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THE HOUSTON AORTIC SYMPOSIUM | March 5, 6 & 7, 2020 | Houston, Texas

Course Materials for the 2017 Symposium
Faculty Disclosures
Corporate Support & Exhibits

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
Balan, Prakash
Achieving Excellence with Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery with Limited Resources -- The Vietnam Experience
Nguyen, Dinh Hoang
Transapical Mitral Valve Repair with Harpoon
Gammie, James S.
Use of Del Nido Cardioplegia in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Cases
Mick, Stephanie L.
The 16 Year Evolution of Antiplatelet Therapy as Sole Thromboprophylaxis in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves
Garcia-Rinaldi, Raul
Importance of ECHO in Treating Structural Heart Disease
Loghin, Catalin
Intervention for BAV Aortopathy: How Do the Guidelines Help Us?
Milewicz, Dianna M.
Gene Based Management of Aortic Disease
Sundt, Thoralf M.
Aortic Root Replacement in LDS
Cameron, Duke
BAV Repair with Reimplantation Root
Bavaria, Joseph E.
Bicuspid Aortic Valve: BAVCON
Prakash, Siddharth
25-year Experience with Composite Grafting of the Aortic Root—Near Curative Impact
Elefteriades, John A.
David Procedure in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Chen, Edward P.

Thursday, February 23rd Afternoon Presentations
Differential Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysmal Diseases
Buja, L. Maximilian
The Case for Early Intervention in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
Elefteriades, John A.
Biomechanical Implications for Ascending Endografting
Clough, Rachel
Zone 2 Arch Concept with Sequential Branched Graft TEVAR for Definitive Solution to DeBakey I Dissection
Bavaria, Joseph E.
Complete Replacement of the Transverse Arch and Great  Vessels for Acute Type I Dissection
Gleason, Thomas G.
TEVAR – First Approach for Type A with Mesenteric Malperfusion
Leshnower, Bradley G.
Endovascular Repair of the Ascending Aorta
Roselli, Eric E.
A Septotomy Catheter for Aortic Dissection
Berguer, Ramon
Pro Con Great Debate: Malperfusion in Acute Type A Dissection: Tips and Pits
Eisenberg, Steven B.
Role of Surveillance Imaging After Proximal Aortic Repair
Hughes, G. Chad
Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement After Frozen Elephant Trunk for Type A Dissection
Ma, Wei-Guo
Minimally Invasive Aortic Surgery
Shrestha, Malakh
Brain Perfusion Adjuncts for Arch Repair: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Svensson, Lars G.
Update on Arch Projects: Brain Perfusion
Yan, Tristan D.
The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique
Di Bartolomeo, Roberto
The Evolution of Aortic Arch Repair and Future Prospects
Spielvogel, David
New Approaches to Aortic Arch Aneurysms
Ehrlich, Marek
Cerebral Protection for Total Arch Replacement and Extended Periods of Circulatory Arrest
Girardi, Leonard N.
Aortic Arch: Hybrid Treatment and New Perspectives
Tshomba, Yamume

Friday, February 24th Morning Presentations
Role of TAVR in Low and Intermediate Risk Patient
Mack, Michael
Type B Aortic Dissection: Past, Present, Future
Dake, Michael
What Role Does Medical Management Play in Acute/Subacute Aortic Dissection
Nienaber, Christoph A.
Update on IRAD
Trimarchi, Santi
TEVAR is Not Appropriate for Type B Dissection Without Complications
Lyden, Sean
Management of Complicated Type B Dissections
Woo, Edward
TEVAR for Uncomplicated Type B Dissections
Cambria, Richard P.
Management of Chronic Distal Dissection with Aneurysm
Szeto, Wilson Y.
Acute Type B Dissection: The UT Houston Experience
Azizzadeh, Ali
Single Arm Branched Grafts for the Thoracic Arch
Makaroun, Michel
Using EndoAnchors During TEVAR: Indications, Techniques and Outcomes
Panneton, Jean M.
Secondary Interventions after TEVAR
Fairman, Ron
Hybrid Approaches for Aortic Disease
Khoynezhad, Ali
What Is the Real Spinal Cord Outcome after Endo-Intervention for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms?
Cheshire, Nicholas J.W.
Aortic Surgery in Pregnancy
Lansman, Steven L.
Iliac Branch Device for Complex AAA
Schneider, Darren B.
Transfers of Acute Aortic Emergencies
Darling, R. Clement

Friday, February 24th Afternoon Presentations
Genetic Counseling for Aortic Disease: What the Surgeon Needs to Know
Wallace, Stephanie
Arterial Toruosity
Morris, Shaine A.
The Montalcino Aortic Consortium: Precision Medicine for Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease
Regalado, Ellen S.
Direct Carotid Stent/Angioplasty: A Solution for the Hostile Aortic Arch
Moore, Wesley S.
Traumatic Aortic Injury: Update from the Aortic Trauma Foundation
DuBose, Joseph J.
SOS Aorta in Paris: A Program for Aortic Emergencies
Achouh, Paul
The Spider-Graft for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair – A Feasibility Study in a Porcine Model
Wipper, Sabine Helena
Fusion Image Guided Endovascular Aortic Therapy
Rhee, Robert
Open TAAA
Coselli, Joseph S.
Endovascular TAAA Repair: Lessons Learned from the Cleveland Clinic Experience
Eagleton, Matthew J.
Current Techniques and Results of Open Surgery for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Okita, Yutaka
Sandwich Grafts for TAAA: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Limitations
Lobato, Armando
The Spider-Graft for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair: First in Man Experience and Results
Debus, Eike Sebastian
Management of the CSF Drain: Current Update
Estrera, Anthony
Retrograde Type A Dissection
Canaud, Ludovic
Strategies to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury with Endovascular TAAA Repair
Oderich, Gustavo S.
Quarter Century of Organ Protection in Open TAAA Repair
Safi, Hazim J.

Poster Abstracts
Poster Abstract 23
Poster Abstract 26
Poster Abstract 36
Oral Abstracts
Oral Abstract 21
Oral Abstract 24
Oral Abstract 25
Oral Abstract 27
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Oral Abstract 59