SESSION 23 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 23: GENERALITIES IN THE ENDOVASCULAR AND OPEN TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE LESIONS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Enrico Ascher, MD / Craig M. Walker, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Understanding US FDA IDEs (Investigative Device Exemptions) Trials For Evaluating Lower Extremity Endo Devices – Especially BTK Devices: What These Will Tell Us (About Patency) And What They Won’t Tell Us (About Amputation Free Survival)
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM Optimal Techniques For Vessel Preparation Before Deployment Of A Drug Coated Or Uncoated Balloon Or Stent
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Value Of IVUS In Lower Extremity Endovascular Treatments: It Is A Management-Altering, Must Have Game Changer
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Which Wires And Catheters Are Best To Reach Infrainguinal Arteries Via A Radial Approach: Innovative New Wire Engineering Designs To Improve Performance Of 104 Wires: What Is A Twist Wire And How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Endovascular Treatment Is Appropriate For CLTI Patients With Heel Gangrene Involving The Os Calcis And Achilles Tendon: Limb Salvage With Function Can Be Achieved And How
  Presenter(s):Iris Baumgartner, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM What Is The Future Of Stenting In The Current DCB World: DCBs Do Not Always Work For Complex Lesions: Leave Nothing Behind Is Only A Dream
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD / Koen R. Deloose, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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SOME COMMENTS ON ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENTS OF ARTERIAL LESIONS IN THE FOOT
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM How Durable Is The Patency Of Balloon Angioplasty Of Foot Arteries And Plantar Loop Procedures: Why It May Not Matter
  Presenter(s):Marco G. Manzi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Should We Treat Foot Vessel Lesions Or Is Such Treatment Fanciful Or Harmful: How Should We Monitor Such Treatment: What Is The End Point And When Is Open Surgery Better
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Small Artery Disease (SAD) And Medial Artery Calcification (MAC) In The Foot: What Is Its Role In Severe CLTI And How Is It Best Treated
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Open Bypass To Foot Arteries Can Save Limbs If Foot Arteries And Arches Have Not Been Instrumented: A Note Of Caution
  Presenter(s):Francesco Spinelli, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Role Of Distal Bypass In CLTI With Severe Gangrene: What % Of Such Patients Will Need One At Some Time In Their Course: When Are Pedal Bypasses Better Than Pedal Loop Procedures
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:46 AM - 7:52 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 23
 
SESSION 24 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 24: PROGRESS IN STENT BASED TREATMENTS, ATHERECTOMY AND LITHOPLASTY (LITHOTRIPSY) FOR LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE LESIONS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
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7:52 AM - 7:57 AM DCBs Versus DESs: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Each: Why DCBs Should Be First Line Therapy For Most Lesions In Most Patients
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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7:58 AM - 8:03 AM For Fempop Lesions, Zilver PTX DESs Are Durable Effective Treatment: 5-Year Results Show It Even In Adverse Circumstances: New Findings From The Zilver PTX RCT
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:04 AM - 8:09 AM Which Patients With Fempop Occlusive Lesions Are Not Candidates For DCB Treatment: How Should They Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:10 AM - 8:15 AM New Findings From The IMPERIAL RCT Comparing Zilver PTX DESs With Eluvia DESs For Fempop Lesions: Do Differences In Technology And Results In High Risk Subgroups Suggest That Eluvia Is A Better Stent
  Presenter(s):William A. Gray, MD / Stefan Mueller-Huelsbeck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:16 AM - 8:21 AM Not Sure That IMPERIAL RCT To Date Shows Differences That Are Important: Zilver PTX Is Still A Good DES With Favorable Longer-Term Results And Both Stents Produced Equal Improvement In Symptoms
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:22 AM - 8:27 AM Another View On When To Use Which Stent For Fempop Lesions: Supera, Zilver PTX, Eluvia Or Others
  Presenter(s):Iris Baumgartner, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:28 AM - 8:33 AM Eluvia (Boston Scientific) Is The Only Polymer Based Paclitaxel DES Technology, And It Is Now Being Studied For BTK Lesions In The SAVAL RCT
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:34 AM - 8:39 AM Bioresorbable Everolimus DESs For Treating BTK Lesions: The Results With The Absorb Stent (Abbott) Were Favorable For 5 Years: What Does The Future Hold For Such Stents
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD / Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:40 AM - 8:45 AM Current Status And Improvements In Atherectomy Devices: Which One Or Ones Are Best And Why: For Stand-Alone Treatment Or For Vessel Preparation For Other Treatments
  Presenter(s):Lawrence A. Garcia, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:46 AM - 8:51 AM Which Atherectomy Device Is Best And Why; A European Perspective And Shockwave Based Technology With A Jack-Hammer Effect To Facilitate CTO Wire Crossing (From Soundbite Medical Solutions); How It Works
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:52 AM - 8:57 AM Update On Intravascular Lithotripsy (Lithoplasty) To Treat Calcified Occlusive Lesions: When Is It Worthwhile And When Not: From The DISRUPT PAD Trials And The REAL World Registry
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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8:58 AM - 9:02 AM Late Breaking 5-Year Results Of Bioresorbable DES (Abbott) For BTK Lesions: Future Implications
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD / Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:02 AM - 9:10 AM Panel Discussion And Break
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 24
 
SESSION 25 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 25: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY RELATED TOPICS: DOWNSIDE OF DCBs: THE PACLITAXEL COATED DEVICES INCREASE MORTALITY ISSUE
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Gary M. Ansel, MD  
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Introductory Remarks And Overview
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:16 AM - 9:21 AM The Downsides To DCBs: Cost; Distal Embolization; Increased Mortality: Are They Substantive
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Update On The Meta-Analysis Showing An Increased Mortality In Patients Treated With Drug (Paclitaxel) Coated Lower Extremity Devices (DCBs And DESs): What Is The Current Interpretation
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM Understanding The Pharmacology, Mechanisms Of Action And Toxicity Of Paclitaxel On Drug Coated Devices: How Could Paclitaxel Influence Mortality
  Presenter(s):Juan F. Granada, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Is The Increased Mortality Risk Of Paclitaxel Coated Lower Extremity Devices Observed In The Meta-Analysis Real And Meaningful: Update From The VIVA Leaders Analysis: Currently How Should It Influence Use Of These Devices: Where Is This Issue Going
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Current Status Of The Discussion On Paclitaxel Coated Lower Extremity Devices And Their Impact On Patient Mortality: Another View And Where Does The FDA Stand And Why
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM What Is The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Doing About This Issue And Where Does It Stand On It
  Presenter(s):Kim J. Hodgson, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:52 AM - 9:57 AM What Is The Response To And Position Of An Industry Partner (Medtronic) Which Is Vested In Drug Eluting Technology
  Presenter(s):Mark Pacyna  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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9:58 AM - 10:03 AM Update On The Late Results (> 5 Years) Of The Zilver PTX DES Trials That Are Relevant To This Issue: Including The Corrected Late Patient Mortality Data
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:04 AM - 10:09 AM Long-Term Safety And Effectiveness Of Paclitaxel Coated Devices Versus Non-Coated Devices For Fempop Occlusive Lesions: From Japanese RCTs And Registries: How Do These Data Bear On The Paclitaxel-Mortality Issue
  Presenter(s):Osamu Iida, MD / Hiroyoshi Yokoi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:10 AM - 10:15 AM 6-Year Comparison Of Mortality And Its Causes In 1500 Patients Treated With Paclitaxel Coated DCBs Or DESs Versus Bare Metal Stents (BMSs) Or Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty (POBA)
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:16 AM - 10:19 AM Large Population Based Multicenter German Study Indicates Paclitaxel Coated Devices May Be Associated With Lower Late Mortality Than Uncoated Devices In Some Patient Subgroups
  Presenter(s):Christian A. Behrendt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:19 AM - 10:25 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 25
 
SESSION 26 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 26: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DRUG COATED BALLOONS (DCBs) AND OTHER DEVICES FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE LESIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTs) AND BTK TREATMENTS (5- AND 4-MINUTE SHORT SUMMARY [SS] TALKS)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Sean P. Lyden, MD / Michael D. Dake, MD  
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10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Present Status And Future Potential Of DCBs: Is Durability Maintained: Preventing Restenosis And Catch-Up: Importance Of Dual Antiplatelet Agents
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:31 AM - 10:36 AM Best Current Treatment For Long Complex Lesions Is DCBs With Provisional Stenting: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):John R. Laird, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:37 AM - 10:42 AM The REAL PTX RCT Compares DESs Versus DCBs For Treating Fempop Lesions, Some Long And Complex: At 2 Years, Results Are Better With DESs
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD / Yvonne Bausback, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:43 AM - 10:48 AM 5-Year Results From The IN.PACT SFA RCTs Shows Maintained Benefit Of In.Pact DCB Versus POBA For Treatment Of SFA Lesions With No Increase In Complications Or Mortality
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD / John R. Laird, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:49 AM - 10:54 AM The Real World GLOBAL REGISTRY Confirms The Value Of The In.Pact DCB For Treating More Complex SFA Lesions Including In Stent Restenosis (ISR)
  Presenter(s):Marianne Brodmann, MD / Gary M. Ansel, MD / Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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10:55 AM - 11:00 AM 2-Year Results Of The COMPARE PILOT RCT Comparing The Ranger DCB (Boston Scientific) With The In.Pact DCB (Medtronic) For Treating Complex Fempop Lesions And 12-Month Results Of Ranger II Trial
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD / Marianne Brodmann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:01 AM - 11:06 AM Safety And Effectiveness Of The Stellarex DCB (Philips) With Low Dose Paclitaxel Up To 3 Years In The Treatment Of Fempop Occlusive Lesions
  Presenter(s):Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR / Sean P. Lyden, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:07 AM - 11:12 AM Panel Discussion
BELOW THE KNEE DCBs
11:13 AM - 11:18 AM The ACO ART II RCT Shows Favorable Results With The Orchid DCB To Treat BTK Lesions: With The Right DCB Technology The Future For BTK DCBs Is Brighter Than The Past
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD / Wei Guo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:19 AM - 11:24 AM Results Of A RCT Show The Lutonix DCB (Becton Dickinson/Bard) To Be Better Than POBA For BTK Occlusive Lesions
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD / Marianne Brodmann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Value Of The Stellarex DCB (Philips) For Treating BTK Occlusive Lesions: The ILLUMINATE BTK Trial
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD / Mahmood Razavi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:31 AM - 11:36 AM Update On SurVeil DCBs (Surmodics/Abbott) For Treating BTK Lesions: What Makes This DCB Different: 1-Year Safety And Efficacy From The PreVail Trial
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:37 AM - 11:42 AM Economic Factors In The Treatment Of CLTI: Are Drug Coated Balloons (DCBs) DESs Stents Cost Effective: How Can The Costs Of Devices Be Met
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:43 AM - 11:48 AM What Is The Importance Of Dual Antiplatelet Agents To The Success Of DCBs And What Is The Current Status Of DCBs With Drugs Other Than Paclitaxel
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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SHORT SUMMARY 4-MINUTE TALKS
11:49 AM - 11:53 AM [SS] Value Of A Scoring Balloon (Ultrascore From Becton Dickinson/Bard) In Vessel Preparation Before DCB Use In Fempop Lesions: How It Works And Experience To Date
  Presenter(s):Marcus Thieme, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:53 AM - 11:57 AM [SS] DEBATE: SFA Endovascular Treatment Durability Does Not Require Drug Eluting Devices: The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Lawrence A. Garcia, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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11:57 AM - 12:01 PM [SS] DEBATE: Not So: Drug Elution Is Essential For SFA Endovascular Treatments To Be Effective And Durable
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD / Andrej Schmidt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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12:01 PM - 12:06 PM Panel Discussion
12:06 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: EXOTIC AND EXTREME NEW TREATMENTS FOR VERY DISTAL LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE CAUSING SEVERE CHRONIC LIMB THREATENING ISCHEMIA (CLTI): HOW TO SAVE THE “NO OPTION FOR TREATMENT” LIMB AND THE “DESERT FOOT” WITH NO PATENT TARGET ARTERIES
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Daniel G. Clair, MD / Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM How To Gain Retrograde Arterial Access Via Leg Arteries: The Tibioperoneal Trunk, Peroneal, Posterior Tibial And Anterior Tibial: Equipment And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM ‘Fancy’ Techniques For Getting A Guidewire Across Difficult Chronic Total Occlusions – Especially Those In BTK Arteries In CLTI Patients
  Presenter(s):Osamu Iida, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM No Option CLTI: The “Desert Foot”: An Increasing Epidemic: An Overview Of Solutions For It And How To Salvage Some Of These Limbs
  Presenter(s):Marco G. Manzi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Extreme Distal Lower Limb Revascularization: Durable Solution Or Technical Show Off: Distal Access, Plantar Loop Procedures And Subintimal Angioplasty In Foot Arteries: What Is Their Impact On Mid And Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR / Michel Rossi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Treatment Possibilities For “No Option” Patients: Including The Pros And Cons Of Venous Arterialization
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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UPDATE ON VENOUS ARTERIALIZATION
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Surgical Arterialization Of Foot Veins For No Option CLTI: How To Do It And Long-Term Outcomes: From A Pioneer
  Presenter(s):Pramook Mutirangura, FRCS (Edinburgh)  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Arterialization Of Foot Veins Can Save Limbs With No Option CLTI: How And Why Does It Work And Why Does It Fail: What Is Hybrid Arterialization Of Foot Veins: How Does It Compare To The LimFlow Totally Endo Procedure
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Update On Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization (pDVA) With The LimFlow Device For No Option CLTI: Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD / Daniel G. Clair, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Panel Discussion
1:53 PM - 1:58 PM Tibial Bypasses With PTFE Grafts Are Worthwhile (When Autologous Vein Is Lacking) In Hopelessly Threatened Limbs And Can Save A Functional Limb For Many Years: They Deserve A Better Reputation Than They Have
  Presenter(s):Gregg S. Landis, MD / Richard F. Neville, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD / Evan C. Lipsitz, MD, MBA / Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, MD, RPVI, RVT, RDMS, FACS / Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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1:59 PM - 2:04 PM Ultradistal Bypasses To Below The Ankle Arteries Can Save Limbs With CLTI And Gangrene: How Distal In The Foot Can One Go: No Option CLTI Is Usually A Misnomer
  Presenter(s):Hisham Rashid, FRCS, FRCS(Gen)  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Extended Open Techniques To Save Threatened Feet When All Endovascular Attempts Have Failed
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:11 PM - 2:16 PM Below The Ankle Angioplasty And Stenting For CLTI: Technical Tips, Indications And Challenges: Poor Patency Rates May Not Hamper Limb Salvage
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:17 PM - 2:22 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 27
 
SESSION 28 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 28: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR); SELF-EXPANDING STENT-GRAFTS (VIABAHN); HEPARIN BONDING; ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; UNUSUAL LOWER EXTREMITY STENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HEPARIN BONDING TO PTFE GRAFTS AND DCB INFLATION PRESSURES (SEE ALSO SESSION 59)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Richard F. Neville, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD  
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IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR)
2:22 PM - 2:27 PM Update On Best Current Treatment For In Stent Restenosis (ISR): A European Perspective
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:28 PM - 2:33 PM Update On The Best Current Treatment For ISR Of Varying Grades: A US Perspective
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:34 PM - 2:39 PM A Different View Of Optimal Treatment For Varying Grades Of ISR: When Is A Stent-Graft The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN VALUE OF SELF-EXPANDING STENT GRAFTS (VIABAHN)
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM Update On Value And Indications Of The Viabahn Self-Expanding Stent-Graft For Fempop Occlusive Disease: Evolution Of The Device: Technical Tips And 5-Year Results From Japan
  Presenter(s):Osamu Iida, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:46 PM - 2:51 PM Value Of Viabahn Stent-Grafts To Treat Failing And Failed Fempop Grafts: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:52 PM - 2:57 PM Comparison Of Endoluminal Bypass With Viabahn Stent-Grafts Versus Supera Vasculomimetic Stents For Treating Fempop Occlusive Lesions: Indications For And Advantages And Limitations Of Each: When Is An Open Bypass Necessary
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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2:58 PM - 3:03 PM Panel Discussion
PTFE-HEPARIN BONDING
3:03 PM - 3:08 PM Comparison Of Heparin Bonded PTFE Grafts To Those Without Heparin Bonding
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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THE DETOUR PROCEDURE
3:09 PM - 3:14 PM Percutaneous (PQ) Transvenous Endovascular Fempop Arterial Bypass For Treating Long (30-40 cm) SFA Occlusions: How Does It Work And 2-Year Results: From The DETOUR Trials
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:15 PM - 3:20 PM Will The Detour Procedure For PQ Endovenous Fempop Arterial Bypass Eliminate The Need For Open Surgery: When Will It And When Won’t It
  Presenter(s):Dainis K. Krievins, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION
3:21 PM - 3:26 PM Types Of Arterial Calcification And How They Impede Balloon Angioplasty Of Occluded Tibial Arteries: How Can It Be Overcome: The DEKIAP (Direct Extravascular Kalcium Interruption Arterial Procedure): Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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UNUSUAL LOWER EXTREMITY STENTS
3:27 PM - 3:32 PM Initial Experience With A 3 French Compatible Microstent For Antegrade Or Retrograde Treatment Of Tibial Artery Lesions (From Micro Medical Solutions)
  Presenter(s):Robert E. Beasley, MD, FSIR, FSCAI  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:33 PM - 3:38 PM 2-Year Results With The 3D Helical Stent That Induces Swirling Flow: The MIMICS-2 Trial Shows This Stent Works Well For Complex SFA Lesions (From Veryan Medical)
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD / Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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3:39 PM - 3:50 PM Panel Discussion
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 28
 
SESSION 29 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 29: UPDATES ON LOWER EXTREMITY CLTI GUIDELINES, RCTs AND FOOT PERFUSION INDICATORS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Joseph L. Mills, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
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4:00 PM - 4:10 PM What Is New And Good About The Recent Multispecialty Global Vascular Guidelines For CLTI: What Are Their Limitations And Why Is TASC Outdated
  Presenter(s):Michael S. Conte, MD / Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd / Philippe Kolh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:11 PM - 4:16 PM Update On The BASIL 2 And 3 RCTs: 2 Compares Crural Vein Bypasses With Endovascular Treatments; 3 Compares DCBs And DESs With POBA And Uncoated Stents
  Presenter(s):Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:17 PM - 4:22 PM DEBATE: Progress In The BEST-CLI RCT Comparing Open And Endo Treatments: This Trial Will Provide Important New Information On The Best Treatment For CLTI
  Presenter(s):Alik Farber, MD / Matthew T. Menard, MD / Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:23 PM - 4:28 PM DEBATE: Sorry, BEST-CLI Does Not Reflect Real World Practice And Will Have Little Value In Guiding Best Treatment For CLTI Which Must Be Individualized
  Presenter(s):George L. Adams, MD / Miguel F. Montero-Baker, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:29 PM - 4:34 PM The SPINACH Registry Shows That Open Bypass Is Better In CLTI With Extensive Gangrene: On The Other Hand, Endo First Is Better In High Risk Patients
  Presenter(s):Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:35 PM - 4:40 PM How To Evaluate Below The Ankle Arteries And Occlusions: CTA And Standard Arteriography Is Inadequate And Some Patent Arteries Will Not Be Seen; Need Distal Interventional Arteriography: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:41 PM - 4:46 PM Surgery Guided Revascularization And Flow Guided Surgery: What Do They Mean And Why They Are Important To Saving Limbs: Optimal Timing And Type Of Surgery For Gangrene In CLTI: How To Get A Functional Limb
  Presenter(s):Giacomo Clerici, MD / Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:47 PM - 4:52 PM How To Optimize Endovascular Treatment To Achieve Adequate Foot Perfusion To Heal Foot Wounds In CLTI: How To Measure It; What Are The Variables
  Presenter(s):Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:53 PM - 4:58 PM Indocyanine Green Fluorescence (ICG-FL) Is The Best Way To Measure Foot Perfusion After Revascularization: Open Bypass Does Better Than Endo: Why The Angiosome Concept Is More Important After Endo Than Open Procedures
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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4:59 PM - 5:04 PM Pedal Temperature Measurements After Revascularization Will Indicate Healing Potential And Optimal Time For Foot Surgery: How To Standardize These Measurements And Make Them Valid
  Presenter(s):Wayne J. Caputo, DPM  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:05 PM - 5:11 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 29
 
SESSION 30 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 30: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC) AND ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michael S. Conte, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD  
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INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC)
5:11 PM - 5:16 PM In Patients With IC From SFA Lesions, Stenting Plus Best Medical Treatment (BMT) Improved Quality Of Life And ABI More Than BMT Alone For 2 Years In An RCT
  Presenter(s):Hans Lindgren, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:17 PM - 5:22 PM Why Most Patients With IC Due To SFA Lesions Should Not Undergo Stenting
  Presenter(s):Neal S. Cayne, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:23 PM - 5:28 PM Endovascular Treatments For IC Can Lead To CLTI And Burn Bridges: Causes And Remedies
  Presenter(s):Niten Singh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI)
5:29 PM - 5:34 PM Update On Newer Endovascular Thrombosuction Devices For ALI: When Is Open Treatment Required
  Presenter(s):Athanasios Katsargyris, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:35 PM - 5:40 PM Thrombolysis For ALI: Is Its Use Increasing Or Decreasing: Tips In Its Use To Make It Safer By Coupling It With Mechanical Thrombectomy Devices
  Presenter(s):Marcus Thieme, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:41 PM - 5:46 PM Mechanical Endothrombectomy Is Eliminating The Need For Lytic Agents And Making The Treatment Of ALI Safer
  Presenter(s):Patrick E. Muck, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:47 PM - 5:52 PM DEBATE: All Patients With ALI Can And Should Be Treated Endovascularly
  Presenter(s):Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:53 PM - 5:58 PM DEBATE: Not So: Some Patients With ALI Require Open Treatment: Which Ones And Why: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Joseph L. Mills, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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5:59 PM - 6:04 PM New Findings In The Treatment Of ALI: From The Recently Updated European Guidelines: Paradigms Are Changing
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:05 PM - 6:10 PM Aspiration Thrombectomy For ALI Due To Thrombosed Popliteal Aneurysms: A Better Way To Treat: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Frank R. Arko, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
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6:11 PM - 6:20 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program D

END OF SESSION 30
 
SESSION 31 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 31: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS, ANTI-ATHEROGENIC DRUGS AND CARDIAC AND CORONARY ARTERY RISK EVALUATION IN PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR DISEASE
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc / Caron B. Rockman, MD  
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM What Is Currently The Best Way To Assess Cardiac Risk In Open Vascular Surgery Patients; In Endovascular Treatment Patients
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM Fractional Flow Reserve From Coronary CT (FFRCT): What Is It, And It Is A Better Way To Guide Coronary Artery Revascularization
  Presenter(s):Gregg W. Stone, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Value Of Non-Invasive FFRCT In Decreasing Cardiac Complications In Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Revascularization (Bypasses) And CEAs: It Allows High Risk Asymptomatic Patients To Be Detected Proactively And Treat Better
  Presenter(s):Christopher K. Zarins, MD / Dainis K. Krievins, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Improvements In And What Is Coming In Medical Treatment To Prevent Death And Complications From Arteriosclerosis: Update On PCSK-9 Inhibitors Including Inclisiran, Ezetembe, Anti-Inflammatory Drugs And Treating High Lp(a) Levels
  Presenter(s):Michael R. Jaff, DO  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM DEBATE: Adherence To Statin Therapy With Attention To Increase Dosage Of High Potency Statins (Atorvastatin And Ruvostatin) Boosts Survival And Is Valuable In The Elderly (> 75): Adverse Effects Are Rare
  Presenter(s):Richard Bulbulia, MA MD FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM DEBATE: Statins Are Not A Miracle Drug And Have Been Overvalued: They Have Unrecognized Harmful Effects As Does Excessive Lowering Of LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C): Have We Been Misled And By Whom
  Presenter(s):Sherif A.H. Sultan, MD, PhD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Highlights Of The New AHA Guidelines For Management Of Cholesterol Levels: What LDL-C Levels Should We Strive For In Our Vascular Patients: Why Are Non-HDL Levels A Better Indicator Of Atherosclerotic Risk Than LDL-C Levels
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Value Of Lipid Lowering For Treating Plaques In Coronary And Other Arteries: Best Drug Combination And Benefit Of PCSK-9 Inhibitors: How Low Should LDL-C Be Driven: Can Plaques Be Made Smaller And Less Dangerous
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Current Value Of Antithrombotic And Antiplatelet Therapy In Vascular Patients: What Drugs Should They Be On – When And Why: The COMPASS RCT Shows That Low Dose Rivaroxaban And Aspirin Decreases Death, Stroke And MI In Vascular Patients: What About Aspirin Alone
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM How To Detect Vulnerable Plaque (Lipid Rich Plaque [LRP]) And Mortality Risk With New Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS); How Does It Work: What Can Be Done About LRPs
  Presenter(s):Ron Waksman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:40 AM - 7:47 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 31
 
SESSION 32 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 32: MORE ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS; MORE ABOUT NEW DRUGS; STEM CELL TREATMENTS; CATHETER BASED TREATMENTS FOR RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michael R. Jaff, DO / Kim J. Hodgson, MD  
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MORE ABOUT NEW DRUG TREATMENTS
7:47 AM - 7:52 AM New RCT Evidence Shows That An Omega 3 Fatty Acid Formula, Vascepa, Reduces By 25% Major Adverse Cardiac Events In Patients With High Triglycerides (The REDUCE-IT Trial): Bempedoic Acid Reduces LDL-C And C-Reactive Protein: Improved Best Medical Treatment Will Sharply Decrease The Need For Interventional Treatments
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC   
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:53 AM - 7:58 AM Optimal Use Of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) After Open Bypasses And After Endovascular Procedures
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM All Vascular Patients Should Be On Statins: What Drug, What Dose: It Matters: There Are Dire Penalties If Statins Are Stopped
  Presenter(s):Christos D. Liapis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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UPDATE ON STEM CELL THERAPY
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Does Stem Cell Therapy Have A Future In The Treatment Of Ischemic Vascular Disease
  Presenter(s):Dong-ik Kim, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Update On The Value Of Autologous Stem Cell Therapy To Treat Lower Extremity Ischemia: Many Studies Indicate It Helps, But Not Much
  Presenter(s):Sigrid Nikol, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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ADVANCES IN CATHETER BASED TREATMENT OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Current Status And Future Potential Of Endovascular Devices In The Treatment Of Resistant Hypertension: Does Renal Denervation Work
  Presenter(s):Sahil A. Parikh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Status Of RCTs And Other Trials Showing The Comparative Value Of Different Catheter Based Techniques For Renal Denervation For Alleviating Resistant Hypertension: Radiofrequency (Spyral – Medtronic), Ultrasound Paradise Catheter (ReCor Medical), And Alcohol Infusion Into Renal Artery Adventitia (Peregrine Catheter, Ablative Solutions); They All Work
  Presenter(s):Horst Sievert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Value Of A Stent-Like Mobius HD Device (From Vascular Dynamics) To Reshape The Carotid Sinus, Amplify The Baroreflex And Lower Blood Pressure In Drug Resistant Hypertension
  Presenter(s):Gregg W. Stone, MD / Kim J. Hodgson, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Update On Value Of ROX Coupler Device To Create An Iliac A-V Fistula And Control Blood Pressure In Resistant Hypertension: How It Works And Results Of A Sham Controlled RCT
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS / Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:41 AM - 8:46 AM Late Breaking Results Cast Doubt On The Katsanos Meta-Analysis: A Multicenter Study In 2071 Propensity Matched Patients (With CTLI And IC) Shows No Mortality Effect Of Paclitaxel Coated Devices 2 Years After Treatment
  Presenter(s):Hany Zayed, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:47 AM - 8:54 AM Panel Discussion
8:54 AM - 9:04 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 32
 
SESSION 33 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 33: PROGRESS IN MANAGING COMPLICATIONS AND ENDOLEAKS AFTER EVAR AND TEVAR
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Juan C. Parodi, MD / Michel Makaroun, MD  
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9:04 AM - 9:09 AM Total Aortic Occlusion With Worsening Visceral And Renal Ischemia After TEVAR For Acute TBAD Can Be Due To Complete Dissection Flap Detachment And Distal Migration: Causes And Diagnosis: Urgent Open Flap Excision Is Life-Saving
  Presenter(s):Mark K. Eskandari, MD / Heron E. Rodriguez, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Major Trauma Can Lead To High Flow Endoleaks In EVAR Patients: What Is The Mechanism: What Is The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Endoleaks After TEVAR: Incidence, Nature, Etiology, Diagnosis And Treatment
  Presenter(s):Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:22 AM - 9:27 AM Natural History Of Type 2 Endoleaks With And Without Treatment: From A 1000 Patient Study
  Presenter(s):Carlo Pratesi, MD / Raffaele Pulli, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:28 AM - 9:33 AM Little Known Facts About Endoleaks After EVAR: Natural History Of Late Type 1 Endoleaks Is Not Benign – Urgent Treatment Is Required: An Enlarging AAA Sac With A Type 2 Endoleak Usually Indicates The Presence Of An Associated Type 1 Endoleak
  Presenter(s):O. William Brown, MD, JD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Value Of CT Fusion Guidance And Liquid Embolic Agents To Treat Type 2 Endoleaks: Technical Tips And How To Do It With The Best Chance Of Success
  Presenter(s):Neal S. Cayne, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:40 AM - 9:45 AM How Common Are Failures Of Interventions For Type 2 Endoleaks: What Are The Reasons And When Is Open Treatment Indicated: What Should That Open Treatment Be
  Presenter(s):Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:46 AM - 9:51 AM Minimizing Type 2 Endoleaks With Careful Imaging And Pre-EVAR Side Branch Coiling: It Works: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:52 AM - 9:59 AM Panel Discussion
9:59 AM - 10:04 AM Transgraft Access And Onyx Embolization For Type 2 Endoleaks Difficult To Approach And Treat: Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Mark W. Mewissen, MD, RVT  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Optimal Strategy For And Results Of Treating Type 2 Endoleaks: It Is Not Simple
  Presenter(s):Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:11 AM - 10:16 AM Role Of Anticoagulation And Endogenous Thrombolysis In The Occurrence And Resolution Of Late Type 2 Endoleaks: How Should They Influence Treatment
  Presenter(s):Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Value Of Fibrin Glue Sac Filling With EVAR To Prevent Type 2 Endoleaks: Technique, Value And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Qingsheng Lu, MD / Zaiping Jing, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:23 AM - 10:28 AM Sac Access Routes To Treat Type 2 Endoleaks: Techniques, Advantages And Limitations Of Each
  Presenter(s):Joshua D. Adams, MD / Claudio J. Schonholz, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:29 AM - 10:34 AM Treating Type 2 Endoleaks By A Paragraft Approach: Indications, Technique And Results
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:35 AM - 10:40 AM How Does Endograft Covering Material (Polyester vs. PTFE) Influence Type 2 Endoleak Rates And Behavior After EVAR
  Presenter(s):Ross Milner, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:41 AM - 10:46 AM Value Of Liquid Embolic Agents And Onyx In Treating Type 1 And Type 2 Endoleaks: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Morgan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:47 AM - 10:52 AM Importance Of Recognizing Visceral Artery Occlusive Disease Before Performing EVAR: How To Diagnose And Treat
  Presenter(s):Karan Garg, MD / Neal S. Cayne, MD / Carlos H. Timaran, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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10:53 AM - 11:00 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 33
 
SESSION 34 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 34: RECORDED LIVE CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX CASES FROM LINC AND LEIPZIG
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Dierk Scheinert, MD / Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Andrej Schmidt, MD  
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11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Vessel Preparation By Mechanical Debulking Using The Rotarex Atherectomy System; Including Recorded Case Presentation
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Minimally Invasive Solutions For Challenging Peripheral Occlusions: The PQ-Bypass Technique; Including Recorded Case Presentation
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Adelman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:40 AM - 11:50 PM Optimizing Results Of BTK Procedures: Latest Data On BTK DCB From The AcoARt BTK Study And Optimization Of Recanalization Results With Tack BTK Scaffolds; Including Recorded Case Presentation
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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11:50 AM - 12:00 PM DCB And Tack Treatment Of BTK CTOs
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 34
 
SESSION 35 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 35: CHALLENGING RECORDED LIVE CASES AND THOSE EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR / Andrew Holden, MBChB / Carlo Setacci, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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12:50 PM - 12:57 PM When Is A Technically Successful Arterialization Of The Foot Veins Effective In Preventing Amputation In No-Option CLI Patients
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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12:57 PM - 12:59 PM Discussion
12:59 PM - 1:06 PM Open Surgery For Infra- And Juxtrarenal AAA In The Endovascular Era
  Presenter(s):Dittmar Boeckler, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:08 PM Discussion
1:08 PM - 1:15 PM Unexpected Initial And Final Completion Angiogram For A First In Human Fenestrated Endograf
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:15 PM - 1:17 PM Discussion
1:17 PM - 1:24 PM Single Session Venous Thrombectomy For Acute Ilio-Femoral Deep Vein Thrombosis: The Advantages Of ZERO Thrombolysis
  Presenter(s):Gerard J. O'Sullivan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:26 PM Discussion
1:26 PM - 1:33 PM Most Successful Tools For Complex Femoropopliteal CTO Recanalizations
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:33 PM - 1:35 PM Discussion
1:35 PM - 1:42 PM Endovascular Management Of Complex Fem-Pop And Below Lesions In 2019
  Presenter(s):Lorenzo Patrone, MD / Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:44 PM Discussion
1:44 PM - 1:51 PM Vessel Preparation – Is It Relevant In The Tibial Arteries
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:51 PM - 1:53 PM Discussion
1:53 PM - 1:59 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 35
 
SESSION 36 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 36: TRIBUTE TO A VALUED PARTNER; IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO VASCULAR PRACTICE AND VASCULAR SURGEONS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michael L. Marin, MD / Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM A Tribute To Sushil K. Gupta, MD, MBA (1949-2019) – A Creative And Talented Surgeon, A Brilliant Innovator And A Treasured Colleague And Friend
  Presenter(s):Larry A. Scher, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Trials And RCTs Versus Registries: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Each: How Can We Reach The Truth
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Keys To A Successful Career In Vascular Surgery
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM How Vascular Surgeons Can Develop Leadership Skills
  Presenter(s):Robert B. McLafferty, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM How Women Vascular Surgeons Look Differently At Gender Differences In Procedural Results Than Their Male Counterparts And Why This Is Advantageous For Female Patients
  Presenter(s):Rebeca Reachi Lugo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM How To Teach Competent Open Surgery In The Endovascular Era
  Presenter(s):R. Clement Darling III, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM Vascular Surgery Burnout: Why It Occurs: Is It Related To Occupational Or Ergonomic Ailments And Pain: What Can Be Done To Prevent And Fix The Problem
  Presenter(s):Samuel R. Money, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM What Constitutes Futility In Our Present Health Care System: When Is Enough Too Much
  Presenter(s):James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM Panel Discussion
2:53 PM - 2:58 PM Lessons Learned By A Creative Physician-Inventor: How To Avoid The Pitfalls In Bringing An Idea To Fruition Without Losing Your Idea Or Your Shirt
  Presenter(s):Lindsay Machan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:59 PM - 3:04 PM How Are Silicon Valley Giants And Entrepreneurs Planning To Disrupt Health Care: Will It Improve Things For Patients; For Doctors; For Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:05 PM - 3:10 PM Screening For Vascular Diseases Can Cause More Harm Than Benefit: How To Avoid This Problem
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:11 PM - 3:16 PM Variations Around The World In The Treatment Of AAAs And Carotid Stenosis Patients: What Are The Implications: From The Consortium Of Vascular Registries
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:17 PM - 3:22 PM Are There Problems With The Appropriateness Of Invasive Treatment By Vascular Surgeons, By Other Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:23 PM - 3:28 PM The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program And Its Incentives Have Led To Increased Morbidity And Mortality For Vascular Patients: How Can It Be Fixed To Make It Safe
  Presenter(s):Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS / Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:29 PM - 3:34 PM What Is The Impact Of The New AAA DRGs On Hospital Reimbursement: Does More Have To Be Done
  Presenter(s):W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:35 PM - 3:40 PM Panel Discussion
3:40 PM - 3:48 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 36
 
SESSION 37 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 37: ISSUES RELATED TO VASCULAR OUTPATIENT CENTERS, OFFICE BASED LABS AND MEDICAL ETHICS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Enrico Ascher, MD / Glenn Jacobowitz, MD  
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3:48 PM - 3:53 PM Why Outpatient Centers And Office Based Labs (OBLs) Are The Best Place To Do Which Endovascular Procedures: Best For Patients And Best For Operators: When Can Atherectomies Be Performed Safely There; When Not
  Presenter(s):Krishna Jain, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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3:54 PM - 3:59 PM Real World Results Of Lower Extremity Atherectomy (Mostly In Outpatient Centers) From Medicare Billing Data Is Much Worse Than Favorable Registry Data: Where Lies The Truth
  Presenter(s):Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM How To Avoid Unethical Practices In An Outpatient Center Or Office Based Lab (OBL): The Temptation And Incentives To Overtreat Is Great
  Presenter(s):Stephen M. Bauer, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:06 PM - 4:11 PM Characteristics Of Physicians Who Are Suited To Work In An OBL And Characteristics Of Those Who Are Not
  Presenter(s):Sam S. Ahn, MD, FACS, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Office Based Versus Hospital Based Vascular Care: Impact On Indications, Physician Income And Overall Costs
  Presenter(s):Clifford M. Sales, MD, MBA, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:18 PM - 4:23 PM Another View Of The Impact Of Office Based Vascular Practice Patterns On Indications, Physician Incomes And Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Matthew W. Mell, MD, MS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:24 PM - 4:29 PM A Propensity Matched Comparison Of Paclitaxel Coated DCBs Versus POBA In Patients With Intermittent Claudication: 5-Year Results Show No Increased Mortality Signal For DCBs
  Presenter(s):Georgios A. Pitoulias, MD, PhD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Vascular Screening Is Often Unnecessary, Possibly Harmful And Largely Driven By Financial Gain: When Is It Justified And Beneficial To Patients
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:36 PM - 4:41 PM Advantages To A Vascular Practice Of Having A Wound Care Center
  Presenter(s):Venita Chandra, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM Benefits To A Vascular Practice And Hospital Of Having A Limb Salvage Program: How To Set One Up And Make It Work
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD, MS, DFSVS, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:48 PM - 4:55 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 37
 
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 38: TOPICS RELATED TO THE FDA, VALUE OF A VASCULAR SURGEON, VASCULAR PRACTICE, THE SVS, VQI AND GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND REIMBURSEMENT
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ali F. AbuRahma, MD / Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM How Innovative Vascular Devices Can Get To Market: What Is The De Novo Pathway
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:01 PM - 5:06 PM What Is The Value Of A Vascular Surgeon To A Health Care System In And Out Of The Operating Room: In Many Ways It Is Priceless But Under-Rewarded
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD / Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:07 PM - 5:12 PM How Can Vascular Surgeons Best Cope In A MIPS And MACRA World: What Will Happen With The Medical Device Excise Tax In 2020 And Why Its Repeal Is Important To Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:13 PM - 5:18 PM What Is On The Horizon For Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists Reimbursement: Will Income Go Up Or Down For The Same Amount Of Work
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:19 PM - 5:24 PM Opposite Trends In Reimbursement By CMS For Arterial And Venous Procedures: Implications For Vascular Surgery Practices
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Revascularization For CLTI By Endovascular Treatments Or Open Surgery Is Cost Effective And Saves Lives Compared To Major Amputations
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:31 PM - 5:36 PM How To Shorten Lengths Of Stay After Vascular Open Surgery Or Interventions: It Is Not Easy, But It Is Doable
  Presenter(s):Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:37 PM - 5:42 PM Progress In And Value Of The SVS VQI Program: Where Is It Going And Why Will It Become Increasingly Important
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:43 PM - 5:48 PM Improvements In Vascular Specialist, The SVS Newspaper: Opportunities And Challenges And How It Can Benefit Vascular Surgeons And Others
  Presenter(s):Malachi Sheahan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:49 PM - 5:54 PM Recent Improvements In The JVS: How To Get A Paper Accepted In The JVS: How Best To Review A Paper For The JVS
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD / Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:55 PM - 6:02 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program E

END OF SESSION 38
 
SESSION 39 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 39: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATING AORTIC DISSECTIONS AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD / Zhong Chen, MD  
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Retrograde SMA Stenting May Be The Best Way To Treat Mesenteric Compromise From Malperfusion With Aortic Dissections: How To Do It And Results
  Presenter(s):Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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6:46 AM - 6:51 AM When Can The Celiac Trunk Orifice Be Covered Safely During TEVAR And When Not: From A New Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):Wayne W. Zhang, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Left Subclavian Revascularization During Zone 2 TEVARs: Comparison Of Open Surgical Bypass Versus Endovascular Revascularization With Parallel Grafts (Chimney Or Periscope)
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Pratesi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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6:58 AM - 7:03 AM When Should False Lumen Thrombosing Techniques Be Used In Patients With TBADs: How Best To Do It
  Presenter(s):Thomas L. Forbes, MD / Cherrie Z. Abraham, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:04 AM - 7:09 AM New Technique For False Lumen Occlusion In Chronic Aortic Dissections: Using A Physician Modified Device: How To Do It And Results
  Presenter(s):I-Hui Wu, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:10 AM - 7:15 AM New Proximal And Distal Re-Entry Tears After TEVAR: What Are The Causative Mechanisms, Risk Factors And Treatments
  Presenter(s):Ludovic Canaud, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Another View On Endograft Induced Distal Re-Entry Tears After TEVAR: Strategies To Prevent, Diagnose And Treat
  Presenter(s):Martin Czerny, MD / Bartosz Rylski, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Best Treatment Options For Aortic Dissections In Patients With Connective Tissue Disorders: When Endo; When Open; When Hybrid
  Presenter(s):Roberto Chiesa, MD / Germano Melissano, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM EVAR And TEVAR Can Work Surprisingly Well In Some Aneurysm Patients With Connective Tissue Disorders; When And When Not: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Tilo Koelbel, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:34 AM - 7:39 AM With TBADs, What Are The Flow/Pressure Dynamics That Explain Why TEVAR Can Make Things Worse
  Presenter(s):Firas F. Mussa, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Advantages To Hybrid Approaches To Complex Aortic And Aortovisceral Artery Pathology: Indications And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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7:46 AM - 7:54 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 39
 
SESSION 40 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 40: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE ASCENDING AORTA, AORTIC ARCH, F/B/TEVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR TREATMENT OF LESIONS IN OR NEAR THE AORTIC ARCH
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Rodney A. White, MD / Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
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7:54 AM - 7:59 AM Wrapping Of The Dilated Ascending Aorta To Avoid More Complex Procedures And Facilitate Placement Of Grafts To Arch Branches: Indications, Contraindications, Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD / Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Variations In The Morphology Of Proximal Entry Tears In TBADs: Importance Of These Variations And How Should They Influence Treatment
  Presenter(s):Ali Azizzadeh, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:06 AM - 8:11 AM Significance Of Aortic Arch Anomalies: What Are They Associated With: When Do They Require Treatment: What Is The Best Current Treatment
  Presenter(s):Erik E. Debing, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM What Do Fluid Dynamics Tell Us About The Durability And Long-Term Results Of Aortic Arch Branch And Fenestrated Endografts
  Presenter(s):Santi Trimarchi, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:18 AM - 8:23 AM 3-Branch Endograft For Aortic Arch Aneurysm Repair (From Terumo Aortic): Advantages, Limitations And Results To Date
  Presenter(s):W. Anthony Lee, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:24 AM - 8:29 AM Unusual Branched Endograft Solutions For Aortic Arch Lesions When Industry-Made Commercial Devices Are Unavailable Or Unsuitable
  Presenter(s):Ourania Preventza, MD / Joseph S. Coselli, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:30 AM - 8:35 AM How Best To Treat TBADs Extending Into The Arch And Ascending Aorta
  Presenter(s):I-Hui Wu, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:36 AM - 8:41 AM Value Of Chimney TEVAR (Ch/TEVAR) To Treat Elective And Ruptured Aneurysms Involving The Aortic Arch: A 15-Year Experience And Results
  Presenter(s):Thomas Larzon, MD, PhD / Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:42 AM - 8:47 AM Ch/TEVAR In The Aortic Arch If Done Right Is As Good As F/B/TEVAR And Safer Than Open Surgery: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD / Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:48 AM - 8:53 AM Update On Sandwich Grafts For Zone 0 Aortic Arch Lesions: 8-Year Results And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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8:54 AM - 9:02 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 40
 
SESSION 41 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 41: MORE ABOUT JUXTA- AND PARARENAL AAAs, TAAAs, F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS (CHIMNEY EVAR [Ch/EVAR])
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Matthew J. Eagleton, MD / Giovanni Torsello, MD  
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9:02 AM - 9:07 AM A New And Better Way To Define And Classify AAA Neck Anatomy And Indicate Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:08 AM - 9:13 AM For Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs Ch/EVAR Can Yield Dependably Good And Durable Results If Certain Technical Requirements Are Followed And Certain Device Combinations Are Used: Results From The ENCHANT Registry
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Torsello, MD / Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:14 AM - 9:19 AM Ch/EVAR For Juxta And Pararenal AAA: Technical Tips To Assure Good Long-Term Results: A 9-Year Experience
  Presenter(s):Nicola Mangialardi, MD / Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:20 AM - 9:25 AM Indications For Chimney And Sandwich Grafts In The F/B/EVAR Era: Yes They Exist
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:26 AM - 9:31 AM Repair Of Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs Using A Combination Of Fenestrations And Chimney Grafts: Advantages, Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Mark W. Mewissen, MD, RVT  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:32 AM - 9:37 AM How To Rescue A F/EVAR Procedure When The Fenestrations Are Poorly Aligned With Branch Orifices: Why Does It Happen
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:38 AM - 9:43 AM Main Graft Body Alignment With Branch Orifices Is Not An Issue With Parallel Grafts (Ch/EVAR) And How Do Variable Curvature Sheaths Help With Both F/EVAR And Ch/EVAR
  Presenter(s):Jason T. Lee, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:44 AM - 9:49 AM DEBATE: Long-Term Results Of F/B/EVAR For Pararenal AAAs Show That It Should Be The Procedure Of Choice And TAAAs In Anatomically Suited Patients Which Is Most Of The Time
  Presenter(s):Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:50 AM - 9:55 AM DEBATE: Not So: Open Repair Still Has A Major Role For Treating Many Patients With Pararenal AAAs And TAAAs
  Presenter(s):Thomas C. Bower, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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9:56 AM - 10:01 AM United Kingdom Assessment Of Countrywide Outcomes And Cost For Treating Complex AAAs: Is Endo Equal To Or Better Than Open Repair In Any Way
  Presenter(s):Michael P. Jenkins, MBBS, BSc, MS, FRCS, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:02 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 41
 
SESSION 42 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 42: UPDATE ON MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING BARE STENTS FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATING ILIAC ANEURYSMS AND REVASCULARIZING HYPOGASTRIC ARTERIES
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD / Rodney A. White, MD  
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UPDATE ON MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING BARE STENTS
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM Multilayer Flow Modulating (MLFM) Uncovered Stents (From Cardiatis): Indications, Contraindications, Advantages And Results
  Presenter(s):Rodney A. White, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:26 AM - 10:31 AM Why MLFM Uncovered Stents Should Be The First Choice For Treating Renal, Visceral And Popliteal Aneurysms And Possibly Other Lesions: Results Show That These Stents Preserve Branch Flow And Prevent Aneurysm Rupture
  Presenter(s):Michel C. Henry, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:32 AM - 10:37 AM Role Of MLFM Uncovered Stents To Treat Type A Aortic Dissections: Indications, Advantages, Limitations And Results
  Presenter(s):Victor S. Costache, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:38 AM - 10:43 AM Value Of MLFM Uncovered Stents To Treat Aortic Dissections And Recurrent Emboli From Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: They Prevent Emboli From Going To The Brain
  Presenter(s):Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:44 AM - 10:49 AM Role Of MLFM Stents For Treating Type A And B Aortic Dissections: Indications And Results: What About For Complex Aneurysm Treatment
  Presenter(s):Zoran Stankov, MD / Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:50 AM - 10:55 AM MLFM Uncovered Stents For Treating Complex AAAs And TAAAs: What Do The Longer-Term Results From The Multicenter DRAGON Trial Show: Do These Stents Prevent Rupture
  Presenter(s):Claude D. Vaislic, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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10:56 AM - 11:01 AM Long-Term Follow-Up Of Multilayer Bare Stent Treatment Of TAAAs, Complex AAAs And Type B Aortic Dissections: The Moroccan Experience
  Presenter(s):Amira Benjelloun, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:02 AM - 11:07 AM Panel Discussion
TREATMENT OF ILIAC ANEURYSM AND PRESERVING HYPOGASTRIC FLOW
11:07 AM - 11:12 AM Comparing The Various Industry-Made Iliac Branch Devices (IBDs) For Treating Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms: Advantages And Limitations Of Each: When To Use Which One
  Presenter(s):Fabio Verzini, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:13 AM - 11:18 AM Advantages, Limitations And Results Of Unilateral And Bilateral Gore IBD To Treat AAAs With Iliac Aneurysms: Early Results From The International ICEBERG Registry
  Presenter(s):Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD / Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:19 AM - 11:24 AM How To Prevent Complications And Failure With The Gore IBD When The Anatomy Is Tortuous: What Is The Iliac Tortuosity Index And How Does It Help
  Presenter(s):Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Value Of IBDs To Treat Isolated (No AAA) Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms: At What Size Should They Be Treated: Which Device Is Best
  Presenter(s):Giovanni Pratesi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:31 AM - 11:36 AM Advantages And Limitations Of The Jotec-Cryolife IBD For Treating Common And Internal Iliac Aneurysms; This Device Works Well With The Endurant Endograft (Medtronic)
  Presenter(s):Lee Bouwman, MD, PhD, MSc  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:37 AM - 11:42 AM When The Anatomy Is Not Suitable For An IBD, How Can Hypogastric Flow Be Preserved: Sandwich Grafts, External Iliac-To-Hypogastric Grafts Open Or Endo With An Aorto-Uni-Iliac EVAR, Etc.
  Presenter(s):Martin R. Back, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:43 AM - 11:48 AM How Common Iliac Aneurysms (CIAs) Have An Impact On Aortic Morphology: Why A New Classification System For CIAs Will Be Helpful
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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11:49 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: INTERESTING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN STANDARD EVAR AND INFRARENAL AAAs: ACCEPTABLE NECK ANATOMY; NEW GUIDELINES; AAA SAC THROMBUS AND SHRINKAGE; NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; EFFECT OF STEROIDS ON EVAR
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD / Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM AAA Sac Shrinkage Is A Good Marker Of Durable Success After EVAR: Which Endografts Have The Best Rates Of Sac Shrinkage
  Presenter(s):Michael C. Stoner, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Large Diameter Of The Flow Lumen In AAAs Is A Risk Factor For A Poor Outcome After EVAR Just Like Large Proximal Neck Diameter: What Are The Reasons For These Observations
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Large Proximal Necks (> 28 mm In Diameter) Are Predictive Of A Poor Outcome From EVAR: Based On A Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):Matt M. Thompson, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Highlights From The New 2019 European (ESVS) AAA Guidelines: What Is Different And Better About Them
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD / Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Comparison Of The US (SVS) And ESVS AAA Guidelines: Why Are The US Guidelines Better
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Increasing Disparity Between The SVS Guideline AAA Indications For AAA Repair And Real World Practice: Are The Guidelines Relevant Currently
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM DEBATE: Increasing Volume Of Mural Clot Within An AAA Sac Does Not Increase The Rupture Risk
  Presenter(s):Athanasios D. Giannoukas, MSc, MD, PhD, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM DEBATE: Not So: Increasing Thrombus Volume Within An AAA Sac Correlates With Increasing Risk Of Complications And Rupture: What Is The Mechanism
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM A New Classification System For AAAs Helps In Understanding Their Behavior, In Determining Treatments And Evaluating Them
  Presenter(s):Claude Mialhe, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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1:54 PM - 1:59 PM Does Preprocedure Steroid Administration Before EVAR Produce A More Benign Postprocedure Course And Facilitate Earlier Discharge: What Is The Mechanism
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 43
 
SESSION 44 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 44: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAA PATHOGENESIS, NATURAL HISTORY AND TREATMENT
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ali F. AbuRahma, MD / Juan C. Parodi, MD  
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2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Inflammatory AAAs: Medical Treatment With Steroids Is Adequate For Many Patients With Them: What Is The Regimen And Results: When Is Invasive Treatment Needed – Open Or Endo
  Presenter(s):Julien G. Sfeir, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:12 PM - 2:17 PM How Long Can Patients With Moderate Sized AAAs Safely Wait For Elective Repair: Rupture Risk For AAAs < 6.0 cm In Diameter Is Low And Overemphasized
  Presenter(s):Richard G.J. Gibbs, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Acceptable Results Can Be Achieved With EVAR Devices Used Outside IFU Requirements If Certain Precautions Are Followed: What Are They And What Are The Limitations
  Presenter(s):Francesco Speziale, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Depleted Nutritional Status And Muscle Mass Increases The Risk Of Open AAA Repair: What About With EVAR
  Presenter(s):Kimihiro Komori, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Why F/EVAR For Failed EVAR Is Not Simple: Technical Tips To Make It Work
  Presenter(s):Barend M.E. Mees, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:36 PM - 2:41 PM A New Gene Family That May Be Vital In Causing AAAs: The Gene Can Be Identified From Skin Biopsies: How Can They Help In Diagnosis And Treatment
  Presenter(s):Kak Khee Yeung, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Comparison Of Aortic Neck Dilatation After AAA Repair In Patients Undergoing EVAR Versus Open Repair: From The DREAM Trial Which Allows This Comparison To Be Made In Patients Suitable For Both Procedures
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:48 PM - 2:53 PM How Should AAA Shape (With An Eccentric Sac Or Two Sacs) Influence Indications For Repair: How Should Diameter Measurements Be Made In These Circumstances
  Presenter(s):Jacques Busquet, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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2:54 PM - 3:00 PM Increasing Requirement For Open Conversion Following EVAR: Reasons For And Technical Tips: Why Is It More Often Required For A Persistent Type 2 Endoleak With An Enlarging AAA Sac
  Presenter(s):Michel Makaroun, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Discussion And Break
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 44
 
SESSION 45 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 45: SHORT HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO AORTIC DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT (4 ¾- MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Mark A. Adelman, MD / Michael L. Marin, MD  
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EVAR AND AAA RELATED TOPICS
3:15 PM - 3:20 PM External Iliac To Internal Iliac Artery Bypass: Does It Have A Role In Preserving Hypogastric Flow In The Endo Era: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Heron E. Rodriguez, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:20 PM - 3:25 PM Value And Indications For Preprocedural Embolization Of The IMA And Lumbar Arteries Before EVAR
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD / Jesse Manunga, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:25 PM - 3:30 PM Increasing Role Of Endovascular Treatments And EVAR For Vascular Complications Of Connective Tissue Disorders
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Why Should Aortic AAA Neck Dilatation Differ After EVAR And After F/EVAR: Does It
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:35 PM - 3:40 PM EVAR Treatment Of Atypical AAAs: Technical Tips And Special Precautions
  Presenter(s):Furuzan Numan, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:40 PM - 3:45 PM 5 Years After AAA Repair The Quality Of Life Is Better In Those Having EVAR Than In Those Having Open Repair
  Presenter(s):Mauro Gargiulo, MD / Gianluca Faggioli, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Why Do Fluoroquin Drugs Increase The Risk Of Aortic Aneurysms And Dissections
  Presenter(s):Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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3:50 PM - 3:55 PM Panel Discussion
F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFT RELATED TOPICS
3:55 PM - 4:00 PM When With F/EVAR Should A Renal Or Mesenteric Branch Not Be Stented
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:00 PM - 4:05 PM Avoid Complications And Problems From Parallel Grafts And How To Make Them Work Safely And Effectively
  Presenter(s):Murray L. Shames, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:05 PM - 4:10 PM Update On In Situ Fenestration For Branch Revascularization: How To Use It For Renal And Mesenteric Branches In Urgent TAAA Repairs: Imaging Is Key And It Is Not Simple
  Presenter(s):Jean M. Panneton, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Multicenter Results Of The t-Branch Off-The-Shelf Graft (From Cook) For TAAA Repairs: Advantages, Technical Tips, Limitations
  Presenter(s):Martin J. Austermann, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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AORTIC DISSECTION RELATED TOPICS
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM The SKIRT Stent-Graft To Prevent Endoleaks From Fenestrated And Chimney TEVARs: How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Chang Shu, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:20 PM - 4:25 PM Troubleshooting Challenging TBADs During Endovascular Treatment And Making TEVAR Work Safely And Effectively
  Presenter(s):Rami Tadros, MD / Michael L. Marin, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Branched Endografts For Treating Aortic Dissections: Which Graft For Which Patient And Anatomy: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Luis A. Sanchez, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 45
 
SESSION 46 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 46: MORE SHORT HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO AORTIC AND CAROTID DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT (4 ¾-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Luis A. Sanchez, MD / K. Wayne Johnston, CM, MD, FRCS  
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AORTA RELATED TOPICS
4:35 PM - 4:40 PM International Comparison Of How AAAs Are Treated And How It Influences Results
  Presenter(s):Pete Holt, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:40 PM - 4:45 PM Long-Term Outcomes From The OVER RCT Comparing AAA Treatment With EVAR Versus Open Repair: How Are Results Similar And How Do They Differ From The EVAR 1 And DREAM RCTs And Why
  Presenter(s):Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:45 PM - 4:50 PM At What Size Do Hypogastric Aneurysm Need To Be Treated: How Best To Do It And Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Darren B. Schneider, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:50 PM - 4:55 PM Safe F/B/EVAR In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Helps: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Carlos H. Timaran, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Acute Kidney Injury During F/B/EVAR: What Are The Long-Term Consequences And What Can Be Done To Prevent Or Treat It Better
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Why Outcomes Of F/B/EVAR For Women Are Different Than Those For Men: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Tara M. Mastracci, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:05 PM - 5:10 PM Progress And Improvements In F/B/EVAR Decrease Complications And Improve Results
  Presenter(s):Federico E. Parodi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:10 PM - 5:15 PM New Developments In The Treatment And Results Of Aorto-Enteric Fistulas: From The Low Frequency Vascular Disease Consortium
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:15 PM - 5:20 PM Technical Tips For AAA Sac Branch Embolization During EVAR: When And How To Do It And What Is Its Value
  Presenter(s):Eric Allaire, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Panel Discussion
CAROTID RELATED TOPICS
5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Mini-Incision CEA Is Safer, Cheaper And More Effective Than TCAR: How To Do It In Most Patients Needing Invasive Treatment
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Update On Current Outcomes Of CEA And CAS In Women: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Caron B. Rockman, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:35 PM - 5:40 PM DEBATE: Screening For Carotid Disease Will Prevent Strokes And Should Be Expanded: To Whom
  Presenter(s):George S. Lavenson, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:40 PM - 5:45 PM DEBATE: Not So: Screening More Widely For Carotid Disease Will Cause More Harm Than Benefit: Why
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:45 PM - 5:50 PM Safety Of CEA And CAS In Patients With A History Of Coronary Artery Disease: From The 4 RCTs
  Presenter(s):Gert J. de Borst, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:50 PM - 5:55 PM Technical Tips And Indications For Eversion CEA: When Is It Best And When Not
  Presenter(s):Timothy M. Sullivan, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
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5:55 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program F

END OF SESSION 46