C17: Thoracic Aorta Pathologies – When to Treat these Disorders, Whom to Offer Repair and How to Prevent Dreaded Complications!

Friday, June 6, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Location: Morial CC, Second Floor, Room 208-210

Moderator(s)

Javairiah Fatima, MD (she/her/hers)

McLean, Virginia
Jonathan Bath, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Program Director for Vascular Surgery
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

Presentations:

2:00 PM – 2:07 PM CT

Debate: Ascending Repair Alone for Type A Aortic Dissection Is Just Passing the Buck! Someone Else Has to Clean Up Later!
Speaker: Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD – Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
2:07 PM – 2:14 PM CT

Debate: Ascending Repair Alone for Type A Aortic Dissection Is All That Is Needed – Proximal Aortic Repair is Key to Future Interventions!
Speaker: Daniel G. Clair, MD – Chair, Department of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2:14 PM – 2:21 PM CT

Debate: Simpler Is Better! Single-Branch Thoracic Endograft Is the Way to Go!
Speaker: Grace J. Wang, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania Health System
2:21 PM – 2:28 PM CT

Debate: More Is Better! Multi-Branched Endograft Is the Preferred Option!
Speaker: Carlos H. Timaran, MD, MS – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
2:28 PM – 2:35 PM CT

Video: Open Repair for Failed Complex Arch Endografting or Infection or Vasculitis
Speaker: Jonathan Bath, MD – University of Missouri
2:35 PM – 2:50 PM CT

Panel Discussion
2:50 PM – 2:56 PM CT

Challenges in Thoracic Aortic Repair How I Do It: Zone 0-2 TBE
Speaker: Joshua D. Adams, MD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
2:56 PM – 3:02 PM CT

Challenges in Thoracic Aortic Repair How I Do It: Nexus Deployments Zone 0
Speaker: Javairiah Fatima, MD (she/her/hers)
3:02 PM – 3:08 PM CT

Challenges in Thoracic Aortic Repair How I Do It: Zone 0 TEVAR and Ascending Aortic Debranching
Speaker: John Westley Ohman, MD
3:08 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Case Discussion