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General Course Materials
Faculty Presentations
Faculty slides that were approved by the speaker are available below.
Thursday, February 23rd Morning Presentations
Current Updates – Transcatheter Aortic Valve-in-Valve
Achieving Excellence with Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery with Limited Resources -- The Vietnam Experience
Transapical Mitral Valve Repair with Harpoon
Use of Del Nido Cardioplegia in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Cases
The 16 Year Evolution of Antiplatelet Therapy as Sole Thromboprophylaxis in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves
Importance of ECHO in Treating Structural Heart Disease
Intervention for BAV Aortopathy: How Do the Guidelines Help Us?
Gene Based Management of Aortic Disease
Aortic Root Replacement in LDS
BAV Repair with Reimplantation Root
Bicuspid Aortic Valve: BAVCON
25-year Experience with Composite Grafting of the Aortic Root—Near Curative Impact
David Procedure in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Thursday, February 23rd Afternoon Presentations
Differential Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysmal Diseases
The Case for Early Intervention in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
Biomechanical Implications for Ascending Endografting
Zone 2 Arch Concept with Sequential Branched Graft TEVAR for Definitive Solution to DeBakey I Dissection
Complete Replacement of the Transverse Arch and Great Vessels for Acute Type I Dissection
TEVAR – First Approach for Type A with Mesenteric Malperfusion
Endovascular Repair of the Ascending Aorta
A Septotomy Catheter for Aortic Dissection
Pro Con Great Debate: Malperfusion in Acute Type A Dissection: Tips and Pits
Role of Surveillance Imaging After Proximal Aortic Repair
Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement After Frozen Elephant Trunk for Type A Dissection
Minimally Invasive Aortic Surgery
Brain Perfusion Adjuncts for Arch Repair: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Update on Arch Projects: Brain Perfusion
The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique
The Evolution of Aortic Arch Repair and Future Prospects
New Approaches to Aortic Arch Aneurysms
Cerebral Protection for Total Arch Replacement and Extended Periods of Circulatory Arrest
Aortic Arch: Hybrid Treatment and New Perspectives
Friday, February 24th Morning Presentations
Role of TAVR in Low and Intermediate Risk Patient
Type B Aortic Dissection: Past, Present, Future
What Role Does Medical Management Play in Acute/Subacute Aortic Dissection
Update on IRAD
TEVAR is Not Appropriate for Type B Dissection Without Complications
Management of Complicated Type B Dissections
TEVAR for Uncomplicated Type B Dissections
Management of Chronic Distal Dissection with Aneurysm
Acute Type B Dissection: The UT Houston Experience
Single Arm Branched Grafts for the Thoracic Arch
Using EndoAnchors During TEVAR: Indications, Techniques and Outcomes
Secondary Interventions after TEVAR
Hybrid Approaches for Aortic Disease
What Is the Real Spinal Cord Outcome after Endo-Intervention for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms?
Aortic Surgery in Pregnancy
Iliac Branch Device for Complex AAA
Transfers of Acute Aortic Emergencies
Friday, February 24th Afternoon Presentations
Genetic Counseling for Aortic Disease: What the Surgeon Needs to Know
Arterial Toruosity
The Montalcino Aortic Consortium: Precision Medicine for Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease
Direct Carotid Stent/Angioplasty: A Solution for the Hostile Aortic Arch
Traumatic Aortic Injury: Update from the Aortic Trauma Foundation
SOS Aorta in Paris: A Program for Aortic Emergencies
The Spider-Graft for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair – A Feasibility Study in a Porcine Model
Fusion Image Guided Endovascular Aortic Therapy
Open TAAA
Endovascular TAAA Repair: Lessons Learned from the Cleveland Clinic Experience
Current Techniques and Results of Open Surgery for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Sandwich Grafts for TAAA: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Limitations
The Spider-Graft for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair: First in Man Experience and Results
Management of the CSF Drain: Current Update
Retrograde Type A Dissection
Strategies to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury with Endovascular TAAA Repair
Quarter Century of Organ Protection in Open TAAA Repair
Poster Abstracts
Oral Abstracts
