Update of Carotid Artery Disease (CAD)

Sunday, March 5, 2023

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Location:Phoenix Convention Center, 231AB

CE: 1.5 Credits

Coordinator(s)

Joseph Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAHA

Professor
Michigan Medicine

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Manraj Heran, MD (he/him/his)

Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist; Pediatric Interventional Radiologist
BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAHA: No financial relationships to disclose

Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Carotid artery disease (CAD) can be treated with a combination of lifestyle choices and modifications, along with drug therapy. These include: a healthy lifestyle, diet, smoking cessation, blood pressure control, antiplatelet therapy, and lipid lowering drugs. Data will be presented about the current role of medical therapy for CAD. Surgery is considered the standard of care for treatment of CAD and improvements in surgical technique have further improved outcomes over the last 20 years. Carotid stent placement may have a role in the treatment of asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid disease. Current data will be presented regarding the outcomes after carotid stent placement for asymptomatic and symptomatic disease. Furthermore, data will be presented about the role of carotid stent placement for the treatment an acute ischemic stroke. Finally, the role of transcarotid artery revascularization in the treatment of carotid stenosis will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

To understand the current medical and surgical treatment of carotid artery disease
To understand the rational for carotid artery stent placement in asymptomatic and symptomatic disease
To understand the role of carotid stent placement in acute ischemic stroke and TCAR

Presentations:

8:30 AM – 8:44 AM

Medical management of carotid atherosclerotic disease
Speaker: Meredith McDermott, MD – Denver Health and Hospital Authority, University of Colorado School of Medicine
8:44 AM – 8:58 AM

Update of carotid endarterectomy
Speaker: Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS FACS – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
8:58 AM – 9:11 AM

Carotid artery stenting in asymptomatic lesions (ACST 2)
Speaker: Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAHA – Michigan Medicine
9:11 AM – 9:24 AM

Carotid artery stenting in symptomatic lesions (CREST)
Speaker: Jesse Jones, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
9:24 AM – 9:37 AM

Carotid artery stenting in stroke
Speaker: Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital
9:37 AM – 9:50 AM

Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) for carotid stenting
Speaker: Fakhir Elmasri, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Lakeland Regional Health
9:50 AM – 10:00 AM

Q & A