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11:20 a.m. Tips and Tricks: Mechanical Thrombectomy Thomas M. Vesely, MD

11;30 a.m. Stent Grafts for Preservation of Dialysis Access Dierk Vorwerk, MD

11:45 a.m. Beneath the Skin: Inner Workings of a Hemodialysis Access Center Jeffrey B. Siegel, MD

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. Pearl: Constantin Cope, MD Presented by: Michael C. Soulen, MD

Endografts: Next Generation Grafts and New Applications (PL)

Coordinator/Jl1oderator: Michael D. Dake, MD

Objectives: 1. Distinguish advantages of second generation AAA

endografts.

2. Recognize current management strategies for en­doleak.

3. Assess the current and potential role of endografts beyond the abdominal aorta.

2:35 p.m. Next Generation AAA Grafts Roy Greenberg, MD

2:50 p.m. Endoleak: What Works? Richard A. Baum, MD

3:05 p.rn. Endografts in Trauma and Peripheral Aneurysms Craig R. Greben, MD

3:20 p.m. TIPS Should be Done with Covered Grafts Ziv J. Haskal, MD

3:35 p.m. Elective TIPS: Use the MELD Score Hector Ferral, MD

3:45 p.m. Novel Applications for Endografts Bryan D. Petersen, MD

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Endoleaks After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (CC)

Coordinator/Moderator: Richard A. Baum, MD

Objectives: 1. Develop a standardized post-operative imaging pro~

tocol in patients who have had endovascular aneu­rysm repair.

2. Diagnose and classify different types of endoleaks.

3. Treat endoleaks depending on their type.

4. Demonstra te the translumbar endoleak embolization procedure.

4:30 p.m. Diagnosis and Classification of Endoleaks S. William Stavropoulos, MD

5:00 p.m. Treatment of Endoleaks After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Richard A. Baum, MD

5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Lessons Learned: TIPS (ee)

Coordinator/Moderator: Ernest}. Ring, MD

Objectives: 1. Demonstrate technical points in TIPS based on expe­

rience with difficult cases.

2. Demonstrate complications of TIPS and discuss how to avoid them.

3. Differentiate indications and contraindications of TIPS.

Panelists: Ziv ]. Haskal, MD Robert K. Kerlan, MD Ernest J. Ring, MD

Bleeding: Current Approach (Ce)

Coordinator/Moderator: FrankA. Morello, Jr. , MD

Objectives: 1. Integrate a common management algorithm for a GI

bleeding case in regard to review of diagnostic studies, involvement of other services, when IR should get in­volved, and realistic expectations of an IR intervention.

2. Relate the need and appropriate indications for pro­vocative measures to diagnose GI bleeding if stan­dard angiography is not diagnostic.

3. Review standard embolization materials and tech­niques, as well as their risks, benefits and alternatives that can be used in certain situations.