Wednesday
SESSION 43: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAA TREATMENT AND STANDARD EVAR: A NEW DEVICE TO SLOW AAA GROWTH; AAA NECK DILATATION AFTER EVAR; VALUE OF LOW PROFILE AAA ENDOGRAFTS; IMPROVED ULTRASOUND SURVEILLANCE AND ALL AAAs ARE NOT TIME BOMBS WAITING TO EXPLODE
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Michael L. Marin, MD / Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
SESSION 43 SCHEDULE
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM Should Saccular AAAs Be Repaired At A Smaller Diameter Than Fusiform AAAs: How To Measure Saccular AAA Diameter: Should It Include The Normal Aorta Or Not
  Presenter(s):Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:41 PM - 1:46 PM Decreasing Frequency Of Elective And Ruptured AAA Repairs Is Due To Epidemiology Rather Than Other Factors Like Screening
  Presenter(s):Ian Loftus, MD / Pete Holt, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
AAA NECK BEHAVIOR AFTER EVAR
1:47 PM - 1:52 PM Optimal Stent Design And Optimal Degree Of Oversizing To Avoid Neck Dilatation And Why It Matters
  Presenter(s):Carlos F. Bechara, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:53 PM - 1:58 PM Major Aortic Neck Dilatation Occurs Equally After EVAR And Open Repair: From The DREAM RCT: This ONLY Occurs After EVAR With Self-Expanding Endografts
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:59 PM - 2:04 PM What Should Be The Role Of Physician Modified Endografts (PMEGs) For the Treatment Of Short Or No Neck AAAs When Industry Made F/EVAR Devices Are Available: Why PMEGs Are Only Good In Some Centers: New Computer 3D Modeling Adjuncts (From Terumo) To Make PMEGs Better And Simpler
  Presenter(s):Benjamin W. Starnes, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM DEBATE: Low Profile Devices For EVAR Are Failing: Their Future Is Questionable Based On Results Of Other Devices Like The Endurant Endograft At 10 Years (From The ENGAGE OUS Registry)
  Presenter(s):Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:11 PM - 2:16 PM DEBATE: Not So: Ovation Stent-Grafts (From Endologix) Have Good 5-Year Results With No Neck Dilatation Or Migration Even With Challenging Neck Anatomy: Based On A Multicenter International Study Of A Low Profile Endograft
  Presenter(s):Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:17 PM - 2:22 PM Is AAA Thrombus More Dangerous In Women Than In Men: What Are The Dangers Of Such Thrombus
  Presenter(s):Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:23 PM - 2:28 PM How Well Does Non-Fluoroscopic Guidance Using The IOPS System From Centerline Work For Performance Of Standard EVAR: Findings From The MOTION Trial
  Presenter(s):Francis Caputo, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:29 PM - 2:34 PM Despite Great Advances With AAA Management, Little Progress Has Been Made In 2 Important Areas: Improving Indications For Treatment And Precision Of Measurement: AAAs ≤6.0 cm Rarely Rupture
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
2:35 PM - 2:41 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 43
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