Section I.- Biological effects of ionizing radiation.- Principles and guidelines for radiation protection.- Section II - Introduction in Endovascular Techniques.- The Angiographic Suite.- Basic tools and terminology for endovascular interventions.- Principles, sites and techniques of vascular access.- Techniques and devices for vessel closure.
- Contrast media, nephropathy and prophyaxis .- Balloons and percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty.- Stents and percutaneous transluminal stent angioplasty.- Recanalization techniques.- Deep venous arteriliazation technique.- Embolic materials and embolization techniques.- Section III - Peripheral Occlusive Disease.- Interventions for aortoiliac disease.
- Interventions for femoropopliteal disease.- Interventions for Tibial Disease.- Interventions for pedal disease.- Atherectomy and calcium modifying devices.- Novel endovascular technologies in femoropopliteal disease.- Complications and management in peripheral interventions.- Antiplatelets and anticoagulation in peripheral interventions.- Follow up and surveillance after peripheral interventions.
- Endovascular management of acute limb ischemia.- Section IV - Cerebrovascular Disease.- Angioplasty and stenting of the arch branches.- Carotid artery stenting - Studies, indications and pre-interventional workup.- Technique and complications of transfemoral stenting.- Introduction to transcarotid artery revascularization.- Intracranial stenting.- Endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke.
- Arch vessels dissection.- Embolizing cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations.- Section V - Splachnic Arteries.- Angioplasty and stenting of the mesenteric arteries.- Angioplasty and stenting of the renal arteries.- Endovascular management of splachnic aneurysms.- Section VI - Peripheral Aneurysms.- Current thresholds for treating aneurysms.
- Endovascular management of popliteal aneurysms.- Peripheral Pseudoaneurysms.- Section VI - Vascular Access.- Creating a percutaneous arteriovenous fistula: Evidence and techniques.- Hybrid grafts in vascular access.- Access and lines.- Endovascular techniques to manage vascular access failure.- Section VII - Coronary disease.
- Introduction to coronary angioplasty.- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation.- Transcatheter mitral valve repair.- Atrial septal defect - Left atrial appendage.- Section VIII - Aortic Aneurysm.- Endovascular management of abdominal aortic aneurysms - EVAR studies.- Patient selection for EVAR .- Preprocedural planning and measurements for EVAR.
- Interpretation of aortic MDCT images.- Introduction to endografts for infrarenal AAAs.- The role of Aortouniliac endografts .- Suprarenal vs Infrarenal fixation.- Hostile proximal neck- Angulated, short or conical.- Difficult vascular access.- Hemodynamic principles of endografts.- Fenestrated endografts.
- Branched endografts.- Iliac bifurcations grafts.- Endovascular approach to the hypogastric artery.- Optimizing imaging and radiation exposure during complex EVAR.- Rescue of proximal failure of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with standard and fenestrated grafts.- In situ fenestration in aortic endografts.- Chimneys and Periscopes.- Thoracic aortic aneurysm repair.
-Endovascular management of aortic arch disease.- TEVAR Complications.- Endovascular management of ascending aortic disease.- Endovascular management of thoracic aortic trauma.- Endovascular management of ruptured aortic aneurysms.- Endovascular management of acute aortic dissection.- Endograft occlusion.- Endoleak Type I.
- Type II endoleaks.- Endoleak Types III, IV, V.- Endograft infections.- Section IX - Venous.- Endovenous ablation of truncal veins.- Foam Sclerotherapy.- Introduction to Venous Stents and principles of stenting .- IVUS guided venous recanalization.
- Endovascular management of chronic venous lesions.- Endovascular management of acute iliofemoral thrombosis.- Principles and techniques for the management of pelvic congestion.- Endovascular management of subclavian vein thrombosis.- Endovascular management of acute pulmonary embolism.- Management of Venous dysplasias.- Section X - Miscellaneous.- Biostatistics 1.
- Biostatistics 2.- Medicolegal aspects of novel interventional techniques.