Thursday
SESSION XI: CRITICAL LOOK AT CAROTID STENTING (CAS) (6-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C. , Frank J. Veith, M.D.
SESSION XI SCHEDULE
11:15 AM - 11:21 AM Debate: Carotid Interventions Are Justified In High Risk Asymptomatic Patients: Of Course They Are
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Criado, M.D.  
11:22 AM - 11:28 AM Debate: Why Interventions (CAS And CEA) Are Rarely Justified And Indicated In High Risk Asymptomatic Patients
  Presenters(s): Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
11:29 AM - 11:35 AM Is It Justified And Ethical To Perform CAS In Asymptomatic Patients? Will We Ever Know?
  Presenters(s): Alison Halliday, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM The Asymptomatic Carotid Trials: How Can The Results Be Interpreted So Differently And Should Asymptomatic Patients Really Be Treated?
  Presenters(s): A. Ross Naylor, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
11:43 AM - 11:50 AM In Asymptomatic Patients, What Is A High Risk Plaque If We Intervene? If We Treat Conservatively? What Should We Do?
  Presenters(s): Giorgio M. Biasi, M.D.  
11:51 AM - 11:57 PM Embolic Protection Devices In CAS Remain Unproven And Are Much Ado About Nothing
  Presenters(s): Emmanuel M. Houdart, M.D.  
11:58 AM - 12:04 PM Randomized Prospective Trial Of Embolic Protection Devices In CAS
  Presenters(s): Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.  
12:05 PM - 12:11 PM CAS vs. CEA In Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients: Early Results Of The French Randomized Study (EVA-3S)
  Presenters(s): Jean-Pierre Becquemin, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
12:12 PM - 12:18 PM A New Technique To Reduce Guidewire Manipulation During Carotid Artery Stenting: The Superficial Temporal Artery Approach
  Presenters(s): Martin Malina, M.D., Ph.D.  
12:19 PM - 12:30 PM Panel Discussion
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION XI