AVUS 2016 - X ADRIATIC VASCULAR ULTRASOUND SOCIETY MEETING ABOUT VASCULAR IMAGING AND INTERVENTION Endorsed by: Croatian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology of Croatian Medical Association (HDUMB HLZ) Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SIUMB) Slovenian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (SZRUM) AVUS 2004-2016: TWELVE YEARS PROMOTING VASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH EUROPE First announcement www.novacon.hr/avus2016 April 22-24, 2016 Opatija - Lovran - Hotel Excelsior
Welcome Dear friends, It is with great honour and pleasure to invite you to the tenth AVUS meeting dedicated to vascular sonography, vascular imaging, vascular interventions, vascular surgery and angiology. The meeting is the result of international collaboration of distinguished speakers, a team of clinicians and experts in the field of vascular medicine. Distinguished faculty members from Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, but also from UK, Israel, Hungary guarantee high quality of lectures that will cover all fields of vascular ultrasound. The attendants will benefit from the lectures, hands-on sessions, clinical case analyisis and personal communication with speakers, by sharing experiance and knowledge in the field of vascular imaging and intervention. We look forward to meeting you in the beautiful Lovran, jewel of Adriatic sea and the place with the oldest tourist tradition on Croatian coast for the sixth time, for another memmorable course. Meeting directors: Boris Brkljačić Sergio Castellani Saša Rainer 3
Faculty Marko Ajduk, Zagreb, HR Michele Bertolotto, Trieste, IT Aleš Blinc, Ljubljana, SL Branko Breyer, Zagreb, HR Boris Brkljačić, Zagreb, HR Zoran Brnić, Zagreb, HR Mirjana Brvar, Maribor, SL Sergio Castellani, Firenze, IT Danijel Cvetko, Zagreb, HR Igor Čikara, Zagreb, HR Josip Ćurić, Zagreb, HR Colin Deane, London, UK Ivan Drinković, Zagreb, HR Francesco M.Drudi, Roma, IT Diana Gaitini, Haifa, IL Ivica Grgurević, Zagreb, HR Zoltan Harkanyi, Budapest, HU Maja Hrabak-Paar, Zagreb, HR Gordana Ivanac, Zagreb, HR Barry Kelly, Belfast, UK Tonći Mišević, Osijek, HR Vinicio Napoli, Pisa, IT Jelena Ostojić, Novi Sad, RS Pietro Pavlica, Bologna, IT Maja Pirnat, Maribor, SL Pavel Poredoš, Ljubljana, SL Saša Rainer, SlovenjGradec, SL Ivica Sjekavica, Zagreb, HR Jacob Sosna, Jeursalem, IL Andrej Šikovec, Novo Mesto, SL Hrvoje Vavro, Zagreb, HR Vinko Vidjak, Zagreb, HR 4
Friday, April 22, 2016. How to perform sonographic examination of blood vessels? Basic principles of CEUS. Basic principles of CTA and MRA 14.00-14.05 B.Brkljačić, S.Castellani, S.Rainer: Introduction and openning 14.05-14.20 B.Breyer: Introduction to the physics of Doppler 14.20-14.40 S.Rainer: Adjusting settings on the scanner for Doppler examination 14.40-15.00 C.Deane: Basic Hemodynamics and Factors Influencing Doppler spectra 15.00-15.20 S.Castellani: Examination of carotid, vertebral and transcranial arteries 15.20-15.35 D.Gaitini: Examination of peripheral arteries 15.35-15.50 S.Rainer: Examination of peripheral and pelvic veins 15.50-16.10 Coffee break 16.10-16.25 V.Napoli: Examination of aorta and visceral arteries 16.25-16.40 I.Grgurević: Examination of liver vasculature 16.40-16.55 B.Brkljačić: Examination of renal arteries and kidneys 16.55-17.20 M.Brvar: Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound: physical principles and clinical use 17.20-17.40 J.Ostojić: Physics of CT angiography and MR angiography 17.40-18.00 B.Kelly: Clinical applications of CT angiography and MR angiography 18.00-19.50 Hands-on scanning 20.15 Dinner 5
Saturday, April 23, 2016. EXTRACRANIAL AND INTRACRANIAL ARTERIES 8.30-8.45 P.Poredoš: Intima-media thickness 8.45-9.05 H.Vavro: Imaging of vasculitis 9.05-9.15 B.Brkljačić: How to grade ICA stenosis 9.15-9.35 S.Castellani: Clinical applications of transcranial Doppler 9.35-9.55 H.Vavro: Carotid surgery vs. carotid stenting 9.55-10.15 Coffee break AORTA AND VISCERAL ARTERIES 10.15-10.30 V.Napoli: Clinical applications of ultrasound in imaging of aorta and mesenteric vessels 10.30-10.50 J.Ćurić: Endovascular vs surgical treatment of AAA 10.50-11.05 I.Grgurević: Liver Doppler in portal hypertension and tumors 11.05-11.25 M.Brvar: Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and Doppler in liver lesions 11.25-11.40 I.Sjekavica: Ultrasound in Liver transplants 11.40-12.00 S.Rainer: Inflammatory bowel disease and Doppler 12.00-13.50 Hands-on-scanning 14.00-15.20 Z.Harkanyi, B.Brkljačić: Lunch symposium quiz cases UROGENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF DOPPLER 15.20-15.40 F.Drudi: Renal transplants 6
Saturday, April 12, 2014. 15.40-16.05 B.Brkljačić: Imaging and interventional radiology in hypertension 16.05-16.25 M.Bertolotto: Ultrasound of the scrotum and penis 16.25-16.45 P.Pavlica: Erectile dysfunction 16.45-17.05 Coffee break PERIPHERAL ARTERIES: 17.05-17.25 D.Gaitini: Doppler of peripheral arteries 17.25-17.50 M.Ajduk: What a vascular surgeon requires from imaging 17.50-18.05 A.Blinc: Endotehlial dysfunction 18.05-18.25 C.Deane: Evaluation of arteries of arms and hemodyalisis shunts 18.25-19.50 Hands-on-scanning 20.15 Course dinner 7
Sunday, April 24, 2016. VEINS, VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS 9.00-9.15 S.Rainer: Deep venous thrombosis and alternative diagnoses 9.15-9.35 V.Vidjak: Interventional radiology of deep venous thrombosis 9.35-9.50 D.Gaitini: Chronic venous insufficiency 9.50-10.15 A.Šikovec: Minimally invasive treatment of venous disease under US guidance 10.15-10.30 Z.Harkanyi: Doppler of vascular malformations 10.30-10.50 Coffee break CARDIAC IMAGING, ADVANCED CT, MISCELLANEOUS 10.50-11.10 M.Hrabak-Paar: Cardiac CT 11.10-11.30 M.Pirnat: Cardiac MRI 11.30-11.45 D.Cvetko: Interventional radiology for the treatment of vascular malformations 11.45-12.00 Z.Harkanyi: Specific applications of Doppler in pediatric population 12.00-12.30 J.Sosna: Advances in CT technology and clinical applications 12.30-12.40 G.Ivanac: Ultrafast Doppler 12.40-12.55 Z.Brnić: Doppler of the lymph nodes 12.55-13.10 I.Drinković: Doppler in the breast 13.10-13.25 G.Ivanac: Doppler in rheumatoid arthritis 13.25-13.30 Closing remarks 8
General Information CREDITS The course will be accredited by the Croatian Medical Chamber FEES Physicians members of Croa an Society of Ultrasound or Slovenian Society of Ultrasound or SIUMB Residents members of CSUMB, SSUS or SIUMB Physicians non-members Residents non-members Exhibitor fee Accompanying persons Before February 1st A er February 1st On Site 240,00 Eur 310,00 Eur 360,00 Eur 170,00 Eur 280,00 Eur 220,00 Eur 100,00 Eur 100,00 Eur 220,00 Eur 350,00 Eur 270,00 Eur 150,00 Eur 100,00 Eur 270,00 Eur 400,00 Eur 320,00 Eur 200,00 Eur 100,00 Eur The Registration Fee includes: Admission to the Basic Training Course and all lectures, hands on scaning, Coffee breaks, Certificate, Welcome reception and Gala dinner. Accompanying person fee includes: Admission to exhibition area, Welcome reception and Gala dinner. Exhibitor fee includes: Welcome reception, Coffee breaks and Gala dinner PAYMENT The registration fees must be free of every charges or banking commission. Specify participant's name and " IX AVUS - Opatija " as the purpose of payment. Inside Croatia : Bank: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Petrinjska 59, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia (IBAN ), HR8024840081101215562, in favor of " Novacon d.o.o.", Bartolići 17, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Outside Croatia: Bank: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Petrinjska 59, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia (IBAN ), HR8024840081101215562, SWIFT/BIC: RZBHHR2X in favor of " Novacon d.o.o.", Bartolići 17, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Please send written proof of payment to the Congress Secretariat, otherwise the entrance to the Symposium will not be allowed. 11
ACCOMODATION - MEETING CENTRE "Hotel Excelsior Šetalište Maršala Tita 15, 51417 Lovran, Croatia Booking must be arranged with the hotel: Booking office : Tel. ++385-51-710444 Fax. ++385-51-710399 e.mail: reservations@remisens.com web: www.remisens.com/hr/hotel-excelsior All participants have to pay a costs of accommodation directly at reception desk by cash or by credit cards. Cost of registration fee participants can pay only by prepayment to the account of organizer or by cash at registration desk. Accommodation price list: Double bed room: 48,00 Eur per person Single bed room: 73,00 Eur Price are per person, per day (VAT is included and Tourist tax is not included) on H/P (bed, breakfast and dinner included). SOCIAL PROGRAMME Welcome reception Friday - April 22, 2016-20.30 h Gala dinner Saturday- April 23, 2016-20.30 h SECRETARIAT Novacon d.o.o. Bartolići 17-10000 Zagreb - Croatia Phone/Fax +385.1. 383.06.38 Cell +385.91.507.51.34 E-mail: javor.vucic@zg.htnet.hr, lidija.vucic@zg.t-com.hr URL: http://www.novacon.hr/avus2016 12
REGISTRATION FORM - AVUS 2016 Last Name FIrst Name Institution Address City and Zip code Country Phone Fax E-mail Date Signature To be returned to Congressional service Fax: + 385 1 383 0638