SESSION 52 SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION 52: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND UPDATES: EARLY CAROTID TREATMENT, TAKAYASU’S DISEASE AND TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING CAROTID PLAQUES NONINVASIVELY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Techniques For Crossing Over Difficult Aortic Bifurcations To Deliver Contralateral Interventions
  Presenter(s):Scott L. Stevens, MD  
6:46 AM - 6:51 AM Outcomes Of Urgent CEA In Symptomatic Patients: Are They Acceptable
  Presenter(s):Gabriel Szendro, MD  
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Can The 14-Day Treatment Target For Symptomatic Carotid Disease Patients Be Met: Are The Outcomes Acceptable
  Presenter(s):A. Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Results Of Urgent CEA In Symptomatic Patients: Can CAS Results Equal Them
  Presenter(s):Laura Capoccia, MD, PhD  
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Is Early Intervention For Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis As Good For CAS As CEA
  Presenter(s):Sumaira Macdonald, MBChB (Comm), FRCP, FRCR, PhD  
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM How To Treat Cerebral Ischemia From Takayasu’s Disease
  Presenter(s):Zhong Gao Wang, MD  
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM When Is Endovascular Treatment Of Takayasu’s With PTA, Stent Or Stent-Graft Indicated And Justified By The Results
  Presenter(s):Xiaoyun Luo, MD  
7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Pros And Cons Of Open Bypass Surgery And Endovascular Procedures With Supra-aortic Lesions Due To Takayasu’s Disease
  Presenter(s):Young Wook Kim, MD  
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Thomas S. Riles, MD / Allan L. Brook, MD  
7:34 AM - 7:39 AM DEBATE: Key Findings In The SAMMPRIS Trial Showing Intracranial Stents To Be Less Effective Than Best Medical Treatment In Preventing Strokes
  Presenter(s):Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
7:40 AM - 7:45 AM DEBATE: SAMMPRIS Had Major Flaws And Reached Misleading Conclusions
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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7:46 AM - 7:51 AM How To Make Endovascular Treatment Of Acute Strokes Work Best In 2012: Why Have Some Of The Trials To Date Been Negative
  Presenter(s):Don Frei, MD  
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Relationship Between IVUS-Characterized Plaque Morphology And Embolic Potential – Spontaneously And During CAS
  Presenter(s):Wei Zhou, MD  
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM Dynamic Contrast Ultrasonography To Stratify Risk In Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients: How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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8:04 AM - 8:09 AM 3-D Ultrasound And MRI Assessment Of Carotid Plaques: Do Statins Result In Plaque Shrinkage And Other Beneficial Changes
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
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8:10 AM - 8:15 AM How To Identify Asymptomatic Carotid Stenoses At High Risk For Causing A Stroke: Searching For The Holy Grail
  Presenter(s):Jose Fernandes e Fernandes, MD, PhD, FRCS (Eng), FACS  
8:16 AM - 8:21 AM Impact Of Contralateral Carotid Occlusion (CCO) On The Comparative Results Of CEA And CAS For Treatment Of Carotid Stenosis: CAS Is Equivalent To CEA With CCO
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD, MS / Gilbert R. Upchurch, MD / Gregg S. Landis, MD  
8:22 AM - 8:28 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 52
 
SESSION 53 SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION 53: MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS: MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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8:28 AM - 8:33 AM Current Treatment Of Para-anastomotic Aneurysms After Open Surgery: Are They Easily Fixed Endovascularly
  Presenter(s):Arno von Ristow, MD  
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8:34 AM - 8:39 AM Endovascular Treatment Of Late Complications From Open AAA Surgery
  Presenter(s):Giancarlo Mansueto, MD  
8:40 AM - 8:45 AM MRI Is Better Than CTA For Finding Endoleaks And Identifying Their Type: Why
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
8:46 AM - 8:51 AM EVAR Of Primary Infected (Mycotic) AAAs: Results Are Surprisingly Good But Not Universally So
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD / Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
8:52 AM - 8:57 AM Techniques For Safe Open Conversion After Failed EVAR And TEVAR
  Presenter(s):Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
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8:58 AM - 9:03 AM Complications Of TEVAR For Treatment Of Traumatic Aortic Injury And How They Can Be Prevented And Treated
  Presenter(s):Ali Azizzadeh, MD  
9:04 AM - 9:09 AM How To Treat AAAs With <14 mm Distal Necks Safely With Bifurcated Endografts
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Cost Effectiveness Of EVAR And Open Repair In The OVER Trial After 2 Years
  Presenter(s):Frank A. Lederle, MD  
9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm In Patients With AAAs: How Common Are They And When Should They Be Looked For With Chest CT
  Presenter(s):Rabih A. Chaer, MD / Michel S. Makaroun, MD  
9:22 AM - 9:27 AM When Are Custom Made Endografts Needed To Treat Thoracic Aneurysm Pathology
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM Limb Component Issues With Newer Lower Profile EVAR Devices: Will They Be A Problem
  Presenter(s):Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Are There Still Indications For Hybrid Procedures for TAAA/Repair
  Presenter(s):Ian Loftus, MD  
9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Present Status Of Intrasac Pressure Measurements With The CardioMEMS Device In The Management Of Endoleaks: Is It Worthwhile And Worth The Cost
  Presenter(s):Ross Milner, MD  
9:46 AM - 10:00 AM Panel Discussion And Break
Coffee Available in Grand Ballroom Foyer, 3rd Floor

END OF SESSION 53
 
SESSION 54 SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION 54: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID DISEASE TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:00 AM - 10:05 AM A Postop MI With Only A Rise In Troponin Is A Bad Thing But No Worse A Predictor Of Late Mortality Than Any Stroke: Based On CREST And Other Data
  Presenter(s):Wesley S. Moore, MD  
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10:06 AM - 10:11 AM When Do Clot Retrieval Devices Work In Acute Stroke: Which Device Is Best – Merci, Penumbra, Solitaire And Trevo: The SWIFT Trial
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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10:12 AM - 10:17 AM CAS Or CEA For Carotid Disease Associated With Neck Radiation: Which Treatment Is Best
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
10:18 AM - 10:23 AM Value And Limitation Of Optical Coherence Tomography To Evaluate Carotid Plaques And Luminal Anatomy Before And After CAS
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD  
10:24 AM - 10:29 AM Simplified Safe Technique For Carotid Subclavian Bypass
  Presenter(s):Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD / Mark D. Morasch, MD, FACS, RPVI  
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10:30 AM - 10:35 AM DEBATE: When Should A Shunt Be Used During CEA: From The VSGNE
  Presenter(s):Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS / Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
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10:36 AM - 10:41 AM DEBATE: A Shunt Should Never Be Used During CEA: What Is Required To Use The No-Shunt Technique Safely
  Presenter(s):Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS  
10:42 AM - 10:47 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Benjamin W. Starnes, MD / Thomas S. Riles, MD  
10:48 AM - 10:53 AM Technical Tricks And Devices Make CAS Easier And Safer With The MoMa Flow Cessation Device And The 2 Wire PITON Catheter
  Presenter(s):Gioacchino Coppi, MD  
10:54 AM - 10:59 AM How To Risk Adjust Symptomatic And Asymptomatic Patients For CAS And CEA: A View Of A Vascular Specialist Who Does Both
  Presenter(s):Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
11:00 AM - 11:05 AM The Case Against Routine Carotid Patching Despite All The Level I Evidence And Hype: How And When To Avoid Patches
  Presenter(s):Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD  
11:06 AM - 11:11 AM Endovascular Treatment And Bailout Of Complications From Carotid Surgery: A Simpler Better Solution Than Redo Surgery
  Presenter(s):Franco Grego, MD / Giovanni P. Deriu, MD  
11:12 AM - 11:17 AM A New Better Monitoring Technique For CEA: Light General/Endotracheal Anesthesia Which Allows Patients To Demonstrate Motor Function: It Really Works And Decreases Patient And Surgeon Stress
  Presenter(s):Giancarlo G.C. Accarino, MD  
11:18 AM - 11:23 AM PTFE Interposition Grafts For CEA Gone Wrong: An Effective And Durable Bailout Procedure
  Presenter(s):Dieter Raithel, MD, PhD  
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11:24 AM - 11:29 AM DEBATE: AHA And European Cardiology Guidelines For CAS Have It Right: CAS Is An Alternative To CEA For Symptomatic Patients With Carotid Stenosis
  Presenter(s):Alberto Cremonesi, MD, FESC  
11:30 AM - 11:35 AM DEBATE:Nonsense: The SVS Guidelines Have It Right: CAS Is Not An Alternative To CEA For Most Symptomatic Patients With Carotid Stenosis
  Presenter(s):Michel S. Makaroun, MD  
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 54
 
SESSION 55 SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION 55: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES RELATED TO CAS AND CEA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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11:42 AM - 11:47 AM Comparison Of 5 Different Guidelines For Treating Carotid Stenosis: How Can Such Differing Interpretations Be Drawn From The Same Data
  Presenter(s):Kosmas I. Paraskevas, MD / Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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11:48 AM - 11:53 AM CREST Cost Comparisons Between CAS And CEA: Possible Flaws In The CREST Cost Data That Make Its Conclusions Misleading
  Presenter(s):W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD  
11:54 AM - 11:59 AM Impact Of Cranial Nerve Defects (CRI) In CREST At One Year: These CRIs Were Minor And Not Equivalent To Strokes
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
12:00 PM - 12:05 PM DEBATE: CEA vs. CAS In Symptomatic Patients: The Heart Should Not Rule The Head When Deciding Treatment Strategies
  Presenter(s):A. Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
12:06 PM - 12:11 PM DEBATE: CEA vs. CAS In Symptomatic Patients: The Heart Should Rule The Head When Deciding Treatment Strategies
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
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12:12 PM - 12:17 PM Which Carotid Patients Needing Invasive Treatment Do I Currently Send For CEA
  Presenter(s):Klaus D. Mathias, MD  
12:18 PM - 12:23 PM Are CAS vs. CEA Trials Inherently Biased: Critical Appraisal Of Endpoints
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
12:24 PM - 12:29 PM DEBATE: Many Selected Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients Benefit From CEA: How Should They Be Picked
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
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12:30 PM - 12:35 PM DEBATE: Not So: With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients Any Benefit Of Invasive Treatment Is Outweighed By The Risks
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP, FRACP  
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12:36 PM - 12:41 PM Predictors Of Early Adverse Outcomes After CEA: Are They An Indication For CAS
  Presenter(s):Erik E. Debing, MD, PhD  
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12:42 PM - 12:47 PM Current Strategies For Treating Carotid And Vertebral Dissections
  Presenter(s):L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
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12:48 PM - 12:53 PM Is A Postop MI With Only A Rise In Troponin A Bad Thing And Predictive Of Late Increased Mortality Risk
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
12:54 PM - 12:59 PM Current Stent Design For CAS Procedures Is Inadequate: What Is On The Horizon To Remedy This
  Presenter(s):Sumaira Macdonald, MBChB (Comm), FRCP, FRCR, PhD  
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Panel Discussion
Lunch Available in the Grand Ballroom

END OF SESSION 55
 
SESSION 56 SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION 56: NEW HORIZONS, NEW CONCEPTS AND LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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1:20 PM - 1:25 PM Endovascular Conversion Of Open Surgical Failures And Complications: Tips And Tricks
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
1:26 PM - 1:31 PM Technique Of Balloon Common Iliac Occlusion To Facilitate Antegrade Wire Passage Through Flush Iliac Occlusions: A Cheaper Safer Way
  Presenter(s):Peter H. Lin, MD  
1:32 PM - 1:37 PM Novel Technique For Treating Type II Endoleaks By Accessing AAA Sac And Nidus Via Distal Endograft Attachment Site
  Presenter(s):Gioacchino Coppi, MD  
1:38 PM - 1:43 PM What Happens When SFA And Poplilteal Stents Fail
  Presenter(s):Vincent L. Rowe, MD / Steven G. Katz, MD  
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1:44 PM - 1:49 PM CFA Stenting Can Be Done Safely And Effectively In An Outpatient Setting: Tips And Tricks
  Presenter(s):Sam S. Ahn, MD, MBA, FACS  
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM Results Of The DUET Trial: A RCT Comparing Ultrasound Enhanced vs. Standard Thrombolysis For Arterial Occlusions
  Presenter(s):Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, PhD  
1:56 PM - 2:01 PM Xenograft Pericardial Tubes And Radical Debridement Of Surrounding Tissues: A New Concept For Treating Prosthetic Graft Infections
  Presenter(s):Jürg Schmidli, MD  
2:02 PM - 2:07 PM Current Optimal Treatment Of Carotid And Vertebral Spontaneous And Traumatic Dissections
  Presenter(s):Irwin V. Mohan, MD, FRCS, FEBVS, FRACS  
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2:08 PM - 2:13 PM Update On The SETA Balloon Expandable AAA Endograft: Mid-Term Clinical Experience
  Presenter(s):Hernan G. Bertoni, MD  
2:14 PM - 2:19 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): James F. McKinsey, MD / Lucien D. Castellani, MD  
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM Open Aortic Repair After Failed EVAR: Tips And Tricks To Lower Morbidity And Mortality
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
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2:26 PM - 2:31 PM Crossing Lower Extremity CTOs Using The VIANCE And ENTEER Devices: Final Results Of The PFAST Trial
  Presenter(s):Subhash Banerjee, MD  
2:32 PM - 2:37 PM Endovascular Techniques For Carotid And Cerebral Artery Thrombectomy For Acute Stroke: Experience In >130 Patients
  Presenter(s):Klaus D. Mathias, MD  
2:38 PM - 2:43 PM Interventions Performed Within 1 Week Of A Neurological Event: Outcomes O CEA Are Better Than CAS (Data From The EVA-3S, The SPACE And The ICSS Trials)
  Presenter(s):Gustav Fraedrich, MD / Barbara Rantner, MD / Georg Goebel, MD / Leo H. Bonati, MD  
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2:44 PM - 2:49 PM How Was CREST Data Presented In The FDA Application For Low Risk Carotid Stenting In A Way That Renders Them Misleading
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
2:50 PM - 2:55 PM Filters vs. Flow Reversal And Occlusion: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Both
  Presenter(s):Claudio J. Schonholz, MD  
2:56 PM - 3:01 PM SVS Registry Results Show CEA To Have Superior Outcomes To Those Of CAS In Symptomatic And Asymptomatic Patients Over 65
  Presenter(s):Brian G. Rubin, MD  
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3:02 PM - 3:07 PM Can Medical Treatments Decrease AAA Growth Rates: Prospects For The Future
  Presenter(s):Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS  
3:08 PM - 3:13 PM Comparative Outcomes Of Bell Bottom Technique And Hypogastric Exclusion For Common Iliac Aneurysms Treated By EVAR: Bell Bottom Wins
  Presenter(s):Mark K. Eskandari, MD  
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3:14 PM - 3:21 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 56
 
SESSION 57 SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION 57: LATE BREAKING TOPICS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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3:21 PM - 3:26 PM 4-Year Results With Sandwich Technique For Treating Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
3:27 PM - 3:32 PM Iliac Branched Devices Work Well In Worldwide Experience: The PRESERVE Trial
  Presenter(s):W. Anthony Lee, MD  
3:33 PM - 3:38 PM Infected AAAs: Endovascular Therapy Should Be The First Choice: How To Make It Work With 2-6 Years Follow-up
  Presenter(s):Boonprasit Kritpracha, MD  
3:39 PM - 3:44 PM Proportion Of CLI Patients Requiring Open Surgery When Endo Is The First And Favored Option: A Totally Endo First Strategy May Not Be Cost Effective
  Presenter(s):Firas F. Mussa, MD  
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Flow Control To Prevent Embolic Complications During Endovascular Treatment Of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease
  Presenter(s):Claudio J. Schonholz, MD  
3:51 PM - 3:56 PM Treatment Of Refractory Post-Thrombotic Syndrome By Cutting Balloon Angioplasty Of The Popliteal Vein
  Presenter(s):Thomas O. McNamara, MD  
3:57 PM - 4:02 PM Military Translational Research To Develop A New Fluoroscopy-Free Endovascular Balloon Occlusion System To Treat End-Stage Shock
  Presenter(s):Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
4:03 PM - 4:08 PM Double Chimney Technique To Treat Arch Aneurysms: How To Make Them Work
  Presenter(s):Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, PhD  
4:09 PM - 4:14 PM Endovascular Graft Treatment Of Popliteal Aneurysms Is As Effective As Open Surgery In Terms Of Long- Term Patency
  Presenter(s):Michel S. Makaroun, MD / Rabih A. Chaer, MD  
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM Panel Discussion
4:20 PM - 4:25 PM Raffle Drawing – You Must Be Present To Win
4:25 PM - 4:25 PM Symposium Ends
Save The Date For 2013: November 20-24, 2013 at the Hilton New York

END OF SESSION 57