SESSION 23 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 23: OCCLUSIVE DISEASE MANAGEMENT – HOT TOPICS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPORTANT GENERALITIES
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Enrico Ascher, MD / Craig M. Walker, MD  
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Role And Comparative Value Of All Access Sites And Routes For Lower Extremity Endovascular Treatments: Which Are Best And When
  Presenter(s):Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM 12 Commandments For Successful BTK Intervention In Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) Patients: Including Technical Tips For Antegrade Femoral Artery Puncture
  Presenter(s):Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Role Of BMSs, Supera Stents, DCBs, DESs And Atherectomy For Various SFA/Pop Lesions: What Works For Which Lesion And What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Relationship Between Vessel Size And Clinical Outcomes Of Endovascular Treatments Of Fem-Pop Lesions: Small Diameter Arteries Have Worse Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Seiichi Hiramori, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Differing Patterns Of Restenosis With Various Endovascular Treatments: What Are The Implications For Determining The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Lawrence A. Garcia, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM New Global Multidisciplinary Guideline For Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI): A Better Evidence-Based Framework For Staging Decision Making, Treating And Reporting
  Presenter(s):Michael S. Conte, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM DEBATE: Endovascular Treatments Should Be The First Option For Most Patients With CLTI – Today And In The Future
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM DEBATE: Not So: Open Procedures Should Be The First Therapeutic Option In Many CLTI Patients: What Is The Percentage Today: What Will It Be In 5 Years As Techniques Improve
  Presenter(s):Joseph L. Mills, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM What Are The Many Variables In Drug Eluting Technologies Which May Influence Their Ability To Prevent Restenosis: Where Are They Today And Where Are They Going
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Tips And Tricks For Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty (POBA) Of Infrapopliteal Artery Lesions: Details Matter And How To Do It Optimally
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 23
 
SESSION 24 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 24: MORE ON LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE – NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND HOT TOPICS RELATING TO STENTS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Edward Y. Woo, MD  
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7:46 AM - 7:51 AM When Are Stents Required In The Era Of DCBs: Is It Best To Leave No Metal Behind
  Presenter(s):Koen Deloose, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Paradigm For Optimal Treatment Of Various Types Of SFA-Pop Occlusive Disease: Which Treatment For Which Lesion: Role Of Multiple Stents And Zilver PTX DESs (Cook) For Long Lesions
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:58 AM - 8:03 AM Overview Of Stents For SFA-Pop Lesions: Which Is Best And When: Value Of Local Adventitial Anesthesia And The Presto Technique To Assure Optimal Supera (Abbott) Stent Delivery
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:04 AM - 8:09 AM Combination Therapy For The SFA: The Evidence For Stent And DCB Choice In This Exciting New Space
  Presenter(s):Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:10 AM - 8:15 AM Comparison Of BMSs vs. DESs For SFA Lesions: Results Of The BATTLE RCT
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:16 AM - 8:21 AM Update On New Developments With The Zilver PTX DES (Cook) For SFA-Pop Lesions: Its Effectiveness Is Maintained In Longer Lesions; Patients With Poor Run-Off, Diabetes And Chronic Renal Failure; And Asian Patient Groups
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD / Hiroyoshi Yokoi, MD / Kimihiro Komori, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:22 AM - 8:27 AM IMPERIAL RCT Study Design Comparing Eluvia DESs (Boston Scientific) vs. Zilver PTX DESs (Cook) For The Treatment Of SFA-Pop Lesions
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:28 AM - 8:33 AM 3-Year Results Of The Eluvia DES (Boston Scientific) Shows Maintained Safety And Efficacy In The MAJESTIC RCT With Fem-Pop Lesions: Advantages Of This DES And Why It Is A Better Option Than DCBs For These Lesions
  Presenter(s):Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:34 AM - 8:39 AM Update On 3-Year Experience With The Absorb Everolimus Drug Eluting Bioresorbable Stent (BRS) From Abbott For BTK Lesions: Promising Results Beyond 2 Years And Future Prospects
  Presenter(s):Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:40 AM - 8:45 AM Advantages Of The Supera Interwoven Biomimetic Stent(Abbott) For Treating Fem-Pop Lesions With Good 5-Year Primary Patency Even With Long And Calcified Lesions
  Presenter(s):Peter C.J. Goverde, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:46 AM - 8:51 AM Current Needs And Solutions In The Treatment Of Severe CLTI (Rutherford 5 And 6) Due To Occlusive Lesions In The Thigh, Leg And Foot: Value Of The Supera Interwoven Stent (Abbott) And The Absorb Drug Eluting BRS (Abbott)
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:52 AM - 8:57 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 24
 
SESSION 25 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 25: MORE ON COMPLEX LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT – LITHOPLASTY, ATHERECTOMY, TREATMENT FOR CALCIFICATION AND COMBINATIONS OF TREATMENT
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Andrej Schmidt, MD / Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
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8:58 AM - 9:03 AM Shockwave Lithoplasty - Indications And Results: Use In Combination With DCBs And Other Treatments
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD / Andrew Holden, MBChB / Marianne Brodmann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:04 AM - 9:09 AM How To Prep Vessels For Endovascular Treatments With BMSs, DESs, DCBs: Value Of Prolonged And High Pressure Balloon Inflation, Scoring Balloons And Atherectomy
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Vessel Prep May Cause Increased Distal Embolization And Be Harmful: How To Manage This Problem
  Presenter(s):Mark W. Mewissen, MD, RVT  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Atherectomy For Intermittent Claudication From Infrainguinal Occlusive Lesions Results In Worse Outcomes Than The Natural History Of The Disease: From Medicare Data
  Presenter(s):Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Zilver PTX DES Stent (Cook) Treatment vs. Prosthetic Open Bypass For TASC C/D Lesions: Results Of The ZILVERPASS RCT
  Presenter(s):Patrick Peeters, MD / Koen Deloose, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM What Is The Value Of Adding A DCB To A BMS To Treat Fem-Pop Occlusive Disease: It Depends On The DCB Used (Passeo-18 Lux DCB [Biotronik]): 1-Year Results Of The BIOLUX 4 EVER Trial
  Presenter(s):Koen Deloose, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD / Patrick Peeters, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Value Of Lesion Preparation With Directional Atherectomy In Improving Outcomes Of DCB Treatment: From The DEFINITIVE AR Trial
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD / Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Comparison Of DCBs (In.Pact) vs. DESs (Zilver PTX) 1-Year Results With Treatment Of TASC A/B And C/D Lesions: From The DRASTICO Trial Of Fem-Pop Lesions
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM All Drug Eluting Stents Are Not The Same For The Treatment Of Infrapopliteal Arteries: Results From An Updated Meta-Analysis Of RCTs
  Presenter(s):Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:52 AM - 9:57 AM Character And Localization Of Arterial Calcification: What Significance Does It Have For Producing Ischemia And Making Endovascular Treatments Difficult
  Presenter(s):Renu Virmani, MD / Aloke Finn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:58 AM - 10:03 AM Calcified Arteries Are Hard To Clamp And Sew In Bypass Surgery: Technical Tips And Tricks To Deal With These Problems Successfully
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:04 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 25
 
SESSION 26 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 26: MORE ON LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DRUG COATED BALLOONS (DCBs), OTHER DEVICES AND BELOW-THE-KNEE (BTK) DISEASE
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Sean P. Lyden, MD  
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10:20 AM - 10:25 AM Current Status Of All DCBs For Fem-Pop Lesions: RCTs And Other Evidence: Comparative Performance: All DCBs Are Not Equal
  Presenter(s):John R. Laird, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:26 AM - 10:31 AM With DCBs For CLTI Distal Drug Migration May Adversely Affect Wound Healing: Has It Ever Happened
  Presenter(s):Ignacio Escotto, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:32 AM - 10:37 AM Evolution Of Optimal DCB Technology: Where Is It Currently And Where Can It Go
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:38 AM - 10:43 AM Current Value Of DCBs For Fem-Pop And BTK Lesions: What Are The Prospects For Improvement In The Future: New 1-Year Chinese In.Pact Results With SFA Lesion
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD / Zhong Chen, MD, Professor  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:44 AM - 10:49 AM How Well Will DCBs Work For Calcified And Long Lesions; For Total Occlusions: Will Adjuncts And Improvements Help
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:50 AM - 10:55 AM 4-Year Results Of The IN.PACT SFA RCT Comparing The In.Pact Admiral DCB (Medtronic) vs. POBA In Fem-Pop Lesions: The Patency Benefits Persist And With Various Lesions In Different Patient Groups
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD / John R. Laird, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:56 AM - 11:01 AM Real World Value Of The In.Pact Admiral DCB (Medtronic) For Fem-Pop Lesions: From The In.Pact Global Registry: What Else Does It Tell Us
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:02 AM - 11:07 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): John R. Laird, MD / Antonio Micari, MD, PhD  
11:08 AM - 11:13 AM 2-Year Value Of The Lutonix DCB (Bard) For the Treatment Of Fem-Pop Occlusive Lesions In A RCT vs. POBA: Do The Benefits Persist And What Are They In Long Complex Lesions
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:14 AM - 11:19 AM Safety And Benefits Of The Lutonix DCB (Bard) For The Treatment Of BTK And Infrapopliteal Artery Lesions: > 1-Year Results From A Global Registry
  Presenter(s):Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:20 AM - 11:25 AM 1-Year Results With The Ranger DCB (Boston Scientific) For The Treatment Of Fem-Pop Lesions: Equivalent Benefits In Diabetic Patients And 12-Month All Comer Registry Data
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD / Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:26 AM - 11:31 AM Update On The > 1-Year Results With The Stellarex DCB (Spectranetics) For Fem-Pop Lesions: From The European And US ILLUMENATE RCTs vs. POBA: It Is Effective With Long Complex Occlusive Lesions And In Diabetics
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD / Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:32 AM - 11:37 AM Comparison Of 4 Different DCBs (Including A New One From Acotec) In BTK And Infrapopliteal Arteries: Why Results Have Differed And What Are Prospects For DCB Benefits BTK: Insights From The ACO-ART BTK Registry
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:38 AM - 11:43 AM Will DCBs Ever Work Effectively In BTK And Crural Artery Occlusive Disease: Sizing Matters: How Can Ultrasound Help And How To Predict Performance
  Presenter(s):Antonio Micari, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:44 AM - 11:49 AM Drug Coated “Low Trauma”: Chocolate Touch PTA Balloon (TriReme Medical & QT Vascular): Advantages And 1-Year Results: From The ENDURE Trial
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD / Andrew Holden, MBChB / Thomas Zeller, MD / Wei Guo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:50 AM - 11:55 AM DCBs And DESs Produce Equivalent Results At 2-3 Years With Short SFA Lesions But DESs Are Better For Long Lesions: From The REAL-PTX RCT
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:56 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 26
 
SESSION 27 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 27: MORE ABOUT CHRONIC LIMB THREATENING ISCHEMIA (CLTI); THE “NO-OPTION FOR TREATMENT” LIMB AND EXTREME LIMB SALVAGE TECHNIQUES AND RESULTS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Craig M. Walker, MD / Richard F. Neville, MD  
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Unusual Open Surgical Limb Salvage Techniques To Save Limbs Deemed “Unsalvageable”: They Often Work
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM All Patients With CLTI Should Have An Attempt At Revascularization: The Angiosome Concept Is Not Usually Helpful: Tips And Tricks For Success And Who Should Have A Primary BTK Amputation
  Presenter(s):Hisham Rashid, FRCS, FRCS (Gen)  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Value Of PTFE Femoro-Tibial/Peroneal Bypasses To Salvage Limbs: Long-Term Patency Is Possible Although Redo Procedures May Be Needed
  Presenter(s):Carlo Pratesi, MD / Raffaele Pulli, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM PTFE Tibial And Peroneal Bypasses For Limb Salvage Are Worthwhile: Patients Having Them Have Better Short And Long-Term Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality (Up To 5 Years) Than Those Undergoing Amputation
  Presenter(s):Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, MD, RPVI, RVT, RDMS, FACS / Gregg S. Landis, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD / Evan C. Lipsitz, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Indications And Techniques For And Midterm Results Of Below The Ankle Angioplasty For CLTI
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Indications, Techniques And Results Of Pedal-Plantar Loop And Transcollateral Angioplasty: Tips And Tricks For Metatarsal Artery Access
  Presenter(s):Marco G. Manzi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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ARTERIALIZING FOOT VEINS
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM How To Salvage Unsalvageable Limbs By Arterializing The Venous Circulation Of The Foot By Bypasses, Etc.: Technical Steps And Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Pramook Mutirangura, FRCS (Edinburgh)  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Percutaneous Endovascular Arterialization Of Ankle And Foot Veins For End Stage No Option CLTI (The Dessert Foot) Using The Limflow System: How It Works (Video) And Results
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM The Limflow Venous Arterialization System Via Percutaneous Punctures: Technical Tips, Precautions, Hybrid Modifications And Results: How to Make It Work To Salvage The Otherwise Unsalvageable CLTI Foot
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:54 PM - 2:00 PM US Experience With The Limflow Procedure For Percutaneous Venous Arterialization For Limb Salvage
  Presenter(s):Daniel G. Clair, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 27
 
SESSION 28 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 28: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY STENT-GRAFTS, PROSTHETIC (PTFE) GRAFTS AND TREATMENT FOR IN-STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Daniel G. Clair, MD / Michael S. Conte, MD  
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Selective Open And Endovascular Treatment Achieves The Best Results With CLTI: Tips And Tricks To Achieve Good Distal Bypass Results And The Value Of PTFE Grafts To Crural Arteries When Vein Is Unavailable
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Advantages Of And Indications For The Viabahn VBX Balloon Expandable Covered Stent (Gore): Technical Tips, Limitations And Value In Treating Aorto-Iliac Disease
  Presenter(s):Jean Bismuth, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Percutaneous Transvenous Prosthetic Arterial Bypass For Long Complicated Fem-Pop Occlusions: The PQ Bypass Procedure: Concept And Technique For Performing (Video)
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD / James D. Joye, DO  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM 1-Year Results Of The PQ Transvenous Bypass Procedure: From The Multicenter DETOUR Trial
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Update On Endoluminal Bypass With Viabahn Stent Grafts (Gore): How To Prevent And Treat Edge Stenosis Failures: Results Of The SUPER B RCT Comparing Endoluminal Bypasses vs. Standard Vein Bypasses For SFA Occlusions
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR)
2:36 PM - 2:41 PM DEBATE: Long Segment SFA ISR Is Best Treated Endovascularly: What Are The Best Current Endovascular Tools
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM DEBATE: Not So: Endovascular Techniques Have Poor Results In This Setting: Open Bypass Should Be The First Invasive Option
  Presenter(s):Niten Singh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM What Is The Best Current Treatment In The US For ISR: How Can OCT Improve Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Todd R. Vogel, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:54 PM - 2:59 PM DCBs For ISR: Does Double Dosing Help: 2-Year Results Of The COPA CABANA Trial With The Cotavance DCB (Medrad-Bayer)
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:00 PM - 3:05 PM Brachy Therapy For Severe Or Extensive ISR: It Is Still A Viable Treatment Option For A Difficult Problem: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Matthew T. Menard, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:06 PM - 3:11 PM Panel Discussion
3:12 PM - 3:28 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 28
 
SESSION 29 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 29: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC) AND ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Michael L. Marin, MD  
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC)
3:28 PM - 3:33 PM The Financial Side Of Invasive Treatments For IC
  Presenter(s):Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:34 PM - 3:39 PM Drugs And Neuromuscular Stimulation (NMES) Can Improve Walking Distance With IC: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:40 PM - 3:45 PM Drug Eluting Devices Are The New Standard For Fem-Pop Endovascular Treatments For IC: The Timing Of Development Of Restenosis Is A Guide To Why Extended Drug Release Is Important With DESs: Which DES Has It
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:46 PM - 3:51 PM How To Differentiate With Certainty Ischemic Buttock Claudication From Spinal Stenosis
  Presenter(s):Manju Kalra, MBBS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:52 PM - 3:57 PM RCTs Of Supervised Exercise Therapy vs. PTA For IC Due To Iliac Occlusive Disease: What Do The CLEVER And The Newly Finished SUPER RCTs Tell Us
  Presenter(s):Mark J.W. Koelemay, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:58 PM - 4:03 PM What Is Venous Claudication: How Should It Be Diagnosed And Treated
  Presenter(s):Nicos Labropoulos, BSc (Med), PhD, DIC, RVT  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
4:04 PM - 4:09 PM Endovascular Treatment Of ALI Is Better Than Open Surgical Treatment: When Is It Not: From A Nationwide Swedish Study
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Acute Limb Ischemia (ALI): What Is The Best Current Treatment Approach: Predictors Of Limb Loss And Salvage In This Setting: When Is Open Treatment The Best Option
  Presenter(s):Niten Singh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:16 PM - 4:21 PM Large Caliber Percutaneous Vacuum Assisted Thrombectomy In ALI: How Does It Work: Benefits And Limitations: Will It Replace Thrombolysis And Open Surgery Michele Rossi, MD
  Presenter(s):Michele Rossi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:22 PM - 4:27 PM New Tips And Tricks For Managing ALI: Value Of Duplex Ultrasound In This Setting
  Presenter(s):Michael H. Wholey, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:28 PM - 4:37 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 29
 
SESSION 30 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 30: IMPORTANCE OF FOOT ARTERIES AND PERFUSION IN CLTI: HOW TO ASSESS AND TREAT; VALUE OF ANGIOSOMES; METHODS TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Marco G. Manzi, MD / Steven Kum, MD  
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4:38 PM - 4:43 PM Anatomical Variability And Pathology Of Foot Arteries: When And How To Treat And Results: Value Of Angiosomes: Is There A Role For Bypass
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD / Marco G. Manzi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:44 PM - 4:49 PM DEBATE: The Angiosome Concept Has Little Value: Never Deny A Patient With CLTI A Revascularization For Limb Salvage Based On It
  Presenter(s):Frank E.G. Vermassen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:50 PM - 4:55 PM DEBATE: When Does The Angiosome Concept Make A Difference And When Not: What Explains Discordant Results And Opinions
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:56 PM - 5:01 PM When Does The Angiosome Concept Matter: With Open Surgery For Limb Salvage; For Endovascular Treatments For Limb Salvage: How Does Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging (IGFI) Help
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:02 PM - 5:07 PM Effective Non-Invasive Treatment Of CLTI By The Art-Assist Sequential Compression Device: How Does It Work By Improving The Capillary Circulation: Indications And Results
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:08 PM - 5:13 PM 3-Year Results Of The SPINACH Trial Show What Factors Are Important For Selecting Open Or Endovascular Treatments For CLTI
  Presenter(s):Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:14 PM - 5:19 PM Treatment Strategy For CLTI Should Depend On The Degree Of Ischemia And The Extent Of The Gangrene: This May Explain Different Opinions On Angiosomes
  Presenter(s):Joseph L. Mills, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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NON-INVASIVE IMAGING
5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Modalities To Determine The Adequacy Of Pedal Revascularization In CLTI
  Presenter(s):Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:26 PM - 5:31 PM DZAM: A Software Based System For Assessing Foot Perfusion From Doppler Signals: How Does It Work And Advantages
  Presenter(s):Cynthia K. Shortell, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:32 PM - 5:37 PM Value Of The Profusa Lumee Implantable O2 Microsensors And Indocyanine Green Angiography To Assess Foot Perfusion Before And After Treatment For CLTI
  Presenter(s):Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:38 PM - 5:43 PM 2D Perfusion Angiography To Assess The Effectiveness Of Treatments On Foot Perfusion: How To Do It And Quantitate Its Results
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:44 PM - 5:49 PM A New Medium To Small Vessel Embolic Device (From Shape Memory): First In Man Trial - The IMPEDE Trial
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:50 PM - 5:58 PM Panel Discussion

End of Program E


END OF SESSION 30
 
SESSION 31 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 31: MEDICAL TREATMENTS; LIPID MANAGEMENT BY DRUGS; HEART AND CORONARY STENT RELATED TOPICS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS / Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Value And Limitations Of Cannabis (Marijuana) In Vascular Patients: What Is The Drug’s Effect On Blood Vessels
  Presenter(s):Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM How Does A Cardiology Evaluation Before Major Vascular Surgery Decrease Perioperative Myocardial Infarction Rates
  Presenter(s):Ashraf Mansour, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Value Of Statins, Diet, Ezetimibe And PCSK-9 Inhibitors In Vascular Patients: Update On The Importance Of LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C) Levels: How Low Should They Be Pushed: What Drugs And Dosages
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Are LDL-C Levels And Statin Induced Decreases In LDL-C Levels Important (As In Europe) Despite AHA Guidelines: How To Treat Patients Needing Lipid Lowering Who Appear Statin Intolerant
  Presenter(s):Caron B. Rockman, MD / Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM DEBATE: Lowering LDL-C Levels With Statins And PCSK-9 Inhibitors In Vascular And At Risk Patients Prevents Cardiovascular Events And Deaths, Is Reasonably Safe And Helps Patients To Have Longer And Better Lives
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM DEBATE: Not So: Statins Are Dangerous Drugs And Lowering LDL-C Levels Does No Good And May Be Harmful
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Why Are PCSK-9 Inhibitors A Game-Changer For PAD Patients: Coronary Plaques Can Stabilize With Lower LDL-C Levels Produced By High Dose Statins Plus PCSK-9 Inhibitors: The GLAGOV Trial: How Low Should The LDL-C Be Lowered To
  Presenter(s):Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM The Less Than Stellar 3-Year Results Of The Absorb Drug Eluting Bioresorbable Stent (BRSs) (Abbott) In Coronary Lesions May Be Due To Variable And Imperfect Implantation Techniques And Sizing: Small Arteries May Be A Problem: What Is The Future For BRSs
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD / Gregg W. Stone, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Update On When If Ever After A Coronary BMS Or DES Can Vascular Surgery Safely Be Performed And How Should Antiplatelet Drugs Be Managed Perioperatively In Coronary Stent Patients
  Presenter(s):Caron B. Rockman, MD / Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Effect Of Frailty Assessment On Preoperative Risk Predictive Models For Various Vascular Surgical Procedures In Various Vascular Beds
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:40 AM - 7:48 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 31
 
SESSION 32 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 32: MEDICAL AND INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION; REGENERATIVE TREATMENTS; STENOSIS ASSESSMENT BY FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE (FFR); VALUE OF FISH OILS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ron Waksman, MD / Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
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7:49 AM - 7:54 AM Update On Recent Trials Of Drug Treatment For Control Of Hypertension: What Is Optimal Medical Treatment And What Level Of Blood Pressure Should Be Maintained In Patients
  Presenter(s):Natalie A. Marks, MD, RPVI, RVT, FSVM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:55 AM - 8:00 AM How To Manage Renal Dysfunction And Hypertension In Patients With Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: When Is Medical Treatment Or Stenting/Bypass Indicated Despite The CORAL And ASTRAL Trials
  Presenter(s):Thomas A. Sos, MD / Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:01 AM - 8:06 AM Status Of Renal Denervation And Other New Invasive Catheter-Based Treatments For Drug Resistant Hypertension
  Presenter(s):Horst Sievert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:07 AM - 8:12 AM Endovascular Creation Of An Iliac Arterio-Venous Fistula To Treat Drug Resistant Hypertension: Rationale And Results Of The ROX Trial Of The ROX Coupler Device
  Presenter(s):Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:13 AM - 8:18 AM A Promising New Device To Treat Drug Resistant Hypertension By Reshaping The Carotid Sinus And Enhancing Baroreceptor Activity: The Mobius HD Device (Vascular Dynamics): How It Works And Results From The CALM II Trial
  Presenter(s):Mark C. Bates, MD / Gregg W. Stone, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:19 AM - 8:24 AM Stem Cell And Gene Treatment For CLTI Is Not Dead Yet: Results Of The MOBILE Trial Of Bone Marrow Aspirate Cells
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Regenerative Medicine For CLTI: What Is The Future For Stem Cell Therapy In Vascular Disease: Current Highlights
  Presenter(s):Dong-ik Kim, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:31 AM - 8:36 AM Image Based Coronary Computational Flow Analysis (FFRct) Can Reduce Perioperative Myocardial Infarctions And Improve Outcomes In Vascular Patients With AAAs And Occlusive Disease: How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Christopher K. Zarins, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:37 AM - 8:42 AM Fish Oil (Omega 3) May Be Good For The Heart But Bad For AAA Development: Why This Is So
  Presenter(s):Jes S. Lindholt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:43 AM - 8:48 AM Compensatory Arterial Enlargement In Diabetics: Mechanism And Significance For Treatments
  Presenter(s):Nicos Labropoulos, BSc (Med), PhD, DIC, RVT  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:49 AM - 8:55 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 32
 
SESSION 33 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 33: ENDOLEAKS AND ENDOTENSION: THEIR NATURAL HISTORY AND TREATMENT
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Matt M. Thompson, MD / Barry T. Katzen, MD  
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8:56 AM - 9:01 AM The Underlying Mechanism Of Type 2 Endoleaks Associated With Sac Enlargement: What Is Its Impact On How They Should Be Diagnosed And Treated: Type 2 Endoleaks Can Be Dangerous
  Presenter(s):Michel Makaroun, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:02 AM - 9:07 AM DEBATE: Type 2 Endoleaks With AAA Sac Enlargement Can Be Dangerous And Should Be Treated: What Is The Best Treatment Method
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD / Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:08 AM - 9:13 AM DEBATE: Not So: Type 2 Endoleaks With Sac Growth Should Rarely Be Treated: They Infrequently Lead To Rupture: And Treatment Is More Dangerous Than The Rupture Risk
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:14 AM - 9:19 AM What Should Be Done When An AAA Sac Enlarges After EVAR: What Should Be Done Diagnostically And For Treatment: Is Endotension Without An Endoleak Real
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:20 AM - 9:25 AM Present Status Of Endotension: What Mimics It: When Is It Real: What Causes It And What To Do About It
  Presenter(s):Luis A. Sanchez, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:26 AM - 9:31 AM How Increasing Intrasac Pressure Within AAAs Can Eliminate Endoleaks: How To Do It And Does It Work
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:32 AM - 9:37 AM With Type 1A Endoleaks After EVAR The Type Of The Original Endograft Influences The Secondary Repair Technique: When Are Cuffs, Chimney Or Sandwich Grafts The Best Approach: A Classification System Of EVAR Failures To Direct Secondary Treatment
  Presenter(s):Claude Mialhe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:38 AM - 9:43 AM Value Of Preliminary Selective Lumbar And Inferior Mesenteric Artery Embolization To Prevent Type 2 Endoleaks After EVAR: When Is It Indicated, Risks And 3-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Daniela Branzan, MD / Andrej Schmidt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:44 AM - 9:49 AM Technique And Value Of Endoleak Treatment With Microcatheters: Value Of And Technique For Transgluteal Artery And Transcaval Approaches
  Presenter(s):Michele Rossi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:50 AM - 9:55 AM Perigraft Sac Embolization To Treat Difficult Type 2 And Other Hard-To-Treat Endoleaks: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:56 AM - 10:02 AM Panel Discussion
10:03 AM - 10:15 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 33
 
SESSION 34 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 34: TRIBUTES TO VASCULAR SURGERY GREATS; ISSUES RELATED TO HISTORY, ETHICS, INNOVATION, VASCULAR SURGERY LEADERSHIP, PRACTICE PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTION
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michel Makaroun, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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TRIBUTES TO GIANTS
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM A Tribute To Richard F. (Dick) Kempczinski (1940-2017)
  Presenter(s):Jerry Goldstone, MD, FACS, FRCSEd  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:21 AM - 10:26 AM A Tribute To Edward B. (Ted) Diethrich (1935-2017)
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:27 AM - 10:32 AM A Tribute To Clifford J. (Cliff) Buckley (1936 - 2017)
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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NEW CONCEPT
10:33 AM - 10:38 AM New Concept For The Linkage Between Chemotherapy And Strokes: The Edgar Allen Poe Effect
  Presenter(s):Emmanuel M. Houdart, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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VASCULAR SURGERY LEADERSHIP
10:39 AM - 10:44 AM Strategies To Facilitate Vascular Surgeons Maintaining A Leadership Position In The Care Of Vascular Patients
  Presenter(s):Scott L. Stevens, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:45 AM - 10:50 AM How To Maintain Proficiency In Open And Endovascular Procedures
  Presenter(s):Jose Fernandes e Fernandes, MD, PhD, FRCS (Eng), FACS, FESC, FEBVS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:51 AM - 10:56 AM Increasing Importance And Influence Of Women In Vascular Surgery: Is The Endovascular Revolution Partly Responsible
  Presenter(s):Rebeca Reachi Lugo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:57 AM - 11:02 AM Bitter Lessons Learned From A Vascular Surgeon Inventor About Patents, Big Companies And Lawyers: MD Inventors Are Often Fleeced
  Presenter(s):Juan C. Parodi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:03 AM - 11:08 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Cynthia K. Shortell, MD / R. Clement Darling III, MD  
11:09 AM - 11:14 AM What Are The Causes Of “Burn Out” Among Vascular Surgeons And Other Vascular Specialists: Are Institutions, Health Care Systems Or The Affordable Care Act To Blame: What Can Be Done To Prevent And Manage It
  Presenter(s):Peggyann Nowak-Berguer, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:15 AM - 11:20 AM How MDs Should Deal With Life’s Problems Like Drug Use, Career Dissatisfaction, Job Loss, Divorce And Depression
  Presenter(s):Simran B. Singh, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:21 AM - 11:26 AM How To Live Better As You Get Older: Good Advice For Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:27 AM - 11:32 AM What Is The Best Master’s Degree For The Vascular Surgeon/Specialist To Get And Why: MBA, MHA, MPH
  Presenter(s):Robert B. McLafferty, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:33 AM - 11:38 AM What Serious Complications Should Vascular Surgeons/Specialists Discuss With Patients Before A Vascular Intervention To Reach Truly Informed Consent: Results Of A Delphi Consensus Study
  Presenter(s):Dirk T. Ubbink, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:39 AM - 11:44 AM Gender Differences In EVAR And TEVAR Outcomes: Can They Be Eliminated By Better Devices And Technique
  Presenter(s):Erik E. Debing, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:45 AM - 11:50 AM Highlights From The Australian VERVE Symposium December 2016: EVAR At 25 Years: Where Is It Going
  Presenter(s):Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRACS / Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:51 AM - 11:56 AM The Injustice Of Honoring One Individual For A Landmark Contribution While Ignoring Others And Circumstances That Made It Possible
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:57 AM - 12:02 PM Panel Discussion
12:02 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 34
 
SESSION 35 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 35: MORE ISSUES FOR VASCULAR SURGEONS AND VASCULAR SPECIALISTS: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WHERE IT'S GOING; REIMBURSEMENT, VASCULAR MDs’ HEALTH AND ETHICS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD / Sean P. Roddy, MD  
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Drivers Of Innovation And New Developments In Medical AAA Treatments: Metformin Is The Newest Drug Of Interest
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM The Importance Of Ethics In Vascular Surgery: How To Resolve Interspecialty Conflicts And Remove Bad Doctors With Poor Outcomes: Turf Issues Cannot Be Allowed To Trump Quality Care
  Presenter(s):Tej M. Singh, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Do Real Treatments Of Vascular Lesions Conform To Guidelines: What Motivates Doctors To Do Procedures: From The IDOMENEO Study
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Serious Causes Of Aches, Pains And Ailments To Which Vascular Surgeons And Specialists Are Vulnerable To From Their Procedures: What Can Be Done To Minimize Them Or Treat Them
  Presenter(s):Samuel R. Money, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Why Vascular Surgeons And Specialists Should Always Be Looking And Planning For Their Next Job: Firing Or Forced Exit Is Always A Possibility: We Should Be Ready
  Presenter(s):Sigrid Nikol, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Vascular Surgeons Are Essential To Our Health Care System: Why Are They Often Excluded From Administrative Decision Making And Resource Assignment
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Hsu, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Obamacare May Not Be So Bad After All: The Maryland Experience Shows Why
  Presenter(s):James H. Black III, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM What Factors In New Health Care Systems Affect Reimbursement: How Can These Be Modified To Improve Vascular Surgeons’ Incomes
  Presenter(s):Francesco A. Aiello, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Where Is Health Care Reform Going: Will MACRA Continue: What Will Happen To Vascular Surgeons’/Specialists’ Incomes
  Presenter(s):Timothy F. Kresowik, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:54 PM - 1:59 PM What Is Going To Pay For Expensive Vascular Care As The US Shifts From Obamacare (The ACA) To Whatever Is Next: Are Alternate Payment Plans An Answer
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Pay For Performance (PFP) Does Not Benefit Vascular Patients: It Induces Vascular Surgeons And Specialists To Intervene On Easy Cases That Need No Procedure And To Avoid Difficult Cases That Really Need Treatment
  Presenter(s):James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:06 PM - 2:12 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 35
 
SESSION 36 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 36: FDA; VASCULAR SURGERY’S GOVERNING BODIES, BOARDS, RRCs, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:James C. Stanley, MD / Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
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2:13 PM - 2:18 PM Expedited Access Pathway (EAP) To Accelerate FDA Approval Of Especially Innovative Medical Treatments Or Devices
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:19 PM - 2:24 PM How Can The APDVS Help Vascular Surgery Maintain And Enhance Its Clout: The Combined Match For Vascular And Cardiac Surgery Trainees Shows That Vascular Surgery Should Be A Separate Specialty With Its Own Independent Board And RRC
  Presenter(s):William D. Jordan Jr., MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:25 PM - 2:30 PM Vascular Surgeons Are Not Appropriately Valued And Compensated In Hospitals For Their Unique Consultant Services: Being A Separate Independent Specialty Would Help
  Presenter(s):Fred A. Weaver, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:31 PM - 2:36 PM Heart And Vascular Centers Or Institutes Do Not Benefit Vascular Surgery: Vascular Surgery Is Often The Poor Sister: The Effort To Become A Fully Independent Specialty Should Be Revived
  Presenter(s):Jerry Goldstone, MD, FACS, FRCSEd  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:37 PM - 2:42 PM Why Vascular Surgery Needs A Separate Independent Residency Review Committee (RRC-VS); The American Board Of Surgery (ABS) Needs To Support Vascular Surgery’s Independence
  Presenter(s):John F. Eidt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:43 PM - 2:48 PM Why Vascular Surgery Must Have Its Own Independent RRC And American Board Of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Approved Board: How Can The Specialty Get It
  Presenter(s):O. William Brown, MD, JD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:49 PM - 2:54 PM Why Full Vascular Surgery Independence Is Justified And Badly Needed: Why Hasn’t It Happened
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Why Vascular Surgery Needs Its Own Independent ABMS Approved Board And RRC-VS More Than Ever: Recent Developments And Where Is The Resistance Coming From
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:01 PM - 3:06 PM Will The ABS Ever Support A Fully Independent Board Of Vascular Surgery As “A Board Down The Hall”: If Not, Why Not Since Vascular And General Surgery Are Now Different Specialties
  Presenter(s):Spence M. Taylor, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:07 PM - 3:12 PM What Numbers Of Open Surgical Cases Should Be Adopted For Vascular Surgical Certification: Are They Sufficient For Competence: What Are The Solutions To This Problem
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:13 PM - 3:18 PM How Many 0+5 Vascular Surgery Programs Currently Exist: Is There A Demand For More: How Successful Are These Programs And How Competent Are The Finishing Trainees
  Presenter(s):Murray L. Shames, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:19 PM - 3:25 PM Panel Discussion
3:25 PM - 3:35 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 36
 
SESSION 37 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 37: VASCULAR CARE AND ITS VALUE; REIMBURSEMENT; VOLUME AND MALPRACTICE ISSUES
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD / Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
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3:35 PM - 3:40 PM Value Of A Vascular Surgeon To The Practice Of Other Specialties And To An Institution: How Can Vascular Surgeons Be Adequately Compensated By Institutions For Their Unique And Vital Contributions
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:41 PM - 3:46 PM Disparity In Medicaid Physician Payments For Vascular Surgery
  Presenter(s):Jennifer L. Perri, MD, MBA / Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:47 PM - 3:52 PM Outlook For Vascular Surgeons’ Incomes In A Changing Health Care Environment
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:53 PM - 3:58 PM What Is The Best Value Care For The Treatment Of SFA Lesions: For Intermittent Claudication; For CLTI
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:59 PM - 4:04 PM Vascular Telecare Can Expand The Reach And Effectiveness Of A Vascular Surgeon’s Or Specialist’s Practice And Benefit Patients: How To Do It And Get Paid For It
  Presenter(s):John (Jeb) W. Hallett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:05 PM - 4:10 PM Hospital Readmissions After Endovascular Treatments For CLTI Are Surprisingly Frequent: Predictors, Consequences And How To Prevent Some Of Them
  Presenter(s):Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:11 PM - 4:16 PM When Are Outcomes In Vascular Treatment Related To Hospital Volumes And Surgeon Volumes; And When Are They Not
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:17 PM - 4:22 PM How Electronic Medical Records Have Increased Medical Malpractice Litigation: What Precautions Can Diminish The Problem
  Presenter(s):O. William Brown, MD, JD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:23 PM - 4:28 PM Late Treatment Leads To Limb Loss With Diabetic Foot Lesions: Education Of Physicians And Patients Can Prevent Amputations
  Presenter(s):Oscar L. Ojeda, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:29 PM - 4:35 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 37
 
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 38: ISSUES WITH TRIALS; RCTs; GUIDELINES; STANDARDS; REGISTRIES; QUALITY INITIATIVES; THE SVS AND THE JVS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP / Joseph L. Mills, MD  
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4:36 PM - 4:41 PM Interpreting RCTs Of AAA Or Carotid Treatments: Why And How They Can Be Misleading Or Misinterpreted
  Presenter(s):Thomas L. Forbes, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM Propensity Matched Clinical Trials Have Value: But They Can Also Have Limitations And Flaws: How To Maximize Their Value
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:48 PM - 4:53 PM DEBATE: Status Of The BEST Trial – A RCT Of CLI Treatments (Endo vs. Open): Laudable But Difficult: It Will Provide Useful Information
  Presenter(s):Alik Farber, MD / Matthew T. Menard, MD / Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM DEBATE: The BASIL 2 And 3 Trials; RCTs Of (2) Vein Bypasses vs. Endovascular First Treatments For CLI; And (3) DCBs And DESs vs. PTA With BMS Bailout: They Will Provide Useful Information
  Presenter(s):Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM DEBATE: These Trials Will Be Fraught With Problems And May Provide Little Useful Information
  Presenter(s):Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:06 PM - 5:11 PM The WIFI Grading System For CLTI Is Meaningful: WIFI Scores Correlate Well With The Risks Of Amputation And Death Following Treatment
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:12 PM - 5:17 PM How Can The WIFI Grading System Influence Patient Outcomes With CLTI
  Presenter(s):Robert S. Crawford, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Michael S. Conte, MD / Peter Gloviczki, MD  
5:24 PM - 5:29 PM What Is The SVS/VQI/FDA TEVAR For Aortic Dissection Registry: What New And Useful Information Will It Provide
  Presenter(s):Richard P. Cambria, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM What Is The International Consortium Of Vascular Registries (ICVR): What Unique And Valuable Information Can Be Learned From It
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM New Reporting Standards For Lower Extremity Endovascular Treatments For Ischemia: How Will They Help Bring Order Out Of Chaos
  Presenter(s):Michael C. Stoner, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:42 PM - 5:47 PM New Developments In The SVS VQI And How It Can Benefit Patients And Vascular Surgeons
  Presenter(s):Larry W. Kraiss, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Increasing Disparity Between SVS AAA Guidelines And Real World Practice For AAA Repair: The Guidelines Are No Longer Relevant: What Harm Can This Cause And What Is The Solution
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:54 PM - 5:59 PM New Developments With The Journal Of Vascular Surgery And How They Can Be Beneficial
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD / Peter Gloviczki, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:00 PM - 6:06 PM Panel Discussion

End of Program F


END OF SESSION 38
 
SESSION 39 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 39: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO THE THORACIC AORTA, TEVAR, AORTIC DISSECTIONS, TAAAs AND THEIR TREATMENT
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michael D. Dake, MD / Wayne W. Zhang, MD  
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6:50 AM - 6:55 AM With Mural Thrombi In The Thoracic Aorta, When Do They Have To Be Treated Invasively: If They Do, TEVAR Is The Best Treatment: Precautions
  Presenter(s):Ramesh K. Tripathi, MD, FRCS, FRACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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6:56 AM - 7:01 AM During TEVAR For TBADs, How And Why Should The Arterial Blood Pressure Be Controlled And Manipulated
  Presenter(s):Cherrie Z. Abraham, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:02 AM - 7:07 AM TEVAR Under Local Anesthesia: How To Do It: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, FACC  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:08 AM - 7:13 AM DEBATE: Left Subclavian Artery (LSA) Perfusion Is Critical And Should Be Maintained Whenever Possible With TEVAR
  Presenter(s):Daniel G. Clair, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:14 AM - 7:19 AM DEBATE: No: LSA Perfusion Is Not Always Necessary With TEVAR: When May It Be Unnecessary And What Are The Risks And Downsides Of LSA Revascularization
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:20 AM - 7:25 AM Revascularizing The LSA By In Situ Fenestration After TEVAR: How To Do It When The LSA Origin Needs To Be Covered To Extend Proximal Landing Zone Or When The LSA Is Covered Inadvertently
  Presenter(s):Wayne W. Zhang, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:26 AM - 7:31 AM A New Non A, Non B Classification For Aortic Dissections Involving The Arch: Why Is It Better And How To Treat Such Dissections
  Presenter(s):Bartosz Rylski, MD, PhD / Martin Czerny, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:32 AM - 7:37 AM Fate Of The Distal (Abdominal) Aorta After Endovascular Or Open Treatment Of TBADs: What Secondary Treatment May Be Required And Which Treatment Is Best
  Presenter(s):Geert Willem H. Schurink, MD, PhD / Michael J. Jacobs, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:38 AM - 7:43 AM Open Repair Is The Best Option For Treating Visceral Segment AAAs After TEVAR For TBADs: Technique Video Showing How To Do It With A “Reversed Cactus” Branched Graft
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:44 AM - 7:52 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 39
 
SESSION 40 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 40: TREATMENT OF LESIONS OF THE ASCENDING AORTA; THE AORTIC ARCH; PARALLEL GRAFTS; AORTIC DISSECTIONS AND RELATED TOPICS
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD / Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
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7:53 AM - 7:58 AM Early Experience With The Gore Endograft For Treating Lesions Of The Ascending Aorta: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Jean Bismuth, MD / Michael J. Reardon, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM Progress In The Endovascular Treatment Of Type A Aortic Dissections
  Presenter(s):Carlos H. Timaran, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:05 AM - 8:10 AM New Concepts And Data Regarding Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedures And The Thoraflex Graft (Vascutek/Terumo) In The Treatment Of Thoracic Aortic Disease
  Presenter(s):Ourania Preventza, MD / Joseph S. Coselli, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:11 AM - 8:16 AM In Type A Aortic Dissection Repairs, Open Ascending Aorta Graft Replacement Alone Is Not Effective Long-Term Treatment In Most Patients: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Current Status Of Brain Perfusion Adjuncts And Techniques For Open Aortic Arch Repairs
  Presenter(s):Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Hybrid Procedures For Aortic Arch Lesions Are Effective And Durable: Tips And Tricks To Make Them Work Effectively
  Presenter(s):Colin D. Bicknell, MD, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Chimney And Periscope Grafts To Facilitate Repair Of Aneurysms In And Near The Aortic Arch: Tips To Make Them Safe, Effective And Durable
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Value And Limitations Of Aortic Arch Chimneys With Mid And Long-Term (> 5 Years) Follow Up: How To Make Them Work
  Presenter(s):Nicola Mangialardi, MD / Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:41 AM - 8:46 AM How To Make Chimney And Sandwich Grafts Work For Treatment Of Aortic Arch Lesions: Technical Tips, Precautions And Midterm Results
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:47 AM - 8:55 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 40
 
SESSION 41 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 41: NEW GRAFTS FOR TAAAs; MORE ON JUXTA- AND PARARENAL AAAs; FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED EVAR (F/B/EVAR) AND PARALLEL GRAFTS
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michel Makaroun, MD / Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
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8:56 AM - 9:01 AM The “Spider Graft”: A New Hybrid Graft For Treatment Of TAAAs: How Does It Work: Advantages And Results
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:02 AM - 9:07 AM The TAMBE Multibranched Device (Gore) For Treating TAAAs: Device Description, Advantages, Limitations And 1-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Farber, MD / Michel Makaroun, MD / Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:08 AM - 9:13 AM A New Valiant Manifold Based Device (Medtronic) With Multiple Branches For Treating TAAAs: How Does It Work And 2-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Patrick W. Kelly, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:14 AM - 9:19 AM A “Barrel” Stent-Graft For F/B/EVAR: Device Description And How It Minimizes Aortic Coverage To Protect Against Spinal Cord Ischemia
  Presenter(s):Piotr M. Kasprzak, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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CHIMNEY GRAFTS FOR EVAR (CH/EVAR
9:20 AM - 9:25 AM How To Prevent Cerebrovascular Events (Strokes And TIAs) When Using Upper Extremity Access For Ch/EVAR And F/B/EVAR: What Factors Increase Stroke Risk
  Presenter(s):Michel J. Bosiers, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:26 AM - 9:31 AM A New Classification System For Type 1A Endoleaks After Ch/EVAR: How It Can Help To Determine The Best Secondary Procedure To Fix Them
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:32 AM - 9:39 AM Panel Discussion
MORE ON PARALLEL GRAFTS, TAAAS AND COMPLEX AAAS
Moderator(s): Benjamin W. Starnes, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Technical Tips To Successful Sandwich Graft Treatment Of TAAAs And When Is This Method The Best Treatment: Results To Date
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM When Should Parallel Grafts Be The First Treatment Choice For Complex AAA Repair
  Presenter(s):Edward Y. Woo, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:52 AM - 9:57 AM Simple Retrograde Parallel (Periscope) Grafts To Preserve Left Subclavian Artery Flow During TEVAR: How To Do It With Off-The-Shelf (OTS) Components: They Never Leak And Other Advantages
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:58 AM - 10:03 AM When Are Open Repair Or No Repair The Best Option For Some Patients With Complex And Large AAAs And Unfavorable Anatomy
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:04 AM - 10:09 AM What Are The Options For Treating Type 3 And Type 4 TAAAs And When Should They Be Used
  Presenter(s):Michel Makaroun, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:10 AM - 10:15 AM 3D Printed AAA Phantoms Generated From CTAs: How They Can Facilitate Training In And Performance Of Complex AAA Repairs
  Presenter(s):Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:16 AM - 10:24 AM Panel Discussion
10:24 AM - 10:40 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 41
 
SESSION 42 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 42: TREATMENT OF VISCERAL AND RENAL ANEURYSMS, COMPLEX AAAs, TAAAs AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS: MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING (MLFM) BARE STENTS: PROS AND CONS: 15-YEAR RESULTS OF THE EVAR 2 TRIAL: FUTURE OF EVAR
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Rodney A. White, MD / Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
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10:40 AM - 10:45 AM Flow Diverting Bare Stents With And Without Coils For Treating Visceral And Renal Artery Aneurysms: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Michele Rossi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:46 AM - 10:51 AM Multilayer Flow Modulating (MLFM) Bare Stents For The Treatment Of Peripheral (Iliac) And Visceral/Renal Artery Aneurysms: Do The Aneurysms Shrink In Size: Long-Term Results In 47 Patients: When Is This Treatment Preferred
  Presenter(s):Michel Henry, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:52 AM - 10:57 AM Long-Term Results Of MLFM Bare Stents For The Treatment Of Aortic Dissection And Aortic Aneurysms: The French Multicenter Experience
  Presenter(s):Claude D. Vaislic, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:58 AM - 11:03 AM Update On Experience Treating Aortic Dissections And Complex AAAs With MLFM Bare Stents: When Do They Work And When Don’t They
  Presenter(s):Victor S. Costache, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:04 AM - 11:09 AM Update On The Value And Limitations Of Multilayered Uncovered And Covered Stents For Treating Aortic Aneurysms And Dissections: Indications And Results
  Presenter(s):Qingsheng Lu, MD / Zaiping Jing, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:10 AM - 11:15 AM Effectiveness Of MLFM Bare Stents In The Treatment Of Type B Dissections And Aortic Aneurysms: Long-Term Follow-Up
  Presenter(s):Amira Benjelloun, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:16 AM - 11:21 AM Update On Indications, Contraindications, Value And Results Of MLFM Bare Stents To Treat Various Aortic Lesions
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:22 AM - 11:27 AM Why MLFM Bare Stents Are An Effective Treatment For Some Aortic Dissections: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:28 AM - 11:33 AM MLFM Bare Stents Are An Effective Treatment For Some Aortic Dissections: They Preserve Branch Flow And Promote Aortic Remodeling: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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EVAR 2 15-YEAR RESULTS AND THE FUTURE OF AAA REPAIR
11:34 AM - 11:41 AM 15-Year Results Of The EVAR 2 Trial Comparing EVAR With Expectant Treatment In Patients “Unfit” For Open Repair: Improved Aneurysm-Related Mortality Gives Us An Ethical Dilemma
  Presenter(s):Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:42 AM - 11:49 AM A Look At The Future Of AAA Repair: Insights And Predictions From An Aortic Surgeon At The Mid-Point Of His Career
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:50 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: MORE INTERESTING TOPICS RELATED TO THE ABDOMINAL AORTA, AAAs AND EVAR
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Timur P. Sarac, MD / Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA  
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Variations In AAA Juxtarenal Landing Zones And Their Suitability For Various Commercial Endografts: Which Graft Is Best In Which Circumstance
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Predicting AAA Growth And Rupture With A Skin Biopsy: It Can Reflect Smooth Muscle Behavior, Genes, Biomarkers And Aortic Wall Behavior
  Presenter(s):Kak Khee Yeung, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM EVAR Can Be Performed Safely And Effectively In Severely Angled Necks: What Adjuncts May Be Required And When
  Presenter(s):Boonprasit Kritpracha, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM DEBATE: Nationwide AAA Screening Programs Are Worthwhile, Save Lives And Improve Quality Of Life (QOL)
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM DEBATE: Why Nationwide Population Based AAA Screening Programs Are Of Limited Value And A Challenge For Public Health Systems
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM DEBATE: Why AAA Screening And Detection Programs Can Be Harmful
  Presenter(s):Jes S. Lindholt, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Impact Of Large Proximal Aortic Necks (> 31 mm) On Midterm EVAR Results: Should Such Patients Be Treated By Ch/EVAR Or F/EVAR
  Presenter(s):Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM When Can AAAs With Necks > 35 mm In Diameter Be Effectively And Durably Treated By EVAR: Tips And Tricks For Doing So
  Presenter(s):Michael J. Singh, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Current Best Treatment For Secondary Aorto-Enteric Fistulas After Open AAA Repair; After EVAR
  Presenter(s):Fabien F.P. Koskas, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Panel Discussion
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END OF SESSION 43
 
SESSION 44 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 44: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO AAAs AND EVAR
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD / Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD  
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2:01 PM - 2:06 PM Preoperative Exercise Training Prior To AAA Repair: It Improve Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Gerard Danjoux, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:07 PM - 2:12 PM What Is The Relationship Between AAA Disease And Cancer: What Are Possible Mechanisms
  Presenter(s):Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:13 PM - 2:18 PM Increased Risk Of Cancer In EVAR-Treated AAA Patients vs. Those Treated By Open Repair After 8 Years In The EVAR 1 Trial: Is A Practice Change Suggested
  Presenter(s):Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:19 PM - 2:24 PM Many AAAs With A Stable Diameter After EVAR Actually Grow In Volume: What Are The Implications And How Should Volume Be Determined Without CT Scans
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:25 PM - 2:30 PM Surveillance Compliance After EVAR: Non-Compliance Is Associated With Worse Outcomes: What Can Improve Compliance
  Presenter(s):Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:31 PM - 2:36 PM AAA Sac Filling: How Does This New Treatment Modality Work: Technique And Early Results
  Presenter(s):Michael J. Jacobs, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:37 PM - 2:42 PM Why Women Are Underrepresented In EVAR Trials And Why They Have Worse Outcomes Than Men With AAA Repair: Why The OVATION And Other New Devices Can Improve EVAR Outcomes In Women
  Presenter(s):Martin Storck, MD, PhD / Giovanni Pratesi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:43 PM - 2:48 PM Mechanism And Prevention Of Abdominal Incision Dehiscence After Open AAA Repair: Why Is It A Worse Problem Than After Open Aorto-Bifemoral Bypass For Occlusive Disease
  Presenter(s):Eric Allaire, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:49 PM - 2:54 PM Tips And Tricks For EVAR Treatment Of AAAs With Small Distal Aortic Necks To Avoid Limb Thrombosis
  Presenter(s):Rocco Giudice, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Fibrin Glue Sac Embolization To Allow Safe Durable (10 Years) Standard EVAR For AAAs With Shorter More Challenging Proximal Necks: Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Qingsheng Lu, MD / Zaiping Jing, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:01 PM - 3:06 PM AFX Unibody Bifurcated Endograft (Endologix) To Treat Patients With TASC D Aorto-Iliac Disease And An AAA: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Francesco Speziale, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:07 PM - 3:17 PM Panel Discussion (Refreshments Available In Back Of Room)
END OF SESSION 44
 
SESSION 45 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 45: CHALLENGING RECORDED LIVE CASES AND THOSE EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE AND NEW TECHNIQUES
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Plinio Rossi, MD / Andrew Holden, MBChB / Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR / Carlo Setacci, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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3:17 PM - 3:27 PM Changed Workflow With Fusion In A 3 Fenestration FEVAR Case
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:27 PM - 3:37 PM The Use Of A Compliant Balloon To Facilitate EVAR And EVAS Procedures
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:37 PM - 3:47 PM Kissing Lithoplasty And DCB For Common Iliac Artery Stenoses
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:47 PM - 3:57 PM Arch Aneurysm Repair With A 3-Branch Endograft
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:57 PM - 4:07 PM Cracking And Paving Of Extremely Calcified Femoropopliteal Lesions
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:07 PM - 4:17 PM How To Perform An Optimal DCB Angioplasty From Anatomy To Function
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:17 PM - 4:27 PM Below Knee Deep Vein Thrombosis As Part Of Ilio-Femoral DVT: How I Deal With It
  Presenter(s):Gerard J. O'Sullivan, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:27 PM - 4:37 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 45
 
SESSION 46 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 46: LINC SESSION: PIONEERING TECHNIQUES IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY INTERVENTIONS WITH RECORDED LIVE CASES
Location:
Moderators:Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
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SUPRAAORTIC
4:37 PM - 4:45 PM Latest Device Improvements For Carotid Interventions
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD  
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4:45 PM - 5:02 PM Recorded Case: Recanalization Of A Common Carotid Re-Stenosis With Advanced Filter Protection And Latest Stent Technology
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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FEMORAL
5:02 PM - 5:10 PM Advanced Endovascular Techniques For Treating Calcified Lower Extremity CTO Lesions
  Presenter(s):Daniela Branzan, MD  
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5:10 PM - 5:27 PM Recorded Case: Extensive Vessel Prep With Tumescent Anesthesia To Facilitate Stenting Of An Extensively Calcified Lesion
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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BTK
5:27 PM - 5:35 PM Novel Strategies For Drug-Delivery And Scaffolding For Treating Lesions In BTK Arteries
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
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5:35 PM - 5:52 PM Recorded Case: BTK Recanalization Wtih Deep Adventitial Drug Delivery And Tack Scaffolding
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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5:52 PM - 5:57 PM Discussion
End of Program G
END OF SESSION 46