SESSION 1 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 1: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF ASCENDING AORTIC DISEASE, TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT AND CORONARY ARTERY STENTING
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6:45 AM - 6:50 AM Opening Remarks
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Veith, MD  
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CORONARY STENTS
6:50 AM - 6:55 AM What Is New In Coronary Stenting: Current Status Of Non-Absorbable Stents, Drug Eluting And Bare Metal
  Presenter(s):Gregg W. Stone, MD  
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6:56 AM - 7:01 AM Update Of Bioabsorbable Stents (BRSs) In The Coronary Arteries: Why Did The Absorb Stent Fail: Is There Hope For BRSs In The Future – In Coronary Or Peripheral Arteries
  Presenter(s):Gregg W. Stone, MD  
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THE ASCENDING AORTA
7:02 AM - 7:07 AM Current Status Of Endovascular Treatment For Ascending Aortic Lesions: What Patients, What Pathology, What Devices Exist
  Presenter(s):Grayson H. Wheatley, MD  
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7:08 AM - 7:14 AM Update On Ascending Aortic Endograft Treatment: Indications, Devices, Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Rodney A. White, MD  
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7:15 AM - 7:21 AM Status Of Endovascular Combined Device For Repairing Lesions Of The Ascending Aorta And The Aortic Valve: The Endo-Bentall Concept
  Presenter(s):Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
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7:22 AM - 7:28 AM Will New Ascending Aortic Endografts Enable Treatment Of Type A Aortic Dissections: What Percentage Of Patients: What Is Here And What Is The Future
  Presenter(s):Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
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TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES
7:29 AM - 7:29 AM Progress In Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): An Interventional Cardiologist’s View. This presentation will be given by Martin B. Leon on Thursday, Session 47 at 7:03 to 7:98 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom East.
7:29 AM - 7:35 AM Progress In TAVR: A Cardiac Surgeon’s View: What Is The Current Place For Open Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
  Presenter(s):Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
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7:36 AM - 7:42 AM Progress In Endovascular Mitral Valve Repair: What Devices Are Appearing And How Well Are They Working
  Presenter(s):Juan F. Granada, MD  
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7:43 AM - 7:51 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 1
 
SESSION 2 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 2: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC ARCH LESIONS AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS
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7:51 AM - 7:56 AM With Aortic Arch Lesions (Aneurysms And Dissections), When Should The Treatment Be Fenestrated Or Branched TEVAR (F/B/TEVAR), Chimney TEVAR (Ch/TEVAR), Hybrid Or Fully Open Surgical Repair
  Presenter(s):Chang Shu, MD  
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7:57 AM - 8:02 AM Another View Of Current Optimal Treatment Of Aortic Arch Aneurysms: Total Endovascular, Hybrid, Open And Frozen Elephant Trunk: Which Is Best When
  Presenter(s):Roberto Chiesa, MD / Germano Melissano, MD  
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8:03 AM - 8:08 AM Update On Value And Limitations Of Frozen Elephant Trunk Repairs And The ThoroFlex Graft For Complex Aortic Arch Lesions: Is Spinal Cord Ischemia An Issue
  Presenter(s):Joseph S. Coselli, MD  
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8:09 AM - 8:14 AM Six-Year Results With Terumo Aortic Relay 2 Branched Device For Aortic Arch Lesions: Indications And Contraindications
  Presenter(s):Toru Kuratani, MD, PhD  
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8:15 AM - 8:20 AM Update On Total Endovascular Arch Repairs Using Cook Multibranched Devices: When Indicated, When Questionable, When Not Indicated; Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD  
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8:21 AM - 8:26 AM Total Endovascular Aortic Arch Repairs With The Relay 2-Branched Endograft: The US Experience – Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Eric E. Roselli, MD  
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8:27 AM - 8:32 AM Physician-Made Fenestrated Endograft Repair For Aortic Arch Lesions: Experience In >115 Cases: Challenges And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Ludovic Canaud, MD, PhD  
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8:33 AM - 8:38 AM Experience With Branched Endografts For Treatment Of Aortic Arch Lesions
  Presenter(s):Qingsheng Lu, MD / Zaiping Jing, MD  
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8:39 AM - 8:44 AM Long-Term Results (>4 Years) Of Parallel Grafts (Chimneys And Periscopes) For Aortic Arch Lesions; Tips To Make Them Work And When Do They
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD / Nicola Mangialardi, MD  
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8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Results And Advantages With A Precurved Convertible F/B Endograft For Arch Lesions: How It Compares With Other Arch Grafts And Will It Be Available Outside Japan
  Presenter(s):Yoshihiko Yokoi, MD  
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8:51 AM - 8:56 AM Real World Experience With Double Branched Endografts For Aortic Arch Lesions: Are They Ready For Prime Time: From The Italian And Dutch Registries
  Presenter(s):Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS / Ciro Ferrer, MD  
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8:57 AM - 9:04 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 2
 
SESSION 3 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 3: PROGRESS IN THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AORTIC DISSECTIONS: PETTICOAT, STABILISE, FLIRT, FENESTRATIONS AND TEVAR’S EFFECTS ON THE HEART
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9:04 AM - 9:09 AM Evolving An Optimal Treatment For Type B Aortic Dissections (TBADs) With TEVAR And False Lumen Embolization: TechniqueS And Results
  Presenter(s):Weiguo Fu, MD  
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Fenestration And Branched EVAR (F/B/VAR) To Treat Post TBAD AAAs: Technical Tips, Results And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
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9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Update On PETTICOAT TEVAR For TBADs: Why The Addition Of A Distal Bare Dissection Stent To A Proximal Covered Stent Facilitates Treatment And Improves Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Joseph V. Lombardi, MD  
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Impact Of The PETTICOAT Technique (With A Distal Bare Stent Added To A Proximal Covered Stent) On Aortic Remodeling With Chronic TBADs: Indications, Timing Of Treatment And Results
  Presenter(s):Chun Che Shih, MD, PhD  
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM The STABILISE Modification Of The PETTICOAT Technique To Rupture The Dissection Flap And Promote False Lumen Obliteration To Treat TBADs: Concept, Indications And Results
  Presenter(s):Jean-Marc Alsac, MD, PhD  
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Another Opinion About The STABILISE Modification Of The PETTICOAT Technique To Disrupt The Dissection Flap With A Compliant Balloon In The Covered Stent And A Non-Compliant Balloon In The Bare Stent: Precautions And Results
  Presenter(s):Luca Bertoglio, MD / Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Long Stent Grafts For TEVAR Have Bad Effects On The Heart And Tend To Migrate Proximally Causing Type 1B Endoleaks: What Are The Mechanisms
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM Update On Extensive Flap Disruption (Fenestration) To Treat TBADs: Why It Works By Equalizing Pressure In The 2 Lumens, Indications And Results
  Presenter(s):Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD / Juan C. Parodi, MD  
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9:52 AM - 9:57 AM Open Surgical Flap Excision In The Abdominal Aorta To Treat Complex Dissections: Indications, Theory, Technique, Precautions And Results
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, PhD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
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9:57 AM - 10:11 AM Panel Discussion
10:11 AM - 10:21 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 3
 
SESSION 4 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 4: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF TBADs, THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE AND THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS (TAAAs)
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10:21 AM - 10:26 AM Evidence For And Risks Of Endovascular Treatment Of Asymptomatic Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Is TEVAR Really A Good Treatment
  Presenter(s):Rachel E. Clough, MD, PhD, FRCS  
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10:27 AM - 10:32 AM Long-Term Successful Treatment Of TBADs With Total Aortic Remodeling Usually Requires Multiple Re-Interventions – Many Long After The Original TEVAR: What Are These Re-Interventions
  Presenter(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
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10:33 AM - 10:38 AM A New Classification System For Aortic Dissections: Better For Prognosis, Predicting Complications And Guiding Treatment
  Presenter(s):Martin Czerny, MD / Bartosz Rylski, MD, PhD  
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10:39 AM - 10:44 AM F/B/EVAR Treatment Of Chronic TBADs With An Enlarging AAA After TEVAR: A Positive 8-Year Experience; How To Deal With A Small True Lumen And Value Of Inner Branches
  Presenter(s):Marcelo Ferreira, MD  
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10:45 AM - 10:50 AM How To Manage Re-Entry Sites In The Arch And Visceral Segment Of The Aorta After TEVAR For TBADs
  Presenter(s):Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD  
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10:51 AM - 10:56 AM Update On False Lumen Occlusion Techniques And Value After TEVAR For TBADs: New Devices; When Indicated; Results And When Preferred Over F/B/EVAR In Patients With AAAs
  Presenter(s):Tilo Koelbel, MD, PhD  
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10:57 AM - 11:02 AM Effectiveness Of False Lumen Embolization For Chronic TBADs With Progressive Aortic Enlargement: Devices, Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Herve Rousseau, MD, PhD  
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11:03 AM - 11:08 AM A New Modular Branched Stent-Graft For Aortic Arch Reconstruction: Advantages And Limitations From A First In Man Study
  Presenter(s):Wei Guo, MD  
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11:09 AM - 11:15 AM Panel Discussion
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM Improvements In Techniques And Grafts For Open TAAA Repair: In Virginal Cases And After Failed Endovascular Procedures
  Presenter(s):Hazim J. Safi, MD  
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11:21 AM - 11:26 AM Open TAAA Repair After Failed TEVAR Or Endovascular TAAA Repair: Technical Advances And Results: Who Should Do These Redo Procedures
  Presenter(s):Roberto Chiesa, MD / Germano Melissano, MD  
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11:27 AM - 11:32 AM Importance Of A Type III Aortic Arch And Descending Aorta Tortuosity In Determining Outcomes Of TEVAR And Treating TBADs: How To Deal With These Issues
  Presenter(s):Santi Trimarchi, MD, PhD  
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11:33 AM - 11:38 AM Current Status Of Cerebral Protection For TEVAR And TAVR: What Are The Devices, When Can They Help And When Not
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD  
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11:39 AM - 11:44 AM Staged Endovascular And Open TAAA Repairs Reduces Morbidity And Mortality: When And How To Do It And Results
  Presenter(s):Michael J. Jacobs, MD / Geert Willem H. Schurink, MD, PhD  
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11:45 AM - 11:50 AM TEVAR Has Better Long-Term Survival (>5 Years) Than Open Repair For Intact Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: TEVAR Should Be The Standard Of Care; Randomized Trials (RCTs) Are Not Needed
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD  
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11:51 AM - 11:56 AM Short And Long-Term Comparison In Canada Of Open And Endo TAAA Repair Regarding Outcomes And Cost: Endo Is Best
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. Lindsay, MDCM, FRCS, FACS  
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11:57 AM - 12:03 PM Panel Discussion
12:03 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 4
 
SESSION 5 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 5: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) TREATMENT, EVAR AND EVAS (ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM SEALING)
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM How And Why Is AAA Disease Different In Diabetics: How Do These Differences Impact Treatment
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Update On The Nellix Graft And EVAS: Will Nellix Be A Failure Or A Phoenix Surmounting Its Problems
  Presenter(s):Matt M. Thompson, MD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Why Are AAA Patients Surviving More: What Is Its Impact On Screening And Size Criteria For Repair
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD / Jes S. Lindholt, MD  
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Value Of Metformin And Ticagrelor In Inhibiting The Growth Of Small AAAs: What Is The Long-Term Fate Of 25-29 mm Abdominal Aortas: How Many Will Become AAAs
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
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SHORT SUMMARY TOPICS (3-4 MINUTES)
1:24 PM - 1:28 PM Influence Of Metformin On AAA Derived Cells In Culture: A Clue To How Metformin Slows AAA Growth
  Presenter(s):Kak Khee Yeung, MD, PhD  
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1:28 PM - 1:32 PM Update On The Value Of And Indications For Pre EVAR Lumbar And Inferior Mesenteric Artery Embolization
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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1:32 PM - 1:36 PM DEBATE: There Are Several Good Reasons To Electively Repair AAAs <5.5 cm In Maximum Diameter: What Are They
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
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1:36 PM - 1:40 PM DEBATE: Why AAAs < 5.5 cm Should Not Be Treated Invasively: The Rupture Rate (< 1%/Year) Is Less Than Commonly Thought
  Presenter(s):Jonothan J. Earnshaw, FRCS  
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1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Mark A. Adelman, MD / Michel Makaroun, MD  
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM DEBATE: Young Fit AAA Patients Have Better Long-Term Survival With Open Repair (OR) Than EVAR And Should Be Offered OR If They Need Invasive Treatment
  Presenter(s):Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
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1:51 PM - 1:56 PM DEBATE: Not So: Survival Is Better In Young Fit AAA Patients After EVAR Than OR
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
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1:57 PM - 2:02 PM Why Open Repair Of AAAs Has Improving Outcomes: When Is OR Indicated And Better For Patients
  Presenter(s):Thomas C. Bower, MD  
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2:03 PM - 2:08 PM In AAA Patients Suitable For Both OR And EVAR Unfavorable Neck Characteristics (Short, Wide, Angulated Or Cone Shaped) Have More Adverse Outcomes And Higher Mortality After OR As Well As EVAR: From The DREAM RCT: How Should This Impact On AAA Treatment Decisions
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
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2:09 PM - 2:14 PM Migration Patterns In Newer Lower Profile EVAR Stent-Grafts: What Are The Implications For EVAR Planning And Follow-Up
  Presenter(s):Colin D. Bicknell, MD, FRCS  
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2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Optimal Current Treatment For Inflammatory AAAs: When Medical; When Endo; When Open
  Presenter(s):Franco Grego, MD  
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2:21 PM - 2:26 PM EVAS Treated Patients (With Nellix) Have A Lower 3-Year Mortality Than EVAR Treated Patients: What Is The Mechanism And Is This Difference Restricted To Patients With AAAs >5.5 cm
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
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2:27 PM - 2:32 PM Another View Of Why EVAS Treated Patients (With Nellix) Have A Lower Mortality Than EVAR Treated Patients: What Is The Mechanism And Is This Difference Restricted To Patients With AAAs >5.5 cm
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD  
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2:33 PM - 2:38 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 5
 
SESSION 6 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 6: MORE ABOUT AAAs AND EVAR; THE NICE GUIDELINES AND REACTIONS TO THEM
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2:38 PM - 2:43 PM Highlights Of Clinical Practice Guidelines For Endovascular Repair Of Complex AAAs Involving The Paravisceral Aorta
  Presenter(s):Thomas L. Forbes, MD  
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2:44 PM - 2:49 PM Sac Shrinkage Is A Good Marker Of Durable Success After EVAR: Is There A Difference In This Marker With Different Endografts
  Presenter(s):Michael C. Stoner, MD  
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2:50 PM - 2:55 PM Long-Term Results Of EVAR Outside Device IFUs Is Not So Bad: When Is It Acceptable To Use EVAR Devices Outside Their IFUs
  Presenter(s):Bibombe Patrice Mwipatayi, MMed, MClinEd, FCS, FRACS  
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2:56 PM - 3:01 PM When Is EVAR First The Best Option For Repairing AAAs And When Is Open Repair First The Best Option: Late Failures Raise Questions Especially With Large Diameter Necks And Outside The IFUs
  Presenter(s):Daniel G. Clair, MD  
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THE UK NICE AAA GUIDELINES AND REACTIONS TO THEM
3:02 PM - 3:07 PM Highlights Of The UK NICE Guidelines For Treating Elective And Ruptured AAAs: Why Do They Favor Open Repair Over EVAR And What Was The Influence Of The EVAR 1 Late Results
  Presenter(s):Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
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3:08 PM - 3:13 PM Why The Early Survival Benefit For EVAR Versus Open Repair Outweighs The Late Survival Benefit For Open Repair Versus EVAR
  Presenter(s):Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  
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MORE COMMENTS ON THE NICE AAA GUIDELINES
3:14 PM - 3:18 PM The NICE AAA Guidelines Are Misleading And Unfairly Biased Against EVAR
  Presenter(s):Michael P. Jenkins, MBBS, BSc, MS, FRCS, FEBVS  
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3:18 PM - 3:22 PM Why The NICE AAA Guidelines Reached The Wrong Conclusions – That EVAR Benefits Were Not Worth The Costs
  Presenter(s):Dittmar Boeckler, MD  
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3:22 PM - 3:26 PM What Is Right In The NICE AAA Guidelines And What Is Wrong In Them
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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3:26 PM - 3:30 PM Flaws In The NICE Guidelines For Treating AAAs: How They Were Based On Biases Of The Writing Committee And Why They Will Have An Impact Beyond The UK
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
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3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Panel Discussion
3:36 PM - 3:46 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 6
 
SESSION 7 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 7: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC DISSECTIONS AND THORACIC AORTIC PATHOLOGY
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3:46 PM - 3:51 PM Best Medical Therapy For Acute TBAD Patients: What Is It And Strategies To Optimize It: How Effective Can It Be
  Presenter(s):Colin D. Bicknell, MD, FRCS  
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3:52 PM - 3:57 PM New Concepts In The Pathogenesis Of TBADs: What Are The Therapeutic Implications: What Is Best Medical Therapy For TBAD: Principles And Paradoxes
  Presenter(s):David M. Williams, MD  
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3:58 PM - 4:03 PM Technical Tips To Improve Or Increase The Use And Safety Of The Cook T-Branch Off-The-Shelf (OTS) Device For TAAAs
  Presenter(s):Marcelo Ferreira, MD  
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4:04 PM - 4:09 PM Aortic Arch Anomalies, Especially Bovine Arches: What Are Their Bad Implications For Patients And Treatment Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Update On The Natural History Of Penetrating Aortic Ulcers (PAUs) And Intramural Hematomas (IMHs) With And Without TEVAR Treatment: Medical Treatment Has A High Failure Rate: So When And How Should They Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Jean M. Panneton, MD  
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4:16 PM - 4:21 PM Making EVAR Safer Long-Term Using Ultrasound Made Simple To Measure AAA Sac Diameter At Home
  Presenter(s):Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
TIMING OF EVAR FOR UNCOMPLICATED TBAD
4:22 PM - 4:27 PM TEVAR Can Be Performed Safely Soon After Symptom Onset With TBADs Under Certain Conditions
  Presenter(s):Edward Y. Woo, MD / Tareq Massimi, MD  
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4:28 PM - 4:33 PM With Uncomplicated TBADs TEVAR Should Be Performed As Soon As Possible After Onset Of Symptoms: For These Reasons And With These Precautions
  Presenter(s):Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
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4:34 PM - 4:39 PM Not So: With Uncomplicated Acute TBADs TEVAR Should Be Delayed 2 Weeks To 3 Months For These Reasons
  Presenter(s):Matt M. Thompson, MD  
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4:40 PM - 4:45 PM With Uncomplicated Acute TBADs TEVAR Should Be Delayed For 1-3 Months After Symptom Onset And Why
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Farber, MD  
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4:46 PM - 4:53 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 7
 
SESSION 8 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 8: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO TEVAR AND TBADs: CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF STROKE COMPLICATIONS; CONTROVERSIES OVER THE NEED FOR TEVAR IN SOME OR ALL ACUTE UNCOMPLICATED TBAD PATIENTS, AND OVER THE EXTENT OF TEVAR COVERAGE
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4:53 PM - 4:58 PM Status Of Stroke Prevention During TEVAR: What Percent Are Due To Particulate Emboli And What Percent Due To Air Emboli: Techniques To Prevent Both
  Presenter(s):Tilo Koelbel, MD, PhD  
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4:59 PM - 5:04 PM Causes Of Stroke During TEVAR: Gaseous Emboli Are Important And Some But Not All Can Be Prevented By CO2 Flushing Of Delivery Systems
  Presenter(s):Richard G.J. Gibbs, FRCS  
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5:05 PM - 5:10 PM The STEP Registry: A Global Network To Decrease Strokes Associated With Thoracic Aortic Endografting Procedures: How Will It Work
  Presenter(s):Fiona Rohlffs, MD / Stephan Haulon, MD / Tilo Koelbel, MD, PhD  
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5:11 PM - 5:16 PM IVUS Need Not Be Mandatory To Treat TBADs By TEVAR Safely: How So
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
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5:17 PM - 5:22 PM DEBATE: Most Acute Uncomplicated TBADs Need To Be Treated By TEVAR: The INSTEAD RCT Proves It: We Do Not Need Further RCTs
  Presenter(s):Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
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5:23 PM - 5:28 PM DEBATE: Not So: Controversy Lingers: We Do Need A RCT Comparing TEVAR With Best Medical Treatment (BMT) To BMT Alone For Acute Uncomplicated TBADs: How Could Such A Trial Be Structured And Financed
  Presenter(s):Firas F. Mussa, MD  
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5:29 PM - 5:34 PM Why TEVAR For Acute Uncomplicated TBADs Is Imperfect: The Case For Using It Selectively
  Presenter(s):Joseph V. Lombardi, MD  
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5:35 PM - 5:40 PM DEBATE: Treating More Acute Uncomplicated TBAD Patients With Extended TEVAR Coverage Almost To The Celiac Artery Will Improve Outcomes: It Is The Way To Go
  Presenter(s):William D. Jordan Jr., MD  
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5:41 PM - 5:46 PM DEBATE: Not So: Limited Coverage Of The Thoracic Aorta By TEVAR Is Safer And Better
  Presenter(s):Michel Makaroun, MD  
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5:47 PM - 5:52 PM A Decision-Making Algorithm For Optimally Treating Uncomplicated Acute TBAD Patients
  Presenter(s):Dittmar Boeckler, MD  
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5:53 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program A
END OF SESSION 8
 
SESSION 9 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 9: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR ROBOTICS, GUIDANCE SYSTEMS, SIMULATION AND LAPAROSCOPY
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VASCULAR ROBOTICS
6:45 AM - 6:50 AM A New Vascular Robotic System From Corindus: How Does It Work: What Does It Do: Clinical Experience And Value
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD, MS, DFSVS, FACS  
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6:51 AM - 6:56 AM Current Status Of Endovascular Catheter Robotics: What Is Here And What Is Coming
  Presenter(s):Jean Bismuth, MD / Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
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6:57 AM - 7:02 AM Will Newer Technology And Platforms Lead To More Widespread Use Of Vascular Robotics: What Is On The Horizon And Beyond
  Presenter(s):Willem Wisselink, MD  
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7:03 AM - 7:08 AM A New Vascular Robotic System From China: How Does It Work: Advantages: Cost And When Will It Be Available
  Presenter(s):Qingsheng Lu, MD / Zaiping Jing, MD  
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7:09 AM - 7:14 AM Robotics In Vascular Surgery: What Is Available; What Is Coming And How Will It Help
  Presenter(s):Ravi K. Veeraswamy, MD  
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VASCULAR GUIDANCE
7:15 AM - 7:20 AM Machine Learning Based Measurement Of AAA Diameter With Contrast CT: A New And Better Way
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD  
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7:21 AM - 7:26 AM Update On An Emerging Radiation Free 3D Endovascular Guiding System (IOPS) From Centerline (BIOM) Medical: How Does It Work; When Will We Have It; How Much Will It Cost
  Presenter(s):Matthew J. Eagleton, MD  
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7:27 AM - 7:32 AM A New 3D Device Guidance Technology Within The Vascular Tree: Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS Technology): How Does It Work And Initial Results
  Presenter(s):Joost A. van Herwaarden, MD, PhD  
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7:33 AM - 7:38 AM Is There Real Evidence To Support The Value Of Simulation In Vascular Surgery: Vascular Surgery Endo And Open Is Not Like Piloting An Aircraft
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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LAPAROSCOPY
7:39 AM - 7:44 AM Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release: The Best Way To Treat Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome: Advantages And Limitations And Who Should Do It
  Presenter(s):Joseph S. Giglia, MD / George H. Meier, MD  
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7:45 AM - 7:50 AM Why I Stopped Doing Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery After Performing 160 Cases
  Presenter(s):Laurent Chiche, MD, FEBVS  
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7:51 AM - 7:59 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 9
 
SESSION 10 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 10: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CAROTID DISEASE: UNRESOLVED CONTROVERSIES
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM Role And Value Of Biomarkers Of Brain Injury In CAS And CEA Procedures: How Can They Help Decision Making
  Presenter(s):Christos D. Liapis, MD  
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8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Systemic Biomarkers Can Predict The Volume Of Cerebral Infarct Associated With Carotid Interventions: Is There A Difference Between CAS And CEA
  Presenter(s):Wei Zhou, MD  
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8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Cerebral Hyperfusion Syndrome After CAS Procedures: Etiology, Diagnosis, Optimal Treatment And Prevention
  Presenter(s):Gert J. de Borst, MD, PhD  
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8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Intracranial Artery Dissection: An Unrecognized Cause Of Strokes: How To Diagnose And Treat It
  Presenter(s):Emmanuel M. Houdart, MD  
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Eversion CEA: Technical Tips, When Is It The Best Method For CEA And When Not
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
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8:29 AM - 8:34 AM New Developments In Best Medical Treatment For Carotid Patients: Can Carotid Plaques Be Stabilized Or Shrunk: Will Strokes And MIs Become Rare Or Eliminated
  Presenter(s):Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM DEBATE: CEA Must Include Completion Imaging With Duplex Or Angiography
  Presenter(s):Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
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8:41 AM - 8:46 AM DEBATE: Not So: Completion Duplex Can Be Misleading And Angiography Can Be Harmful And Misleading: Completion Imaging Causes More Harm Than Benefit
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
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8:47 AM - 8:54 AM Panel Discussion
8:54 AM - 8:59 AM Avoiding And Managing Complications During Transfemoral CAS
  Presenter(s):Horst Sievert, MD  
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9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Optimal Contemporary Treatment Of Carotid Artery Aneurysms, Pseudoaneurysms And Patch Infections: When Endo, When Open
  Presenter(s):Peter L. Faries, MD, FACS  
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9:06 AM - 9:11 AM How Best In 2019 To Pick Asymptomatic Patients With Unstable Plaques At High Risk Of Having A Stroke: Are There New Duplex Techniques Which Can Help
  Presenter(s):Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
UPDATE ON CAROTID PATCHES
9:12 AM - 9:17 AM Careful Primary Closure Of CEA Arteriotomies (Without A Patch) Is Not Inferior To Patch Closures: In A Propensity Matched Analysis: Why Did The RCTs Get It Wrong
  Presenter(s):Dong-ik Kim, MD  
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9:18 AM - 9:23 AM All Patches For CEA Closure Are Not Equal: Which Patch Material Is Best: How Big Should The Patch Be: Disadvantages And Complications Of Carotid Patches
  Presenter(s):Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Norman Kumins, MD  
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9:24 AM - 9:29 AM Should All CEA Closures Be Patched: Could The RCTs Indicating That All CEA Patients Should Have Patch Closures Be Misleading
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
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9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Femoral Vein Interposition Grafts Are The Best Treatment For Patch Infections After CEA: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Salvatore T. Scali, MD / Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD  
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9:36 AM - 9:41 AM Carotid Interventions CEA And CAS Will Become Obsolete: Why And When
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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9:42 AM - 9:48 AM Panel Discussion
9:48 AM - 9:58 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 10
 
SESSION 11 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 11: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; PROGRESS IN THE INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE STROKES (5 AND SOME 4-MINUTE SHORT SUMMARY [SS] TALKS)
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9:58 AM - 10:03 AM Carotid Plaque Characteristics With Duplex, CT And MRI Can Predict High Stroke Risk Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
  Presenter(s):Christos D. Liapis, MD  
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10:04 AM - 10:08 AM [SS] DEBATE: Long-Term Results Of Transfemoral CAS Are Equivalent To Those Of CEA – Maybe Even Better
  Presenter(s):Horst Sievert, MD  
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10:08 AM - 10:12 AM [SS] DEBATE: Not So: Long-Term Results Of CAS Are Not Equal To Those Of CEA
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
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10:12 AM - 10:16 AM [SS] Why Occlusion Of 1 Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) Is Not A Benign Condition Even If The Patient Is Asymptomatic
  Presenter(s):Christos D. Liapis, MD  
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10:16 AM - 10:21 AM Value Of CAS In Treating Chronically Totally Occluded ICAs: Indications, Technical Tips, Results
  Presenter(s):Piotr Myrcha, MD, PhD  
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10:22 AM - 10:26 AM [SS] Limb Shaking TIAs: What Are They, What Imaging Should Be Performed And How Should They Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
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MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE STROKES
10:26 AM - 10:31 AM Merit Of MRI vs. CTA To Evaluate Acute Strokes And Their Treatment: MRI Is Better Than CTA
  Presenter(s):Emmanuel M. Houdart, MD  
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10:32 AM - 10:37 AM Urgent Interventional Treatment Of Strokes Complicating Cardiac Surgery, TEVAR And Other Endo Interventions: What Should Be Done Diagnostically And Therapeutically: Results
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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10:38 AM - 10:43 AM For Acute Strokes Later Thrombus Removal From Intracranial Arteries Can Be Beneficial Even 6-16 Hours After Symptom Onset: What Are The Conditions For Success And In Which Patients
  Presenter(s):Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
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10:44 AM - 10:49 AM Mechanical Intracranial Thrombectomy For Acute Strokes Has Worse Results At Low Volume Centers: What Are The Implications And Which Physicians Should Be Performing These Procedures
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD / Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
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10:50 AM - 10:55 AM Value Of Suction Thrombectomy Versus Stentrievers To Remove Intracranial Arterial Clot: Advantages Of Penumbra Devices (Jet 7 And Jet D) For Acute Stroke Treatment
  Presenter(s):Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
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10:56 AM - 11:00 AM [SS] What Is The Role Of The Vascular Surgeon In The Treatment Of Acute Strokes
  Presenter(s):Laura Capoccia, MD, PhD  
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11:00 AM - 11:06 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 11
 
SESSION 12 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 12: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTO-ILIAC AND ILIAC OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
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11:06 AM - 11:11 AM Optimal Endovascular Treatment Of Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease: Proper Stent Or Stent-Graft Selection And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Jean Bismuth, MD  
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11:12 AM - 11:17 AM When Are Covered Stents The Best Treatment For Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease: Which Is The Best Stent-Graft For This: What Are The Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Bibombe Patrice Mwipatayi, MMed, MClinEd, FCS, FRACS  
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11:18 AM - 11:23 AM Update On The CERAB Procedure (Covered Endovascular Reconstruction of Aortic Bifurcation) For Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease: Technical Tips, 3-Year Results, What Is The Best Stent-Graft For This Procedure
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD / Peter C.J. Goverde, MD  
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11:24 AM - 11:29 AM Value Of The CERAB Procedure For Failed Iliac Stents: Technical Tips And Best Stent-Graft
  Presenter(s):Maria A. Ruffino, MD, EBIR  
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11:30 AM - 11:35 AM Value Of Aortic (AAA) Endografts For Treatment Of Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease: Which Device Is Best And Results
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
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11:36 AM - 11:41 AM What Is The Best Endovascular Device For Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Lesions: When Self-Expanding Stent; When Balloon Expandable Stent; Which Covered Stent And For Which Lesion
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD / Peter C.J. Goverde, MD  
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11:42 AM - 11:47 AM Thoraco-Bifemoral Bypass Is A Good Solution When Other Techniques Fail Or Are Contraindicated: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Manju Kalra, MBBS  
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11:48 AM - 11:53 AM When Limb Occlusion Occurs After An EVAR, Endovascular Solutions Are The Way To Go: Technical Tips To Make Them Safe And Effective
  Presenter(s):Klaus M. Overbeck, MD, MPhil  
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11:54 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 12
 
SESSION 13 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 13: NEW OR UPDATED CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES; IMPORTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN VASCULAR TREATMENT (5 AND ONE 4-MINUTE SHORT SUMMARY [SS] TALKS)
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM The Evidence Base For Clinical Decision Making In Lower Extremity Treatments Is Poor: Guidelines Are Often Based On Shaky Foundations: What Is Needed And Are Things Improving
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Innovation In The Hybrid Operating Room And Angio Suite: What Future Developments Should We Expect: The Philips Azurion Flex C-Arm Fluoroscope Is One Example
  Presenter(s):Barry T. Katzen, MD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Advances In Transradial Access For Treating Non-Cardiac Arterial Lesions: Supplies Needed Like Sheathless Systems And 7 Key Technical Pillars To Make Radial Access Procedures Safe And Successful
  Presenter(s):Marcelo Guimaraes, MD, FSIR  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Update After 2 Years Of The BATTLE RCT Showing Equivalence Of The Zilver PTX DES (Cook) And Misago Bare Stent (Terumo) For Fempop Lesions: Despite The Misago’s Suitability For Deployment Via Radial Access: How Is This Possible
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
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1:24 PM - 1:28 PM [SS] What Is The Cutneedle And How Does It Facilitate Percutaneous Vascular Access
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
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1:28 PM - 1:33 PM The Untethered Vascular Patient: How Sensor Technology And Telemedicine Will Improve Care And The Need For Doctor Visits
  Presenter(s):Tony S. Das, MD  
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1:34 PM - 1:39 PM New Evidence That Telehealth Virtual Visits Can Change Patient Behavior And Be Beneficial
  Presenter(s):John (Jeb) W. Hallett, MD  
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1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Lessons Learned By A Creative Physician-Inventor And How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Vascular Practice And The World
  Presenter(s):Lindsay Machan, MD  
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1:46 PM - 1:51 PM Relevance Of Cybersecurity And Artificial Intelligence To Endovascular Treatments
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD  
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1:52 PM - 1:57 PM How To Use Apps To Improve Vascular Surgery And A Vascular Surgeon’s Practice
  Presenter(s):Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
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1:58 PM - 2:06 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 13
 
SESSION 14 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 14: VASCULAR SURGERY BRANDING, RECOGNITION, TRAINING AND GOVERNING BODIES (BOARD AND RESIDENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE [RRC])
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Vascular Surgeons Should Be Complete Vascular Doctors And Not Just Proceduralists: They Should Be Knowledgeable In And Manage All Aspects Of Non-Cardiac Vascular Disease Care
  Presenter(s):Jerry Goldstone, MD, FACS, FRCSEd  
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Update On Vascular Surgery Training Programs: Number Of 0+5 Positions; Number Of 5+2 Programs: How Many More Of Each Are In The Pipeline
  Presenter(s):Murray L. Shames, MD  
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM How Medical/Hospital Executives Perceive Vascular Surgery: It Is Not As A Separate Specialty: Why We Need To Be A Separate Specialty And To Have The Recognition That Goes With It
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Hsu, MD  
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Are Interventional Cardiologists Competing With Vascular Surgeons: What Are Their Advantages And Disadvantages: What Can Be Done About This Competition
  Presenter(s):Timur P. Sarac, MD  
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Why Vascular Surgery Needs An Approved Independent Board And To Be An Independent Specialty: Status Of The American Board of Vascular Surgery Or ABVS And What Progress Is It Making In Its Quest
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM The Reasons Why Vascular Surgery Needs To Be An Independent Specialty With Its Own Separate Board And RRC: It Is Time To Move From Being A Colony To A Nation, Or A Territory To A State
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Vascular Surgery Needs An Independent ABMS Approved Board And RRC To Thrive As A Specialty In The Medical Hierarchy And To Have Its Value Appropriately Recognized
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM Vascular Surgery Needs Its Own Separate Approved Board And Qualifies For It In Every Way: However, To Get It The Specialty’s Leadership Represented By The SVS Executive Committee Must Recognize This Need And Go After It With Full Force
  Presenter(s):O. William Brown, MD, JD  
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2:54 PM - 2:59 PM What Is Wrong With The American Board of Surgery’s MOC (Maintenance Of Certification) System For Vascular Surgeons And What Can Be Done To Fix It
  Presenter(s):K. Craig Kent, MD  
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3:00 PM - 3:05 PM The Present MOC System Is Flawed And Does Not Help Patients: MOC Should Be Abolished And Replaced By A Lifelong Learning System: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Gilbert R. Upchurch, MD  
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3:06 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:26 PM Break - Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 14
 
SESSION 15 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 15: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF RENAL AND VISCERAL ARTERY DISEASE (5 AND SOME 4-MINUTE SHORT SUMMARY [SS] TALKS)
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3:26 PM - 3:30 PM [SS] Endovascular Treatment Of Large Renal Aneurysms With An Uncovered Stent Excludes The Aneurysm While Preserving Branch Flow: Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Jacques Busquet, MD  
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3:30 PM - 3:34 PM [SS] An Occluded Renal Artery Does Not Mean A Lost Kidney Due To Collaterals Maintaining Its Viability: Revascularization Can Restore Function
  Presenter(s):Wei Zhou, MD  
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3:34 PM - 3:39 PM Renal Artery Aneurysms: When Are They Dangerous: Endovascular Techniques For Treatment: When Is Open Repair Indicated
  Presenter(s):Armando Mansilha, MD, PhD, FEBVS  
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3:40 PM - 3:45 PM Endovascular Versus Open Treatment For Renal And Visceral Artery Aneurysms: When Is Each Treatment Best; Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Timur P. Sarac, MD  
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3:46 PM - 3:51 PM Update On Optimal Treatment For Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: When Endo; When Open: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Guillermo A. Escobar, MD  
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3:52 PM - 3:57 PM Isolated Dissection Of The Celiac Axis Or Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) May Be Symptomatic Or Asymptomatic: Natural History And How Best To Treat
  Presenter(s):I-Hui Wu, MD, PhD  
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3:58 PM - 4:03 PM Panel Discussion
4:03 PM - 4:07 PM [SS] DEBATE: Open Surgery Has An Important Role In The Treatment Of Mesenteric Aneurysms
  Presenter(s):Timur P. Sarac, MD  
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4:08 PM - 4:12 PM [SS] DEBATE: Not So: Mesenteric And Renal Aneurysms Can All Be Treated Endovascularly: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Morgan, MD  
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4:13 PM - 4:18 PM Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysms: New Insights Into Their Natural History And Treatment: Endo Versus Open
  Presenter(s):Benjamin M. Jackson, MD / Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
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4:19 PM - 4:24 PM Embolization Treatment For Splenic Artery Aneurysms: When, When Not, Technical Tips And Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA  
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4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Indications And Technical Tips For Safe Retrograde SMA Stenting In Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: Best Access Is Via A Small SMA Branch
  Presenter(s):Cynthia K. Shortell, MD  
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4:31 PM - 4:35 PM [SS] Direct Percutaneous Approach To Treat Visceral Artery Aneurysms Difficult To Approach Intraluminally: How To Do It Safely
  Presenter(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD, FACR, FSIR  
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4:36 PM - 4:42 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 15
 
SESSION 16 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 16: UPDATE ON OPEN SURGICAL AND HYBRID PROCEDURES; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC COARCTATION
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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM Can Simulation Substitute For The Decrease In Open Aortic Cases In Training And Practice
  Presenter(s):Ashraf Mansour, MD  
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4:48 PM - 4:53 PM When Is Open Surgery The Best Treatment For Visceral Occlusive Disease And Aneurysms And Why
  Presenter(s):Laurent Chiche, MD, FEBVS  
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM Technical Tips For Obtaining Open Retroperitoneal Exposure For Treating Complex AAAs Involving The Pararenal And Visceral Aorta
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Long-Term Results Of Open Juxta- And Pararenal AAA Repair: From A Large Multicenter National Database With Mean Follow-Up Of 4 Years
  Presenter(s):Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, PhD  
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5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Durability And Late Results Of TAAA Repairs For Type IV And Types I-III TAAAs: When Should Open Repair Be The Preferred Treatment In The Current Endo World
  Presenter(s):Hazim J. Safi, MD  
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5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Minimal Incisions For Open Aortobifemoral And Fempop Bypasses: Technical Tips And Advantages
  Presenter(s):Robert M. Proczka, MD, PhD  
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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Panel Discussion
5:24 PM - 5:29 PM Is There Still A Role For Hybrid Procedures In The Endo Era: Why And In What Conditions And Vascular Beds
  Presenter(s):Oscar L. Ojeda, MD, FACS  
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MID-AORTIC SYNDROME
5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Update On Revascularization For Renovascular Hypertension And Mid-Aortic Syndrome: It Is Almost Always Best Treated By Open Surgery
  Presenter(s):Dawn M. Coleman, MD  
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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM Renovascular Hypertension And Mid-Aortic Syndrome: There Is A Role For Endovascular As Well As Open Treatments: Which Treatment Is Best At What Ages
  Presenter(s):George Hamilton, MD, FRCS  
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ADVANCES IN COARCTATION TREATMENT
5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Advances In Covered Stent Treatment Of Aortic Coarctation: Value Of New Balloon Expandable Stent-Grafts: Are Bare Stents Ever Indicated
  Presenter(s):Elchanan Bruckheimer, MBBS  
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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Tips And Tricks For Endo Treatment Of Aortic Coarctation With Aneurysmal Degeneration As A Complication Of A Chronic TBAD
  Presenter(s):Marcelo Ferreira, MD  
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5:54 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program B
END OF SESSION 16
 
SESSION 17 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 17: MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE ULTIMATE TEAM APPROACH - PART 1
Moderators:Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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7:00 AM - 7:05 AM Introduction To The Symposium
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Veith, MD  
7:05 AM - 7:15 AM Welcome And Introduction
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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7:15 AM - 7:25 AM The Basics Of Pulmonary Embolism—What Is The Role Of The History, Exam, Biomarkers
  Presenter(s):Raghu Kolluri, MD  
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7:25 AM - 7:35 AM Do We Need An Echo To Manage Acute Submassive PE
  Presenter(s):David M. Dudzinski, MD  
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7:35 AM - 7:45 AM Advanced Imaging For PE: What Is The Optimal Strategy For The Diagnosis Of Acute And Chronic PE
  Presenter(s):Brian B. Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA  
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7:45 AM - 8:00 AM Medical Treatment Of PE: When, Why, For How Long, And How Can I Remember
  Presenter(s):Geno J. Merli, MD, MACP, FHM, FSVM  
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8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Testing For Cancer And Other Hypercoagulable States In PE
  Presenter(s):Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH  
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8:10 AM - 8:20 AM The First Opportunity—The Emergency Physician Algorithm For Acute PE Management
  Presenter(s):Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH / D. Mark Courtney, MD  
8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy For PE: No Need For Catheter-Based Intervention
  Presenter(s):Jay Giri, MD, MPH  
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8:35 AM - 8:45 AM Advancing The Science In PE Treatment—What Do We Need To Know, And How Will We Learn
  Presenter(s):Akhilesh K. Sista, MD  
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8:45 AM - 8:55 AM Ultrasound-Assisted Pharmacomechanical Thrombectomy—Does This Really Work
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA  
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8:55 AM - 9:05 AM What Device Is Best For Acute PE Intervention
  Presenter(s):James F. Benenati, MD  
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9:05 AM - 9:15 AM Step-By-Step Technical Tips For Pharmacomechanical Intervention For PE
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
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9:15 AM - 9:25 AM Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy Without Lytics: The Results Of The FLARE Study
  Presenter(s):Thomas M. Tu, MD  
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Moderator(s): Michael R. Jaff, DO  
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM Panel Discussion
  Panelist(s): Gary M. Ansel, MD / James F. Benenati, MD / David M. Dudzinski, MD / Brian B. Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA / Jay Giri, MD, MPH / Raghu Kolluri, MD / Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA / Manish Mehta, MD, MPH / Geno J. Merli, MD, MACP, FHM, FSVM / Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH / Akhilesh K. Sista, MD / Thomas M. Tu, MD  
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM Break - Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 17
 
SESSION 18 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 18: MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE ULTIMATE TEAM APPROACH – PART 2
Moderators:Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Technical Tips For Pharmacomechanical Intervention For PE: How Do I Do It
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
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10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Vortex Strategy For Massive PE
  Presenter(s):Christopher J. Kwolek, MD, MBA  
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10:30 AM - 10:40 AM ECMO And Surgical Thromboembolectomy For Massive PE: When, How, And Why
  Presenter(s):Mark G. Davies, MD  
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10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Putting It All Together: What Is The Modern Algorithm For Management Of Massive And Submassive PE
  Presenter(s):Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc  
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10:55 AM - 11:10 AM Vena Cava Filters In PE Treatment—Do We Need To Do This, And If So, When
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA  
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11:10 AM - 11:25 AM Balloon Angioplasty For Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension—Has This Become Mainstream
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
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11:25 AM - 11:35 AM The Team Approach To PE Management: The National PERT Consortium
  Presenter(s):Richard N. Channick, MD  
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Moderator(s): Michael R. Jaff, DO  
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM Challenging Cases And “PERT” Decisions
  Panelist(s): Gary M. Ansel, MD / Richard N. Channick, MD / Mark G. Davies, MD / Christopher J. Kwolek, MD, MBA / Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA / Kenneth Rosenfield, MD / Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc  
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break - 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
End of Program C-1
END OF SESSION 18
 
SESSION 19 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 19: INTRODUCTION TO VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS
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1:00 PM - 1:02 PM Welcome
  Presenter(s):Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
1:02 PM - 1:07 PM The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies Classification System for Vascular Malformations
  Presenter(s):Fiona Rohlffs, MD  
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1:08 PM - 1:13 PM Pediatric Hemangioma And Propranolol Medical Management
  Presenter(s):Laurence M. Boon, MD, PhD  
1:14 PM - 1:19 PM The Palliative Role Of Sirolimus In Vascular Malformation Management
  Presenter(s):Laurence M. Boon, MD, PhD  
1:20 PM - 1:28 PM Ethanol Sclerotherapy Of Hepatic Venous Malformations
  Presenter(s):Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
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1:29 PM - 1:37 PM Ethanol Sclerotherapy Of Complex Peripheral Venous And Lymphatic Malformations
  Presenter(s):Wayne F. Yakes, MD  
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END OF SESSION 19
 
SESSION 20 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 20: HEAD AND NECK VASCULAR MALFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HIGH-FLOW AVMs MANAGEMENT ISSUES
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1:38 PM - 1:46 PM Endovascular Ethanol Sclerotherapy Of Complex Head & Neck Venous And Lymphatic Malformations
  Presenter(s):Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
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1:47 PM - 1:55 PM Combined Endovascular And Surgical Management Of Head & Neck Vascular Malformations
  Presenter(s):Laurence M. Boon, MD, PhD  
1:56 PM - 2:04 PM Direct Laryngoscopy In The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Vascular Malformations
  Presenter(s):Edward J. Hepworth, MD  
2:05 PM - 2:13 PM Curative Endovascular Management Strategies Of Complex/Multiple Head & Neck AVMs
  Presenter(s):Wayne F. Yakes, MD  
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HIGH-FLOW AVMs MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Moderator(s): Tarek M.S. Radwan, FRCS / Edward J. Hepworth, MD  
2:14 PM - 2:25 PM The Yakes AVM Classification System: A Guide To Curative Endovascular Treatment Strategies
  Presenter(s):Fiona Rohlffs, MD  
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2:26 PM - 2:33 PM Where Is The AVM Nidus
  Presenter(s):Robert L. Vogelzang, MD  
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2:34 PM - 2:41 PM Complex Capillary-Venous Malformations And Their Endovascular Management
  Presenter(s):Tarek M.S. Radwan, FRCS  
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2:42 PM - 2:49 PM The Retrograde Vein Approach For Curative Endovascular Treatment Of AVMs
  Presenter(s):Robert L. Vogelzang, MD  
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2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Endovascular Treatment Of Intraosseous Vascular Malformations
  Presenter(s):Fiona Rohlffs, MD  
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3:00 PM - 3:00 PM End of Program C-2
END OF SESSION 20
 
SESSION 21 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 21: HOT NEW SHORT SUMMARY TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND CLTI (ALL TALKS ARE 4 ¾ MINUTES)
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3:00 PM - 3:05 PM New Performance Goals For SFA Endovascular Treatments: How Good Are Current Devices: From The RAPID Multispecialty Registry
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
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3:05 PM - 3:10 PM 12 Commandments For Successful BTK Endovascular Interventions In Patients With Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI)
  Presenter(s):Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
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3:10 PM - 3:15 PM DEBATE: With Extensive Foot Gangrene From CLTI, Multivessel Endo Intervention Is The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Norman Kumins, MD / Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD  
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3:15 PM - 3:20 PM DEBATE: Not So: With Extensive Foot Gangrene From CLTI A Vein Bypass To A Single Good Outflow Artery Is The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
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3:20 PM - 3:25 PM Optimal Treatment Of Diabetics With CLTI And Extensive Ulceration/Gangrene: When Endo, When Open Bypass: What Is The Best Timing For Foot Debridement
  Presenter(s):Katariina M. Noronen, MD, PhD  
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3:25 PM - 3:30 PM Panel Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Where Do We Stand With Below The Knee (BTK) Drug Coated Balloons (DCBs): What Is Their Future And What Are Open Questions
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD  
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3:35 PM - 3:40 PM New Devices To Facilitate Lower Extremity Endo Treatments And Crossing Of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs): A 4 Fr Catheter With A Retractable Needle – The Go Back Crossing Catheter (Upstream Peripheral) And The Bullfrog Device For Injecting Local Anesthesia In The Artery Wall: How Do They Work
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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3:40 PM - 3:45 PM Spot Stenting Using Multiple Short Stents For Long SFA/Pop Lesions (Vascuflex Multiloc Device From B. Braun Medical): How Does It Work And Results
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
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3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Drug Delivery In BTK Arteries: Where Does It Stand: Where Is It Going: What Are Some New Drug Delivery Concepts
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
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3:50 PM - 3:55 PM The Challenge Of Treating Extensively Calcified Lesions In CLTI Patients And How To Overcome The Problem
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
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3:55 PM - 4:00 PM Panel Discussion
4:00 PM - 4:05 PM DEBATE: An Endo First Approach Is Best For All CLTI Patients And Does Not Burn Bridges If An Open Bypass Is Required Later
  Presenter(s):D. Christopher Metzger, MD   
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4:05 PM - 4:10 PM DEBATE: Not True: Patient First Is Better: Endo First Does Not Work For All CLTI Patients: Target Arteries For Later Open Bypass Can Be Damaged (Bridges Burned)
  Presenter(s):Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS  
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Long-Term (5 Years) Effectiveness Of Zilver PTX Drug Eluting Stents (DESs) For Fempop In Stent Restenosis (ISR): From The Japanese Post Market Surveillance Study
  Presenter(s):Kimihiro Komori, MD, PhD  
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4:15 PM - 4:20 PM The “Balloon Wrap” Issue As A Cause Of Dissections With Balloon Angioplasty (PTA): What Is It And Which Balloons Are Least Affected By It
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
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4:20 PM - 4:25 PM Update On The Value Of Toe Pressures, Statins And Clopidogrel In CLTI: Why They Matter
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
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4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 21
 
SESSION 22 SCHEDULE
Tuesday
SESSION 22: MORE HOT NEW SHORT SUMMARY TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND CLTI (ALL TALKS ARE 4 ¾ MINUTES)
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Character And Localization Of Arterial Calcification Pathologically: What Are The Implications For Endo Treatments
  Presenter(s):Renu Virmani, MD  
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4:35 PM - 4:40 PM Significance Of Calcification In Lower Extremity Arteries Clinically: How To Evaluate It: What Does It Mean For Endo Treatments
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
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4:40 PM - 4:45 PM DESs Versus DCBs: Which Is Best When: Which Is More Cost Effective
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
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4:45 PM - 4:50 PM DEBATE: When Common Femoral Artery (CFA) Lesions Need Treatment, Open Endarterectomy Is The Procedure Of Choice
  Presenter(s):Matthew T. Menard, MD  
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4:50 PM - 4:55 PM DEBATE: Not So: CFA Lesions Are Best Treated By Angioplasty And Stenting: 2-Year Results With The Supera Stent (Vasculomimetic Implant [VMI] From Abbott)
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD / Koen R. Deloose, MD  
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Stenting Of CFA Lesions Compares Favorably To Endarterectomy In A RCT (TECCO Trial) Even When The Distal Bifurcation Is Involved: The Culotte Technique For Stenting Both CFA Branches
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM 2-Year Results Of The ZILVER PASS RCT Comparing Zilver PTX DES Treatment To Open Prosthetic Bypasses For Long Fempop Lesions: Patency Is Equal But Complications And Length Of Stay Less With Zilver PTX
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD / Koen R. Deloose, MD  
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5:05 PM - 5:10 PM Distal Bypasses Can Save Limbs With Extensive Gangrene And Calcified Arteries In Dialysis Patients: Key Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD  
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5:10 PM - 5:15 PM Panel Discussion
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM 5-Year Follow-Up Outcomes And Lessons Learned From The In.Pact Deep DCB RCT For BTK Lesions: Managing CLTI Patients Is Challenging
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
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5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Role Of New Stem Cell Therapies In Treating Lower Extremity Ischemia
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
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5:25 PM - 5:30 PM How To Use CO2 As A Contrast Agent To Visualize Patent Foot Arteries In CLTI Patients
  Presenter(s):Jim Caridi, MD, FSIR  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Technical Tips For Using CO2 As A Contrast Agent To Image Patent Tibial And Foot Arteries Better And Safely
  Presenter(s):Palma M. Shaw, MD  
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5:35 PM - 5:40 PM Value Of Adequate Vessel Prep And Duplex Imaging In Optimizing Results Of Balloon And DCB Angioplasty In Crural (Tibial) Arteries – Especially With Long Lesions
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
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5:40 PM - 5:45 PM Nanotechnology: A New Frontier In The Imaging And Treatment Of CLTI
  Presenter(s):Sean C. Morris, BSci  
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5:45 PM - 5:50 PM Infrainguinal Bypasses After Failed Endovascular Treatments Have Lower Patency And Higher Amputation Rates Than Primary Bypasses
  Presenter(s):Alik Farber, MD  
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5:50 PM - 5:55 PM Extensive Heel Gangrene With CLTI Is Not A Contraindication To Limb Salvage: How To Save The Limb In This Setting
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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5:55 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program C-3

END OF SESSION 22
 
SESSION 23 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 23: GENERALITIES IN THE ENDOVASCULAR AND OPEN TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE LESIONS
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Understanding US FDA IDEs (Investigative Device Exemptions) Trials For Evaluating Lower Extremity Endo Devices – Especially BTK Devices: What These Will Tell Us (About Patency) And What They Won’t Tell Us (About Amputation Free Survival)
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD  
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM Optimal Techniques For Vessel Preparation Before Deployment Of A Drug Coated Or Uncoated Balloon Or Stent
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Value Of IVUS In Lower Extremity Endovascular Treatments: It Is A Management-Altering, Must Have Game Changer
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Which Wires And Catheters Are Best To Reach Infrainguinal Arteries Via A Radial Approach: Innovative New Wire Engineering Designs To Improve Performance Of 104 Wires: What Is A Twist Wire And How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD  
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Endovascular Treatment Is Appropriate For CLTI Patients With Heel Gangrene Involving The Os Calcis And Achilles Tendon: Limb Salvage With Function Can Be Achieved And How
  Presenter(s):Iris Baumgartner, MD  
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM What Is The Future Of Stenting In The Current DCB World: DCBs Do Not Always Work For Complex Lesions: Leave Nothing Behind Is Only A Dream
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD / Koen R. Deloose, MD  
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SOME COMMENTS ON ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENTS OF ARTERIAL LESIONS IN THE FOOT
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM How Durable Is The Patency Of Balloon Angioplasty Of Foot Arteries And Plantar Loop Procedures: Why It May Not Matter
  Presenter(s):Marco G. Manzi, MD  
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Should We Treat Foot Vessel Lesions Or Is Such Treatment Fanciful Or Harmful: How Should We Monitor Such Treatment: What Is The End Point And When Is Open Surgery Better
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Small Artery Disease (SAD) And Medial Artery Calcification (MAC) In The Foot: What Is Its Role In Severe CLTI And How Is It Best Treated
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Open Bypass To Foot Arteries Can Save Limbs If Foot Arteries And Arches Have Not Been Instrumented: A Note Of Caution
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Role Of Distal Bypass In CLTI With Severe Gangrene: What % Of Such Patients Will Need One At Some Time In Their Course: When Are Pedal Bypasses Better Than Pedal Loop Procedures
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
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7:46 AM - 7:52 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 23
 
SESSION 24 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 24: PROGRESS IN STENT BASED TREATMENTS, ATHERECTOMY AND LITHOPLASTY (LITHOTRIPSY) FOR LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE LESIONS
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7:52 AM - 7:57 AM DCBs Versus DESs: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Each: Why DCBs Should Be First Line Therapy For Most Lesions In Most Patients
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
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7:58 AM - 8:03 AM For Fempop Lesions, Zilver PTX DESs Are Durable Effective Treatment: 5-Year Results Show It Even In Adverse Circumstances: New Findings From The Zilver PTX RCT
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD  
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8:04 AM - 8:09 AM Which Patients With Fempop Occlusive Lesions Are Not Candidates For DCB Treatment: How Should They Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
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8:10 AM - 8:15 AM New Findings From The IMPERIAL RCT Comparing Zilver PTX DESs With Eluvia DESs For Fempop Lesions: Do Differences In Technology And Results In High Risk Subgroups Suggest That Eluvia Is A Better Stent
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD / Stefan Mueller-Huelsbeck, MD  
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8:16 AM - 8:21 AM Not Sure That IMPERIAL RCT To Date Shows Differences That Are Important: Zilver PTX Is Still A Good DES With Favorable Longer-Term Results And Both Stents Produced Equal Improvement In Symptoms
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
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8:22 AM - 8:27 AM Another View On When To Use Which Stent For Fempop Lesions: Supera, Zilver PTX, Eluvia Or Others
  Presenter(s):Iris Baumgartner, MD  
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8:28 AM - 8:33 AM Eluvia (Boston Scientific) Is The Only Polymer Based Paclitaxel DES Technology, And It Is Now Being Studied For BTK Lesions In The SAVAL RCT
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
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8:34 AM - 8:39 AM Bioresorbable Everolimus DESs For Treating BTK Lesions: The Results With The Absorb Stent (Abbott) Were Favorable For 5 Years: What Does The Future Hold For Such Stents
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD / Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, PhD  
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8:40 AM - 8:45 AM Current Status And Improvements In Atherectomy Devices: Which One Or Ones Are Best And Why: For Stand-Alone Treatment Or For Vessel Preparation For Other Treatments
  Presenter(s):Lawrence A. Garcia, MD  
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8:46 AM - 8:51 AM Which Atherectomy Device Is Best And Why; A European Perspective And Shockwave Based Technology With A Jack-Hammer Effect To Facilitate CTO Wire Crossing (From Soundbite Medical Solutions); How It Works
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
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8:52 AM - 8:57 AM Update On Intravascular Lithotripsy (Lithoplasty) To Treat Calcified Occlusive Lesions: When Is It Worthwhile And When Not: From The DISRUPT PAD Trials And The REAL World Registry
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
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8:58 AM - 9:02 AM Late Breaking 5-Year Results Of Bioresorbable DES (Abbott) For BTK Lesions: Future Implications
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD / Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, PhD  
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9:02 AM - 9:10 AM Panel Discussion And Break
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 24
 
SESSION 25 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 25: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY RELATED TOPICS: DOWNSIDE OF DCBs: THE PACLITAXEL COATED DEVICES INCREASE MORTALITY ISSUE
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Introductory Remarks And Overview
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
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9:16 AM - 9:21 AM The Downsides To DCBs: Cost; Distal Embolization; Increased Mortality: Are They Substantive
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Update On The Meta-Analysis Showing An Increased Mortality In Patients Treated With Drug (Paclitaxel) Coated Lower Extremity Devices (DCBs And DESs): What Is The Current Interpretation
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR  
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM Understanding The Pharmacology, Mechanisms Of Action And Toxicity Of Paclitaxel On Drug Coated Devices: How Could Paclitaxel Influence Mortality
  Presenter(s):Juan F. Granada, MD  
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Is The Increased Mortality Risk Of Paclitaxel Coated Lower Extremity Devices Observed In The Meta-Analysis Real And Meaningful: Update From The VIVA Leaders Analysis: Currently How Should It Influence Use Of These Devices: Where Is This Issue Going
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Current Status Of The Discussion On Paclitaxel Coated Lower Extremity Devices And Their Impact On Patient Mortality: Another View And Where Does The FDA Stand And Why
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM What Is The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Doing About This Issue And Where Does It Stand On It
  Presenter(s):Kim J. Hodgson, MD  
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9:52 AM - 9:57 AM What Is The Response To And Position Of An Industry Partner (Medtronic) Which Is Vested In Drug Eluting Technology
  Presenter(s):Mark Pacyna  
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9:58 AM - 10:03 AM Update On The Late Results (> 5 Years) Of The Zilver PTX DES Trials That Are Relevant To This Issue: Including The Corrected Late Patient Mortality Data
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD  
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10:04 AM - 10:09 AM Long-Term Safety And Effectiveness Of Paclitaxel Coated Devices Versus Non-Coated Devices For Fempop Occlusive Lesions: From Japanese RCTs And Registries: How Do These Data Bear On The Paclitaxel-Mortality Issue
  Presenter(s):Osamu Iida, MD / Hiroyoshi Yokoi, MD  
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10:10 AM - 10:15 AM 6-Year Comparison Of Mortality And Its Causes In 1500 Patients Treated With Paclitaxel Coated DCBs Or DESs Versus Bare Metal Stents (BMSs) Or Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty (POBA)
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
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10:16 AM - 10:19 AM Large Population Based Multicenter German Study Indicates Paclitaxel Coated Devices May Be Associated With Lower Late Mortality Than Uncoated Devices In Some Patient Subgroups
  Presenter(s):Christian A. Behrendt, MD  
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10:19 AM - 10:25 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 25
 
SESSION 26 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 26: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DRUG COATED BALLOONS (DCBs) AND OTHER DEVICES FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE LESIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTs) AND BTK TREATMENTS (5- AND 4-MINUTE SHORT SUMMARY [SS] TALKS)
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10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Present Status And Future Potential Of DCBs: Is Durability Maintained: Preventing Restenosis And Catch-Up: Importance Of Dual Antiplatelet Agents
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
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10:31 AM - 10:36 AM Best Current Treatment For Long Complex Lesions Is DCBs With Provisional Stenting: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):John R. Laird, MD  
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10:37 AM - 10:42 AM The REAL PTX RCT Compares DESs Versus DCBs For Treating Fempop Lesions, Some Long And Complex: At 2 Years, Results Are Better With DESs
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD / Yvonne Bausback, MD  
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10:43 AM - 10:48 AM 5-Year Results From The IN.PACT SFA RCTs Shows Maintained Benefit Of In.Pact DCB Versus POBA For Treatment Of SFA Lesions With No Increase In Complications Or Mortality
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD / John R. Laird, MD  
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10:49 AM - 10:54 AM The Real World GLOBAL REGISTRY Confirms The Value Of The In.Pact DCB For Treating More Complex SFA Lesions Including In Stent Restenosis (ISR)
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD / Gary M. Ansel, MD / Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
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10:55 AM - 11:00 AM 2-Year Results Of The COMPARE PILOT RCT Comparing The Ranger DCB (Boston Scientific) With The In.Pact DCB (Medtronic) For Treating Complex Fempop Lesions And 12-Month Results Of Ranger II Trial
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD / Marianne Brodmann, MD  
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11:01 AM - 11:06 AM Safety And Effectiveness Of The Stellarex DCB (Philips) With Low Dose Paclitaxel Up To 3 Years In The Treatment Of Fempop Occlusive Lesions
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR / Sean P. Lyden, MD  
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11:07 AM - 11:12 AM Panel Discussion
BELOW THE KNEE DCBs
11:13 AM - 11:18 AM The ACO ART II RCT Shows Favorable Results With The Orchid DCB To Treat BTK Lesions: With The Right DCB Technology The Future For BTK DCBs Is Brighter Than The Past
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD / Wei Guo, MD  
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11:19 AM - 11:24 AM Results Of A RCT Show The Lutonix DCB (Becton Dickinson/Bard) To Be Better Than POBA For BTK Occlusive Lesions
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD / Marianne Brodmann, MD  
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11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Value Of The Stellarex DCB (Philips) For Treating BTK Occlusive Lesions: The ILLUMINATE BTK Trial
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD / Mahmood Razavi, MD  
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11:31 AM - 11:36 AM Update On SurVeil DCBs (Surmodics/Abbott) For Treating BTK Lesions: What Makes This DCB Different: 1-Year Safety And Efficacy From The PreVail Trial
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
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11:37 AM - 11:42 AM Economic Factors In The Treatment Of CLTI: Are Drug Coated Balloons (DCBs) DESs Stents Cost Effective: How Can The Costs Of Devices Be Met
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
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11:43 AM - 11:48 AM What Is The Importance Of Dual Antiplatelet Agents To The Success Of DCBs And What Is The Current Status Of DCBs With Drugs Other Than Paclitaxel
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
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SHORT SUMMARY 4-MINUTE TALKS
11:49 AM - 11:53 AM [SS] Value Of A Scoring Balloon (Ultrascore From Becton Dickinson/Bard) In Vessel Preparation Before DCB Use In Fempop Lesions: How It Works And Experience To Date
  Presenter(s):Marcus Thieme, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
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11:53 AM - 11:57 AM [SS] DEBATE: SFA Endovascular Treatment Durability Does Not Require Drug Eluting Devices: The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Lawrence A. Garcia, MD  
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11:57 AM - 12:01 PM [SS] DEBATE: Not So: Drug Elution Is Essential For SFA Endovascular Treatments To Be Effective And Durable
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD / Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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12:01 PM - 12:06 PM Panel Discussion
12:06 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 26
 
SESSION 27 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 27: EXOTIC AND EXTREME NEW TREATMENTS FOR VERY DISTAL LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE CAUSING SEVERE CHRONIC LIMB THREATENING ISCHEMIA (CLTI): HOW TO SAVE THE “NO OPTION FOR TREATMENT” LIMB AND THE “DESERT FOOT” WITH NO PATENT TARGET ARTERIES
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM How To Gain Retrograde Arterial Access Via Leg Arteries: The Tibioperoneal Trunk, Peroneal, Posterior Tibial And Anterior Tibial: Equipment And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM ‘Fancy’ Techniques For Getting A Guidewire Across Difficult Chronic Total Occlusions – Especially Those In BTK Arteries In CLTI Patients
  Presenter(s):Osamu Iida, MD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM No Option CLTI: The “Desert Foot”: An Increasing Epidemic: An Overview Of Solutions For It And How To Salvage Some Of These Limbs
  Presenter(s):Marco G. Manzi, MD  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Extreme Distal Lower Limb Revascularization: Durable Solution Or Technical Show Off: Distal Access, Plantar Loop Procedures And Subintimal Angioplasty In Foot Arteries: What Is Their Impact On Mid And Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR / Michel Rossi, MD  
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Treatment Possibilities For “No Option” Patients: Including The Pros And Cons Of Venous Arterialization
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
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UPDATE ON VENOUS ARTERIALIZATION
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Surgical Arterialization Of Foot Veins For No Option CLTI: How To Do It And Long-Term Outcomes: From A Pioneer
  Presenter(s):Pramook Mutirangura, FRCS (Edinburgh)  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Arterialization Of Foot Veins Can Save Limbs With No Option CLTI: How And Why Does It Work And Why Does It Fail: What Is Hybrid Arterialization Of Foot Veins: How Does It Compare To The LimFlow Totally Endo Procedure
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Update On Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization (pDVA) With The LimFlow Device For No Option CLTI: Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD / Daniel G. Clair, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Panel Discussion
1:53 PM - 1:58 PM Tibial Bypasses With PTFE Grafts Are Worthwhile (When Autologous Vein Is Lacking) In Hopelessly Threatened Limbs And Can Save A Functional Limb For Many Years: They Deserve A Better Reputation Than They Have
  Presenter(s):Gregg S. Landis, MD / Richard F. Neville, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD / Evan C. Lipsitz, MD, MBA / Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, MD, RPVI, RVT, RDMS, FACS / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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1:59 PM - 2:04 PM Ultradistal Bypasses To Below The Ankle Arteries Can Save Limbs With CLTI And Gangrene: How Distal In The Foot Can One Go: No Option CLTI Is Usually A Misnomer
  Presenter(s):Hisham Rashid, FRCS, FRCS(Gen)  
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2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Extended Open Techniques To Save Threatened Feet When All Endovascular Attempts Have Failed
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD  
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2:11 PM - 2:16 PM Below The Ankle Angioplasty And Stenting For CLTI: Technical Tips, Indications And Challenges: Poor Patency Rates May Not Hamper Limb Salvage
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR  
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2:17 PM - 2:22 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 27
 
SESSION 28 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 28: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR); SELF-EXPANDING STENT-GRAFTS (VIABAHN); HEPARIN BONDING; ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; UNUSUAL LOWER EXTREMITY STENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HEPARIN BONDING TO PTFE GRAFTS AND DCB INFLATION PRESSURES (SEE ALSO SESSION 59)
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IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR)
2:22 PM - 2:27 PM Update On Best Current Treatment For In Stent Restenosis (ISR): A European Perspective
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
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2:28 PM - 2:33 PM Update On The Best Current Treatment For ISR Of Varying Grades: A US Perspective
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
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2:34 PM - 2:39 PM A Different View Of Optimal Treatment For Varying Grades Of ISR: When Is A Stent-Graft The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD  
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN VALUE OF SELF-EXPANDING STENT GRAFTS (VIABAHN)
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM Update On Value And Indications Of The Viabahn Self-Expanding Stent-Graft For Fempop Occlusive Disease: Evolution Of The Device: Technical Tips And 5-Year Results From Japan
  Presenter(s):Osamu Iida, MD  
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2:46 PM - 2:51 PM Value Of Viabahn Stent-Grafts To Treat Failing And Failed Fempop Grafts: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
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2:52 PM - 2:57 PM Comparison Of Endoluminal Bypass With Viabahn Stent-Grafts Versus Supera Vasculomimetic Stents For Treating Fempop Occlusive Lesions: Indications For And Advantages And Limitations Of Each: When Is An Open Bypass Necessary
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
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2:58 PM - 3:03 PM Panel Discussion
PTFE-HEPARIN BONDING
3:03 PM - 3:08 PM Comparison Of Heparin Bonded PTFE Grafts To Those Without Heparin Bonding
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
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THE DETOUR PROCEDURE
3:09 PM - 3:14 PM Percutaneous (PQ) Transvenous Endovascular Fempop Arterial Bypass For Treating Long (30-40 cm) SFA Occlusions: How Does It Work And 2-Year Results: From The DETOUR Trials
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
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3:15 PM - 3:20 PM Will The Detour Procedure For PQ Endovenous Fempop Arterial Bypass Eliminate The Need For Open Surgery: When Will It And When Won’t It
  Presenter(s):Dainis K. Krievins, MD  
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ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION
3:21 PM - 3:26 PM Types Of Arterial Calcification And How They Impede Balloon Angioplasty Of Occluded Tibial Arteries: How Can It Be Overcome: The DEKIAP (Direct Extravascular Kalcium Interruption Arterial Procedure): Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD  
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UNUSUAL LOWER EXTREMITY STENTS
3:27 PM - 3:32 PM Initial Experience With A 3 French Compatible Microstent For Antegrade Or Retrograde Treatment Of Tibial Artery Lesions (From Micro Medical Solutions)
  Presenter(s):Robert E. Beasley, MD, FSIR, FSCAI  
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3:33 PM - 3:38 PM 2-Year Results With The 3D Helical Stent That Induces Swirling Flow: The MIMICS-2 Trial Shows This Stent Works Well For Complex SFA Lesions (From Veryan Medical)
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD / Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
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3:39 PM - 3:50 PM Panel Discussion
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 28
 
SESSION 29 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 29: UPDATES ON LOWER EXTREMITY CLTI GUIDELINES, RCTs AND FOOT PERFUSION INDICATORS
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4:00 PM - 4:10 PM What Is New And Good About The Recent Multispecialty Global Vascular Guidelines For CLTI: What Are Their Limitations And Why Is TASC Outdated
  Presenter(s):Michael S. Conte, MD / Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd / Philippe Kolh, MD  
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4:11 PM - 4:16 PM Update On The BASIL 2 And 3 RCTs: 2 Compares Crural Vein Bypasses With Endovascular Treatments; 3 Compares DCBs And DESs With POBA And Uncoated Stents
  Presenter(s):Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
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4:17 PM - 4:22 PM DEBATE: Progress In The BEST-CLI RCT Comparing Open And Endo Treatments: This Trial Will Provide Important New Information On The Best Treatment For CLTI
  Presenter(s):Alik Farber, MD / Matthew T. Menard, MD / Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
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4:23 PM - 4:28 PM DEBATE: Sorry, BEST-CLI Does Not Reflect Real World Practice And Will Have Little Value In Guiding Best Treatment For CLTI Which Must Be Individualized
  Presenter(s):George L. Adams, MD / Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
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4:29 PM - 4:34 PM The SPINACH Registry Shows That Open Bypass Is Better In CLTI With Extensive Gangrene: On The Other Hand, Endo First Is Better In High Risk Patients
  Presenter(s):Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD  
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4:35 PM - 4:40 PM How To Evaluate Below The Ankle Arteries And Occlusions: CTA And Standard Arteriography Is Inadequate And Some Patent Arteries Will Not Be Seen; Need Distal Interventional Arteriography: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
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4:41 PM - 4:46 PM Surgery Guided Revascularization And Flow Guided Surgery: What Do They Mean And Why They Are Important To Saving Limbs: Optimal Timing And Type Of Surgery For Gangrene In CLTI: How To Get A Functional Limb
  Presenter(s):Giacomo Clerici, MD / Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
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4:47 PM - 4:52 PM How To Optimize Endovascular Treatment To Achieve Adequate Foot Perfusion To Heal Foot Wounds In CLTI: How To Measure It; What Are The Variables
  Presenter(s):Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD  
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4:53 PM - 4:58 PM Indocyanine Green Fluorescence (ICG-FL) Is The Best Way To Measure Foot Perfusion After Revascularization: Open Bypass Does Better Than Endo: Why The Angiosome Concept Is More Important After Endo Than Open Procedures
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
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4:59 PM - 5:04 PM Pedal Temperature Measurements After Revascularization Will Indicate Healing Potential And Optimal Time For Foot Surgery: How To Standardize These Measurements And Make Them Valid
  Presenter(s):Wayne J. Caputo, DPM  
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5:05 PM - 5:11 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 29
 
SESSION 30 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 30: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC) AND ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
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INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC)
5:11 PM - 5:16 PM In Patients With IC From SFA Lesions, Stenting Plus Best Medical Treatment (BMT) Improved Quality Of Life And ABI More Than BMT Alone For 2 Years In An RCT
  Presenter(s):Hans Lindgren, MD, PhD  
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5:17 PM - 5:22 PM Why Most Patients With IC Due To SFA Lesions Should Not Undergo Stenting
  Presenter(s):Neal S. Cayne, MD  
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5:23 PM - 5:28 PM Endovascular Treatments For IC Can Lead To CLTI And Burn Bridges: Causes And Remedies
  Presenter(s):Niten Singh, MD  
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ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
5:29 PM - 5:34 PM Update On Newer Endovascular Thrombosuction Devices For ALI: When Is Open Treatment Required
  Presenter(s):Athanasios Katsargyris, MD  
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5:35 PM - 5:40 PM Thrombolysis For ALI: Is Its Use Increasing Or Decreasing: Tips In Its Use To Make It Safer By Coupling It With Mechanical Thrombectomy Devices
  Presenter(s):Marcus Thieme, MD  
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5:41 PM - 5:46 PM Mechanical Endothrombectomy Is Eliminating The Need For Lytic Agents And Making The Treatment Of ALI Safer
  Presenter(s):Patrick E. Muck, MD, FACS  
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5:47 PM - 5:52 PM DEBATE: All Patients With ALI Can And Should Be Treated Endovascularly
  Presenter(s):Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
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5:53 PM - 5:58 PM DEBATE: Not So: Some Patients With ALI Require Open Treatment: Which Ones And Why: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Joseph L. Mills, MD  
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5:59 PM - 6:04 PM New Findings In The Treatment Of ALI: From The Recently Updated European Guidelines: Paradigms Are Changing
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
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6:05 PM - 6:10 PM Aspiration Thrombectomy For ALI Due To Thrombosed Popliteal Aneurysms: A Better Way To Treat: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Frank R. Arko, MD  
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6:11 PM - 6:20 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program D

END OF SESSION 30
 
SESSION 31 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 31: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS, ANTI-ATHEROGENIC DRUGS AND CARDIAC AND CORONARY ARTERY RISK EVALUATION IN PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR DISEASE
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM What Is Currently The Best Way To Assess Cardiac Risk In Open Vascular Surgery Patients; In Endovascular Treatment Patients
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM Fractional Flow Reserve From Coronary CT (FFRCT): What Is It, And It Is A Better Way To Guide Coronary Artery Revascularization
  Presenter(s):Gregg W. Stone, MD  
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Value Of Non-Invasive FFRCT In Decreasing Cardiac Complications In Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Revascularization (Bypasses) And CEAs: It Allows High Risk Asymptomatic Patients To Be Detected Proactively And Treat Better
  Presenter(s):Christopher K. Zarins, MD / Dainis K. Krievins, MD  
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Improvements In And What Is Coming In Medical Treatment To Prevent Death And Complications From Arteriosclerosis: Update On PCSK-9 Inhibitors Including Inclisiran, Ezetembe, Anti-Inflammatory Drugs And Treating High Lp(a) Levels
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM DEBATE: Adherence To Statin Therapy With Attention To Increase Dosage Of High Potency Statins (Atorvastatin And Ruvostatin) Boosts Survival And Is Valuable In The Elderly (> 75): Adverse Effects Are Rare
  Presenter(s):Richard Bulbulia, MA MD FRCS  
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM DEBATE: Statins Are Not A Miracle Drug And Have Been Overvalued: They Have Unrecognized Harmful Effects As Does Excessive Lowering Of LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C): Have We Been Misled And By Whom
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, PhD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Highlights Of The New AHA Guidelines For Management Of Cholesterol Levels: What LDL-C Levels Should We Strive For In Our Vascular Patients: Why Are Non-HDL Levels A Better Indicator Of Atherosclerotic Risk Than LDL-C Levels
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Value Of Lipid Lowering For Treating Plaques In Coronary And Other Arteries: Best Drug Combination And Benefit Of PCSK-9 Inhibitors: How Low Should LDL-C Be Driven: Can Plaques Be Made Smaller And Less Dangerous
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD  
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Current Value Of Antithrombotic And Antiplatelet Therapy In Vascular Patients: What Drugs Should They Be On – When And Why: The COMPASS RCT Shows That Low Dose Rivaroxaban And Aspirin Decreases Death, Stroke And MI In Vascular Patients: What About Aspirin Alone
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM How To Detect Vulnerable Plaque (Lipid Rich Plaque [LRP]) And Mortality Risk With New Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS); How Does It Work: What Can Be Done About LRPs
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD  
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7:40 AM - 7:47 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 31
 
SESSION 32 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 32: MORE ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS; MORE ABOUT NEW DRUGS; STEM CELL TREATMENTS; CATHETER BASED TREATMENTS FOR RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
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MORE ABOUT NEW DRUG TREATMENTS
7:47 AM - 7:52 AM New RCT Evidence Shows That An Omega 3 Fatty Acid Formula, Vascepa, Reduces By 25% Major Adverse Cardiac Events In Patients With High Triglycerides (The REDUCE-IT Trial): Bempedoic Acid Reduces LDL-C And C-Reactive Protein: Improved Best Medical Treatment Will Sharply Decrease The Need For Interventional Treatments
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
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7:53 AM - 7:58 AM Optimal Use Of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) After Open Bypasses And After Endovascular Procedures
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM All Vascular Patients Should Be On Statins: What Drug, What Dose: It Matters: There Are Dire Penalties If Statins Are Stopped
  Presenter(s):Christos D. Liapis, MD  
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UPDATE ON STEM CELL THERAPY
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Does Stem Cell Therapy Have A Future In The Treatment Of Ischemic Vascular Disease
  Presenter(s):Dong-ik Kim, MD  
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8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Update On The Value Of Autologous Stem Cell Therapy To Treat Lower Extremity Ischemia: Many Studies Indicate It Helps, But Not Much
  Presenter(s):Sigrid Nikol, MD  
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ADVANCES IN CATHETER BASED TREATMENT OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Current Status And Future Potential Of Endovascular Devices In The Treatment Of Resistant Hypertension: Does Renal Denervation Work
  Presenter(s):Sahil A. Parikh, MD  
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Status Of RCTs And Other Trials Showing The Comparative Value Of Different Catheter Based Techniques For Renal Denervation For Alleviating Resistant Hypertension: Radiofrequency (Spyral – Medtronic), Ultrasound Paradise Catheter (ReCor Medical), And Alcohol Infusion Into Renal Artery Adventitia (Peregrine Catheter, Ablative Solutions); They All Work
  Presenter(s):Horst Sievert, MD  
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8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Value Of A Stent-Like Mobius HD Device (From Vascular Dynamics) To Reshape The Carotid Sinus, Amplify The Baroreflex And Lower Blood Pressure In Drug Resistant Hypertension
  Presenter(s):Gregg W. Stone, MD / Kim J. Hodgson, MD  
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Update On Value Of ROX Coupler Device To Create An Iliac A-V Fistula And Control Blood Pressure In Resistant Hypertension: How It Works And Results Of A Sham Controlled RCT
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS / Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, MD  
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8:41 AM - 8:46 AM Late Breaking Results Cast Doubt On The Katsanos Meta-Analysis: A Multicenter Study In 2071 Propensity Matched Patients (With CTLI And IC) Shows No Mortality Effect Of Paclitaxel Coated Devices 2 Years After Treatment
  Presenter(s):Hany Zayed, MD  
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8:47 AM - 8:54 AM Panel Discussion
8:54 AM - 9:04 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 32
 
SESSION 33 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 33: PROGRESS IN MANAGING COMPLICATIONS AND ENDOLEAKS AFTER EVAR AND TEVAR
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9:04 AM - 9:09 AM Total Aortic Occlusion With Worsening Visceral And Renal Ischemia After TEVAR For Acute TBAD Can Be Due To Complete Dissection Flap Detachment And Distal Migration: Causes And Diagnosis: Urgent Open Flap Excision Is Life-Saving
  Presenter(s):Mark K. Eskandari, MD / Heron E. Rodriguez, MD  
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Major Trauma Can Lead To High Flow Endoleaks In EVAR Patients: What Is The Mechanism: What Is The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD  
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9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Endoleaks After TEVAR: Incidence, Nature, Etiology, Diagnosis And Treatment
  Presenter(s):Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD  
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Natural History Of Type 2 Endoleaks With And Without Treatment: From A 1000 Patient Study
  Presenter(s):Carlo Pratesi, MD / Raffaele Pulli, MD  
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM Little Known Facts About Endoleaks After EVAR: Natural History Of Late Type 1 Endoleaks Is Not Benign – Urgent Treatment Is Required: An Enlarging AAA Sac With A Type 2 Endoleak Usually Indicates The Presence Of An Associated Type 1 Endoleak
  Presenter(s):O. William Brown, MD, JD  
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Value Of CT Fusion Guidance And Liquid Embolic Agents To Treat Type 2 Endoleaks: Technical Tips And How To Do It With The Best Chance Of Success
  Presenter(s):Neal S. Cayne, MD  
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM How Common Are Failures Of Interventions For Type 2 Endoleaks: What Are The Reasons And When Is Open Treatment Indicated: What Should That Open Treatment Be
  Presenter(s):Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM Minimizing Type 2 Endoleaks With Careful Imaging And Pre-EVAR Side Branch Coiling: It Works: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
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9:52 AM - 9:59 AM Panel Discussion
9:59 AM - 10:04 AM Transgraft Access And Onyx Embolization For Type 2 Endoleaks Difficult To Approach And Treat: Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Mark W. Mewissen, MD, RVT  
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10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Optimal Strategy For And Results Of Treating Type 2 Endoleaks: It Is Not Simple
  Presenter(s):Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
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10:11 AM - 10:16 AM Role Of Anticoagulation And Endogenous Thrombolysis In The Occurrence And Resolution Of Late Type 2 Endoleaks: How Should They Influence Treatment
  Presenter(s):Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
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10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Value Of Fibrin Glue Sac Filling With EVAR To Prevent Type 2 Endoleaks: Technique, Value And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Qingsheng Lu, MD / Zaiping Jing, MD  
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10:23 AM - 10:28 AM Sac Access Routes To Treat Type 2 Endoleaks: Techniques, Advantages And Limitations Of Each
  Presenter(s):Joshua D. Adams, MD / Claudio J. Schonholz, MD  
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10:29 AM - 10:34 AM Treating Type 2 Endoleaks By A Paragraft Approach: Indications, Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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10:35 AM - 10:40 AM How Does Endograft Covering Material (Polyester vs. PTFE) Influence Type 2 Endoleak Rates And Behavior After EVAR
  Presenter(s):Ross Milner, MD  
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10:41 AM - 10:46 AM Value Of Liquid Embolic Agents And Onyx In Treating Type 1 And Type 2 Endoleaks: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Morgan, MD  
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10:47 AM - 10:52 AM Importance Of Recognizing Visceral Artery Occlusive Disease Before Performing EVAR: How To Diagnose And Treat
  Presenter(s):Karan Garg, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD / Carlos H. Timaran, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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10:53 AM - 11:00 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 33
 
SESSION 34 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 34: RECORDED LIVE CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX CASES FROM LINC AND LEIPZIG
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11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Vessel Preparation By Mechanical Debulking Using The Rotarex Atherectomy System; Including Recorded Case Presentation
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Minimally Invasive Solutions For Challenging Peripheral Occlusions: The PQ-Bypass Technique; Including Recorded Case Presentation
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Adelman, MD  
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11:40 AM - 11:50 PM Optimizing Results Of BTK Procedures: Latest Data On BTK DCB From The AcoARt BTK Study And Optimization Of Recanalization Results With Tack BTK Scaffolds; Including Recorded Case Presentation
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
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11:50 AM - 12:00 PM DCB And Tack Treatment Of BTK CTOs
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 34
 
SESSION 35 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 35: CHALLENGING RECORDED LIVE CASES AND THOSE EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES
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12:50 PM - 12:57 PM When Is A Technically Successful Arterialization Of The Foot Veins Effective In Preventing Amputation In No-Option CLI Patients
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
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12:57 PM - 12:59 PM Discussion
12:59 PM - 1:06 PM Open Surgery For Infra- And Juxtrarenal AAA In The Endovascular Era
  Presenter(s):Dittmar Boeckler, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:08 PM Discussion
1:08 PM - 1:15 PM Unexpected Initial And Final Completion Angiogram For A First In Human Fenestrated Endograf
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
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1:15 PM - 1:17 PM Discussion
1:17 PM - 1:24 PM Single Session Venous Thrombectomy For Acute Ilio-Femoral Deep Vein Thrombosis: The Advantages Of ZERO Thrombolysis
  Presenter(s):Gerard J. O'Sullivan, MD  
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1:24 PM - 1:26 PM Discussion
1:26 PM - 1:33 PM Most Successful Tools For Complex Femoropopliteal CTO Recanalizations
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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1:33 PM - 1:35 PM Discussion
1:35 PM - 1:42 PM Endovascular Management Of Complex Fem-Pop And Below Lesions In 2019
  Presenter(s):Lorenzo Patrone, MD / Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
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1:42 PM - 1:44 PM Discussion
1:44 PM - 1:51 PM Vessel Preparation – Is It Relevant In The Tibial Arteries
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
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1:51 PM - 1:53 PM Discussion
1:53 PM - 1:59 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 35
 
SESSION 36 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 36: TRIBUTE TO A VALUED PARTNER; IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO VASCULAR PRACTICE AND VASCULAR SURGEONS
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM A Tribute To Sushil K. Gupta, MD, MBA (1949-2019) – A Creative And Talented Surgeon, A Brilliant Innovator And A Treasured Colleague And Friend
  Presenter(s):Larry A. Scher, MD  
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Trials And RCTs Versus Registries: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Each: How Can We Reach The Truth
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Keys To A Successful Career In Vascular Surgery
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM How Vascular Surgeons Can Develop Leadership Skills
  Presenter(s):Robert B. McLafferty, MD, MBA  
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM How Women Vascular Surgeons Look Differently At Gender Differences In Procedural Results Than Their Male Counterparts And Why This Is Advantageous For Female Patients
  Presenter(s):Rebeca Reachi Lugo, MD  
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM How To Teach Competent Open Surgery In The Endovascular Era
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM Vascular Surgery Burnout: Why It Occurs: Is It Related To Occupational Or Ergonomic Ailments And Pain: What Can Be Done To Prevent And Fix The Problem
  Presenter(s):Samuel R. Money, MD, MBA  
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM What Constitutes Futility In Our Present Health Care System: When Is Enough Too Much
  Presenter(s):James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM Panel Discussion
2:53 PM - 2:58 PM Lessons Learned By A Creative Physician-Inventor: How To Avoid The Pitfalls In Bringing An Idea To Fruition Without Losing Your Idea Or Your Shirt
  Presenter(s):Lindsay Machan, MD  
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2:59 PM - 3:04 PM How Are Silicon Valley Giants And Entrepreneurs Planning To Disrupt Health Care: Will It Improve Things For Patients; For Doctors; For Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc  
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3:05 PM - 3:10 PM Screening For Vascular Diseases Can Cause More Harm Than Benefit: How To Avoid This Problem
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
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3:11 PM - 3:16 PM Variations Around The World In The Treatment Of AAAs And Carotid Stenosis Patients: What Are The Implications: From The Consortium Of Vascular Registries
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
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3:17 PM - 3:22 PM Are There Problems With The Appropriateness Of Invasive Treatment By Vascular Surgeons, By Other Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
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3:23 PM - 3:28 PM The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program And Its Incentives Have Led To Increased Morbidity And Mortality For Vascular Patients: How Can It Be Fixed To Make It Safe
  Presenter(s):Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS / Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
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3:29 PM - 3:34 PM What Is The Impact Of The New AAA DRGs On Hospital Reimbursement: Does More Have To Be Done
  Presenter(s):W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD  
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3:35 PM - 3:40 PM Panel Discussion
3:40 PM - 3:48 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 36
 
SESSION 37 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 37: ISSUES RELATED TO VASCULAR OUTPATIENT CENTERS, OFFICE BASED LABS AND MEDICAL ETHICS
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3:48 PM - 3:53 PM Why Outpatient Centers And Office Based Labs (OBLs) Are The Best Place To Do Which Endovascular Procedures: Best For Patients And Best For Operators: When Can Atherectomies Be Performed Safely There; When Not
  Presenter(s):Krishna Jain, MD  
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3:54 PM - 3:59 PM Real World Results Of Lower Extremity Atherectomy (Mostly In Outpatient Centers) From Medicare Billing Data Is Much Worse Than Favorable Registry Data: Where Lies The Truth
  Presenter(s):Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM How To Avoid Unethical Practices In An Outpatient Center Or Office Based Lab (OBL): The Temptation And Incentives To Overtreat Is Great
  Presenter(s):Stephen M. Bauer, MD  
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4:06 PM - 4:11 PM Characteristics Of Physicians Who Are Suited To Work In An OBL And Characteristics Of Those Who Are Not
  Presenter(s):Sam S. Ahn, MD, FACS, MBA  
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4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Office Based Versus Hospital Based Vascular Care: Impact On Indications, Physician Income And Overall Costs
  Presenter(s):Clifford M. Sales, MD, MBA, FACS  
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4:18 PM - 4:23 PM Another View Of The Impact Of Office Based Vascular Practice Patterns On Indications, Physician Incomes And Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Matthew W. Mell, MD, MS  
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4:24 PM - 4:29 PM A Propensity Matched Comparison Of Paclitaxel Coated DCBs Versus POBA In Patients With Intermittent Claudication: 5-Year Results Show No Increased Mortality Signal For DCBs
  Presenter(s):Georgios A. Pitoulias, MD, PhD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Vascular Screening Is Often Unnecessary, Possibly Harmful And Largely Driven By Financial Gain: When Is It Justified And Beneficial To Patients
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
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4:36 PM - 4:41 PM Advantages To A Vascular Practice Of Having A Wound Care Center
  Presenter(s):Venita Chandra, MD  
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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM Benefits To A Vascular Practice And Hospital Of Having A Limb Salvage Program: How To Set One Up And Make It Work
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD, MS, DFSVS, FACS  
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4:48 PM - 4:55 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 37
 
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 38: TOPICS RELATED TO THE FDA, VALUE OF A VASCULAR SURGEON, VASCULAR PRACTICE, THE SVS, VQI AND GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND REIMBURSEMENT
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM How Innovative Vascular Devices Can Get To Market: What Is The De Novo Pathway
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
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5:01 PM - 5:06 PM What Is The Value Of A Vascular Surgeon To A Health Care System In And Out Of The Operating Room: In Many Ways It Is Priceless But Under-Rewarded
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD / Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
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5:07 PM - 5:12 PM How Can Vascular Surgeons Best Cope In A MIPS And MACRA World: What Will Happen With The Medical Device Excise Tax In 2020 And Why Its Repeal Is Important To Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
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5:13 PM - 5:18 PM What Is On The Horizon For Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists Reimbursement: Will Income Go Up Or Down For The Same Amount Of Work
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
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5:19 PM - 5:24 PM Opposite Trends In Reimbursement By CMS For Arterial And Venous Procedures: Implications For Vascular Surgery Practices
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
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5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Revascularization For CLTI By Endovascular Treatments Or Open Surgery Is Cost Effective And Saves Lives Compared To Major Amputations
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
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5:31 PM - 5:36 PM How To Shorten Lengths Of Stay After Vascular Open Surgery Or Interventions: It Is Not Easy, But It Is Doable
  Presenter(s):Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
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5:37 PM - 5:42 PM Progress In And Value Of The SVS VQI Program: Where Is It Going And Why Will It Become Increasingly Important
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
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5:43 PM - 5:48 PM Improvements In Vascular Specialist, The SVS Newspaper: Opportunities And Challenges And How It Can Benefit Vascular Surgeons And Others
  Presenter(s):Malachi Sheahan, MD  
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5:49 PM - 5:54 PM Recent Improvements In The JVS: How To Get A Paper Accepted In The JVS: How Best To Review A Paper For The JVS
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD / Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
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5:55 PM - 6:02 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program E

END OF SESSION 38
 
SESSION 39 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 39: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATING AORTIC DISSECTIONS AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Retrograde SMA Stenting May Be The Best Way To Treat Mesenteric Compromise From Malperfusion With Aortic Dissections: How To Do It And Results
  Presenter(s):Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM When Can The Celiac Trunk Orifice Be Covered Safely During TEVAR And When Not: From A New Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):Wayne W. Zhang, MD  
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Left Subclavian Revascularization During Zone 2 TEVARs: Comparison Of Open Surgical Bypass Versus Endovascular Revascularization With Parallel Grafts (Chimney Or Periscope)
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Pratesi, MD  
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM When Should False Lumen Thrombosing Techniques Be Used In Patients With TBADs: How Best To Do It
  Presenter(s):Thomas L. Forbes, MD / Cherrie Z. Abraham, MD  
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM New Technique For False Lumen Occlusion In Chronic Aortic Dissections: Using A Physician Modified Device: How To Do It And Results
  Presenter(s):I-Hui Wu, MD, PhD  
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM New Proximal And Distal Re-Entry Tears After TEVAR: What Are The Causative Mechanisms, Risk Factors And Treatments
  Presenter(s):Ludovic Canaud, MD, PhD  
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Another View On Endograft Induced Distal Re-Entry Tears After TEVAR: Strategies To Prevent, Diagnose And Treat
  Presenter(s):Martin Czerny, MD / Bartosz Rylski, MD, PhD  
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Best Treatment Options For Aortic Dissections In Patients With Connective Tissue Disorders: When Endo; When Open; When Hybrid
  Presenter(s):Roberto Chiesa, MD / Germano Melissano, MD  
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM EVAR And TEVAR Can Work Surprisingly Well In Some Aneurysm Patients With Connective Tissue Disorders; When And When Not: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Tilo Koelbel, MD, PhD  
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM With TBADs, What Are The Flow/Pressure Dynamics That Explain Why TEVAR Can Make Things Worse
  Presenter(s):Firas F. Mussa, MD  
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Advantages To Hybrid Approaches To Complex Aortic And Aortovisceral Artery Pathology: Indications And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD  
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7:46 AM - 7:54 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 39
 
SESSION 40 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 40: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE ASCENDING AORTA, AORTIC ARCH, F/B/TEVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR TREATMENT OF LESIONS IN OR NEAR THE AORTIC ARCH
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7:54 AM - 7:59 AM Wrapping Of The Dilated Ascending Aorta To Avoid More Complex Procedures And Facilitate Placement Of Grafts To Arch Branches: Indications, Contraindications, Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD / Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Variations In The Morphology Of Proximal Entry Tears In TBADs: Importance Of These Variations And How Should They Influence Treatment
  Presenter(s):Ali Azizzadeh, MD  
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8:06 AM - 8:11 AM Significance Of Aortic Arch Anomalies: What Are They Associated With: When Do They Require Treatment: What Is The Best Current Treatment
  Presenter(s):Erik E. Debing, MD, PhD  
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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM What Do Fluid Dynamics Tell Us About The Durability And Long-Term Results Of Aortic Arch Branch And Fenestrated Endografts
  Presenter(s):Santi Trimarchi, MD, PhD  
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8:18 AM - 8:23 AM 3-Branch Endograft For Aortic Arch Aneurysm Repair (From Terumo Aortic): Advantages, Limitations And Results To Date
  Presenter(s):W. Anthony Lee, MD  
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8:24 AM - 8:29 AM Unusual Branched Endograft Solutions For Aortic Arch Lesions When Industry-Made Commercial Devices Are Unavailable Or Unsuitable
  Presenter(s):Ourania Preventza, MD / Joseph S. Coselli, MD  
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8:30 AM - 8:35 AM How Best To Treat TBADs Extending Into The Arch And Ascending Aorta
  Presenter(s):I-Hui Wu, MD, PhD  
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8:36 AM - 8:41 AM Value Of Chimney TEVAR (Ch/TEVAR) To Treat Elective And Ruptured Aneurysms Involving The Aortic Arch: A 15-Year Experience And Results
  Presenter(s):Thomas Larzon, MD, PhD / Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
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8:42 AM - 8:47 AM Ch/TEVAR In The Aortic Arch If Done Right Is As Good As F/B/TEVAR And Safer Than Open Surgery: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD / Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, PhD  
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8:48 AM - 8:53 AM Update On Sandwich Grafts For Zone 0 Aortic Arch Lesions: 8-Year Results And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
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8:54 AM - 9:02 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 40
 
SESSION 41 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 41: MORE ABOUT JUXTA- AND PARARENAL AAAs, TAAAs, F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS (CHIMNEY EVAR [Ch/EVAR])
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9:02 AM - 9:07 AM A New And Better Way To Define And Classify AAA Neck Anatomy And Indicate Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
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9:08 AM - 9:13 AM For Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs Ch/EVAR Can Yield Dependably Good And Durable Results If Certain Technical Requirements Are Followed And Certain Device Combinations Are Used: Results From The ENCHANT Registry
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Torsello, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
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9:14 AM - 9:19 AM Ch/EVAR For Juxta And Pararenal AAA: Technical Tips To Assure Good Long-Term Results: A 9-Year Experience
  Presenter(s):Nicola Mangialardi, MD / Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
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9:20 AM - 9:25 AM Indications For Chimney And Sandwich Grafts In The F/B/EVAR Era: Yes They Exist
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
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9:26 AM - 9:31 AM Repair Of Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs Using A Combination Of Fenestrations And Chimney Grafts: Advantages, Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Mark W. Mewissen, MD, RVT  
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9:32 AM - 9:37 AM How To Rescue A F/EVAR Procedure When The Fenestrations Are Poorly Aligned With Branch Orifices: Why Does It Happen
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
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9:38 AM - 9:43 AM Main Graft Body Alignment With Branch Orifices Is Not An Issue With Parallel Grafts (Ch/EVAR) And How Do Variable Curvature Sheaths Help With Both F/EVAR And Ch/EVAR
  Presenter(s):Jason T. Lee, MD  
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9:44 AM - 9:49 AM DEBATE: Long-Term Results Of F/B/EVAR For Pararenal AAAs Show That It Should Be The Procedure Of Choice And TAAAs In Anatomically Suited Patients Which Is Most Of The Time
  Presenter(s):Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS  
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9:50 AM - 9:55 AM DEBATE: Not So: Open Repair Still Has A Major Role For Treating Many Patients With Pararenal AAAs And TAAAs
  Presenter(s):Thomas C. Bower, MD  
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9:56 AM - 10:01 AM United Kingdom Assessment Of Countrywide Outcomes And Cost For Treating Complex AAAs: Is Endo Equal To Or Better Than Open Repair In Any Way
  Presenter(s):Michael P. Jenkins, MBBS, BSc, MS, FRCS, FEBVS  
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10:02 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 41
 
SESSION 42 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 42: UPDATE ON MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING BARE STENTS FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATING ILIAC ANEURYSMS AND REVASCULARIZING HYPOGASTRIC ARTERIES
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UPDATE ON MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING BARE STENTS
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM Multilayer Flow Modulating (MLFM) Uncovered Stents (From Cardiatis): Indications, Contraindications, Advantages And Results
  Presenter(s):Rodney A. White, MD  
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10:26 AM - 10:31 AM Why MLFM Uncovered Stents Should Be The First Choice For Treating Renal, Visceral And Popliteal Aneurysms And Possibly Other Lesions: Results Show That These Stents Preserve Branch Flow And Prevent Aneurysm Rupture
  Presenter(s):Michel C. Henry, MD  
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10:32 AM - 10:37 AM Role Of MLFM Uncovered Stents To Treat Type A Aortic Dissections: Indications, Advantages, Limitations And Results
  Presenter(s):Victor S. Costache, MD, PhD  
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10:38 AM - 10:43 AM Value Of MLFM Uncovered Stents To Treat Aortic Dissections And Recurrent Emboli From Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: They Prevent Emboli From Going To The Brain
  Presenter(s):Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
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10:44 AM - 10:49 AM Role Of MLFM Stents For Treating Type A And B Aortic Dissections: Indications And Results: What About For Complex Aneurysm Treatment
  Presenter(s):Zoran Stankov, MD / Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD  
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10:50 AM - 10:55 AM MLFM Uncovered Stents For Treating Complex AAAs And TAAAs: What Do The Longer-Term Results From The Multicenter DRAGON Trial Show: Do These Stents Prevent Rupture
  Presenter(s):Claude D. Vaislic, MD  
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10:56 AM - 11:01 AM Long-Term Follow-Up Of Multilayer Bare Stent Treatment Of TAAAs, Complex AAAs And Type B Aortic Dissections: The Moroccan Experience
  Presenter(s):Amira Benjelloun, MD  
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11:02 AM - 11:07 AM Panel Discussion
TREATMENT OF ILIAC ANEURYSM AND PRESERVING HYPOGASTRIC FLOW
11:07 AM - 11:12 AM Comparing The Various Industry-Made Iliac Branch Devices (IBDs) For Treating Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms: Advantages And Limitations Of Each: When To Use Which One
  Presenter(s):Fabio Verzini, MD, PhD  
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11:13 AM - 11:18 AM Advantages, Limitations And Results Of Unilateral And Bilateral Gore IBD To Treat AAAs With Iliac Aneurysms: Early Results From The International ICEBERG Registry
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD / Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
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11:19 AM - 11:24 AM How To Prevent Complications And Failure With The Gore IBD When The Anatomy Is Tortuous: What Is The Iliac Tortuosity Index And How Does It Help
  Presenter(s):Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
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11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Value Of IBDs To Treat Isolated (No AAA) Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms: At What Size Should They Be Treated: Which Device Is Best
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Pratesi, MD  
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11:31 AM - 11:36 AM Advantages And Limitations Of The Jotec-Cryolife IBD For Treating Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms; This Device Works Well With The Endurant Endograft (Medtronic)
  Presenter(s):Lee Bouwman, MD, PhD, MSc  
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11:37 AM - 11:42 AM When The Anatomy Is Not Suitable For An IBD, How Can Hypogastric Flow Be Preserved: Sandwich Grafts, External Iliac-To-Hypogastric Grafts Open Or Endo With An Aorto-Uni-Iliac EVAR, Etc.
  Presenter(s):Martin R. Back, MD  
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11:43 AM - 11:48 AM How Common Iliac Aneurysms (CIAs) Have An Impact On Aortic Morphology: Why A New Classification System For CIAs Will Be Helpful
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
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11:49 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 42
 
SESSION 43 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 43: INTERESTING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN STANDARD EVAR AND INFRARENAL AAAs: ACCEPTABLE NECK ANATOMY; NEW GUIDELINES; AAA SAC THROMBUS AND SHRINKAGE; NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; EFFECT OF STEROIDS ON EVAR
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM AAA Sac Shrinkage Is A Good Marker Of Durable Success After EVAR: Which Endografts Have The Best Rates Of Sac Shrinkage
  Presenter(s):Michael C. Stoner, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Large Diameter Of The Flow Lumen In AAAs Is A Risk Factor For A Poor Outcome After EVAR Just Like Large Proximal Neck Diameter: What Are The Reasons For These Observations
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Large Proximal Necks (> 28 mm In Diameter) Are Predictive Of A Poor Outcome From EVAR: Based On A Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):Matt M. Thompson, MD  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Highlights From The New 2019 European (ESVS) AAA Guidelines: What Is Different And Better About Them
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD / Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Comparison Of The US (SVS) And ESVS AAA Guidelines: Why Are The US Guidelines Better
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Increasing Disparity Between The SVS Guideline AAA Indications For AAA Repair And Real World Practice: Are The Guidelines Relevant Currently
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM DEBATE: Increasing Volume Of Mural Clot Within An AAA Sac Does Not Increase The Rupture Risk
  Presenter(s):Athanasios D. Giannoukas, MSc, MD, PhD, FEBVS  
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM DEBATE: Not So: Increasing Thrombus Volume Within An AAA Sac Correlates With Increasing Risk Of Complications And Rupture: What Is The Mechanism
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM A New Classification System For AAAs Helps In Understanding Their Behavior, In Determining Treatments And Evaluating Them
  Presenter(s):Claude Mialhe, MD  
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1:54 PM - 1:59 PM Does Preprocedure Steroid Administration Before EVAR Produce A More Benign Postprocedure Course And Facilitate Earlier Discharge: What Is The Mechanism
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
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2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 43
 
SESSION 44 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 44: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAA PATHOGENESIS, NATURAL HISTORY AND TREATMENT
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Inflammatory AAAs: Medical Treatment With Steroids Is Adequate For Many Patients With Them: What Is The Regimen And Results: When Is Invasive Treatment Needed – Open Or Endo
  Presenter(s):Julien G. Sfeir, MD  
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM How Long Can Patients With Moderate Sized AAAs Safely Wait For Elective Repair: Rupture Risk For AAAs < 6.0 cm In Diameter Is Low And Overemphasized
  Presenter(s):Richard G.J. Gibbs, FRCS  
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Acceptable Results Can Be Achieved With EVAR Devices Used Outside IFU Requirements If Certain Precautions Are Followed: What Are They And What Are The Limitations
  Presenter(s):Francesco Speziale, MD  
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Depleted Nutritional Status And Muscle Mass Increases The Risk Of Open AAA Repair: What About With EVAR
  Presenter(s):Kimihiro Komori, MD, PhD  
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Why F/EVAR For Failed EVAR Is Not Simple: Technical Tips To Make It Work
  Presenter(s):Barend M.E. Mees, MD, PhD  
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM A New Gene Family That May Be Vital In Causing AAAs: The Gene Can Be Identified From Skin Biopsies: How Can They Help In Diagnosis And Treatment
  Presenter(s):Kak Khee Yeung, MD, PhD  
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Comparison Of Aortic Neck Dilatation After AAA Repair In Patients Undergoing EVAR Versus Open Repair: From The DREAM Trial Which Allows This Comparison To Be Made In Patients Suitable For Both Procedures
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM How Should AAA Shape (With An Eccentric Sac Or Two Sacs) Influence Indications For Repair: How Should Diameter Measurements Be Made In These Circumstances
  Presenter(s):Jacques Busquet, MD  
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2:54 PM - 3:00 PM Increasing Requirement For Open Conversion Following EVAR: Reasons For And Technical Tips: Why Is It More Often Required For A Persistent Type 2 Endoleak With An Enlarging AAA Sac
  Presenter(s):Michel Makaroun, MD  
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3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Discussion And Break
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 44
 
SESSION 45 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 45: SHORT HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO AORTIC DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT (4 ¾- MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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EVAR AND AAA RELATED TOPICS
3:15 PM - 3:20 PM External Iliac To Internal Iliac Artery Bypass: Does It Have A Role In Preserving Hypogastric Flow In The Endo Era: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Heron E. Rodriguez, MD  
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3:20 PM - 3:25 PM Value And Indications For Preprocedural Embolization Of The IMA And Lumbar Arteries Before EVAR
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD / Jesse Manunga, MD  
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3:25 PM - 3:30 PM Increasing Role Of Endovascular Treatments And EVAR For Vascular Complications Of Connective Tissue Disorders
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Why Should Aortic AAA Neck Dilatation Differ After EVAR And After F/EVAR: Does It
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
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3:35 PM - 3:40 PM EVAR Treatment Of Atypical AAAs: Technical Tips And Special Precautions
  Presenter(s):Furuzan Numan, MD  
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3:40 PM - 3:45 PM 5 Years After AAA Repair The Quality Of Life Is Better In Those Having EVAR Than In Those Having Open Repair
  Presenter(s):Mauro Gargiulo, MD / Gianluca Faggioli, MD  
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3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Why Do Fluoroquin Drugs Increase The Risk Of Aortic Aneurysms And Dissections
  Presenter(s):Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
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3:50 PM - 3:55 PM Panel Discussion
F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFT RELATED TOPICS
3:55 PM - 4:00 PM When With F/EVAR Should A Renal Or Mesenteric Branch Not Be Stented
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM Avoid Complications And Problems From Parallel Grafts And How To Make Them Work Safely And Effectively
  Presenter(s):Murray L. Shames, MD  
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4:05 PM - 4:10 PM Update On In Situ Fenestration For Branch Revascularization: How To Use It For Renal And Mesenteric Branches In Urgent TAAA Repairs: Imaging Is Key And It Is Not Simple
  Presenter(s):Jean M. Panneton, MD  
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Multicenter Results Of The t-Branch Off-The-Shelf Graft (From Cook) For TAAA Repairs: Advantages, Technical Tips, Limitations
  Presenter(s):Martin J. Austermann, MD  
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AORTIC DISSECTION RELATED TOPICS
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM The SKIRT Stent-Graft To Prevent Endoleaks From Fenestrated And Chimney TEVARs: How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Chang Shu, MD  
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4:20 PM - 4:25 PM Troubleshooting Challenging TBADs During Endovascular Treatment And Making TEVAR Work Safely And Effectively
  Presenter(s):Rami Tadros, MD / Michael L. Marin, MD  
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4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Branched Endografts For Treating Aortic Dissections: Which Graft For Which Patient And Anatomy: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Luis A. Sanchez, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 45
 
SESSION 46 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 46: MORE SHORT HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO AORTIC AND CAROTID DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT (4 ¾-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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AORTA RELATED TOPICS
4:35 PM - 4:40 PM International Comparison Of How AAAs Are Treated And How It Influences Results
  Presenter(s):Pete Holt, MD, PhD  
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4:40 PM - 4:45 PM Long-Term Outcomes From The OVER RCT Comparing AAA Treatment With EVAR Versus Open Repair: How Are Results Similar And How Do They Differ From The EVAR 1 And DREAM RCTs And Why
  Presenter(s):Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
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4:45 PM - 4:50 PM At What Size Do Hypogastric Aneurysm Need To Be Treated: How Best To Do It And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Darren B. Schneider, MD  
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4:50 PM - 4:55 PM Safe F/B/EVAR In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Helps: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Carlos H. Timaran, MD  
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Acute Kidney Injury During F/B/EVAR: What Are The Long-Term Consequences And What Can Be Done To Prevent Or Treat It Better
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Why Outcomes Of F/B/EVAR For Women Are Different Than Those For Men: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Tara M. Mastracci, MD  
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5:05 PM - 5:10 PM Progress And Improvements In F/B/EVAR Decrease Complications And Improve Results
  Presenter(s):Federico E. Parodi, MD  
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5:10 PM - 5:15 PM New Developments In The Treatment And Results Of Aorto-Enteric Fistulas: From The Low Frequency Vascular Disease Consortium
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
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5:15 PM - 5:20 PM Technical Tips For AAA Sac Branch Embolization During EVAR: When And How To Do It And What Is Its Value
  Presenter(s):Eric Allaire, MD, PhD  
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5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Panel Discussion
CAROTID RELATED TOPICS
5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Mini-Incision CEA Is Safer, Cheaper And More Effective Than TCAR: How To Do It In Most Patients Needing Invasive Treatment
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Update On Current Outcomes Of CEA And CAS In Women: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Caron B. Rockman, MD  
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5:35 PM - 5:40 PM DEBATE: Screening For Carotid Disease Will Prevent Strokes And Should Be Expanded: To Whom
  Presenter(s):George S. Lavenson, MD  
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5:40 PM - 5:45 PM DEBATE: Not So: Screening More Widely For Carotid Disease Will Cause More Harm Than Benefit: Why
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
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5:45 PM - 5:50 PM Safety Of CEA And CAS In Patients With A History Of Coronary Artery Disease: From The 4 RCTs
  Presenter(s):Gert J. de Borst, MD, PhD  
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5:50 PM - 5:55 PM Technical Tips And Indications For Eversion CEA: When Is It Best And When Not
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
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5:55 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program F

END OF SESSION 46
 
SESSION 47 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 47: EXCITING NEW OR UPDATED CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES OR DEVICES
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6:45 AM - 6:50 AM Theoretically Promising Technologies Don’t Always Work Out: Reasons And Implications For Creative Vascular Surgeons And Specialists
  Presenter(s):S. Rao Vallabhaneni, MD, FRCS  
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6:51 AM - 6:56 AM Lumee Implantable 02 Sensors; How Do They Work; How Accurate Are They And How Can They Help During And After Foot Revascularization Procedures: The OMNIA Trial
  Presenter(s):Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
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6:57 AM - 7:02 AM Iliac Artery Endofibrosis: External Iliac Occlusive Disease In Young Athletes (Especially Cyclists): Pathogenesis And Optimal Treatment – Endo Treatments Don’t Work
  Presenter(s):Kenneth J. Cherry, MD  
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7:03 AM - 7:08 AM Progress In Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): An Interventional Cardiologist’s View
  Presenter(s):Martin B. Leon, MD  
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7:09 AM - 7:14 AM Can Increased H20 Intake (> 2 liters/day) Improve Symptoms And Heal Lesions In Patients With Claudication And CLTI: What Is The Evidence: What Is The Mechanism: Will It Replace Some Invasive Therapy
  Presenter(s):Juan C. Parodi, MD  
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7:15 AM - 7:20 AM Restricting Needed Transfusion In Patients Undergoing Vascular Procedures Is Bad Practice: So-Called Permissive Anemia After Vascular Operations Or Procedures Increases Morbidity And Mortality
  Presenter(s):Panos Kougias, MD, MSc / Joseph L. Mills, MD  
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7:21 AM - 7:26 AM Advantages Of Curved Balloons (Curved When Inflated) In Endovascular Procedures: How Do They Work And When Will They Be Available
  Presenter(s):Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  
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7:27 AM - 7:32 AM A F/EVAR Device Automatically Computer Generated From CTA Images With Compensation For Device Induced Anatomic Changes And A Specialized Stent-Graft (BoulEVARd) For FEVAR Branches
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
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7:33 AM - 7:38 AM Non-Invasive Measurement Of Intra-Arterial Pressure Gradients And Vector Flow Imaging: Current Status And Value In Endovascular Treatments
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
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7:39 AM - 7:44 AM A New Retrievable Stent Device (The Rescue Stent) To Control Massive Aortic And Caval Bleeding Without Fluoroscopy: How Does It Work And Experience To Date
  Presenter(s):Bryan W. Tillman, MD, PhD / Michel Makaroun, MD  
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7:45 AM - 7:50 AM Update On The Art-Assist Device To Provide Pneumatic Sequential Compression For Ischemia: It Is The Best Treatment For Many CLTI Patients: How It Works And Results From A 20-Year Experience
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, PhD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
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7:51 AM - 8:00 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 47
 
SESSION 48 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 48: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED EVAR (F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR COMPLEX AAAs AND TAAAs)
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM New Findings From The UK Complex AAA Multicenter Study Comparing Outcomes And Cost For F/B/EVAR Versus Open Repair For Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs And TAAAs
  Presenter(s):S. Rao Vallabhaneni, MD, FRCS  
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8:06 AM - 8:11 AM Update On The Results Of The French Multicenter Study Comparing Outcomes And Costs Of F/EVAR And Open Repair For Complex AAAs
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD  
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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM Update On Improving Results With F/B/EVAR For Complex AAAs: How Are The New Bridging Stent-Grafts And Inner Branched Grafts Helping And Making Procedures More Effective
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD / Athanasios Katsargyris, MD  
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8:18 AM - 8:23 AM Expanded Use Of Preloaded Catheters And Wires For F/B/EVAR Treatment Of Complex AAAs And TAAAs: How Do They Work: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Carlos H. Timaran, MD  
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8:24 AM - 8:29 AM DEBATE: Longer Follow-Up And Good Outcomes Support The Continued And Wider Use Of Parallel Graft Repairs Of Complex AAAs
  Presenter(s):Edward Y. Woo, MD  
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8:30 AM - 8:35 AM DEBATE: Not So: Parallel Graft Use Should Be Decreasing: F/B/EVAR Is Best For Complex AAAs And TAAAs
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD  
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8:36 AM - 8:41 AM Long-Term Results Of Chimney EVAR (Ch/EVAR) From The PERICLES Registry Show Good Results Comparable To F/EVAR: How Can These Results Be Duplicated And Devices Gain Approval For This Usage
  Presenter(s):Jason T. Lee, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
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8:42 AM - 8:47 AM Endovascular Docking Station To Make Parallel Graft TAAA Repair Safe And Dependable And Avoid Gutter Endoleaks With 4-Parallel Grafts (2 Chimney And 2 Sandwich Grafts)
  Presenter(s):Manish Mehta, MD, MPH / James F. McKinsey, MD  
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8:48 AM - 8:53 AM 3-Vessel Parallel Grafts Can Yield Good Results For Complex AAA Repair If Certain Techniques Are Used: From The PERICLES Registry: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Jason T. Lee, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD / Gergana Taneva, MD  
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8:54 AM - 8:59 AM How To Prevent Gutter Endoleaks With Parallel Grafts By The “Eye Of The Tiger” Technique: When Is It Needed And How To Do It
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
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9:00 AM - 9:05 AM TAAA Repair With An Off-The-Shelf Multibranched Manifold Device: 7-Year Experience In < 100 Patients: Advantages, Limitations, Complications And Device Modifications To Avoid Them
  Presenter(s):Patrick W. Kelly, MD  
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9:06 AM - 9:15 AM Panel Discussion
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 48
 
SESSION 49 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 49: MORE ABOUT F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS TO TREAT COMPLEX AAAs AND TAAAs
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9:30 AM - 9:35 AM DEBATE: Why 2-Vessel F/EVAR Is Different And Less Complex Than 3- Or 4-Vessel F/EVAR: The Latter Requires Different Techniques, Has More Complications And Worse Results
  Presenter(s):Geert Willem H. Schurink, MD, PhD / Michael J. Jacobs, MD  
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9:36 AM - 9:41 AM DEBATE: Not So: 4-Vessel F/EVARs Have Many Advantages In Many Patients And Are Not Substantially More Difficult
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
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9:42 AM - 9:47 AM Many Bridging Stent-Grafts Are Now Available For F/B/EVAR Renal And Visceral Branches: Advantages And Limitations Of Each: Which Is Best In What Circumstance
  Presenter(s):Giovanni F. Torsello, MD / Giovanni Torsello, MD  
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9:48 AM - 9:53 AM For F/B/EVAR Treatment Of Complex AAAs And TAAAs What Are The Indications For And The Value And Disadvantages Of Fenestrations, Outer Branches And Inner Branches: Comparison Of Cook And Jotec Devices
  Presenter(s):Ciro Ferrer, MD / Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS  
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9:54 AM - 9:59 AM F/B/EVAR To Treat Failed EVARs: What Are The Challenges: Technical Tips To Make A Difficult Procedure Easier
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
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10:00 AM - 10:05 AM DEBATE: The Evidence To Support The Success And Durability Of Ch/EVAR For Complex AAAs Is Solid: If Done Right, Ch/EVAR Is Equal To F/EVAR And Has Real Advantages
  Presenter(s):Jason T. Lee, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
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10:06 AM - 10:11 AM DEBATE: Not So: F/EVAR Is The Gold Standard For Complex AAAs And Has Better Outcomes: Ch/EVAR Is A Dying Procedure
  Presenter(s):Tara M. Mastracci, MD  
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10:12 AM - 10:17 AM What Anatomy Is Unsuitable For F/EVAR With The Cook Z-FEN Device: When Can This Device Be Used Successfully Outside Its IFU
  Presenter(s):Martin R. Back, MD  
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10:18 AM - 10:23 AM Technique For Safe Percutaneous Axillary Access For F/B/EVAR And Ch/EVAR Using Ultrasound, Closure Devices, Through And Through Wire And Balloon Control
  Presenter(s):Germano Melissano, MD / Luca Bertoglio, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
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10:24 AM - 10:29 AM Update On The Value Of Variable Curvature Sheaths For F/B/EVAR: They Make Upper Extremity Access Largely Unnecessary And Decrease Radiation Exposure, Contrast Dose And Procedure Time
  Presenter(s):Joshua D. Adams, MD  
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10:30 AM - 10:35 AM Importance Of Secondary Procedures After F/B/EVAR: Indications, Type Of Interventions And Impact On Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Salvatore T. Scali, MD  
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10:36 AM - 10:45 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 49
 
SESSION 50 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 50: A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY AND SERVICE PHYSICIANS: MILITARY HISTORY, CONTROL AND TREATMENT OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VASCULAR INJURIES, CURRENT COMBAT CONDITIONS AND VALUE OF A TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT(6-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:45 AM - 10:51 AM A Tribute To J. Leonel Villavicencio, MD (1927-2019): A Vascular Surgery Star And An Outstanding Military Surgeon
  Presenter(s):Eric A. Elster, MD  
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10:52 AM - 11:04 AM A Heroic Rescue And Battle From The War In Afghanistan: 20 US Airborne Army Rangers And 7 Navy SEALS Take On 400 Taliban Attackers And Win At Takurghar
  Presenter(s):Wayne F. Yakes, MD  
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11:05 AM - 11:11 AM What A Military Vascular Surgeon Is Currently Doing In Afghanistan And Why US Forces Must Stay There
  Presenter(s):Zachary M. Arthurs, MD  
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11:12 AM - 11:18 AM Comparison Of Current Treatments Of Combat And Civilian Vascular Injuries In Israel: When Open; When Endovascular
  Presenter(s):Samy S. Nitecki, MD  
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11:19 AM - 11:25 AM Role Of Military Medicine In Improving National Preparedness: Advances In Homeland Security And Department Of Defense Combat Casualty Care
  Presenter(s):Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS / Eric A. Elster, MD  
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11:26 AM - 11:32 AM Advantages And Limitations Of Tourniquet Use In Military And Civilian Limb Vascular Trauma: Tourniquets Saves Lives If Used Properly
  Presenter(s):Michael Engelhardt, MD  
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11:33 AM - 11:39 AM The Humacyte Bioengineered Arterial Substitute For Traumatic Injuries And Other Vascular Lesions: Current Status Update And Value Of A Civilian-Military Partnership
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
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11:40 AM - 11:46 AM Updated Military Experience With REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) And Endovascular Resuscitation
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. DuBose, MD  
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11:47 AM - 11:53 AM Update On Civilian Use Of REBOA In Trauma And Other Conditions Including Cardiac Arrest: Advantages And Disadvantages
  Presenter(s):Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
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11:54 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 50
 
SESSION 51 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 51: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (RAAAs)
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Value Of Telemedicine In The Management Of Patients With RAAAs
  Presenter(s):Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Risk Evaluation Scores And Systems Are Inaccurate And Do Not Help In The Management Of RAAA Patients: They Cannot Predict Patients Who Should Be Denied Treatment
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM With Adjuncts Such As Chimney Grafts And Onyx, 100% Of RAAA Patients Can And Should Be Treated By EVAR
  Presenter(s):Thomas Larzon, MD, PhD / Mario L. Lachat, MD  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM The Debate Is Over: EVAR Is The Best Treatment For RAAA Patients – Even If The RCTs Show Otherwise
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM The IMPROVE RCT Comparing EVAR To Open Repair For RAAAs Finally Showed Late Survival Is Better For EVAR: What Did The AJAX RCT Show Regarding Late Survival After RAAA Repair
  Presenter(s):Willem Wisselink, MD  
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EVAR Outcomes Are Improving In RAAA Patients: EVAR Should Be The Standard Of Care In Most RAAA Patients: Which RAAA Patients Currently Should Get Open Repair
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Techniques For Rapid Percutaneous Access And Quick Contralateral Gate Cannulation In RAAA Patients: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Felice Pecoraro, MD / Mario L. Lachat, MD  
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM How Should Aortic Endografts Be Sized In Hypotensive RAAA Patients: CTA Measurements May Be Misleading
  Presenter(s):Zoran Rancic, MD, PhD  
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Why Have Survival Rates For RAAA Patients Improved In Recent Years: It Is Not Just The Increasing Use Of EVAR
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD / 
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1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Why The Endologix Ovation Alto Device Has Advantages For EVAR Treatment Of RAAAs: It Eliminates The Need For Supraceliac Aortic Balloon Control: How So
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
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2:00 PM - 2:08 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 51
 
SESSION 52 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 52: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF RAAAs AND RUPTURED JUXTA- AND PARARENAL AAAs AND TAAAs
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2:08 PM - 2:13 PM After EVAR For RAAAs Sac Shrinkage Is Greater Than After Elective EVAR: But Survival Is Similar: What Are The Explanations
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
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2:14 PM - 2:19 PM Update On Improvements In The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) After EVAR For RAAAs
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD / Mario L. Lachat, MD  
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2:20 PM - 2:25 PM DEBATE: Surgeon Modified Endografts Or Off-The-Shelf Devices Are The Best Way To Treat Ruptured Complex AAAs (Juxta- Or Pararenal)
  Presenter(s):Nikolaos Tsilimparis, MD, PhD  
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2:26 PM - 2:31 PM DEBATE: Not So: Ch/EVAR Is The Best Way To Treat Ruptured Complex AAAs
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD / Drosos Kotelis, MD  
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2:32 PM - 2:37 PM Periodontal Inflammatory Disease With Gram Negative Pockets May Cause Rapid AAA Growth And Instability: How Should It Be Treated In Patients With Small AAAs
  Presenter(s):Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
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2:38 PM - 2:43 PM Finnish Nationwide Study Shows That Most RAAA Patients Never Reach A Hospital And Many RAAA Patients Are Not Picked Up By AAA Screening: Are These Findings True In Other Countries And How Can They Be Fixed
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
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2:44 PM - 2:49 PM In Japan: EVAR Is The Best Treatment For RAAAs: The Surprising Significance Of Retroperitoneal Hematoma Volume
  Presenter(s):Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
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2:50 PM - 2:55 PM Total Endovascular Repair Of Ruptured TAAAs: What Graft Is Best: Why These Ruptures Are Usually Contained And Slowly Evolving: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Gianluca Faggioli, MD / Mauro Gargiulo, MD / Andrea Stella, MD  
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2:56 PM - 3:01 PM Endovascular Repair Of Ruptured TAAAs: European Multicenter Results: What Endografts Were Used: Management And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Athanasios Katsargyris, MD / Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
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3:02 PM - 3:10 PM Panel Discussion
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM Break - Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 52
 
SESSION 53 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 53: EXCITING NEW OR IMPROVED TECHNIQUES, CONCEPTS AND DEVICES; UPDATES ON EVOLVING ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENTS
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3:20 PM - 3:25 PM Improved Less Invasive Technique For Anterior Lumbar Spine Exposure For Interbody Fusion: Complications And How To Avoid Them
  Presenter(s):Christian Ochoa, MD  
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3:26 PM - 3:31 PM Endovascular Treatment Of Vascular Complications Of Kidney Transplantation: These Complications Are More Frequent Than One Might Think
  Presenter(s):Maria A. Ruffino, MD, EBIR  
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3:32 PM - 3:37 PM How Computational Fluid Dynamic Analyses Can Help In Determining The Optimal Treatment Of Aortic Lesions
  Presenter(s):James C. Stanley, MD / C. Alberto Figueroa, PhD / Christopher Tossas, BS / Theodorus van Bakel, MD, PhD  
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3:38 PM - 3:43 PM Use Of Thoracic Stent-Grafts To Control Major Iliac Vein Or Caval Bleeding From Trauma Or During Open Surgery: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Geert Willem H. Schurink, MD, PhD  
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3:44 PM - 3:49 PM Technical Tips For Safe Antegrade Common Femoral Artery (CFA) Access: It Should Have Similar Complication Rates To Standard Retrograde CEA Access: From The VQI
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD, RPVI, FACS  
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3:50 PM - 3:55 PM The Aortyx Patch: What Is It And How Does It Work To Repair Focal Aortic Defects With Loss Of Tissue
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
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3:56 PM - 4:01 PM A Sirolimus External Patch To Prevent Anastomotic Intimal Hyperplasia When Placed Around The Distal Anastomosis Of A PTFE Fempop Arterial Graft
  Presenter(s):Sriram S. Iyer, MD, FACC  
4:02 PM - 4:07 PM Panel Discussion
4:07 PM - 4:12 PM Left Gastric Embolization To Treat Obesity: Indications, Technique And How Effective Is It
  Presenter(s):Robert E. Beasley, MD, FSIR, FSCAI  
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4:13 PM - 4:18 PM Current Status Of Prostate Artery Embolization For Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: Will It Replace Surgery; Technical Requirements And Results From A Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
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4:19 PM - 4:24 PM Occlusion Perfusion Catheter (From Advanced Catheter Therapies) To Inject Paclitaxel Or Other Drugs Into The Arterial Wall After Atherectomy: How Does It Work And 1-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Lawrence A. Garcia, MD / George L. Adams, MD  
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4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Preservation Of A Favorable Aortic Bifurcation During AAA Repair (Open And Endo) To Facilitate Later Contralateral Approaches For Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Sigrid Nikol, MD  
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4:31 PM - 4:36 PM Mini-Incision Open AAA Repair: When And How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Kamphol Laohapensang, MD  
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4:37 PM - 4:42 PM External Support Of Vein Grafts For Lower Extremity Bypasses: When Is It Helpful And How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
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4:43 PM - 4:48 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 53
 
SESSION 54 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 54: MORE ABOUT NEW CONCEPTS, DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES; PROGRESS IN RADIATION SAFETY
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4:48 AM - 4:53 AM V-Healthy And V-Awareness Programs To Enhance Public Awareness Of Vascular Diseases And What Can Be Currently Done To Treat It Effectively
  Presenter(s):Manish Mehta, MD, MPH  
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM Status Of Credentialing For Vascular Outpatient Centers And OBLs: What Organization Or Society Is Leading The Initiative
  Presenter(s):Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM How To Do Perfusion Angiography To Assess Foot Circulation And Adequacy Of Treatment: Value In Diabetic Gangrene And Ulceration
  Presenter(s):Jim Reekers, MD, PhD  
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5:06 PM - 5:11 PM How To Create A Poor Man’s Variable Curve/Deflection Sheath That Is Stable: How To Make It And Value In F/B/EVAR: It Can Minimize The Need For Axillary Access
  Presenter(s):Tilo Koelbel, MD, PhD  
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5:12 PM - 5:17 PM A New EVAR Endograft With Thrombogenic Fibers: It Decreases Endoleaks And Promotes Sac Shrinkage: How Does It Work And Favorable 2-Year Results (Kardiozis From Affluent Medical)
  Presenter(s):Dominique Fabre, MD  
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ADVANCES IN RADIATION SAFETY
5:18 PM - 5:23 PM New Developments In Radiation Safety To Decrease Exposure To The Staff And Patients: What Is Claimed To Work But Does Not And What Works
  Presenter(s):Lindsay Machan, MD  
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5:24 PM - 5:29 PM How Can Simulation Help To Promote Radiation Safety For Operators And Staff Members
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM New Methods To Quantitate And Minimize Radiation Exposure To Personnel During Endovascular Procedures: Why Consequences From Given Exposure Vary Between Individuals: Can This Variability Be Determined
  Presenter(s):Bijan Modarai, PhD, FRCS  
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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM What Is New In Radiation Protection For Pregnant Physicians, Other Staff Members And Patients
  Presenter(s):Palma M. Shaw, MD  
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5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Technical Tips And New Technologies To Decrease Radiation Exposure During Complex Aortic Procedures: IVUS, Fusion, Virtual Reality, New Non-Xray Endovascular Guidance Systems
  Presenter(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Radiation Treatment For Lung Or Esophageal Cancer Can Cause Aortic Ruptures: Endografts Can Prevent Or Treat The Problem
  Presenter(s):Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD  
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5:54 PM - 6:02 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program G

END OF SESSION 54
 
SESSION 55 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 55: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR STANDARD INFRARENAL EVAR PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES FOR OPEN AAA REPAIR TRAINING
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6:45 AM - 6:50 AM Current Status Of The Treo Endograft (Terumo Aortic) For EVAR In Europe And The US: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Matthew J. Eagleton, MD  
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6:51 AM - 6:56 AM The Altura Endograft For EVAR Repairs Of Standard Infrarenal AAAs: It Has A Double D Configuration In The Proximal Neck: Advantages, Limitations And 5-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Dainis K. Krievins, MD / Albrecht H. Kramer, MD  
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6:57 AM - 7:02 AM Updated 2-Year Results Of The LEOPARD RCT Comparing The AFX (Endologix) Endograft To Other Standard Endografts For AAA Repair
  Presenter(s):Christopher J. Kwolek, MD, MBA  
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7:03 AM - 7:08 AM Will Newer Lower Profile EVAR Devices Make A Positive Or Negative Difference On Outcomes And Availability Of EVAR
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
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7:09 AM - 7:14 AM There Are Fewer Type 2 Endoleaks With The Gore Excluder Endograft Than Other EVAR Devices: What Is The Reason
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, PhD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
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7:15 AM - 7:20 AM Update On The Ovation Polymer Based Endograft (Endologix) Without And With Chimney Grafts: Advantages, Limitations And 5-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD  
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7:21 AM - 7:26 AM Why The ALTO (Ovation) Endograft Has Advantages For AAA Repair: How Does Raising Its Polymer Proximal Sealing Ring Improve EVAR Applicability Based On Early Results
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
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7:27 AM - 7:33 AM Panel Discussion
7:33 AM - 7:38 AM Long-Term (10-Year) Follow-Up After EVAR With The Cook Zenith Endograft Shows It To Be Durable And Effective: Are There Any Downsides
  Presenter(s):Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD  
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7:39 AM - 7:44 AM Update On The Cook Alpha Device For EVAR: Advantages, Limitations And Results
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD / Athanasios Katsargyris, MD  
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7:45 AM - 7:50 AM The Gore Conformable Excluder With Active Proximal (Neck) Angulation Control: Results Of US IDE Trial To Date: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Robert Y. Rhee, MD  
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7:51 AM - 7:56 AM European Results With The Gore Conformable AAA Endograft With Active Proximal Angulation Control
  Presenter(s):Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek, MD, PhD  
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7:57 AM - 8:02 AM The Low Profile Incraft (From Cordis-Cardinal Health) For EVAR Has Real Advantages Based On Midterm Results From The Italian Multicenter Experience: The Device Is Now FDA Approved
  Presenter(s):Matteo Orrico, MD / Nicola Mangialardi, MD / Franco Grego, MD  
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8:03 AM - 8:08 AM How Use Of Regional Referral Centers Can Remedy The Shortfall Of Vascular Surgical Training In Open AAA Repair In The EVAR, F/EVAR Era
  Presenter(s):Lee Kirksey, MD  
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8:09 AM - 8:15 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 55
 
SESSION 56 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 56: MORE NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT NON-STANDARD DEVICES FOR EVAR OR ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM SEALING (EVAS) (TALKS ARE 4 3/4 OR 5 MINUTES)
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8:15 AM - 8:20 AM Why AAA Sac Filling Endografts Like Nellix May Be Better Devices For Endo AAA Repair: What Are Their Disadvantages
  Presenter(s):Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD  
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8:21 AM - 8:26 AM Prevention Of Endoleaks After EVAR With A New Sac Filling Polymer Based Device: How It Works And What Is Its Status
  Presenter(s):Michael J. Jacobs, MD  
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8:27 AM - 8:32 AM Advantages Of The Ovation Endograft (Endologix) For AAA Repair: Why The Polymer Filled Sealing Rings Are A Better Way To Secure And Maintain A Proximal Seal: Value Of The New Alto Modification
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
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8:33 AM - 8:38 AM Status Report On The Endologix Nellix Endograft For EVAS: Advantages, Limitations, Precautions And When Should It Be Used
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD  
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8:39 AM - 8:44 AM Evolution Of Nellix And EVAS: From A Single Center 295-Patient Experience: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Pete Holt, MD, PhD / 
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8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Panel Discussion
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Pros And Cons Of Nellix EVAS: From An Early Enthusiast: What Is Its Future And How Does It Decrease Post-Procedure Mortality
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
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8:56 AM - 9:01 AM Current Role And Value Of Nellix EVAS In A Busy EVAR Practice: How Best To Detect And Manage Failures
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD  
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9:02 AM - 9:07 AM Nellix In Nellix Procedure For Failed EVAS: Technical Challenges And Tips To Overcome Them
  Presenter(s):Piotr Szopinski, MD, PhD  
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9:08 AM - 9:13 AM What Are The Definitive Advantages Of EVAS That Prompt Its Continued Use
  Presenter(s):Daniel G. Clair, MD  
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9:14 AM - 9:19 AM Chimney EVAS: When Should It Be Used: Advantages And Technical Tips To Do It Safely And Effectively
  Presenter(s):William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD  
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9:20 AM - 9:26 AM Panel Discussion
9:26 AM - 9:40 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 56
 
SESSION 57 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 57: NEW OR UPDATED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS AND OTHER LESIONS IN OR NEAR THE AORTIC ARCH (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Update On The Nexus Off-The-Shelf Single Branch Device For Treating Lesions Involving The Entire Aortic Arch (Zone 0 Lesions): Unique Advantages, Precautions And Midterm Results
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD / Nicola Mangialardi, MD  
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM Terumo Aortic 2 Inner Branched Relay Device For Treating Aortic Arch Lesions: Advantages, Limitations And Early Registry Results
  Presenter(s):Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS / Ciro Ferrer, MD  
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9:52 AM - 9:57 AM Gore Single Branched Device For Revascularizing The Left Subclavian Artery For Aortic Lesions Near The Arch Or More Complex Arch Lesions: Current Status, Advantages, Precautions And Results
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD / Michel Makaroun, MD  
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9:58 AM - 10:03 AM Medtronic Valiant Mona LSA Single Branch Endograft For TEVAR Treatment Of Aortic Lesion Involving Or Near To The Left Subclavian Artery: Advantages, Precautions And Midterm Results
  Presenter(s):Frank R. Arko, MD  
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10:04 AM - 10:09 AM More About The Valiant Mona LSA Single Branched TEVAR Device: Why Use It In Preference To A Chimney Or Periscope Parallel Graft
  Presenter(s):Herve Rousseau, MD, PhD  
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10:10 AM - 10:15 AM Custom-Made Scallops In Relay TEVAR: Results Of The French “REP” Study: A Step Forward To An Off-The-Shelf Device
  Presenter(s):Jean-Marc Alsac, MD, PhD  
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10:16 AM - 10:22 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 57
 
SESSION 58 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 58: NEW OR UPDATED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR TREATING DESCENDING AORTIC LESIONS (TEVAR) AND TAAAs (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:22 AM - 10:27 AM Is TEVAR Device Integrity Compromised By Low Profile Devices
  Presenter(s):James H. Black III, MD  
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10:28 AM - 10:33 AM Long-Term Outcomes Of TEVAR With Low Profile Devices: Which Ones Are Durable; Which Are Not
  Presenter(s):Giovanni F. Torsello, MD / Giovanni Torsello, MD / Martin J. Austermann, MD  
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10:34 AM - 10:39 AM How Does The New Valiant Navion Low Profile Endograft Expand The Therapeutic Options For TEVAR: Early Experience
  Presenter(s):Ali Azizzadeh, MD  
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10:40 AM - 10:45 AM Valiant Navion Low Profile And Captiva Devices (From Medtronic) For TEVAR: Advantages For Various Aortic Lesions
  Presenter(s):Fabio Verzini, MD, PhD  
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10:46 AM - 10:51 AM Value Of The New Low Profile Relay Pro Endograft (From Terumo Aortic) For TEVAR In Patients With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms And Dissections: Advantages Over The Relay Plus Device
  Presenter(s):Edward Y. Woo, MD / Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
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10:52 AM - 10:57 AM Advantages Of The Relay Plus Endograft For TEVAR: Why Does It Have A Lower Stroke Rate Than Other TEVAR Devices
  Presenter(s):Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS / Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
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10:58 AM - 11:03 AM Value Of The Relay Pro Low Profile Device For TEVAR In Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Why It Is Advantageous
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
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11:04 AM - 11:09 AM Advantages Of A New Gore Conformable C-Tag Endograft For TEVAR: It Has Active Proximal Angulation Control To Deal With Complex Aortic Arch Angles; And Staged Deployment To Avoid Aortic Flow Interruption And Get Accurate Positioning Without The Need For Rapid Pacing
  Presenter(s):Dittmar Boeckler, MD / Giovanni Torsello, MD  
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11:10 AM - 11:17 AM Panel Discussion
11:17 AM - 11:22 AM Update On Worldwide Results With The Anaconda Fenestrated Endograft For Repair Of Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs: Advantages And Limitations: From The FACT Registry
  Presenter(s):Clark J. Zeebregts, MD, PhD  
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NEW ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES TO TREAT TAAAs
11:23 AM - 11:28 AM New Hybrid Device (Open And Endo) To Treat TAAAs: Thoracoflo From Terumo Aortic: How It Works, Advantages And Early Clinical Results
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
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11:29 AM - 11:34 AM The Gore TAMBE Endovascular Device To Treat TAAAs: Device Evolution, Current Status, Advantages And Results
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Farber, MD / Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
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11:35 AM - 11:40 AM The Valiant Off-The-Shelf Manifold Device (From Medtronic) For Treating TAAAs: How Does It Work, Advantages, Early Clinical Experience And Present Status
  Presenter(s):Murray L. Shames, MD / Patrick W. Kelly, MD  
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11:41 AM - 11:46 AM Update On The Colt Multibranched Manifold Device For Treating TAAAs: Clinical Experience And Present Status
  Presenter(s):Piotr Szopinski, MD, PhD  
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11:47 AM - 11:52 AM Physician Modifications To The Excluder Endograft To Make It Effective For Treating TAAAs: Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Wayne W. Zhang, MD  
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11:53 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 58
 
SESSION 59 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 59: NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION ON LOWER EXTREMITY PROSTHETIC GRAFTS OR STENT-GRAFTS FOR TREATMENT OF OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND OTHER USES; VALUE OF HYBRID GRAFTS (PARTIALLY STENTED) FOR RENAL-VISCERAL DEBRANCHING (SEE ALSO SESSION 28)
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Cryopreserved Vein Allografts For Lower Extremity Bypasses: Indications, Value, Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Robyn A. Macsata, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Increasing Usage And Value Of Covered Stents Are Facilitated By Newly Available Devices: What Are The New Devices And What Benefits Do They Provide
  Presenter(s):Paulo E. Ocke Reis, MD, PhD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Broadening Applications And Value Of Balloon Expandable Covered Stents: The VBX Covered Stent From Gore
  Presenter(s):W. Anthony Lee, MD  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Value Of The VBX Balloon Expandable Stent-Graft In Treating Challenging Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Lesions: 3-Year Results, Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Jean M. Panneton, MD  
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Advantages Of Balloon Expandable Covered Bridging Stents In F/B/EVAR Procedures: Which One Is Best And Why
  Presenter(s):Mauro Gargiulo, MD / Gianluca Faggioli, MD / Andrea Stella, MD  
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Positive 3-Year Results With The iCAST Balloon Expandable Covered Stents For Iliac Occlusive Disease: From The iCARUS Trial Comparing Them To VBX FLEX And Bolster Covered Stents
  Presenter(s):John R. Laird, MD  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Value Of Gore Hybrid Partially Stented PTFE Stent-Graft For Renal And Visceral Debranching Procedures To Treat Complex AAAs: How To Use Them
  Presenter(s):Francesco Setacci, MD  
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1:42 PM - 1:48 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 59
 
SESSION 60 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 60: NEW OR UPDATED DEVICES FOR LOWER EXTREMITY TREATMENTS: STENTS, BALLOONS, TACKS AND ATHERECTOMY DEVICES
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM 2-Year Follow-Up Findings And Results From The Lutonix BTK DCB Global Registry
  Presenter(s):Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
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1:53 PM - 1:58 PM Novel Angioplasty Balloon With Integrated Distal Embolic Protection Filter (Vanguard System From Contego Medical) For Use With Lesions Having High Embolic Potential: How It Works And Results Of The ENTRAP Study
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
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1:58 PM - 2:03 PM Update On Results And Value Of The Chocolate Touch DCB (QT Vascular - Medtronic) To Minimize Dissection During Balloon Angioplasty
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD / Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD  
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2:03 PM - 2:08 PM The Biomimics 3D Helical Swirling Flow Inducing Stent (From Veryan Medical): 2-Year Results Of The MIMICS-2 Trial Show It Works Well For Complex Fempop Lesions: Now FDA Approved
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD / Peter Gaines, MD / Timothy M. Sullivan, MD / Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
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2:08 PM - 2:13 PM What Is The Ideal Stent To Use When Fempop Angioplasty With A DCB Fails Early; Late
  Presenter(s):Stefan Mueller-Huelsbeck, MD  
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2:13 PM - 2:18 PM The Tigris Dual Component Stent (PTFE/Nitinol – From Gore): Is It Better And Why: Results From Multicenter Registries
  Presenter(s):Maria A. Ruffino, MD, EBIR / Martin Werner, MD  
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2:19 PM - 2:29 PM Panel Discussion
2:29 PM - 2:34 PM Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty With The Tack Endovascular System (From Intact Vascular) To Eliminate Dissections After Angioplasty: How Does This Device Work; Why It Is Better Than Stents; The TOBA Trials Show It Works Above The Knee: Now FDA Approved
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD / Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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2:34 PM - 2:39 PM How Well Does The Tack Endovascular System Work With BTK Balloon Angioplasty: TOBA II BTK-Pivotal Trial Results For A BTK Tack Implant
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / George L. Adams, MD  
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2:39 PM - 2:44 PM Management Of Arterial Dissections Following PTA Is Cost Effective: Results Of An Analysis With The Intact (Tack) Vascular Device
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD / Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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PROGRESS IN ATHERECTOMY
2:44 PM - 2:49 PM The Phoenix Atherectomy System (From Volcano-Philips): What Makes It Different And Possibly Better Than Other Atherectomy Devices
  Presenter(s):Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
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2:49 PM - 2:54 PM IVUS Directed Atherectomy Of BTK Lesions With The Phoenix Atherectomy (ATX) Device: Why It Works Better Than Other ATX Devices: Technical Tips And Results Of The PRESTIGE PILOT Trial
  Presenter(s):Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
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2:54 PM - 2:59 PM Jetstream Atherectomy (Boston Scientific) With Active Aspiration And DCBs For Use With DCBs For Complex SFA Lesions: What Makes It Different And Advantageous: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD  
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2:59 PM - 3:04 PM Value Of Lithotripsy, Orbital Atherectomy (From CSI) And DCBs For Long Calcified BTK Occlusive Lesions: How Do They Work In Concert And Why Do They Promise Good Results
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
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3:04 PM - 3:09 PM Improvements In The Turbopowered Laser Atherectomy Device (From Philips): What Makes It Different: How Does It Work With Various Lesion Pathologies: 12-Month Results And IVUS Evaluations
  Presenter(s):George L. Adams, MD  
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3:09 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 60
 
SESSION 61 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 61: UPDATES ON ANCHORING DEVICES (ENDOANCHORS) TO PREVENT OR TREAT ENDOLEAKS WITH EVAR OR TO PREVENT DEVICE MIGRATION
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ENDOANCHORS AND EVAR
3:25 PM - 3:30 PM New Developments With Endoanchors (Aptus-Medtronic): New Evidence That Endoanchors Can Facilitate And Maintain Successful Standard EVAR For AAAs With Short Or Angulated Necks Without Increasing Costs: From The ANCHOR Registry
  Presenter(s):William D. Jordan Jr., MD  
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3:31 PM - 3:36 PM When Are Endoanchors Indicated And When Are They Contraindicated: Causes Of Failure And Technical Tips For Optimal Use
  Presenter(s):Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, PhD  
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3:37 PM - 3:42 PM Computational Analysis Of AAA Neck Seal Zone Preservation With EVAR And Predicting The Need For Endoanchors To Prevent Migration With Imperfect Necks: Is It Valid
  Presenter(s):Ross Milner, MD  
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3:43 PM - 3:48 PM Sac Regression Is Important, And Endoanchors May Be Of Benefit In Hostile Necks
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
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3:49 PM - 3:54 PM How Can 3D Fusion Imaging Help In Precision Deployment Of Endoanchors: Does It Improve Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Pratesi, MD  
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3:55 PM - 4:00 PM With Hostile Neck Anatomy Endoanchors Prevent Neck Related Complications – Dilatation, Endoleaks And Migration: What Is The Proof: From The ANCHOR Registry
  Presenter(s):Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos, MD  
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4:01 PM - 4:06 PM When Can Endoanchors Placed Secondarily Fix Established Type 1A Endoleaks After EVAR: And When Can’t They: What Is The Durability Of Endoanchor Fixes
  Presenter(s):Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, PhD  
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ENDOANCHORS AND TEVAR
4:07 PM - 4:12 PM Value Of Endoanchors To Fix Type 1 Endoleaks After TEVAR
  Presenter(s):Piotr M. Kasprzak, MD  
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4:13 PM - 4:18 PM Value Of Endoanchors With TEVAR: They Decrease The Incidence Of Type 1 Endoleaks And Migration: When Should They Be Used
  Presenter(s):Jean M. Panneton, MD  
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4:19 PM - 4:25 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 61
 
SESSION 62 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 62: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR REMOVING DISEASE RELATED OR IATROGENIC CLOT; NEW DEVICES FOR INTRA-ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION (4 ¾- MINUTE TALKS)
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CLOT REMOVING DEVICES
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Inari ClotTriever Device For Quick Removal Of Large Amounts Of Intravascular Clot From Large Arteries And Veins: How Does It Work And Advantages
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Value Of The Rotarex Device (Straub Medical) For Removing Thrombus And Atheromatous Material From Fempop Occlusions: Advantages, Limitations And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD / Christian Wissgott, MD  
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4:35 PM - 4:40 PM New Findings For Removing Clot With Microbubbles Ultrasound And Thrombolytic Drugs: Its Safer And More Efficient Than Other Lytic Methods
  Presenter(s):Kak Khee Yeung, MD, PhD  
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4:40 PM - 4:45 PM Latest Innovations And Advances In Endovascular Power Clot Removal/Aspiration: How They Work And Why They Work Better Than Older Devices
  Presenter(s):James F. Benenati, MD  
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4:45 PM - 4:50 PM Pros And Cons Of Percutaneous Clot Removal Techniques: When Do They Work And When Don’t They
  Presenter(s):Laura Capoccia, MD, PhD / Michel Rossi, MD  
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4:50 PM - 4:55 PM Update On The Treatment Of Acute Limb Ischemia: Advantages And Limitations Of The New Endovascular Devices: Are Open Techniques Ever Required
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM The New Endovascular Pharmaco-Mechanical Thrombectomy Devices: How Each Works And Advantages Of Each Device And When Is Each Best
  Presenter(s):Guillermo A. Escobar, MD  
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5:00 PM - 5:06 PM Panel Discussion
5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Update On New Technologies For Percutaneous Arterial Clot Aspiration: How Each Works And How Best To Use It: Technical Tips And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Joshua D. Adams, MD / Claudio J. Schonholz, MD  
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5:11 PM - 5:16 PM Multiple Uses Of The Indigo Percutaneous Clot Aspiration System (From Penumbra): How It Works And Why It Simplifies Treatment And Improves Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Frank R. Arko, MD  
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5:16 PM - 5:21 PM Value Of Arterial Thrombolysis In Patients With Contraindications: How To Do It With Reasonable Safety
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
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5:21 PM - 5:26 PM Improving Outcomes Of Treatment Of Long Segment Fempop Chronic Occlusions (CTOs) With Initial Indigo Clot Aspiration Before Definitive Use Of A DCB Or Stent
  Presenter(s):Mazin Foteh, MD  
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5:27 PM - 5:32 PM Mechanical Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomy With The Indigo System Is Safe And Effective In Treating Acute Limb Ischemia: When Is It Not: From the Multicenter INDIAN Registry
  Presenter(s):Gianmarco de Donato, MD / Carlo Setacci, MD  
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ADVANCES IN EMBOLOTHERAPY
5:33 PM - 5:38 PM Endovascular Treatment Of Visceral And Renal Aneurysms With Detachable Coils: Technical Tips, Limitations And Results
  Presenter(s):Ripal T. Gandhi, MD, FSVM, FSIR  
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5:39 PM - 5:44 PM How To Manage Serious Hemorrhage With Newer Coils And Liquid Embolic Agents
  Presenter(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD, FACR, FSIR  
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5:45 PM - 5:52 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program H

END OF SESSION 62
 
SESSION 63 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 63: VENOUS CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND HEMODYNAMICS
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7:00 AM - 7:04 AM Introduction To Veins At VEITH
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
7:05 AM - 7:10 AM Classification Of Chronic Venous Disease: CEAP, VCSS And Beyond
  Presenter(s):Marc A. Passman, MD  
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7:11 AM - 7:16 AM VCSS Versus Villata – Pros And Cons As An Outcome Measure
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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7:17 AM - 7:22 AM Physiology Of Venous Return
  Presenter(s):Brajesh K. Lal, MD  
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7:23 AM - 7:28 AM Analysis Of Biofluids From Patients With CVD
  Presenter(s):Sarah Onida, MD, PhD  
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7:29 AM - 7:34 AM Lower Limb Venous Kinetics And Impact On Venous Drainage
  Presenter(s):Sergio Gianesini, MD, PhD, FACS  
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7:35 AM - 7:40 AM An Algorithm To Predict Disease Severity In C2 Patients
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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7:41 AM - 7:46 AM Evidence Summary On The Pathophysiology Of Varicose Veins
  Presenter(s):Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
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7:47 AM - 7:52 AM Understanding Effects Of External Positive And Negative Pressure On The Venous System
  Presenter(s):Seshadri Raju, MD  
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7:53 AM - 7:58 AM Non-Venous Causes Of The Swollen Extremity
  Presenter(s):Andrea T. Obi, MD  
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM Superficial Reflux With Obstructed Deep Veins: When And When Not To Treat
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Quality Of Life Tools Reflect Disease Severity, But They Can Be Improved
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 63
 
SESSION 64 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 64: VENOUS IMAGING TECHNIQUES
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8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Identifying Reflux Pathways With Duplex Ultrasound Mapping
  Presenter(s):Neil M. Khilnani, MD  
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Iliocaval Duplex Ultrasound With Image Optimization
  Presenter(s):Jan M. Sloves, RVT  
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8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Getting A Look At Inflow With Duplex Ultrasound Prior To Endovascular Reconstruction Of Post-Thrombotic Iliocaval Disease
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM MRV And Major Venous Interventions
  Presenter(s):Mark G. Davies, MD  
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8:41 AM - 8:46 AM Single Center Retrospective Review Of Patients With Iliac Thrombosis Who Underwent CT And DUS .... Showing The Limitations Of DUS
  Presenter(s):Heron E. Rodriguez, MD  
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8:47 AM - 8:52 AM Value Of IVUS And Other Techniques To Improve The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Iliofemoral Occlusion
  Presenter(s):Erin H. Murphy, MD  
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8:53 AM - 8:58 AM Detailed Anatomy Of The Gastrocnemius And Soleus Veins Based On CT-Venography
  Presenter(s):Evgeny Shaydakov, MD, PhD  
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8:59 AM - 9:04 AM The VIDIO Trial Comparing IVUS Versus Multiplanar Venogram For Diagnosing Iliofemoral Vein Obstruction
  Presenter(s):Paul J. Gagne, MD  
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9:05 AM - 9:10 AM Transillumination Phleboscopy: What Do We Need To Avoid
  Presenter(s):Gutenberg A. Gurgel, MD  
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9:11 AM - 9:16 AM Ambulatory Venous Pressure, Air Plethysmography, And The Role Of Calf Venous Pump In Chronic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Seshadri Raju, MD  
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9:17 AM - 9:22 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 64
 
SESSION 65 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 65: SUPERFICIAL VEIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
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9:23 AM - 9:28 AM Venous Drugs And Do They Work – The Colombian Experience
  Presenter(s):Jorge H. Ulloa, MD, FACS  
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9:29 AM - 9:34 AM What Drugs Do I Recommend For Symptomatic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Alberto C. Duque, MD  
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9:35 AM - 9:40 AM "Choosing Wisely" Items For Chemical Or Thermal Ablation In The Treatment Of The Incompetent Saphenous Veins And Recurrence
  Presenter(s):Claudine M. Hamel-Desnos, MD  
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9:41 AM - 9:46 AM Truncal Vein Diameters Should Not Be Used As A Rationing Tool
  Presenter(s):Sarah Onida, MD, PhD  
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9:47 AM - 9:52 AM Combined Ablation Plus Phlebectomy Is Associated With Improvements In Venous Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS  
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9:53 AM - 9:58 AM Long-Term (25 Years) Results Of Venopreserving Operations
  Presenter(s):Evgeny Shaydakov, MD, PhD  
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9:59 AM - 10:04 AM Polidocanol Foam Sclerotherapy Of Lymphoceles After Varicose Vein Surgery: An Effective And Safe First-Choice Treatment
  Presenter(s):Lourdes Reina, MD  
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10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Do You Need To Treat EHIT 2
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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10:11 AM - 10:16 AM SVT In The Pregnant Patient
  Presenter(s):Ellen D. Dillavou, MD  
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10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Saphenous Vein Histopathology 5.5 Years After Cyanoacrylate Closure
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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10:23 AM - 10:28 AM Radiofrequency And Laser Vein Ablation For Patients On Anticoagulation Is Safe, Effective, And Durable
  Presenter(s):Glenn Jacobowitz, MD  
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10:29 AM - 10:34 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 65
 
SESSION 66 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 66: THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL ABLATION
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10:35 AM - 10:40 AM Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy: What We Should Know
  Presenter(s):Jean Luc Gerard, MD  
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10:41 AM - 10:46 AM Is Thermal Ablation Obsolete
  Presenter(s):Kathleen D. Gibson, MD  
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10:47 AM - 10:52 AM Radiofrequency Ablation: Something New
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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10:53 AM - 10:58 AM VenaSealTM Closure System Post Procedure Care
  Presenter(s):Brian Ferris, MD  
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10:59 AM - 11:04 AM Proprietary Polidocanol Microfoam: What We Should Know
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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11:05 AM - 11:10 AM SECURE Trial Update
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Adelman, MD  
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11:11 AM - 11:16 AM New Venous Closure Devices: Mechanical
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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11:17 AM - 11:22 AM Contraindications And Limits: MOCA
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD  
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11:23 AM - 11:28 AM Contraindications And Limits: Laser
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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11:29 AM - 11:34 AM Contraindications And Limits: Radiofrequency Ablation
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
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11:35 AM - 11:40 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 66
 
SESSION 67 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 67: SPIDER VEINS, TRUNCAL VEINS, TRIBUTARY VEINS, EXOTIC VEIN TREATMENT
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11:41 AM - 11:46 AM Morel Lavallée Syndrome
  Presenter(s):Jean Luc Gerard, MD  
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11:47 AM - 11:52 AM Laser Or Ohmic Devices For Telangiectasia: When And Why
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
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11:53 AM - 11:58 AM Phlebectomy: Step By Step
  Presenter(s):Saum A. Rahimi, MD  
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11:59 AM - 12:04 PM Ablative Risks Prior And After Flying: What Do You Tell Your Patients
  Presenter(s):Sarah Onida, MD, PhD  
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12:05 PM - 12:10 PM Foam Therapies (PCF Vs PEM): When To Use And Does It Make A Difference
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
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12:11 PM - 12:16 PM How To Treat Labial Varices: Sclerotherapy, USG Sclerotherapy And/Or Phlebectomy
  Presenter(s):Ellen D. Dillavou, MD  
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12:17 PM - 12:22 PM Should All Saphenous Recanalizations Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Kathleen D. Gibson, MD  
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12:23 PM - 12:28 PM Laser And/Or Sclerosant For Cosmetic Veins: How And Why
  Presenter(s):Gutenberg A. Gurgel, MD  
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12:29 PM - 12:34 PM Panel Discussion
12:35 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 67
 
SESSION 68 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 68: VENOUS SOCIETAL AND GOVERNANCE
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM CMS Policy Update On Nonthermal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Harold J. Welch, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM The Future Of Venous Reimbursement In A Non-Fee For Service Environment
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM What Are The Next Venous Trials
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Diametric Opposite CMS Trends In Arterial And Venous Procedures: Implications For Manpower And Training
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Is The Vein Center Accreditation Important For MACRA
  Presenter(s):Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD  
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Update On Deep Venous Accreditation
  Presenter(s):Stephen F. Daugherty, MD  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Appropriateness In Venous Surgery - What's The Problem
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM How Can Appropriate Use Criteria Help Curb Inappropriate Venous Care
  Presenter(s):Elna M. Masuda, MD  
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Results Of Appropriateness Criteria (AVF) II
  Presenter(s):Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD  
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1:54 PM - 1:59 PM Can VQI Be Used As A Benchmark For Setting Ethical Standards
  Presenter(s):Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS  
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Should There Be A CPT Code For Physician Compounded Foam
  Presenter(s):Stephen F. Daugherty, MD  
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 68
 
SESSION 69 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 69: TRUNCAL ABLATION: TIPS AND TRICKS (VIDEOS)
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM VenaSealTM Truncal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Kathleen D. Gibson, MD  
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Turkish Glue
  Presenter(s):Kursat A. Bozkurt, MD  
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Laser Perforator Ablation
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM RF Ablation
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM Laser Truncal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Varithena Truncal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM Clarivein Truncal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
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2:54 PM - 2:59 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 69
 
SESSION 70 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 70: VENOUS CLINICAL TRIALS, LYMPHATIC, SUPERFICIAL VEIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES
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3:00 PM - 3:05 PM Why Graduated Compression Hose Should Not Be An Insurance Requirement
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
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3:06 PM - 3:11 PM Thrombosis Prophylaxis Following Venous Ablation
  Presenter(s):Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
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3:12 PM - 3:17 PM RCT Reviews Using Turkish Glue
  Presenter(s):Kursat A. Bozkurt, MD  
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3:18 PM - 3:23 PM Varithena® VLU Registry: The Effects Of Polidocanol Endovenous Microfoam On Wound Healing And Recurrence
  Presenter(s):Raghu Kolluri, MD  
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3:24 PM - 3:29 PM RFA Versus GSV Stripping In Spain: RCT With 1-Year Follow-Up
  Presenter(s):Lourdes Reina, MD  
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Summary Of Thermal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD  
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3:36 PM - 3:41 PM Randomized Controlled Study Of EVLA And Foam In The SSV - Fovelass Study: 2-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Claudine M. Hamel-Desnos, MD  
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3:42 PM - 3:47 PM Results Of The EVRA Randomized Clinical Trial
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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3:48 PM - 3:53 PM Overview Of Lymphatic Imaging Techniques
  Presenter(s):Maxim Itkin, MD  
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3:54 PM - 3:59 PM Evidence Based Compression Recommendations For Lymphedema
  Presenter(s):Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM Phlebolymphedema: Hallmark Of Combined Insufficiency Of Venous-Lymphatic System
  Presenter(s):Byung-Boong Lee, MD  
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4:06 PM - 4:11 PM Pneumatic Compression For Lymphedema: Continued Benefits
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
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4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Panel Discussion
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE I
Moderator(s): Peter J. Pappas, MD / Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
4:18 PM - 4:23 PM When To Use Inelastic Compression
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD / Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
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4:24 PM - 4:29 PM Preliminary Data: HIFU For Venous Disease Treatment
  Presenter(s):Alfred M. Obermayer, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Varicose Vein Procedures In The Very Elderly Patients: How To Do It And Avoid Complications
  Presenter(s):Alberto C. Duque, MD  
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4:36 PM - 4:41 PM Chronic Venous Insufficiencies Outcomes Based On BMI And CEAP
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD  
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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM Is Saphenous Vein Stripping A Cost-Effective Treatment
  Presenter(s):Lourdes Reina, MD  
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4:48 PM - 4:53 PM Clinical Effectiveness Of MOCA Versus RF For Symptomatic GSV Or SSV Reflux
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD  
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM ABRE IDE STUDY: Overview Of Baseline Demographics
  Presenter(s):Erin H. Murphy, MD  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM A Pathologic Perforator May Predict The Recurrence Of An Ipsilateral Central Venous Stenosis
  Presenter(s):Mikel Sadek, MD  
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5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Panel Discussion
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE II
Moderator(s): Mark H. Meissner, MD / Joann Lohr, MD  
5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Can We Predict And Avoid The Evolution Of Chronic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Armando Mansilha, MD, PhD, FEBVS  
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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Investigating Venous Elasticity As A Biomarker In Lower Extremity Veins Using Shear-Wave Elastography And Force-Controlled Ultrasound
  Presenter(s):Joseph D. Raffetto, MD  
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5:24 PM - 5:29 PM C2 Progressive
  Presenter(s):Mark H. Meissner, MD  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Should We Consider Diagnostic Deep Venous IVUS During Saphenous Vein Ablation
  Presenter(s):Todd Berland, MD  
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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM Looking For Reflux In All The Wrong Places
  Presenter(s):Seshadri Raju, MD  
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5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Turkish Glue Versus RFA: 5-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Fatih Islamoglu, MD  
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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Success Rate And Factors Predictive Of Redo RFA Of Perforator Veins
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
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5:54 PM - 5:59 PM Lymphocele Development And Treatment After Varicose Vein Intervention
  Presenter(s):Joann Lohr, MD  
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6:00 PM - 6:05 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program I

END OF SESSION 70
 
SESSION 71 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 71: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA (SCI) ASSOCIATED WITH TEVAR AND THE TREATMENT OF TAAAs (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Animal Studies Show 2 Separate Different Mechanisms Contribute To Spinal Cord Ischemia (SCI) After TAAA Repairs: What Are Their Therapeutic Implications Clinically
  Presenter(s):Hamdy Awad, MD  
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM SCI In The Physician-Sponsored IDEs For F/BEVAR To Treat Complex AAA And TAAAs: Incidence, Optimal Prevention Techniques And Lessons Learned
  Presenter(s):Adam Beck, MD  
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Maintaining Euglycemia During Endovascular TAAA Repairs Seems To Decrease The Incidence And Severity Of SCI: What Is The Evidence And What Is The Mechanism
  Presenter(s):Jade S. Hiramoto, MD  
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Update On Minimally Invasive Intercostal Segmental Artery Coil Embolization (MIS2ACE) To Produce Ischemic Preconditioning To Prevent SCI With TAAA Repair: Clinical Experience And Status Of The PAPA-ARTIS RCT
  Presenter(s):Christian D. Etz, MD, PhD / Daniela Branzan, MD  
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Oversized EMBO Aortic Stent-Graft To Occlude The Origins Of Intercostal Arteries To Produce Ischemic Preconditioning Of The Spinal Cord Prior To TAAA Repair And Prevent SCI: How Does It Work And Updated Experience
  Presenter(s):Bjõrn Sonesson, MD, PhD  
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM How Can Cerebrospinal (CSF) Fluid Analysis Help In The Management Of SCI After TAAA Repair: Can It Indicate Prognosis
  Presenter(s):Bijan Modarai, PhD, FRCS  
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM CSF Drainage Is Not Benign: What Are Its Complications And How To Minimize Paraplegia Without CSF Drainage During TAAA Repair
  Presenter(s):Michel J. Bosiers, MD  
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM What Is New In The Prevention Of SCI During Open And Endo TAAA Repairs: When CSF Drainage: When Not And How To Make It Safe
  Presenter(s):Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Preoperative Spinal Drain Placement Does Prevent SCI In Endovascular TAAA And Thoracic Aneurysm Repairs Based On The Results Of A Larger Multicenter Propensity Matched Analysis
  Presenter(s):James H. Black III, MD  
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Determinants Of SCI Risk In TAAA Repairs: How It Can Best Be Managed: Value Of Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring
  Presenter(s):Michael J. Jacobs, MD / Geert Willem H. Schurink, MD, PhD  
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Value Of Near Infrared Spectrometry (NIRS) Monitoring Of Spinal Muscles Oxygenation To Reflect SCI During TAAA Repairs: How It Works And Updated Experience
  Presenter(s):Christian D. Etz, MD, PhD  
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7:46 AM - 7:51 AM Progress In Preventing SCI During Endo TAAA Repairs: Value Of NIRS Monitoring To Guide Temporary Sac Perfusion And Staging: Complications Of Spinal Fluid Drainage And How To Minimize Them
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
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7:52 AM - 8:00 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 71
 
SESSION 72 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 72: ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF CAROTID STENOSIS: MESH COVERED STENTS FOR CAROTID ARTERY STENTING (CAS) AND UPDATE ON TRANSCERVICAL CAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION (TCAR) FOR CAS
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MESH COVERED STENTS
8:05 AM - 7:59 AM Update On The 3 Mesh Covered Stents For CAS: What Are The Differences Between Them And Overview Of What Is The Status Of Their Safety And Efficacy
  Presenter(s):Max Amor, MD  
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8:06 AM - 8:11 AM Update On The C-Guard Micronet Mesh Covered Stent For CAS: Longer Term Results: Advantages And Are There Late Downsides Like ISR Or Late Thrombosis
  Presenter(s):Piotr Musialek, MD, DPhil  
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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM Value And Limitations Of Mesh Covered Stents For CAS In Symptomatic And Asymptomatic Patients: 6-Year Results: Are ISR And Thrombotic Occlusions A Problem: Technical Tips To Optimize Their Use
  Presenter(s):Stefan Mueller-Huelsbeck, MD  
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8:18 AM - 8:23 AM Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Of CAS With C-Guard Mesh Covered Stent Versus Wallstent: Is There A Difference In Perioperative Strokes Or DW-MRI Brain Lesions Up To 12 Months: The IRON-GUARD Study
  Presenter(s):Laura Capoccia, MD, PhD  
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8:24 AM - 8:29 AM What Value Will Mesh Covered Stents Have In Improving CAS Outcomes: Is There A Downside
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Panel Discussion
TCAR RELATED TOPICS
8:36 AM - 8:41 AM ROADSTER 2 Trial Shows Low Stroke Risk With TCAR (Silk Road Medical) Even With Inexperienced Operators And In High Risk Patients With High Risk Lesions
  Presenter(s):Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Christopher J. Kwolek, MD, MBA / Peter A. Schneider, MD / Richard P. Cambria, MD  
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8:42 AM - 8:47 AM TCAR Outcomes Compare Favorably With Those Of CEA Even In Symptomatic Medically High Risk Patients: A Propensity Matched Study Of 5160 Patients From The SVS VQI Registry
  Presenter(s):Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS / Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
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8:48 AM - 8:53 AM DEBATE: TCAR Is Not Safer Than Transfemoral CAS: Based On Results From A Multicenter Registry
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
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8:54 AM - 8:59 AM DEBATE: Not So: TCAR Is Safer Than Transfemoral CAS Especially In Older (> 77) High Risk Patients With High Risk Lesions: TCAR Should Be The Standard Of Care For Invasive Treatment
  Presenter(s):Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS  
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9:00 AM - 9:05 AM DEBATE: Not So: In Experienced Hands And With Appropriate Precautions Transfemoral CAS Will Be The Best Invasive Treatment For Most Patients
  Presenter(s):Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD  
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9:06 AM - 9:11 AM Why TCAR Should Replace Transfemoral CAS And Why It Won’t
  Presenter(s):Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD  
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9:12 AM - 9:17 AM DEBATE: Why TCAR Should Replace CEA And Transfemoral CAS For Carotid Stenosis Patients Justifiably Requiring Invasive Treatment
  Presenter(s):Wesley S. Moore, MD  
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9:18 AM - 9:23 AM DEBATE: Not So: Why CEA Should Remain The Standard Of Care For Carotid Stenosis Patients Requiring Invasive Treatments
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
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9:24 AM - 9:32 AM Panel Discussion
9:32 AM - 9:42 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 72
 
SESSION 73 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 73: MORE CAROTID RELATED TOPICS: MORE ON TCAR; BEST MEDICAL TREATMENT (BMT) FOR CAROTID DISEASE AND BMT'S IMPACT ON INVASIVE TREATMENTS; THE EFFECT OF CAROTID DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT ON COGNITION
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9:42 AM - 9:47 AM Technical Tips For Optimal Performance Of TCAR: Pitfalls Of And Contraindications To TCAR
  Presenter(s):Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Richard P. Cambria, MD  
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9:48 AM - 9:53 AM Favorable TCAR Results In Patients Over 80
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD, MS, DFSVS, FACS  
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9:54 AM - 9:59 AM Cost Comparison Of TCAR, CEA And Transfemoral CAS
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD  
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MEDICAL TREATMENTS RELATED TO CAROTID STENOSIS
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Good Medical Treatment (With PCSK-9 Inhibitors) Can Control And Shrink Carotid Plaques: How Low Should The LDL-C Be Pushed: Will Patients Really Needing CAS Or CEA Vanish
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
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10:06 AM - 10:11 AM What Is Best Medical Treatment For Patients And Arteries With Carotid Stenosis: How To Render Most Plaques Harmless: Value Of Statins, Ezetimibe And Diet; Optimal LDL-C Level To Strive For
  Presenter(s):J. David Spence, MD  
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CAROTID STENOSIS AND COGNITION
10:12 AM - 10:17 AM Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis (ACS) Is Associated With Cognitive Dysfunction, Impaired Mobility And Increased Fall Rates: Is There Any Evidence That CEA Or CAS Will Improve These Impairments: Will CREST 2 Provide Answers
  Presenter(s):Brajesh K. Lal, MD  
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10:18 AM - 10:23 AM Does CEA For ACS Prevent Dementia 10-25 Years Later: Findings From The ACST RCT
  Presenter(s):Alison Halliday, MS, FRCS  
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10:24 AM - 10:31 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 73
 
SESSION 74 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 74: MORE CAROTID RELATED TOPICS: CONTROVERSIES OVER INVASIVE TREATMENTS OF ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH CAROTID STENOSIS (ACS) AND OPTIMAL TIMING OF INVASIVE CAROTID TREATMENTS AFTER SYMPTOM ONSET
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TREATMENT OF ACS – A MEGA-DEBATE
10:31 AM - 10:36 AM DEBATE: What % Of Patients With ACS Need Invasive Treatment With CEA Or CAS: 0% - Such Treatment Causes More Harm Than Providing Benefit
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
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10:37 AM - 10:42 AM DEBATE: Which Patients With ACS Can Justifiably Be Treated Invasively: It Is A Small Percentage (< 5%): How Can They Be Identified
  Presenter(s):J. David Spence, MD  
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10:43 AM - 10:48 AM DEBATE: The Low Stroke Risk (~1% Per Year) In Patients With Severe ACS Prior To Intervention Or Only Treated Medically In A Large Health Care System Study (3855 Patients) Indicates That CEA And CAS Cannot Do Better
  Presenter(s):Robert W. Chang, MD  
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10:49 AM - 10:54 AM DEBATE: The Case For Treating ~20% Of High Grade ACS Patients With CEA, TCAR Or CAS: How Can They Be Identified
  Presenter(s):Richard P. Cambria, MD  
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10:55 AM - 11:00 AM DEBATE: The Case For Treating >20% Of Patients With High Grade ACS Invasively By CEA, TCAR Or CAS: How Can They Be Selected
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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11:01 AM - 11:06 AM Panel Discussion
OPTIMAL TIMING OF CEA AND CAS AFTER SYMPTOM ONSET
11:06 AM - 11:11 AM In Stroke Patients With A Large Cerebral Infarct On CT From Carotid Stenosis, CEA Should Be Performed But Only After A Delay Of 4-6 Weeks
  Presenter(s):Gianluca Faggioli, MD / Mauro Gargiulo, MD / Andrea Stella, MD  
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11:12 AM - 11:17 AM Optimal Timing Of CEA After A TIA Or Small Stroke: Why Is It Controversial And What Delay Is Best Under Varying Circumstances
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
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11:18 AM - 11:23 AM DEBATE: Optimal Timing For CEA After A TIA Or Small Stroke Is 7-14 Days: But CAS Is Unsafe Within That Window
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
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11:24 AM - 11:29 AM DEBATE: Not So: If Done Right, CAS Is Equally Safe Within That 7-14-Day Window: Technical Precautions
  Presenter(s):Klaus D. Mathias, MD  
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11:30 AM - 11:35 AM CEA For A TIA Or Small Stroke Is Safely Performed 2-5 Days After The Event, Not So For CAS: When Is CAS Equally Safe Based On A Large German Registry Study
  Presenter(s):Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
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11:36 AM - 11:41 AM DEBATE: CEA Is Relatively Safe Within 48 Hours After A TIA Or Minor Stroke: What Precautions Are Necessary
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
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11:42 AM - 11:47 AM DEBATE: Not So: CEA Within 48 Hours Of Stroke Symptom Onset Has High Risks: After 48 Hours The Risk Between 3-14 Days Is The Same As After 14 Days: So Optimal Time For CEA Is 3-14 Days After Symptom Onset
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD / Thomas C. Bower, MD  
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11:48 AM - 11:53 AM The Value Of Early CEA Within 7 Days Of The Index TIA Or Small Stroke Is Neutralized By Aggressive Treatment With High Dose Statins
  Presenter(s):Gert J. de Borst, MD, PhD  
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11:54 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 74
 
SESSION 75 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 75: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAS VERSUS CEA CONTROVERSY; NEED FOR CEA/CAS WITH OTHER SURGERY; AND OTHER UNUSUAL BUT IMPORTANT CAROTID RELATED TOPICS AND A HISTORICAL NOTE ON CAS
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM DEBATE: CEA Is Currently Superior To CAS, But The Paradigm Could Shift And Why
  Presenter(s):J. David Spence, MD  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM DEBATE: Not So: The Paradigm Has Already Shifted: CAS Is Better Than CEA – Especially In Patients <70 Years Of Age: What Are Future Expectations
  Presenter(s):D. Christopher Metzger, MD   
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM CAS Versus CEA: Why The Debate Will Never End: Bias Overwhelms Facts And Logic
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM CEA Or CAS Are Rarely If Ever Justified For ACS In Patients About To Undergo A Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary Stenting Or Other Major Surgery: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM How To Decide The Timing Of Intervention After An Acute Carotid Lesion Related Stroke: Role Of Telemedicine: What Imaging Helps: How To Decide CEA Versus CAS
  Presenter(s):Hernan A. Bazan, MD, FACS  
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Value And Limitations Of Intraoperative Duplex Scanning During CEA And Value Of Gore Hybrid (Partially Stented) Graft For Bailout Of Difficult Technical Problems During CEA
  Presenter(s):Domenico Valenti, DMChir, PhD, FRCS, FRCS(Ed), FEBVS  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Carotid Webs Are A Cause Of Serious Strokes: How To Diagnose And Treat Them
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Concomitant CEA And Carotid-Subclavian Bypass Indications, Technical Tips And Results: Based On A 40-Year Experience
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Surveillance Is Rarely Needed After CEA And CAS Because Reintervention Is Rarely Needed: When Is Surveillance Justified
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
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AN HISTORICAL NOTE
1:54 PM - 1:59 PM 40 Years Of CAS: A Pioneer’s Look Back
  Presenter(s):Klaus D. Mathias, MD  
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2:00 PM - 2:07 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 75
 
SESSION 76 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 76: UPDATES ON THE COMPLETED AND ONGOING CAROTID RCTs AND THEIR PITFALLS; NEED FOR POST CEA/CAS SURVEILLANCE; IMPLICATIONS OF FILTER DEBRIS
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2:07 PM - 2:12 PM Pooled Analysis Of ACT 1 And CREST In Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis (ACS) Patients Under 80 Years Of Age: How It Can Help In Decision Making
  Presenter(s):Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
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2:13 PM - 2:18 PM Stroke And TIA Rates After 1 Year In SPACE 2: A Stopped RCT Comparing CEA Versus CAS Versus Best Medical Treatment In ACS Patients: What Hint Do They Give Us
  Presenter(s):Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
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2:19 PM - 2:24 PM DEBATE: Update On Progress In CREST 2: It Will Produce Valuable Results, Conclusions And Answers: Interesting Findings To Date
  Presenter(s):Brajesh K. Lal, MD / Thomas G. Brott, MD  
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2:25 PM - 2:30 PM DEBATE: Not So: A Skeptic’s View: Why CREST 2, A Good RCT, May Produce Interesting Information But Will Not Answer Key Questions Or Settle Existing Controversy
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
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2:31 PM - 2:36 PM What Impact Will CREST 2 Have On CEA And CAS And The Controversy Surrounding The Treatment Of Patients With ACS: Predictions For The Future Of Carotid Treatment - Invasive And Otherwise
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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2:37 PM - 2:42 PM Current Status Of ECST 2: What Is This RCT Comparing: What Will It Tell Us And What Is Its Progress
  Presenter(s):Richard Bulbulia, MA MD FRCS  
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2:43 PM - 2:48 PM Update On ACST 2: When Will This RCT Complete Recruitment: What Has It Told Us Thus Far: What Are Its Limitations
  Presenter(s):Alison Halliday, MS, FRCS  
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2:49 PM - 2:54 PM Pitfalls And Limitations Of The Esteemed And Often Quoted CAS Versus CEA RCTs: Why They May Be Misleading
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
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2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Addition To CEA Of A Proximal Intervention (To Common Carotid Or Innominate Arteries) Increases The Risk Of Stroke Or Death: From SVS VQI Data
  Presenter(s):Mark Conrad, MD, MMSc  
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3:01 PM - 3:06 PM Qualitative Analysis Of Embolic Debris Caught In Different Filters During CAS: What Is Their Nature And What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Franco Grego, MD  
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3:07 PM - 3:14 PM Panel Discussion
3:14 PM - 3:24 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 76
 
SESSION 77 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 77: A CAROTID CONTROVERSY AND MORE CAROTID UPDATES; OTHER HOT NEW OR UPDATED TOPICS
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CAROTID RELATED TOPICS
3:24 PM - 3:29 PM Carotid Body Tumors: Recent Advances In Treatments; Importance Of Adjunctive Measures And Endovascular Aids In Advanced Cases
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM DEBATE: CAS Is The Best Treatment For Carotid Pseudo-Occlusions Or String Sign: When And When Not To Treat
  Presenter(s):Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
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3:36 PM - 3:41 PM DEBATE: Not So: No Intervention Or CEA Are The Best Treatments For A Carotid String Sign: When Is Each Best
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
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3:42 PM - 3:47 PM Update On The Value And Safety Of Protamine Use In CEA: It Should Be Used, How And Precautions: From The New England VQI
  Presenter(s):David H. Stone, MD  
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3:48 PM - 3:53 PM Why Duplex Findings Can Be Misleading For Carotid And Lower Extremity Lesions: When Should Treatment Decisions Not Be Based Solely On Them
  Presenter(s):Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc  
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3:54 PM - 3:59 PM CEA In Patients With Neck Irradiation Has No Higher Risks Of Stroke, Death Or MI Than Standard CEA: What Are The Technical Challenges And When Should CAS Or Medical Treatment Be Preferred
  Presenter(s):Mark Conrad, MD, MMSc  
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM PTFE Grafts Work As Well Long-Term As Vein Grafts For Carotid Reconstructions After Carotid Degenerative Aneurysm Excision
  Presenter(s):Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, PhD  
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4:06 PM - 4:12 PM Panel Discussion
OTHER EXCITING TOPICS AND UPDATES
4:12 PM - 4:17 PM The Real Origin Of The Flow Reversal Concept For Cerebral Protection During CAS
  Presenter(s):Juan C. Parodi, MD  
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4:18 PM - 4:23 PM Update On Endovascular Treatment Of Erectile Dysfunction: Diagnosis, Indications, Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Nicolas A. Diehm, MD  
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4:24 PM - 4:29 PM Difference In Cancer Rates After Open AAA Repair And EVAR: What Are The Reasons For These Differences
  Presenter(s):Matt M. Thompson, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Can Oral Anticoagulation Treatment With TBADs Promote Remodeling And Healing; What Is The Evidence And Possible Mechanisms
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD  
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4:36 PM - 4:42 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 77
 
SESSION 78 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 78: PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE DEVICES: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ESTABLISHED DEVICES AND NEW DEVICES; ADVANCES IN WOUND CARE
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CLOSURE DEVICES
4:42 PM - 4:47 PM Update On Perclose And Proglide Devices For Large Sheath Access Site Closure; Why They Are Better Than Open Closure And Hard To Beat: What Is The Early Bird Sheath Technology (From Saranas) To Detect Access Site Bleeding
  Presenter(s):Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, FACC  
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4:48 PM - 4:53 PM Facial Closure Of Large Sheath Percutaneous Access Has Its Limitations: Open Surgical Access Is Better
  Presenter(s):Nikolaos Tsilimparis, MD, PhD  
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM Fancy And Unusual Methods To Overcome Disadvantaged Routine Access For EVAR, TEVAR And TAVR: Direct Aortic Sheath Placement, Transcaval Access, External And Endo Conduits, And More
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Next Generation Access Site Closure Devices: Manta, Per Q Seal, In Seal, Cross-Stitch, And NXT: How Do They Work: How Good Will They Be: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, FACC  
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5:06 PM - 5:12 PM Panel Discussion
ADVANCES IN WOUND CARE
5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Good And Durable Results Of Negative Pressure Non-Graft-Excisional Wound Care Treatment Of Prosthetic Arterial Graft Infection: It Is A Game Changer But Excision Of Infected Tissue Is Still Required
  Presenter(s):Zoran Rancic, MD, PhD  
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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Rectus Femoris Muscle Flap For Non-Healing Groin Wounds With Arterial Grafts: It Is Better Than A Sartorius Flap: It Is Easy And How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Jan-Willem Elshof, MD  
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5:24 PM - 5:29 PM Value Of Hyperbaric Oxygen In Vascular Patients With Wounds: Is It Real Or A Hoax: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Wayne J. Caputo, DPM  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Another View Of Hyperbaric O2: What Is The Evidence That It Improves Wound Healing Or Does It Just Provide Good Wound Care
  Presenter(s):Robert B. McLafferty, MD, MBA  
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5:36 PM - 5:42 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program J

END OF SESSION 78
 
SESSION 79 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 79: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN POPLITEAL DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT: POPLITEAL ANEURYSMS, NON-ATHEROMATOUS DISEASES AND ENTRAPMENT SYNDROMES; VALUE OF DUPLEX AND OTHER IMAGING IN THEIR DIAGNOSIS
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PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF POPLITEAL ANEURYSMS
7:00 AM - 7:05 AM With Thrombosed Popliteal Aneurysms Producing Acute Limb Ischemia Aspiration Vacuum Assisted Thrombectomy With The Indigo Device Works: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Frank R. Arko, MD  
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7:06 AM - 7:11 AM Treatment Of A Giant Popliteal Aneurysm In A Patient With Loeys-Dietz Connective Tissue Disorder
  Presenter(s):Domenico Valenti, DMChir, PhD, FRCS, FRCS(Ed), FEBVS  
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7:12 AM - 7:17 AM Endovascular Versus Open Treatment For Popliteal Aneurysms: When Is Each Best And Why
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD, MS, DFSVS, FACS  
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7:18 AM - 7:23 AM DEBATE: Open Surgical Repair Of Popliteal Aneurysms Yields Better Results Than Stent-Graft Endo Repair In A Large Case Matched Swedish Study: The Differences Are Not Due To Tortuosity, Outflow Arteries Or Other Anatomic Variables
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
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7:24 AM - 7:29 AM DEBATE: New Developments In Stent Graft Treatment Make Me Disagree: Endovascular Treatment Is Better In Many Cases: When Is It Not
  Presenter(s):Irwin V. Mohan, MBBS, MD, FRCS, FEBVS, FRACS  
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN POPLITEAL ENTRAPMENTS
7:30 AM - 7:35 AM Progress In The Treatment Of Popliteal Entrapment Syndromes: An Algorithm To Help With Successful Treatment
  Presenter(s):Niten Singh, MD  
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7:36 AM - 7:41 AM Functional Popliteal Entrapment Syndromes: What Is Their Pathogenesis: How To Diagnose Them With Modern Imaging: How Best To Treat Them
  Presenter(s):Katherine A. Gallagher, MD / Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
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7:42 AM - 7:47 AM Non-Atherosclerotic Popliteal Artery Occlusive Disease: What Can It Be Due To And What Is The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Ramesh K. Tripathi, MD, FRCS, FRACS  
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7:48 AM - 7:53 AM Duplex Findings In Non-Atherosclerotic Popliteal Artery Occlusive Disease: What Other Imaging May Be Needed
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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7:54 AM - 8:02 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 79
 
SESSION 80 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 80: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN THE OPTIMAL TREATMENT FOR INFECTED ARTERIES, AAAs, ARTERIAL GRAFTS AND ENDOGRAFTS
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MYCOTIC INFECTED ANEURYSMS
8:02 AM - 8:07 AM Mycotic Peripheral Arterial Aneurysms: Etiology And Best Current Treatment: When And How To Revascularize And When Not To
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
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8:08 AM - 8:13 AM How Valuable Is EVAR For The Treatment Of Mycotic AAAs: When Does It Work: Technical Tips And When Will It Not Work
  Presenter(s):Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
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8:14 AM - 8:19 AM For Mycotic AAAs, Why Is EVAR Better Than Open Repair: It Provides Better Short-Term Survival With No Long-Term Disadvantages: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
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INFECTED ARTERIAL GRAFTS AND ENDOGRAFTS
8:20 AM - 8:25 AM With Infected Arterial Prosthetic Grafts, Graft Removal Is Not Always Necessary When And How Can They Be Treated Successfully Without Graft Removal: Technical Requirements
  Presenter(s):Samy S. Nitecki, MD  
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8:26 AM - 8:31 AM DEBATE: With Infected Arterial Grafts And Endografts, Removal Of The Graft Is Mandatory With Some Form Of Revascularization: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Werner Lang, MD  
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8:32 AM - 8:37 AM DEBATE: Not So: Non-Excisional Treatment Is Better And Safer In Most Instances: How To Do It And Technical Requirements: When Must The Graft Be Removed
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
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8:38 AM - 8:43 AM Value Of PET/CT Scans In Detecting And Treating Vascular Graft Infections: What Are Their Limitations
  Presenter(s):Zoran Rancic, MD, PhD  
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8:44 AM - 8:49 AM New Developments In The Treatment Of Aortic Prosthetic Graft Infection: Is The NAIS Procedure (Deep Vein Replacement) Really Better Than Other Methods: What May Be Better And How Does PET/CT Scanning Help In Treatment Planning
  Presenter(s):Patrick A. Stone, MD  
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8:50 AM - 8:58 AM Panel Discussion
8:58 AM - 9:03 AM Obturator Bypass Remains An Option For Revascularization With Multi-Operated Infected Groins: Tips And Tricks: However, There Are Other Options – What Are They
  Presenter(s):Frederic Cochennec, MD, PhD  
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9:04 AM - 9:09 AM Staging Classification For Treating Infected Arterial Prosthetic Grafts: When Can All Or A Portion Of An Infected Graft Be Left In Place: Technical Requirements
  Presenter(s):Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS / Keith D. Calligaro, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Value Of Antibiotic Polymethyl Methacrylate Beads In Treating Prosthetic Arterial Graft Infections: When Can Grafts In Infected Wounds Be Salvaged: Technical Tips And Requirements
  Presenter(s):Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD  
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SUPRARENAL AORTIC GRAFT AND ENDOGRAFT INFECTIONS
9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Excision And Replacement Of Infected Suprarenal Open Or Endo Infected Grafts Is Feasible But Challenging: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Thomas C. Bower, MD  
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Optimal Treatment Of Infected Aortic Grafts – Infrarenal And Suprarenal; Open And Endo
  Presenter(s):Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM New Developments And Long-Term Experience With The Treatment Of Infected AAAs And Aortic Endografts
  Presenter(s):Kamphol Laohapensang, MD  
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Optimal Treatment Of Aortobronchial And Aortoesophageal Fistulas After TEVAR: Both Are Challenging And Neither Is Hopeless: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
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9:40 AM - 9:47 AM Panel Discussion
9:47 AM - 10:02 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 80
 
SESSION 81 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 81: ADVANCES IN IMAGING AND HYBRID OPERATING/PROCEDURE ROOMS
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10:02 AM - 10:07 AM SFA And Popliteal Stenting Under Duplex Ultrasound Guidance: Tips And Tricks To Make It Work: It Is A Better Way And Decreases Radiation Exposure And Avoids Contrast Toxicity
  Presenter(s):Ignacio Escotto, MD  
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10:08 AM - 10:13 AM Why Incidental Findings On Vascular Imaging Are Increasing In Frequency And – Although Sometimes Helpful – Are More Frequently Harmful
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
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10:14 AM - 10:19 AM How To Use CO2 To Image Tibial Arteries Safely And More Accurately Than With The Usual Contrast Agents
  Presenter(s):Palma M. Shaw, MD  
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10:20 AM - 10:25 AM Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): How To Use It And How It Can Help In Decision Making With The Treatment Of Carotid Stenosis And During CAS
  Presenter(s):Francesco Setacci, MD / Carlo Setacci, MD  
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10:26 AM - 10:31 AM Why Is OCT A Better Imaging Modality Than IVUS For Lower Extremity Atherectomy And Treating Total Occlusions: What About Cost And How To Eliminate Blood From Blocking The Image
  Presenter(s):Todd R. Vogel, MD, MPH  
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10:32 AM - 10:37 AM How To Use MRI And MRA For Planning And Fusion In The Treatment Of TAAAs: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Martin J. Austermann, MD  
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10:38 AM - 10:43 AM Unique Value Of 3D Holographic Imaging In Complex Endovascular Procedures: How Does It Work: When Will It Be Available And What Does It Cost
  Presenter(s):Elchanan Bruckheimer, MBBS  
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10:44 AM - 10:49 AM Improvements In Any C-Arm Capability With Cloud Based 3D CT Fusion From Cyder Medical: Its Software Can Compensate For Changes In Anatomy By Stiff Wires And Devices: It Can Decrease Radiation Exposure And Contrast Usage
  Presenter(s):Cynthia K. Shortell, MD  
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10:50 AM - 10:55 AM Comparison Of Philips Vessel Navigator And Cydar Medical Fusion Systems: How They Work And Advantages, Limitations And Cost Of Each
  Presenter(s):Jan M.M. Heyligers, MD, PhD, FEBVS  
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10:56 AM - 11:01 AM New Advances In Transcranial Doppler (TCD) And Its Value In Monitoring Carotid Procedures And Those Involving The Proximal Aorta And Arch: It Can Improve Results And Is An Underutilized And Under-Appreciated Technology
  Presenter(s):Zsolt Garami, MD / Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
11:02 AM - 11:07 AM Future Advances In Hybrid Operating Suites: What Is On The Horizon And Beyond
  Presenter(s):Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
11:08 AM - 11:18 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 81
 
SESSION 82 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 82: CHALLENGING RECORDED LIVE CASES FROM MÜNSTER
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11:18 AM - 12:00 PM Complex Cases From Münster With Questions And Discussion
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Torsello, MD / Martin J. Austermann, MD  
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 82
 
SESSION 83 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 83: CHALLENGING RECORDED LIVE CASES FROM THE MAYO CLINIC
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1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Complex Cases From The Mayo Clinic With Questions And Discussion
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS / Bernardo C. Mendes, MD  
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END OF SESSION 83
 
SESSION 84 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 84: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROMES (TOSs)
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1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Current Fair Indications For Surgical Treatment Of Neurogenic TOS: Objective Outcome Measures To Determine Treatment Success
  Presenter(s):Karl A. Illig, MD  
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1:46 PM - 1:51 PM DEBATE: Transaxillary Approach Is The Best Way To Surgically Treat TOS: When Is It Not: How Can Video Assistance Be Helpful
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
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1:52 PM - 1:57 PM DEBATE: Not So: The Supraclavicular Approach Is Best For Surgical Treatment Of Most Patients With TOS: Technical Tips And When Is It Not
  Presenter(s):Ramesh K. Tripathi, MD, FRCS, FRACS  
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1:58 PM - 2:03 PM Two New Developments In TOS: 1) A Paradigm Shift In Venous ToS Treatment: Open Decompression Combined With Selective Stenting Is The Way To Go; And 2) The Pectoralis Minor Syndrome Can Cause Recurrent Neurogenic TOS; How To Diagnose And Treat
  Presenter(s):Michael J. Singh, MD  
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VENOUS TOS
2:04 PM - 2:09 PM The Value Of Balloon Angioplasty For Venous TOS: When Is It Helpful And When Not: First Rib Removal Is Not Always Necessary: When Is It
  Presenter(s):Sam S. Ahn, MD, FACS, MBA  
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2:10 PM - 2:15 PM Evolving Strategies For Treating Venous TOS: When Does It Need Surgical Treatment And When Not: Why The Infraclavicular Approach Is Best For Rib Resection And Allows Exposure Of The Subclavian Vein: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
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2:16 PM - 2:21 PM With Venous TOS And Subclavian Vein Thrombosis, For The Majority Of Patients, Thrombolytics Are Of No Benefit: How Should The Condition Be Treated
  Presenter(s):George Geroulakos, MD, PhD  
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2:22 PM - 2:27 PM Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Versus Thrombolysis Plus First Rib Resection For Venous TOS With Subclavian Vein Thrombosis (Paget-Schrotter Syndrome): Are We Overtreating These Patients: From The UTOPIA Trial
  Presenter(s):Gert J. de Borst, MD, PhD  
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2:28 PM - 2:34 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 84
 
SESSION 85 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 85: IMPORTANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICAL AND ANTI-ATHEROGENIC AND ANTICOAGULANT DRUG TREATMENTS; UPDATES ON UNUSUAL DISEASES AND THEIR INTERVENTIONAL VASCULAR TREATMENT; MANAGEMENT OF TAVR ARTERIAL ACCESS COMPLICATIONS
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2:34 PM - 2:39 PM Statin Intolerance In Vascular Patients: Incidence, Management Techniques And Their Outcomes: From The VQI
  Presenter(s):Adam Beck, MD  
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2:40 PM - 2:45 PM Optimal Current Antiplatelet Treatment In Patients With Vascular Disease And After Interventional Or Open Treatment: When Is Aspirin Indicated And When Not
  Presenter(s):Roxana Mehran, MD  
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2:46 PM - 2:51 PM Value Of Protamine Use With Transfemoral CAS, TCAR And CEA: It Decreases Strokes And Postprocedural Bleeding
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
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2:52 PM - 2:57 PM Why Clopidogrel Testing Is Important In CAS Trials And Other Vascular Trials
  Presenter(s):Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
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2:58 PM - 3:03 PM Why Vascular Surgeons And Specialists Should Replace Heparin With Bivalirudin For Vascular Interventions
  Presenter(s):George H. Meier, MD  
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3:04 PM - 3:09 PM Newer Oral Anticoagulants Are Not Helpful In Improving Outcomes After Lower Extremity Bypasses: However, Warfarin Is Helpful: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):William P. Robinson, MD  
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3:10 PM - 3:15 PM Why EVAR Patients Must Be Given Statins Or Have Their Statin Dose Increased Perioperatively: Cardiac Complications Are The Main Cause Of Complications And Readmissions And Statins Decrease These
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
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3:16 PM - 3:22 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Ronald M. Fairman, MD / Roxana Mehran, MD  
3:22 PM - 3:32 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
UPDATE ON ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER HOT TOPICS
3:32 PM - 3:37 PM Is There Any Hope That There Will Be Evidence To Support The Value Of Venous Angioplasty To Treat Multiple Sclerosis – Despite Negative Level 1 Evidence
  Presenter(s):Paolo Zamboni, MD  
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3:38 PM - 3:43 PM What Is The Evidence That Venous Obstruction Contributes To Multiple Sclerosis And That Relieving This Obstruction Can Help Some Patients: Which Patients And How To Select Them
  Presenter(s):Donald B. Reid, MD  
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3:44 PM - 3:49 PM Biomarkers Can Predict Poor Outcomes Of Vascular Surgery: Which Biomarkers; Which Procedures
  Presenter(s):Todd R. Vogel, MD, MPH  
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3:50 PM - 3:55 PM Natural History Of Penetrating Ulcers Of The Abdominal Aorta: How Should They Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Caron B. Rockman, MD  
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3:56 PM - 4:01 PM Natural History Of Common Iliac And Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysms: They Are Benign When ≤ 4 cm And Do Not Require Treatment Until >4 cm
  Presenter(s):Nicos Labropoulos, BSc (Med), PhD, DIC, RVT  
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4:02 PM - 4:07 PM Current Endovascular Treatment Of Buerger’s Disease: What Is Possible And What Is Not
  Presenter(s):Kamphol Laohapensang, MD  
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4:08 PM - 4:13 PM Vascular Complications Of TAVR And How Are They Best Managed
  Presenter(s):Ashraf Mansour, MD  
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4:14 PM - 4:20 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 85
 
SESSION 86 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 86: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VASCULAR TRAUMA: PROS AND CONS OF REBOA; ENDO VERSUS OPEN TREATMENTS
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4:20 PM - 4:25 PM Why And How Vascular Surgeons Need To Take The Lead In Supporting Excellence In Trauma Management And Treatment Of Vascular Injuries: There Is No Valid Competition
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. DuBose, MD / Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
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4:26 PM - 4:31 PM New Developments From An International Collaboration On Endovascular Techniques For Resuscitation And Trauma Management: The EVTM Group: What Is It And How Is It Helping Society, Patients And Doctors
  Presenter(s):Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
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4:32 PM - 4:37 PM A Balanced View About REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta): What Is Good About It: And What Might Be Not So Good
  Presenter(s):Gilbert R. Upchurch, MD  
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4:38 PM - 4:43 PM REBOA Is A Double-Edged Sword: The SOROKA Experience From Israel
  Presenter(s):Gabriel Szendro, MD  
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4:44 PM - 4:49 PM Endovascular Access In Untrained Hands Can Fail: This Has Led To A Declining Use Of REBOA: How Can This Be Fixed
  Presenter(s):Charles J. Fox, MD, FACS  
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4:50 PM - 4:55 PM Endovascular Versus Open Surgery For Vascular Trauma: When Is Each Approach Necessary And Appropriate: How Is The Field Changing
  Presenter(s):James W. Dennis, MD  
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4:56 PM - 5:01 PM How Endovascular Procedures Are Saving Patients With Vascular Emergencies: Why Vascular Surgeons Need To Take Advantage Of Them And Incorporate Them In Their Practice
  Presenter(s):Todd R. Vogel, MD, MPH  
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5:02 PM - 5:08 PM Panel Discussion
BLUNT THORACIC AORTIC INJURIES (BTAIs)
5:08 PM - 5:13 PM Long-Term (> 5 Years) Follow-Up Of TEVAR For BTAIs: It Is A Very Durable Procedure
  Presenter(s):Johnny Steuer, MD, PhD  
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5:14 PM - 5:19 PM Optimal Management Of Patients With BTAIs And Intracranial Bleeding: Timing Of Treatments, Use Of Heparin And Other Tips
  Presenter(s):Elina Quiroga, MD, MPH  
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5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Shorter Than Usual Proximal Landing Zones For TEVAR Are Acceptable For BTAIs Because Aortas Are Usually Smaller And Healthier In These Patients: What Are The Limits And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Shang Loh, MD  
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5:26 PM - 5:31 PM In TEVAR For BTAIs It Is Safe To Cover The Left Subclavian Artery Without Revascularizing It If The Left Vertebral Artery Is Patent
  Presenter(s):Michael C. Stoner, MD  
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5:32 PM - 5:37 PM Treatment Priorities In Combined Orthopedic And Vascular Extremity Injuries: It Is Not Simple: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Markus K. Furrer, MD  
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5:38 PM - 5:43 PM Tips And Tricks For Damage Control In Vascular Surgery: Value Of Embolic Agents In Vascular Trauma: Which Is Best And Other Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Ravi R. Rajani, MD  
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5:44 PM - 5:52 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program K

END OF SESSION 86
 
SESSION 87 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 87: PELVIC VENOUS DISORDERS, NUTCRACKER SYNDROME, CHRONIC VENOUS OCCLUSIONS, STRATEGIES TO DIAGNOSE AND INTERVENE
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7:00 AM - 7:04 AM Introduction: Deep System
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
7:05 AM - 7:10 AM ACCESS Trial Data From Chronic DVT: Role Of EKOS And TPA
  Presenter(s):Mark J. Garcia, MD  
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7:11 AM - 7:16 AM Venographic Techniques To Identify Pelvic Anatomy And Escape Points
  Presenter(s):Mark H. Meissner, MD  
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7:17 AM - 7:22 AM Pelvic Reflux: Is Coil Embolization The Answer
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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7:23 AM - 7:28 AM Complications Of Renal Vein Stenting For Nutcracker Syndrome
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
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7:29 AM - 7:34 AM Open Surgery For Nutcracker: Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Cynthia K. Shortell, MD  
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7:35 AM - 7:40 AM Corrective Procedures For Failed Renal Vein Stenting
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
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7:41 AM - 7:46 AM Panel Discussion
CHRONIC VENOUS OCCLUSIONS
Moderator(s): Peter Gloviczki, MD / Stephen A. Black, MD  
7:47 AM - 7:52 AM Anatomical And Clinical Variations In Patients With Post-Thrombotic Venous Outflow Obstruction
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
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7:53 AM - 7:58 AM A Good Stent Went Bad: What To Do
  Presenter(s):Gerard J. O'Sullivan, MD  
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM Recanalizing Occluded Venous Stents
  Presenter(s):Akhilesh K. Sista, MD  
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8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Contralateral Deep Vein Thrombosis After Iliac Vein Stenting: A Clear And Present Danger
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
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8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Crossing Chronic Femoro-Iliocaval Occlusions With Cone Beam CT
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Endovenectomy And Iliac Vein Stent Placement - How I Do It (Video Technique Demonstration)
  Presenter(s):Houman Jalaie, MD  
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM AbreTM Venous Self-Expanding Stent System Procedure Video
  Presenter(s):Stephen A. Black, MD  
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8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Challenging Deep Venous Recanalization: Go-To Tools And Approaches
  Presenter(s):Kush R. Desai, MD  
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 87
 
SESSION 88 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 88: ILIOCAVAL STENTS, STENT TRIALS AND STENT SURVEILLANCE
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8:41 AM - 8:46 AM Importance Of Stent Shape And Area On Clinical Outcome After Iliofemoral Venous Stenting (VICI Trial)
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh  
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8:47 AM - 8:52 AM Venovo Venous Stent Trial: Update
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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8:53 AM - 8:58 AM Zilver/Vena Stent Trial: Update
  Presenter(s):Gerard J. O'Sullivan, MD  
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8:59 AM - 9:04 AM VICI Stent Trial Update: 2 Years
  Presenter(s):Mahmood Razavi, MD  
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9:05 AM - 9:10 AM Technical Properties Of Nitinol: The Role Of Venous Stenting
  Presenter(s):Erin H. Murphy, MD  
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9:11 AM - 9:16 AM What You Should Know About The 4 Dedicated Venous US Stents: European Experience
  Presenter(s):Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
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9:17 AM - 9:22 AM Use Of Biopsy Of Venous In-Stent Stenosis To Guide Post-Operative Management
  Presenter(s):David M. Williams, MD  
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9:23 AM - 9:28 AM Surveillance After Venous Stenting: How And When
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA  
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9:29 AM - 9:34 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 88
 
SESSION 89 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 89: MORE ON ILIOCAVAL STENTS, STENT PROBLEMS POST-IMPLANTATION, MEDICAL AND HYBRID TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE VENOUS HYPERTENSION
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9:35 AM - 9:40 AM A Novel Technique And Outcomes For Iliocaval Extravascular Reconstruction (TIER) For Iliocaval Agenesis
  Presenter(s):Steven D. Abramowitz, MD / Edward Y. Woo, MD  
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9:41 AM - 9:46 AM Neointima Formation Following Venous Placement Of Self-Expanding Nitinol-Stents Of Different Porosity: Clinical And Experimental Results
  Presenter(s):Houman Jalaie, MD  
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9:47 AM - 9:52 AM Predictors Of Failure Of Iliac Vein Stenting
  Presenter(s):Rabih A. Chaer, MD  
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9:53 AM - 9:58 AM New And Validated Classification Of Chronic Venous Obstruction And Its Clinical Implications
  Presenter(s):Houman Jalaie, MD  
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9:59 AM - 10:04 AM What Is The Optimal Anticoagulant/Antithrombotic Regimen For Patients Undergoing Iliac Vein Stent
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Managing Anticoagulation To Avoid Postoperative Hemorrhage
  Presenter(s):Timothy K. Liem, MD, MBA  
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10:11 AM - 10:16 AM Percutaneous, Open Or Hybrid Deep Venous System Surgery: Indications And Results
  Presenter(s):Ignacio Escotto, MD  
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10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Stent Extension Into A Single Inflow Vessel Is A Valuable Option After Endophlebectomy
  Presenter(s):Rick De Graaf, MD, PhD  
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10:23 AM - 10:28 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 89
 
SESSION 90 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 90: STRATEGIES FOR CORRECTING SEVERE DEEP VENOUS OBSTRUCTION, VENOUS ULCERS AND NEW HORIZONS IN WOUND CARE
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10:29 AM - 10:34 AM SSAT Trial: Single Session Angioplasty Thrombolysis For Chronic Infrainguinal Deep Disease
  Presenter(s):Steve Elias, MD  
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10:35 AM - 10:40 AM Venous Issues In Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Lysis, Venoplasty, First Rib Resection: Staged Or Same Setting
  Presenter(s):Karl A. Illig, MD  
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10:41 AM - 10:46 AM When Venous Stents Are Not Enough
  Presenter(s):Marzia Lugli, MD  
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10:47 AM - 10:52 AM 90% Well-Recognized Venographic Signs Of Significant Iliac Vein Compression In Asymptomatic Young Volunteers
  Presenter(s):Cees H.A. Wittens, MD, PhD  
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10:53 AM - 10:58 AM Non-Invasive 24/7 Flow Augmentation In Deep Venous Pathology
  Presenter(s):Cees H.A. Wittens, MD, PhD  
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10:59 AM - 11:04 AM Panel Discussion
VENOUS ULCERS AND NEW HORIZONS IN WOUND CARE
Moderator(s): William A. Marston, MD / Joseph D. Raffetto, MD  
11:05 AM - 11:10 AM The Use Of Skin Substitutes To Promote Venous Leg Ulcer Healing
  Presenter(s):Sarah Onida, MD, PhD  
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11:11 AM - 11:16 AM The Link Between Deep Vein Reflux And Non-Healing Ulcers, A Deep Vein Valve Is Sorely Needed
  Presenter(s):William A. Marston, MD  
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11:17 AM - 11:22 AM Different Biochemical Profiles In Inflammatory And Granulating Wounds
  Presenter(s):Joseph D. Raffetto, MD  
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11:23 AM - 11:28 AM The True Cost Of Managing Venous Leg Ulcers: An International Review
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
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11:29 AM - 11:34 AM Important RCTs For Venous Wound Healing
  Presenter(s):William A. Marston, MD  
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11:35 AM - 11:40 AM The Recalcitrant Venous Ulcer: An Analysis Of Factors In 22 Of 60 That Failed To Heal After A 52-Week Period Of Treatment In Our Wound Center
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
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11:41 AM - 11:46 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 90
 
SESSION 91 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 91: CAVAL RECONSTRUCTION AND MORE FEMORAL AND ILIOCAVAL FLOW ISSUES
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11:47 AM - 11:52 AM IVC Replacement For Malignancy: How I Do It
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
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11:53 AM - 11:58 AM Long-Term Patency Of Primary Inferior Vena Cava Reconstructions
  Presenter(s):Mark K. Eskandari, MD  
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11:59 AM - 12:04 PM Optimal PTS Prevention
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
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12:05 PM - 12:11 PM Venous Stent Fractures: Does It Matter
  Presenter(s):David J. Dexter, MD  
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12:12 PM - 12:17 PM Stent Reconstruction Following IVC Filter-Related Caval Thrombosis
  Presenter(s):Akhilesh K. Sista, MD  
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12:18 PM - 12:23 PM Thrombosed IVC Filter: How To Recanalize The Cava And Manage The Filter
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
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12:24 PM - 12:29 PM Panel Discussion
12:30 PM - 12:59 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd And 3rd Floors

END OF SESSION 91
 
SESSION 92 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 92: SURGICAL AND INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN THE VENOUS SYSTEM
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Single Session Continuous Aspiration Thrombectomy (SSCAT) For All DVT Utilizing Indigo Thrombectomy System
  Presenter(s):Patrick E. Muck, MD, FACS  
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Inari CloTriever Device For Acute DVT
  Presenter(s):William A. Marston, MD  
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Thrombolysis For Acute DVT: Utilization And Guidance From Current Clinical Trials
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Sentry Two-Year Data
  Presenter(s):Robert Mendes, MD  
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM A Comparison Of Angiojet Versus CDT For The Treatment Of Iliofemoral DVT
  Presenter(s):Stephen A. Black, MD  
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Subgroup Analyses Of The ATTRACT Trial
  Presenter(s):Suresh Vedantham, MD  
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Treating Venous Thromboembolism Without Lytic Medications
  Presenter(s):Constantino Pena, MD  
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Angiovac Venous Thrombectomy: Where, When, And How
  Presenter(s):Mikel Sadek, MD  
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Renal Failure In Acute DVT Treatment - Incidence And Strategies For Prevention
  Presenter(s):Stephen A. Black, MD  
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1:54 PM - 1:59 PM P-Max Study: Mechanical Thrombectomy For Iliofemoral DVT With Aspirex
  Presenter(s):Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Interventional Treatment Of Iliofemoral And Caval DVT In The Office Based Lab
  Presenter(s):Mark J. Garcia, MD  
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Treatment Of Chronic Deep Venous Occlusions: Patient Selection, Procedural Pearls
  Presenter(s):Kush R. Desai, MD  
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Outcome Of Venous Stents In Adolescents, Teenagers, And Pregnancy
  Presenter(s):Gerard J. O'Sullivan, MD / Mahmood Razavi, MD  
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM May-Thurner Syndrome: From Board Question To Epidemic
  Presenter(s):Clifford M. Sales, MD, MBA, FACS  
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Pressure Measurements And IVUS In Deep Venous Obstructions, Mandatory Or Fancy
  Presenter(s):Rick De Graaf, MD, PhD  
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Is An Open Popliteal Vein A Prerequisite For Success: Does PMT Now Lead To Over-Stenting
  Presenter(s):Stephen A. Black, MD  
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM How Important Is Rapid Flow Restoration In DVT
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA  
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 92
 
SESSION 93 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 93: MEDICAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN THE VENOUS SYSTEM I
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM The Open Vessel Hypothesis: Applicability To DVT
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA  
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2:54 PM - 2:59 PM Inflammation And Venous Thrombosis – An Evidence Summary
  Presenter(s):Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
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3:00 PM - 3:05 PM Should All Patients With Acute VTE Be Treated With A Statin
  Presenter(s):Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, FACC  
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3:06 PM - 3:11 PM Update On Reversal Agents For The DOAC
  Presenter(s):Timothy K. Liem, MD, MBA  
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3:12 PM - 3:17 PM Thrombus Aging Using MRI
  Presenter(s):Stephen A. Black, MD  
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3:18 PM - 3:23 PM What Is The Optimal Anticoagulant/Antithrombotic Regimen For Patients Undergoing Iliac Vein Stent
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
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3:24 PM - 3:29 PM E-Selectin Inhibition Is Effective To Treat Proximal DVT In A Primate Model
  Presenter(s):Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Panel Discussion
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN THE VENOUS SYSTEM II
Moderator(s): Peter Henke, MD / Alberto C. Duque, MD  
3:36 PM - 3:41 PM Breakthrough DVT: When Thromboprophylaxis Is Not Enough
  Presenter(s):Andrea T. Obi, MD  
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3:42 PM - 3:47 PM Pediatric DVT – An Evidence Summary
  Presenter(s):Dawn M. Coleman, MD  
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3:48 PM - 3:53 PM Provoked Or Unprovoked DVT - Does It Matter Therapeutically
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
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3:54 PM - 3:59 PM Heparin Resistance During Thrombolysis For DVT
  Presenter(s):Jinsong Wang, MD  
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM MIST Therapy In Warfarin Necrosis
  Presenter(s):Joann Lohr, MD  
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4:06 PM - 4:11 PM Introduction: Chinese DVT Database
  Presenter(s):Jinsong Wang, MD  
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4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Is Bridging Anticoagulation With The Direct Oral Anticoagulants Necessary
  Presenter(s):Alberto C. Duque, MD  
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4:18 PM - 4:23 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 93
 
SESSION 94 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 94: DEEP VEIN VALVE TECHNOLOGIES, CAVAL INTERRUPTION AND IVC FILTER COMPLICATIONS
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DEEP VALVE PROGRESS
4:24 PM - 4:29 PM Safety And Efficacy Report On The Blueleaf Endovenous Valve Formation System Update On International And US Clinical Progress
  Presenter(s):Mikel Sadek, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Safety And Efficacy Report On The Venovalve (First In Man)
  Presenter(s):Jorge H. Ulloa, MD, FACS  
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4:36 PM - 4:41 PM What Are The Challenges In The Deep System - What Is The Role Of Venous Valves
  Presenter(s):Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD  
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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM What’s Up With The Sail Valve
  Presenter(s):Steve Elias, MD  
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4:48 PM - 4:53 PM Surgical Creation Of A Monocusp Valve
  Presenter(s):Marzia Lugli, MD  
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM Surgical Creation Of “Rival
  Presenter(s):Ramesh K. Tripathi, MD, FRCS, FRACS  
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Internal Compression Treatment Application For Deep Venous Insufficiency: 1.5-Year Clinical Results
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FACPh / Erdinc Eroglu, MD  
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5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Panel Discussion
CAVAL INTERRUPTION AND IVC FILTER COMPLICATIONS
Moderator(s): Timothy K. Liem, MD, MBA / Constantino Pena, MD  
5:12 PM - 5:17 PM The Novate Sentry Trial With A Novel Bio-Convertible IVC Filter: Follow-Up At 2 Years
  Presenter(s):Robert Mendes, MD  
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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Surgical Removal Of Perforated IVC Filters
  Presenter(s):Timothy K. Liem, MD, MBA  
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5:24 PM - 5:29 PM Avoiding And Managing IVC Disruption During Difficult IVC Filter Removal
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Outcomes And Associated Factors In Malpractice Litigation Involving IVC Filters
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM The PREPIC Trial: Fact Or Fiction
  Presenter(s):John E. Rectenwald, MD, MS  
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5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Why Temporary Filters Are Not Removed: Clinical Predictors In 1,000 Consecutive Cases
  Presenter(s):Heron E. Rodriguez, MD  
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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM What To Do With Fractured Filters And Embolic Filter Fragments
  Presenter(s):Constantino Pena, MD  
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5:54 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program L

END OF SESSION 94
 
SESSION 95 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 95: LOWER EXTREMITY TOPICS TOO IMPORTANT OR TOO HOT TO MISS (4 ¾-MINUTE TALKS)
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7:00 AM - 7:05 AM In Patients With CLTI And Major Gangrene And/Or Infection, Is More Than 1 Crural Revascularization Better: If Treating Endo; If Treating With Open Bypass
  Presenter(s):Ignacio Escotto, MD  
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7:05 AM - 7:10 AM Tips For Treating CLTI With Extensive Gangrene And Necrosis (Rutherford 6): Which Is Better – Bypass Or Multilevel Endo Revascularization
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Long-Term Results Of Coronary DESs In Treating Lower Extremity Occlusive Lesions And Failing Lower Extremity Bypasses: When Are They The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Christopher J. Abularrage, MD  
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7:15 AM - 7:20 AM Value Of Everolimus DESs For Treating Long Infrapopliteal Disease Causing CLTI: They Deserve Wider Use: Which Stent And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA  
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7:20 AM - 7:25 AM Endovascular Interventions With Stents And Atherectomy On The Common And Deep Femoral Arteries Are Safe, Effective And Durable: They Do Not Preclude Use Of The CFA For Access For Other Interventions
  Presenter(s):Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
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7:25 AM - 7:30 AM Real World Experience With DESs And Bare Metal Stents (BMSs) In Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: Does Metformin Influence DES Or BMS Patency
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
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7:30 AM - 7:35 AM Panel Discussion
7:35 AM - 7:40 AM Value Of Toe Pressures And Toe/Brachial Index In Evaluating Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease And Healing Potential: What Are Normal Values And Values That Indicate Healing Is Likely
  Presenter(s):Gabriel Szendro, MD  
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Lower Extremity Bypasses Are Money Losers For Hospitals And Poorly Reimbursed For Vascular Surgeons: At Least In The US: What Can Be Done About It
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD  
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7:45 AM - 7:50 AM Outcomes Of Isolated Inframelleolar (Pedal) Artery Interventions: When Are They Worthwhile
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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7:50 AM - 7:55 AM How Can WIFI (Wound, Ischemia, Foot Infection) Classification Help To Identify CLTI Patients Most Likely To Benefit From Revascularization; From An Open Bypass
  Presenter(s):Joseph L. Mills, MD / Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
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7:55 AM - 8:00 AM Outcomes Of Peroneal Artery Revascularization For CLTI: Open And Endo: When They Work And When They Don’t
  Presenter(s):Rabih A. Chaer, MD  
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Real World Experience With DCBs Is Not As Favorable As The Trials Might Suggest: Why Is This So
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
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8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 95
 
SESSION 96 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 96: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY TOPICS TOO IMPORTANT OR TOO HOT TO MISS (4 ¾-MINUTE TALKS)
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BEST CLI LEADERS' VIEWS ON WHICH TREATMENT SHOULD BE USED FIRST – ENDO OR OPEN
8:10 AM - 8:15 AM DEBATE: Durable Good Results With Tibial Artery Bypasses Support Their Use As First Treatment In Many Diabetics With CLTI
  Presenter(s):Alik Farber, MD  
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8:15 AM - 8:20 AM DEBATE: Not So: Endo First Is Best In Most Diabetic Patients With CLTI
  Presenter(s):Matthew T. Menard, MD  
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8:20 AM - 8:30 AM A Critical Appraisal Of Endovascular Treatments For Infrapopliteal Occlusive Disease: Bringing Reason To The Jumble Of Claims (10-Minute Talk)
  Presenter(s):Iris Baumgartner, MD  
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8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Modifications In The Surgical Technique Of The Standard BTK Amputation To Facilitate Easier Walking Functions With The New Improved High-Tech Prostheses
  Presenter(s):Michael E. Barfield, MD  
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Pitfalls In Upper Extremity Access For Lower Extremity Procedures And How To Avoid Them
  Presenter(s):Matthew W. Mell, MD, MS  
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8:40 AM - 8:45 AM Panel Discussion
8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Supera Stents Versus DESs For Treating SFA-Pop Lesions: A Propensity Analysis Indicates Which Stent Is Best For Which Lesion: How Does Calcification Matter
  Presenter(s):Hany Zayed, MD  
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8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Value Of IVUS (Intravascular Ultrasound) In Vascular Diagnosis And Treatments: New Technical Advances And Which Device System Is Best
  Presenter(s):Donald B. Reid, MD  
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8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Value Of Stent-Grafts To Treat Access Site Complications From TAVR In The Femoral Or Iliac Arteries: Technical Tips And Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
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9:00 AM - 9:05 AM The Serranator Balloon Angioplasty Device (From Cagent Vascular) For Lesion Prep And Minimizing Dissections: How It Works, Current Status And Results
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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9:05 AM - 9:10 AM Lithoplasty (Shockwave Medical) Plus DCB For Treating CFA Occlusive Lesions: Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD  
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Pulsed B-Mode Laser Atherectomy For Treating SFA Occlusive Lesions: Why It Is Better Than Other Atherectomy Devices: From The EXIMO Trial
  Presenter(s):John H. Rundback, MD, FSIR, FAHA, FSVMB  
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9:15 AM - 9:20 AM Panel Discussion
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (3rd Floor)
END OF SESSION 96
 
SESSION 97 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 97: AORTIC TOPICS TOO IMPORTANT OR TOO HOT TO MISS (4 ¾-MINUTE TALKS)
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9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Combining Endografts From Different Companies Can Solve Problems And Has Few Downsides: Some Positive Examples
  Presenter(s):Sigrid Nikol, MD  
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9:35 AM - 9:40 AM Predicting Visceral Segment Aortic Growth After Infrarenal AAA Repair By EVAR And Open Surgery: What Factors Are Involved And Why It Matters
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM DEBATE: Invasive Treatment Of Takayasu’s Disease Should Be Mostly By Open Surgery: Late Results Prove It: Value Of Endo Treatments Is Minimal
  Presenter(s):Thomas C. Bower, MD  
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9:45 AM - 9:50 AM DEBATE: Not So: Endovascular Treatments Have A Major Role In The Treatment Of Takayasu’s Lesions: What Is That Role: When Is Surgery Required
  Presenter(s):Ramesh K. Tripathi, MD, FRCS, FRACS  
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9:50 AM - 9:55 AM Aortic Stump Blow Out After Removal Of An Infected Aortic Graft: How To Prevent It And How To Treat It So As To And Save Some Patients
  Presenter(s):Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
9:55 AM - 10:00 AM Giant AAA Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction: Rare But Real And How To Treat It
  Presenter(s):Gabriel Szendro, MD  
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10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Why 3D Ultrasound Is Better Than CTA For EVAR Follow-Up: What Equipment Is Required
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
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10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion
10:10 AM - 10:15 AM Value Of Terumo Aortic Relay Plus TEVAR Graft For Very Tortuous Anatomy: What Are Its Advantages Over Other Grafts And Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Patrick E. Muck, MD, FACS  
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10:15 AM - 10:20 AM Isolated Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms Without An Aortic Aneurysm: At What Size Should They Be Fixed: What Iliac Branched Device (IBD) Should Be Used And When
  Presenter(s):Fabio Verzini, MD, PhD  
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10:20 AM - 10:25 AM AAA Shrinkage Can Occur When A Massive Endoleak Is Present With An Aortocaval Fistula: What Is The Mechanism And What Are The Implications For Treating Endoleaks
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
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10:25 AM - 10:30 AM How To Treat Substantial Type 1A Endoleak After A Standard EVAR: Cuff, Chimney, Embolization, F/EVAR, Conversion: When Is Each Best
  Presenter(s):Nicola Mangialardi, MD / Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
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10:30 AM - 10:35 AM AAAs With Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease: What Is Its Significance And How Is It Best Treated
  Presenter(s):Christopher J. Smolock, MD  
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10:35 AM - 10:40 AM Creative Alternative Access Sites For TEVAR And TAVR And What Can Go Wrong With Them
  Presenter(s):Shang Loh, MD  
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10:40 AM - 10:45 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 97
 
SESSION 98 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 98: AORTIC AND CAROTID TOPICS TOO IMPORTANT OR TOO HOT TO MISS (4 ¾-MINUTE TALKS)
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AORTIC OR BRANCH RELATED TOPICS
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM Prophylactic Sac Embolization To Prevent Type 2 Endoleaks: When And How To Do It And How 3D AAA Modeling Can Help
  Presenter(s):Andrew Barleben, MD, MPH  
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10:50 AM - 10:55 AM TEVAR Treatment For Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Lessons Learned And Tips And Tricks For Secondary Interventions: From An Experience With >130 Cases
  Presenter(s):Boonprasit Kritpracha, MD  
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10:55 AM - 11:00 AM Endovascular Treatment Of Ruptured And Intact Visceral Aneurysms: When Is It Possible And When Is It Not: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Rabih A. Chaer, MD  
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11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Endovascular Treatment Of EVAR Limb Occlusion: Technical Tips And Precautions: Is A Fem-Fem Bypass Ever Needed
  Presenter(s):Klaus M. Overbeck, MD, MPhil  
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11:05 AM - 11:10 AM Endovascular Rescue After Inadvertent False Lumen Stent-Graft Deployment During TEVAR For TBAD
  Presenter(s):Sukgu Han, MD / Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM / Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  
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11:10 AM - 11:15 AM When Endovascular Procedures Fail, Axillofemoral Bypass Is Better Than Aortofemoral Bypass In Most Patients: Technical Tips, Contraindications And Results
  Presenter(s):Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS  
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11:15 AM - 11:20 AM Why Randomized Controlled Vascular Trials Do Not Always Reflect Reality
  Presenter(s):Kosmas I. Paraskevas, MD / Gert J. de Borst, MD, PhD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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11:20 AM - 11:25 AM Panel Discussion
CAROTID RELATED TOPICS
11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Optimal Current Treatment Of Extracranial Carotid Aneurysms: When Endo, When Open: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Piotr Szopinski, MD, PhD  
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11:30 AM - 11:35 AM Update On Current Optimal Treatment Of Carotid Body Tumors: Technical Tips And Adjuncts
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
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11:35 AM - 11:40 AM Guidelines For Carotid Disease Management – Why We Need A Fresh Approach: The Asymptomatic Disease Challenge
  Presenter(s):Jose Fernandes e Fernandes, MD, PhD, FRCS (Eng), FACS,FESC,FEBVS  
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11:40 AM - 11:45 AM How Does Carotid Plaque Morphology Differ Between Acutely Symptomatic Patients And Asymptomatic Patients: What Does Adequate Statin Treatment Do To Plaque Morphology
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
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11:45 AM - 11:50 AM The Incidence Of In Stent Restenosis (ISR) After CAS Is Underestimated: What Are The Clinical Implications
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
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11:50 AM - 11:55 AM Why Is Surveillance Necessary After CAS Since ISR Is Rare And Benign
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD  
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11:55 AM - 12:00 PM How To Avoid Problems With TCAR: When Is The Procedure Contraindicated
  Presenter(s):Michael C. Stoner, MD  
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12:00 PM - 12:05 PM How To Perform TCAR Safely: Technical Tips: What Are The Pitfalls
  Presenter(s):Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD  
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12:05 PM - 12:10 PM What Risk Factors Predict When A Patient With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis (ACS) Has A Good Chance Of Having A Stroke And Should Be Treated Invasively
  Presenter(s):Richard P. Cambria, MD  
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12:10 PM - 12:15 PM What Are The Real Differences Between Open And Closed Cell Stents For CAS: When Are Closed Cell Stents Worse: From SVS VQI Data
  Presenter(s):Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS  
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12:15 PM - 12:25 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program M

The A-V Access And Multidisciplinary Acute Stroke Programs Continue in the Grand Ballroom West and the Trianon Ballrooms.

END OF SESSION 98
 
SESSION 99 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 99: IMPORTANT ISSUES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Introduction
  Presenter(s):Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH / Larry A. Scher, MD  
8:06 AM - 8:13 AM The Right Patient With The Right Access: Updated KDOQI Recommendations And How They Will Change Your Practice
  Presenter(s):Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN  
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8:14 AM - 8:21 AM Helping Patients To Advocate For Themselves
  Presenter(s):Dori R. Schatell, MS  
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8:22 AM - 8:29 AM How Good Is The Information On Hemodialysis Access That Patients Find On The Internet
  Presenter(s):Mark G. Davies, MD  
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8:30 AM - 8:37 AM Top 10 Newly Published AV Access Publications You Should Know About
  Presenter(s):Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
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8:38 AM - 8:45 AM It’s A FACT: Update On The Fist Assist Pre-Surgery Vein Dilatation Study
  Presenter(s):Tej M. Singh, MD, MBA  
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8:46 AM - 8:54 AM Panel Discussion
8:55 AM - 9:02 AM Strategies To Maintain Hemodialysis Access And Avoid Running Out Of Real Estate
  Presenter(s):Robyn A. Macsata, MD  
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9:03 AM - 9:10 AM How Do Outflow Venous Valves, Collateral Branches And Arterial Calcification Affect AV Fistula Maturation
  Presenter(s):Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD  
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9:11 AM - 9:18 AM Contemporary Evaluation Of Factors Affecting AV Fistula Maturation
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD  
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9:19 AM - 9:26 AM The Role Of Duplex Ultrasound In Assessing AV Fistula Maturation
  Presenter(s):Yana Etkin, MD  
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9:27 AM - 9:34 AM Safe Cannulation Patterns In AV Fistulas: Rope Ladder Versus Buttonhole Versus Area Cannulation To Avoid Fistula Aneurysms
  Presenter(s):Dori R. Schatell, MS  
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9:35 AM - 9:42 AM Wearable Device For Continuous Noninvasive Monitoring Of Vascular Access Health In Hemodialysis Patients
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
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9:43 AM - 9:50 AM Interwoven Nitinol Stents To Treat Radiocephalic Anastomotic AV Fistula Stenosis
  Presenter(s):Shannon D. Thomas, MD  
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9:51 AM - 9:59 AM Panel Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (3rd Floor)
END OF SESSION 99
 
SESSION 100 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 100: OPTIMIZING OUTCOMES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:16 AM - 10:23 AM Can Our Understanding Of AV Fistula Stenosis Be Translated To Better Patient Care
  Presenter(s):Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD  
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10:24 AM - 10:31 AM Ultrasound Differentiation Of AV Access Lesions: When To Treat And When Not To Treat
  Presenter(s):Kate Steiner, MD  
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10:32 AM - 10:39 AM Is There Any Current Role For Drug Coated Balloons And Stents In Hemodialysis Access
  Presenter(s):Panoagiotis M. Kitrou, MD, MSc, PhD, EBIR  
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10:40 AM - 10:47 AM Is A Pharmacological Solution The Answer The To Improving Outcomes With AV Fistulas And Grafts
  Presenter(s):Sriram S. Iyer, MD, FACC  
10:48 AM - 10:55 AM Avoiding Fatal Dialysis Access Hemorrhage
  Presenter(s):Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse, MD, MPH, FASN  
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10:56 AM - 11:04 AM Panel Discussion
11:05 AM - 11:12 AM Removal Of Infected AV Grafts Is A Morbid Procedure
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD, RPVI, FACS  
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11:13 AM - 11:20 AM Use And Abuse Of The Outpatient Dialysis Access Center
  Presenter(s):Clifford M. Sales, MD, MBA, FACS  
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11:21 AM - 11:28 AM Use Of The In.Pact Balloon In Treating AV Access Stenoses
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA  
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DEBATE: SHOULD AV FISTULAS BE LIGATED AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
11:29 AM - 11:36 AM No: We Should Preserve Fistulas For Possible Future Hemodialysis
  Presenter(s):Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse, MD, MPH, FASN  
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11:37 AM - 11:44 AM Yes: Cardiac Decompensation Is Potentially Life Threatening: Here’s The Data
  Presenter(s):Sriram S. Iyer, MD, FACC  
11:45 AM - 11:53 AM Panel Discussion
11:53 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch Break - (3rd Floor Foyer)
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (3rd Floor)

END OF SESSION 100
 
SESSION 101 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 101: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ISSUES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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12:30 PM - 12:37 PM Is Comprehensive ESRD Care The Responsibility Of A Society
  Presenter(s):Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD  
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12:38 PM - 12:45 PM APM/ESCO/MACRA/MIPS – Alphabet Soup Or The Future Of Vascular Access Reimbursement
  Presenter(s):Evan C. Lipsitz, MD, MBA  
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12:46 PM - 12:53 PM Why The Future Of AV Access Care Must Begin With Collaboration
  Presenter(s):Sapan S. Desai, MD, PhD, MBA  
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12:54 PM - 1:01 PM Site Of Service Influence On Stent Utilization For Hemodialysis Interventions
  Presenter(s):Matthew J. Dougherty, MD  
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1:02 PM - 1:09 PM Impact Of Changing Reimbursement For Outpatient Hemodialysis Procedures On Hospital IR Workflow
  Presenter(s):Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
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1:10 PM - 1:18 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 101
 
SESSION 102 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 102: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CONCEPTS IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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PERCUTANEOUS AV FISTULAS: WHAT IS THEIR ROLE IN CONTEMPORARY DIALYSIS ACCESS PRACTICE
1:19 PM - 1:26 PM Update On The Ellipsys Vascular Access System
  Presenter(s):Robert Shahverdyan, MD  
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1:27 PM - 1:34 PM Update On The WavelinQ Device
  Presenter(s):Panoagiotis M. Kitrou, MD, MSc, PhD, EBIR  
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1:35 PM - 1:42 PM Optimizing Success: Patient Selection For Successful Percutaneous AV Fistula Placement
  Presenter(s):Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse, MD, MPH, FASN  
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1:43 PM - 1:50 PM Assessment And Cannulation Of Percutaneous AV Fistulas
  Presenter(s):Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN  
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1:51 PM - 1:58 PM Tips And Tricks For Percutaneous AV Fistula Creation: How Long Is The Learning Curve
  Presenter(s):John E. Aruny, MD  
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1:59 PM - 2:06 PM Surgical Revision Of Percutaneous AV Fistula: How Often Is It Necessary
  Presenter(s):John R. Ross, Sr., MD  
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2:07 PM - 2:17 PM Kidney X: Accelerating Innovation In The Prevention, Diagnosis And Treatment Of Kidney Diseases (10-Minute Talk)
  Presenter(s):John R. Sedor, MD  
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2:18 PM - 2:28 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 102
 
SESSION 103 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 103: UPDATE ON CLINICAL CHALLENGES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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2:29 PM - 2:36 PM Hybrid Technique To Manage The Aneurysmal Degenerative Fistula
  Presenter(s):Charles J. Fox, MD, FACS  
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2:37 PM - 2:44 PM AV Graft Coatings And Configurations: How Do We Choose What Is Best
  Presenter(s):Marc H. Glickman, MD  
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2:45 PM - 2:52 PM Immediate Access Grafts Provide Comparable Patency To Standard Grafts With Fewer Reinterventions And Catheter Related Complications
  Presenter(s):Ellen D. Dillavou, MD  
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2:53 PM - 3:00 PM Tapered AV Grafts Do Not Provide Significant Advantage Over Non-Tapered Grafts In Upper Extremity Dialysis Access
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD, RPVI, FACS  
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3:01 PM - 3:08 PM Spectrum Of Hand Dysfunction After AV Access Placement
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD  
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3:09 PM - 3:16 PM Dialysis Access In The Pediatric Population: Technical Tips And Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Vincent L. Rowe, MD  
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3:17 PM - 3:24 PM Utilization Of Stent Grafts In The Management Of AV Access Pseudoaneurysms
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
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3:25 PM - 3:32 PM The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Central Venous Bypass To Allow Upper Extremity AV Access
  Presenter(s):Mark G. Davies, MD  
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3:33 PM - 3:40 PM Panel Discussion
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END OF SESSION 103
 
SESSION 104 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 104: ACUTE STROKE DECISIONS – TRIAGE AND IMAGING
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Introduction
  Presenter(s):Allan L. Brook, MD  
8:06 AM - 8:11 AM Organization Of Endovascular Thrombectomy And Next Generation Solutions
  Presenter(s):J. Mocco, MD, MS  
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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM Basilar Thrombosis: Data And Guidelines
  Presenter(s):Aaron S. Dumont, MD, MBA  
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8:18 AM - 8:28 AM 2019 Imaging The Clot, Collaterals, And Cerebral Structures That Matter
  Presenter(s):R. Gilberto Gonzalez, MD, PhD  
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8:29 AM - 8:39 AM Low NIHSS And LVO: My Basis For Treatment And Triage
  Presenter(s):Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD  
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8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Emergency Room Issues: Triage At Its Best
  Presenter(s):Edward C. Jauch, MD, MS  
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8:51 AM - 9:01 AM Imaging Trends And What To Expect After DAWN
  Presenter(s):Claudia F.E. Kirsch, MD  
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9:02 AM - 9:12 AM AI Systems Of Triage: Pros And Cons
  Presenter(s):Don Frei, MD  
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9:13 AM - 9:23 AM European Stroke Systems And How They Differ
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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9:24 AM - 9:34 AM Dangerous Imaging And Craniectomy Timing
  Presenter(s):Michele H. Johnson, MD, FACR, FASER  
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9:35 AM - 9:45 AM MRI In Acute Stroke Care And When It Is Best To Utilize
  Presenter(s):R. Gilberto Gonzalez, MD, PhD  
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9:46 AM - 10:00 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (3rd Floor)
END OF SESSION 104
 
SESSION 105 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 105: STROKE TREATMENT – ADVANCED METHODS AND STANDARDS OF CARE
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10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Radial Access For Stroke Intervention
  Presenter(s):Sudhakar R. Satti, MD  
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10:11 AM - 10:21 AM Stroke Thrombectomy 2025: My Predictions
  Presenter(s):Muhammad S. Hussain, MD  
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10:22 AM - 10:32 AM Distal Occlusions, M2 And Beyond: My Criteria
  Presenter(s):David S. Liebeskind, MD  
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10:33 AM - 10:43 AM Time Saving Pearls To Revascularization: All Hospitals Are Not Created Equally
  Presenter(s):Reade A. De Leacy, MBBS  
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10:44 AM - 10:54 AM Low Aspect Score Is No Barrier To Thrombectomy And Why
  Presenter(s):Charles Esenwa, MD, MS  
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10:55 AM - 11:05 AM Review Of The Latest Literature In Stroke Care
  Presenter(s):Dorothea Altschul, MD  
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11:06 AM - 11:16 AM Imaging As The Engine To Drive Stroke Forward
  Presenter(s):Thabele Leslie-Mazwi, MD  
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END OF SESSION 105
 
SESSION 106 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 106: HOT TOPICS AND TRENDS 2019
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11:17 AM - 11:27 AM ELVO Stroke: How Should We Meet The Perceived Demand
  Presenter(s):Joshua A. Hirsch, MD  
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11:28 AM - 11:38 AM Techniques For Thrombectomy: Next Generation Trending Now
  Presenter(s):Reade A. De Leacy, MBBS  
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11:39 AM - 11:49 AM Multidisciplinary Teams: Our Strategic Implementation And Success
  Presenter(s):J. Mocco, MD, MS  
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11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Stroke Legislation Update And Local Complications
  Presenter(s):Bradley Kaufman, MD, MPH  
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12:00 PM - 12:09 PM Pick up Lunch from the Grand Ballroom Foyer (3rd Floor) and return to the Murray Hill Suite for the Luncheon Session.
END OF SESSION 106
 
SESSION 107 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 107: LUNCHEON SESSION – ATHEROSCLEROSIS, INTRACRANIAL STENTING AND CAROTID STENTING 2019 TRENDING POSITIVE!
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12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Carotid Literature Review 2018
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
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12:21 PM - 12:31 PM When And Why Should Direct Carotid Access Stenting (TCAR) Replace CEA And Transfemoral CAS: When Should It Not
  Presenter(s):Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS  
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12:32 PM - 12:42 PM Thrombectomy Outcomes Of Intracranial Atherosclerosis Related Occlusions Data And Issues
  Presenter(s):Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD, MSc  
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12:43 PM - 12:53 PM Vessel Wall Imaging: Latest Techniques And Where It Is Beneficial
  Presenter(s):Richard L. Zampolin, MD  
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12:54 PM - 1:04 PM Tandem Occlusions: Strategies And Lessons Learned
  Presenter(s):Don Heck, MD  
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END OF SESSION 107
 
SESSION 108 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 108: BRAIN ANEURYSM AND VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS
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1:05 PM - 1:15 PM Aneurysm Devices And How I Choose
  Presenter(s):Richard P. Klucznik, MD, FACR  
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1:16 PM - 1:26 PM What’s In The Pipeline: A Treatment For All Aneurysms
  Presenter(s):Peter K. Nelson, MD  
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1:27 PM - 1:37 PM Surpassing Pipeline And Why
  Presenter(s):Ajay K. Wakhloo, MD, PhD, FAHA  
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1:38 PM - 1:48 PM Flow Diverters: Technical Subtle Pearls That Saved My A . . .
  Presenter(s):Alexander Coon, MD  
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1:49 PM - 1:59 PM Role Of Intra-Aneurysmal Therapy: Devices And Where They Are Best Used
  Presenter(s):David Fiorella, MD, PhD  
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2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Treatment Of Spetzler Martin Grade 1-2 Arteriovenous Malformations
  Presenter(s):Philip M. Meyers, MD  
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2:11 PM - 2:21 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 108
 
SESSION 109 SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION 109: FUTURE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT AND EXPANDING YOUR PRACTICE
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2:22 PM - 2:32 PM Perfusion Failure And Neurosurgical Options
  Presenter(s):Howard A. Riina, MD  
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2:33 PM - 2:43 PM Collateral Circulation: Scoring And Where It Matters Most
  Presenter(s):Allan L. Brook, MD  
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2:44 PM - 2:54 PM Robotics: Am I Putting Myself Into Early Retirement
  Presenter(s):Athos Patsalides, MD, MPH  
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2:55 PM - 3:05 PM CSF Flow Dynamics And Treatment Strategies
  Presenter(s):Seon-Kyu Lee, MD, PhD  
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3:06 PM - 3:16 PM Current Billing And Coding Updates In The Neurointerventional Surgery
  Presenter(s):Henry H. Woo, MD  
3:17 PM - 3:27 PM Intracranial Hemorrhage: When Does The Interventional Team Play A Role
  Presenter(s):David Fiorella, MD, PhD  
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3:28 PM - 3:38 PM BATMAN: AVM And SRS – What Do We Know
  Presenter(s):David J. Altschul, MD  
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3:39 PM - 3:50 PM Panel Discussion
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END OF SESSION 109