SESSION XXI SCHEDULE
SESSION XXI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR AND EVAR (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:47 AM Difficult Technical Challenges Of Open Infrarenal AAA Repair And How To Meet Them
  Presenters: K. Wayne Johnston, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
6:48 AM - 6:55 AM Fast Track Open AAA Repair Is Better Than EVAR: Technique And Results
  Presenters: Dipankar Mukherjee, M.D.  
6:56 AM - 7:03 AM Symptomatic Sac Enlargement And Rupture Due To Seroma After Open AAA Repair: Implications For EVAR And Endotension
  Presenters: James May, M.D., M.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S.  
7:04 AM - 7:11 AM Could EVAR Still Be A Failed Experiment?
  Presenters: Jack Collin, M.D.  
7:12 AM - 7:19 AM 5-Year Follow-up Of 200 Patients Treated With AneuRx Grafts: Unanticipated Late Problems: Are There Predictors And What Lessons Should Be Learned
  Presenters: Zvonimir Krajcer, M.D., F.A.C.C.  
7:20 AM - 7:27 AM Material Failure Modes Of Stent-Grafts After EVAR: Will these Be Eliminated In Newer Stent-Grafts?
  Presenters: Gunnar Riepe, M.D., Ph.D.  
7:28 AM - 7:35 AM Debate: Open Repair Is Still The Gold Standard For Good Risk Patients With AAAs: Conservative Treatment Is Best For AAAs < 5.0 cm In Diameter
  Presenters: Peter Gloviczki, M.D.  
7:36 AM - 7:43 AM Debate: EVAR Should Be The Gold Standard For All AAAs With Reasonable Anatomy And Even Some 4.0 cm AAAs
  Presenters: Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.  
7:44 AM - 7:53 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXI
 
SESSION XXII SCHEDULE
SESSION XXII: MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACHES TO ARTERIAL LESIONS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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7:53 AM - 8:00 AM Laparoscopic Adjuncts For EVAR With Difficult Neck Morphology
  Presenters: Ralf R. Kolvenbach, M.D.  
8:01 AM - 8:08 AM Status Of Laparoscopic Robotic Aortic Surgery: Is It Beneficial Or Just Another Gimmick?
  Presenters: Willem Wisselink, M.D.  
8:09 AM - 8:16 AM Debate: EVAR Will Be The Best Less Invasive Way To Treat AAAs
  Presenters: Jean-Pierre Becquemin, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
8:17 AM - 8:24 AM Debate: Laparoscopic Repair Will Be The Best Less Invasive Way To Treat AAAs
  Presenters: Olivier Goëau-Brissonnière, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:25 AM - 8:32 AM Debate: Endografts Are The Way To Treat Popliteal Aneurysms And The Results Are Durable
  Presenters: Eric L.G. Verhoeven, M.D.  
8:33 AM - 8:40 AM Debate: Open Posterior Approach To Popliteal Aneurysm Repair Prevents Sac Enlargement From Endoleak And Is Better Than Endograft Repair And Ligation And Bypass
  Presenters: Wesley S. Moore, M.D.  
8:41 AM - 8:48 AM Advantages, Limitations And Midterm Results Of The Zenith Endograft For EVAR: How Often Will Fenestrated Grafts Be Needed?
  Presenters: Krassi Ivancev, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:49 AM - 8:56 AM Is Thrombin Injection For Femoral Pseudoaneurysms The Best Treatment: Results Of A Randomized Prospective Comparison And How To Avoid Problems
  Presenters: Bo Risberg, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:57 AM - 9:05 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXII
 
SESSION XXIII SCHEDULE
SESSION XXIII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE AORTA AND ITS BRANCHES (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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9:05 AM - 9:00 AM A New Device For Treating Type B Aortic Dissections: Early Clinical Results
  Presenters: Joseph V. Lombardi, M.D.  
9:13 AM - 9:20 AM Antegrade Retroperitoneal Aorto-Mesenteric Bypass: Technique, Indications And Results
  Presenters: Enrique Criado, M.D.  
9:21 AM - 9:28 AM Mesenteric Occlusive Disease: When Is Endo Repair Justified And When Is Open Repair Indicated?
  Presenters: Peter G. Kalman, M.D.  
9:29 AM - 9:36 AM 10 Top Technical Tips For Renal Artery Stenting
  Presenters: Kim J. Hodgson, M.D.  
9:37 AM - 9:44 AM In Situ Fenestration: A Method For Dealing With Covered Branch Arteries During Aortic Endografts
  Presenters: Richard G. McWilliams, M.D.  
9:45 AM - 9:52 AM Control And Exposure Of Upper Abdominal Vascular Injury Including The Inferior Vena Cava: State Of The Art 2005
  Presenters: Kenneth L. Mattox, M.D.  
9:53 AM - 10:03 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIII
 
SESSION XXIV SCHEDULE
SESSION XXIV: NEW CONCEPTS AND TREATMENTS ON THE HORIZON (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:03 AM - 10:10 AM Are Autologous Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Substitutes Feasible: Where Do We Stand With This Holy Grail?
  Presenters: Bauer E. Sumpio, M.D., Ph.D.  
10:11 AM - 10:18 AM Increased Serum Cholesterol Plus Inflammation Leads To Plaque Rupture And Death: How Can This Be Prevented?
  Presenters: Allan D. Callow, M.D., Ph.D.  
10:19 AM - 10:26 AM Dangers Of Antiplatelet Anti-Inflammatory Drug Treatment Revisited: Can These Lead To Plaque Instability And Rupture?
  Presenters: Ralph G. DePalma, M.D.  
10:27 AM - 10:34 AM Orally Administered Rapamycin Can Inhibit Myointimal Hyperplasia: Should It Be Used?
  Presenters: Samuel Eric Wilson, M.D.  
10:35 AM - 10:42 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIV
 
SESSION XXV SCHEDULE
SESSION XXV: ISSUES AND UPDATES ON THE ABVS AND ISVS (8-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:43 AM - 10:51 AM Update On Vascular Surgery’s Quest For An Independent Board For North America: Why The Primary Certificate Is Not Enough
  Presenters: Robert W. Hobson II, M.D.  
10:52 AM - 11:00 AM The Saga Of The ABVS: Farenheit 32
  Presenters: James C. Stanley, M.D.  
11:01 AM - 11:09 AM How Can The APDVS Help Vascular Surgery Gain Independent Governance: Why It Is So Important
  Presenters: Blair A. Keagy, M.D.  
11:10 AM - 11:18 AM How The SVS Can Help Vascular Surgery Gain Independence: Why Is It So Important
  Presenters: Enrico Ascher, M.D.  
11:19 AM - 11:27 AM Reaction Of Interventional Cardiology To An ABMS Approved Vascular Board
  Presenters: Kenneth Rosenfield, M.D.  
11:28 AM - 11:36 AM The Legal Penalty Vascular Surgeons Must Face For Not Having An Independent Board
  Presenters: O. William Brown, M.D., J.D.  
11:37 AM - 11:45 AM Why There Should Be An Independent ABVS In North America: An Objective Outsider’s View: How The ISVS Can Help
  Presenters: Peter R.F. Bell, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.S.C., K.B.E.  
11:46 AM - 11:54 AM Progress Made By The ISVS Committee On Interventional Standards Of Practice And Training
  Presenters: Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM Panel Discussion
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION XXV
 
SESSION XXVI SCHEDULE
SESSION XXVI: PHILOSOPHICAL AND JUDGMENT ISSUES AND UPDATES (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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1:00 PM - 1:07 PM Are Regulatory And Reimbursement Guidelines For Carotid Stenting (CAS) Correct Or Are We Heading For Disaster?
  Presenters: Dorothy B. Abel, B.S.B.M.E.  
1:08 PM - 1:15 PM Safety And Effectiveness Of Multiple Reoperations After Two Or More Failed Lower Extremity Bypasses
  Presenters: Evan C. Lipsitz, M.D.  
1:16 PM - 1:23 PM Infection After Reoperative Lower Extremity Bypass Procedures: When Are The Best And Worse Times To Reoperate?
  Presenters: Keith D. Calligaro, M.D.  
1:24 PM - 1:31 PM Is Stenting Going To Put Open Vascular Surgery Out Of Business: In The Neck Or Elsewhere?
  Presenters: Kevin G. Burnand, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., M.S.  
1:32 PM - 1:39 PM Neck Trauma During Operation Iraqi Freedom: The Acute And Subacute Role Of The Vascular Surgeon
  Presenters: David L. Gillespie, M.D.  
1:40 PM - 1:47 PM A Forward Surgical Experience With The Marines In Iraq
  Presenters: Stephen F. McCartney, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
1:48 PM - 1:58 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVI
 
SESSION XXVII SCHEDULE
SESSION XXVII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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1:58 PM - 2:05 PM Intravascular Coil Embolization Can Cure Most Type II Endoleaks And Some Type I Endoleaks: How To Do It
  Presenters: Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.  
2:06 PM - 2:13 PM How To Avoid Early, Midterm And Late Complications With AneuRx Endografts In EVAR
  Presenters: Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.  
2:14 PM - 2:21 PM Debate: Branch Endograft To Revascularize Hypogastric Arteries During EVAR With Iliac Aneurysms: How Well Does It Work?
  Presenters: Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.  
2:22 PM - 2:29 PM Debate: Hypogastric Interruption During EVAR Is Relatively Safe With Iliac Aneurysms: When Is It Not And When Should Revascularization Be Attempted?
  Presenters: Manish Mehta, M.D., M.P.H.  
2:30 PM - 2:37 PM Ischemic Complications Of EVAR And How To Prevent And Treat Them
  Presenters: Mark A. Adelman, M.D.  
2:38 PM - 2:45 PM Factors Contributing To True And Apparent Graft Migration After EVAR With The Powerlink Endogaft: The Importance Of AAA Sac Remodeling
  Presenters: Rodney A. White, M.D.  
2:46 PM - 2:53 PM What’s New In Finite Element Analysis And Other Indirect Methods For Predicting AAA Rupture Risk
  Presenters: Mark F. Fillinger, M.D.  
2:54 PM - 3:04 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVII
 
SESSION XXVIII SCHEDULE
SESSION XXVIII: NEW TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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3:04 PM - 3:11 PM Technique For Balloon Control Of The Aorta During EVAR For Ruptured AAA
  Presenters: Martin Malina, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:12 PM - 3:19 PM The RENU Device: A New System For Endovascular Rescue Of Stent Grafts That Have Migrated Or Failed In Other Ways
  Presenters: Samuel R. Money, M.D., M.B.A.  
3:20 PM - 3:27 PM Use Of Prostagladin E1 To Treat Trash Foot After Aortic Surgery
  Presenters: Juan C. Parodi, M.D.  
3:28 PM - 3:35 PM Open Surgical Care Of Children <12 With Vascular Injuries: Problems And Precautions
  Presenters: Michael C. Dalsing, M.D.  
3:36 PM - 3:43 PM Dynamic MRA Of The Necks Of Infrarenal AAAs: Pulsatility, Sizing And The Influence Of Endograft Treatment
  Presenters: Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:44 PM - 3:51 PM Brachial To Distal Hand Artery Bypasses For Finger Gangrene: A New Horizon For Vascular Surgeons And How To Perform Them
  Presenters: Benjamin B. Chang, M.D.  
3:52 PM - 3:59 PM Infrarenal Aortic Length Does Not Change With Sac Shrinkage After EVAR
  Presenters: Hugh G. Beebe, M.D.  
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Michael B. Silva, Jr., M.D. / James A. DeWeese, M.D.  
4:10 PM - 4:17 PM Why Lower Extremity Amputation Rates Are Higher In Black Patients: What Can Be Done To Improve Results?
  Presenters: Donna M. Mendes, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
4:18 PM - 4:25 PM Gold Coverings Improve Stent Visibility But Increase Restenosis
  Presenters: Richard J. Powell, M.D.  
4:26 PM - 4:33 PM Iliac Fixation Is The Key To Preventing Stent-Graft Migration After EVAR
  Presenters: Christopher K. Zarins, M.D.  
4:34 PM - 4:41 PM Aorfix Flexible Endograft For EVAR: What Can It Do That Other Grafts Cannot Based On 3-Year Clinical Results?
  Presenters: Brian R. Hopkinson, Ch.M., F.R.C.S.  
4:42 PM - 4:49 PM Mid-term Results With The Cordis-Fortron Stent-Graft System For EVAR: Phase I Study Update
  Presenters: Bruce J. Brener, M.D.  
4:50 PM - 4:57 PM Unintended Consequences Of Subtle Changes In Stent-Graft Design And Resulting Changes In Hemodynamic Forces: Clinical Significance
  Presenters: Timothy A.M. Chuter, M.D.  
4:58 PM - 5:08 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): James A. DeWeese, M.D. / Joseph L. Mills, M.D.  
5:09 PM - 5:16 PM A New Physiologic Assessment Scale To Allow Risk Stratification Of Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Patients
  Presenters: Randy D. Moore, M.D.  
5:17 PM - 5:24 PM Proximal Neck Dilatation Does Not Occur After EVAR With A Balloon Expandable Endograft
  Presenters: Mahmoud B. Malas, M.D.  
5:25 PM - 5:32 PM What The Vascular Surgeon Needs To Know About Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Based On The Mayo Clinic Experience
  Presenters: Jean M. Panneton, M.D.  
5:33 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion And 6-Minute Video Case Presentations:
5:33 PM - 5:33 PM Holistic Approach To Type B Dissections: A Unique New Method
  Presenters: Peter J. Mossop, M.D.  
5:34 PM - 5:34 PM Talent AAA Endograft: Extending The Indications
  Presenters: Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, M.D.  
5:35 PM - 5:35 PM Use Of Talent Thoracic Stent Graft For Aortic Dissection
  Presenters: Rodney A. White, M.D.  
END OF SESSION XXVIII