Aorto-Iliac Disease Management & Treatment: It's Easy, Right?

Monday, March 31, 2025

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT

Location: Music City Center, 205 BC

CE: 1.25

Content Level: 200 (intermediate)

Coordinator(s)

Bret Wiechmann, MD

Medical Director
Vascular & Interventional Physicians, United States
Robert Beasley, MD

Medical Director of Research and Vascular Specialist
Palm Vascular Centers of Coral Gables, United States

This session will address the frequently complex interventions in the aorto-iliac system. While these lesions are often "easy" to treat, they can also be frought with technical difficulties and additional risk. From more basic, straight-forward cases to advanced creative solutions, the faculty will present their own individual techniques while affording ample opportunity for audience participation.

Learning Objectives:

Acknowledge the special considerations when dealing with complex aorto-iliac intervention.
Understand the different methods of recanalization and repair of aorto-iliac artery occlusions.
Identify patients best suited for endovascular versus surgical revascularization for aorto-iliac occlusive disease.

Presentations:

8:30 AM – 8:42 AM CT

Dealing with Combined Occlusive and Aneurysmal Aorto-iliac Disease
Speaker: Bret N. Wiechmann, MD – Vascular & Interventional Physicians
8:42 AM – 8:54 AM CT

Ancillary Techniques in Aorto-iliac Disease (cover IVUS Guided Crossing, Aortic Lithoplasty, AFX, Etc)
Speaker: Uei Pua, FSIR, MBBS – Tan Tock Seng Hospital
8:54 AM – 9:06 AM CT

Data and Choices of Stent or Stent Graft in Iliac
Speaker: Shigeo Ichihashi, MD, PhD – Nara Medical University
9:06 AM – 9:18 AM CT

Data Supporting Endovascular Aortoiliac Reconstruction
Speaker: Srini Tummala, MD – Florida Vascular Specialists
9:18 AM – 9:30 AM CT

Does Anyone Really Recommend Supervised Exercise Therapy First for Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease?
Speaker: Srini Tummala, MD – Florida Vascular Specialists
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT

Q&A