2025 VEITHsymposium - Session Detail

Tuesday, November 17 - Saturday, November 21, 2026

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
SESSION 33: A) PROGRESS IN MANAGING ENDOLEAKS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR CONSEQUENCES AND PREDICTING, PREVENTING AND TREATING THEM; B) DR. CYNAMON'S GAME CHANGING INNOVATIONS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators: Luis A. Sanchez, MD / Mark W. Mewissen, MD, FSIR, RVT  
SESSION 33 SCHEDULE
A) ALL ENDOLEAKS AFTER EVAR
8:54 AM - 8:59 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
Improving Endoleak Detection And Accurately Defining Their Source With Contrast Enhanced Sonography: Equipment Needed And How To Do It (This presentation will be given in-person on Thursday in Session 59 at 1:42 PM.)
Presenter(s): Thanila A. Macedo, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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TYPE 1 ENDOLEAKS
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
How To Minimize Gutter Type 1 Endoleaks With Chimney EVAR: How Does A Standard Protocol Help; How To Treat Them When They Occur
Presenter(s): David J. Minion, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:06 AM - 9:11 AM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
Major Systemic Trauma Can Cause Type 1 Endoleaks Anytime After EVAR With Or Without Fixation Elements: How Should Such Endoleaks Be Treated
Presenter(s): Carlo Setacci, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:12 AM - 9:17 AM
How A Five Branched Endograft System (Cook) Can Be More Effective For Treating Challenging Type IA Endoleak After EVAR: How It Works, Advantage And Limitations
Presenter(s): Piotr M. Kasprzak, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:18 AM - 9:23 AM
Update On Embolization Treatment For Type 1 Endoleaks After EVAR: Indications, Techniques, Embolic Agents And Contraindications
Presenter(s): Robert A. Morgan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:24 AM - 9:29 AM
How To Treat Type 1 Endoleaks After EVAR: When Cuff, When F/EVAR, When Chimney, When Open Conversion: What About Embolization
Presenter(s): Andres Schanzer, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

TYPE 2 ENDOLEAKS AFTER EVAR
9:36 AM - 9:41 AM
Most Type 2 Endoleaks After EVAR Should Be Left Alone Because Treatments Have Poor Results, Have Complications And Do Not Improve Outcomes: What Are The Exceptions
Presenter(s): Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:42 AM - 9:47 AM
When Do Persistent Type 2 Endoleaks After EVAR Lead To AAA Rupture: How Can Such Ruptures Be Predicted And How Should They Be Treated With Different Endografts
Presenter(s): Naoki Fujimura, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:48 AM - 9:53 AM
The Influence Of Endograft Covering Material On The Occurrence And Behavior Of Type 2 Endoleaks And Sac Remodeling After EVAR: There Are Device Differences And They Affect Outcomes
Presenter(s): Michel Reijnen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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9:54 AM - 9:59 AM
Glue Embolization Is Effective Treatment For Most Threatening Type 2 Endoleaks: When And How To Do It: How Can Fusion Help: Limitations
Presenter(s): Neal S. Cayne, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
Transgraft Treatment Of Type 2 Endoleaks After EVAR: When And How To Do It: Advantages: How To Make And Seal The Graft Puncture Site
Presenter(s): James F. McKinsey, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:06 AM - 10:11 AM
Active AAA Sac Management With Shape Memory Polymers: They Can Be Placed Prophylactically Or To Treat Endoleaks And Improve Outcomes After EVAR: Technique And Updated Results (From The shAAApe Trial)
Presenter(s): Andrew Holden, MBChB / Michel Reijnen, MD, PhD / Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:12 AM - 10:17 AM
How To Resolve The Conflicting Results Of RCTs Showing Or Not Showing A Benefit From Preoperative Embolization Of The IMA And Other Branches In Preventing Type 2 Endoleaks
Presenter(s): Furuzan Numan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:18 AM - 10:23 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

B) CYNAMON’S GAME CHANGING INNOVATIONS
Moderator(s):
Jacob Cynamon, MD, FACR, FSIR / Mark W. Mewissen, MD, FSIR, RVT  
10:24 AM - 10:29 AM
Limb Salvage From Dotter To Stents And Beyond: Regulatory Hurdles Then And Now
Presenter(s): Barry T. Katzen, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:30 AM - 10:35 AM
Embolization: The Most Transformative And Diverse Innovations Of IR
Presenter(s): Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:36 AM - 10:41 AM
The History And Future Of Clot Management: Fogarty, Thrombolysis, Thrombectomy, Etc.
Presenter(s): Jacob Cynamon, MD, FACR, FSIR  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:42 AM - 10:47 AM
How The First US EVAR Changed The Vascular World
Presenter(s): Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:48 AM - 10:53 AM
Catheters, Guidewires, Balloon Innovations That Have Changed IR: Advice From A Serial Innovator
Presenter(s): Michael G. Tal, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

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10:54 AM - 11:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor