Tuesday
SESSION 5: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EVAR AND AAA
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Peter Gloviczki, MD  
SESSION 5 SCHEDULE
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Decades Of AAA RCTs And Registries: What Do They Tell Us; What Do They Tell Us That Is Wrong; And What Don’t They Tell Us
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Maintenance Of Durability Of All Types Of Endovascular Repair By A Simple, Safe And Patient Friendly Method Recommended To The NICE Aortic Guidelines
  Presenter(s):Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Late Results Of The DREAM And OVER RCTs Did Not Show The Same Late Survival Benefit For OR As EVAR 1: Possible Reasons And Should EVAR Be The Treatment Of Choice For All Anatomically Suitable AAA Patients
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM EVAR Results Have Improved Since 2004: EVAR Should Be The Treatment Of Choice For All AAA Patients With Suitable Anatomy
  Presenter(s):Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Drugs To Slow AAA Growth: Will Metformin Do It And How Is Metformin Related To Decreased AAA Incidence In Diabetes
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM High LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C) And Triglycerides Can Promote AAA Growth: Could Statins And PCSK-9 Inhibitors Slow It
  Presenter(s):Richard Bulbulia, MA, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Different Patterns Of AAA Neck Dilatation After OR And EVAR With Various Self-Expanding Or Polymer Sealing Devices: Why It Matters And Which Is Best With Short Sealing Zones
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:42 PM - 1:48 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Enrico Ascher, MD / Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
1:48 PM - 1:53 PM AAA Rupture After EVAR: Etiology, Best Treatment And Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Eric Ducasse, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
1:54 PM - 1:59 PM Value Of 3D Contrast Enhanced Duplex Ultrasound (CEDU) In Evaluating AAAs: It Can Quantitate Thrombus Volume As A Biomarker And Follow AAA Volume To Monitor Growth More Accurately
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM DEBATE: Patient Compliance After EVAR: Can Poor Compliance Be Predicted: Is It Bad And Should Non-Compliant Patients Have Open Surgery
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
2:06 PM - 2:11 PM DEBATE: Non-Compliance After EVAR Is No Big Deal: It Does Not Increase Aneurysm Related Or All Cause Mortality
  Presenter(s):Pete Holt, MD, PhD / Matthew Joe Grima, MD, MRCSEd, MSc, ChM / Ian Loftus, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Update On Predicting AAA Growth Rates And Rupture Risk From Smooth Muscle Behavior (Grown From Skin Biopsies): This Correlates With AAA Wall Strength
  Presenter(s):Kak Khee Yeung, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Intrasac Thrombus In AAAs May Lower Wall Strength And Increases Rupture Risk: What Is The Mechanism
  Presenter(s):Gregory L. Moneta, MD / Gregory J. Landry, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
2:24 PM - 2:29 PM How Is MR Evaluated Mural Thrombus In AAAs Associated With Predicting Their Growth Rates
  Presenter(s):Jes S. Lindholt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
  View Slides in PDF      
2:30 PM - 2:36 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 5
previous next