Opening Remarks and Congratulations to Juan Carlos Parodi on the 20th Anniversary of the Development of the Endoluminal Graft for AAA Exclusion

Witnessing a Rapid Evolution of Endoluminal Graft Technology

Live Case Demonstration of Endovascular AAA Repair by Dr. Hence Verhagen From Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Juan Carlos Parodi is joined by guest live case discussants: James May, Claude Mialhe, Claudio Schönholz, and Frank Veith.

Session I: Why Did Carotid Artery Stenting Disappear? Or Did It?

Moderators: Anthony Comerota and William Gray

Last Year's Quagmire Has Only Gotten Worse
Edward B. Diethrich, MD

Indication and Treatment of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Do What I Say and Not What I Do
Giorgio M. Biasi, MChir

Is Medical Therapy Now the Treatment of Choice for Asymptomatic Carotid Disease?
Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, RVT

Endovascular Repair of Extracranial Internal Carotid Aneurysms: Feasible But Unjustifiable Procedure
James May, MD, MS, FRACS

Carotid Artery Stenting Woes Continue: Impact on Procedural Techniques and Indications
Frank J. Criado, MD

Carotid Artery Stenting for Post-Carotid Endarterectomy Restenosis Is Safer Than Redo Carotid Endarectomy and Should Be the Procedure of Choice
Ali F.  AbuRahma, MD

The Reality of the Current Carotid Artery Stenting Situation: Is It Reasonable?

William A. Gray, MD

Refreshments Served in the Exhibit Halls

Session II: Innovation on the Move

Moderators: David Caparrelli and Barry Katzen

From Feasibility to Durability: 30-Day and 1-year Outcomes After Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement

Robert M. Maier, MD

Future of Transcatheter Valves: What Will Be Left for the Classical Operations?
Michael J. Mack, MD

Stroke Prevention Strategy for Patients With Left Atrial Fibrillation
Vijay Swarup, MD

Is There a Role for Biologics in Structural Heart Disease?
Amit N. Patel, MD

Percutaneous Treatment of Atrial Septal Defects and PFO. What Are the Real Indications?
Robert K. Strumpf, MD, FACC

Can Hybrid Chest Procedures Be Done in a Modified Angiography Suite?
Barry T. Katzen, MD, FACR, FACC

Transcatheter Aortic Valves Inadequately Relieve Stenosis in Small Degenerated Bioprostheses
Elaine E. Tseng, MD

Can Multidisciplinary Resident Training Programs Be Developed to Meet the Challenges of These Evolving Technologies?
David A. Caparrelli, MD

Congress Luncheon With the Exhibitors on the Croquet Lawn

Edward B. Diethrich Vascular Surgical Society Session

Moderators: Alfonso Munoz and Donald Reid

Edward B. Diethrich Vascular Surgical Society Traveling Fellowship
David A. Caparrelli, MD

Equity of Access in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Unsuitable or Unacceptable?

Andrew Tambyraja, MD

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Gilbert Tang, MD

Hybrid Debranching for the Management of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Where Does It Fit In?

Christopher J. Kwolek, MD

Endovascular Rescue of Hemodialysis Grafts With Noncompliant Balloon Angioplasty
Herbert Oye, DO

First Steps of Endovascular Surgery in West Africa
Papa Adama Dieng, MD

Endovascular Research Forum

Moderator: Frans Moll

Awards Committee: Giorgio Biasi, Anthony Comerota, Barry Katzen, Zvonimir Krajcer, Michel Makaroun, Subbarao Myla, and Allan Reid

11th Annual ISES Endovascular Research Award Finalists:

Honorable Mention

Erin Murphy, MD

Device Specific Volumetric Analysis of Clot Lysis Using Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) in
Ileofemoral DVT

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Vascular Surgery Program, Dallas, Texas USA

Program Director: Frank R. Arko, MD

Honorable Mention

Elina Quiroga, MD

Hypothermia Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Patients Undergoing Repair of Ruptured
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

University of Washington Vascular Surgery Program, Seattle, Washington, USA

Program Director: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, FACS

Honorable Mention

Nicola Troisi, MD

Endurant Stent-Graft: A 2-Year Single-Center Experience With a New Commercially Available Device for the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms 

St. Franziskus Hospital Endovascular Surgery Program, Münster, Germany

Program Director: Prof. Giovanni Torsello

Third Place

Geetha Jeyabalan, MD

Bradyarrhythmias During Rheolytic Pharmacomechanical Thrombectomy for Deep Vein
Thrombosis

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Vascular Surgery Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Program Director: Michel S. Makaroun, MD

Second Place

Guus van Lammeren, MD

Long-term Follow-up of Secondary Interventions After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair With an
AneuRx Endoprosthesis: A Single-Center Experience

St. Antonius Hospital Vascular Surgery Program, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Program Director: Jean-Paul PM De Vries, MD, PhD

First Place

Olufemi Oshin, MD

Intra and Inter-Observer Variability of Target Vessel Measurement for Fenestrated Endovascular
Repair (FEVAR)

Royal Liverpool University Hospital Vascular Surgery Program, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Program Director: John Brennan, MD

3:30 PM

Refreshments Served in the Exhibit Halls

CME Sessions Conclude for the Day

Without Industry Partnership Innovation Ceases (Non-CME)

This International Congress session is included in the Congress registration fee and open to all attendees and exhibitors.

Moderators: Christopher Kwolek and David Rosenthal

Use of the Mo.Ma Proximal Cerebral Protection Device During Carotid Artery Stenting (the ARMOUR Trial)
Christopher J. Kwolek, MD

Lower Extremity Atherectomy Versus Percutaneous Transluminal Angiograpny in the Diabetic Patient
James F. McKinsey, MD

Totally Percutaneous EVAR: Feasibility Outcomes for a Prospective, Randomized Trial Design
Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

Bedside Placement of Retrievable IVC Filters by IVUS Guidance in Multi-Trauma Patients
David Rosenthal, MD

Commercially Available Endografts for Thoracoabdominal and Pararenal AAA Repair: From Hybrid Debranching to In-Situ Fenestrations
Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, MD, FACS

Relay Thoracic Stent-Graft Phase II Trial Update
Mark A. Farber, MD

The Powerfit (a Combination of the Powerlink and Endofit Stent-Grafts) for EVAR: The Midterm Results of Powerfit in Challenging Anatomies
Christian Senekowitsch, MD

Nonocclusive Dilatation and Prevention of Windsock Effect in Ascending and Thoracic Endografting: The "UnBalloon"
Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD, FACS

A New Concept of Stent-The Multilayer Stent: First Human Study in Peripheral Aneurysms
Michel Henry, MD

Adjournment