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General Session

Tuesday, October 08, 2013
8:00 AM - 8:10 AMWelcome to VIVA 13
   
SFA Endovascular Techniques and Technology – Bridging the Gap
8:10 AM - 8:17 AMAre Improvements in Bare-Metal Stent Technology and Procedure Techniques Providing Improved Results and Value?
8:17 AM - 8:24 AMCurrent Status of Endoluminal Bypass Using Stent-Grafts – Which Patients Are Most Likely to Benefit and When?
8:24 AM - 8:31 AMWill Drug-Eluting Stents Be the Panacea for Most Appropriately Selected SFA Lesions?
8:31 AM - 9:31 AMLIVE CASE DEMONSTRATIONS: Stanford University Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic
9:31 AM - 9:38 AMUnderstanding the Ins and Outs of Specialty Balloons - Cutting, Scoring, Chilling, and Capturing
9:38 AM - 9:45 AMWhich Patients and Lesions Benefit the Most with Mechanical Debulking – When Should Atherectomy be a Stand-Alone Therapy?
9:45 AM - 9:52 AMHow Do We Optimize Endovascular Techniques That Best Preserve Surgical Bypass Options?
9:52 AM - 9:59 AMWhy I Do What I Do: A Decision Tree for In-Stent Restenosis; With So Many Options, What Works Best?
9:59 AM - 10:06 AMGlobal Vascular Issues on the Frontline: SFA Technology on the Horizon – How Will It Improve Outcomes – When Will It Get Here?
10:06 AM - 10:36 AMREFRESHMENT BREAK
10:36 AM - 12:00 PMLATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS
12:00 PM - 1:20 PMLUNCH/SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
1:20 PM - 1:50 PMLIVE CASE DEMONSTRATIONS: Cleveland Clinic
   
Chronic Total Occlusion Appraisal
1:50 PM - 1:57 PMThis Is How I Do It: Navigating Through and Recanalization of SFA-Popliteal Total Occlusions – A Step-by-Step Approach to Successful Outcomes
1:57 PM - 2:04 PMWhat Do We Do with the Severely Calcified SFA?
2:04 PM - 2:11 PMCTO Devices: A Critical Assessment of the Devices – Techniques and Success
2:11 PM - 2:18 PMThe Economics of In-Stent Stenosis
2:18 PM - 3:30 PMLIVE CASE DEMONSTRATIONS: Stanford University Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMREFRESHMENT BREAK
   
Thoracic Aorta: A Field in Motion
4:00 PM - 4:30 PMLIVE CASE DEMONSTRATIONS: Stanford University Medical Center
4:30 PM - 4:37 PMAdvanced Aortic Imaging for Procedural Guidance
4:37 PM - 4:44 PMCurrent Practice – Assessing Your Patient: Evolving Treatment Strategies for Managing Complicated Type B Dissections – Stepwise Guide from Case Planning to Navigating the Intraoperative Complexities to Long-Term Follow-Up
4:44 PM - 4:51 PMWhat Does the Most Recent Evidence Tell Us About Management of Uncomplicated Type B Dissections – Which Subset of Patients Might Benefit from TEVAR vs. Medical Management?
4:51 PM - 4:58 PMGlobal Vascular Issues on the Frontline: Retrograde Type B Dissections Involving the Ascending Thoracic Aorta - When Are Endovascular Solutions Viable Options?
4:58 PM - 5:05 PMNew Insights from Endovascular Experience Identify Salient Features of Dissections to Be Considered at the Time of Diagnosis - Do We Need to Rethink Thoracic Aortic Dissection Classification?
5:05 PM - 5:12 PMDEBATE: Thoracic Arch Aneurysms Can and Should Be Treated by a Combination of TEVAR and Adjunctive Endovascular Procedures - From Chimneys to In-situ Fenestrations - Pro: Totally Agree – The Vast Majority of Thoracic Arch Aneurysms Are Best Managed by an All Endovascular Approach
5:12 PM - 5:19 PMDEBATE: Thoracic Arch Aneurysms Can and Should Be Treated by a combination of TEVAR and Adjunctive Endovascular Procedures - From Chimneys to In-situ Fenestrations - Con: Nonsense – The Vast Majority of Thoracic Arch Aneurysms Are Best Managed by Hybrid Procedures That Include TEVAR and Surgical Great Vessel Reconstructions
5:19 PM - 5:20 PMAudience Vote
5:20 PM - 5:27 PMWhy I Do What I Do: My Decision Tree for Treating Patients with Aortic Coarctation – Bare-Metal Stents, Stent-Grafts, or Surgical Repair
5:27 PM - 5:34 PMTEVAR for Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury – Lessons Learned Have Led to Improvements in Technology and Techniques
5:34 PMDAY ONE CONCLUDES/SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
6:00 PM - 8:00 PMThe Regulatory and Coverage Consortium