VASA 2021 Spring Virtual Conference: Agenda
Friday, May 21, 2021
7:50 am - 8:50 amBreakfast Symposium
Presented by Gore
8:50 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Role of the FDA in New Device Development
- FDA Regulatory Pathways for Device Approval
- Engineering Considerations with Medical-Devices
- Challenges in Clinical Studies of Dialysis Access Devices
- FDA Approval Isn’t Enough: Understanding Real World Device Performance Requires Quality Post-Market Evidence
Industry Break #1
10:30 am - 11:45 am
From Hemodynamics to Intervention
- Linkages Between Shear Stress and AVF Stenosis
- AVF Angle Determines Outcome
- Of SLOTs, RADARS and More…
- How Does This Really Work? Laminate and Venostent
- Group Discussion
Industry Break #2
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Access Creation 2021
- My Algorithm for Choosing the Right Access at the Right Time
- Ultrasound Mapping and Complimentary Venography: How I Use It for Access Planning
- AVF Slot, Snuff Box, Radiocephalic Fistula Creation
- How I Alter the Tunneling Techniques for Different Access Placements
- Questions and Discussion
Lunch Symposium
Presented by Bard
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Modulating Vascular Biology to Develop New Therapies
- Its All About the Adventitia
- Adventures with Nitric Oxide
- Molecular Targets for AVF Maturation Failure: Seperating Myth from Reality
- What is the Real Target for AVF Failure: Neointimal Hyperplasia or Negative (Inward) Remodeling
- Questions and Discussion
Industry Break #3
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Peritoneal Dialysis and Central Venous Catheters
- Laproscopic Treatment of PD Malfunctions
- How and Why I Choose a Particular PD Catheter
- Placement of CVC: How to Avoid Complications
- Choosing the Right CVC for a Particular Patient
- Questions and Discussion
Complex, Atypical, and Sometimes Desperate Access Options: The Final Chapter
- Placing a CVC with the Surfacer Device
- Salvaging Peripheral Venous Real Estate
- Redefining Catheter Dependence with the HERO Device
- Femoral Vein Transposition for Fistula Creation
- Transradial Artery Access for Fistula Interventions
- Discussion
Adjourn
Saturday, May 22, 2021
7:50 am - 8:50 amBreakfast Symposium
Presented by Getinge
9:00 am - 10:25 am
What Will Vascular Access Care Look Like in 2025?
- NO Rechargeable Fillers for Dialysis Catheters
- Bioengineered Vessels for Dialysis Vascular Access
- Modeling AVFs to Create Data Analytics for AVF Success
- Graftworx: Measuring Flow 24/7, Role in Home Hemodialysis Delivery
- A New Bioengineered Graft
- Panel Discussion
Industry Break #4
10:40 am - 11:55 am
Important Issues in the Creation and Maintenance of Dialysis Access
- Current Etiology, Prevention and Treatment of Aneurysms in AVFs
- Treating the Diseased Cephalic Arch: How to Safely Travel and Treat the "Burma Road" of Dialysis Access
- Brachial Vein Transposition Fistula Creation
- Choices Among Early Cannulation Grafts: How I Decide
- Questions and Discussion
Industry Break #5
12:10 pm - 1:35 pm
Process Innovation in Vascular Access
- Dialysis Access Collaborative Consortium
- PRO’s for Vascular Access
- Real World Evidence: From Evidence-based Practice to Practice-based Evidence
- Through the Lens of a Patient:
The Problem: Disparities in Dialysis Access Care
The Solution: Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Discussion
Lunch Symposium
Presented by Medtronic
2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Recent Developments in Hemodialysis Access Creation and Management
- Endovascular Fistula Creation: Where It Fits Into the Access Armamentareum
- Additional Procedures to Support Endovascular Fistulas
- Bioengineered Human Acellular Vessels: Similarities and Differences from Traditional Access Conduits
- Drug-Coated Balloons: Finding the Value in Today's Practice
- Questions and Discussion
Industry Break #6
4:05 pm - 5:20 pm
Important Issues in Dialysis Access 2021
- Endovascular Approach to the Slow to Mature Fistula
- The Management of Steal Syndromes
- Central Vein Recanalization: Planning for Success
- Catastrophic Bleeding Complications: Essential Patient Education
- Discussion
Clinical: Stent Grafts
- The Sutureless Anastomosis
- Stent Grafts Use in Grafts and Fistulas: Are We Willing to Follow the Literature?
- Central Vein Recanalization: Planning for Success
- Stent Grafts Utility in the Treatment of Central Vein Occlusive Disease
- Discussion
Adjourn