General session – Room 1

09.00-09.15

Opening Ceremony
Session chairs: Maurizio Gallieni, Joris Rotmans

09.15-10:45

Vascular access: state of the art
Session chairs: Tamara Jemcov, Carlo Lomonte

1. Vascular access around the world
   Tamara Jemcov, Serbia
2. AVF then and now - almost 60 years after the first BC
   Nicola Pirozzi, Italy
3. AVG. Are the indications still the same?
   Matteo Tozzi, Italy
4. Leveraging Multi-Disciplinary Partnerships to Improve Value in Vascular Access Care.
   Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, USA

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

The central venous catheter
Session chairs: Maurizio Gallieni, Gianmarco Falcone

1. ECG-guided CVC insertion
   Tim Spencer, USA (President, WoCoVA)
2. Infectious complications of CVCs
   Maria Guedes, Portugal
3. Thrombotic complications of CVCs
   Gianmarco Falcone, Italy
4. How long can we keep a non-tunneled hemodialysis catheter in place?
   Jennifer Hanko, UK

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (12:30-13:10 - 40 minutes)

13:15-14:00

Poster session discussion in the Poster Area
Discussants: Nick Inston, Maarten Snoeijs, Maria Guedes Marques, Yara Fares, Robert Shahverdyan, Matteo Tozzi (selection of best posters)

14:00-15:00

Young Committee session 1.
Training in vascular access
Session chairs: Christopher Seet, Raquel Barba

• International collaboration and teaching in vascular access
  Loreto Gesualdo, Italy
• Establishing excellence: the case for a dedicated curriculum in vascular access for dialysis – design, implementation, and impact.
  Maarten Snoeijs, Netherlands
• Teaching vascular access in the UK
  Mohummad Khurram, UK

15:00-16:00

Young Committee session 2.
Multidisciplinary Teams in Vascular Access
Session chairs: Yara Fares, Wouter Moest

• How to integrate a nurse in a multidisciplinary vascular access team: A French example.
  John Lecompte, France
• Setting up a multidisciplinary vascular access team in Japan.
  Toshihide Naganuma, Japan
• Setting up a multidisciplinary team in the UK.
  Mohummad Khurram, UK

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Vascular access planning
Session chairs: Carlo Lomonte, Jeremy Crane

1. What is the optimal timing for creating vascular access and starting dialysis?
   Tamara Jemcov, Serbia
2. Use of the kidney failure risk equation (KFRE) for VA planning
   Ulrika Hahn Lundstrom, Sweden
3. The impact of an AVF on kidney function in patients with CKD 5
   Carlo Lomonte, Italy
4. Earlier cannulation of AVFs
   Nick Inston, UK

17:30-18:00

Mini lectures
Session chairs: Daniele Savio, Maurizio Gallieni

• How to publish in the Journal of Vascular Access
  Jan Tordoir, VAS Editor, Netherlands
• Interventional Radiology: which treatment for which stenosis?
  Daniele Savio, Italy

Room 2 Session

11:15-12:15

Basic research in vascular access
Session chairs: Joris Rotmans, Roberto Vasquez Padron

1. The evolving landscape of vascular access biology: Latest insights and key updates
   Roberto Vazquez-Padron, USA
2. Hemodynamics and its impact on vascular access maturation and longevity
   Andrea Remuzzi, Italy
3. Updates in translational science for vascular access
   Joris Rotmans, Netherlands
4. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
5. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (12:30-13:10 - 40 minutes)

13:15-14:00

Poster session discussion in the Poster Area
Discussants: Nick Inston, Maarten Snoeijs, Maria Guedes Marques, Yara Fares, Robert Shahverdyan, Matteo Tozzi (selection of best posters)

14:00-15:00

Gender differences in hemodialysis access
Session chairs: Jose Ibeas, Maria Guedes Marques

1. 1. Gender-related differences in vascular access of incident and prevalent dialysis patients.
   Ramon Roca-Tey, Spain
2. 2. Gender and susceptibility to vascular access complications.
   Gunilla Welander, Sweden
3. 3. How gender affects vascular access selection. Diameters and functional characteristics.
   Tamara Jemcov, Serbia
4. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
5. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

15:00-16:00

Video session: dialysis access creation
Session chairs: Alexandros Mallios, Nicola Pirozzi

• Ultrasound evaluation of the arm for endovascular access creation.
  Alexandros Mallios, France
• Intraoperative endo-lithotripsy for distal artery calcification.
  Marcello Napoli, Italy
• Microsurgery for distal AVF creation.
  Nicola Pirozzi, Italy
• Implantation of the biological aXess graft.
  Matteo Tozzi, Italy
• Endovascular fistula creation with the new Velocity system.
  Robert Shahverdyan, Germany

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:45

Recent clinical trials (Lectures 20 minutes)
Session chairs: Matteo Tozzi, Nick Inston

1. Drug-eluting technologies.
   Narayan Karunanithy, UK
2. Cell-impermeable endoprosthesis.
   Leonardo Harduin, Brasil
3. Access study (RCT of regional vs local anesthesia).
   Emma Aitkin, UK
4. Oral abstract presentation. 7 minutes. TBD
5. Oral abstract presentation. 7 minutes. TBD

Room 3 Session

11:15-12:15

Dialysis access and the cardiovascular system
Session chairs: Jan Malik, Marco Franchin

• What is the optimal flow for vascular access?
  Carlo Lomonte, Italy
• Vascular access and cardiorenal syndrome
  Jan Malik, Czech Republic
• Vascular access management after kidney transplantation
  Ulrika Hahn Lundstrom, Sweden
• Aneurysms in vascular access conduits
  Marco Franchin, Italy

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (12:30-13:10 - 40 minutes)

13:00-14:00

Poster session discussion in the Poster Area
Discussants: Nick Inston, Maarten Snoeijs, Maria Guedes Marques, Yara Fares, Robert Shahverdyan, Matteo Tozzi (selection of best posters)

14:00-15:00

Tissue engineering in vascular access
Session chairs: Francois Saucy, Joris Rotmans

1. Update of clinical trials of the aXess device
   Robert Shahverdyan, Germany
2. Mechanically reinforced biotubes for dialysis access: 18 months results from a first-in-man structured registry study
   Qining Fu (Deling Kong group), China
3. Preclinical evaluation of a fully biological, human, woven vascular graft
   Nicolas L'Heureux, France
4. oral abstract presentation. 7 minutes. TBD
5. oral abstract presentation. 7 minutes. TBD

15:00-16:00

Peritoneal dialysis access (Presentations: 10 minutes)
Session chairs: Tamara Jemcov, Ulrika Hahn Lundstrom

1. The right PD catheter for the right patient at the right time
   Charmaine Lok, Canada
2. PD-catheter shaving, a technique for salvage of infected catheters
   Miroslava Popovic, Serbia
3. Mini-laparotomic placement of the PD catheter
   Maurizio Gallieni, Italy
4. Laparoscopic placement of the PD catheter
   Jorinde van Laanen, Netherlands
5. Percutaneous placement of the PD catheter
   Ingemar Davidson, USA

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:45

Management of high-flow and hand ischemia (Presentations: 20 minutes)
Session chairs: Robert Shahverdyan, Antonio Norton de Matos

1. Surgical techniques to reduce access flow
   Ingemar Davidson, USA
2. Pro con: bypass versus banding/ligation
   John Lucas III, USA
3. FRAME-device: clinical indications and experience
   Vladimir Matoussevitch, Germany
4. Oral abstract presentation. 7 minutes. TBD
5. Oral abstract presentation. 7 minutes. TBD

General session – Room 1

09:00 – 09:30

Keynote lecture: Dialysis access beyond the guidelines: new perspectives
Charmaine Lok, Canada

09:30 – 9:45

VAS Awards
Session chairs: Maurizio Gallieni, Tamara Jemcov

9:45 – 10:45

VAS-VASA-JSDA-ERA-ISN cooperation session
Session chairs: VASA (Dirk Hentschel), ERA (Dimitrios Goumenos), ISN (Jadranka Buturović), and VAS (Joris Rotmans) representatives

1. Discrepancies in vascular access clinical practices: why?
   Toshihide Naganuma, Japan (JSDA)
2. From small to tall: vascular dimensions and flow
   John Lucas III, USA (VASA)
3. Impact of reimbursement policies on vascular access management
   Maarten Snoeijs, Netherlands (VAS)
4. The ISN interventional nephrology training program: opportunities and hurdles
   Jadranka Buturović, Slovenia (ISN Interventional Nephrology Working Group)

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

The non-maturing access
Session chairs: Joris Rotmans, Alexandros Mallios

1. Big-BAM: a new method to enhance maturation?
   Leonardo Harduin, Brasil
2. Side-branch ligation or embolization in non-maturating fistulas: is it worth it?
   Antonio Norton de Matos, Portugal
3. Surgical rescue of peri-anastomotic stenoses
   Alexandros Mallios. France
4. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
5. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (12:30-13:10 - 40 minutes)

13:15-14:00

Salvage of failing access
Session chairs: Luis Loureiro, Jan Tordoir

1. Endovascular salvage
   Kate Steiner, UK
2. Hybrid surgery salvage
   Georgios Chatzantonis, Greece
3. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
4. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

14:00-14:45

Vascular access in fragile patients
Session chairs: Maarten Snoeijs, Jennifer Hanko

1. Vascular access in the elderly: Nephro-geriatric assessment
   Alferso Abrahams, Netherlands
2. Vascular access creation in hemodialysis patients with heart failure
   Jan Malik, Czech Republic
3. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
4. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

14:45-15:30

Ultrasound in vascular access
Session chairs: José Ibeas, Jeremy Crane

1. Ultrasound-monitoring of maturation: does it have any value?
   José Ibeas, Spain
2. Surveillance of graft and fistulas
   Maria Guedes Marques, Portugal
3. Ultrasound versus dilution techniques for access monitoring in clinical practice
   José Luis Merino, Spain
4. Ultrasound-guided balloon angioplasty
   Bostijan Leskovar, Slovenia

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Best abstracts (7 min presentations of 5 best oral communications and 3 minutes presentations of best five posters)
Session chairs: Antonio Norton de Matos, Vladimir Matoussevitch

17:00-18:00

VAS General Assembly

Gala Dinner in Venice

Room 2 Session - Nursing Symposium

Coordinators:
Ruben Iglesias, Vascular Access Nurse
Gelisa Allers, Vascular Access Nurse
Clemente Sousa, Vascular Access Nurse

10:15 – 10:45

Ultrasound guided cannulation, pros and cons

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

Catheter locks

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (12:30-13:10 - 40 minutes)

13:15-14:00

Management of the bleeding access post-dialysis

14:00-14:45

Monitoring and surveillance
One presentation on measuring access flow and recirculation during hemodialysis

14:45-15:30

Management of inadequate access flow during dialysis

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Nursing of vascular access: patient education and empowerment

17:00-18:00

VAS General Assembly

Gala Dinner in Venice

Room 3 Session

10:15 – 10:45

Clinical problem solving in vascular access 1 – Case analysis (7 min each + discussion 3 min)
Session chairs: Kate Steiner, Nicola Pirozzi

• Stents versus drug coated ballons for outflow complications
  Kate Steiner, UK
• Decision on vascular access ligation after kidney transplantation
  Nick Inston, UK
• High Flow AV access
  Pasquale Zamboli, Italy

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

Clinical problem solving in vascular access 2 – Case analysis (7 min each + discussion 3 min)
Session chairs: David Kingsmore, Robert Shahverdyan

1. Endo-AV fistula malfunction or complications
   Robert Shahverdyan, Germany
2. The bleeding access
   Maarten Snoeijs, Netherlands
3. AV fistula maturation problems
   Monnie Wasse, USA
4. Indication to early cannulation graft placement
   David Kingsmore, Glasgow, UK
5. Problematic removal of cuffed catheters
   Gürkan Sengölge, Austria

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (12:30-13:10 - 40 minutes)

13:15-14:00

Endo-AV fistula: First-generation devices and new developments
Session chairs: Matteo Tozzi, Gianmarco Falcone

1. Overview of the currently available endo-AVF devices and those under investigation.
   Gianmarco Falcone, Italy
2. Current status of endo-AVFs: outcomes of recent clinical trials
   Monnie Wasse, USA
3. Economics of endo-AVFs
   José Ibeas, Spain

14:00-14:45

AV fistula, surgical issues
Session chairs: Flavia Gentile, Nick Inston

1. Unusual vascular access conduits, impact of patient characteristics
   Flavia Gentile, Luxembourg
2. Managing the high flow fistula – why, when and how
   Antonio Norton de Matos, Portugal
3. Use of small vessels for distal AV access
   Marcello Napoli, Italy
4. Vascular access for non-renal indications (oncology, plasma exchange, parenteral feeding).
   Roberta Brambilla, UK

14:45-15:30

Video session: management of dialysis access complications
Session chairs: Georgios Chatzantonis, Matthias Widmer

1. Video 1: A case of complicated dialysis access.
   Alexandros Mallios, France
2. Video 2: Limberg skin flap for conservative treatment of skin necrosis complicating AV fistula.
   Nicola Pirozzi, Italy
3. Video 3: Treatment approach to CVC related right atrial thrombosis.
   Daniele Savio, Italy
4. Video 4: A case of complicated dialysis access.
   Monnie Wasse, USA

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Innovation in vascular access
Session chairs: Roberta Brambilla, Ramon Roca-Tey

1. Intraoperative intravascular lithotripsy
   Marcello Napoli, Italy
2. aXess hemodialysis graft and endogenous tissue restoration.
   Matteo Tozzi, Italy
3. Implantable magnetic device for blood flow control through AVF
   Joris Rotmans, Netherlands
4. Surgical planning of arteriovenous fistulae in routine clinical practice through a machine learning predictive tool.
   Andrea Remuzzi, Italy

17:00-18:00

VAS General Assembly

Gala Dinner in Venice

General session – Room 1

09:00 – 09:40

Keynote lecture: 100 years of hemodialysis: the vascular access issue from the past to the future
Prof. Claudio Ronco, Vicenza, Italy
Session chairs: Maurizio Gallieni, Joris Rotmans

09:40 – 10:00

Oral abstract presentations
Session chairs: Tamara Jemcov, Maurizio Gallieni

1. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
2. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
3. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

10:00 – 10:45

Round table - Answers to patients’ questions on vascular access.
Session chairs: Charmaine Lok, Clemente Sousa
Participants:
Nephrologist: Charmaine Lok
Surgeon: Matteo Franchin
Radiologist: Daniele Savio
Nurse: Ruben Iglesias
Patient: TBD

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

Vascular access grafts
Session chairs: Mario D’Oria, Luis Loureiro

1. The Role of Bioengineered Vascular Grafts in Reducing Complications: A Paradigm Shift.
   Luís Loureiro, Portugal
2. The Use of Early-Cannuation Grafts for Hemodialysis Crashlanders: Mith or Reality
   Marco Franchin, Italy
3. Graftulas: graft interpositions in fistulas, the worse of both worlds?
   Joaquim Vallespin, Spain
4. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)
5. Oral abstract presentation (5 + 2 min)

12:15-13:00

Vascular access issues for home hemodialysis
Session chairs: Clemente Sousa, Marcello Napoli

1. AVFs versus CVCs for home hemodialysis
   Nick Inston, UK
2. Buttonhole AV access for home hemodialysis, pros and cons
   Tony Goovaerts, Belgium
3. “Self-cannulation for home hemodialysis” or “Vascular access training for the caregiver” or “Management of vascular access complications in home hemodialysis”
   Maurizio Gallieni, Italy

13:00-13:15

Awards ceremony for best abstracts

13:15-13:30

Presentation of the VAS2027 Congress (Belgrade, Serbia) and final remarks
Chairs: Joris Rotmans, Tamara Jemcov