Program (2012)
The program features over 900 rapid-fire presentations offered in more than 100 sessions throughout the five-day event. Click on the day below to review the sessions, then click on the session number to see a listing of presentations and speakers within a session.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Open All 2012 Wednesday Sessions
COMBINED PROGRAM FOR VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

VEITHsymposium and AIMsymposium HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS PROGRAM
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 1: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 1 (8-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 2: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 2 (8-MINUTE TALKS)
EMERGING MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 3: EMERGING MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM
MANAGEMENT OF PROXIMAL VENOUS OBSTRUCTION
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 4: MANAGEMENT OF PROXIMAL VENOUS OBSTRUCTION
VEITHsymposium and AIMsymposium ENDOVENOUS TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AND OTHER HOT VENOUS TOPICS PROGRAM
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 5: ENDOVENOUS TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AND OTHER HOT VENOUS TOPICS - PART 1 (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 6: ENDOVENOUS TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AND OTHER HOT VENOUS TOPICS - PART 2 (5-MINUTE TALKS)
WOUNDS AT VEITHsymposium
Location: Gramercy Suites A & B, 2nd Floor
SESSION 7: WOUNDS - PART 1
SESSION 8: WOUNDS - PART 2
AIMsymposium and VEITHsymposium MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENTPROGRAM
Location: Murray Hill Suites A & B, 2nd Floor
SESSION 9: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 1
SESSION 10: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 2

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Open All 2012 Thursday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallerly, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS A AND B ARE CONCURRENT THURSDAY MORNING PROGRAMS
PROGRAM A (SESSIONS 11-13 - CARDIAC AND THORACIC AORTIC DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT; 6:30 A.M. to 9:54 A.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East and West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 11: PROGRESS IN TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES, NEW APPROACHES TO THE ASCENDING AORTA AND THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 12: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATMENT OF THE ASCENDING AORTA, ARCH LESIONS AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 13: PROGRESS IN TREATING DISEASES OF THE THORACIC AORTA, INCLUDING DISSECTIONS AND MANAGING COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM B (SESSIONS 14-16 - NEW ENDOVASCULAR APPROACHES TO LOWER EXTREMITY AND BELOW-KNEE ARTERIAL DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; 6:35 A.M. to 9:54 A.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 14: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS I (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 15: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS II (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 16: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS III (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PLENARY SESSION (SESSION 17; 10:10 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East and West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 17: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SFA AND CRURAL ARTERY TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA (CLI) (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAMS C AND D ARE CONCURRENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
PROGRAM C (SESSIONS 18-22 - TEVAR, EVAR; CAROTID STENTING; LOWER EXTREMITY STENT-GRAFT; VASCULAR DISEASE AND CCSVI FOR MS; ENDOLEAKS; 1:00 P.M. to 6:55 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 18: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TEVAR AND EVAR (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 19: CRITICAL EVALUATION OF CAROTID ARTERY STENTING (CAS) IN NOVEMBER 2012: WHERE IS IT AND WHERE IS IT GOING
SESSION 20: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY STENT-GRAFTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 21: NEW OR IMPROVED CONCEPTS IN VASCULAR DISEASE TREATMENT AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF CCSVI FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 22: NEW OR BETTER TECHNIQUES FOR TREATING ENDOLEAKS AND OTHER EVAR AND TEVAR TOPICS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM D (SESSIONS 23-25 - SHORT TOPICS RELEVANT TO OTHER PARTS OF PROGRAM C ON LOWER EXTREMITY; THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTA; MISCELLANEOUS AND CCSVI; 1:00 P.M. TO 5:45 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 23: LOWER EXTREMITY ADDITIONAL TOPICS (4-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 24: ADDITIONAL THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTA TOPICS (4-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 25: MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTANT TOPICS (4-MINUTE TALKS)

Friday, November 16, 2012

Open All 2012 Friday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS E AND F ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY MORNING PROGRAMS
PROGRAM E (SESSIONS 26-29; 6:40 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.); NEW TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES; TAAAs AND CHIMPS; LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA (CLI); MEDICAL THERAPY AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 26: NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 27: THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (TAAAS) AND TECHNIQUES TO REVASCULARIZE RENAL AND VISCERAL ARTERIES: CHIMNEYS, PERISCOPES AND SANDWICH GRAFTS (CHIMPS) (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 28: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA AND CLI (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 29: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL THERAPY OR TREATMENT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS OR COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM F ( (Sessions 30-32; 6:45 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.); MISCELLANEOUS HOT TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY AND AORTIC DISEASE (30) AND VENOUS TOPICS (31-32) (5-Minute Talks)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd
SESSION 30: NEW LATE BREAKING CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND MISCELLANEOUS HOT TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY AND AORTIC DISEASE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 31: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE – PART IA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 32: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE – PART 1B (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAMS G AND H ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
PROGRAM G ( (Sessions 33-34; 1:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.); TAAAs And Multilayered Stents; Progress In Vascular Imaging (5-Minute Talks)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 33: MORE ON TEVAR, TAAAS AND PARARENAL ANEURYSMS, THEIR TREATMENT AND THE MULTILAYER STENT (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 34: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR IMAGING AND GUIDANCE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM H ( (Sessions 35-36; 1:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.); Abdominal And Thoracic Aneurysms; AAAs/TAAAs, CHIMPS (5-Minute Talks)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 35: MORE NEW CONCEPTS ABOUT AAAS, EVAR AND OTHER TREATMENTS OF AORTIC DISEASE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 36: MORE NEW CONCEPTS AND DATA RELATED TO THORACOABDOMINAL AND PARARENAL ANEURYSMS AND CHIMPS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAMS I AND J ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
PROGRAM I ( ARTERIAL Sessions 37-39; 3:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.) (5-Minute Talks)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 37: UPDATES, CONTROVERSIES AND NEW CONCEPTS IN THE TREATMENT OF RUPTURED AAAS (5-MINUTES TALKS)
SESSION 38: NEW LATE BREAKING CONCEPTS AND RESULTS IN AORTIC TRAUMATIC TRANSECTION AND TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM J ( VENOUS Sessions 39-40; 3:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.) (5-Minute Talks)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 39: MORE PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE - PART IIA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 40: PROGRESS IN ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF MASSIVE AND SUBMASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLI AND OTHER HOT VENOUS TOPICS – PART IIB (5-MINUTE TALKS)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Open All 2012 Saturday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery - 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

Location: Grand Ballroom East and West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 41: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAAS AND THEIR TREATMENT (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 42: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATMENT OF THE AORTA AND ITS BRANCHES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 43: FUTURE ISSUES REGARDING HEALTH CARE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY RELATIONS; BUSINESS OF MEDICINE; PRACTICE COSTS; AND REIMBURSEMENTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 44: TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 45: LUNCHEON SESSION: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 46: ISSUES RELATED TO TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, SIMULATION, SPECIALTIES, GUIDELINES AND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 47: MORE ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM, FDA, ETHICS, COSTS, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAMS K AND L ARE CONCURRENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
PROGRAM K (SESSIONS 48-49 - VASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL TREATMENT; COMPLICATIONS; NEW TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS; 3:10 P.M. to 6:10 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 48: VASCULAR DISEASE NATURAL HISTORY; MEDICAL TREATMENT; PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 49: NEW TECHNIQUES; NEW CONCEPTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM L (SESIONS 50-51 - UPDATES, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND CONCEPTS; MORE NEW CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND TECHNIQUES; 3:10 P.M. to 6:05 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 50: UPDATES, NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW CONCEPTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 51: MORE NEW CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND NEW TECHNIQUES (5-MINUTE TALKS)

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Open All 2012 Sunday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - 2nd Floor Promenade
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:30AM - Continental Breakfast - Grand Ballroom Foyer - 3rd Floor

SESSION 52: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND UPDATES: EARLY CAROTID TREATMENT, TAKAYASU’S DISEASE AND TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING CAROTID PLAQUES NONINVASIVELY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 53: MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS: MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 54: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID DISEASE TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 55: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES RELATED TO CAS AND CEA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 56: NEW HORIZONS, NEW CONCEPTS AND LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 57: LATE BREAKING TOPICS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST (5-MINUTE TALKS)

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