Program (November 2023)
The program features over 1,300 rapid-fire presentations offered in more than 100 sessions throughout the five-day event. Click on the day below to review the sessions, then click on the session number to see a listing of presentations and speakers within a session.

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COMBINED PROGRAM FOR VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

6:00 AM - General Registration - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00 AM - Faculty Registration - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Gramercy Suite West, 2nd Floor
6:15 AM - Continental Breakfast - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS A, B AND C ARE CONCURRENT TUESDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM A (SESSIONS 1-8 - PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES, HEART VALVES, AND THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTA; 6:45 A.M. to 6:02 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

SESSION 1: PROGRESS IN CORONARY ARTERY STENTING, TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT, AND TREATMENT OF ASCENDING AORTIC DISEASE
SESSION 2: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC ARCH LESIONS AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS
SESSION 3: PROGRESS IN THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AORTIC DISSECTIONS: REPORTING STANDARDS, CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, STABILIZE, AND MORE
SESSION 4: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF TBADs, THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE AND THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS (TAAAs)
SESSION 5: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT, EVAR AND EVAS (ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM SEALING
SESSION 6: MORE ABOUT AAAs AND EVAR, STANDARD AND COMPLEX: UPDATES ON THE UK NICE AAA GUIDELINES AND OTHER AORTIC PATHOLOGY
SESSION 7: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC THORACIC PATHOLOGY; STROKE PREVENTION WITH TEVAR
SESSION 8: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING TBADs AND TEVAR: NATURAL HISTORY; NEED FOR AND TIMING OF TEVAR FOR ACUTE UNCOMPLICATED TBADs
PROGRAM B (SESSIONS 9-16 - PROGRESS IN VASCULAR ROBOTICS, GUIDANCE SYSTEMS, LAPAROSCOPY, SIMULATION AND COVID; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID DISEASE AND ACUTE STROKE TREATMENT; ABDOMINAL AORTIC BRANCH TREATMENT; NEW TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI); VASCULAR SURGERY IDENTITY, TRAINING, MANPOWER AND MENTORSHIP; UPDATES ON OPEN AND HYBRID VASCULAR SURGERY AND TREATMENT OF AORTIC COARCTATION 6:40 A.M. to 5:59 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

SESSION 9: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR ROBOTICS, LAPAROSCOPY, GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND SIMULATION
SESSION 10: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; DIFFERING VIEWS ON TREATMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS (ACS) AND CAROTID SCREENING
SESSION 11: MORE ABOUT CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL DISEASE: UPDATE ON INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR ACUTE STROKES
SESSION 12: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC AND AORTO-ILIAC OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
SESSION 13: NEW CONCEPTS, MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) (See also Session 87)
SESSION 14: PART 1: VASCULAR SURGERY’S NUMBERS AND IDENTITY AND HOW TO MEET THE SPECIALTY’S NEEDS FOR ITS SERVICES; THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORSHIP IN VASCULAR SURGERY
PART 2: LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN COVID RELATED VASCULAR DISEASE ISSUES

SESSION 15: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VISCERAL AND RENAL ARTERY DISEASE
SESSION 16: UPDATE ON OPEN VASCULAR SURGICAL AND HYBRID PROCEDURES; PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC COARCTATIONS
PROGRAM C-1 (SESSIONS 17-18 - MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE ULTIMATE TEAM APPROACH; 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

SESSION 17: MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE ULTIMATE APPROACH – PART 1
SESSION 18: MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE ULTIMATE APPROACH – PART 2
b>PROGRAM C-2 (SESSIONS 19-22 - INTERESTING TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENTS; 1:00 P.M. to 6:06 P.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 19: HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENTS
SESSION 20: MORE HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT
SESSION 21: HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
SESSION 22: MORE HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND CHRONIC LIMB THREATENING ISCHEMIA (CLTI)
SESSION 40: MORE ADVANCES RELATED TO TREATING PATHOLOGY INVOLVING THE ASCENDING AORTA AND THE AORTIC ARCH; AORTIC DISSECTIONS AND THEIR TREATMENT

6:00 AM - General Registration - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00 AM - Faculty Registration - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Gramercy Suite West, 2nd Floor
6:15 AM - Continental Breakfast - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS D, E AND F ARE CONCURRENT WEDNESDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM D (SESSIONS 23-30 - PROGRESS IN LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT 6:40 A.M. to 6:02 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

SESSION 23: GENERALITIES IN THE ENDOVASCULAR AND OPEN TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND CLTI
SESSION 24: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ATHERECTOMY, STENTS (UNCOATED, COATED AND BIORESORBABLE)
SESSION 25: LOWER EXTREMITY TOPICS RELATED TO DRUG COATED BALLOONS (DCBs) AND DRUG ELUTING STENTS (DESs)
SESSION 26: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DRUG COATED BALLOONS (DCBs) AND DRUG ELUTING STENTS (DESs): UPDATES ON RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTs) AND BTK LESION TREATMENTS WITH DCBs AND DESs
SESSION 27: PROGRESS IN EXOTIC AND EXTREME NEW TREATMENTS FOR VERY DISTAL LOWER EXTREMITY DISEASE CAUSING ADVANCED CLTI: OPTIONS TO SAVE THE “NO OPTION FOR TREATMENT” LIMB OR THE “DESERT FOOT”
SESSION 28: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN STENTS; PROSTHETIC GRAFTS; ENDOVASCULAR BYPASSES; STENT GRAFTS AND TREATMENT OF IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR)
SESSION 29: LOWER EXTREMITY TRIALS; GUIDELINES; FOOT PERFUSION EVALUATION METHODS AND VALUE OF ANGIOSOMES
SESSION 30: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC) AND ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
PROGRAM E (SESSIONS 31-38 - NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND NEW DRUGS; PROGRESS IN ANTI- ATHEROGENIC AND ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE TREATMENTS; MANAGEMENT OF ENDOLEAKS; RECORDED LIVE CASES FROM LEADING CENTERS IN THE US AND EU; ISSUES OF INTEREST; OUTPATIENT AND OFFICE BASED VASCULAR TREATMENT; TOPICS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT, REIMBURSEMENT, THE SVS, VQI, FDA, GUIDELINES, TRIALS AND EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; 6:40 A.M. to 5:32 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

SESSION 31: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS, NEW ANTI-ATHEROGENIC DRUGS, VALUE OF RIVAROXABAN AND PREVENTING MIs IN VASCULAR SURGERY PATIENTS
SESSION 32: CATHETER BASED TREATMENTS OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC PROBLEMS, SMOKING AND TRANSFUSION IN VASCULAR SURGERY PATIENTS; MORTALITY RISK IN STROKE PATIENTS; PREVENTING VASCULAR AND CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS
SESSION 33: PROGRESS IN MANAGING ENDOLEAKS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR CONSEQUENCES AND PREDICTING, PREVENTING AND TREATING THEM
SESSION 34: TCT AND PLINIO ROSSI RECORDED LIVE COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING ENDOVASCULAR CASES
SESSION 35: RECORDED LIVE CHALLENGING CASES AND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FROM THE LINC GROUP
SESSION 36: ISSUES IMPORTANT IN VASCULAR SURGERY: PRACTICE PATTERNS, HISTORY, EFFICIENCY, MALPRACTICE, SCIENCE, TRAINING AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
SESSION 37: MORE ISSUE-RELATED TOPICS IMPORTANT TO VASCULAR SURGEONS AND VASCULAR SPECIALISTS; ISSUES RELATED TO OUTPATIENT CENTERS OR OFFICE BASED LABS (OBLs)
SESSION 38: UPDATES AND ISSUES IMPORTANT TO ALL VASCULAR SURGEONS AND SPECIALISTS: FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT; VASCULAR REGISTRIES AND THE VQI, VALUE OF GUIDELINES AND RCTs: THE FDA: STAISTICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MISCELLANEOUS
PROGRAM F (SESSIONS 39-46 - MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE, TEVAR, AORTIC DISSECTIONS, TAAAs, JUXTA- AND PARARENAL AAAs, PARALLEL GRAFTS, FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED EVAR (F/B/EVAR), MULTILAYER BARE STENTS, INFRARENAL AAAs AND STANDARD EVAR, AND HOT NEW AORTIC AND CAROTID TOPICS; 6:50 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

SESSION 39: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO THE THORACIC AORTA, AORTIC DISSECTIONS, INTRAMURAL HEMATOMAS (IMHs), INFLAMMATORY ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT
SESSION 41: OPEN AND ENDO TREATMENT OF COMPLEX AAAs (JUXTA, PARA- AND SUPRA-RENAL) AND TAAAs; NEW DEVICES FOR THEIR TREATMENT
SESSION 42: PROGRESS IN TREATING ILIAC ANEURYSMS; ILIAC BRANCHED DEVICES (IBDs); UPDATE ON MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING (MLFM) AND OTHER BARE STENTS FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS
SESSION 43: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAA TREATMENT AND STANDARD EVAR: A NEW DEVICE TO SLOW AAA GROWTH; AAA NECK DILATATION AFTER EVAR; VALUE OF LOW PROFILE AAA ENDOGRAFTS; LINK TO CANCER; IMPROVED ULTRASOUND SURVEILLANCE AND ALL AAAs ARE NOT TIME BOMBS WAITING TO EXPLODE
SESSION 44: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAAs: HOW DOES THROMBUS LOAD EFFECT PROGNOSIS AFTER EVAR AND EVAS; OTHER RELATED AAA TOPICS
SESSION 45: HOT AORTIC TOPICS
SESSION 46: MORE SHORT HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO AORTO-ILIAC AND CAROTID DISEASE AND THEIR TREATMENTS

6:00 AM - General Registration - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00 AM - Faculty Registration - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Gramercy Suite West, 2nd Floor
6:15 AM - Continental Breakfast - New York Hilton Midtown
                 Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS G, H AND I AND J ARE CONCURRENT THURSDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM G (SESSIONS 47-54 - EXCITING NEW OR REDISCOVERED TECHNIQUES, CONCEPTS OR DEVICES; PROGRESS IN F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR COMPLEX AAAs; TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY; PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF RUPTURED AAAs; MORE ABOUT NEW DEVICES, TECHNIQUES OR CONCEPTS; PROGRESS IN RADIATION SAFETY; 6:50 A.M. to 5:52 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

SESSION 47: EXCITING NEW OR REDISCOVERED TECHNIQUES, DEVICES, CONCEPTS, THE ROLE OF MAJOR FOUNDATIONS
SESSION 48: PROGRESS IN FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED EVAR (F/B/EVAR) AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR COMPLEX AAAs AND TAAAs; AND RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 49: MORE PROGRESS IN F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR COMPLEX AAAs AND TAAAs; AND RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 50: A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY AND MILITARY PHYSICIANS: SOME MILITARY HISTORY; TREATMENT OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VASCULAR INJURIES AND CONTROL OF HEMORRHAGE; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTED BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
SESSION 51: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF RUPTURED INFRARENAL AAAs, COMPLEX AAAs, TAAAs AND RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 52: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RUPTURED AAAs AND TAAAs; WHAT IS AND SHOULD BE HAPPENING WITH AAA SCREENING
SESSION 53: EXCITING NEW OR UPDATED CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES AND TREATMENTS
SESSION 54: PROGRESS IN RADIATION SAFETY AND MORE NEW CONCEPTS, DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES
PROGRAM H (SESSIONS 55-63 - NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR: STANDARD EVAR, EVAS AND MORE COMPLEX AAAs; REPAIRS OF TAAAs, THE ASCENDING AORTA, THE AORTIC ARCH, AND THE DESCENDING AORTA (TEVAR); NEW DEVICES FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY LESIONS BY ENDO OR OPEN TECHNIQUES; UPDATE ON ENDOANCHORS AND FIXATION DEVICES AND NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR ENDOVASCULARLY REMOVING CLOT AND OCCLUDING BLOOD VESSELS; 6:50 A.M. to 5:52 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

SESSION 55: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR INFRARENAL AAA REPAIR WITH STANDARD EVAR
SESSION 56: NEW OR UPDATED DEVICES FOR STANDARD EVAR, EVAS (ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM SEALING) AND F/EVAR; ENDOGRAFTS FOR TREATMENT OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS
SESSION 57: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR THE ASCENDING AORTA, THE AORTIC ARCH OR NEAR THE ARCH
SESSION 58: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR THORACIC AORTIC LESION REPAIRS (TEVAR) AND FOR THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM (TAAA) REPAIRS
SESSION 59: NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION ON RE-ENTRY DEVICES, LOWER EXTREMITY PROSTHETIC GRAFTS (SEE ALSO SESSION 28), PERIGRAFT SEROMA AND VALUE OF A PROSTHETIC PERIGRAFT SIROLIMUS PATCH
SESSION 60: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR LOWER EXTREMITY TREATMENTS: ATHERECTOMY, STENTS, TACKS, ACCESSORIES, ETC. (SEE ALSO SESSIONS 23-27)
SESSION 61: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR LOWER EXTREMITY TREATMENTS: ANGIOPLASTY BALLOONS
SESSION 62: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES TO PREVENT OR TREAT ENDOLEAKS OR DEVICE MIGRATION: ENDOANCHORS, ETC.
SESSION 63: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR CLOT REMOVAL OR EMBOLIZATION (SEE ALSO SESSION 30)
PROGRAM I (SESSIONS 64-71 - SUPERFICIAL VENOUS DISEASE; 7:00 A.M. to x:xx P.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

SESSION 64: PROGRAM TO BE DETERMINED
PROGRAM J (SESSIONS 72-75 - MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT; 8:00 A.M. to xxx P.M.)
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor

SESSION 72: PROGRAM TO BE DETERMINED
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