2025 VEITHsymposium - Session Detail

Tuesday, November 17 - Saturday, November 21, 2026

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
SESSION 22: MORE HOT NEW TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE, CLTI AND ITS TREATMENTS
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Moderators: Brian G. DeRubertis, MD / Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS  
SESSION 22 SCHEDULE
4:24 PM - 4:29 PM
Compensatory Arterial Enlargement In Patients With Diabetes: What Is The Mechanism And How Should It Influence Treatment
Presenter(s): Nicos Labropoulos, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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4:30 PM - 4:35 PM
Value Of Index Of Microcirculatory Resistance (IMR), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), BTK-Flow Reserve And Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) In BTK Lesions: How To Perform These Measurements
Presenter(s): Lee Bouwman, MD, PhD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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4:36 PM - 4:41 PM
How Should Patient Age Impact The Choice Of Bypass vs. Endovascular Therapy For CLTI: An Analysis Of The Outcomes Of The BEST CLI Trial According To Patient Age
Presenter(s): William P. Robinson, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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4:42 PM - 4:47 PM
Why Pre-Intervention Physiologic Testing Is Important In Determining Treatment Of Patients With Intermittent Claudication: When Is Invasive Treatment Justified
Presenter(s): Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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4:48 PM - 4:53 PM
Technical Tips For Simple And Complex BTK, And Pedal And Deep Femoral Punctures And Access: When Are They Useful And How To Do Them
Presenter(s): Lorenzo Patrone, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM
Laser And Optics Based Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL-Bolt Medical) System For The Treatment Of Below-The-Knee (BTK) Calcified Lesions: How Does It Work And Results Of The RESTORE BTK Trial
Presenter(s): Michael K.W. Lichtenberg, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:00 PM - 5:05 PM
Why Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL - Shockwave-J&J) Is A Game Changer In The Treatment Of BTK Vascular Lesions: What Is The Evidence, What Are The Indications And Techniques
Presenter(s): Palma M. Shaw, MD, MBA, FACS, RPVI, DFSVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:06 PM - 5:11 PM
Panel Discussion
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

5:12 PM - 5:17 PM
Update On The Advantages Of The Chocolate Wire Constrained Uncoated Balloon (From Medtronic) For Treating Popliteal And BTK Lesions: Advantages Including Prevention Of Vessel Recoil: Updated Results (From The CHOCO CABANA Trial)
Presenter(s): Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM
Efficacy Of Chocolate Balloon (Medtronic) Stabilization In The Management Of Dissections After Fem-Pop Balloon Angioplasty: The CHOCO-STAB Study
Presenter(s): Felice Pecoraro, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:24 PM - 5:29 PM
3-Year Outcomes Of The MOTIV Drug Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffold (Reva Medical) To Treat BTK Artery Lesions
Presenter(s): Michel J. Bosiers, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Another Method To Treat CLTI Patients: How Does It Work And When Might It Be Indicated: Can It Be Effective In Patients With Tissue Loss
Presenter(s): Allan L. Brook, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM
Retrograde Recanalization Of Lower Extremity Occlusive Lesions: Technical Tips, Complications And How To Be Successful Even After Removal Of The SFA
Presenter(s): Erwin Blessing, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:42 PM - 5:47 PM
Why Ankle Brachial Indices (ABIs), Toe Pressures, Handheld Doppler Signals And Doppler Wave Forms May Be Misleading In Diabetics With CLTI: Pulse Volume Recordings Are Always Reliable
Presenter(s): Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FLSW, FMedSci, FEBVS  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM
Simple, Quick And Safe Conversion Of Retrograde Arterial Access To Antegrade Femoral Access And How To Get A Guidewire Going Into The Deep Femoral Artery Into The SFA
Presenter(s): Timothy W.I. Clark, MD  
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

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5:54 PM - 5:59 PM
Panel Discussion
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

End of Program C-2