2025 VEITHsymposium - Session Detail

Tuesday, November 17 - Saturday, November 21, 2026

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
SESSION 26: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DRUG COATED BALLOONS (DCBS) AND DRUG ELUTING STENTS (DESS): UPDATES ON PACLITAXEL TOXICITY, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTS) AND BTK LESION TREATMENTS WITH DCBS AND DESS
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators: Marianne Brodmann, MD / Dierk Scheinert, MD / Sean P. Lyden, MD  
SESSION 26 SCHEDULE
NEW INFORMATION ON DCBs AND DESs FOR FEM-POP LESIONS: UPDATES ON RCTs
10:12 AM - 10:17 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
Although Paclitaxel Coated Devices Confer No Increase In Mortality Rates, They May Still Be Associated With Increased Amputation Rates When Used To Treat CLTI Patients: What Mechanism May Be Responsible
Presenter(s): Konstantinos Katsanos, MSc, MD, PhD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:18 AM - 10:23 AM
Increased Amputation Rates From Use Of Paclitaxel Coated Devices May Be Real Or A Methodological Artifact: Other Paclitaxel Coating Effects Like Embolization Or Post Atherectomy Aneurysm Formation Deserve Further Study
Presenter(s): Peter A. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:24 AM - 10:29 AM
Comparative Long-Term Outcomes With DESs And DCBs To Treat Fem-Pop Lesions: Unique Observations After 2-12 Years In 1000 Patients: What Is The Best Technique For Vessel Preparation
Presenter(s): Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:30 AM - 10:35 AM
2-Year Results Of The SPORTS RCT Comparing DESs (Eluvia ndash; Boston Scientific) vs. Bare Metal Stents (BMSs) vs. DCBs: Which Device Is Best And In What Circumstances
Presenter(s): Gunnar Tepe, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:36 AM - 10:41 AM
Long-Term Results Of An RCT Comparing SurVeil DCBs (Surmodics) With In.Pact DCBs (Medtronic) For Treating Fem-Pop Lesions: From The TRANSCEND Trial: How Do The Two Devices Differ
Presenter(s): Peter A. Schneider, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:42 AM - 10:47 AM
DESs vs. Bare Stents: Data From The TRUETA Trial: What New Information Influencing Practice Comes From This Large Data Analysis
Presenter(s): Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:48 AM - 10:53 AM
Systematic Literature Review And Meta-Analysis Of Fem-Pop Endovascular Treatment With DESs, Cover Stents And BMSs: When Is Each Best And What Is The Hard Evidence
Presenter(s): Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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10:54 AM - 10:59 AM
Directional Atherectomy As Vessel Prep For DCB Use For Fem-Pop Lesions: For Which Lesion Characteristics Is It The Best Treatment: What Is The Evidence For Its Superiority
Presenter(s): Brian G. DeRubertis, MD / Thomas Zeller, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF BTK LESIONS
11:06 AM - 11:11 AM
12 Commandments For A Successful BTK Intervention In Patients With CLTI
Presenter(s): Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:12 AM - 11:17 AM
What's New And What's Next For The Treatment Of BTK Lesions: When Is POBA Still Acceptable And What About Drug Eluting And Non-Drug Eluting Devices, Resorbable Or Not
Presenter(s): Lawrence A. Garcia, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:18 AM - 11:23 AM
Updated 2-Year Results Of The DEBATE-BTK SHOCK RCT Evaluating The Value Of Lithotripsy (Shockwave-J&J) Prior To DCB Treatment In Diabetic Patients Undergoing BTK Revascularization
Presenter(s): Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:24 AM - 11:29 AM
Patency And Wound Healing Results Of The 3-French Compatible Microstent (From Micro Medical) Compare Favorably With POBA For BTK Lesions: From The STAND RCT: Antegrade And Retrograde Insertions Are Possible
Presenter(s): Robert E. Beasley, MD, FSIR, FSCAI / Marco G. Manzi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:30 AM - 11:35 AM
Update On The SELUTION4BTK RCT Comparing A Sirolimus-Coated DCB (From Cordis/Medalliance) With POBA For BTK Lesions
Presenter(s): Patrick J. Geraghty, MD / Marianne Brodmann, MD / George L. Adams, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:36 AM - 11:41 AM
Why Some BTK DCB Trials Have Not Shown Uniformly Better Results: Technical And Balloon Factors Matter
Presenter(s): Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:42 AM - 11:47 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
Late (5-Year) Results From The AcoArt II BTK DCB RCT Show Safety With No Increased Mortality And Improved Patency vs. POBA To Treat BTK Lesions
Presenter(s): Wei Guo, MD / Francesco Liistro, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:48 AM - 11:53 AM
Open vs. Endo Revascularization For Patients With Infrapopliteal Disease Causing CLTI: A Large Population Based Study Confirms The Superiority Of Saphenous Vein Bypass: Newer Technologies May Alter This Conclusion
Presenter(s): Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

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11:54 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch Break - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)