Current Programme (note there is space for one more talk – suggestions please to Dorian Haskard d.haskard@imperial.ac.uk)
Session 1: Chair: Dr Christoph Nienaber
14:00 Blerina Ahmetaj-Shala : Update on Vascular Network Publications
14:05 Christoph Nienaber : Introduction to Symposium
14:10 Bruce Neal : The Metformin Aneurysm Trial (MAT)
14:30 Saeed Mirsadraee : Advance and challenges in imaging of the acute aortic disorder
14:50 Yun Xu : Advances and challenges in computational modelling of aortic flow and impact on disease
15:10 Salvatore Santamaria : Fingerprinting proteoglycan turnover by ADAMTS proteases in aortopathies
15:30 20 minute break
Session 2: Chair: TBC
15:50 Justin Mason : Imaging aortic inflammation and its consequences
16:10 Jason Tarkin : Novel tracers for molecular imaging
16:30 Katie Francis : Insights into aortic genetics and genomics from the UK Biobank and future directions
16:50 Thanos Athanasiou : Are we approaching more Intelligent prediction in aortic dissection?
17:10 Discussion
17:30 Close