SESSION 47 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 47: EXCITING NEW OR REDISCOVERED TECHNIQUES, DEVICES OR CONCEPTS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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6:50 AM - 6:55 AM Combating Bias In Medical And Vascular Studies And Therapeutic Decision Making: Why It Is Such A Big Deal And What To Do About It
  Presenter(s):Matthew T. Menard, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
6:56 AM - 7:01 AM Update On Remote Monitoring Of Vascular Grafts: Where Is It At And Where Is It Going
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:02 AM - 7:07 AM New Wearable Technologies For Telemonitoring Vascular Diseases And Their Treatments: They Will Improve Care And Decrease Hospitalization And Office Visits
  Presenter(s):Celia Riga, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:08 AM - 7:13 AM Value Of Digital Health In Vascular Disease Management: Virtual And Otherwise
  Presenter(s):Tony S. Das, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:14 AM - 7:19 AM Vascular Surgical Risks Of Shoulder Reconstructive Surgery: What Are They And How Should They Be Managed
  Presenter(s):Jacques Busquet, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:20 AM - 7:25 AM Why Carotid Plaque Morphology Differ In Patients With An Acute MI And Those With Intermittent Claudication: Why It Matters
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:26 AM - 7:31 AM Panel Discussion
7:31 AM - 7:36 AM Relining Occluded Vein Grafts With Viabahn (Gore) Stent-Grafts Or Supera (Abbott) Bare Stents Can Restore Patency And Avoid Thrombolysis: Techniques And Results
  Presenter(s):Hans Lindgren, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:37 AM - 7:42 AM Measuring Aortic Diameters Is Inaccurate And Subjective: Even With Newer Imaging Technology, One Can Make The Diameter What You Want: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:43 AM - 7:48 AM The Temporary Perfuse Dual Chamber Stent-Graft For Clamp Free Aortic Surgery, Drug Delivery And Other Uses: How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Bryan W. Tillman, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:49 AM - 7:54 AM Provider Skill Is Not Getting Appropriate Attention In The Health Care Value Equation Of Value = Outcome/Cost: What To Do About It
  Presenter(s):Lars B. Lonn, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
7:55 AM - 8:00 AM Effect Of Increased Hydration And Protein Intake On Lower Extremity Arteriosclerotic Ischemia With IC And CLTI: What Is the Evidence And The Mechanism: Will It Change The Game And Decrease The Need For Stents And Bypasses
  Presenter(s):Juan C. Parodi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:01 AM - 8:06 AM Update On Isolated Limb Perfusion To Enable Amputated Limb Reimplantation
  Presenter(s):Zachary M. Arthurs, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:07 AM - 8:12 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 47
 
SESSION 48 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 48: PROGRESS IN FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED EVAR (F/B/EVAR) AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR COMPLEX AAAs AND TAAAs; AND RELATED TOPICS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:James F. McKinsey, MD / Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  
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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM Lower Extremity Ischemic Complications After F/B/EVAR: Etiology And How To Avoid Them
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:18 AM - 8:23 AM F/B/EVAR Treatment Of FAILED EVAR: A Safer Better Way To Treat: How Has The Aortic Research Consortium Helped To Promote Solutions To This And Other Problems
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:24 AM - 8:29 AM When Is Ch/EVAR Indicated And Equally Effective To F/EVAR For Juxta And Pararenal AAAs In Terms Of Outcomes And Cost: Why Are Opinions On Ch/EVAR So Divergent
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Status Of Automated Planning Software For F/EVAR Endografts From Aortica (Terumo Aortic): Design Features And Advantages Of A F/EVAR Dedicated Bridging Stent-Graft
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:36 AM - 8:41 AM Mortality From Aneurysm Rupture While Waiting For A Customized F/B/EVAR Endograft: Strategy To Prevent: Are There Reasons For Open Repairs In A High Volume F/B/EVAR Center
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:42 AM - 8:47 AM Why Balloon Expandable Bridging Stent-Grafts Are Best For F/B/EVAR: Which One Is Best And Why: A US Perspective
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Farber, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:48 AM - 8:53 AM Why Balloon Expandable Bridging Stents-Grafts Are Best For F/B/EVAR: Which One Is Best And Why: A European Perspective
  Presenter(s):Mauro Gargiulo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
8:54 AM - 8:59 AM What Is The Best Bridging Covered Stent (Stent-Graft) For F/B/EVAR Based On An In Vitro Fatigue Testing Model And Other Considerations
  Presenter(s):Martin J. Austermann, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM With Complex AAAs, When F/B/EVAR; When Parallel Grafts; When Open Repair: All Have Their Pros And Cons
  Presenter(s):Chang Shu, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:06 AM - 9:11 AM Technical Tips For F/B/EVAR Repairs Of TAAAs Complicating TBADs
  Presenter(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:12 AM - 9:17 AM How To Safely And Effectively Treat TAAAs With Off-The-Shelf (OTS) Devices Including Chimney And Sandwich Stent-Grafts: The Docking Station Approach: How To Do It And Midterm Results
  Presenter(s):Manish Mehta, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:18 AM - 9:26 AM Panel Discussion
9:26 AM - 9:38 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 48
 
SESSION 49 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 49: MORE PROGRESS IN F/B/EVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR COMPLEX AAAs AND TAAAs; AND RELATED TOPICS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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9:38 AM - 9:43 AM Percutaneous Femoral And Axillary Access For Complex Endovascular AAA Repair: How To Safely Do It Safely And To Downsize Femoral Sheaths To Restore Lower Extremity Flow
  Presenter(s):Darren B. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:44 AM - 9:49 AM Present Status Of Parallel Grafts For Complex AAAs And TAAAs: How To Do These Repairs Safely And Effectively: Results To Date
  Presenter(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:50 AM - 9:55 AM Value And Advantages Of Preloaded Wires And Catheters For F/B/EVAR: How Do They Work; Are There Pitfalls
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Farber, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
9:56 AM - 10:01 AM DEBATE: The Case Against Ch/EVAR And Parallel Grafts For Complex AAA And TAAA Repairs: F/B/EVAR Is Much Better
  Presenter(s):Adam Beck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:02 AM - 10:07 AM DEBATE: Nonsense! Ch/EVAR And Parallel Grafts If Done Right Are As Safe And Effective As F/B/EVAR And In Some Cases Better And Cheaper
  Presenter(s):Edward Y. Woo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:08 AM - 10:13 AM F/EVAR Is Sometimes Justified In Patients >80: How About >90
  Presenter(s):Clark J. Zeebregts, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:14 AM - 10:19 AM DEBATE: Increasing The Number Of Fenestrations In F/EVAR Beyond 2 Improves Outcomes Without Increasing Downsides
  Presenter(s):Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM DEBATE: Not So! 2 Branch F/EVAR Is Sometimes Better And Has Fewer Complications And Downsides In Some Cases: Which Ones
  Presenter(s):Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:26 AM - 10:31 AM Technical Tips To Deploy F/EVAR Endografts Precisely With Tortuous Anatomy: How To Compensate For Endograft Rotation And Still Match Fenestrations To Branch Orifices Perfectly
  Presenter(s):Bjõrn Sonesson, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:32 AM - 10:37 AM Advantages Of Steerable (Variable Curve) Sheaths For Complex AAA And TAAA Repairs And TBADs: Which One Is Best And Why: Pitfalls And How To Prevent Them
  Presenter(s):W. Anthony Lee, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:38 AM - 10:43 AM Technical Tips And Precautions For Using Steerable (Variable Curve) Sheaths For B/EVAR: Why They May Not Work And How To Make Them Work
  Presenter(s):Geert Willem H. Schurink, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
10:44 AM - 10:52 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 49
 
SESSION 50 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 50: A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY AND MILITARY PHYSICIANS: SOME MILITARY HISTORY; TREATMENT OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VASCULAR INJURIES AND CONTROL OF HEMORRHAGE; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTED BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Eric A. Elster, MD / Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
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10:52 AM - 11:03 AM The Vietnam Battle Of Ia Drang (November 14-16, 1965): Why Was It Fought And Why Was It Significant (11-Minute Talk)
  Presenter(s):Wayne F. Yakes, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:04 AM - 11:09 AM Department of Defense Effort To Support Vascular Surgery Research And US National Preparedness For Mass Casualties
  Presenter(s):Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:10 AM - 11:15 AM Update On Endovascular Resuscitation And Control Of Bleeding: What Is New And Different: What Is The EVTM Society
  Presenter(s):Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:16 AM - 11:21 AM Update On Civilian REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion Of The Aorta) For Treatment Of Hemorrhage And Trauma: What Is New And Different: When And Where Should It Be Used And By Whom
  Presenter(s):Joseph J. DuBose, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:22 AM - 11:27 AM Is REBOA A Panacea For Battlefield Hemorrhage Or Not Yet Ready For Prime Time Use
  Presenter(s):Brandon Propper, MD / Zachary M. Arthurs, MD / Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:28 AM - 11:33 AM Current Advances In The Treatment Of Blast And High Velocity Gun Shot Injuries
  Presenter(s):Paul W. White, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:34 AM - 11:39 AM Update On The Retrievable Rescue Stent Graft To Control Massive Aortic Or Caval Bleeding: How Does It Work And Present Status
  Presenter(s):Bryan W. Tillman, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM Major Amputation Prosthetics Can Be Fixed Into Bone: How Does Osteointegration Work And How Is Infection Avoided
  Presenter(s):Zachary M. Arthurs, MD / Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:46 AM - 11:51 AM Update On Tissue Engineered Biological Arterial Grafts (Humacyte): How Well Are They Working In Patients And In What Vascular Bed
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
11:52 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 50
 
SESSION 51 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 51: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF RUPTURED INFRARENAL AAAs, COMPLEX AAAs, TAAAs AND RELATED TOPICS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Mark A. Adelman, MD / Timur P. Sarac, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Value, Limitations And Technical Tips For Using The Nellix Endograft For Ruptured AAAs
  Presenter(s):Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:06 PM - 1:11 PM The Incidence Of Ruptured AAAs Is Decreasing And So Is Their Mortality: Why Are These 2 Facts So
  Presenter(s):Ross Milner, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Statins Decrease The Growth Rate And Rupture Risk Of AAAs As Well As The Perioperative Mortality: Who Should Receive Them, When And At What Dose
  Presenter(s):Thomas L. Forbes, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Impact Of Weekends On Treatment Method (Endo Versus Open Repair) And Outcomes (Early And Late) Of Treatment For Ruptured AAAs
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Long-Term Results Of The AJAX RCT Comparing EVAR With Open Repair For Ruptured AAAs: EVAR Wins In The End – Especially In Patients >80
  Presenter(s):Willem Wisselink, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Variation In Use Of EVAR Versus Open Repair For Ruptured AAAs Depends On Training And Bias Rather Than Data Logic Or Facts: EVAR Is Clearly The Best Treatment If It Can Be Done
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM EVAR Should Be The Standard Of Care For Most Ruptured AAAs: Reasons Why It Is Not So And How To Overcome Them
  Presenter(s):Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:42 PM - 1:47 PM EVAR Is A Better Treatment For Ruptured AAAs Than Open Repair In Most Patients: The Mortality Benefit Of EVAR Is Increasing More Recently: Based On A Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):George A. Antoniou, MD, PhD, MSc, FEBVS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:48 PM - 1:53 PM DEBATE: With Ruptured Complex AAAs And TAAAs, Off-The-Shelf F/B/EVAR Is The Best Treatment
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Farber, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
1:54 PM - 1:59 PM DEBATE: Not So: With Ruptured Complex AAAs And TAAAs Parallel Grafts Are Simpler, More Effective And Less Costly
  Presenter(s):Konstantinos P. Donas, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 51
 
SESSION 52 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 52: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RUPTURED AAAs AND TAAAs; WHAT IS AND SHOULD BE HAPPENING WITH AAA SCREENING
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Keith D. Calligaro, MD / Manish Mehta, MD, MPH  
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAA SCREENING
2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Why The Current US PSTF Guidelines For AAA Screening Are Insufficient: Many At Risk Patients Are Not Screened
  Presenter(s):Malachi Sheahan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Update On Current Screening For AAAs In The US: Most Ruptured AAAs Occur In Patients Not Being Screened: How Should US PSTF Recommendations Be Changed
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Flaws In AAA Screening In Finland Result In AAA Ruptures In Patients Too Young For Screening And Whose AAAs Are Too Small To Reach Threshold For Repair
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Why AAA Screening Should Be Expanded To More Females, Younger Men And Older Men
  Presenter(s):Thomas F.X. O'Donnell, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
MORE ABOUT AAA RUPTURES AND THEIR TREATMENT
2:30 PM - 2:35 PM AAA Rupture After EVAR Behaves Differently From De Novo Rupture: How Should Treatment Be Modified In Patients With Post EVAR Ruptures
  Presenter(s):Piotr Szopinski, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:36 PM - 2:41 PM Update On Treating All (100%) Ruptured AAAs With EVAR: The Orebro Experience Shows It Is The Best Treatment And Lowers The Turndown Rate
  Presenter(s):Thomas Larzon, MD, PhD / Mario L. Lachat, MD / Zoran Rancic, MD, PhD / Tal M. Hörer, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Experience With Cook t-Branched OTS Endograft To Treat Ruptured Pararenal AAAs And TAAAs: Advantages, Limitations And Results
  Presenter(s):Ciro Ferrer, MD, PhD / Rocco Giudice, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:48 PM - 2:53 PM In Situ Laser Fenestration To Facilitate Endograft Treatment Of Ruptured TAAAs: When Is It Needed; How To Do It And Results
  Presenter(s):Stephan Haulon, MD / Dominique Fabre, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
2:54 PM - 2:59 PM Open Repair For AAAs Should Not Be Used In Patients >80 Unless Their AAA Is >6 cm And They Are At Risk Of Rupture Or Ruptured: These Restrictions Do Not Apply To EVAR
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:00 PM - 3:05 PM Emergency Treatment Of Aortic Rupture From Chronic TBAD Using The Candy Plug Technique: Technical Tips And Results
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD / Daniela Branzan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:06 PM - 3:11 PM Update On Advances In Treatment Of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Associated With Ruptured AAAs: When And How To Treat Medically And When And How To Treat With Opening The Abdomen
  Presenter(s):Martin Bjorck, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:12 PM - 3:20 PM Panel Discussion
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 52
 
SESSION 53 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 53: EXCITING NEW OR UPDATED CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES AND TREATMENTS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD / Reese A. Wain, MD  
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM The No Intervention Option For Treatment Is More Commonly Elected For Women Than Men With CLTI, AAAs, Ruptured AAAs And Thoracic Aneurysms: It Is Wrong Headed And Unfair
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:36 PM - 3:41 PM Transradial Approaches For Complex Lower Extremity Interventions: CTSOs, Iliac, Fempop And BTK Lesions Can Be Treated: How To Make Them Work And Precautions: Advantages Of The Terumo R2P System
  Presenter(s):David O'Connor, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:42 PM - 3:47 PM New Endovascular Treatments For Pulsatile Tinnitus: What Are The Options
  Presenter(s):Athos Patsalides, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:48 PM - 3:53 PM The Spur Stent System (Reflow Medical): A Temporary Stent With Pins To Penetrate The Arterial Wall And Facilitate DCB Drug Delivery: How Does It Work And Results To Date
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD / Marianne Brodmann, MD / Andrew Holden, MBChB / Thomas Zeller, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
3:54 PM - 3:59 PM The Serrenator Balloon Catheter (From Cagent Vascular) For Vessel Prep In BTK Arteries: It Makes Microserrations And Prevents Dissections With PTA: Current Status: The PRELUDER Trial
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:00 PM - 4:05 PM What Is The OR Black Box System For Measuring Endovascular Operator Performance: How Does It Work And Should It Be In Every Hybrid Angio Suite
  Presenter(s):Isabelle van Herzeele, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:06 PM - 4:11 PM Update On A Clampless Sutureless Technique For Performing Aorto-Iliac Anastomosis Using Endograft Connectors: The VORTEC Technique – Useful When Arterial Control And Suturing Is Impossible
  Presenter(s):Mario L. Lachat, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Technical Tips For Safe Endovascular Treatment Of Hepatic Artery Stenosis After Liver Transplantation
  Presenter(s):W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:18 PM - 4:23 PM Current Status Of Left Gastric Embolization To Treat Obesity: Where Is It And What Will Its Role Be
  Presenter(s):Robert E. Beasley, MD, FSIR, FSCAI  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:24 PM - 4:29 PM The Many Possible Uses Of Femoral Veins For Arterial Procedures: How To Harvest Them Safely
  Presenter(s):Timur P. Sarac, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:30 PM - 4:38 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 53
 
SESSION 54 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 54: PROGRESS IN RADIATION SAFETY AND MORE NEW CONCEPTS, DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Robert A. Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA / Glenn Jacobowitz, MD  
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PROGRESS IN RADIATION SAFETY
4:38 PM - 4:43 PM Endovascular Team Radiation Safety Performance: How To Monitor It: It Is More Than Dose Measurement
  Presenter(s):Isabelle van Herzeele, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:44 PM - 4:49 PM Myths And Facts Regarding Radiation Protection And Safety
  Presenter(s):Lindsay Machan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:50 PM - 4:55 PM New ESVS Radiation Safety Guidelines: Why Are They Needed And How Will They Be Helpful
  Presenter(s):Bijan Modarai, PhD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
4:56 PM - 5:01 PM Simple Radiation Protection Techniques For All Interventionalists To Use
  Presenter(s):Ripal T. Gandhi, MD, FSVM, FSIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:02 PM - 5:05 PM Panel Discussion
NEW CONCEPTS, ETC.
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM With Esophageal Cancer, When Is Prophylactic TEVAR Indicated To Prevent An Aorto-Esophageal Fistula
  Presenter(s):I-Hui Wu, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:11 PM - 5:16 PM Endovascular Emergency Treatment Of Carotid Blowout From Head And Neck Cancer Or Carotid Patch Infections: Planning, Preparation And Technical Tips Are Essential
  Presenter(s):Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:17 PM - 5:22 PM Value Of Repetitive Digital Photo Documentation Of The Ischemic Foot: It Improves Decisions And Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:23 PM - 5:28 PM Minimizing Contrast Induced Nephropathy With EVAR By Contrast Dilution
  Presenter(s):Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:29 PM - 5:34 PM What Is The Cut Needle: How Does It Work And Why Does It Facilitate Difficult Vascular Access: Clinical Experience And Cost
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:35 PM - 5:40 PM Current Status Of AFX-3 And Ovation (With Anatomy Adaptive Sealing) Endografts (Both From Endologix) For AAA Repairs: Advantages And Limitations Of Each
  Presenter(s):Francesco Speziale, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
5:41 PM - 5:46 PM TBD
5:47 PM - 5:54 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program G

END OF SESSION 54
 
SESSION 55 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 55: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR INFRARENAL AAA REPAIR WITH STANDARD EVAR (5-MINUTE TALKS)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Wesley S. Moore, MD / Juan C. Parodi, MD  
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6:50 AM - 6:55 AM Treo Endograft (From Terumo Aortic) For Standard Infrarenal EVAR: Characteristics, Advantages And Status Of US IDE
  Presenter(s):Matthew J. Eagleton, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
6:56 AM - 7:01 AM Value Of Treo Endograft (From Terumo Aortic)) In Highly Angled Necks: What Makes It Different And Results
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:02 AM - 7:07 AM Status In The US Of The Gore Conformable Excluder With Variable Neck Angulation Control For AAAs With Imperfect Necks
  Presenter(s):Robert Y. Rhee, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:08 AM - 7:13 AM Status Of The Gore Conformable Excluder For EVAR In Europe: Results From The EXCEL And BSET Registries
  Presenter(s):Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek, MD, PhD / Colin D. Bicknell, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:14 AM - 7:19 AM When Does The Gore Conformable Excluder For EVAR Really Make A Difference: How Does It Work
  Presenter(s):Michael P. Jenkins, MBBS, BSc, MS, FRCS, FEBVS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:20 AM - 7:25 AM Altura Endograft With Kissing Proximal Stents For Standard EVAR: Advantages And Limitations: From An Experience With 150 Patients And Up To 5-Year Follow-Up
  Presenter(s):Dainis K. Krievins, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:26 AM - 7:31 AM Advantages And Limitations Of The Cook ZENITH Alpha Endograft For EVAR: Based On European Multicenter Experience
  Presenter(s):Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek, MD, PhD / Philippe W.M. Cuypers, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:32 AM - 7:38 AM Panel Discussion
7:38 AM - 7:43 AM How And Why Do The Endurant Endograft Results For EVAR In France Differ From The Global Results: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:44 AM - 7:49 AM AAA Repairs With The Endurant Endograft Outside The IFU Can Provide Acceptable Results In Some Patients: When Is This So And When Not
  Presenter(s):Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:50 AM - 7:55 AM Head To Head Comparison Of Endurant And Excluder Endografts For EVAR In Challenging Asian AAA Anatomy
  Presenter(s):Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:56 AM - 8:01 AM Update LEOPARD RCT Results Show That AFX Endografts Compare Favorably To Standard Proximally Fixed Endografts For AAA Repair
  Presenter(s):Christopher J. Kwolek, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:02 AM - 8:07 AM AFX Endografts Work Well In Conical (Flared) AAA Necks: Why And Results
  Presenter(s):Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:08 AM - 8:14 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 55
 
SESSION 56 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 56: NEW OR UPDATED DEVICES FOR STANDARD EVAR, EVAS (ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM SEALING) AND F/EVAR
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Jerry Goldstone, MD, FACS, FRCSEd / Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD  
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8:14 AM - 8:19 AM Alto Endograft (From Endologix) For Standard EVAR: This Latest Modification Of The Ovation Endograft Has More Proximal Polymer Sealing Rings: Results From The ELEVATE Trial And 3-4-Year Results From The New Zealand Experience Show Advantages
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD / Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:20 AM - 8:25 AM Combination Of Ovation Endograft And Bare Metal Renal Stent For Difficult AAA Neck Unsuitable For F/EVAR
  Presenter(s):Gianmarco de Donato, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:26 AM - 8:31 AM Experience With The Nellix Endograft In 120 Patients With Up To 10 Years Follow-Up: What Is The Devices’ Future
  Presenter(s):Dainis K. Krievins, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:32 AM - 8:37 AM Current Status And Value Of Chimney EVAS (Ch/EVAS): From The ASCEND Trial Data: Status Of The CHEVAS ONE IDE Trial Of Ch/EVAS In Complex AAA Repairs
  Presenter(s):Joseph V. Lombardi, MD / Pete Holt, MD, PhD / Ian Loftus, MD / Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:38 AM - 8:43 AM Comparison Of Ch/EVAS And Ch/EVAR: When Is Ch/EVAS Indicated: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Barend M.E. Mees, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:44 AM - 8:49 AM Update On Multicenter Results With F/EVAR Using The Fenestrated Anaconda Endograft: From The Global FACT Registry: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Clark J. Zeebregts, MD, PhD / Michel M.P. Reijnen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Value Of The Fenestrated Anaconda Endograft For Treating Failed EVAR
  Presenter(s):Afshin Assadian, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:56 AM - 9:01 AM Update On The Incraft Endograft For Standard Infrarenal EVAR: Is Its Low Profile An Advantage
  Presenter(s):Matteo Orrico, MD / Nicola Mangialardi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:02 AM - 9:07 AM Long-Term Outcomes Of The Cook pBranch OTS Device For F/EVAR: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:08 AM - 9:15 AM Panel Discussion
9:15 AM - 9:26 AM Break – Visit Pavilions And Exhibits (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 56
 
SESSION 57 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 57: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR THE ASCENDING AORTA, THE AORTIC ARCH OR NEAR THE ARCH
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michel Makaroun, MD / Rodney A. White, MD  
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9:26 AM - 9:31 AM Nexus OTS Endograft From Endospan For Treating Zone 1 Lesions Of The Aortic Arch: How Does It Work And 2-Year Clinical Results: Status In The US
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB / Daniel G. Clair, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:32 AM - 9:37 AM Update On The Status Of The Custom Relay Branch Endograft (Terumo Aortic) For Arch TEVAR: The European Experience: What Are The Advantages For Deployment, Apposition And Sealing
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD / Afshin Assadian, MD / Mo S. Hamady, MD, FRCR, EBIR, FSIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:38 AM - 9:43 AM Status In The US Of The RelayBranch Investigational Device For Repair Of Aortic Arch Lesions: How Many Branches Can And Should Be Revascularized: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Luis A. Sanchez, MD / Eric E. Roselli, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:44 AM - 9:49 AM Long-Term Safety And Durable Effectiveness Of Relay (Terumo Aortic) Scalloped Endograft For TEVAR Treatment Of Lesions In Or Near The Aortic Arch
  Presenter(s):Mo S. Hamady, MD, FRCR, EBIR, FSIR / Jean-Marc Alsac, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:50 AM - 9:55 AM Status In The US Of The Gore Conformable CTAG Endograft With Variable Angulation Control In The Aortic Arch: How Does It Work And Advantages
  Presenter(s):Jean Bismuth, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:56 AM - 10:01 AM When And How To Use The Gore Conformable CTAG Endograft Optimally: Are There Downsides
  Presenter(s):Sukgu Han, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:02 AM - 10:07 AM Indications, Value And Limitations Of Single Branched TEVAR Devices For Revascularizing The Left Subclavian Artery: Are They Worth The Effort And Cost
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:08 AM - 10:15 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 57
 
SESSION 58 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 58: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES FOR THORACIC AORTIC LESION REPAIRS (TEVAR) AND FOR THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM (TAAA) REPAIRS (ALL TALKS ARE 4 ¾-MINUTES)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Giovanni B. Torsello, MD / James F. McKinsey, MD  
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DEVICES FOR TEVAR
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM Low Profile Devices for TEVAR: Advantages And Disadvantages Based On Long-Term Results
  Presenter(s):Giovanni B. Torsello, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM 6-Year Experience With The Cook ZENITH Alpha Thoracic Endograft For TEVAR In 400 Patients: How To Achieve Long-Term Durably Good Results
  Presenter(s):Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Current Status Of Valiant Nation Low Profile Endograft For TEVAR: Features And Advantages
  Presenter(s):Ali Azizzadeh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:30 AM - 10:35 AM Value Of Valiant Navion Endograft For TEVAR In Fragile Aortas: Why It Is Better
  Presenter(s):Ross Milner, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:35 AM - 10:40 AM Real World Results, Advantages And Limitations Of The Valiant Navion Endograft For TEVAR From A Multicenter Study
  Presenter(s):Giovanni G.T. Tinelli, MD, PhD / Yamume Tshomba, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:40 AM - 10:46 AM Panel Discussion
10:46 AM - 10:51 AM The Relay Pro (Terumo Aortic) Endograft For TEVAR And Its Advantages In Treating TBADs: Why Is It Better Than The Older Relay Plus Device
  Presenter(s):Edward Y. Woo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:51 AM - 10:56 AM Patient Specific Custom Designed Relay Pro Endografts (Terumo Aortic): How Do They Work And What Are Their Advantages In Various Circumstances
  Presenter(s):David M. Williams, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
10:56 AM - 11:01 AM Relay Endografts (Terumo Aortic) For TEVAR: Why Do They Provide Better Wall Apposition For Sealing
  Presenter(s):Afshin Assadian, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:01 AM - 11:06 AM European Experience With The Gore CTAG Conformable Endograft For TEVAR With Variable Angulation Control Proximally: When And How Does It Improve Results
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:06 AM - 11:11 AM New Polymer Filled Low Profile Endograft Device With O-Ring Sealing: How Does It Work And Why Is It Better
  Presenter(s):Piotr Szopinski, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:11 AM - 11:17 AM Panel Discussion
NEW OR IMPROVED ENDO DEVICES FOR TAAA REPAIRS
11:17 AM - 11:22 AM To Treat Complex TAAAs A Combination Of A Relay (Terumo Aortic) TEVAR And A Fenestrated Anaconda Is Best: How Are The SMA And Celiac Axis Revascularized
  Presenter(s):Mo S. Hamady, MD, FRCR, EBIR, FSIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:22 AM - 11:27 AM Status Of The Cook t-Branch OTS Endograft For TAAA Repairs: Advantages And Limitations Based On A Meta-Analysis
  Presenter(s):Nikolaos Tsilimparis, MD; PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:27 AM - 11:32 AM Experience With The Cook t-Branch OTS Endograft Device For Juxta- And Pararenal AAAs: Advantages And Limitations
  Presenter(s):Matteo Orrico, MD / Nicola Mangialardi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:32 AM - 11:37 AM Comparison Of 3 OTS Endografts For Urgent TAAA Repairs: TAMBE (Gore) Versus E-nside (Jotec) Versus t-Branch (Cook): Advantages And Disadvantages Of Each
  Presenter(s):Luca Bertoglio, MD / Germano Melissano, MD / Roberto Chiesa, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:37 AM - 11:42 AM Valiant Manifold OTS Endograft (Medtronic) Device For Repairing TAAAs: How Does It Work And Early Clinical Experience In The US
  Presenter(s):Murray L. Shames, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:42 AM - 11:47 AM Unitary Manifold Endograft System For Complex Type 4 TAAAs And Failed EVARs: How Does It Work And 2-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Patrick W. Kelly, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:47 AM - 11:52 AM Novel OTS Life Tech Endograft For TAAA Repair: How Does It Work And What Makes It Different
  Presenter(s):Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
11:52 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 58
 
SESSION 59 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 59: NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION ON BALLOON EXPANDABLE COVERED STENTS, LOWER EXTREMITY PROSTHETIC GRAFTS, BIORESORBABLE GRAFTS, PERIGRAFT SEROMA AND VALUE OF A PROSTHETIC PERIGRAFT SIROLIMUS PATCH [SEE ALSO SESSION 28] PATCH (ALL TALKS ARE 5 MINUTES)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ali F. AbuRahma, MD / Patrick J. Lamparello, MD  
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STENT-GRAFTS
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Why Are VBX Balloon Expandable Stent-Grafts (From Gore) Different And Better Than Other Covered Stents In Various Vascular Beds
  Presenter(s):James F. McKinsey, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Safety Of MRI EarlyAfter Deployment Of Various Bridging Covered Stents In Complex AAA Repairs
  Presenter(s):Maria A. Ruffino, MD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
PROSTHETIC GRAFTS
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Final 3-Year Results Of The ZILVERPASS RCT Comparing Prosthetic PTFE Bypasses With Zilver PTX (Cook) Stents To Treat Long Fempop Lesions: Should Open Prosthetic Bypass Be Abandoned
  Presenter(s):Michel J. Bosiers, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM The 3DH Spiral Flow Prostheti Graft: Does It Prevent Neointimal Hyperplasia In Leg Bypasses Or A-V Access
  Presenter(s):Hosam F. El Sayed, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Heparin Coated (Propaten) PTFE Grafts (Gore) Versus Autologous Vein Grafts For Bypasses To Targets Above And Below The Knee: Are The Heparin Coated Grafts Worth The Cost
  Presenter(s):David J. Dexter, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Bioabsorbable Arterial Grafts (Xeltis Grafts): How Do They Work And What Is Their Potential
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Perigraft Seromas After PTFE Lower Extremity And Aortic Arterial Grafts: Frequency, Etiology And What To Do About Them
  Presenter(s):Jae S. Cho, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Update On External Sirolimus Patch Wrap-Around For PTFE Graft Anastomoses: Do They Decrease Neointimal Hyperplasia
  Presenter(s):Sriram S. Iyer, MD, FACC  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
1:48 PM - 1:54 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 59
 
SESSION 60 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 60: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR LOWER EXTREMITY TREATMENTS: ATHERECTOMY, STENTS, TACKS, ACCESSORIES, ETC. (SEE ALSO SESSIONS 23-27)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Enrico Ascher, MD  
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ATHERECTOMY RELATED TOPICS
1:54 PM - 1:59 PM Value Of Directional Or Rotational Atherectomy And DCBs With Complex Lesions And CLTI: Which Lesions And How Do We Know This Combination Helps
  Presenter(s):Venita Chandra, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Value And Limitations Of 355 nm Auryon B-Laser™ (From AngioDynamics): It Enables Safe Crossing Of Difficult Lesions Not Crossed With A Guidewire: How Does It Work And Clinical Results
  Presenter(s):Luis R. Leon, MD, RVT, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:06 PM - 2:11 PM Orbital And Laser Atherectomy: Indications, Advantages And Precautions With Above Knee BTK De Novo Lesions And ISR
  Presenter(s):Craig M. Walker, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Value Of Atherectomy And DCBs: Interim Results Of The REALITY Trial
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
ANCILLARY TECHNIQUES
2:18 PM - 2:23 PM Value of Wingman Catheter (Reflow Medical) For Crossing Difficult Lesions: How Does It Work And Results
  Presenter(s):John R. Laird, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:24 PM - 2:29 PM Value of New Dedicated Special Tools And Devices To Facilitate Trans-Radial Access For Lower Extremity Lesion Treatments: How Far Distally Can It Be Effective
  Presenter(s):Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:30 PM - 2:36 PM Panel Discussion
NEW INFORMATION ON STENTS
2:36 PM - 2:41 PM Advantages Of Supera (Vasculomimetic – VMI) Stent For Complex Fempop Occlusive Lesions: Technical Tips: They Work Even In The Subintimal Position
  Presenter(s):Erwin Blessing, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:42 PM - 2:47 PM Value Of The Supera VMI Stent For Common Femoral Artery (CFA) Occlusive Lesions: Better Than Endarterectomy: 2-Year Results And Status Of The SUPERSURG RCT (Versus Open Surgery)
  Presenter(s):Koen R. Deloose, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:48 PM - 2:53 PM Value Of Multiloc Ministents To Treat Post Balloon Dissections: How Do They Work And How Do They Compare To Tacks
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
2:54 PM - 2:59 PM Value And Advantages Of Eluvia DESs (Boston Scientific) For Lower Extremity Occlusive Lesions: When To Use Them And How To Optimize Their Results
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:00 PM - 3:05 PM RCT Comparing A New Bare Metal Stent – Misago Versus Zilver PTX DESs For Fempop Lesions: 2-Year Results Of The BATTLE Trial: Misago Stents Can Be Deployed Via Radial Access
  Presenter(s):Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:06 PM - 3:12 PM Panel Discussion
3:12 PM - 3:24 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 60
 
SESSION 61 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 61: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR LOWER EXTREMITY TREATMENTS: ANGIOPLASTY BALLOONS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:John R. Laird, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
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3:24 PM - 3:29 PM Chocolate Touch DCBs (From TriReme Medical): How Do They Work, Advantages And Updated Clinical Results
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Value Of High-Pressure Non-Compliant Balloons For BTK Arterial Lesion Treatment: Why They Work Better And Other Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Steven Kum, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:36 PM - 3:41 PM Update On The TANGO Trial Using The Bullfrog Balloon Device (Mercator Medical Systems) To Inject Sirolimus Drug Into Lesion Wall Before Angioplasty: How Does It Work And Results
  Presenter(s):Ehrin Armstrong, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:42 PM - 3:47 PM Value Of The Passeo-18Lux DCB For Treating BTK Lesions With Or Without Bare Metal Stents
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:48 PM - 3:53 PM Unfavorable Balloon Wrap (Candy) Cause Dissections With Angioplasty: What Is The Mechanism: How Can It Be Recognized And Dissection Avoided: The Chocolate DCB Is One Way
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
3:54 PM - 3:59 PM The Importance Of Dissection In Angioplasty Treatment Of BTK Lesions: How To Prevent And Treat Such Dissections: The Value Of Tacks (From Intact Vascular): How Do They Work
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:00 PM - 4:05 PM 12-Month Results Of TOBA II BTK Trial Of The Tack Device To Decrease Dissections With Balloon Angioplasty Of BTK Lesions Show Safety And 80% Patency
  Presenter(s):Patrick J. Geraghty, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:06 PM - 4:12 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 61
 
SESSION 62 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 62: NEW OR IMPROVED DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES TO PREVENT OR TREAT ENDOLEAKS OR DEVICE MIGRATION: ENDOANCHORS, ETC.
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:William D. Jordan Jr., MD / Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, PhD  
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4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Prophylactic Endoanchors (Medtronic) With TEVAR For Complex Anatomy Improves Outcomes: Technical Tips For Their Use In TEVAR
  Presenter(s):Jean M. Panneton, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:18 PM - 4:23 PM New Developments From The ANCHOR Registry With Over 5 Years Of Follow-Up Show The Value Of Endoanchors When Used Prophylactically For Certain Indications Prevent Endoleaks And Migration: What Are Those Indications
  Presenter(s):William D. Jordan Jr., MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:24 PM - 4:29 PM New Developments From The ANCHOR Registry With >5 Years Follow-Up Show That Endoanchors Can Be Used To Treat Endoleaks And Migration Effectively In Hostile Neck Anatomy: The Proof
  Presenter(s):Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:30 PM - 4:35 PM Vesteck – The Next Generation Of Endoanchor Technology: How Does It Work And Where Does It Stand
  Presenter(s):David H. Deaton, MD, FACS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:36 PM - 4:41 PM Balloon Optimized Molding For Better Deployment And Sealing Of Ovation Alto Low Profile Endografts For EVAR: How To Do It And How It Helps Prevent Endoleaks and Migration
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:42 PM - 4:48 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 62
 
SESSION 63 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 63: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES FOR CLOT REMOVAL OR EMBOLIZATION (SEE ALSO SESSION 30)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Claudio J. Schonholz, MD / James F. Benenati, MD  
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CLOT REMOVING DEVICES
4:48 PM - 4:53 PM Percutaneous Embolectomy Or Thrombectomy With The Indigo System (From Penumbra): What Makes It Different, Technical Tips, Results And Limitations
  Presenter(s):David J. Dexter, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:54 PM - 4:59 PM Newer Pharmaco-Mechanical Endovascular Clot Removal Systems: When And Why Is Each Device Best To Use
  Presenter(s):Guillermo A. Escobar, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Catheter Based Vacuum Assisted Thrombectomy For Acute Limb Ischemia: How Does It Work: Advantages And Limitations: From A Multicenter Study
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD / Gianmarco de Donato, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
VASCUAR OCCLUSIVE DEVICES
5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Technical Tips For Effective Coil Embolization: Importance Of Dense Packing; Coils With Fibers Versus Plain Metal Coils; Value And Indications For Different Coils
  Presenter(s):James F. Benenati, MD / Constantino Pena, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Why Ruby Coils, The Penumbra Occlusion Device (POD) And Packing Coils Have Different Uses And Why They Are Valuable And Cost Effective For Different Lesions: Technical Tips For Optimizing
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Caterpillar™ Embolic Plug (From Bard): How Does It Work: Advantages And Clinical Results
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:24 PM - 5:29 PM How To Treat Type 1A Endoleaks With Ruby Coils: When Will They Work; When Will They Not: Technical Tips
  Presenter(s):Mazin Foteh , MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:30 PM - 5:35 PM How To Insert Large Vessel Embolization Devices (PODs) Through Low Profile Access
  Presenter(s):Frank R. Arko, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:36 PM - 5:44 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program H

END OF SESSION 63
 
SESSION 64 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 64: VENOUS CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND HEMODYNAMICS
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7:00 AM - 7:04 AM Introduction To Veins At VEITH
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:05 AM - 7:10 AM AVF CEAP Revision 2020
  Presenter(s):Marc A. Passman, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:11 AM - 7:16 AM CEAP, VCSS, HASTI: Their Significance And How To Utilize
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FAVLS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:17 AM - 7:22 AM Physiology Of Venous Return
  Presenter(s):Brajesh K. Lal, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:23 AM - 7:28 AM What Are The Causes Of Symptoms In CEAP C Zero Class Of Patients: Implications For Therapy
  Presenter(s):Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:29 AM - 7:34 AM How To Measure DUS Venous Reflux Volume: Is It More Important Than Reflux Time
  Presenter(s):Sergio Gianesini, MD, PhD, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:35 AM - 7:40 AM Status Of The Evidence For C2 Intervention
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:41 AM - 7:46 AM An Algorithm To Predict Disease Severity In C2 Patients
  Presenter(s):Mikel Sadek, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:47 AM - 7:52 AM Evidence Summary On The Pathophysiology Of Varicose Veins
  Presenter(s):Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:53 AM - 7:58 AM CVD: A Clinical Approach Algorithm
  Presenter(s):Seshadri Raju, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:59 AM - 8:04 AM Understanding Venous Physiology Helps Guide Therapy
  Presenter(s):Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Non-Venous Causes Of The Swollen Extremity
  Presenter(s):Andrea T. Obi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Quality Of Life Tools Reflect Disease Severity, But They Can Be Improved
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh, F  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:17 AM - 8:22 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 64
 
SESSION 65 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 65: VENOUS IMAGING AND BIOLOGY
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Raghu Kolluri, MD / Joseph D. Raffetto, MD  
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8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Identifying Reflux Pathways With Duplex Ultrasound Mapping
  Presenter(s):Neil M. Khilnani, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Are They Venous Ulcers
  Presenter(s):Raghu Kolluri, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Venous Consensus Project Update
  Presenter(s):Lawrence V. Hofmann, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:41 AM - 8:46 AM Ambulatory Venous Pressure, Air Plethysmography, And The Role Of Calf Venous Pump In Chronic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Seshadri Raju, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:47 AM - 8:52 AM Role Of Foot Static Disorders In Chronic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Nicos Labropoulos, BSc (Med), PhD, DIC, RVT  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:53 AM - 8:58 AM Inflammation And CVD
  Presenter(s):Joseph D. Raffetto, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:59 AM - 9:04 AM Does Deep Venous Reflux Matter With Superficial Ablation
  Presenter(s):Peter Henke, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:05 AM - 9:10 AM Genetics Involving VV And VLU
  Presenter(s):Joseph D. Raffetto, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:11 AM - 9:16 AM A New Noninvasive Method To Measure Lower Limb Venous Outflow Resistance
  Presenter(s):Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:17 AM - 9:22 AM Value Of Coordinated Registry Network: Information Obtained
  Presenter(s):Steve Elias, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:23 AM - 9:28 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 65
 
SESSION 66 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 66: SUPERFICIAL VEIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
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9:29 AM - 9:34 AM Results Of Randomized Controlled Trial MOCA Versus Cyanoacrylate
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh, F  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:35 AM - 9:40 AM “Choosing Wisely” Items For Chemical Or Thermal Ablation In The Treatment Of The Incompetent Saphenous Veins And Recurrence
  Presenter(s):Claudine M. Hamel-Desnos, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:41 AM - 9:46 AM Rethinking Endovenous Techniques To Define Cost-Effectiveness
  Presenter(s):Armando Mansilha, MD, PhD, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:47 AM - 9:52 AM Saphenous Sparing: Instructions For Users
  Presenter(s):Sergio Gianesini, MD, PhD, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:53 AM - 9:58 AM Important Factors And Misconceptions In Skin End Organ Damage
  Presenter(s):Nicos Labropoulos, BSc (Med), PhD, DIC, RVT  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
9:59 AM - 10:04 AM What Drugs Do I Recommend For Symptomatic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Jorge H. Ulloa, MD, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Ablative Procedures And Cost Effectiveness
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh, F  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:11 AM - 10:16 AM SVT Treatment During Pregnancy: Treatment Choices
  Presenter(s):Ellen D. Dillavou, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Vein Histopathology: 5.5 Years After Cyanoacrylate Closure
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:23 AM - 10:28 AM Saphenous Ablation On Anticoagulation; Is It Safe, Effective And Durable
  Presenter(s):Glenn Jacobowitz, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:29 AM - 10:34 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 66
 
SESSION 67 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 67: THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL ABLATION
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FAVLS / Kursat A. Bozkurt, MD  
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THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL ABLATION I
10:35 AM - 10:40 AM Decision Making In Saphenous Ablation: What To Use When
  Presenter(s):Ellen D. Dillavou, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:41 AM - 10:46 AM HIFU: Is It Ready For Prime Time
  Presenter(s):Mark S. Whiteley, MS, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:47 AM - 10:52 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: HIFU
  Presenter(s):Mark S. Whiteley, MS, FRCS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:53 AM - 10:58 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Perforator Ablation
  Presenter(s):Steve Elias, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
10:59 AM - 11:04 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Varithena
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:05 AM - 11:10 AM Tips, Tricks, And Limitations: Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy
  Presenter(s):Jean Luc Gerard, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:11 AM - 11:16 AM Panel Discussion
THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL ABLATION II
Moderator(s): Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS / Steve Elias, MD  
11:17 AM - 11:22 AM Tips, Tricks, And Limitations: Liquid Sclerotherapy
  Presenter(s):Victor M. Canata, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:23 AM - 11:28 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Clarivein
  Presenter(s):Steve Elias, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:29 AM - 11:34 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Laser Truncal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FAVLS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:35 AM - 11:40 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Radiofrequency Ablation
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:41 AM - 11:46 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Brazilian Phlebectomy
  Presenter(s):Gutenberg A. Gurgel, MSc, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:47 AM - 11:52 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: Phlebogrif
  Presenter(s):Lorena Grillo, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:53 AM - 11:58 AM Tips, Tricks And Limitations: VenaSeal
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh, F  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
11:59 AM - 12:04 PM Safety And Efficacy Of Endovenous Ablations In Octogenarians, Nonagenarians, And Centenarians
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM SVT Management In 2020: Anything New
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
12:11 PM - 12:16 PM Panel Discussion
12:16 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibit And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 67
 
SESSION 68 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 68: SPIDER VEINS, TRUNCAL VEINS, TRIBUTARY VEINS, EXOTIC VEIN TREATMENT
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kathleen D. Gibson, MD / Edward G. Mackay, MD  
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12:45 PM - 12:50 PM Foam Therapies (PCF Versus PEM): When To Use And Does It Make A Difference
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
12:51 PM - 12:56 PM Patient Preferences For Thermal Ablation Versus Non-Thermal, Non-Tumescent Varicose Vein Treatments: A Choice-Based Conjoint (CBS) Analysis
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
12:57 PM - 1:02 PM Randomized Controlled Study Of EVLA And Foam In the SSV-Fovelass Study: 3-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Claudine M. Hamel-Desnos, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:03 PM - 1:08 PM CLACS In Paraguay Results Of The Aesthetic Phlebology Trial
  Presenter(s):Victor M. Canata, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:09 PM - 1:14 PM Superficial Ablation Outcomes (5 Years) In 13,000 Patients
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Labial Varices: Choices And How I Do It
  Presenter(s):Ellen D. Dillavou, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:21 PM - 1:26 PM Which Saphenous Vein Recanalization Should Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Kathleen D. Gibson, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:27 PM - 1:32 PM Is Combination Therapy Laser And Sclerotherapy More Efficacious For Telangiectatic Treatment
  Presenter(s):Gutenberg A. Gurgel, MSc, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:33 PM - 1:38 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 68
 
SESSION 69 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 69: VENOUS SOCIETAL AND GOVERNANCE
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Kathleen J. Ozsvath, M.D. / Harold J. Welch, MD  
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1:39 PM - 1:44 PM CMS Policy Update On Non-Thermal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Harold J. Welch, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM The Future Of Venous Reimbursement In A Non-Fee For Service Environment
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:51 PM - 1:56 PM What Evidence Is There For Compression Prior To Insurance Approval
  Presenter(s):Saum A. Rahimi, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:57 PM - 2:02 PM Can We Use The Data From VQI VVR To Advocate For Coverage Of Venous Procedures
  Presenter(s):Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:03 PM - 2:08 PM Who Should Fund The Management Of C2 Disease And Why
  Presenter(s):Sarah Onida, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:09 PM - 2:14 PM The Irony Of Overtreatment And Undertreatment In Venous Disease: What Can Be Done
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Results Of Appropriateness Criteria (AVF) I
  Presenter(s):Elna M. Masuda, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:21 PM - 2:26 PM Results Of Appropriateness Criteria (AVF) II
  Presenter(s):Kathleen J. Ozsvath, M.D.  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:27 PM - 2:32 PM Shifting From Overutilization To Underutilization: Deeper Dive Into Improving Wisely
  Presenter(s):Margaret Mann, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:33 PM - 2:38 PM Focused Practice Designation – Venous Disease Treatment
  Presenter(s):Brajesh K. Lal, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:39 PM - 2:44 PM Prior Authorization As A Utilization Management Tool For Elective Superficial Venous Procedures Is Worthless
  Presenter(s):Todd Berland, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:45 PM - 2:50 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 69
 
SESSION 70 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 70: MORE SUPERFICIAL VEIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT / Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
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2:51 PM - 2:56 PM From The AVF And SVS: EHIT Recommendations
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS, FACS, FAVLS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:57 PM - 3:02 PM Physician Compounded Foam Sclerotherapy
  Presenter(s):Margaret Mann, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:03 PM - 3:08 PM Saphenous Incompetence With Post-Thrombotic Deep Veins
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:09 PM - 3:14 PM Which Factors Increase VTE Risk For Superficial Venous Procedures
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:15 PM - 3:20 PM Ablation Outcomes In Obese Patients
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:21 PM - 3:26 PM Varithena® VLU Registry: The Effects Of Polidocanol Endovenous Microfoam On Wound Healing And Recurrence
  Presenter(s):Raghu Kolluri, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:27 PM - 3:32 PM Varicose Veins Among Klippel Trenaunay Syndrome: What You Should Know About
  Presenter(s):Byung-Boong Lee, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:33 PM - 3:38 PM Radiofrequency Ablation Increases The Incidence Of Endothermal Heat Induced Thrombosis
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:39 PM - 3:44 PM European College Of Phlebology Guideline for Truncal Ablation
  Presenter(s):Kursat A. Bozkurt, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Risk Factors For EHIT And Recanalization: An Analysis Of 10,000 Patients
  Presenter(s):Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
3:50 PM - 3:55 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 70
 
SESSION 71 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 71: VENOUS CLINICAL TRIALS, LYMPHATIC, VEIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD / Peter Gloviczki, MD  
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3:56 PM - 4:01 PM Thermal Ablation RCTs: Summary
  Presenter(s):Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:02 PM - 4:07 PM What Venous Trials Do We Need
  Presenter(s):Mark H. Meissner, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:08 PM - 4:13 PM Unilateral, Bilateral, Staged Endovenous Ablation – VQI Data
  Presenter(s):Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:14 PM - 4:19 PM The Recalcitrant Ulcer: Our 52-Week Analysis
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:20 PM - 4:25 PM First Experience: Russian Glue “Cyanoacrylate”
  Presenter(s):Evgeny Shaydakov, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:26 PM - 4:31 PM VenaSeal Spectrum Study: RCT Study Overview
  Presenter(s):Manj S. Gohel, MD, FRCS, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:32 PM - 4:37 PM Treating Low And Moderate Severity Venous Disease Is Beneficial – Data From The VQI VVR
  Presenter(s):Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:38 PM - 4:43 PM A Newer Laser Fiber: All Fibers Are Not The Same
  Presenter(s):Evgeny Shaydakov, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:44 PM - 4:49 PM What Articles Are JVS-VL Looking For and How Can You Write A Paper That Will Be Accepted And Published
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
4:50 PM - 4:55 PM Panel Discussion
LIPEDEMA, LYMPHEDEMA, PHLEBOLYMPHEDEMA
Moderator(s): Joseph A. Caprini, MD / Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
4:56 PM - 5:01 PM Diagnosis Of Lipedema And Treatment
  Presenter(s):Steven M. Dean, DO  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:02 PM - 5:07 PM Overview Of Lymphatic Anatomy, Physiology And Imaging Techniques
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:08 PM - 5:13 PM Clinical Characteristics Of Lower Extremity Lymphedema
  Presenter(s):Steven M. Dean, DO  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:14 PM - 5:19 PM Evidence Based Compression Recommendations For Lymphedema
  Presenter(s):Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Venolymphatic Edema And Its Treatment Options
  Presenter(s):Raghu Kolluri, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:26 PM - 5:31 PM Phlebolymphedema: Hallmark Of Combined Insufficiency Of Venous-Lymphatic System
  Presenter(s):Byung-Boong Lee, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:32 PM - 5:37 PM Moel Lavallee Syndrome
  Presenter(s):Lourdes Reina, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:38 PM - 5:43 PM Advanced Pneumatic Compression: Continued Improvement In Quality Of Life
  Presenter(s):Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:44 PM - 5:49 PM Panel Discussion
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE
Moderator(s): Jean Luc Gerard, MD / Lorena Grillo, MD  
5:50 PM - 5:55 PM Bone Perforator: What Is The Significance
  Presenter(s):Jean Luc Gerard, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
5:56 PM - 6:01 PM Is Saphenous Vein Stripping A Cost-Effective Treatment
  Presenter(s):Lourdes Reina, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
6:02 PM - 6:07 PM Ablative Risks Prior And After Flying: What Do You Tell Your Patients
  Presenter(s):Sarah Onida, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
6:08 PM - 6:13 PM 1470mm Laser And Wound Care Trial
  Presenter(s):Lorena Grillo, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
6:14 PM - 6:20 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program I

END OF SESSION 71
 
SESSION 72 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 72: ACUTE STROKE IMAGING AND TRIAGE
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Introduction
  Presenter(s):Allan L. Brook, MD  
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
8:06 AM - 8:16 AM Which Stroke Patients Need A CT Perfusion Study
8:17 AM - 8:27 AM MRI Has Unique Benefits: Let Me Explain
8:28 AM - 8:38 AM Perfusion Imaging For Dummies
8:39 AM - 8:49 AM Latest Stroke Trial Updates
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Stroke Triage Direct To CSC
9:01 AM - 9:11 AM Stroke Triage Direct To The Angio Suite
9:12 AM - 9:22 AM Innovative And Novel Stroke Therapies That Are In The Pipeline
9:23 AM - 9:33 AM Lessons Learned On Patient Selection
9:34 AM - 9:44 AM Stroke Devices And Nuances
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Robotics Are Here To Stay And What To Expect
9:56 AM - 10:01 AM DEBATE: A VIZ AI Is The Best Triage System
10:02 AM - 10:07 AM DEBATE: RAPID Is The Best Triage System
10:08 AM - 10:15 AM Panel Discussion
10:15 AM - 10:26 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Exhibits (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 72
 
SESSION 73 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 73: COVID AND OTHER INFECTIOUS RELATED CEREBROVASCULAR ISSUES
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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10:26 AM - 10:36 AM COVID-19: Overview Of What Happened
10:37 AM - 10:47 AM COVID-19: An Ischemic Stroke
10:48 AM - 10:58 AM COVID-19 And Hemorrhagic Stroke
10:59 AM - 11:09 AM COVID-19: Practice Workflows And Systems Of Care
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Vasculitis: Imaging And Diagnosis
11:21 AM - 11:31 AM Mycotic Aneurysms: Treatment Strategies
11:32 AM - 11:42 AM Improving Outcomes Is Based Solely On Brain Physiology, Clot Type, Intrinsic Vessel Pathology, And Collaterals
11:43 AM - 11:53 AM How CSC Organized Medicine Helped Prepare Us For The COVID Onslaught
11:54 AM - 12:04 PM Panel Discussion
12:04 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break – 2nd Floor Promenade
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 73
 
SESSION 74 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 74: CAROTID AND CEREBROVASCULAR HOT TOPICS AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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1:00 PM - 1:10 PM TCAR: Technical Pearls And Why It’s The Latest Trending Vascular Procedure
1:11 PM - 1:21 PM TCAR: Why Not Just Do An Endarterectomy
1:22 PM - 1:32 PM Hemicraniectomy: Why It Is Not a Lost Art
1:33 PM - 1:43 PM Have We Finally Figured Out Who Needs Carotid Revascularization
END OF SESSION 74
 
SESSION 75 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 75: BRAIN ANEURYSM
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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1:44 PM - 1:54 PM Update On Latest Literature
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM Next Generation Flow Diverters
2:06 PM - 2:16 PM State-Of-The-Art Imaging Of Aneurysms
2:17 PM - 2:27 PM Intrasaccular Devices: Overview And Indications
2:28 PM - 2:38 PM Unruptured Aneurysms: Why Do We Treat These
2:39 PM - 2:49 PM What Aneurysms Are Best For Open Surgery And Why
END OF SESSION 75
 
SESSION 76 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 76: COMPLICATION, AVOIDANCE AND TECHNIQUES
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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2:49 PM - 2:59 PM The SAH I Learned The Most From
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Improving Thrombectomy: How To Avoid Embolic Strokes In Different Territories
3:11 PM - 3:21 PM Carotid Blowout: How To Treat And How To Avoid
3:22 PM - 3:32 PM Lessons Learned On Using Flow Diverters In SAH, And Getting Out Of Tough Situations
END OF SESSION 76
 
SESSION 77 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 77: NEUROINTERVENTIONAL ONCOLOGY
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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3:32 PM - 3:43 PM Anatomy Of The Skull Base For Dummies
3:44 PM - 3:54 PM Collateral Physiologic Flow: Connections You Must Know To Avoid Disasters
3:55 PM - 4:05 PM Subdural Hematoma Theory And Percutaneous Treatment
4:06 PM - 4:16 PM Tinnitus: The Endovascular Specialist And Their Role
4:17 PM - 4:27 PM Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Is It Prime Time For The Next Prospective Trial
4:28 PM - 4:38 PM Dural Sinus Thrombosis/Stenosis: When And Why I Treat
4:39 PM - 4:49 PM Intraarterial Head And Neck Chemotherapy: Its Role 2020
END OF SESSION 77
 
SESSION 78 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 78: LATEST SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND NEWEST DEVICES
Location: Murray Hill Suites, 2nd Floor
Moderators:TBD
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4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Anatomic Variations And The True Meaning Of Basic Knowledge
5:01 PM - 5:11 PM Venous Anatomy And Why It Is Important To Review
5:12 PM - 5:22 PM Disparities In The Five Boroughs
5:23 PM - 5:40 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program J

END OF SESSION 78