Tuesday
SESSION 10: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; DIFFERING VIEWS ON TREATMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS (ACS) AND CAROTID SCREENING
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:L. Nelson Hopkins, MD / Ali F. AbuRahma, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
SESSION 10 SCHEDULE
7:44 AM - 7:49 AM Variations In Carotid Treatment Within Countries And Between Countries In Europe, The US And Australia Is Great Despite All The RCTs: What Are The Implications
  Presenter(s):Maarit Venermo, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:50 AM - 7:55 AM Current Optimal Treatment For Carotid Artery Dissection: When Best Medical Therapy (BMT), When Open Surgery, When Carotid Stenting (CAS) With Proximal Embolic Protection
  Presenter(s):Felice Pecoraro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
7:56 AM - 8:01 AM What Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists Need To Know About What Can Be Learned From MRI And MRA Studies Of The Head And Neck
  Presenter(s):Emmanuel M. Houdart, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:02 AM - 8:07 AM Near Total Occlusions And String Signs Of The Internal Carotid Artery (ICA): How Are They Best Treated: Do We Have Updated Evidence
  Presenter(s):Christos D. Liapis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:08 AM - 8:13 AM Radiation And Carotid Stenosis: What Is The Relationship And How Is Radiation Stenosis Best Treated When Asymptomatic And When Symptomatic
  Presenter(s):Cynthia K. Shortell, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:14 AM - 8:20 AM Panel Discussion
DIFFERING VIEWS ON TREATMENT OF ACS
8:20 AM - 8:25 AM DEBATE: Almost ALL Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis (ACS) Patients Are Best Treated Medically: Invasive Treatment Causes More Harm Than Good
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:26 AM - 8:31 AM DEBATE: Not So: About 25% Of ACS Patients Can Benefit From CEA Or CAS And Should Be So Treated
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:32 AM - 8:37 AM DEBATE: Both Views Are Wrong: About 5-10% Of ACS Patients Should Be Treated Invasively And Benefit From Such Treatment: Why Are Too Many ACS Patients Getting CEA Or CAS
  Presenter(s):Kosmas I. Paraskevas, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:38 AM - 8:43 AM DEBATE: ACS: When Not To Treat Invasively And When To Treat Invasively: A Balanced Logical View – But No One Knows Which View Is Right Or Best
  Presenter(s):Martin Storck, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
DIFFERING VIEWS ON CAROTID SCREENING
8:44 AM - 8:49 AM DEBATE: The Case For Widespread Carotid Screening
  Presenter(s):George S. Lavenson, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM DEBATE: The Case Against Carotid Screening: It Leads To Unneeded And Possibly Harmful Treatment
  Presenter(s):Anne L. Abbott, MD, PhD, FRACP  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
8:56 AM - 9:01 AM DEBATE: Lifeline Proprietary Carotid Screening: Who Profits: Is It A Good Thing Or A Hoax And A Scam: What Can It Tell Us About The Prevalence Of ACS
  Presenter(s):Thomas G. Brott, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:02 AM - 9:07 AM Screening For ACS And Common Femoral Artery Disease: How Can It Guide Lipid Treatment: How Low Should LDL-Cholesterol (LDL-C) Be Pushed And What Will It Do To Carotid Plaques
  Presenter(s):Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
9:08 AM - 9:15 AM Panel Discussion
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)
END OF SESSION 10
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