At the 50th International Congress on Vascular and Endoluminal Vasculature (VEITH 2023), November 14-18, 2023, Prof. Francesco Liistro from the San Donato Hospital in Arezzo, Italy, presented the strategy of endovascular lithotripsy balloon (IVL) in combination with DCB therapy and compared the difference in efficacy between this therapy and DCB alone in the treatment of BTK lesions.

On November 20, the team of Prof. Chen Liangwan and Prof. Dai Xiaofu from the Department of Cardiac Surgery of Fujian Union Medical College Hospital successfully removed an artificial heart (left ventricular assist device, LVAD) implanted 2 years ago for a heart failure patient with recovered cardiac function, which is the first case of LVAD removal using percutaneous access occlusion surgery in Fujian Province.

On June 10, 2023, Tianfu Aortic Symposium was successfully held in Chengdu. At the conference, Prof. Shu Chang of Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, gave a wonderful online lecture on the topic of "Progress and Future of Minimally Invasive Treatment of Aortic Diseases".

On June 17-20, 2021, at the Third Annual Meeting of the Chinese Physicians Association of Vascular Surgery Physicians Branch, Prof. Luo Mingyao of Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, on behalf of Prof. Shu's team, gave a fascinating lecture on the progress of aortic disease treatment.

During the 13th Fuwai Symposium on the Treatment of Aortic Pathology, Professor Chen Ziying from the Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery of the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University shared the experience of hybridization surgery for type A aortic coarctation accumulated in their center.