Singapore
City, Singapore – Last April 6 -7, 2018, the Seventh Aortic Asia was held in One Farrer Hotel in Singapore. Hosted by the newly formed Society for Vascular and Endovascular
Surgeons of Singapore and Academy of
Medicine Singapore – Chapter of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the meeting became
a venue for Asian specialists treating the Asian subset of patients with aortic
disease. Entitled “Collaborating for the Future in Aortic Intervention”, a small delegation of PSVES members attended the said forum. It was well –
attended by different interventionists like interventional cardiologists,
radiologists and vascular and endovascular surgeons all over Asia.
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| Dr. Choong, Dr. Robless, Dr. Criado |
It
was structured like regular plenary lectures where speakers shared their data
and experiences and strategies in treating aortic dissections, complex aortic
aneurysms, mycotic aneurysms, complications of interventions. It emphasized how a multidisciplinary team
can make management of complicated aortic disease simple, if they work closely,
with one another and with a common goal of improving the quality of patients’
lives
Many
remarkable lectures were presented during the summit. Prominent figures in Vascular community like
Dr. Frank Criado of the Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Peter
Robless and Dr. Andrew Choong of Singapore opened the first lecture by
being reactors in the five (5) different aortic cases presented. Dr.
Bijan Modarai of St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, England talked about
radiation safety practices for modern vascular interventionalist. Dr.
Eric Verhoeven of Klinikum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany spoke how volume of
aneurysms seen by a hospital or doctor affect the outcomes of aneurysm
surgery. Dr. Takuya Fujikawa of the Chinese University of Hongkong presented
the outcomes of total arch replacement in 1,238 cases when he was still the
head of Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital in Kawasaki, Japan. He spoke extensively and expertly about open
surgery technique in chronic Type B aortic dissection.
The
chairman of the two – day event was Dr.
Victor Chao of the National Heart Centre Singapore.
The 8th Aortic Asia is set to take
place in Malaysia, date to be announced.
* Credits to Aortic Asia for the pictures.
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