Tuesday
SESSION 10: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CAROTID DISEASE AND ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS (ACS)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ali F. AbuRahma, MD / L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
SESSION 10 SCHEDULE
7:46 AM - 7:51 AM Risk Of Stroke In Patients With High Grade Asymptomatic Re-Stenoses After Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Is Low And Even Lower After Carotid Stenting (CAS): Invasive Treatment Is Rarely Justified
  Presenter(s):Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:52 AM - 7:57 AM New Findings From The SAMMPRIS RCT Comparing Intracranial Stenting To Best Medical Treatment (BMT): BMT Is Feasible And There Is A High Incidence Of In Stent Restenosis (ISR) Causing Strokes
  Presenter(s):Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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7:58 AM - 8:03 AM What Is The Significance Of Subclinical DW MRI Brain Lesions After CAS And CEA: Do They Impair Brain Function
  Presenter(s):Laura Capoccia, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:04 AM - 8:09 AM Minor Strokes Are Not Benign – Whether From Carotid Disease Or Other Causes
  Presenter(s):Emmanuel M. Houdart, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:10 AM - 8:15 AM What Other Than Emboli From Carotid Lesions Can Cause Strokes: What Percentage Of Strokes Are Caused By Carotid Bifurcation Disease
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:16 AM - 8:21 AM What Is The Value Of The CREST-2 Registry And What Will It Tell Us
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Rosenfield, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:22 AM - 8:28 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS / Sumaira Macdonald, MD, PhD  
8:28 AM - 8:33 AM DEBATE: Near Total Occlusion Of The Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) – A “String Sign” Should Not Be Treated Invasively Even If Symptomatic: Medical Treatment Is Best
  Presenter(s):George Geroulakos, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:34 AM - 8:39 AM DEBATE: Not So: Some Symptomatic Patients With An ICA String Sign Need Urgent Invasive Treatment: Which Ones; What Treatment: What Outcome Can Be Expected
  Presenter(s):Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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ACS MEGA DEBATE
8:40 AM - 8:45 AM In Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis (ACS) Risks Of Invasive Treatment (CEA/CAS) Outweigh Any Potential Benefit: None Should Undergo CEA Or CAS
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:46 AM - 8:51 AM Patients With High Risk ACS – Even If Elderly – Should Undergo Invasive Treatment, Usually CEA: What Percentage Of ACS Patients Should Get CEA: It Is At Least 20%
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:52 AM - 8:57 AM That Percentage Is Too High: Approximately 10% of ACS Patients Should Undergo Invasive Treatment: How Can They Reliably Be Selected
  Presenter(s):Kosmas I. Paraskevas, MD / Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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8:58 AM - 9:03 AM Invasive Treatment Of ACS Is Rarely Indicated: ACS Patients Need Good Medical Treatment And A Low LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C): How Low: Less Than 3% Of ACS Patients Should Have Invasive Treatment And These Are Hard To Select
  Presenter(s):Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:04 AM - 9:09 AM Statins And Omega 3 Can Stabilize Carotid Plaques And Render Them Less Harmful and Embologenic: How Often And How Low Does The LDL-C Have To Go For This To Occur
  Presenter(s):Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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9:10 AM - 9:16 AM Panel Discussion
9:16 AM - 9:28 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 10
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