This session will focus on current options and surgical approaches for arch management in acute Type A dissection.

*Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Moderators

Joseph Bavaria (Commercial Relationships: CytoSorbents: Research Grant; Edwards Lifesciences: Consultant/Advisory, Research Grant, Speaker/Honoraria; Medtronic: Research Grant, Speaker/Honoraria; St. Jude/Abbott: Consultant/Advisory Board, Research Grant, Speaker/Honoraria, DSMB Chairman; Terumo: Research Grant, Speaker/Honoraria; W.L. Gore: Consultant/Advisory Board, Research Grant, Speaker/Honoraria)

Davide Pacini

Digital Moderators

Maral Ouzounian (Commercial Relationships: Medtronic, Edwards, Cryolife, Terumo; Consultant Advisory/Board)

Julie Doberne

Presentations

1. Cannulation Strategies for Acute Type A Dissection: Is There an Algorithm that Could Be Used? - Thomas Gleason

(Commercial Relationships: Abbott; Consultant Advisory/Board)

2. The Additional Effect of Frozen Elephant Trunk for Acute Stanford Type A Acute Aortic Dissection Beyond the Classical Elephant Trunk - Yosuke Inoue

3. The Proper Scenarios for Zone 2 Arch vs Index FET in Acute Type A Dissection?: Has there been an Evolution? - Robin Heijmen

(Commercial Relationships: Medtronic, Terumo Aortic, W.L. Gore and Associates; Consultant Advisory/Board)

4. Aortic Arch Management During Acute Type A Aortic Syndromes - Parth Patel

5. The ARISE Trial: Update on Ascending TEVAR for Type A Dissection - Himanshu Patel

(Commercial Relationships: W.L. Gore: Consultant Advisory/Board, Research Grant)