Wednesday
SESSION 30: LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE – HOT TOPICS II
Moderators:Mark H. Wholey, MD / Joseph L. Mills, MD  
SESSION 30 SCHEDULE
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM DEBATE: With CLI, Bypasses Are Never Indicated First: Are They Ever Needed
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD  
8:06 AM - 8:11 AM DEBATE: There Are CLI Patients Who Cannot Or Should Not Be Treated Endovascularly: Who Are They
  Presenter(s):George H. Meier III, MD  
8:12 AM - 8:17 AM There Is A Major Role For Open Distal Bypass Operations To Salvage CLI Limbs After Failed Endovascular Interventions
  Presenter(s):Frank B. Pomposelli, MD  
8:18 AM - 8:23 AM Value And Effectiveness Of The In.Pact Drug Eluting Balloon (DEB) In Treating BTK Arteries For CLI
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
8:24 AM - 8:29 AM DEBATE: DEBs And DESs (Zilver PTX) Are Equally Good For Long Fem-Pop Lesions But DES Are Better For Long Infrapopliteal Lesions
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM DEBATE: DEBs Are As Good As DES: How To Choose Based On Lesion Length, Location, Etc: Results Of The REAL Trial
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
8:36 AM - 8:41 AM Value Of DEBs (Paclitaxil) vs. Uncoated Balloons After SFA Nitinol Stenting – The FREEWAY Multicenter RCT: What Are The Cost Implications
  Presenter(s):Stefan Mueller-Huelsbeck, MD  
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8:42 AM - 8:47 AM Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty (POBA) Is Best For CLI For Infrapopliteal Disease: Do It Right And Don’t Replace It With Other Techniques Like DEBs Or DESs Which May Be Unsuitable And More Costly
  Presenter(s):Iris Baumgartner, MD  
8:48 AM - 8:53 AM Are There Negative Consequences To Extreme Or Overly Persistent Endovascular Treatments For CLI
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
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8:54 AM - 9:00 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 30
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