Welcome Message

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is a great pleasure to announce the 6th Annual Meeting of our LebaneseSociety for Vascular Surgery. Despite the unstable political situation of ourCountry and the neighboring region, we were glad to complete our prepa-rations and come up with a full scientific package. As you noticed, the or-ganizing committee gave a new image to the congress.

The scientific program was limited to two days for a more active participationand smooth running of the event.

Physicians from different specialties will participate, all involved in the treat-ment of vascular disease. This new approach will allow an interesting dis-cussion between Vascular Surgeons, Vascular Radiologists, and Angiologists.Each speaker and participant will contribute with his “know-how” to makeour practice better.

This year, we chose a major theme for our meeting: The Vascular AbdominalPathology. Three whole sessions will be dedicated to discuss the diagnosticand therapeutic strategies when addressing the abdominal vessels.

The constantly evolving domain of Venous and Thrombo-embolic Disease isnow an inseparable part of our Meeting. Key lectures by dedicated special-ists will treat this issue.

We also added a new section to our program: The free paper session. Par-ticipants can now present valuable and interesting topics in vascular surgery.I wish to thank all the speakers who accepted our invitation. A special con-sideration for our international colleagues who will fly to Lebanon fromFrance, Jordan, Turkey and USA, despite the difficult times we’re living. Wewish you a pleasant stay.

I hope the Congress will meet your expectations and welcome to all.

Elie KassabianLSVS President

Elie KassabianRaghid Kreidy

Joseph NaoumJamal Hoballah

Joseph NakadJulien Sfeir

Scientific & Organizing Committee

Sola Aoun-Bahous Elias ArbidDania ChelalaFady HaddadMarwan Haddad

Fady HayekJamal HoballahChady KallassyRaghid KreidyJoseph Naoum

Sami SlabaTarek SmayraJulien SfeirGeorges Tabet

Kursat Bozkurt (TUR)Pascal Giordana (FRA)

Alan Lumsden (USA)Walid Massoud (JOR)

Olivier Pichot (FRA)

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International Speakers

Lebanese Speakers

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FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2014

14:30 – 14:50 Registration14:55 – 15:00 Welcome

RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION

Moderators: Fady Haddad, Elias Arbid

15:00 – 15:20 Renovascular Disease: When to InterveneSola Aoun-Bahous

15:20 – 15:40 Diagnosis of Renal Artery Stenosis: Duplex Ultrasound findings, Chady Kallassy

15:40 – 16:00 Renal Artery Occlusive Disease: Current Imaging Techniques, Tarek Smayra

16:00 – 16:20 Angioplasties Rénales: Star, Astral, Coral, des études qui font mal? Sami Slaba

16:20 – 16:40 Surgical Revascularization for Renal Artery Stenosis: A road less travelled, Jamal Hoballah

16:40 – 17:15 Coffee Break

PROGRAM

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RENAL DENERVATION

Moderators: Sami Slaba, Nadim Chakas

17:15 – 17:35 Resistant Hypertension: Treatment. Indications for invasive therapy Dania Chelala

17:35 – 17:55 Renal Denervation: Results & Latest Updates, Elias Arbid

SYMPOSIUM

18:00 – 19:00 MEDI Symposium

SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2014

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

ABDOMINAL VASCULAR PATHOLOGY (PART 1)

Moderators: Joseph Naoum, Jamal Hoballah

09:00 – 09:20 EVAR for Inflammatory Abdominal Aneurysms, Fady Haddad

09:20 – 09:40 Contemporary options in repair of complex aneurysms,Alan Lumsden (USA)

09:40 – 10:00 Surveillance Echo-Doppler des Endo-prothèses aortiques, Olivier Pichot (FRA)

10:00 – 10:20 Abdominal Vascular Imaging Techniques Marwan Haddad

10:20 – 10:30 Discussion

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ABDOMINAL VASCULAR PATHOLOGY (PART 2)

Moderators: Georges Tabet,Talal Al Kassar

11:00 – 11:15 Chronic Arterial Mesenteric Ischemia, Elias Arbid

11:15 – 11:30 Management of Renal Artery Aneurysms in the Endovascular Era: An Update, Jamal Hoballah

11:30 – 11:45 Robotics, New techniques and the future of Vascular Surgery Alan Lumsden (USA)

11:45 – 12:00 The Role of Retrievable Inferior Vena Filters in the Prevention of Pulmonary Emboli

Joseph Naoum

12:00 – 12:15 Pulmonary embolectomy techniques and Management of Acute DVT Alan Lumsden (USA)

12:15 – 12:30 Discussion

12:30 – 1430 Lunch

VENOUS & THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE

Moderators: Elie Kassabian, Ghayath Chaar

14:30 – 14:50 Endovenous RF Ablation of Greater Saphenous Vein: a different approach Fady Hayek

14:50 – 15:10 Clinical Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Techniques to Manage Varicose Veins: A Systematic Review

Kursat Bozkurt (TUR)

15:10 – 15:30 Place des techniques endoveineuses dans le traitement de l’Insuffisance Veineuse Superficielle

Olivier Pichot (FRA)

15:30 – 15:50 Sclerotherapy and Thrombophilia: how to do it? Pascal Giordana (FRA)

15:50 – 16:10 Current Treatement of Pelvic Congestion SyndromeKursat Bozkurt (TUR)

16:10 – 16:30 New oral anticoagulants what's new in 2014? Pascal Giordana (FRA)

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break

FREE PAPER SESSION

Moderators: Joseph Nakad, Ziad Chahine

17:00 – 17:15 Latest updates in management of cancer associated thrombosis

Walid Massoud (JOR)

17:15 – 17:30 Atypical Klippel-Trenaunay SyndromeRaghid Kreidy

17:30 – 17:45 Bilan de thrombophilie au Liban: où en est-on par rapport aux recommandations Internationales?

Chady Kallassy

17:45 – 18:00 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation after Shockwave Lithotripsy

Georges Tabet

18:00– 18:15 Subclavian and Axillary primary aneurysm Julien Sfeir

18:15 – 18:20 CLOSING WORD

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Sponsors

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