Tuesday
SESSION 9: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AAAs AND EVAR
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Timur P. Sarac, MD / Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
SESSION 9 SCHEDULE
6:40 AM - 6:44 AM Opening Remarks
  Presenter(s):Enrico Ascher, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:45 AM - 6:50 AM Inflammatory AAAs Are Best Treated By EVAR Plus Immunosuppressive Drugs: What Is The Evidence
  Presenter(s):Sonia Ronchey, MD, PhD / Nicola Mangialardi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:51 AM - 6:56 AM DEBATE: EVAR Performed Outside Devices’ IFUs Have Worse Outcomes With High Rates Of Endoleaks And Sac Growth
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:57 AM - 7:02 AM DEBATE: Not So: With Modern Endografts And Improved Techniques EVAR Outside IFUs Can Have Good Outcomes With Low Rates Of Endoleaks And Sac Growth
  Presenter(s):Dittmar Boeckler, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:03 AM - 7:08 AM DEBATE: Differences In Outcomes Of AAA Repair Between The US And The UK Support Fixing AAAs At Diameters < 5.5 cm In Men And < 5.0 cm In Women: Landmark RCTs And Guidelines Are Wrong
  Presenter(s):Matt M. Thompson, MD / Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD / Ian Loftus, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:09 AM - 7:14 AM DEBATE: Nonsense: The RCTs Are Right And The Guidelines Are Fine: AAAs Should Only Be Fixed At Or Above 5.5 cm In Diameter In Men And 5.0 cm In Women – Except In Unusual Circumstances
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:15 AM - 7:20 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Juan C. Parodi, MD / Enrico Ascher, MD  
7:20 AM - 7:25 AM Status Of The LEOPARD Trial: A RCT Comparing The AFX Endologix Graft For EVAR To Other Standard EVAR Endografts
  Presenter(s):Christopher J. Kwolek, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:26 AM - 7:31 AM 15-Year Results Of EVAR 1 RCT Point The Way To A Clinical And Cost-Effective Benefit For EVAR
  Presenter(s):Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:32 AM - 7:37 AM Long-Term Results Of The DREAM RCT Differ From Those Of EVAR 1: EVAR Is Therefore Superior To Open Repair: Why The Difference
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:38 AM - 7:43 AM There Are Flaws In Interpreting The EVAR 1 Long-Term Results To Show EVAR Is Not Superior To Open Repair: EVAR 1 15-Year Result Plus Other Data Show EVAR To Be Better Than Open Repair Short And Long-Term
  Presenter(s):Frank E.G. Vermassen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:44 AM - 7:49 AM Why The Long-Term Data From The EVAR RCTs Comparing EVAR With Open Repair Are Negatively Biased Toward EVAR: EVAR Should Currently Be The First Option For Most AAA Patients
  Presenter(s):Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:50 AM - 7:55 AM 15-Year Results Of EVAR With The Zenith Flex AAA Endograft Show Better EVAR Outcomes Than In The EVAR 1 Trial At All Time Points
  Presenter(s):Fabio Verzini, MD, PhD / Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:56 AM - 8:07 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 9
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