Moderators: Ivan Jovanović, Tajana Turk, Edit Dósa
12:00 – 12:15 Naci Koçer / Neurointerventional radiology
12:15 – 12:30 Ivan Jovanović / Stroke Treatment Network in Croatia
12:30 – 12:45 Tajana Turk / Carotid artery dissection – to stent or not to stent?
12:45 – 13:00 Ivan Jovanović / Carotid artery dissection – update from literature
13:00 – 13:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:15 – 14:45 LUNCH
Moderators: Ivan Jovanović, Edit Dósa, Vjekoslav Kopačin
14:45 – 15:00 Slavica Kovačić / Posterior circulation MT – should I do more?
15:00 – 15:15 Dragan Dragičević / Elective CAS as “cause” of MT
15:15 – 15:30 Vjekoslav Kopačin / Carotid artery stent infection
15:30 – 15:45 Edit Dósa / Late complications of carotid artery stenting: restenosis and stent fracture
15:45 – 16:00 Lovro Tkalčić / Stent-Retriever fracture
16:00 – 16:45 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
16:45 – 17:15 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Aleksandar Bojanović, Vania Tacher, Otmar Rubin
17:15 – 17:30 Vania Tacher / Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
17:30 – 17:45 Aleksandar Bojanović / Varicocele Embolization
17:45 – 18:00 Miha Štambuc / BEST – bleomycin electrosclerotherapy
18:00 – 18:15 Igor Sekulić / Bronchial Artery Embolization – Single-Center Experience
18:15 – 18:30 Dubravko Barišić / Advantages and Limitations of Surgical Treatment of Fibroids in Women of Reproductive Age
18:30 – 18:45 Otmar Rubin / Long-Term Results of Fibroid Embolization
18:45 – 19:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
Moderators: Tilmann Gräter, Ivana Jurca, Jovana Lalatović
12:00 – 12:15 Ranko Smiljanić / TIPS – Techniques and Outcomes
12:15 – 12:30 Tilmann Gräter / Ultrasound guidance in TIPSS and PTCD
12:30 – 12:45 Jovana Lalatović / Simultaneous Locoregional Treatment of Liver Lesions
12:45 – 13:00 Ivana Jurca / Endovascular Managment of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
13:00 – 13:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:15 – 14:45 LUNCH
Moderators: Martin Kocher, Horst R. Portugaller, Danijel Cvetko
14:45 – 15:00 Danijel Cvetko / Complex Aortic Interventions
15:00 – 15:15 András Szentiványi / Physician-modified endografts in elective care-results from the REMOTE registry
15:15 – 15:30 Martin Köcher / Advanced technologies in aortic stent grafting
15:30 – 15:45 Gojko Bogdan / Traumatic Injuries of the Abdominal Aorta – Case Reports
15;45 – 16:00 Aleksandar Gjoreski / Embolization of visceral aneurysms
16:00 – 16:15 Horst R. Portugaller / Mesenteric Artery Ischemia
16:15 – 16:45 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
16:45 – 17:15 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Tomislav Jakljević, Vinko Vidjak, Andrej Pal
17:15 – 17:30 Vinko Vidjak / Vein Pathology – Dilemmas and Difficulties in Treatment
17:30 – 17:45 Andrej Pal / Our Experience in the Endovascular Treatment of Deep Vein Occlusions
17:45 – 18:00 Tomislav Jakljević / Pulmonary Embolism – do we need a new approach
18:00 – 18:15 Iva Ivanko / PICC-PORT chemotherapy delivery for treatment of malignant haemathological neoplasms
18:15 – 18:30 Elvira Krešić / How to Reduce Radiation Dose During Interventional Radiology Procedures
18:30 – 18:45 Lovro Tkalčić / Two-Year Results of Endovascular AVF Creation for Hemodialysis
18:45 – 19:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
Moderators: Leyla Schweiger, Ivana Štula, Levent Oguzkurt
12:00 – 12:15 Selim Aydin / Venous stenting in chronic deep vein thrombosis and post-thrombotic syndrome
12:15 – 12:30 Leyla Schweiger / Endovascular Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis: Current Evidence and Clinical Perspectives
12:30 – 12:45 Ivana Štula / Large-Bore Mechanical Thrombectomy in Deep Vein Thrombosis
12:45 – 13:00 Levent Oğuzkurt / Recanalization of Non-Cirrhotic Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis
13:00 – 13:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:15 – 14:45 LUNCH
Moderators: Dražen Perkov, Nino Tičinović, Vladimir Cvetić
14:45 – 15:00 Dražen Perkov / The Croatian model of renal denervation (RDN) – 13 years of a successful story
15:00 – 15:15 Adil Polat / Drug Technology for Improved Outcomes in Lower Limb Revascularization
15:15 – 15:30 Tomislav Krčmar/ Retrograde Approach in Recanalization of Occlusions in the Femoropopliteal Area
15:30 – 15:45 Nikita Litvinyuk / The Role of Debulking in the Treatment of Complex Multilevel Lower Extremitiy Arterial Lesions
15:45 – 16:00 Zrinka Biloglav / Comparison of Quality of Life by Gender in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease Before and After Endovascular Intervention
16:00 – 16:15 Pavel Kuryanov / The Role of Drug-Eluting Technologies in the Treatment of Patients with CLI
16:15 – 16:45 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
16:45 – 17:15 CAFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Gordana Ivanac, Vladimira Vuletić, Zrinka Biloglav
17:15 – 17:30 Maja Prutki / Burnout Among Interventional Radiologists
17:30 – 17:45 Tatjana Ružić / Discrimination, Mobbing, and Violence in Healthcare
17:45 – 18:00 Ilijana Stanivuk / The Impostor Syndrome
18:00 – 18:15 Vladimira Vuletić / Regional initiative of Angels
18:15 – 18:30 Davor Mrda / Endovascular Management of Acute Bleeding
18:30 – 18:45 Gordana Ivanac / The Role of CEUS in Monitoring of Interventional Procedures
18:45 – 19:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
Moderators: Dražen Perkov,Tomislav Krpan, Vinko Vidjak
08:30 – 08:45 Vinko Vidjak / Challenges of EVAR
08:45 – 09:00 Tomislav Krpan / Post-Implantation Syndrome After EVAR
09:00 – 09:15 Nino Tičinović / Preparation of Calcified Lesions with IVL in EVAR
09:15 – 09:30 Dražen Perkov / Innovative Approach to Aneurysm Repair: The Role of iBEVAR in Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
09:30 – 09:45 Damir Halužan / A Holistic Approach to the Management of TAAA at the Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, as a Reference Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
09:45 – 10:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
10:15 – 10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45 – 11:00 Opening speech and Congress introduction
Moderators: Slavica Kovačić, Vinko Vidjak, Dimitrij Kuhelj
11:00 – 11:15 Slavica Kovačić / Endovascular Approach in CLI: Are We Over-Treating?
11:15 – 11:30 Vinko Vidjak / Examples of Complex Acute and Chronic Lesions in the FP Region – What Can We Do?
11:30 – 11:45 Marianne Brodmann / Critical Limb Ischemia and Below the Knee Disease
11:45 – 12:00 Darko Blašković / Treatment of FP Lesions with Dual-Layer Stents
12:00 – 12:15 Stipe Radoš / Outcomes and Complications of Endovascular Procedures in the Treatment of PAD
12:15 – 12:30 Dimitrij Kuhelj / Distal Approach in the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
12:30 – 13:00 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH
Moderators: Michael Lee, Sanja Stojanović, Luka Novosel
14:30 – 14:45 Michael Lee / Challenges and Solutions for Interventional Radiology
14:45 – 15:00 Luka Novosel / Mechanical Thrombectomy for Pulmonary Embolism
15:00 – 15:15 Alex Barnacle / Developing a Paediatric IR Service and Why It Matters
15:15 – 15:30 Luka Novosel / Percutaneous US Guided Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules
15:30 – 15:45 Sanja Stojanović / Thyroid Nodule Ablation, Current Trends and Future Directions
15:45 – 16:00 Mario Vallone / CO₂ angiography
16:00 – 16:30 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Rok Kralj, Karlo Novačić, Danijel Cvetko
17:00 -17:15 Ana Tripalo Batoš / Imaging Methods in the Diagnosis of Vascular Anomalies
17:15 – 17:30 Danijel Cvetko / Treatment of Peripheral AV Malformations
17:30 – 17:45 Rok Kralj / Multidisciplinary Treatment of Lymphatic Malformations in Children
17:45 – 18:00 Arnes Rešić / Beta Blockers in the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas
18:00 – 18:15 Karlo Novačić / Endovascular Treatment of Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome
18:15 – 18:30 Boris Bezak / Varicocele Embolization
18:30 – 19:00 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
Moderator: Mario Lešćan, Tonći Batinić, Dimitrij Kuhelj
08:30 – 08:45 Dimitrij Kuhelj / Endovascular Management of Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 4 With of-the shelf Devices
08:45 – 09:00 Milenko Stanković / Everything that can go wrong during emergency TEVAR case- how we solved the problem
09:00 – 09:15 Perica Mutavdžić / Achieving Optimal Aortic Remodeling After Aortic Dissection – Our Experience
09:15 – 09:30 Ivo Petrov / Chimneys and in-situ fenestration TEVAR for aortic pathology involving the arch
09:30 – 09:45 Verica Kralj / Epidemiology of Vascular Diseases in the Republic of Croatia
09:45 – 10:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
10:15 – 10:45 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Tonći Batinić, Miljenko Kovačević, Mario Lešćan
11:00 – 11:15 Tonći Batinić / CERAB Technique – Single Center Experience
11:15 – 11:30 Mario Lešćan / Endovascular Aortic Arch Solutions: Current Results and New Kids on the Block
11:30 – 11:45 Miljenko Kovačević / Surgical Treatment of the Aortic Diseases
11:45 – 12:00 Ante Kanjer / Open Repair of AAA After EVAR Failure/Complication
12:00 – 12:15 Vjekoslav Tomulić / Endovascular Treatment of Stanford B Dissection
12:15 – 12:30 Levent Oğuzkurt / Recanalization of Chronic Iliac Artery Occlusion (Case-Based)
12:30 – 13:00 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH
Moderators: Vinko Vidjak, Ralph Langhoff, Darko Blašković
14:30 – 14:45 Vinko Vidjak / IVUS in PAD – Do We Need It?
14:45 – 15:00 Darko Blašković / Treatment of FP Lesions with Dual-Layer Stents
15:00 – 15:15 Pavel Kan / Crossing the Uncrossable: Bamboo Spear, Piercing and Cracking Techniques for Recanalization of Illiac and Femoral Arteries (Clinical Case)
15:15 – 15:30 Ralph Langhoff / Modification of Calcified Plaque With Scoring
15:30 – 15:45 Firdavs Shukurov / IVUS in Action: How It Helps in Peripheral Interventions
15:45 – 16:00 Nino Tićinović / Acute Ischemia – Thrombolysis
16:00 – 16:30 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Laura Crocceti, Romaric Loffroy, Peter Popovič
17:00 – 17:15 Romaric Loffroy / NBCA Glue for PAE in Patients With Symptomatic BHP: Why, When and How
17:15 – 17:30 Vladimir Cvetić / Endovascular Embolizations – Experience from the University Clinical Center of Serbia
17:30 – 17:45 Laura Crocetti / Managment of HCC Patients Before Liver Transplantation
17:45 – 18:00 Michael Lee / Management of Testicular Varicoceles
18:00 – 18:15 Peter Popovič / Transarterial Radioembolization with Yittrium-90 for treatment of HCC
18:15 – 18:30 Nikita Litvinyuk / Left Gastric Artery Embolization in Obese Patients as a Bridge to Definitive Surgical Treatment
18:30 – 19:00 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
Moderators: Mislav Čavka, Julien Garnon, Luka Novosel
08:45 – 09:00 Luka Novosel / Basivertebral Nerve Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain
09:00 – 09:15 Julien Garnon / Ablation and Stabilization in the Spine
09:15 – 09:30 Mislav Čavka / Cryoablation Experience of the Mesenchymal Tumor Team at University Hospital Center Zagreb
09:30 – 09:45 Marko Šimunović / Ultrasound-Guided Therapeutic Procedures of the MSK System
09:45 – 10:00 Vjekoslav Kopačin / Embolotherapy in the Management of Pain in Gonarthrosis – the Role of GAE
10:00 – 10:15 Vedran Župančić / Comparison of CBCT with Fluoroscopy and Conventional CT Guidance for Percutaneous Osteoid Osteoma Thermal Ablation
10:15 – 10:30 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Luka Novosel, Ana Marija Alduk, Helga Sertić Milić
11:00 – 11:15 Elvira Krešić / Lung Ablation: Cryoablation or Microwave
11:15 – 11:30 Ana-Marija Novak / Lung Cryoablation: A Single Centre Experience
11:30 – 11:45 Ana Marija Alduk / Interventional Radiology in ACC: Minimally Invasive Approaches
11:45 – 12:00 Luka Novosel / Benefits and Risks of CT guided RCC Cryoablation
12:00 – 12:15 Helga Sertić Milić / HCC Challenges: From Diagnosis to Transplantation – The Role of IR
12:15 – 12:30 Peter Popovič / How to Improve Results in HCC
12:30 – 12:45 Iva Žuža / Microwave Ablation of the Kidney
12:45 – 13:00 Melita Kukuljan / CT -Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Mediastinal Lesions: Evaluation of Diagnostics Accuracy and Complication Rates
13:00 – 13:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:15 – 14:45 LUNCH
Moderators: Antonio Bulum, Rešid Dževdetbegović, Elvira Krešić
08:45 – 09:00 Antonio Bulum / CIRSE ETF – The New Generation of Interventional Radiologists
09:00 – 09:15 Rešid Dževdetbegović / CIRSE Initiatives for IR Residents and Young Interventional Radiologists
09:15 – 09:30 Kristian Karlović / CIRSE Fellowship Grant Program – My Experience
09:30 – 09:45 Elvira Krešić / EBIR – Why Take It and How to Pass It?
09:45 – 10:00 Andrea Nancheva Bogoevska / Organization of Interventional Radiology Services in a General Hospital in Macedonia
10:00 – 10:15 Tomica Bratić / Intravascular Ultrasound in Today’s Interventional Radiology: Luxury or Necessity?
10:15 – 10:30 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Moderators: Tajana Turk, Otmar Rubin, Dario Faj
11:00 – 11:15 Ivana Kralik / DRLs in Interventional Radiology
11:15 – 11:30 Dario Faj / Impact of Technical Factors and Interventional Radiologist’s Experience on Patient Radiation Exposure During Thrombectomy: Experience of UHC Osijek
11:30 – 11:45 Ivana Kralik / Protective Aprons: From Selection to Safe Use
11:45 – 12:00 Marko Zelić / Sacral Neuromodulation for Fecal Incontinence, LARS and More – Techniques and Cost-Effectiveness
12:00 – 12:15 Goran Hauser / Esophageal stenting
12:15 – 12:30 Otmar Rubin / Implementation of Esophageal Stents
12:30 – 12:45 Danijela Veljković Vujaklija / Biopsies of Bone and Soft Tissue Lesions – Characteristics of Sarcomas
12:45 – 13:00 Ema Mršić / CT Guided Aspiration of Pleural Empyema and Loculated Pleural Effusion After Failed Thoracic Drainage
13:00 – 13:15 Round Table / Moderators + Speakers / Discussion, Questions, Interesting Cases
13:15 – 14:45 LUNCH
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