Agenda

Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

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AM

7:00  Registration, Breakfast, & Exhibits

7:45  Welcome & Initiation – John Rectenwald, MD & Chris Rokkas, MD, PhD, MBA

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I. Ascending Aorta

Chair: Chris Rokkas, MD, PhD, MBA

8:00  Genetics of Aortic Disease: Who, How, and When to Screen – Heather Bartlett, MD

8:20  Imaging of the Aorta: Modalities and Interpretation – David Bluemke, MD

8:40  Medical Management of Aortic Diseases: Is It Important? – Stephen Philip, MD, MS

9:00  Lessons From the 2022 AHA/STS/AATS Guidelines:
Impact on Shaping Clinical Practice – Tim Guenther, MD

9:20  Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and Aortopathy – Satoru Osaki, MD, PhD

9:40  Aneurysms of the Aortic Root: Replacement or Valve-Sparing Procedure? – Andreas de Biasi, MD

10:00  Ross Procedure: The UW Experience – Petros Anagnostopoulos, MD, MBA

10:20  Refreshment Break

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II. Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aorta

Chair: Charles Acher, MD

10:40  The UW Experience: Open Repair and Neuroprotective Strategies – Charles Acher, MD

11:00  Endovascular Strategies for Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Who is a Candidate? – Paul DiMusto, MD

11:20  Current Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: When and How? – John Hoch, MD

11:40  Panel Discussion, Sessions I & II

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11:50

Keynote Speaker Lecture

Introduction: Chris Rokkas, MD, PhD, MBA

Management of the Hostile Aorta:
A Case Series

Tomas Martin, MD
Professor and Director, UF Health Aortic Disease Center
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

PM

12:40  Lunch & Exhibits

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III. Type A Aortic Dissection

Chair: Andreas de Biasi, MD

1:30  The 2024 EACTS/STS Guidelines for Aortic Dissection: What is New? – Andreas de Biasi, MD

1:50  Diagnostic challenges in acute type A Aortic Dissections – Paul Tessmann, MD, PharmD

2:10  Fate of the False Lumen in Extensive Aortic Dissection: Surveillance and Lifetime Management – Girma Tefera, MD

2:30  Reoperations Following Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: To Freeze or Not to Freeze? – Chris Rokkas, MD, PhD, MBA

2:50  Refreshment Break

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IV. Type B Aortic Dissection and Other Acute Aortic Pathology

Chair: John Rectenwald, MD

3:10  TAMBE for Treatment of TAAA – Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD

3:30  Strategies for Endovascular Management of Aortic Arch Disease – Kyla Bennett, MD

4:10  Management of the Visceral Aortic Segment in Type B Aortic Dissection – Courtney Morgan, MD

4:30  Panel Discussion, Sessions III & IV

5:00  Honors and Adjourn