Saturday
SESSION 87: MORE LATE BREAKING INFORMATION ON CCSVI, EVAR, AORTA, LOWER EXTREMITY PROBLEMS
Moderators:Enrico Ascher, MD / Daniel G. Clair, MD  
SESSION 87 SCHEDULE
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Observations Of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) In Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Multimodality Imaging: Venographic Obstruction Is Not The Key Factor
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
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8:31 AM - 8:36 AM The CCSVI Controversy In Canada: Where Is Interventional Therapy Heading And Can It Go Wrong
  Presenter(s):Thomas L. Forbes, MD  
8:37 AM - 8:42 AM With Multiple Saccular Aneurysms Of The Aortic Arch And Other Lesions, Branched Grafts, Chimneys, Snorkels And Sandwich Grafts Won’t Work And Why
  Presenter(s):Ourania Preventza, MD / Joseph S. Coselli, MD  
8:43 AM - 8:48 AM DEBATE:Enough Is Enough: In Favor Of Open Surgical Reinterventions Rather Than Complex Endovascular Solutions For Some Patients With Failed EVARs
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
8:49 AM - 8:54 AM DEBATE: Endovascular Treatment Is Usually Better For Serious Complications Of Aortic Surgery
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Endovascular Treatment Of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
  Presenter(s):James H. Black III, MD  
9:01 AM - 9:06 AM How To Diagnose And Manage Infected Endografts After EVAR
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD  
9:07 AM - 9:12 AM Tips And Tricks On Safely Crossing Aortic And Iliac CTOs Using The Avinger Wildcat Catheter
  Presenter(s):Patrick E. Muck, MD, FACS  
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9:13 AM - 9:20 AM Panel Discussion
LOWER EXTREMITY TOPICS
Moderator(s): Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS / Ignacio Escotto, MD  
9:21 AM - 9:26 AM RCT Comparing DEBs vs. Standard Balloons For SUPERA Stenting Of Long SFA Lesions: The RAPID Trial
  Presenter(s):Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, PhD  
9:27 AM - 9:32 AM Importance Of Recoil In Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty Of BTK Arteries: Will DEBs Be Enough To Prevent Restenosis
  Presenter(s):Florian Dick, MD / Nicolas A. Diehm, MD  
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9:33 AM - 9:38 AM Restenosis After Endo And Open Treatments For CLI Is An Epidemic: How Should This Influence How We Treat Patients
  Presenter(s):Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS  
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9:39 AM - 9:44 AM PTFE Bypasses To BTK Target Arteries Are A Valuable Option To Save Threatened Limbs When Good Autologous Saphenous Vein Is Not Available: Despite A Bias Against Them
  Presenter(s):Hisham Rashid, FRCS, FRCS (Gen)  
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM New Technique To Treat Popliteal Aneurysm With Distal Embolization: Place A Stent-Graft First To Exclude The Aneurysm And Then Thrombolyse Through The Endograft
  Presenter(s):Mark W. Mewissen, MD  
9:51 AM - 9:56 AM Hybrid Approaches To CLI: They Still Have A Role
  Presenter(s):Francesco Setacci, MD  
9:57 AM - 10:02 AM A Shockwave Lithoplasty Catheter System For Cracking Heavily Calcified Plaques And Facilitating PTA
  Presenter(s):Andrew Holden, MBChB  
10:03 AM - 10:11 AM Panel Discussion
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTANT LATE BREAKING TOPICS
Moderator(s): Enrico Ascher, MD / Rajiv Parakh, MBBS, MS, FRCS  
10:11 AM - 10:16 AM Current Optimal Treatment Of Visceral And Renal Artery Aneurysms: When Endo And When Open
  Presenter(s):Franco Grego, MD / Giovanni P. Deriu, MD  
10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Device Based Renal Denervation By Neurotropic Agents
  Presenter(s):Mark H. Wholey, MD  
10:23 AM - 10:28 AM An Improved Model For Assessing Operative Risk For Elective AAA Repair: Endo And Open
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, RVT  
10:29 AM - 10:34 AM Hydrogel Coated Coils For A More Dependable Arterial Occlusion: Why They Work Better
  Presenter(s):Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
10:35 AM - 10:40 AM Improved Management And Outcomes Of Battle Casualties With Traumatic Bilateral Lower Extremity Amputations
  Presenter(s):Charles J. Fox, MD, FACS  
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10:41 AM - 10:46 AM How OR Nurses And Technicians Should Set Up The Back Table For EVAR Treatment Of Ruptured AAAs (Video): It Makes A Difference
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD / Niten Singh, MD  
10:47 AM - 10:52 AM Improved Technology For Videoscopic Vein Harvesting: It Is A Game Changer In Making Bypasses Less Invasive
  Presenter(s):Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
10:53 AM - 10:58 AM Antibiotic Coated Gloves Will Be The Standard Of Care For Vascular Surgeons And Endovascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Afshin Assadian, MD  
10:59 AM - 11:04 AM Lessons Learned From Assessment Of AAA Mural Thrombus By MRI: It Makes A Difference
  Presenter(s):Lars Lonn, MD, PhD  
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11:05 AM - 11:12 AM Panel Discussion

Although Session 87 in the Grand Ballroom West ends, the Meeting continues in the Grand Ballroom East (See Sessions 84 and 85).
END OF SESSION 87
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