8:00 am |
Welcome & Introduction
Eric Roselli, MD; Francis Caputo, MD; Milind Desai, MD, MBA; Venu Menon, MD |
8:05 – 9:00 am |
Session I: Inside the Aorta
Moderators: Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD and Scott Cameron, MD, PhD
Proximal Aortic (Valve, Root, Ascending) Morphology and Development Impacts Pathology
Justin Tretter, MD
New Biochemical and Molecular Insights into the Pathophysiology of Thoracic Aortopathy
Suneel Apte, PhD
Managing Aortic Disease During Pregnancy and in Reproductive Age Women
TBD
How Does the Pathophysiology of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Disease Differ?
Scott Cameron, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelist: Carmela Tan, MD |
9:00 – 10:00 am |
Session II: Staying Ahead of Catastrophe
Moderators: Krishna Aragam, MD and Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
Heritable Thoracic Aortic Conditions and Risk of Dissection: Which genetic variants require unique recommendations and what is next in predicting risk?
Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
The Role of Clinical Geneticists and Cascade Screening of Families at a Dedicated Aorta Center
Christine Rigelsky, MS
Medical therapy for the genetically vulnerable patient: why, what, and how?
TBD
Screening for Aortic Aneurysms Current Recs for Abdominal Aneurysm and Critique of the Results
Sean Crawford, MD
Can we do better at screening for Thoracic Aortopathy and Harnessing the EMR
Krishna Aragam, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional Panelists: Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD; Milind Desai, MD, MBA; Francis Caputo, MD |
10:00 am |
Break & Exhibits |
10:20 – 11:00 am |
Patient, Family and Provider Education and Advocacy Session
Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Jeanna Sigmund, RN, CNS
Heart-Valve-Surgery.com
Adam Pick
John Ritter Foundation
Ellen Hostetler
Marfan Foundation
Eileen Novins
Panel Discussion with session faculty |
11:00 am – 12:05 pm |
Session III: Acute Aortic Disease: Truly Multi-Disciplinary Care
Moderators: Marijan Koprivanac, MD, and Venu Menon, MD
Educating Teams in the ED: Never Missing Acute Aortic Diagnoses
Matthew Kostura, MD
Critical Care Transport Teams: Creating an Autolaunch™ Program
Thomas Beers, MPA
Expediting Care: Ins & Outs of Virtual Image Sharing
Paul Schoenhagen, MD
Acute Cardiovascular Intensive Care: the Cardio-Aortic Triage Element
Ran Lee, MD
Mobilizing the OR Team: Cross-training, Heli-pad to OR, Emergency Triage
Iliana Santiago, MSN, RN; Kim Karl, RN, and Ryan Carter, RNFA
Developing a Dedicated Vascular Radiology Tech Team and Equipment Supply
Bryan Kolar, RT (R)(VI)
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Courtney Hanak, MD; Frank Birchfield, RN |
12:05 pm |
Lunch Break |
12:15 pm |
Non-CME Satellite Presentation
Living Legends Lunch Keynote Conversation: From Life-saving to Lifelong Care
Moderator: Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Keynote: Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD |
12:55 pm |
Lunch concludes |
1:00 – 3:00 pm |
Session IV: Complex Decisions: Team Case Presentations - Emergency Aortic Diagnoses
Moderators: Andrew Higgins, MD and Sean Lyden, MD
Acute Aortic Syndrome with Malperfusion: Case Presentations
Cerebral Malperfusion During Type A
Case Presentation: William Frankel, MD
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Venu Menon, MD and Paul Schoenhagen, MD
Operative Approach: Marijan Koprivanac, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional Panelist: M. Shazam Hussain, MD
Limb, Gut, and Multi-bed Malperfusion Complicating Type A or B Dissection
Case Presentation: David Laczynski, MD
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: TBD
Operative Approach: Ali Khalifeh, MD and Xiaoying Lou, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Robert Simon, MD; Courtney Hanak, MD
Other Aortic Emergencies
Traumatic Aortic Transection
Case Presentation: Benjamin Kramer, DO, PhD
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Jeffrey Claridge, MD
Operative Approach: Naveed Saqib, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Ravi Ambani, MD; Gary Parizher, MD; Anthony Estrera, MD
Invasive Aortic Root Endocarditis with Fistula
Case Presentation: Cardiology Imaging Fellow
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Jay Ramchand, MD, PhD
Operative Approach: Per Wierup, MD, PhD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Thomas Fraser, MD; Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD |
3:00 pm |
Break and Exhibits |
3:20 – 4:20 pm |
Session V: Complex Decisions Facing Urgent Aortic Diagnoses
Moderators: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Sagar Kalahasti, MD
Is IMH Different than Dissection, and What Imaging Subtleties Matter?
Sagar Kalahasti, MD
Very Large Aneurysms – Contained Leaks / Impending Rupture, Other Concerns
TBD
Proximal Aortic Graft Infection
Shinya Unai, MD
Distal Aortic Graft Infection
Anthony Estrera, MD
Coronary and Cerebral catheterization in patients with urgent thoracic aortic disease
Grant Reed, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Paul Schoenhagen, MD; Nabin Shrestha, MD; Ran Lee, MD |
4:20 – 5:20 pm |
Session VI: CT Anesthesia + Session: Getting in and Out of the Operating Room Safely
Moderators: Nick Skubas, MD and Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH
Prepping for Rapid Induction & Possible Instability, CT Anesthesia Consideration
Donn Marciniak, MD
Role for Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Aortic Surgery
Marta Kelava, MD
Coagulopathy: Anticipating Pre- and Intra-op, Managing it Post-op
Mariya Geube, MD
Special Considerations for Patients Who Won’t Accept Blood but Need Aorta Surgery
Anand Mehta, MD
Post Aortic Repair Ventricular Dysfunction: MCS Considerations
Anthony Zaki, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Andrew Bauer, MD; Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH; Naveed Saqib, MD; Anthony Estrera, MD |
5:20 pm |
Closing Comments and Adjourn |
7:30 am |
Industry Satellite Session: Device Pipeline Presentations & Panel Discussion (NON-CME)
Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD & Nicole Byram, PhD |
8:30 am |
Welcome & Introduction (Resume CME) |
8:35 – 9:45 am |
Session VII: Innovation in Medical Management of Aortic Disease
Moderators: Milind Desai, MD, MBA and Nick Ruthmann, MD
New Strategies to Identify Patients with Aortic Disease – AI and the EMR
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Redefining More Precise Indications for Repair – Indexing size, New Risk Indicators, What’s Next?
Siddarth Prakash, MD, PhD
What’s New in Aortic Imaging Post-Dissection – 4D Flow, Functional Assessments, Aortic Biomechanics, etc…?
TBD
Medical Therapy to Slow the Progression of Aortic Disease – Current Evidence and What’s Next?
TBD
Optimizing Follow-up – HTN Control, Imaging Compliance, Activity Recommendations
TBD
Impact of Aortic Diagnoses on Mental Health – Should We Be Paying More Attention?
Karen Hurley, PhD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional Panelists: Benjamin Kramer, DO, PhD; Christopher Nguyen, PhD; Neha Quatramoni, MD |
9:45 – 10:55 am |
Session VIII: Innovations In Treating Aortic Dissection
Moderators: Anthony Estrera, MD and Maral Ouzounian, MD
Limited vs. Extended Repair for Acute Type A
Bare Stent Extended Repair – Experience with the AMDS Device and What Will Be Its Role?
TBD
Zone Two Repair and Early Extension
TBD
Branched Frozen Elephant trunk Repair – BSAFER and Arcevo Updates
Eric Roselli, MD
Advances in the Treatment of Type B Dissection – Branched Endografts, Bare Stents, STABILIZE
TBD
Should We TEVAR Sooner for Type B and Residual Type A?
TBD
Will Ascending Stentgrafting Expand Treatment Options for Aortic Dissection – ARISE 2 and 3 Updates?
Patrick Vargo, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Jon Quatramoni, MD; Andrew Higgins, MD; Marijan Koprivanac, MD |
10:55 am |
Break & Exhibits |
11:15 am – 12:30 pm |
Session IX: Innovations In Treating Aortic Aneurysm
Moderators: Eric Roselli, MD and Francis Caputo, MD
Expanding VSRR – How Do We Save More Living Valves?
TBD
PEARS – Should We Expand It to the US?
Anthony Estrera, MD
Will Ascending Stentgrafting Have a Role for Proximal Aneurysms – EndoBentall, EndoWheat, etc…?
TBD
Zone 1 and Zone 0 Endo Arch Repairs with Single- and Multi-Branch Devices?
Francis Caputo, MD
Open Endo and Hybrid Repair for Congenital Aortic Disease – Coarctations and Kommerel Diverticulum
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
Update on FEVAR (Juxtarenal) and BEVAR (Endo TAAA)
Sean Crawford, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelist: Patrick Vargo, MD
Closing Comments
Eric Roselli, MD; Francis Caputo, MD; Milind Desai, MD, MBA |
12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
