SESSION 21 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 21: MORE ABOUT NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW TECHNOLOGY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Technical Tips For Precise Placement Of A Large Palmaz Stent During EVAR
 
6:46 AM - 6:51 AM All Stents Are Not The Same: New And Improved Stents Can Improve Results: Are There Ways Other Than Drug Coatings To Improve Results?
 
6:52 AM - 6:57 AM ROX AV Fistula For Treatment Of COPD: Overview Of The European Experience
 
6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Muscle Sparing, Retroperitoneal Approach For Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery With A PTFE Membrane (PRECLUDE Vessel Guard From Gore) To Protect The Aorta And IVC From Metal Fixation Hardware
 
7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Do Drug Eluting Stents In Crural Arteries Make A Difference In Below-the-Ankle Angioplasty And Stenting: The Last Frontier
 
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Primary Intracranial Stenting For Acute Stroke: Early Results And When Not To Do It
 
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Internal Sealing Of Ruptured AAAs With A Catheter Delivered Liquid-to-Solid Embolic Agent (ONYX): It Can Work
 
7:22 AM - 7:28 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 21
 
SESSION 22 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 22: MORE ABOUT THORACIC, THORACOABDOMINAL AND PARARENAL ANEURYSMS: FENESTRATED BRANCHED AND CHIMNEY GRAFTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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7:28 AM - 7:33 AM First Description And Subsequent Experience With The “Chimney Or Snorkel” Procedure For Revascularizing Aortic Branches Threatened By Endograft Coverage
 
7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Present Status And New Developments In Use Of Chimney Grafts: They May Take The Place Of Many Fenestrated And Branched Grafts For Juxta- Para- And Suprarenal Aneurysms
 
7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Debate 14: Use Of Extended Chimney Grafts Facilitate Repair Of Suprarenal And Pararenal Aneurysms And Make The Need For Fenestrated And Branched Grafts Questionable
  Presenters(s):Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
7:46 AM - 7:51 AM Debate 14: Fenestrated And Branched Grafts Are Not Threatened by Chimney Grafts
 
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Updated 5-Year Experience With Fenestrated And Branched Endografts For Pararenal And Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms: Do They Work After Previous Open AAA Repair Or EVAR?
 
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
8:03 AM - 8:08 AM TEVAR Is The Best Treatment For Ruptured Thoracic Aneurysms: Technical Tips
 
8:09 AM - 8:14 AM Standardized Off-the-Shelf Multibranched Graft Components For Endovascular Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms Repair
 
8:15 AM - 8:20 AM Durability Issues With Branched Aortic Arch Endografts Make Fenestrated And Chimney Grafts In This Area Questionable As A Long-Term Solution
 
8:21 AM - 8:26 AM Open Surgery Is Still The Gold Standard For Repair Of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms In Good Risk Patients
  Presenters(s):Richard P. Cambria, MD  
8:27 AM - 8:32 AM Scallop Designed Endograft To Improve Distal Sealing And Fixation With TEVAR
 
8:33 AM - 8:38 AM New Endovascular Stapler To Prevent Graft Migration After TEVAR
  Presenters(s):Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
8:39 AM - 8:44 AM How Does 3-D CT Help In Prevention Of Spinal Cord Ischemia With TEVAR?
 
8:45 AM - 8:52 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 22
 
SESSION 23 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 23: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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8:52 AM - 8:57 AM Proportion Of Critical Ischemia Patients Who Require An Open Surgical Revascularization In A Center Favoring Endovascular Treatment
 
8:58 AM - 9:03 AM Adjuvant Benefit Of Angioplasty In Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Intermittent Claudication (MIMIC) Managed By Supervised Exercise, Smoking Cessation And Best Medical Treatment: Femoropopliteal Results
 
9:04 AM - 9:09 AM In The Endovascular Treatment Of Multilevel Occlusive Disease Causing Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI), Should The Distal Lesions Also Be Treated And Why?
 
9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Technical Tips And Tricks To Facilitate Difficult Lower Extremity Revascularization For CLI
 
9:16 AM - 9:21 AM The Evidence That Heparin-Bonded PTFE Grafts (PROPATEN) Are Better Than Uncoated PTFE And As Good As Vein Grafts: Where Do We Go From Here?
 
9:22 AM - 9:27 AM With PTA And Stents In The Aorta And Iliac Arteries, Is There Still A Place For Aortobifemoral Bypass?
 
9:28 AM - 9:33 AM New Developments In Open Surgery For Popliteal Aneurysms: Value Of Preop Thrombolysis, Posterior Approach And Postop Aneurysm Surveillance
 
9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Update On The Hanson Robotic System For Catheter Tip Manipulation And For Cannulating Aortic Branch Vessels
 
9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Tips And Tricks For The Successful Treatment Of Plantar And Diabetic Ulcers
 
9:46 AM - 9:52 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
9:53 AM - 9:58 AM Lysis (TPA) And Laser For Critical Limb Ischemia From Long Total Occlusions
 
9:59 AM - 10:04 AM Functional Status Of CLI Patients Predicts Outcome After Leg Bypass Surgery
 
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM How To Predict Patient Survival And Mortality In CLI Patients: Based On The BASIL Trial
 
10:11 AM - 10:16 AM Popliteal Entrapment Syndromes: What’s New With Classification, Pathogenesis And Treatment?
 
10:17 AM - 10:22 AM Optimal Antiplatelet And Anticoagulant Therapy With Lower Extremity Bypasses: Latest Best Treatment Based On Good Data
 
10:23 AM - 10:28 AM Status Of Bone Marrow And Stem Cell Transplants For CLI
 
10:29 AM - 10:34 AM Update On Angiogenic Gene Therapy For CLI: Where Is It Headed?
 
10:35 AM - 10:43 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 23
 
SESSION 24 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 24: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENT AND TREATMENT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS: MEDICAL RISKS IN VASCULAR SURGERY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THEM (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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10:43 AM - 10:48 AM Factors Predictive Of Mortality In Vascular Surgery Patients From A NSQIP Database: Does Functional Status And Obesity Matter?
 
10:49 AM - 10:58 AM Update On Value Of Statin Drugs In Vascular Patients And The Over 50 Population: Should All Our Patients Be On Them; Should All Of Us Be On Them? (9-Minute Talk)
 
10:59 AM - 11:04 AM Primary Prevention Of Atherosclerosis: Should Everyone >50 Be On Statins; Should They Be In The Drinking Water?
 
11:05 AM - 11:10 AM How Should Statins Be Used Optimally: Dosage, Drug, Modulation Of Therapy According To Lipid Levels?
 
11:11 AM - 11:16 AM Value Of Continuous ECG Monitoring With An Implantable System (REVEAL XT) In Vascular Surgery Patients: What New Problems Can Be Detected And What Is The Prognostic Significance?
 
11:17 AM - 11:22 AM Medical Therapy And Advances In Critical Limb Ischemia: How Vascular Medicine And Cardiology Can Fundamentally Improve Outcomes
 
11:23 AM - 11:28 AM How Should Beta Blockers Be Used In Vascular Surgery Patients In Light Of The POISE Trial Showing They Can Increase Stroke And Death Rates?
 
11:29 AM - 11:34 AM Update On The RHEOS Trial Of Carotid Sinus Stimulation For Poorly Controlled Hypertension: Is It A New Horizons For Vascular Surgeons?
 
11:35 AM - 11:50 AM Panel Discussion
11:50 AM - 12:48 PM Lunch Served in the Exhibit Hall and in Other Designated Areas
END OF SESSION 24
 
SESSION 25 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 25: MORE ON AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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12:48 PM - 12:53 PM The New Cook PROFORM Thoracic Endograft To Provide Better Proximal Arch Conformability
  Presenters(s):Tilo Kölbel, MD, PhD  
12:54 PM - 12:59 PM A Multilayered Uncovered Stent For Treating Aneurysms With Preservation Of Branch Flow: Can It Really Work?
  Presenters(s):Edward B. Diethrich, MD  
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Results Of French ACE Trial Comparing EVAR With Open Repair (OR) For Moderate Sized AAAs
 
1:06 PM - 1:11 PM 2-Year Results Of The U.S. VA Open vs. Endovascular AAA Repair (OVER) Trial
  Presenters(s):Frank A. Lederle, MD  
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Are Long-Term Results Of EVAR Worse Than OR: Data From The Dutch DREAM Trial: What Other Findings Will Confirm Or Refute Them?
 
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Update On The ENGAGE ENDURANT Global Registry: Why This Third Generation Device Is Better And Applicable To More Patients
 
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Panel Discussion
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Does EVAR And Its Follow-up Cause Renal Failure: What Should Be Done About It?
 
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Proportion Of Ruptured AAAs Suitable For EVAR In View Of Chimney And Homemade Fenestrated Endografts
  Presenters(s):Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD  
1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Debate 15: Should Type II Endoleaks Ever Be Treated: The Futility Of Intrasac Pressure Measurements
 
1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Debate 15: CardioMems Pressure Sensing Simplifies And Decreases The Cost Of Surveillance After EVAR And Helps To Determine When Type II Endoleaks Should Be Treated
 
1:53 PM - 2:00 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 25
 
SESSION 26 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 26: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR IMAGING AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Advantages And Limitations Of CTA And MRA In Lower Limb Ischemia: 2009 State-of-the-Art For Preprocedural Imaging For Treatment Planning
 
2:06 PM - 2:11 PM How Does 3-D Rotational Angiography Help In Endovascular Procedures?
 
2:12 PM - 2:17 PM Update On New Developments In Intravascular Ultrasound And Its Applications For Endovascular And Vascular Procedures: What Can Be Accomplished With The VOLCANO System?
 
2:18 PM - 2:23 PM How Does Blood Pool MRA Contrast Agents Improve Vascular Imaging: How Do They Work?
 
2:24 PM - 2:29 PM What Is Possible With Improved 3-D And Dynamic 3-D (4-D) MRA And CTA Imaging?
 
2:30 PM - 2:35 PM 4-D Dynamic CT And Its Impact On Endograft Sizing
 
2:36 PM - 2:41 PM Pitfalls And Precautions With Aortic Imaging With CTA
 
2:42 PM - 2:48 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
2:48 PM - 2:53 PM Why Brain MRI Studies Must Be Obtained Before Treatment Of Carotid Stenosis By CAS
 
2:54 PM - 2:59 PM The Importance Of Sub-Clinical Brain Damage After CAS vs. CEA: Correlations Between Serum Markers Of Neuronal Injury (NSE And S100 ß Proteins), Diffusion-Weighted MRI (DW-MRI) And Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
 
3:00 PM - 3:05 PM Primary Vertebral Artery Aneurysms Are A Local Manifestation Of Connective Tissue Disease
 
3:06 PM - 3:11 PM Current Aspiration Catheter Techniques To Prevent Periprocedural And Post-Procedural Emboli During CAS
 
3:12 PM - 3:17 PM First Randomized Trial Showing Positive Results From Pharmacologically-Induced Angiogenesis (Gene Therapy) In Critical Limb Ischemia
 
3:18 PM - 3:23 PM Tips And Tricks To Make Pedal Bypass Successful And Valuable In The Endovascular Era: Does Deep Venous Arterialization Make A Difference?
 
3:24 PM - 3:29 PM Anatomical Suitability Of AAAs For EVAR In Ethnic Chinese: Which Graft Is Best For Most?
 
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 26
 
SESSION 27 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 27: PROGRESS IN VENOUS DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT - PART I (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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3:36 PM - 3:42 PM Open Surgical Large Vein Reconstruction: Does It Have A Role In The Era Of Endovenous Stenting?
 
3:43 PM - 3:48 PM The Monocusp Venous Valve: An Autologous Solution To Valvular Incompetence: Technique And Results
 
3:49 PM - 3:54 PM Use Of PTA And Stents After Thrombosis Of The IVC Following IVC Filter Placement: Does It Work And What Happens To The Filter?
 
3:55 PM - 4:00 AM Ultrasound Bedside Placement Of Removable IVC Filter (CELECT) In Trauma Patients
 
4:01 PM - 4:06 PM Diagnosis And Treatment Of The Nutcracker Syndrome Or Mesoaortic Compression Of The Left Renal Vein: Is It Best Treated With Stents, Coil Embolization Or Reimplantation?
 
4:07 PM - 4:12 PM What’s New About The Recent ACCP Guidelines For The Treatment Of DVT: Why Did They Change?
 
4:13 PM - 4:19 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
4:19 PM - 4:24 PM Current Optimal Treatment For Ileofemoral DVT: How Best To Remove Clot?
 
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM New Developments In The Endovascular Treatment Of Venous And Arterial Trauma
 
4:31 PM - 4:36 PM With All These New Gadgets What Is The Best Method To Get Rid Of Clot With DVT?
 
4:37 PM - 4:42 PM Oral Contraceptive Use Can Cause Ileofemoral DVT In Women With Previously Undiagnosed May-Thurner Syndrome: How Should This Be Diagnosed And Treated?
 
4:43 PM - 4:49 PM Exciting New Developments In The Treatment Of Venous Disease From Around The World: Including Results From The JUPITER Trial Showing That Maintenance Statins Sharply Decrease The Incidence Of Venous Thromboembolism In Patients With Elevated CRP
 
4:50 PM - 4:55 PM Future Directions In Venous Disease Research And Treatment
 
4:56 PM - 5:03 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 27
 
SESSION 28 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 28: PROGRESS IN VENOUS DISEASE – PART II (5-MINUTE TALKS)
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Moderators:TBD
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5:03 PM - 5:08 PM New Techniques For Treating Complicated DVT
 
5:09 PM - 5:14 PM Aggressive Interventional Treatment Of Chronic DVT: A New Method To Decrease The Symptoms Of The Post-Thrombotic Syndrome: Techniques And Early Results
 
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM Modern Treatment Of Central Large Vein Stenosis: To Stent Or Not To Stent
 
5:21 PM - 5:26 PM What Is The Best Current Treatment For Proximal Long Saphenous Vein Thrombophlebitis?
 
5:27 PM - 5:32 PM All Venous Ulcers Are The Same: So Why Should We Bother To Differentiate Between Primary And Secondary (Post-Thrombotic) Venous Disease?
 
5:33 PM - 5:38 PM Importance Of The Location Of Infrapopliteal DVT In The Incidence Of Pulmonary Emboli
 
5:39 PM - 5:45 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
5:45 PM - 5:50 PM Use Of The ROTAREX Endovascular Mechanical Embolectomy Device For Treating Massive Pulmonary Emboli
 
5:51 PM - 5:56 PM What Is Necessary In A Venous Stent?
 
5:57 PM - 6:02 PM Acute DVT And Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens In Children: Etiology And Treatment
 
6:03 PM - 6:08 PM Current Optimal Strategies And Techniques For Treating AV Malformations
 
6:09 PM - 6:14 PM Catheter Associated Upper Extremity DVT: Rates Of Progression, PE Potential, And Optimal Treatment
 
6:15 PM - 6:25 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 28