges of treating & Mechanism of action

Part 5

IVL STAG Tutorial: Data Landscape and Literature on use of IVL

Part 6

IVL STAG Tutorial: IVL for femoropopliteal disease

Faculty Biographies

Athanasios Saratzis

Athanasios Saratzis

MBBS, FHEA, PhD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Honorary Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon

Dr Athanasios Saratzis is an academic vascular surgeon with an interest in clinical and translational research. At the same time, I have a clinical interest in peripheral revascularisation with a focus on complex endovascular and hybrid procedures.

 

Dr Athanasios Saratzis is currently based in the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences (University of Leicester) as Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon. Prior to his current academic appointment, he completed my higher surgical training in Birmingham (West Midlands), Leicester, and London (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust), funded by the NIHR as a fellow and subsequently as a clinical lecturer; He also completed a number of visiting/travel fellowships outside the UK as part of his endovascular training in high volume cardiovascular centres, such as the Houston Methodist.

 

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