About this event
EXPERTS KNOWLEDGE SHARING SERIES
In his 15-minute presentation, Afsar will guide you through a typical EVH procedure, explaining all the steps of the procedure, covering important pre-OP considerations, patient preparation, dissection & harvesting. Making you familiar with the basic steps to follow when performing EVH with the device
THE EXPERT
Afsar Aliar, Lead SCP
Afsar Aliar currently leads a team of four Cardiothoracic Surgical Care Practitioners (SCPs) at the Manchester University Hospital, United Kingdom, and was one of the first practitioners in the United Kingdom to perform Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting (EVH). Over the last 16 years he has completed more than 1,000 EVH cases. Afsar not only teaches this technique at other centers throughout the United Kingdom, but he is also an international proctor for Terumo, that travels across the globe to teach and train at many other institutes.
Terumo Cardiovascular provides medical devices for cardiac and vascular surgery with an emphasis on cardiopulmonary bypass, intra-operative monitoring and cardiac surgery. This includes a full-line of perfusion products, electromechanical products, endoscopic vessel harvesting products and surgical