SESSION 11 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 11: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS I (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:35 AM - 6:40 AM Opening Remarks
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Veith, MD  
6:40 AM - 6:45 AM DEBATE: 2-3 Year Comparison Of Sirolimus Eluting Stents (SESs) vs. Bare Metal Stents (BMSs) For Below-Knee And Tibial Occlusive Disease (YUKON Trial)
  Presenter(s):Gunnar Tepe, MD  
6:46 AM - 6:51 AM DEBATE: Drug Eluting Balloons (DEBs) Are Better For Below-Knee Lesions Than SESs: 1-Year Results
  Presenter(s):Francesco Liistro, MD  
6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Use Of 4 French Systems For Treating Fem-Pop Lesions: Advantages And Disadvantages: Lessons From The 4EVER Trial Using Astron Pulsar Stents And No Closure Devices
  Presenter(s):Koen Deloose, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  
  View Abstract      
6:58 AM - 7:03 AM New Developments In Distal Puncture Techniques For Treating CTOs Of Lower Extremity Arteries: The Funnel Balloon Catheter; 3 Fr Sheath; Needle Extensions And COR Balloons
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Best Treatment Of Popliteal Lesions: Stent vs. PTA: The ETAP Trial
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Value Of The Biodegradable Balloon Expandable Remedy Stent For Lower Extremity Lesions: The GAIA Trial Results
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Does Atherectomy Help To Treat Resistant Calcified SFA Lesions: Does It Require A Distal Filter For Safety
  Presenter(s):Daniel G. Clair, MD  
7:22 AM - 7:27 AM DEBATE: Current Role Of New Atherectomy Devices: They Work And Justify The Costs
  Presenter(s):James F. McKinsey, MD  
7:28 AM - 7:33 AM DEBATE: Debulking With Atherectomy And Laser Is A Good Idea Whose Time Has Passed
  Presenter(s):Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
7:34 AM - 7:40 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 11
 
SESSION 12 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 12: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS II (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Long-Term Evaluation (To 5 Years) Of SFA Stents In 1000 Patients: Importance Of TASC Classification, Stent Type And Lesion Length (Belgian/German Study)
  Presenter(s):Marc Bosiers, MD / Giovanni Torsello, MD / Patrick Peeters, MD  
7:46 AM - 7:51 AM The Many Uses And Advantages Of The Supera Veritas Stent (IDEV) To Treat Femoropopliteal Lesions
  Presenter(s):Peter C.J. Goverde, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD  
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM 1-Year Results Of The Protege Everflex Stent (ev3) To Treat Popliteal Lesions: DURABILITY-POP Study
  Presenter(s):Patrick Peeters, MD  
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM DEBATE: CFA And DFA Occlusive Lesions Are Best Treated By Endovascular Techniques
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
8:04 AM - 8:09 AM DEBATE: How Should CFA And DFA Occlusive Lesions Best Be Treated
  Presenter(s):Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, FACS  
8:10 AM - 8:15 AM Extreme Approaches To CTOs via Retrograde Puncture Of Pedal Loop And Digital Arteries: How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Marco G. Manzi, MD  
8:16 AM - 8:21 AM DEBATE: Stenting Is Still First Line Treatment For SFA Occlusive Disease
  Presenter(s):Erich Minar, MD  
8:22 AM - 8:27 AM DEBATE: Why Should Metal Be Avoided In The SFA And How To Do It
  Presenter(s):Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD  
8:28 AM - 8:33 AM How To Remove Small Procedural Emboli From Tibial Arteries
  Presenter(s):Andrej Schmidt, MD  
8:34 AM - 8:39 AM What To Do For CLI Patients When There Are No Patent Outflow Arteries: Can DEBs Help
  Presenter(s):Roberto Ferraresi, MD  
8:40 AM - 8:46 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 12
 
SESSION 13 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 13: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS III (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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8:46 AM - 8:51 AM DEBATE: Atherectomy And DEBs For Native Disease And In Stent Restenosis In The SFA And Popliteal: Stents Can Be Avoided Completely
  Presenter(s):Thomas Zeller, MD  
8:52 AM - 8:57 AM DEBATE: DEBs Won’t Do The Job Alone: Stents Will Be Needed Sometimes For Recoil Or Dissection
  Presenter(s):Dierk Scheinert, MD  
8:58 AM - 9:03 AM The Tack-It Device: An Endovascular Stapler For Imperfect PTAs To Avoid Stenting
  Presenter(s):Peter A. Schneider, MD  
9:04 AM - 9:09 AM 3-Year Results Of The RESILIENT Trial With The Lifestent: Are The Results Of SFA Stents Durable
  Presenter(s):John R. Laird, MD  
9:10 AM - 9:15 AM 3-Year Results From The ZILVER PTX Drug Eluting Stent (DES) Trial: Are The Results Durable And How Do Patterns Of Restenosis Differ
  Presenter(s):Michael D. Dake, MD / Gary M. Ansel, MD  
9:16 AM - 9:21 AM 2-Year Outcomes Of Stent Supported PTA For Iliac Lesions: Balloon vs. Self-Expanding Stents: Influence Of TASC Classification: The BRAVISSIMO Trial
  Presenter(s):Patrick Peeters, MD  
9:22 AM - 9:27 AM DEBATE: To Treat Lower Extremity Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) One Only Needs A Wire And A Catheter And Not All This Expensive Nonsense
  Presenter(s):Amman Bolia, MD  
9:28 AM - 9:33 AM DEBATE: We Need All This Stuff And More To Meet Unmet Needs With Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
9:34 AM - 9:39 AM How To Use A Radiofrequency Wire To Cross Difficult CTOs: Advantages, Precautions, Limitations
  Presenter(s):Marcelo S. Guimaraes, MD  
9:40 AM - 9:45 AM ALL CLI Is Not The Same: This And Diabetic Status Render Limb Salvage Rates A Poor Index Of Success With Revascularization Procedures: Some Limbs With CLI Survive With Conservative Treatment And Prayer
  Presenter(s):Francesco Serino, MD  
9:46 AM - 9:54 AM Panel Discussion
Conclusion of Joint Sessions with VEITHsymposium. VEITHsymposium continues after the Break in the Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor. AIMsymposium continues at 10:00 a.m.

9:54 AM - 10:10 AM Break - Visit Exhibits and Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 13
 
SESSION 14 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 14: WHAT’S NEW IN EMBOLIZATION OF BENIGN AND MALIGNANT DISEASE - PART 1
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10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Evaluation And Management Of Prostatic Hypertrophy
  Presenter(s):Lloyd S. Minsky, MD  
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Prostatic Embolization For BPH: Is It Ready For Prime Time?
  Presenter(s):Tiago Bilhim, MD, PhD, EBIR  
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10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Single Center Results For BPH Embolization: Is It Worth The Risks?
  Presenter(s):Francisco C. Carnevale, MD, PhD  
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Prostate Embolization: Technical Tips Based On Our Early Experience
  Presenter(s):Jafar Golzarian, MD  
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM UFE: Are There Any True Contraindications?
  Presenter(s):David N. Siegel, MD  
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Managing Complications Of UFE
  Presenter(s):Richard D. Shlansky-Goldberg, MD  
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM CO2 Angiography Can Significantly Decrease Contrast Use In The IR Suite
  Presenter(s):James Caridi, MD  
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Preplanning IR Procedures Will Reduce Radiation Exposure To Both Patients And Operators
  Presenter(s):Gabriel Bartal, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE  
  View Abstract      
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Managing Patients With HCC: What The Interventional Radiologist Needs To Know
  Presenter(s):Paul J. Gaglio, MD  
  View Abstract      
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM TACE Or Ablation: Which Is Best Or Is There A Role For Both?
  Presenter(s):Daniel B. Brown, MD  
11:40 AM - 11:50 PM DEB TACE Has Surpassed Conventional TACE: Where Is The Evidence?
  Presenter(s):Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD  
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Radioembolization (Y90) For The Treatment Of HCC
  Presenter(s):Matthew S. Johnson, MD  
  View Abstract      
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Lunch Break (Americas Hall I – 3rd Floor)
Visit Exhibits and Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 14
 
SESSION 15 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 15: WHAT’S NEW IN EMBOLIZATION OF BENIGN AND MALIGNANT DISEASE - PART 2
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12:50 PM - 1:00 PM Assessing The Response To Local Regional Therapy
  Presenter(s):Riccardo Lencioni, MD  
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM TACE In The Presence Of TIPS Or PV Thrombus
  Presenter(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM Neurovascular Tools In The Non-Neurovascular Arena
  Presenter(s):Richard R. Saxon, MD  
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 15
 
SESSION 16 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 16: INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS’ ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF METASTATIC DISEASE
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1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Colorectal Mets Management: An Overview
  Presenter(s):Andreas Kaubisch, MD  
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM When Is Surgical Resection Best?
  Presenter(s):Milan Kinkhabwala, MD  
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Portal Vein Embolization: Indications, Tips And Tricks
  Presenter(s):David C. Madoff, MD  
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Why Y90 Should Be The Treatment Of Choice For Most Metastatic Liver Lesions
  Presenter(s):Matthew S. Johnson, MD  
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Tailored Radioembolization: Diffuse Liver vs. Lobectomy
  Presenter(s):Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD  
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Technical Considerations For Optimizing Y90 Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Riad Salem, MD, MBA  
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Role Of DEBIRI/Ablation: Current Role Of Combination Therapy In CRC Liver Mets
  Presenter(s):Riccardo Lencioni, MD  
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Metastatic Disease: When Should You Use TACE, Y90 Or ChemoSaturation?
  Presenter(s):Daniel B. Brown, MD  
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM US Experience With ChemoSaturation
  Presenter(s):Krishna kandarpa, MD, PhD  
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Initial European Institute of Oncology (EIO) Experience With Hepatic ChemoSaturation
  Presenter(s):Pier Francesco Ferrucci, MD, PhD  
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 16
 
SESSION 17 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 17: UPDATE ON ABLATION DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES
Moderators:Johannes Lammer, MD  
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3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Microwave vs. RF vs. IRE: Is There A Clear Winner
  Presenter(s):Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD  
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Update On Clinical Trials Of Image Guided Ablations
  Presenter(s):Riccardo Lencioni, MD  
3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Lung Cancer: Limits Of Ablation
  Presenter(s):Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD  
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Renal Cancer: Indications For Percutaneous Ablation
  Presenter(s):William Alago, MD  
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Image Guided Ablation: Navigation Tools You Should Be Familiar With
  Presenter(s):Joshua L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR  
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Percutaneous Oncolytic Virus Therapy: Is It Feasible And Safe?
  Presenter(s):Steven C. Rose, MD  
  View Abstract      
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 17
 
SESSION 18 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 18: PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND OTHER LIVER DIRECTED THERAPIES
Moderators:Jacob Cynamon, MD  
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4:40 PM - 4:50 PM Portal HTN: Does The Data Suggest That Early TIPS For The Management Of Ascites Will Save Lives
  Presenter(s):Yosef Golowa, MD  
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM TIPS Should Be Done By All
  Presenter(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, FSIR, FAHA  
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM TIPS Should Only Be Done By Experts
  Presenter(s):Gary P. Siskin, MD  
5:10 PM - 5:20 PM Management Of Ascites With A Denver Shunt: What You Need To Know
  Presenter(s):George I. Getrajdman, MD  
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM Unusual Liver Abnormalities And Their Management
  Presenter(s):Ernest J. Ring, MD  
5:30 PM - 5:40 PM BRTO Has Definite Indications And Is Being Underutilized In The US
  Presenter(s):Yosef Golowa, MD  
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 18
 
SESSION 19 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 19: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
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5:50 PM - 6:00 PM Thoracic Duct Embolization: A Technique That Is Easily Learned By Interventional Radiologists
  Presenter(s):Maxim Itkin, MD  
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM Is There A Role For IR In The Management Of Obesity
  Presenter(s):Gary P. Siskin, MD  
END OF SESSION 19