Thursday
SESSION X: MORE TOPICS FOR INTERVENTIONISTS, CARDIAC SURGEONS AND VASCULAR SURGEONS ABOUT THORACIC ENDOGRAFTING (6-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
Moderators:Bruce Lytle, M.D. , Frank J. Veith, M.D.
SESSION X SCHEDULE
7:51 AM - 7:57 AM Debate: Hybrid Approaches To Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms (TAAs) Involving Arch Vessels: Extra-Anatomic Bypass Is Less Invasive And Best
  Presenters(s): Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
7:58 AM - 8:04 AM Debate: Direct Approach To TAAs Involving The Arch Vessels By The Elephant Trunk (Hybrid Technique) Is Best And More Durable
  Presenters(s): Lars G. Svensson, M.D., Ph.D  
8:05 AM - 8:11 AM Debate: Treatment Of Thoracoabdominal AAAs Will Be Most Effective If Accomplished With Fenestrated Grafts And Stent-Graft Branches
  Presenters(s): Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.  
8:12 AM - 8:18 AM Debate: Treatment Of TAAAs Will Be Most Effective If Accomplished With A Branched Main Body And Stent-Graft Extensions
  Presenters(s): Timothy A.M. Chuter, M.D.  
8:19 AM - 8:25 AM The INSTEAD Trial Update: What Is The Role Of Endografting Versus Medical Management In Uncomplicated Type B Dissections And What Factors Are Predictive Of A Dire Outcome And Justify Early Stent-Grafting?
  Presenters(s): Christoph A. Nienaber, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:26 AM - 8:32 AM Results With The Cook Zenith Dissection Device Featuring Covered And Uncovered Stent Portions For Treatment Of Type B Dissections
  Presenters(s): Joseph V. Lombardi, M.D.  
8:33 AM - 8:39 AM Fenestrated And Branched Stent-Grafts For Diffuse Aortic Arch Lesions: Techniques, Problems And Results
  Presenters(s): Krassi Ivancev, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:40 AM - 8:46 AM Long-Term (5-Year) Trial Results Of TAA Repair With The Gore TAG Endograft: Up To 45 mm In Diameter
  Presenters(s): Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.  
8:47 AM - 8:53 AM Updated Trial Results With The Cook Zenith TX 2 Endograft For Thoracic Aortic Pathology
  Presenters(s): Jon S. Matsumura, M.D.  
8:54 AM - 9:00 AM Results Of The VALOR Trial For Treatment Of Thoracic Aortic Lesions: Pivotal And High Risk Arms And VALOR II Design
  Presenters(s): Ronald M. Fairman, M.D.  
9:00 AM - 9:12 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION X