SESSION I SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION I: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 1 (10-MINUTE TALKS)
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PART A: UPDATE ON HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Introduction
  Presenters(s): Larry A. Scher, MD / Jacob Cynamon, MD  
8:06 AM - 8:16 AM Management Of The Non-Maturing Fistula
  Presenters(s): Joseph N. Shams, MD  
8:17 AM - 8:27 AM Thrombectomy Of The Aneurysmal Fistula
  Presenters(s): Elsie Koh, MD  
DEBATE: WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AV FISTULA DYSFUNCTION?
8:28 AM - 8:38 AM Transvenous Access Is Best
  Presenters(s): Stanley G. Cooper, MD  
8:39 AM - 8:49 AM Distal Radial Artery Access Is Best
  Presenters(s): John H. Rundback, MD, FSIR, FAHA  
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Retrograde Brachial Approach Is Best
  Presenters(s): Jacob Cynamon, MD  
9:01 AM - 9:15 AM Panel Discussion
9:16 AM - 9:26 AM Management Of Cephalic Arch Lesions
  Presenters(s): Theodore F. Saad, MD  
9:27 AM - 9:37 AM Endovascular Management Of Hemodialysis Related Central Venous Disease: Areas Of Concern
  Presenters(s): Abigail Falk, MD  
9:38 AM - 9:48 AM Prevention And Management Of Catheter Related Infection
  Presenters(s): Thomas M. Vesely, MD  
9:49 AM - 9:59 AM Centros Catheter For Hemodialysis Access
  Presenters(s): Stephen R. Ash, MD  
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Palindrome Catheter For Hemodialysis Access
  Presenters(s): Michael G. Tal, MD, MBA  
10:11 AM - 10:25 AM Panel Discussion
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Break / Visit Exhibits
10:45 AM - 10:55 AM Debate: Percutaneous vs. Surgical Management Of Steal Syndrome

Percutaneous Management Of Steal Syndrome
  Presenters(s): Gregg A. Miller, MD  
10:56 AM - 11:06 AM Debate: Percutaneous vs. Surgical Management Of Steal Syndrome

Surgical Management Of Steal Syndrome
  Presenters(s): Gary A. Gelbfish, MD  
11:07 AM - 11:17 AM Does Surveillance And Preemptive Intervention Improve Access Patency?
  Presenters(s): Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD  
11:18 AM - 11:28 AM Prediction Of AV Fistula Maturation With Intraoperative Blood Flow Measurements
  Presenters(s): Scott S. Berman, MD  
11:29 AM - 11:39 AM Brachiocephalic AV Fistula Is The Preferred Autogenous Fistula
  Presenters(s): Samuel E. Wilson, MD  
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM VEGF-D Therapy For Vascular Access
  Presenters(s): Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
11:51 AM - 12:01 PM Reimbursement For Vascular Access: What Does The Future Hold?
  Presenters(s): Sean P. Roddy, MD  
12:02 PM - 12:15 PM Panel Discussion
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM Lunch Break / Visit Exhibits
END OF SESSION I
 
SESSION II SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION II: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 2 (10-MINUTE TALKS)
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PART A: CONTROVERSIES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM Vascular Access In The Elderly
  Presenters(s): Marc H. Glickman, MD  
1:21 PM - 1:31 PM Vascular Access In The Morbidly Obese
  Presenters(s): Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD  
1:32 PM - 1:42 PM Lower Extremity Vascular Access
  Presenters(s): John R. Ross, Sr., MD  
1:43 PM - 1:51 PM Debate: Management Of AV Access Pseudoaneurysms: Stent Grafts Are Optimal Management
  Presenters(s): Thomas M. Vesely, MD  
1:52 PM - 2:00 PM Debate: Management Of AV Access Pseudoaneurysms: Surgery Is Optimal Management
  Presenters(s): Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD  
2:01 PM - 2:09 PM Debate: Basilic Vein Transposition: One Stage Basilic Vein Transposition Is Best
  Presenters(s): Mitchell L. Henry, MD  
2:10 PM - 2:18 PM Debate: Basilic Vein Transposition: Two Stage Basilic Vein Transposition Is Best
  Presenters(s): Gary A. Gelbfish, MD  
2:19 PM - 2:27 PM Grafts Are Superior To BVT
  Presenters(s): Todd W. Gensler, MD  
2:28 PM - 2:40 PM Panel Discussion
2:41 PM - 3:05 PM Break / Visit Exhibits
PART B: UPDATE ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM HeRO Device
  Presenters(s): Howard E. Katzman, MD  
3:11 PM - 3:16 PM Propaten Graft
  Presenters(s): Ingemar J.A. Davidson, MD, PhD, FACS  
3:17 PM - 3:22 PM Flair Stent Graft
  Presenters(s): John R. Ross, Sr., MD  
3:23 PM - 3:28 PM Flixene Graft
  Presenters(s): A. Frederick Schild, MD  
3:29 PM - 3:34 PM C-port Anastomotic Device
  Presenters(s): Marc H. Glickman, MD  
3:35 PM - 3:40 PM Vascugel Wrap
  Presenters(s): Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
3:41 PM - 3:46 PM Coll-R: A Rampamycin Eluting Device
  Presenters(s): Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD  
3:47 PM - 4:07 PM Keynote Address: Perspective On The Development Of The Arteriovenous Fistula For Hemodialysis Access
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Brescia, MD  
PART C: DUPLEX SCANNING IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (HANDS-ON)
Moderator(s): Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD / George L. Berdejo, BA, RVT, FSVU / Earl Schuman, MD  
4:08 PM - 4:23 PM Overview Of Use Of Duplex Scanning For AV Access Planning And Surveillance
  Presenters(s): Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD  
DEMONSTRATION OF DUPLEX SCANNING
4:24 PM - 4:39 PM Preoperative Venous And Arterial Assessment
Duplex Scanning Of Hemodialysis Fistulas And Grafts
  Panelist(s): Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD / George L. Berdejo, BA, RVT, FSVU / Earl Schuman, MD  
4:40 PM - 5:25 PM Hands-On Training
END OF SESSION II
 
SESSION III SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION III: NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (PART 1)
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7:45 AM - 7:50 AM Introductory Remarks
  Presenters(s): Bruce W. Lytle, MD / Roy K. Greenberg, MD  
PART 1A: THE FUTURE OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
Moderator(s): Scott D. Flamm, MD / Harry L. Bush, Jr., MD  
7:51 AM - 8:03 AM Advantages And Limitations Of CT And MRI In Guiding Therapy
  Presenters(s): Milind Desai, MD  
8:04 AM - 8:16 AM Echo Assessment Of Mitral Disease As A Guide To Therapeutic Options
  Presenters(s): Milind Desai, MD / James D. Thomas, MD  
8:17 AM - 8:29 AM Fusion Imaging
  Presenters(s): Roy K. Greenberg, MD  
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Debate: Diagnostic Angiography Is Dead
  Presenters(s): Scott D. Flamm, MD  
8:41 AM - 8:51 AM Debate: Diagnostic Angiography Is Very Much Alive
  Presenters(s): Glenn A. Hirsch, MD  
8:52 AM - 9:07 AM Panel Discussion
PART 1B: MITRAL VALVE UPDATE
Moderator(s): A. Marc Gillinov, MD / Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC  
9:08 AM - 9:20 AM Indications And Timing Of Mitral Valve Surgery
  Presenters(s): Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC  
9:21 AM - 9:33 AM Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Approaches And Outcomes: Partial Sternotomy And Hemisternotomy
  Presenters(s): Lawrence H. Cohn, MD  
9:34 AM - 9:46 AM Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair And Outcomes: Right Mini-Thoracotomy
  Presenters(s): A. Marc Gillinov, MD  
9:47 AM - 9:59 AM Techniques And Long Term Outcomes Of Robotic MVR
  Presenters(s): W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD  
10:00 AM - 10:12 AM Percutaneous Techniques: Edge To Edge Leaflet Repair
  Presenters(s): Ted Feldman, MD  
10:13 AM - 10:25 AM Percutaneous Techniques: Annuloplasty
  Presenters(s): Stephen G. Ellis, MD  
10:26 AM - 10:38 AM Percutaneous Techniques: Combined Mitral And LV Remodeling
  Presenters(s): Eugene A. Grossi, MD  
10:39 AM - 10:51 AM Percutaneous Mitral Valve Trials: State-Of-The-Science From Innovation To Application
  Presenters(s): Samir Kapadia, MD  
10:52 AM - 11:07 AM Panel Discussion
PART 1C – AORTIC VALVE UPDATE
Moderator(s): Aubrey C. Galloway, Jr., MD / Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD  
11:08 AM - 11:20 AM Aortic Valve Replacement In The Asymptomatic Patient
  Presenters(s): Brian P. Griffin, MB, BCh, FAC,C  
11:21 AM - 11:33 AM Minimally Invasive Approaches: Long Term Outcomes
  Presenters(s): Aubrey C. Galloway, Jr., MD  
11:34 AM - 11:46 AM Transapical AVR
  Presenters(s): Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD  
11:47 AM - 11:59 AM Transfemoral/Retrograde AVR: Results And Complications
  Presenters(s): Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD  
12:00 PM - 12:12 PM Decision Making In Surgical Interventions For Mitral And Aortic Valve Disease: Measuring Invasiveness And Effectiveness
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Mack, MD  
12:13 PM - 12:28 PM Panel Discussion
12:29 PM - 1:29 PM Luncheon Lecture: The Role And Training Of Surgeons In Emerging Catheter Techniques: What Is Required?
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Mack, MD  
END OF SESSION III
 
SESSION IV SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION IV: NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (PART 2)
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PART 2A: AORTIC DISEASE
Moderator(s): Roy K. Greenberg, MD / Eric E. Roselli, MD  
1:30 PM - 1:42 PM Proximal Dissections: Acute Outcomes – Centers Of Excellence vs. The Medicare Database
  Presenters(s): Eric E. Roselli, MD  
1:43 PM - 1:55 PM Late Outcomes: Who Is At Risk For Degeneration Or Complications?
  Presenters(s): John A. Elefteriades, MD  
1:56 PM - 2:08 PM Endovascular Repair Of Complicated Thoracic Aortic Dissection According To The "3V3N" Classification
  Presenters(s): Zaiping Jing, MD  
2:09 PM - 2:21 PM The Genetic Frontier Of Aortic Disease: The Present And Future
  Presenters(s): Duke E. Cameron, MD  
2:22 PM - 2:32 PM Panel Discussion
PART 2B – THE TREATMENT OF CAD IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Moderator(s): Clyde W. Yancy, Jr., MD / Bruce W. Lytle, MD  
2:33 PM - 2:45 PM Current Epidemiology: Are We Making Any Progress In Decreasing The Burden Of This Disease?
  Presenters(s): Clyde W. Yancy, Jr., MD  
2:46 PM - 2:58 PM Optimal Medical Management: Is It Enough?
  Presenters(s): William E. Boden, MD  
2:59 PM - 3:11 PM Surgical Management Of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  Presenters(s): Nicholas G. Smedira, MD  
3:12 PM - 3:24 PM Drug Coated vs. Bare Metal Stents: A Perspective From The U.S. vs. Europe
  Presenters(s): Stephen G. Ellis, MD  
3:25 PM - 3:37 PM DES vs. CABG In Multivessel Disease
  Presenters(s): Bruce W. Lytle, MD  
3:38 PM - 3:50 PM Panel Discussion
3:50 PM - 4:05 PM Break / Visit Exhibits
PART 2C - ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Moderator(s): A. Marc Gillinov, MD / Bruce Lindsay, MD  
4:05 PM - 4:17 PM AF: The Growing Epidemic And Its Impact On Health Care Costs
  Presenters(s): Bruce Lindsay, MD  
4:18 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation Technology: State-Of-The-Science
  Presenters(s): Mark Carlson, MD  
4:31 PM - 4:43 PM Catheter Ablation For AF: Indications And Outcomes
  Presenters(s): Larry Chinitz, MD  
4:44 PM - 4:56 PM Surgery For Lone AF: Competitive With Catheter Ablation?
  Presenters(s): Michael Argenziano, MD  
4:57 PM - 5:09 PM The Maze Procedure: The Surgical Gold Standard?
  Presenters(s): Mathew R. Williams, MD  
5:10 PM - 5:22 PM The Left Atrial Appendage: A Key Target In AF?
  Presenters(s): A. Marc Gillinov, MD  
5:23 PM - 5:40 PM Panel Discussion
5:40 PM - 5:41 PM New Horizons In Cardiovascular Surgery will resume on Thursday at 6:35 A.M. Workshops will be held on Thursday from 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., and again from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Please see SESSIONS XLIII and XLIV for more details on the workshops.
END OF SESSION IV
 
SESSION V SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION V: ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS - PART 1 (10 MINUTE TALKS)
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8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Welcome
  Presenters(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT / Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh  
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM CEAP: Class: Clinical Stage
  Presenters(s): Peter J. Pappas, MD  
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM CEAP: Etiology: Primary, Secondary Disease
  Presenters(s): Glenn Jacobowitz, MD  
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM CEAP: Anatomy: Superficial, Perforator, Deep
  Presenters(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM CEAP: Pathology: Reflux, Obstruction
  Presenters(s): Seshadri Raju, MD  
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Clinical And Ultrasound Evaluation Of GSV Incompetence
  Presenters(s): Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh  
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Clinical And Ultrasound Evaluation Of SSV Incompetence
  Presenters(s): Neil M. Khilnani, MD  
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM The Future Of Venous Imaging: Will It Be Duplex Ultrasound, MRV, Or CTV?
  Presenters(s): Barry Stein, MD, FSIR, FACR  
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM Panel Discussion
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM What Is The Evidence For Conservative Measures Required By Insurance Companies Prior To Intervention: Or Is It Bogus?
  Presenters(s): Mark H. Meissner, MD  
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Debate: Fire, Foam, Heat And Knife For Varicose Veins: Not Enough Data From Randomized Prospective Trials
  Presenters(s): Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD  
9:55 AM - 10:05 AM Debate:Overwhelming Clinical Evidence Demonstrates Endovenous Therapy Is Safe, And The Best Treatment For Varicose Veins - At Least In The Mid-term
  Presenters(s): Mark H. Meissner, MD  
10:05 AM - 10:15 AM Lessons Learned After 3,000 Endovenous Ablations
  Presenters(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM Complications From Endovenous Thermal Ablation
  Presenters(s): Mark H. Meissner, MD  
10:25 AM - 10:35 AM A New Laser Wavelength -1470nm - Does Wavelength Matter?
  Presenters(s): Edward G. Mackay, MD  
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Are There Differences Between Bare, Covered, Or Diffusion Fibers?
  Presenters(s): Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh  
10:45 AM - 10:55 AM Two-Year Follow-Up Data From A Prospective, Multicenter Study Of The Efficacy Of The ClosureFAST Catheter
  Presenters(s): Alan M. Dietzek, MD, FACS, RPVI  
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM Endovenous Laser Ablation Improves Venous Outcomes Irrespective Of The Presence Of Deep Venous Insufficiency
  Presenters(s): Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM Deep Vein Considerations During Superficial Venous Treatment
  Presenters(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
11:15 AM - 11:25 AM Should Adjuvant Therapy Be Performed At The Same Time As Endothermal Ablation?: Evidence Based
  Presenters(s): Edward G. Mackay, MD  
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM The Endo-Vein Revolution: Do Turf Battles Await?
  Presenters(s): Steve Elias, MD  
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM Phlebology Board Certification: Should Certified Vascular Surgeons Interested In Veins Pursue This?
  Presenters(s): Peter Gloviczki, MD  
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION V
 
SESSION VI SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION VI: ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS - PART 2 (10-MINUTE TALKS)
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12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Role Of Venous Duplex Ultrasound: Pre-op, Intra-op, And Post-op
  Presenters(s): Neil M. Khilnani, MD  
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM The Role Of Fluoroscopy In The Management Of Varicose Veins
  Presenters(s): Melvin Rosenblatt, MD  
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM Management Of Venous Malformations: Cut, Cook, Squirt?
  Presenters(s): Joshua L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR  
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM Foam Sclerotherapy In The Management Of Varicose Veins: USA Experience
  Presenters(s): John J. Bergan, MD  
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM Foam Sclerotherapy In The Management Of Varicose Veins: UK Experience
  Presenters(s): Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM Compounded Sclerosants And Foam: What Should You Know About This Controversial Area?
  Presenters(s): Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh  
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Phlebectomy, Trivex, Or Sclerotherapy For Bulging Varicose Vein Tributaries?
  Presenters(s): Marc A. Passman, MD  
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Matrix Metalloproteinases And Varicose Veins
  Presenters(s): David L. Gillespie, MD  
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Current Information On The Development And Treatment Of Venous Ulcers
  Presenters(s): Peter J. Pappas, MD  
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Perforator Treatment: SEPS, Surgery, Ultrasound-Guided Sclerotherapy, Endoluminal Radiofrequency, Or Endoluminal Laser?
  Presenters(s): Peter Gloviczki, MD  
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Thrombophillia: When To Order? What To Order? How To Treat? How Long?
  Presenters(s): Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Recurrent Varicose Veins: Can They Be Prevented? Can They Be Treated Effectively?
  Presenters(s): Kevin G. Burnand, MBBS, FRCS, MS  
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Transdermal Laser Versus Sclerotherapy For Spider Telangiectasias?
  Presenters(s): Edward G. Mackay, MD  
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM RECOVERY Trial: Conclusions From A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing The CLOSUREFAST Treatment To Endovenous Laser
  Presenters(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Isolated Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis: 1,300 Patient Registry Results
  Presenters(s): Alan M. Dietzek, MD, FACS, RPVI  
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Ask The Panel
  Panelist(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT / Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh / Mark H. Meissner, MD / Kevin G. Burnand, MBBS, FRCS, MS / Peter Gloviczki, MD / Joseph A. Caprini, MD / Marc A. Passman, MD  
3:30 PM - 3:30 PM ADJOURN - PLEASE VISIT EXHIBITS
END OF SESSION VI
 
SESSION VII SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION VII: WOUND CARE (PART 1)
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PART A: NEW CONCEPTS IN WOUND CARE
Moderator(s): Steven R. Kravitz, DPM  
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Opening Remarks
  Presenters(s): Dieter O. Mayer, MD  
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM V.A.C. GranuFoam Silver®: An Advanced Silver Dressing Specifically Designed For Use With V.A.C.® Therapy
  Presenters(s): Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD  
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Discussion
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy In Chronic And Complex Wounds
  Presenters(s): Dieter O. Mayer, MD  
9:40 AM - 9:50 AM Discussion
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM Non-healing Leg Ulcers In Hypertensive Patients: New Insights Into An Old Entity
  Presenters(s): Jürg Hafner, MD  
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Discussion
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Water Jet Debridement: Devices And Techniques, Indications And Management
  Presenters(s): Marco Romanelli, MD, PhD  
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Discussion
PART B: INFECTION IN WOUND CARE
Moderator(s): Dieter O. Mayer, MD  
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM State-Of-The Art Lecture: Osteomyelitis In The Diabetic Foot
  Presenters(s): Michael E. Edmonds, MD  
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Debate: Bone Resection Is Always Necessary To Promote Healing
  Presenters(s): Thomas Boeni, MD  
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Debate: Bone Resection Is Always Necessary To Promote Healing
  Presenters(s): Gary W. Gibbons, MD  
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Debate: Bone Resection Is Not Always Necessary To Promote Healing
  Presenters(s): Michael E. Edmonds, MD  
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Debate: Bone Resection Is Not Always Necessary To Promote Healing
  Presenters(s): Steven R. Kravitz, DPM  
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION VII
 
SESSION VIII SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION VIII: WOUND CARE (PART 2)
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PART A: WOUND HEALING SOCIETIES
Moderator(s): Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD  
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Introducing The American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA)
  Presenters(s): Steven R. Kravitz, DPM  
PART B: EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE IN WOUND CARE
Moderator(s): David L. Steed, MD  
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Evidence On The Effectiveness Of Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure
  Presenters(s): Dirk T. Ubbink, MD  
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Discussion
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM An “Umbrella-Review” Of Available High-Level Evidence From Cochrane Systematic Reviews On Wound Care
  Presenters(s): Hester Vermeulen, PhD  
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Discussion
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Comparison Of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Utilizing Vacuum-Assisted Closure To Advanced Moist Wound Therapy In The Treatment Of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
  Presenters(s): Peter A. Blume, DPM, FACS  
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Discussion
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Evidence Based Medicine Or Knowledge Based Medicine In Wound Healing?
  Presenters(s): Johann Steurer, MD  
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Discussion
PART C: GUIDELINES IN WOUND CARE
Moderator(s): Gary W. Gibbons, MD  
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Guidelines For Care Of Acute Wounds
  Presenters(s): David L. Steed, MD  
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM Discussion
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Wound Biopsy: Which Wounds, When And How?
  Presenters(s): Robert J. Snyder, DPM  
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Discussion
3:40 PM - 3:50 PM The Management Of Biofilms In Wounds
  Presenters(s): Keith F. Cutting, MSc  
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Discussion
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Key Factors In The Management Of The Diabetic Foot
  Presenters(s): David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD  
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Discussion
PART D: SURGERY IN WOUND CARE
Moderator(s): Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD  
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM The Role Of Atherectomy In Healing Ischemic Leg Ulcers
  Presenters(s): Rabih A. Chaer, MD  
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM Discussion
4:40 PM - 4:50 PM “Last Ditch” Efforts To Improve Arterial Circulation To Improve Wound Healing
  Presenters(s): Gary W. Gibbons, MD  
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Discussion
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM The Nutrient Omentum Free Flap: Revascularization With Vein Bypasses And Greater Omentum Flap In Severe Arterial Ulcers
  Presenters(s): Werner Lang, MD  
5:10 PM - 5:20 PM Discussion
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM Role Of Angioplasty/Stenting In Healing Ischemic Leg Wounds
  Presenters(s): Joseph L. Mills, MD  
5:30 PM - 5:40 PM Discussion
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM Role Of Venous Surgery In Wound Healing
  Presenters(s): Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM Discussion
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM Closing Remarks
  Presenters(s): Dieter O. Mayer, MD  
END OF SESSION VIII
 
SESSION XIII SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XIII: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF CORONARY STENTING (8-MINUTE TALKS)
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12:10 PM - 12:18 PM Current Status Of Coronary Stenting: Are Drug-Eluting Stents Better Than Bare Metal Stents: Will Newer Drug-Eluting Stents Make A Difference; And Is 2 And 3-Vessel Disease Best Treated By Stenting Or CABG (Is The New York State Comparison Right)?
  Presenters(s): Martin B. Leon, MD  
12:19 PM - 12:27 PM Stenting vs. Best Medical Treatment: Which Is Best For Mildly Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Is The COURAGE Trial Misleading?
  Presenters(s): Gregg W. Stone, MD  
END OF SESSION XIII
 
SESSION IX SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION IX: TOPICS OF INTEREST TO INTERVENTIONALISTS, CARDIAC SURGEONS AND VASCULAR SURGEONS: NEW TECHNIQUES, ENDOVASCULAR HEART VALVES, THORACIC ENDOGRAFTS (5, 6 AND 7-MI
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6:40 AM - 6:47 AM PFO Closure For Stroke Prevention And Treatment Of Migraine
  Presenters(s): Ted Feldman, MD  
6:48 AM - 6:55 AM Prevention Of Arterial Emboli By Endovascular Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Indication, Techniques And Initial Trial Results
  Presenters(s): Horst Sievert, MD  
6:56 AM - 7:03 AM Update On Experience With The Self-Expanding Endovascular CoreValve Revalving System
  Presenters(s): Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD  
7:04 AM - 7:11 AM Percutaneous Repair Or Replacement Of The Mitral Valve: Where Are We Headed?
  Presenters(s): Samir Kapadia, MD  
7:12 AM - 7:18 AM Progress In Endovascular Aortic Valve Replacement
  Presenters(s): Martin B. Leon, MD  
7:19 AM - 7:24 AM Endograft Management Of Ascending Aortic Pathologies: A Brief Glimpse Of The Future (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Michael D. Dake, MD  
7:25 AM - 7:30 AM Modular Branched Endograft For Aortic Arch Replacement: Technique And Early Results (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  
7:31 AM - 7:36 AM Update On The ADSORB Trial Comparing Endografting With Best Medical Treatment For Acute Type B Aortic Dissections (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, PhD  
7:37 AM - 7:42 AM Factors Predictive Of False Lumen Enlargement And The Need For Endograft Repair Of Acute Type B Aortic Dissections (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Christoph A. Nienaber, MD, PhD  
7:43 AM - 7:50 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION IX
 
SESSION X SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION X: MORE ABOUT THORACIC ENDOGRAFTS AND THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS (5, 6 AND 7-MINUTE TALKS)
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7:50 AM - 7:57 AM New Concepts In Treating Type B Aortic Dissections: What We Have Learned From INSTEAD And Beyond: How Well Does Best Medical Treatment Work?
  Presenters(s): Christoph A. Nienaber, MD, PhD  
7:58 AM - 8:05 AM The Current And Future Role Of Endografts For Treating Aortic Dissections
  Presenters(s): Michael D. Dake, MD  
8:06 AM - 8:11 AM Proximal Covered Stent And Distal Open Stent – The Petticoat (STABLE) Concept For Treating Type B Aortic Dissections (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Joseph V. Lombardi, MD  
8:12 AM - 8:18 AM Endograft Treatment Of Chronic Type B Dissecting Aneurysm: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
  Presenters(s): Matt M. Thompson, MD  
8:19 AM - 8:25 AM Failure Modes Of Thoracic Endografts: Tips And Tricks For Prevention And Management
  Presenters(s): W. Anthony Lee, MD  
8:26 AM - 8:31 AM Limits Of Endografts In Acute And Chronic Type B Aortic Dissections
  Presenters(s): Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
8:32 AM - 8:39 AM The Current Role Of Open Repair For Thoracic And Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
  Presenters(s): Hazim J. Safi, MD  
8:40 AM - 8:47 AM Endovascular Repair Of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms: Modular Branch Designs, Device Construct, Patient Selection And Complications
  Presenters(s): Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  
8:48 AM - 8:55 AM Contrast Between Open And Endovascular Repair Of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
  Presenters(s): Roy K. Greenberg, MD  
8:56 AM - 9:03 AM Technical Tips And Tricks For Fenestrated And Branched Endografts
  Presenters(s): John L. Anderson, MD  
9:04 AM - 9:13 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION X
 
SESSION XI SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC AORTIC LESIONS: NEWER STENT-GRAFTS, MODIFICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS (5, 6 AND 7-MINUTE TALKS)
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9:13 AM - 9:19 AM Hybrid (Open/Endo) Repair For Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Techniques And Results
  Presenters(s): Mark A. Farber, MD / Blair A. Keagy, MD  
9:20 AM - 9:25 AM Hybrid Procedures With Visceral And Supra-aortic Bypasses And Extensive Aortic Endografting Are Not So Benign, Even In Centers Of Excellence: A Cooperative Multicenter Study (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Dittmar Boeckler, MD / Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
9:26 AM - 9:32 AM Is Hybrid Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair (Octopus Procedure Plus Endografting) Less Morbid Than Standard Open Repair? What Will Be The Role Of These Hybrid Procedures (Mini Presentation)?
  Presenters(s): Richard P. Cambria, MD  
9:33 AM - 9:39 AM When And How Often Is Open Repair Needed For Failed TEVAR? Tips And Tricks
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Jacobs, MD  
9:40 AM - 9:46 AM Complications And Problems From Endograft Repair Of Traumatic Aortic Disruptions: Creative Solutions To These Problems And Rescue Techniques
  Presenters(s): Geoffrey H. White, MD  
9:47 AM - 9:52 AM 6-Month Experience With The RELAY NBS Endograft In Type B Aortic Dissections: Advantages And Limitations (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
9:53 AM - 9:58 AM Solving Problems Of Endografting In The Aortic Arch With A Stent-Graft That Can Be Bent In Situ To Conform To Marked Curvature (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Martin Malina, MD, PhD / Tilo Kölbel, MD, PhD / Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
9:59 AM - 10:04 AM An Off-The-Shelf Side-Branched Endograft (Gore) Device For Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Advantages And Limitations (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Jacques Bleyn, MD  
10:05 AM - 10:11 AM Effect Of Inflow Direction And Conduit Length On Flow In Aortic Branch Vessels: Impact On Branched Aortic Endografts And Hybrid Procedures
  Presenters(s): Michael Lawrence-Brown, MB,BS, FRACS  
10:12 AM - 10:24 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XI
 
SESSION XII SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SFA AND CRURAL ARTERY TREATMENTS: THE STATE-OF-THE-ART, NEW ADJUNCTS AND DEBATES (5 AND 6-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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10:24 AM - 10:29 AM Debate: Long-Term (5-Year) Results Of BASIL Trial Show “Open Surgery First” To Be Superior To “Endovascular Treatment First” For Critical Limb Ischemia
  Presenters(s): Andrew W. Bradbury, MD, FRCSEd  
10:30 AM - 10:35 AM Debate:“Endovascular Treatment First” Is Better For Critical Ischemia Based On High Perioperative Morbidity For Contemporary Infrainguinal Open Surgery: Is The U.S. Different From The UK?
  Presenters(s): Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD  
10:36 AM - 10:41 AM Debate:Endovascular Treatment First Decreases The Need For Bypasses Without Increasing Amputation Rate
  Presenters(s): Samuel E. Wilson, MD  
10:42 AM - 10:48 AM What Is The Level I Evidence That Nitinol Stents Are Better Than POBA For Femoropopliteal And Infrapopliteal Disease: Are 2-Year Results Available?
  Presenters(s): Thomas Rand, MD / Johannes Lammer, MD  
10:49 AM - 10:55 AM Is There Any Role For Atherectomy, Lasers, Cryoplasty, Bypass, etc. For Infrainguinal Occlusive Disease With Critical Ischemia: Subintimal Angioplasty Is Just As Good: Are There Any New Better Wires Or Catheters?
  Presenters(s): Amman Bolia, MD  
10:56 AM - 11:01 AM Debate:The Fox Hollow Rotational Atherectomy Device (Silverhawk) Is Effective After 2 Or More Years
  Presenters(s): James F. McKinsey, MD  
11:02 AM - 11:07 AM Debate:The Fox Hollow Rotational Atherectomy Device (Silverhawk) Is Not Effective After 2 Or More Years
  Presenters(s): Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, MD  
11:08 AM - 11:15 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Frank J. Veith, MD / Peter R.F. Bell, MD, FRCS, DSC, KBE  
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM Update And New Findings From The RESILIENT Trial Comparing The (Bard) Lifestent With POBA: Is The Improvement With Stenting Durable Beyond 1 Year?
  Presenters(s): Barry T. Katzen, MD  
11:21 AM - 11:26 AM Update On Results With The Drug Coated Nitinol PTX Stent (Paclitaxol Without Polymer) From Cook: Results To 1 Year And Beyond
  Presenters(s): Michael D. Dake, MD  
11:27 AM - 11:32 AM 12-Month Results With The Lifestent (Bard) For Popliteal Lesions
  Presenters(s): Koen Deloose, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  
11:33 AM - 11:38 AM Challenge Of Treating Calcified Lesions Endovascularly: Tips, Tricks, Long-Term Results And Value Of The IDEV Stent
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD  
11:39 AM - 11:45 AM Paclitaxol Coated Balloons Improve Results Of PTA For SFA Lesions: Results Of The THUNDER Trial At 12 Months And Will Cypher Drug Eluting Stents Prevent Restenosis That Occurs With Bare Metal Stents?
  Presenters(s): Gunnar Tepe, MD  
11:46 AM - 11:51 AM The Value Of Drug-Eluting Stents For Infrapopliteal Artery Lesions: A New Horizon
  Presenters(s): Konstantinos Katsanos, MD / Dimitris Siablis, MD, PhD  
11:52 AM - 11:57 AM Retrograde Pedal Approach For Difficult Tibial And Popliteal Lesions: Technique, Indications And Results: The SAFARI Approach – A New Endovascular Advance
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD / Marcus Thieme, MD / Andrej Schmidt, MD, PhD  
11:58 AM - 12:10 PM Panel Discussion
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION XII
 
SESSION XIV SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XIV: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TEVAR AND EVAR (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Sacrifice Of The Left Subclavian Artery With TEVAR Produces Neurological Complications And Is Unsafe: Based On EUROSTAR Thoracic Registry Results
  Presenters(s): Peter L. Harris, MD, FRCS / Jacob Buth, MD  
1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Interventional Repair Of Aortic Coarction: Technique For Safe Performance And Results
  Presenters(s): Christoph A. Nienaber, MD, PhD  
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM How Does Aortic Arch Morphology Affect The Choice Of Thoracic Endograft?
  Presenters(s): Dietmar H. Koschyk, MD  
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Hybrid Approach To Thoracic Aneurysm Repairs (Extra-anatomic Bypasses And Elephant Trunk Procedures): Advantages And Disadvantages Of Staged vs. Simultaneous Procedures
  Presenters(s): Peter H. Lin, MD  
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Role And Value Of Stent-Grafts In Infected Fields And For Treatment Of Mycotic Aneurysms: When Can They Work And When Are They Likely To Fail?
  Presenters(s): Peter R. Taylor, MA, MChir, FRCS  
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Infected Endografts: They Do Not All Have To Be Removed: An Effective Alternate Strategy Which Can Work
  Presenters(s): Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM EVAR II Is Misleading: Patients Unfit For Open Repair Can Undergo EVAR With Improved Survival And Quality Of Life At An Acceptable Cost
  Presenters(s): Sherif Sultan, MD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC  
1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Shocking And Unexpected 5-Year Results From The DREAM Trial
  Presenters(s): Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Effect Of Anemia, Statins And AAA Size On Long-Term Survival After EVAR: Can Anything Be Done To Positively Influence This Survival?
  Presenters(s): Barry T. Katzen, MD  
1:54 PM - 1:59 PM Inhibition Of Migration Following EVAR In Patients With Wide Aortic Necks: A Multicenter Prospective Trial
  Presenters(s): William D. Jordan, Jr., MD  
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XIV
 
SESSION XV SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XV: CRITICAL EVALUATION OF CAROTID ARTERY STENTING (CAS) (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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2:06 PM - 2:12 PM Debate I: ACST – The 10-Year Results: We Do Not Need A Trial Of CAS And CEA vs. Best Medical Treatment (Vintage 2008) With Asymptomatic Patients
  Presenters(s): Alison Halliday, MS, FRCS  
2:13 PM - 2:19 PM Debate I: Any Randomized Trial Comparing CAS To CEA Must Include A Best Current Medical Treatment Arm Or It Is Worthless
  Presenters(s): Peter R.F. Bell, MD, FRCS, DSC, KBE  
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM Will The TACIT Trial Comparing CAS And CEA To Best Medical Therapy In Asymptomatic Patients Ever Take Place?: What Is Its Status?
  Presenters(s): John H. Rundback, MD, FSIR, FAHA  
2:26 PM - 2:31 PM New Findings From The SPACE Trial: CEA Is Better Than CAS In Symptomatic Patients Over 68; And The SPACE Investigators Will Perform A Three-Armed Trial (SPACE II) Comparing CAS To CEA To Best Medical Treatment: When Will We Have An Answer?
  Presenters(s): Dittmar Boeckler, MD / Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  
2:32 PM - 2:37 PM Timing Of Strokes In The EVA-3S And Other Trials Indicate That Embolic (Cerebral) Protection Devices Are Often Not Protective When They Need To Be
  Presenters(s): Emmanuel M. Houdart, MD  
2:38 PM - 2:43 PM When After A TIA Is The Risk Of Stroke Maximal And When After A TIA Should A Patient Be Treated By CEA, CAS Or Medical Treatment?
  Presenters(s): A. Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
2:44 PM - 2:49 PM Debate II: CAS Can Be Performed Safely And Effectively In Patients Over 75
  Presenters(s): Max Amor, MD  
2:50 PM - 2:55 PM Debate II:CAS Should Be Outlawed In Patients Over 75
  Presenters(s): Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
2:56 PM - 3:06 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Peter Gaines, MD / Mark A. Adelman, MD  
3:06 PM - 3:11 PM Debate III:EVA-3S Was A Worthless And Misleading Trial
  Presenters(s): Alberto Cremonesi, MD, FESC  
3:12 PM - 3:17 PM Debate III:EVA-3S And SPACE Are Valid Trials: Recently Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Should Not Be Treated By CAS
  Presenters(s): Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
3:18 PM - 3:23 PM Debate IV: Stent Characteristics And Geometry Are Of Critical Importance In The Outcome Of CAS: Is There Better Stent Technology On The Horizon?
  Presenters(s): Koen Deloose, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  
3:24 PM - 3:29 PM Debate IV: Stent Characteristics And Geometry Are Only One Of Many Factors Determining The Outcome Of CAS
  Presenters(s): Mark H. Wholey, MD  
3:30 PM - 3:35 PM The SAPPHIRE Trial Is Seriously Flawed And Does Not Help In Treatment Choices For High Risk Patients
  Presenters(s): Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, FACC  
3:36 PM - 3:41 PM Morbidity And Mortality For CAS Is Higher Than For CEA In U.S. Population Based Studies: A Disturbing Trend
  Presenters(s): John Blebea, MD  
3:42 PM - 3:47 PM Aggressive Interventions For Chronically Occluded Internal Carotid Arteries: Can They Be Helpful And When?
  Presenters(s): Pedro Puech-Leão, MD  
3:48 PM - 3:58 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XV
 
SESSION XVI SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XVI: UPDATE ON STENT-GRAFTS IN THE SFA AND OTHER NEW TREATMENTS (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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3:58 PM - 4:03 PM How Should Popliteal Aneurysms Be Treated? Indications, Contraindications, Technical Tips And Results With Endovascular Grafts (Gore Viabahn)
  Presenters(s): Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
4:04 PM - 4:09 PM Randomized Prospective Comparison Of Open Repair And Popliteal Aneurysms With 5-Year Complete Follow-up: What Are The Contraindications To Endovascular Repair?
  Presenters(s): Giovanni P. Deriu, MD  
4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Single Center And Multicenter Results (VIBRANT Trial) Of Viabahn Stent-Graft vs. Uncovered Nitinol Stent For SFA Occlusive Disease: How To Rescue Occluded Stents And Stent-Grafts (The SALVAGE Study)
  Presenters(s): Mark W. Mewissen, MD  
4:16 PM - 4:21 PM Treatment Of SFA In-Stent Restenosis – What Works, What Doesn’t: Is There A Role For Laser Or Atherectomy?
  Presenters(s): Gary M. Ansel, MD  
4:22 PM - 4:27 PM Endovascularly Created A-V Fistula To Treat COPD: Technique And Which Patients Should Be So Treated
  Presenters(s): Horst Sievert, MD  
4:28 PM - 4:33 PM Carotid Sinus Electrical Stimulator With The Rheos System For Treatment Of Drug Resistant Hypertension: Positive Results From A Multicenter Trial (The DEBUT-HT Trial)
  Presenters(s): Jürg Schmidli, MD  
4:34 PM - 4:39 PM Tips, Tricks And Precautions For Using Cyanoacrylate Glue As An Embolic Agent
  Presenters(s): Claudio J. Schönholz, MD  
4:40 PM - 4:45 PM Is There Value Of Drug Eluting Stents (Cypher) To Treat Tibial Artery Lesions?
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD  
4:46 PM - 4:51 PM Best Methods For Treating Femoropopliteal And Below-Knee Lesions: When And How To Use Distal Protection Devices
  Presenters(s): Peter A. Schneider, MD  
4:52 PM - 4:59 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XVI
 
SESSION XVII SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XVII: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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4:59 PM - 5:04 PM What Causes Strokes During CAS?
  Presenters(s): Michael H. Wholey, MD, MBA / Mark H. Wholey, MD  
5:05 PM - 5:09 PM When Is Conservative Treatment Of Carotid Artery String Sign Acceptable: What Are The Duplex Criteria?
  Presenters(s): Peter L. Faries, MD, FACS  
5:10 PM - 5:15 PM How To Do CAS Safely In Patients Over 80: Tips For A Safe Percutaneous Cervical Approach
  Presenters(s): Patrice F. Bergeron, MD  
5:16 PM - 5:20 PM How And When To Use Upper Extremity Access For All Vascular Beds
  Presenters(s): Peter A. Schneider, MD  
5:21 PM - 5:25 PM Intracranial Hemorrhage Is 6 Times More Common After CAS Than CEA: What Are The Possible Reasons For This?
  Presenters(s): Carlos H. Timaran, MD  
5:26 PM - 5:31 PM How Do Statins Prevent Strokes? Can They Increase Plaque Echogenicity And Stabilization And Decrease The Response To Vascular Surgery?
  Presenters(s): Giorgio M. Biasi, MD  
5:32 PM - 5:37 PM What Are The Key Elements Of Best Medical Treatment In Patients With Carotid Stenosis? How Low Should LDL Levels Be? Does Lowering Of LDL Correlate With Decreased Stroke Risk?
  Presenters(s): Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
5:38 PM - 5:43 PM Tips, Tricks, Optimal Techniques For Embolization Of Lumbars, IMA And Hypogastric Branches To Manage Endoleaks
  Presenters(s): Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD  
END OF SESSION XVII
 
SESSION XVIII SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XVIII: UPDATES AND NEW CONCEPTS IN VASCULAR DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT (5, 6 AND 7-MINUTE TALKS)
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5:44 PM - 5:50 PM What’s Happening With Stem Cell Treatments For Lower Limb Ischemia And Repopulating The Weakened Myocardium?
  Presenters(s): Alan Dardik, MD, PhD  
5:51 PM - 5:57 PM The Best Of Charing Cross
  Presenters(s): Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
5:58 PM - 6:04 PM New Endovascular Technology On The Horizon
  Presenters(s): Alejandro Berenstein, MD  
6:05 PM - 6:11 PM Update On The U.S. Trial With The Lombard Aorfix Endograft Device For EVAR
  Presenters(s): Mark F. Fillinger, MD  
6:12 PM - 6:17 PM Nitinol Stents (Cook-Zilver) That Cross The Knee Joint Can Be Effective Treatment For 2-5 Years For Occlusive Lesions
  Presenters(s): Marcelo Ferreira, MD  
6:18 PM - 6:23 PM Is The Angio Sculpt Balloon An Effective Treatment For Lower Extremity Arterial Lesions? Midterm Results
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD  
6:24 PM - 6:29 PM Ileoprost As An Adjunct Decreases Mortality Of Surgical Treatment For Acute Limb Ischemia: The ILAILL Randomized Controlled Trial
  Presenters(s): Gaetano de Donato, MD  
6:30 PM - 6:36 PM Do Lipid Lowering And Statins Improve Carotid Plaque Morphology And Prevent Strokes: Can Carotid Plaques Regress?
  Presenters(s): Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD  
6:37 PM - 6:42 PM Onyx Liquid Embolic Agent For Type II Endoleak And A-V Malformation: How To Use It
  Presenters(s): Plinio Rossi, MD  
6:43 PM - 6:58 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XVIII
 
SESSION XLIII SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XLIII: NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY WORKSHOP A: CASE STUDIES; STRATEGIES AND DECISION MAKING:
TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX CORONARY REVASCULARIZATIO
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Moderator(s): Eric E. Roselli, MD  
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Treatment Strategies For Complex Coronary Revascularization
  Panelist(s): Nicholas G. Smedira, MD / Bruce W. Lytle, MD / Michael Argenziano, MD  
END OF SESSION XLIII
 
SESSION XLIV SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION XLIV: NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY WORKSHOP B: CASE STUDIES: STRATEGIES AND DECISION MAKING:
TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX AORTIC DISEASE
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Moderator(s): Roy K. Greenberg, MD  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Treatment Strategies For Complex Aortic Disease
  Panelist(s): Bruce W. Lytle, MD / Peter R. Taylor, MA, MChir, FRCS / Hazim J. Safi, MD  
END OF SESSION XLIV
 
SESSION XIX SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XIX: NEW OR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, A LATE BREAKING TRIAL AND A DEBATE (5 AND 6-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:46 AM Future Directions In Stent Technology: Design, Surface Characteristics, Drug Elution, etc.: Will They Impact On Decreasing Complications And Restenosis?
  Presenters(s): Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
6:47 AM - 6:52 AM Will The Hansen Robotic (Sensei) System For Remotely Controlling Catheters And Guidewires Be Useful For Endovascular Procedures: Early Clinical Experience
  Presenters(s): Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  
6:53 AM - 6:59 AM Laser Atherectomy: Has Its Time Come Again?
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD / Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD  
7:00 AM - 7:06 AM Artificial Intelligence And Neural Nets To Achieve Improved Imaging For Endovascular Interventions
  Presenters(s): Franco Perona, MD  
7:07 AM - 7:13 AM 1-Year Results With A Biologically (Peritoneum) Covered Stent-Graft For SFA Occlusive Disease
  Presenters(s): Albrecht H. Krämer, MD / Pierre Galvagni Silveira, MD, PhD / Timur P. Sarac, MD  
7:14 AM - 7:20 AM Results Of The GALA Trial: A Randomized Prospective Comparison Of General And Local Anesthesia For CEA In >3,500 Patients
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Gough, MD  
7:21 AM - 7:26 AM Debate: Distal Vein Patch And AVFs Improves Patency Of Prosthetic Tibial Bypasses
  Presenters(s): Richard F. Neville, MD  
7:27 AM - 7:32 AM Debate: You Don’t Need Vein Patches And AVFs To Get Good Results With Prosthetic Tibial Bypasses: A 20-Year Experience With Over 200 Cases
  Presenters(s): Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, MD  
7:33 AM - 7:39 AM Panel Discussion
7:39 AM - 7:44 AM General Remarks About The Meeting And Its Web-Based Archive
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Veith, MD  
END OF SESSION XIX
 
SESSION XX SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XX: MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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7:45 AM - 7:50 AM Ascending Aorta As An Inflow Source For Visceral Artery Bypasses During Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Exclusion
  Presenters(s): Patrice F. Bergeron, MD  
7:51 AM - 7:56 AM The Lachat-VORTEC Procedure For Reconstructing Aortic Branches Less Invasively With Viabahn Grafts And Minimal Dissection: A Better Way To Debranch For Complex Aortic Lesions: A 7-Year Experience In More Than 75 Patients
  Presenters(s): Mario Lachat, MD  
7:57 AM - 8:02 AM Will All Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms Be Treated By Branched Endografts? What Are The Contraindications?
  Presenters(s): Stephan Haulon, MD  
8:03 AM - 8:08 AM The Snorkel Or Chimney Endograft Procedure To Preserve Critical Aortic Branches While Extending The Seal Zone With Poor Necks: When Will It Be An Alternative To Fenestrated And Branched Grafts?
  Presenters(s): Martin Malina, MD, PhD / Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
8:09 AM - 8:14 AM Planned Endovascular Branched Stenting To Preserve Left CCA And Subclavian Flow And Lengthen The Seal Zone During TEVAR: The Endobranching Technique
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
8:15 AM - 8:20 AM Preloaded Fenestrated Graft System: Technique And Initial Results
  Presenters(s): Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
8:21 AM - 8:26 AM Aortic Arch Endografting By Retrograde Fenestration: Technique And Experimental And Early Clinical Results
  Presenters(s): Furuzan Numan, MD  
8:27 AM - 8:32 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Lucien D. Castellani, MD / Richard A. Baum, MD  
8:32 AM - 8:37 AM Has Endovascular Repair Become The Standard Of Care For Traumatic Aortic Disruption?
  Presenters(s): Edward B. Diethrich, MD  
8:38 AM - 8:43 AM Long-Term Results Of Endograft Treatment Of Traumatic Aortic Lesions
  Presenters(s): Ludger Sunder-Plassmann, MD  
8:44 AM - 8:49 AM Factors Predictive Of Stroke And Paraplegia After TEVAR: Review Of Clinical Trial Data
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM / Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Why Spinal Fluid Drainage Should Be Used With TEVAR Not As A Routine But As Needed
  Presenters(s): Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, FACC  
8:56 AM - 9:01 AM Preoperative Angiography With Selective Balloon Occlusion Of The Celiac Axis To Determine The Safety Of Its Overstenting With An Endograft
  Presenters(s): Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, PhD  
9:02 AM - 9:07 AM All Acute Type B Aortic Dissections Should Be Treated With An Endograft: We Don’t Need Level I Evidence
  Presenters(s): Rodney A. White, MD  
9:08 AM - 9:13 AM Collapse Of The Gore TAG Endograft: Pathogenesis And How to Prevent And Treat This Problem
  Presenters(s): Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
9:14 AM - 9:21 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XX
 
SESSION XXI SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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9:21 AM - 9:26 AM Clopidogrel (Plavix) And Aspirin Are Better Than Aspirin Alone In Maintaining The Patency Of Prosthetic Lower Extremity Grafts: Results Of The CASPER Randomized Prospective Trial
  Presenters(s): Iris Baumgartner, MD  
9:27 AM - 9:32 AM Results With Heparin Bonded Viabahn Endografts In The SFA And How Detrimental Is Covering Collateral Branch Origins?
  Presenters(s): Darren B. Schneider, MD  
9:33 AM - 9:38 AM Comparison Of Gore Propaten Vascular Graft And Disadvantaged Autologous Vein For Below Knee Bypasses
  Presenters(s): Richard F. Neville, MD  
9:39 AM - 9:44 AM Present Status Of Bioengineered Vascular Grafts
  Presenters(s): Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD  
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM Overview Of Atherectomy Devices
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD  
9:51 AM - 9:56 AM Evolution Of Optimal Below-Knee Stents: Randomized Controlled Trial Of Absorbable Metal Stents vs. Bare Metal Stents For Critical Ischemia Due To Below-the-Knee Lesions
  Presenters(s): Koen Deloose, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  
9:57 AM - 10:02 AM When Should Stents Be Used With Subintimal Angioplasty?
  Presenters(s): George H. Meier III, MD  
10:03 AM - 10:08 AM Knee Collateral Arteries Can Be Distal Targets For Limb Salvage Bypasses: A New Horizon For Limb Salvage
  Presenters(s): Jean-Pierre Favre, MD  
10:09 AM - 10:15 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Kevin G. Burnand, MBBS, FRCS, MS / Patrick J. Lamparello, MD  
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM Endovascular Techniques To Improve The Treatment Of Thrombosed Lower Extremity Prosthetic Bypasses
  Presenters(s): Neal S. Cayne, MD  
10:21 AM - 10:26 AM Elastic Recoil After Femoropopliteal Balloon PTA Is An Indicator Of A Poor Outcome: What Should Be Done?
  Presenters(s): Anil P. Hingorani, MD  
10:27 AM - 10:32 AM Subintimal Angioplasty vs. Bypass For Critical Lower Limb Ischemia In Patients With TASC C And D Lesions: 5-Year Comparative Results
  Presenters(s): Sherif Sultan, MD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC / Niamh Hynes, MD  
10:33 AM - 10:38 AM Infrainguinal Vein Graft Stenosis: Cutting Balloon PTA Is The Treatment Of Choice: Technique And Results
  Presenters(s): Peter A. Schneider, MD  
10:39 AM - 10:44 AM Tibio-Peroneal Stenting Is An Effective Treatment For Critical Limb Ischemia: Technique And Midterm Results
  Presenters(s): Gioacchino Coppi, MD  
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM Results Of SFA PTA And Stenting Are Dependent On Tibial Runoff
  Presenters(s): Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
10:51 AM - 10:56 AM Minimally Invasive Limb Salvage Bypass Operations: When Should They Be The First Option?
  Presenters(s): Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
10:57 AM - 11:02 AM Mechanical Thrombectomy And Thrombolysis In The Treatment Of Acute Limb Ischemia: Techniques, Tips And Tricks
  Presenters(s): Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
11:03 AM - 11:09 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXI
 
SESSION XXII SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXII: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND TREATMENT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS (6-MINUTE TALKS)
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11:09 AM - 11:15 AM MR Angiography And Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: How To Do MRA Safely In Patients With Contraindications To Gadolinium
  Presenters(s): Klaus D. Hagspiel, MD  
11:16 AM - 11:22 AM Update On Clopidogrel Usage: Is There Clopidogrel Resistance; How To Detect And Treat It; Is There Clopidogrel Rebound And How To Manage It?
  Presenters(s): Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, FACC  
11:23 AM - 11:29 AM What Is The REACH Registry And What Does It Offer To Interventionalists, Surgeons And Others?
  Presenters(s): Alan T. Hirsch, MD / Iris Baumgartner, MD  
11:30 AM - 11:36 AM The Basics Of Maximal Medical Therapy For Patients With Serious Arteriosclerosis: It Isn’t Just Statins
  Presenters(s): Michael R. Jaff, DO  
11:37 AM - 11:43 AM Statins Improve The Results Of Vascular Surgery Operations And Interventions: Summary Of Available Evidence
  Presenters(s): Don Poldermans, MD  
11:44 AM - 11:50 AM Role And Usage Of Statins In Vascular Surgery: When To Start: When To Stop; What Dosage And Drug Should We Use?
  Presenters(s): Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
11:51 AM - 11:57 AM New Developments In The Pre- And Perioperative Cardiac Management Of Vascular Patients: Are Beta Blockers Indicated In All? How Does The POISE Trial Fit In?
  Presenters(s): Stephen Bauer, MD / Richard Hayes, MD, FACC  
11:58 AM - 12:04 PM Iron Storage, Inflammation And Arteriosclerosis: Will Reduction In Iron Stores Diminish Progression Of Lesions And How To Do It?
  Presenters(s): Ralph G. DePalma, MD  
12:05 PM - 12:12 PM Panel Discussion
12:12 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION XXII
 
SESSION XXIII SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXIII: MORE ON AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Strategies And Techniques For Precise Endograft Placement In TEVAR
  Presenters(s): Dieter Raithel, MD, PhD / Lefeng Qu, MD  
1:06 PM - 1:11 PM Increased Metabolic Activity In The Wall Of The AAAs With PET Scanning Reflects Increased Rupture Risk Better Than Size: Technique And Results Of 18F-Fluorodeoxy Glucose Scanning
  Presenters(s): Natzi Sakalihasan, MD, PhD  
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Are Bifurcated Aortic Endografts Better Than Aorto-Uni-Iliac Grafts? Is There Any Role For The Latter?
  Presenters(s): Vicente Riambau, MD, PhD  
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Tips And Tricks For Avoiding Access Problems When Using Large Sheath Endografts: How To Predict, Prevent And Manage Access Problems
  Presenters(s): Jon S. Matsumura, MD  
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM An Update On Endovascular Repair Of Traumatic Aortic Disruption With “Stacked” Abdominal Endograft Extension Cuffs
  Presenters(s): David Rosenthal, MD  
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Special Presentation: How Vascular Surgery Became A Separate Independent Specialty In Australia And New Zealand: How Has It Helped Vascular Surgery In Those Countries?
  Presenters(s): Michael Lawrence-Brown, MB,BS, FRACS  
1:41 PM - 1:46 PM Simplified Protocol For Follow-up After EVAR With Cook Zenith Endograft: Limited Indications For Contrast CTs
  Presenters(s): Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  
1:47 PM - 1:52 PM CT Scans Are Overused In The Follow-up Of EVAR: Many Can Be Omitted Or Replaced By Duplex Saving Dollars And Decreasing Radiation Exposure
  Presenters(s): Michel S. Makaroun, MD  
1:53 PM - 1:58 PM Debate: Implantable AAA Pressure Sensors (CardioMEMS): Their Value In Detecting Which AAAs Are Excluded Long-Term
  Presenters(s): Ross Milner, MD  
1:59 PM - 2:04 PM Debate: Intrasac Pressure Measurements Vary With Location After EVAR With At Least Some Endoleaks: This Will Negate The Value Of Implantable Pressure Sensors
  Presenters(s): Bjõrn Sonesson, MD, PhD  
2:05 PM - 2:11 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIII
 
SESSION XXIV SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXIV: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR IMAGING (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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2:11 PM - 2:16 PM Role And Impact Of 3D Angiography In Carotid And Peripheral Interventions
  Presenters(s): Max Amor, MD  
2:17 PM - 2:22 PM What Is New In Vascular Imaging And Navigation For Endovascular Procedures: Do We Now Need 3D Systems, Combinations Of CTA And Active Fluoroscopy And Remote Catheter And Guidewire Steering?
  Presenters(s): Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  
2:23 PM - 2:28 PM What’s New In Vascular Imaging? What’s Going To Be Valuable And What’s Going To Be Just A Gimmick? Dual Source CT; 320 Slice CT; 3 Tesla MRA?
  Presenters(s): Klaus D. Hagspiel, MD  
2:29 PM - 2:34 PM Role Of Duplex Surveillance In Achieving Optimal Results With Mesenteric Stenting: Are There Contraindications To Stenting?
  Presenters(s): Dennis F. Bandyk, MD  
2:35 PM - 2:40 PM MRA Can Be The Best Method To Detect And Classify Endoleaks: What Is The Secret?
  Presenters(s): Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD / Sandra Cornelissen, MD  
2:41 PM - 2:46 PM New Concepts In Endovascular Treatment Of Aortic Dissections, Including Endotechniques For Treating Type A Dissections (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters(s): Juan C. Parodi, MD  
2:47 PM - 2:52 PM 64-Slice Detector CTA: A Valid Alternative To Arteriography In The Evaluation Of Vascular Trauma Patients
  Presenters(s): Charles J. Fox, MD, FACS  
2:53 PM - 2:58 PM Update On Improved IVUS As A Reflector Of Arterial Wall Pathology And Other Previously Unseen Details Of Vascular Pathology: The Volcano System
  Presenters(s): Donald B. Reid, MD  
2:59 PM - 3:04 PM 4D Angiography Of Lower Leg Arteries: Technique And Value
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Jacobs, MD  
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM A Novel Helical Stent For SFA Lesions Yield Improved Initial Clinical Results
  Presenters(s): Peter Gaines, MD  
3:10 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIV
 
SESSION XXV SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXV: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE – PART A (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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3:15 PM - 3:20 PM Current Optimal Treatment For Effort Thrombosis And Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  Presenters(s): Karl A. Illig, MD  
3:21 PM - 3:26 PM Improved Treatment For Thoracic Outlet Syndrome With Subclavian Vein Thrombosis By Open Surgical Patch Venoplasty: Technique And Results: Lysis, Stents And Rib Resection Are Not Enough
  Presenters(s): Peter Gloviczki, MD  
3:27 PM - 3:32 PM IVUS Evaluation Of IVC Geometry And Wall Motion: Implications For IVC Filter Design
  Presenters(s): Frank R. Arko, MD  
3:33 PM - 3:38 PM Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Improves Healing Leg Ulcers
  Presenters(s): Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, FACC  
3:39 PM - 3:44 PM The Best Of The American Venous Forum Meeting 2008
  Presenters(s): Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD  
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Future Directions In Venous Disease Research And Treatment
  Presenters(s): Mark H. Meissner, MD  
3:51 PM - 4:00 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD / Mark H. Meissner, MD  
4:00 PM - 4:05 PM What Factors Predict The Outcome Of Interventional Treatment Of Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome (May-Thurner)
  Presenters(s): Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
4:06 PM - 4:11 PM A New Removable Device For Application Of Controlled Pressure To Heal Venous Leg Ulcers: Better Than An Unna Or Gelocast Boot
  Presenters(s): Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD / Ross T. Lyon, MD  
4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Incidence, Risk Factors And Treatment Of DVT In Children
  Presenters(s): Michael C. Dalsing, MD  
4:18 PM - 4:23 PM IVUS Guided IVC Filter Placement: Single vs. Dual Puncture Access And Other Technical Tricks
  Presenters(s): Marc A. Passman, MD  
4:24 PM - 4:29 PM Highlights Of New Consensus Document On The Management Of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
  Presenters(s): Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
4:30 PM - 4:54 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXV
 
SESSION XXVI SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXVI: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE – PART B (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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4:54 PM - 4:59 PM Late Results Of Surgical Venous Thrombectomy With Ileocaval Stenting: A Safe And Durable Treatment
  Presenters(s): Yves S. Alimi, MD  
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Isolated Gastro-Soleil DVT Can Be Associated With Progressive DVT And Pulmonary Emboli And Should Be Treated
  Presenters(s): Gregory L. Moneta, MD  
5:06 PM - 5:11 PM New Approaches To Clot Removal With Lower Extremity DVT: The Place For Lysis, Angiojet, EKOS, Trellis, Omnisonics, Anticoagulants, etc.
  Presenters(s): George H. Meier III, MD  
5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Surgical Pearls In The Management Of Large Venous Malformations Of The Extremities Including Klippel Trenaunay Syndrome: Experience In 57 Patients
  Presenters(s): J. Leonel Villavicencio, MD  
5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Extended Experience With Foam Sclerotherapy In Venous Malformations: Indications, Techniques, Results
  Presenters(s): Byung-Boong Lee, MD  
5:24 PM - 5:29 PM Venous Stenting For Stasis Symptoms With And Without Ulceration: Diagnosis And Tips And Tricks Regarding Management
  Presenters(s): Seshadri Raju, MD  
5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Kevin G. Burnand, MBBS, FRCS, MS / Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh  
5:36 PM - 5:41 PM Phlebolymphedema: An Unrecognized Problem Improved By Fixing The Venous Insufficiency: How To Recognize And Fix It
  Presenters(s): John J. Bergan, MD  
5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Why Does Thromboprophylaxis Fail And What Can Be Done About It?
  Presenters(s): Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Etiology, Complications And Treatment Of Venous Aneurysms And Pseudoaneurysms
  Presenters(s): David L. Gillespie, MD  
5:54 PM - 5:59 PM Fire, Foam, Heat And Knife For Varicose Veins: What Does The Data From Randomized Prospective Trials Show?
  Presenters(s): Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD  
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVI
 
SESSION XXVII SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXVII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AAAS: EVAR, OPEN REPAIR, LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTIC APPROACHES: INTERESTING DEBATES (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:44 AM Debate I: Proximal Extension Cuffs In EVAR Are A Bad Thing And Should Be Avoided If Possible
  Presenters(s): Jacob Buth, MD  
6:45 AM - 6:49 AM Debate I: Use Of Extension Cuffs And Placing The Body Of The Powerlink Graft On The Bifurcation Is The Best Way To Treat Most Difficult Aortic Necks
  Presenters(s): Dieter Raithel, MD, PhD / Lefeng Qu, MD  
6:50 AM - 6:54 AM Debate II: Small AAAs (4 - 5.4 cm) Should Be Treated By EVAR Because Outcomes And Results Are Better: Status Of The PIVOTAL Small AAA Trial
  Presenters(s): Kenneth Ouriel, MD, FACS, FACC  
6:55 AM - 6:59 AM Debate II: There Is No Difference In Post-EVAR Morbidity And Mortality Depending On AAA Size: Big Is Not Really Worse
  Presenters(s): Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD  
7:00 AM - 7:04 AM Debate III: EVAR Is The Best Treatment For AAAs In Most Patients
  Presenters(s): Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
7:05 AM - 7:09 AM Debate III: The Downsides And Disadvantages Of EVAR Make Open Repair A Better Treatment In Most Patients
  Presenters(s): Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Comparison Of EVAR And Open Repair: Meta-analysis And Status Of The OVER Trial
  Presenters(s): Frank A. Lederle, MD  
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Debate IV: Pure Endotension (Without An Endoleak) Does Not Exist: It’s All About Slow-Flow Endoleaks And Changes Within The Clot
  Presenters(s): Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Debate IV: Of Course Pure Endotension Exists And Can Be Proven At Operation
  Presenters(s): Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, MS, FRCS  
7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Comparison Of Branched Grafts And Hypogastric Occlusion For Common Iliac Aneurysms
  Presenters(s): Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS  
7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Technique For Branched Graft Preservation Of Hypogastric Flow Using Stock Modular (Excluder) Components
  Presenters(s): David J. Minion, MD  
7:40 AM - 7:46 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Robert B. Rutherford, MD / K. Wayne Johnston, MD, FRCS  
7:46 AM - 7:51 AM Should Patients Receive Statins Before EVAR; After EVAR; What Dosage Is Best?
  Presenters(s): Jacob Buth, MD  
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Total Laparoscopic Repair Of Short Neck AAAs
  Presenters(s): Olivier A. Goëau-Brissonnière, MD, PhD  
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM Laparoscopic AAA Repair With A Stapled Anastomosis: Will It Make Laparoscopic AAA Repair Popular?
  Presenters(s): Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
8:04 AM - 8:09 AM Progress In Robotic Aortic Surgery: Where Is It Going In The Endo Era?
  Presenters(s): Willem Wisselink, MD  
8:10 AM - 8:14 AM Debate V: Open Repair Remains The Gold Standard For Ruptured AAAs: EVAR Must Be Proven By A Randomized Trial
  Presenters(s): Marc R.H. van Sambeek, MD, PhD  
8:15 AM - 8:19 AM Debate V: All Should Switch To EVAR For Most Ruptured AAAs: We Don’t Need A Randomized Trial
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Veith, MD  
8:20 AM - 8:25 AM Open Abdomen Treatment (OAT) Of Patients With Ruptured AAAs: A Method To Prevent Abdominal Compartment Syndrome And Do Many Other Good Things
  Presenters(s): Dieter O. Mayer, MD / Mario Lachat, MD  
8:26 AM - 8:31 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVII
 
SESSION XXVIII SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXVIII: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE AORTA AND ITS BRANCHES (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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8:31 AM - 8:36 AM Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: When Is Open Surgery Best; When Is PTA And Stenting Best?
  Presenters(s): Lars Lonn, MD, PhD / Torben V. Schroeder, MD, DMSc  
8:37 AM - 8:42 AM Technique For Recanalizing Totally Occluded Visceral Arteries Endovascularly: It Can Be Safe And Effective As The First Line Of Therapy For Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: What Are The Downsides?
  Presenters(s): Timur P. Sarac, MD  
8:43 AM - 8:48 AM Tips And Tricks For Stenting Of Complex Iliac Occlusive Disease
  Presenters(s): Mark W. Mewissen, MD  
8:49 AM - 8:54 AM Management Of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease Extending Into The Common Femoral Arteries By A Hybrid Approach (Stents Plus Open Repair)
  Presenters(s): Timothy F. Kresowik, MD  
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Renal Artery Aneurysms: Observation vs. Endovascular Treatment vs. Open Surgery: Which Is Best And When: Based On A Large Experience Over Several Decades
  Presenters(s): James C. Stanley, MD  
9:01 AM - 9:06 AM Nationwide Mortality For Renal Artery Bypass Is High Enough To Support Wide Use Of Renal Artery Stenting
  Presenters(s): Carlos H. Timaran, MD  
9:07 AM - 9:12 AM Update On Renal Artery Stenting: What Did The ASTRAL Trial Show: Is Embolic Protection Currently Worthwhile In Renal Artery Stenting? What Effect Will Statins Have On The Progression Of Renal Artery Disease? Do Statins Change Things?
  Presenters(s): Thomas A. Sos, MD  
9:13 AM - 9:18 AM No Touch And Other Techniques To Optimize Renal Artery Stenting: Can They Minimize Atheroembolism?
  Presenters(s): Kim J. Hodgson, MD  
9:19 AM - 9:24 AM Incidence And Optimal Strategies For Treatment Of Restenosis After Renal Artery Stenosing
  Presenters(s): Alberto Cremonesi, MD, FESC  
9:25 AM - 9:30 AM Tips And Tricks For Anterior Spinal Exposure And Great Vessel Protection Including Use Of The PRECLUDE Vessel Guard
  Presenters(s): Salvador A. Brau, MD  
9:31 AM - 9:36 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVIII
 
SESSION XXIX SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXIX: ISSUES AND CONCEPTS OF IMPORTANCE TO VASCULAR SURGEONS AND VACULAR SPECIALISTS (6 AND 7-MINUTE TALKS)
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9:36 AM - 9:42 AM Where Is Vascular Surgery A Fully Independent Specialty Throughout Europe And The World And How Has It Helped?
  Presenters(s): Christos D. Liapis, MD / Peter R.F. Bell, MD, FRCS, DSC, KBE  
9:43 AM - 9:50 AM What Is The International Society For Vascular Surgery Doing To Help Vascular Surgeons And The Specialty? Why Should The ISVS Be Supported?
  Presenters(s): Giorgio M. Biasi, MD  
9:51 AM - 9:57 AM ISVS Poster Winners Award Ceremony
  Presenters(s): Giorgio M. Biasi, MD / Peter Gloviczki, MD  
9:58 AM - 10:04 AM Bioconvergence And Bio-unconvergence In Carotid Artery Stenting: What Does It Mean To Vascular Surgeons?
  Presenters(s): Edward B. Diethrich, MD  
10:05 AM - 10:11 AM Are “Live Cases” Ethically Justified From The Patient’s Perspective? Why Are They So Popular?
  Presenters(s): James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
10:12 AM - 10:18 AM FDA Initiatives To Stop Off-Label Use Of Endovascular Cardiovascular Devices And What It Means To Us
  Presenters(s): Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
10:19 AM - 10:25 AM Developments Of A Specific Vascular Skills Laboratory For Vascular Surgery Residents And Others
  Presenters(s): Gregory L. Moneta, MD  
10:26 AM - 10:32 AM Why Should Vascular Surgeons And Specialists Perform Cosmetic Interventions? How Can They Learn To Do So Safely And Effectively?
  Presenters(s): Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
10:33 AM - 10:39 AM Will The U.S. Maintain Its Position As A World Leader In Medical Technology?
  Presenters(s): Thomas J. Fogarty, MD  
10:40 AM - 10:44 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIX
 
SESSION XXX SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXX: SPECIAL SESSION: A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY AND THOSE HELPING THEM (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:44 AM - 10:46 AM Introduction:
  Presenters(s): David L. Gillespie, MD / Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, DMCC  
10:46 AM - 10:53 AM Role Of Endovascular Treatments In War-Time Vascular Injuries In Iraq
  Presenters(s): Todd E. Rasmussen, MD, FACS  
10:54 AM - 11:01 AM The Role Of Volunteer Vascular Surgeons In The Current Military Conflict: How Important Are Military Vascular Surgeons To Our Troops And To Our Country?
  Presenters(s): Ruth L. Bush, MD, MPH  
11:02 AM - 11:09 AM Marine Corps Special Operations Command: Medical Missions In Support Of The War Against Terrorism
  Presenters(s): Stephen F. McCartney, MD, FACS  
END OF SESSION XXX
 
SESSION XXXI SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXXI: BUSINESS AND COST ISSUES (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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11:09 AM - 11:13 AM How Cost Effective Is Carotid Stenting?
  Presenters(s): Sumaira Macdonald, MBChB (Comm), FRCP, FRCR, PhD  
11:14 AM - 11:18 AM Reduced Surveillance After EVAR Is Justified If 1 Month And 1 Year CT Scans Are OK: Recommended Protocol In 2008 And Its Impact On Reducing Cost And Morbidity
  Presenters(s): W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD  
11:19 AM - 11:23 AM Medical Malpractice Issues In The Endovascular Era: How To Cope With These Realities In 2008
  Presenters(s): O. William Brown, MD, JD  
11:24 AM - 11:28 AM Cost Effectiveness Of Femoropopliteal Revascularization Procedures: Impact Of Patency And Reinterventions On Cost: Surgery Wins The Cost Race At 1 Year
  Presenters(s): Michael C. Stoner, MD  
11:29 AM - 11:33 AM How To Get Instant Cost Analysis Of Devices And Supplies For Every Open And Endo Case: Please Your Hospital Administrator
  Presenters(s): Jerry Goldstone, MD, FACS, FRCS E  
11:34 AM - 11:38 AM Systematic Evaluation Of Evidence Based Data Regarding Catheter Based Therapies For Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: What Should Third Party Payers Look At?
  Presenters(s): Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
11:39 AM - 11:43 AM Minimally Invasive Office Practice: A Financial Savior For Vascular Specialists
  Presenters(s): Enrico Ascher, MD  
11:44 AM - 11:48 AM What’s Coming With Vascular Surgery Reimbursement?
  Presenters(s): Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
11:49 AM - 11:53 AM Tips And Tricks With Coding To Optimize Income For Vascular Surgeons
  Presenters(s): Sean P. Roddy, MD  
11:54 AM - 11:59 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXI
 
SESSION XXXII SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXXII: LUNCHEON SESSION ON NEW TECHNIQUES FOR TREATMENT OF AAAS AND OTHER LESIONS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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12:00 PM - 12:05 PM What Are The Optimal Criteria For Assessing The Durability Of AAA Endografts?
  Presenters(s): Robert Y. Rhee, MD  
12:06 PM - 12:11 PM Long-Term Results With CardioMEMS Implantable Pressure Measuring Devices In The AAA Sacs And The Pulmonary Artery
  Presenters(s): Pierre Galvagni Silveira, MD, PhD  
12:12 PM - 12:17 PM Advantages, Disadvantages And Canadian Experience With The Anaconda Graft For EVAR
  Presenters(s): Randy D. Moore, MD  
12:18 PM - 12:22 PM Endurant Medtronic Endograft For EVAR: Advantages And Early Experience
  Presenters(s): Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
12:23 PM - 12:27 PM Tips And Tricks For Successful EVAR In AAA Patients With Short Necks Using The Talent Endograft
  Presenters(s): Luis A. Sanchez, MD  
12:28 PM - 12:32 PM Use Of The VI-Datascope Covered Palmaz Stent To Manage Difficult Necks And Salvage Accessory Renal Arteries In EVAR Procedures
  Presenters(s): Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD  
12:33 PM - 12:38 PM Update On The Aorfix Endograft (The ARBITER Trial) In Normal And Difficult Necks
  Presenters(s): Brian R. Hopkinson, ChM, FRCS  
12:39 PM - 12:44 PM New Techniques For Endoscopic Vein Harvesting
  Presenters(s): Vikram S. Kashyap, MD  
12:45 PM - 12:50 PM Endowedge Technique For Performing EVAR On Short Necked AAAs With Stock Modular Excluder Grafts: An Alternative To Fenestrated Grafts: Midterm Results
  Presenters(s): David J. Minion, MD  
12:51 PM - 12:56 PM Update On The U.S. Trial With The Aptus Aortic Endograft With Staple Fixation For AAA Treatment
  Presenters(s): David H. Deaton, MD  
12:57 PM - 1:05 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXII
 
SESSION XXXIII SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXXIII: WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BE LIKE: ISSUES OF ETHICS AND JUDGMENT (5 AND 6-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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1:05 PM - 1:11 PM Current Guidelines For Credentialing And Hospital Privileges In Vascular Surgery
  Presenters(s): Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Debate: Carotid Stent Registry Data Like CAPTURE Is Adequate To Support Widespread Adoption Of CAS
  Presenters(s): William A. Gray, MD / Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Debate: Registry Data Are Not Adequate To Support Widespread Adoption Of CAS: What Are The Flaws In Doing So?
  Presenters(s): Wesley S. Moore, MD  
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Surgeons, Interventionalists, Stents, Statins, Lifestyle Changes: Why Is Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality Declining And Who Should Get The Credit?
  Presenters(s): Allan D. Callow, MD, PhD  
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Relationship Between Annual Open AAA Case Load And Operative Mortality: How Many Cases Per Year Should Your AAA Surgeon Perform?
  Presenters(s): Matt M. Thompson, MD  
1:36 PM - 1:41 PM The Basics Of Maintenance Of Certification (MOC) For Vascular Surgeons: What Do We Need To Do Right Now?
  Presenters(s): Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH  
1:42 PM - 1:47 PM Trend Toward Decreasing Length Of Follow-up In Reports Of Endo And Open Procedures In The Last Few Years
  Presenters(s): Evan C. Lipsitz, MD  
1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXIII
 
SESSION XXXIV SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXXIV: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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1:53 PM - 1:58 PM A New Noninvasive Technique Measuring Tissue Oxygenation: Hyperspectral Oxygen Mapping And Its Use In Assessing Success Of Lower Extremity Revascularization
  Presenters(s): Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH  
1:59 PM - 2:04 PM Endovascular Rescue And Salvage Of Function After Prolonged Renal Artery Occlusion After EVAR
  Presenters(s): Peter H. Lin, MD  
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Effective Management Of Carotid Patch Infection
  Presenters(s): A. Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
2:11 PM - 2:14 PM Lessons Learned From A 13-Year Experience With Bilateral Hypogastric Interruption: When Is It Safe And When Might It Not Be?
  Presenters(s): Manish Mehta, MD, MPH / Frank J. Veith, MD  
2:16 PM - 2:21 PM Statins To Reduce The Rupture Rate Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
  Presenters(s): Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD  
2:22 PM - 2:27 PM Onyx And Glue Instillation Via Translumbar Sac Puncture To Treat Type II Endoleaks After EVAR: Techniques, Precautions, Long-Term Results
  Presenters(s): Martin R. Back, MD  
2:28 PM - 2:33 PM Incidence, Management And Outcome Of Filter Occlusion During CAS
  Presenters(s): Thomas S. Maldonado, MD  
2:34 PM - 2:39 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXIV
 
SESSION XXXV SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXXV: UPDATES, NEW TECHNIQUES AND A DEBATE (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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2:39 PM - 2:44 PM Artery-Related Differences In The Expression Of Arteriosclerosis: Can The SFA Provide Clues To What’s Happening In The Coronaries And Patient Vulnerability?
  Presenters(s): William P. Paaske, MD, DrMedSci, FRCS, FRCS Ed, FACS  
2:45 PM - 2:49 PM Silent Infarcts On CT: A Predictor Of Increased Stroke Risk In Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
  Presenters(s): Andrew N. Nicolaides, MS, FRCS  
2:50 PM - 2:55 PM Numerical Computerized Models Are Better Than Animal Models For The Design And Testing Of Endovascular Grafts And Should Make Animal Testing Obsolete
  Presenters(s): Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD  
2:56 PM - 3:00 PM European Experience With The Anaconda Redeployable Endograft
  Presenters(s): Donald B. Reid, MD  
3:01 PM - 3:05 PM Duplex Criteria For Carotid In-Stent Restenosis: When Is Reintervention Indicated? What Is The Optimal Criterion?
  Presenters(s): Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
3:06 PM - 3:10 PM Duplex Criteria For In-Stent Restenosis In The SFA
  Presenters(s): Michel S. Makaroun, MD  
3:11 PM - 3:16 PM New Hybrid Carotid Stent Concept: Results Of The CRISTALLO Study
  Presenters(s): Dierk Scheinert, MD / Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD  
3:17 PM - 3:22 PM Simple Techniques For Crossing Total Occlusions At The Iliac, Femoropopliteal And Tibial Levels: Tips And Tricks
  Presenters(s): Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
3:23 PM - 3:28 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Juan C. Parodi, MD / James M. Seeger, MD  
3:28 PM - 3:33 PM I Used To Be Very Enthusiastic About CAS But Now I Am More Conservative: Are The CAS Woes A Temporary Setback Or Is The Game Over?
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM  
3:34 PM - 3:39 PM Recent Improvements In Lower Extremity Prosthetics To Facilitate Better Ambulation
  Presenters(s): Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD  
3:40 PM - 3:44 PM Debate: Cryoplasty Works For Limb Salvage In Patients With Critical Ischemia: The Case For
  Presenters(s): Thomas O. McNamara, MD  
3:45 PM - 3:49 PM Debate: Cryoplasty Works For Limb Salvage In Patients With Critical Ischemia: The Case Against
  Presenters(s): Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS  
3:50 PM - 3:55 PM Value Of Metallic Coated Silver Vascular Grafts In Treating Established Graft Infections: Why Is It Not Available In The U.S.?
  Presenters(s): Max Zegelman, MD, PhD  
3:56 PM - 4:00 PM Hybrid Graft Solution For AAAs With Short Necks And Angulated Iliacs: Zenith Body And Excluder Limbs
  Presenters(s): Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD  
4:01 PM - 4:05 PM A Simple Blood Test (Serum NT-proBNP) As An Effective Predictor Of Cardiac Risk In Vascular Surgery Patients: Background And Early Results
  Presenters(s): Don Poldermans, MD  
4:06 PM - 4:10 PM Grey Scale Median Of The Arteriosclerotic Plaque Predicts Success Or Failure Of Lumen Reentry With Fempop Subintimal Angioplasty
  Presenters(s): Natalie A. Marks, MD, RVT / Enrico Ascher, MD  
4:11 PM - 4:16 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXV
 
SESSION XXXVI SCHEDULE
Saturday
SESSION XXXVI: MORE NEW CONCEPTS AND UPDATES (4-MINUTE MINI PRESENTATIONS)
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4:16 PM - 4:20 PM Technique For Subclavian To Carotid Transposition: Tips And Tricks And Why A Bypass Is Almost Never Indicated
  Presenters(s): Mark D. Morasch, MD, FACS, FAHA, RPVI  
4:21 PM - 4:25 PM How To Perform Cardiac Stress Testing In Claudicants: Use Of A Stationary Bicycle In Place Of A Treadmill
  Presenters(s): David Kingsmore, MD, FRCS (Ed), MB ChB, BMedBiol / Chris Easton, PhD / Stephen L. Turner, PhD  
4:26 PM - 4:30 PM The ICSS European Randomized Comparison Of CEA And CAS In Purely Symptomatic Patients: The Analogue To CREST: What Will It Tell Us And When?
  Presenters(s): Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
4:31 PM - 4:35 PM SFA Stenting: What Factors Negatively And Positively Influence Patency?
  Presenters(s): Joseph L. Mills, MD  
4:36 PM - 4:40 PM New Developments In Antiplatelet Agents
  Presenters(s): Samuel R. Money, MD, MBA  
4:41 PM - 4:45 PM Late Complications Of Deep Leg Vein Aortic Reconstructions: What Factors Correlate With Development Of Late Vein Graft Stenoses And How Should They Be Detected And Treated?
  Presenters(s): G. Patrick Clagett, MD  
4:46 PM - 4:50 PM Timing And Patterns Of Stroke Following CAS: Are They Different Than After CEA And What Are The Implications?
  Presenters(s): William A. Gray, MD / Ronald M. Fairman, MD  
4:51 PM - 4:56 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): James M. Seeger, MD / R. Clement Darling III, MD  
4:56 PM - 5:00 PM Can Noninvasive Imaging Predict Stroke Risk In Asymptomatic Patients Better Than Other Parameters: What Is The Status Of The HRP Study?
  Presenters(s): Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc  
5:01 PM - 5:05 PM Kissing Stents Can Be Effective Treatment For Disease Of The Common Femoral Artery And The SFA And DFA
  Presenters(s): Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD / Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD / Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
5:06 PM - 5:10 PM Should Standard Duplex Criteria For Detecting Degree Of Carotid Stenosis Be Changed After CEA With Patch Closure?
  Presenters(s): Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
5:11 PM - 5:15 PM A Simplified Technique For Accurately Determining Gradients Across A Stenosis
  Presenters(s): Ali Amin, MD, RVT, FACS, FACC  
5:16 PM - 5:20 PM Systemic Lytic Treatment For Acute Stroke With ICA Occlusion Can Lead To Recanalization Permitting Effective Treatment Of Carotid Lesions
  Presenters(s): Michel A. Bartoli, MD  
5:21 PM - 5:25 PM Emergency Carotid Interventions: When Are CEA Or CAS Appropriate Treatments?
  Presenters(s): Firas F. Mussa, MD  
5:26 PM - 5:30 PM EVAR Is Good Treatment For Inflammatory AAAs: The Case For
  Presenters(s): Peter G. Kalman, MD  
5:31 PM - 5:35 PM High Risk Patients Benefit Greatly From EVAR: EVAR II No Longer Applies
  Presenters(s): Marc R.H. van Sambeek, MD, PhD  
5:36 PM - 5:40 PM Use And Value Of 18F-FDG And CT Scans In Diagnosing Arterial Graft Infections
  Presenters(s): Samy S. Nitecki, MD  
5:41 PM - 5:45 PM Technique And Results With A New Method For Managing Heparin After Arterial Reconstructions
  Presenters(s): Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
5:46 PM - 5:50 PM Duplex Follow-up Of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: How Often Do We Really Have To Do It?
  Presenters(s): Glenn Jacobowitz, MD  
5:51 PM - 5:59 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXVI
 
SESSION XXXVII SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION XXXVII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS, TECHNIQUES, ADVANCES, CONCEPTS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Balloon Occlusion And Other Techniques To Facilitate Open Conversion For Failed Endografts
  Presenters(s): William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD  
6:45 AM - 6:50 AM Retroperitoneal Approach To Right Renal Artery Revascularization: Value And Limitations Of Right Retroperitoneal Approach For Aortic Surgery
  Presenters(s): R. Clement Darling III, MD / Dhiraj M. Shah, MD  
6:51 AM - 6:55 AM Double Guidewire Technique To Facilitate Accurate Ostial Stenting Of Aortic Arch Branches
  Presenters(s): Peter H. Lin, MD  
6:56 AM - 7:01 AM Endovascular Treatment Of Takayasu’s Arterial Lesions: Is It A Reliable Option?
  Presenters(s): Byung-Boong Lee, MD  
7:02 AM - 7:06 AM A New Look At Pre-EVAR IMA Coiling To Decrease The Incidence Of Serious Type II Endoleaks
  Presenters(s): Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD / Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD  
7:07 AM - 7:11 AM Value Of An Endovascular Stand-Alone Stapling Device (EndoRefix) For Stabilizing Migrating Endografts And Fixing Separating Modular Components
  Presenters(s): Brian R. Hopkinson, ChM, FRCS  
7:12 AM - 7:17 AM Advantages Of And Methods For Performing Endovascular Procedures In The Office Setting
  Presenters(s): Sam S. Ahn, MD, FACS, MBA  
7:18 AM - 7:22 AM Surgeon-Made Modification Of Standard Zenith Endografts Of Pararenal And Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms: Technique And Early Experience With A Modified Malina-Ivancev Approach
  Presenters(s): Joseph J. Ricotta II, MD / Gustavo S. Oderich, MD  
7:23 AM - 7:28 AM Tips And Tricks For Performing Angiography And Catheter-Based Procedures In Infants And Children
  Presenters(s): Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD  
7:29 AM - 7:40 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Herbert Dardik, MD / Sopon Jirasiritham, MD  
7:41 AM - 7:46 AM Surgical Treatment Of Incapacitating Lymphedema Or Elephantiasis: Techniques And Results
  Presenters(s): John E. Connolly, MD  
7:47 AM - 7:51 AM Are Deep Vein Grafts A Better Conduit For Debranching Operations?
  Presenters(s): G. Patrick Clagett, MD  
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Improving Wound Closure After Decompressive Procedures In The Extremities (Faciotomy) And The Abdomen By Use Of Dynamic Wound Closure Devices
  Presenters(s): Niten Singh, MD  
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM Serious Complications With Radial Artery Catheters And Their Management
  Presenters(s): Caron B. Rockman, MD  
8:04 AM - 8:08 AM Lateral Motion Of Aortic Endografts Within The AAA Sac: Indicator Of Graft Instability And How To Measure
  Presenters(s): Christopher K. Zarins, MD  
8:09 AM - 8:13 AM Use Of Endoluminal Iliac Endografts To Permit Femoral Access With Small Or Diseased Iliac Arteries When An Iliac Conduit Is Not An Option: The Paving And Cracking Technique
  Presenters(s): Martin Malina, MD, PhD  
8:14 AM - 8:20 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXVII
 
SESSION XXXVIII SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION XXXVIII: MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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8:20 AM - 8:25 AM Tips And Tricks For Safe Open Conversion After Failed EVAR: The Cleveland Clinic Experience With 41 Cases
  Presenters(s): Sean P. Lyden, MD  
8:26 AM - 8:30 AM Debate: Common Iliac Artery Enlargement Doesn’t Occur After EVAR Even After >5 Years Of Follow-up
  Presenters(s): Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD  
8:31 AM - 8:34 AM Debate: Incidence Of Distal Type I Endoleak After EVAR Due To Aneurysmal Enlargement Of The Common Iliac: Technique For Detection And Management
  Presenters(s): Mohan Adiseshiah, FRCS  
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM Anatomic Differences In Asian Patients Pose Difficulties In EVAR: What Precautions Should Be Taken In This Patient Group?
  Presenters(s): James May, MD, MS, FRACS, FACS  
8:41 AM - 8:44 AM Pulsation In The Aorta Is Asymmetrical: Impact On Endograft Design
  Presenters(s): Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD  
8:45 AM - 8:49 AM A Simpler, Safer, Less Invasive And Cheaper Way To Access The Common Femorals For Large Sheath Insertion: The SURGICLOSE Method
  Presenters(s): Dieter O. Mayer, MD  
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS / Frank J. Veith, MD  
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM VAC And Mesh-Mediated Traction: A Method For Managing Open Abdomen Decompression After Ruptured AAAs
  Presenters(s): Martin Björck, MD, PhD  
9:01 AM - 9:06 AM Decompression Of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome After EVAR For Ruptured AAA With Mini-Invasive Catheter Technique And tPA: Can Laparotomy Be Avoided?
  Presenters(s): Thomas Larzon, MD  
9:07 AM - 9:12 AM Clinically Relevant Alternatives To Diameter Measurements For Assessing AAA Rupture Risk
  Presenters(s): Jesper Swedenborg, MD, PhD  
9:13 AM - 9:17 AM Tips And Tricks For Precise Placement Of The TAG Thoracic Endograft
  Presenters(s): Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, PhD  
9:18 AM - 9:22 AM Late Changes In Femoral Arteries Do Not Occur After Percutaneous EVAR Using Large Sheaths
  Presenters(s): W. Anthony Lee, MD  
9:23 AM - 9:28 AM Where Are We Going With Simulators In Training For Endovascular Procedures: Is Progress Being Made To Approach Reality?
  Presenters(s): Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  
9:29 AM - 9:34 AM Endovascular Technique To Control Massive GI Bleeding From Aorto-Enteric Fistulas: A Bridge To Survival
  Presenters(s): Clifford J. Buckley, MD  
9:35 AM - 9:41 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXVIII
 
SESSION XXXIX SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION XXXIX: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DISEASES OF THE CAROTID VERTEBRALS AND SUPRA-AORTIC TRUNKS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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9:41 AM - 9:46 AM A New Approach To Gaining More Distal Exposure Of The Internal Carotid Artery When Needed Intraoperatively Or For High Lesions
  Presenters(s): A. Ross Naylor, MD, FRCS  
9:47 AM - 9:52 AM Durability Of Redo Surgery For Restenosis After CEA: Is CAS Any Better?
  Presenters(s): Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
9:53 AM - 9:58 AM There Is No Such Thing As A Patient Who Is Prohibitively High Risk For CEA Based On Medical Comorbidities
  Presenters(s): Gregg S. Landis, MD  
9:59 AM - 10:04 AM How To Pick By Duplex Ultrasonography Asymptomatic Patients Who Will Develop Symptoms And Who Need Treatment
  Presenters(s): Jose Fernandes e Fernandes, MD, PhD, FRCS (Eng), FACS  
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Importance Of Atherosclerotic And Inflammatory Markers To Indicate CEA Or CAS For Treatment Of Carotid Stenosis: Can Statins Modify Inflammatory Markers?
  Presenters(s): Christos D. Liapis, MD  
10:11 AM - 10:15 AM The Fate Of Patients With Retinal Artery Occlusion And Hollenhorst Plaques: Are They Predictors Of Stroke And Carotid Bifurcation Disease?
  Presenters(s): Vikram S. Kashyap, MD  
10:16 AM - 10:20 AM Safety Of Performing CEA Without Shunts: Experience In 2,000 Patients And What Are The Requirements To Do This Safely?
  Presenters(s): Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS  
10:21 AM - 10:26 AM What Is The Delay Between Symptoms And CEA In The UK? Why Is This Bad?
  Presenters(s): Alison Halliday, MS, FRCS  
10:27 AM - 10:32 AM The ESVS Guidelines For Managing Carotid Disease: Are They On To Something?
  Presenters(s): Christos D. Liapis, MD  
10:33 AM - 10:40 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXIX
 
SESSION XL SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION XL: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAROTID STENTING (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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10:40 AM - 10:45 AM Is CAS In Women Less Or More Risky Than CEA?
  Presenters(s): Piergiorgio Cao, MD, FRCS  
10:46 AM - 10:51 AM 10 Top Tips On Things To Avoid To Make CAS Safe
  Presenters(s): Gary Roubin, MD, PhD  
10:52 AM - 10:57 AM Fate Of The External Carotid Artery After CAS: Why Is It Important?
  Presenters(s): Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  
10:58 AM - 11:03 AM My Tips And Tricks To Perform CAS Safely And Effectively: Based On A 20-Year Experience In More Than 1,000 Patients
  Presenters(s): Peter Gaines, MD  
11:04 AM - 11:09 AM Tips And Tricks For Managing The Complications Of CAS
  Presenters(s): L. Nelson Hopkins, MD  
11:10 AM - 11:15 AM Update On CREST: When Will We Have Answers And Will The Answers Be Definitive For Symptomatic And Asymptomatic Patients?
  Presenters(s): Thomas G. Brott, MD  
11:16 AM - 11:21 AM Argument For Currently Performing CAS In Asymptomatic Patients: When Is It Justified?
  Presenters(s): Peter A. Schneider, MD  
11:22 AM - 11:27 AM What Factors Influence Restenosis After CAS: Effect Of Gender, Residual Stenosis, Atherosclerosis Risk Score
  Presenters(s): Marc R.H. van Sambeek, MD, PhD  
11:28 AM - 11:33 AM How To Predict And Manage Hypotension And Bradycardia During CAS: Should An Anesthesiologist Be Present At Every Procedure?
  Presenters(s): Armando C. Lobato, MD, PhD  
11:34 AM - 11:39 AM Is A “Medical High Risk” Indication For CAS Justified?
  Presenters(s): Richard J. Powell, MD  
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XL
 
SESSION XLI SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION XLI: NEW CONCEPTS, ADVANCES, LATE BREAKING TRIALS (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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11:50 AM - 11:55 AM How To Make A Vascular Surgery Registry Work And Be Of Value: The Vascular Study Group Of Northern New England
  Presenters(s): Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
11:56 AM - 12:01 PM Update On The EMPiRE Multicenter Clinical Trial Results Using The Gore-Parodi Flow Reversal Embolic Protection Device During CAS
  Presenters(s): Daniel G. Clair, MD  
12:02 PM - 12:07 PM Management Of The Vascular Complications Of Behçet’s Disease In The Endovascular Era
  Presenters(s): John F. Eidt, MD  
12:08 PM - 12:13 PM Optimal Current Treatment For DVT In Pregnancy
  Presenters(s): Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, FACC  
12:14 PM - 12:19 PM Evidence Base For The Use Of Simulators In Vascular Surgery Training
  Presenters(s): David O. Kessel, MD  
12:20 PM - 12:24 PM Endovascular Treatment Of Congenital Heart Disease
  Presenters(s): Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD  
12:25 PM - 12:30 PM Use Of Spinal Fluid Drainage Only When Patients Develop Ischemic Symptoms After TEVAR
  Presenters(s): William D. Jordan, Jr., MD  
12:31 PM - 12:36 PM PET And CT Scanning To Measure AAA Tensile Strength And Other Uses
  Presenters(s): Harrie A. Kurvers, MD, PhD / Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
12:37 PM - 12:41 PM Rescue Stenting To Fix Intraoperative Technical Problems During CEA
  Presenters(s): Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
12:42 PM - 12:47 PM Multivariate Analysis Of Open Surgical vs. Endovascular Treatment Of Failed Lower Extremity Vein Grafts: What Should Determine The Best Treatment Option? (From The PREVENT Trial)
  Presenters(s): Michael S. Conte, MD  
12:48 PM - 12:56 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Thomas S. Riles, MD / Daniel G. Clair, MD  
12:56 PM - 1:00 PM The Normal Appearing Aortic Neck In AAA Patients Is Not So Normal: EVAR May Be Better Than Open Repair Because It Protects This Vulnerable Neck
  Presenters(s): Iris Baumgartner, MD  
1:01 PM - 1:06 PM CEA vs. CAS In High Risk Patients: Results Of A Single Center Prospective Trial From New Zealand
  Presenters(s): Ramesh K. Tripathi, MD, FRCS, FRACS  
1:07 PM - 1:11 PM A New Catheter-Less Angiographic Technique For Intraoperative Guidance During EVAR: Safer, Cheaper, Effective
  Presenters(s): Enrique Criado, MD, FACS  
1:12 PM - 1:16 PM Treatment Of Carotid Disease In High Risk Patients: CEA vs. CAS vs. Best Medical Treatment: Results Of A Prospective Observational Study
  Presenters(s): Sherif Sultan, MD, FRCS, EBQS-VASC / Niamh Hynes, MD  
1:17 PM - 1:21 PM Value Of The Angioscuplt Balloon For Lower Extremity Lesions: For Which Lesions Should It Be Used?
  Presenters(s): Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
1:22 PM - 1:26 PM Is Lipoprotein (a) A Useful Parameter For Selecting Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Who Are At Risk Of Having A Stroke?
  Presenters(s): Afshin Assadian, MD  
1:27 PM - 1:31 PM Acuseal (Gore) vs. Hemashield Finesse Patches For CEA: Which Patch Is Best?
  Presenters(s): Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  
1:32 PM - 1:36 PM A Proposal For The Use Of Anticoagulation In Aortic Dissections
  Presenters(s): Mario Lachat, MD  
1:37 PM - 1:44 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XLI
 
SESSION XLII SCHEDULE
Sunday
SESSION XLII: MORE NEW CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES AND IMPORTANT UPDATES (4-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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1:44 PM - 1:48 PM What’s New In Artificial Venous Valves? Are We Making Progress?
  Presenters(s): Michael C. Dalsing, MD  
1:49 PM - 1:53 PM Racial And Ethnic Differences In The Results Of Infrainguinal Reconstructions
  Presenters(s): Michael Belkin, MD  
1:54 PM - 1:58 PM US Experience With Rheos Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation For Intractable Hypertension
  Presenters(s): Karl A. Illig, MD  
1:59 PM - 2:03 PM Spiral Laminar Flow Arterial Grafts: Improved Early Clinical Results And Theoretical Basis
  Presenters(s): Frank E.G. Vermassen, MD, PhD / Peter A. Stonebridge, MD  
2:04 PM - 2:08 PM Everything We Learned About Hyperperfusion Syndrome Is Wrong
  Presenters(s): Enrico Ascher, MD  
2:09 PM - 2:13 PM What Drug May Prevent Reperfusion Injury Of The Spinal Cord And Kidney And Decrease Renal Failure And Paraplegia With TAA Repairs: Experimental Observations
  Presenters(s): G. Melville Williams, MD  
2:14 PM - 2:18 PM Tips And Tricks For Managing Difficult EVARs And Their Complications
  Presenters(s): Sharif H. Ellozy, MD / Michael L. Marin, MD  
2:19 PM - 2:23 PM Ultrasound Enhanced Thrombolysis With The EKOS System For Acute Limb Ischemia And DVT
  Presenters(s): Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD  
2:24 PM - 2:28 PM CAS For Radiation Related Carotid Stenosis: Is The Embolic Debris Greater And Are The Results Worse? How To Do It Safely
  Presenters(s): Peter L. Faries, MD, FACS  
2:29 PM - 2:33 PM Can Venous Hypertension Produce Biliary Obstruction And Spinal Cord Ischemia?
  Presenters(s): Dipankar Mukherjee, MD  
2:34 PM - 2:38 PM Endovascular Rescue When An Extender Cuff Occludes The Renal Arteries
  Presenters(s): Malur R. Balaji, MD, FACS, ABVM (Endo)  
2:39 PM - 2:55 PM Panel Discussion
2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Raffle Prize Drawing. You Must Be Present To Win!
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium Ends
END OF SESSION XLII