2025 VEITHsymposium - Session Detail

Tuesday, November 17 - Saturday, November 21, 2026

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PROGRAMS O AND P ARE CONCURRENT SATURDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM O (SESSIONS 112-115) - TOPICS TOO IMPORTANT TO MISS IN GENERAL AND IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY, AORTIC OR CAROTID DISEASE
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Saturday, November 22, 2025
SESSION 112: LOWER EXTREMITY TOPICS TOO IMPORTANT TO MISS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators: Vikram S. Kashyap, MD / Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
SESSION 112 SCHEDULE
7:00 AM - 7:05 AM
How To Do Bypass Surgery To Heavily Non-Compressible Calcified Target Arteries
Presenter(s): Enrico Ascher, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:06 AM - 7:11 AM
Antegrade Via The SFA vs. Pedal Access: Technical Tips And When To Use Each
Presenter(s): Todd Berland, MD / Karan Garg, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:12 AM - 7:17 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
When Is Primary Amputation The Best Treatment For Patients With CLTI: It Is Currently Very Rare But There Are Valid Indications
Presenter(s): Christopher J. Abularrage, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:18 AM - 7:23 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
A Comparison Of Directional Atherectomy Followed By DCB vs. PTA Followed By DCB To Treat Long Calcified FemPop Lesions: From The TOTAL REALITY Pooled Analysis
Presenter(s): Venita R. Chandra, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:24 AM - 7:29 AM
Comparison Of Atherectomy And DCB Treatment With Open Surgery For Symptomatic Deep Femoral Artery Lesions: When Is Each Indicated
Presenter(s): Giovanni B. Torsello, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:30 AM - 7:35 AM
In Patients Requiring Endovascular Intervention For FemPop Disease What Lesion Characteristics Should Determine Whether DCB Or DES Treatment Is Best
Presenter(s): Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:36 AM - 7:41 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:42 AM - 7:47 AM
Why Dementia In Patients With CLTI Is Important To Evaluate: How Should It Influence Treatment And Will It Change Outcomes
Presenter(s): Salvatore Scali, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:48 AM - 7:53 AM
With Prograde CFA Punctures, How To Easily Get The Guidewire Down The SFA Rather Than The Deep Femoral
Presenter(s): Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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7:54 AM - 7:59 AM
Aggressive Interventions Including Atherectomy In Claudicants Lead To More Harm Than Good
Presenter(s): Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
Open Treatment First For CLTI In The Era Of BEST-CLI: When Is It Best: It's Not Just For Patients With Good Ipsilateral Great Saphenous Veins
Presenter(s): Yana Etkin, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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8:06 AM - 8:11 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
The Importance Of Establishing In Line Flow To A Wound To Achieve Healing In Patients With CLTI
Presenter(s): Osamu Iida, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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8:12 AM - 8:17 AM
Adventitial Drug Delivery With The BullFrog Device (From Mercator MedSystems) And The Spur Device (From Reflow): How Do They Work And How Will We Know They Improve Results
Presenter(s): William A. Gray, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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8:18 AM - 8:26 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor