The Big Game in PAD: Tackling Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs)

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Location: Music City Center, 205 BC

CE: 1.25

Content Level: 200 (intermediate)

Coordinator(s)

Brian Schiro, MD

Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute / Radiology Associates of South Florida, United States
Raisa Durrani, MD

Assistant Professor, Radiology
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, United States

This dynamic session in peripheral arterial disease focuses on tackling chronic total occlusions (CTOs), the most challenging lesions in endovascular therapy. Experts in the field will discuss treatment of lesions in the aortoiliac segments through the tibial arteries. This will also include discussion of endovascular treatment of the common femoral artery with available tools and techniques.

Learning Objectives:

Understand complex treatment options in endovascular therapy for CTOs.
Learn new options for endovascular treatment of the common femoral artery.
Describe the method of recanalization of the tibial vessels to provide in-line flow in CLTI.

Presentations:

1:15 PM – 1:27 PM CT

CFA Interventions: A "Hail Mary" for Endovascular Therapy?
Speaker: Brian J. Schiro, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute / Radiology Associates of South Florida
1:27 PM – 1:39 PM CT

Kicking It Through the Uprights: Endovascular Treatment of the Aortic Bifurcation
Speaker: Mark L. Lessne, MD, FSIR – Charlotte Radiology
1:39 PM – 1:51 PM CT

Counter Tray, Post-corner, or Wheel Route: What Is the Right Play for CTO of the SFA?
Speaker: Alex Powell, MD, FSIR – MCVI
1:51 PM – 2:03 PM CT

Short and Inches: Reconstruction of the Angiosome in CLTI - Here's How to Do It
Speaker: Raisa Durrani, MD – Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
2:03 PM – 2:30 PM CT

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