Kevin Mani
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Uppsala University
Sweden
Kevin Mani, MD PhD is Professor of Vascular Surgery at Uppsala University and Chief of Division of Vascular Surgery at Uppsala university hospital, Sweden. He is founder and director of the Uppsala Aortic Fellowship programme. His clinical expertise includes surgical treatment of aortic disease, including complex endovascular repair of aneurysm and dissection in the aortic arch and the thoracoabdominal aorta. Kevin leads a research group focusing on pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of aortic disease, and has performed several national and international registry-based studies on surgical management of aortic aneurysms and dissections, and served as principal investigator for randomised clinical trials evaluating the possibility for medical and surgical treatment of aortic disease.
Talks
15:50 to 16:10
Global roundtable on evidence for managing uncomplicated Type B dissection
3 minute update on uncomplicated TBAD trials
Discussion points:
- Medical optimisation, how is this being achieved in practice in the trials?
- Does device choice and timing of intervention really change outcomes?
- What are we learning from the patients not included in the trials? Data from screening
- How generalisable are these trials - management of dissections and centres of expertise
16:50 to 17:00
Trends in epidemiology and outcome of aortic dissections - a national population-based study
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Jacob Budtz-Lilly
Senior Consultant and Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
Aarhus University
Denmark