SESSION VII SCHEDULE
SESSION VII: TOPICS OF INTEREST TO INTERVENTIONALISTS AND VASCULAR SURGEONS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:47 AM Is Carotid Stenting (CAS) Really Contraindicated In Patients Over 80 Years Of Age? Why Is This So?
  Presenters: Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.  
6:48 AM - 6:55 AM Technical Tips For Performing CAS Safely: Which Patients Should Get Endarterectomy (CEA) Based On Angiographic And IVUS Evaluation Of Plaque Morphology?
  Presenters: Mark H. Wholey, M.D.  
6:56 AM - 7:03 AM Evolution Of Proximal Occlusion Embolic Protection Devices: Relative And Absolute Indications And Contraindications
  Presenters: Juan C. Parodi, M.D.  
7:04 AM - 7:11 AM Are Endovascular Procedures Feasible In Infants And Children? What Precautions Or Special Instrumentation Are Needed?
  Presenters: Michael B. Silva, Jr., M.D.  
7:12 AM - 7:19 AM Results Of Celiac And Mesenteric Stenting: Technical Tips And High Recurrence Rates
  Presenters: Jos C. van den Berg, M.D., Ph.D.  
7:20 AM - 7:27 AM Debate: Open AAA Repair Still Has A Major Role In Good Risk Young Patients
  Presenters: Robert B. Rutherford, M.D.  
7:28 AM - 7:35 AM Debate: All Good Risk AAA Patients With Suitable Anatomy Should Be Treated With EVAR
  Presenters: Edward B. Diethrich, M.D.  
7:36 AM - 7:45 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION VII
 
SESSION VIII SCHEDULE
SESSION VIII: MORE TOPICS OF INTEREST TO INTERVENTIONALISTS AND VASCULAR SURGEONS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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7:45 AM - 7:52 AM Debate: Neck Enlargement After EVAR Is Common And Has Dire Consequences
  Presenters: Piergiorgio Cao, M.D.  
7:53 AM - 8:00 AM Debate: Neck Enlargement After EVAR Is Rare And Benign
  Presenters: James May, M.D., M.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S.  
8:01 AM - 8:08 AM Technique And Importance Of Duplex Surveillance After SFA Stenting: Does It Make A Difference?
  Presenters: Dennis F. Bandyk, M.D.  
8:09 AM - 8:16 AM One-Year Results Of The FAST Trial For The Treatment Of SFA Disease
  Presenters: Hans Krankenberg, M.D.  
8:17 AM - 8:24 AM Role Of Cutting Balloons For De Novo And Recurrent Lesions
  Presenters: Peter A. Schneider, M.D.  
8:25 AM - 8:34 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION VIII
 
SESSION IX SCHEDULE
SESSION IX: NEW HORIZONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARDIAC SURGEONS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Bruce Lytle, M.D.
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8:35 AM - 8:42 AM Endovascular Approaches To Mitral Valve Disease
  Presenters: Ted Feldman, M.D.  
8:43 AM - 8:50 AM Endovascular Pulmonic Valve Replacement
  Presenters: Philipp Bonhoeffer, M.D.  
8:51 AM - 8:58 AM Functional Replacement For Tricuspid Insufficiency: An Endovascular Approach
  Presenters: Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.  
8:59 AM - 9:06 AM Experience With Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement: Future Potential
  Presenters: Martin B. Leon, M.D.  
9:07 AM - 9:14 AM Implications Of The Aortic Valve On Endovascular Repairs Of The Ascending Aorta
  Presenters: Timothy A.M. Chuter, M.D.  
9:15 AM - 9:22 AM Hybrid (Open/Endo) Approaches For Repair Of Ascending And Arch Aneurysms
  Presenters: Bruce Lytle, M.D.  
9:23 AM - 9:30 AM Debate: Endovascular Treatment Of Adult Coarctation And Its Complications: The Best Treatment For Most Patients
  Presenters: Christoph A. Nienaber, M.D.  
9:31 AM - 9:38 AM Debate: Current Status Of Treatment For Adult Coarctation: Open Surgery Is Still The Best Treatment For Most Patients
  Presenters: Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.  
9:39 AM - 9:49 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION IX
 
SESSION X SCHEDULE
SESSION X: SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY (SFA) AND CRURAL ARTERY TREATMENT: STATE-OF-THE-ART AND NEW ADJUNCTS (6- AND 7-MINUTE TALKS)
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9:50 AM - 9:57 AM Natural History Of Patients With Arterial Insufficiency And Non-Healing Ulcers Treated Conservatively: How Does It Impact On Limb Salvage Results With Aggressive New Endo-Interventions And Are We Being Fooled Into Over-Treating?
  Presenters: Blair A. Keagy, M.D.  
9:58 AM - 10:05 AM Outcomes Of Infrainguinal Intervention: Beyond The Hype And Baloney - What Really Works And What Does Not?
  Presenters: Alan T. Hirsch, M.D.  
10:06 AM - 10:13 AM PTA vs. Stenting Of The SFA: Results Of The Resilient Randomized Trial
  Presenters: Barry T. Katzen, M.D.  
10:14 AM - 10:21 AM How To Avoid Fractures In SFA Stents And Will It Improve Results: Are Absorbable Stents The Answer?
  Presenters: Giancarlo Biamino, M.D.  
10:22 AM - 10:28 AM Role Of SFA Stents In 2006: How Well Do They Work?
  Presenters: Mark W. Mewissen, M.D.  
10:29 AM - 10:35 AM Do We Have The Right Stents For Femoropopliteal Lesions And 2-3 Year Results Of A Randomized Trial Comparing Absorbable Metal Stents To PTA Alone In Crural Arteries?
  Presenters: Marc Bosiers, M.D.  
10:36 AM - 10:42 AM 3-Year Trial Results Of Zilver Nitinol Stents For Long SFA Lesions (TASC C And D)
  Presenters: Marcelo Ferreira, M.D.  
10:43 AM - 10:49 AM Update On The Value And Limitations Of The Silverhawk Rotational Atherectomy Device For Treatment Of Infrainguinal Disease
  Presenters: Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, M.D.  
10:50 AM - 10:56 AM Midterm Results Of Rotational Atherectomy In Patients With TASC C Lesions Treated For Critical Ischemia
  Presenters: David J. Minion, M.D.  
10:57 AM - 11:03 AM Role Of Lasers In The Treatment Of Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: Is There A Place After All?
  Presenters: John R. Laird, M.D.  
11:04 AM - 11:14 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION X
 
SESSION XI SCHEDULE
SESSION XI: CRITICAL LOOK AT CAROTID STENTING (CAS) (6-MINUTE TALKS)
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11:15 AM - 11:21 AM Debate: Carotid Interventions Are Justified In High Risk Asymptomatic Patients: Of Course They Are
  Presenters: Frank J. Criado, M.D.  
11:22 AM - 11:28 AM Debate: Why Interventions (CAS And CEA) Are Rarely Justified And Indicated In High Risk Asymptomatic Patients
  Presenters: Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
11:29 AM - 11:35 AM Is It Justified And Ethical To Perform CAS In Asymptomatic Patients? Will We Ever Know?
  Presenters: Alison Halliday, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM The Asymptomatic Carotid Trials: How Can The Results Be Interpreted So Differently And Should Asymptomatic Patients Really Be Treated?
  Presenters: A. Ross Naylor, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
11:43 AM - 11:50 AM In Asymptomatic Patients, What Is A High Risk Plaque If We Intervene? If We Treat Conservatively? What Should We Do?
  Presenters: Giorgio M. Biasi, M.D.  
11:51 AM - 11:57 PM Embolic Protection Devices In CAS Remain Unproven And Are Much Ado About Nothing
  Presenters: Emmanuel M. Houdart, M.D.  
11:58 AM - 12:04 PM Randomized Prospective Trial Of Embolic Protection Devices In CAS
  Presenters: Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.  
12:05 PM - 12:11 PM CAS vs. CEA In Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients: Early Results Of The French Randomized Study (EVA-3S)
  Presenters: Jean-Pierre Becquemin, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
12:12 PM - 12:18 PM A New Technique To Reduce Guidewire Manipulation During Carotid Artery Stenting: The Superficial Temporal Artery Approach
  Presenters: Martin Malina, M.D., Ph.D.  
12:19 PM - 12:30 PM Panel Discussion
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION XI
 
SESSION XII SCHEDULE
SESSION XII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EVAR (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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1:30 PM - 1:37 PM Debate: Fenestrated Grafts For Short-Necked AAAs Are Time Consuming, Costly And Unnecessary
  Presenters: Jacob Buth, M.D.  
1:38 PM - 1:45 PM Debate: Fenestrated Grafts For Short-Necked AAAs Are Easy, Effective And The Way To Go
  Presenters: Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.  
1:46 PM - 1:53 PM Does The Graft Make A Difference In EVAR? Which Graft Should Be Used To Deal With Short Necks? With Angulated Necks?
  Presenters: Dieter Raithel, M.D., Ph.D.  
1:54 PM - 2:01 PM Can EVAR Be Used Successfully In Patients With <15 mm Necks?
  Presenters: Neal S. Cayne, M.D.  
2:02 PM - 2:09 PM Why Do Results With EVAR For Ruptured AAAs Vary? Technical Tips, Adjuncts And Strategies To Improve These Results
  Presenters: Frank J. Veith, M.D.  
2:10 PM - 2:17 PM Solving The Problem Of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome After EVAR For Ruptured AAAs: Detection And Treatment
  Presenters: Mario Lachat, M.D.  
2:18 PM - 2:25 PM Evolution Of Optimal Methods To Follow Patients After EVAR: Several Myths Need To Be Dispelled
  Presenters: Jan D. Blankensteijn, M.D.  
2:26 PM - 2:34 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XII
 
SESSION XIII SCHEDULE
SESSION XIII: OTHER TOPICS OF INTEREST TO INTERVENTIONALISTS AND VASCULAR SURGEONS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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2:35 PM - 2:42 PM The Real Truth About Endografts For Popliteal Aneurysm Disease Based On An 8-Year Experience With More Than 70 Cases: Indications, Contraindications And Complications
  Presenters: Eric L.G. Verhoeven, M.D., Ph.D.  
2:43 PM - 2:50 PM The Pioneer, Frontrunner Or Outback Catheter Are Necessary Adjuncts For Crossing Occlusive Lesions
  Presenters: Mark W. Mewissen, M.D.  
2:51 PM - 2:58 PM Simple Techniques For Crossing Total Occlusions Of The Iliac, Femoropopliteal And Crural Arteries Without Special Devices
  Presenters: Ali Amin, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., R.V.T.  
2:59 PM - 3:06 PM Subintimal Angioplasty Of Long Occlusive Lesions Of The SFA And Tibial Arteries: Technical Tips And Midterm Results
  Presenters: Joseph L. Mills, M.D.  
3:07 PM - 3:14 PM Technical Tips, Tricks And Adjuncts To Improve Endovascular Treatment Of Leg Artery Lesions Causing Critical Ischemia
  Presenters: Max Amor, M.D.  
3:15 PM - 3:22 PM Debate: The SAPPHIRE And CAPTURE Trials Establish The Basis For Widespread Use Of Carotid Stenting (CAS)
  Presenters: Jay S. Yadav, M.D.  
3:23 PM - 3:30 PM Debate: The SAPPHIRE And CAPTURE Trials Are Flawed And Should Have Minimal Impact On The Expanded Use Of CAS
  Presenters: Peter R.F. Bell, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.S.C., K.B.E.  
3:31 PM - 3:38 PM CAS vs. CEA In Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients: Results Of The German Randomized Trial (The SPACE Trial)
  Presenters: Hans-Henning Eckstein, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:39 PM - 3:48 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XIII
 
SESSION XIV SCHEDULE
SESSION XIV: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENTS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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3:49 PM - 3:56 PM What Should Be Done When A Stroke Occurs During Or After CAS?
  Presenters: Claudio Schonholz, M.D.  
3:57 PM - 4:04 PM How To Prevent Strokes During CAS: It’s The Details That Count
  Presenters: Juan C. Parodi, M.D.  
4:05 PM - 4:12 PM Is There A Role For Embolic Protection During Femoropopliteal Interventions? How Should It Be Done?
  Presenters: Michael H. Wholey, M.D.  
4:13 PM - 4:20 PM Update On Approved And Unapproved Uses Of The RENU Proximal Extension Device: Indications, Precautions And Results
  Presenters: Samuel R. Money, M.D., M.B.A.  
4:21 PM - 4:28 PM Pros And Cons Of Embolic Protection During Renal PTA And Stenting
  Presenters: Thomas A. Sos, M.D.  
4:29 PM - 4:36 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XIV
 
SESSION XV SCHEDULE
SESSION XV: UPDATES AND NEW CONCEPTS IN VASCULAR DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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4:37 PM - 4:44 AM Radiation Danger To Surgeons And Interventionists During Endovascular Procedures Is Greater Than Previously Thought: What Can Be Done About It?
  Presenters: Gary M. Ansel, M.D.  
4:45 PM - 4:52 PM What Improvements Make Simulators More Useful For Endovascular Training In Interventions?
  Presenters: James R. Duncan, M.D., Ph.D.  
4:53 PM - 5:00 PM Optimal Agents For Embolic Therapy: New Developments
  Presenters: Götz M. Richter, M.D., Ph.D.  
5:01 PM - 5:08 PM The Next Generation Of "Safer" Drug-Eluting Stents: What Does The Future Hold?
  Presenters: Martin B. Leon, M.D.  
5:09 PM - 5:16 PM Highlights Of 2006 Consensus Statement On Prevention And Treatment Of Venous Thromboembolism
  Presenters: Andrew N. Nicolaides, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
5:17 PM - 5:24 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Patrick J. Lamparello, M.D. / Herbert Dardik, M.D.  
5:25 PM - 5:32 PM What Is The Best Treatment For Iliac Occlusive Disease? Which Lesion Should Be Ballooned, Which Stented, Which Bypassed And Which Left Alone?
  Presenters: Peter G. Kalman, M.D.  
5:33 PM - 5:41 PM Ultrasound Accelerated Lysis: Technique And Multicenter Experience
  Presenters: Thomas O. McNamara, M.D.  
5:42 PM - 5:49 PM A Stent With A Biological Covering (Peritoneum): Experimental And Early Clinical Evaluation Of A Potentially Better Device
  Presenters: Timur P. Sarac, M.D.  
5:50 PM - 5:57 PM Is Balloon Angioplasty Of Perianastomotic Stenoses Of Failing Leg Bypasses Worthwhile?
  Presenters: Keith D. Calligaro, M.D.  
5:58 PM - 6:05 PM A New Drug To Help Smokers Quit: The Role of VARENICLINE
  Presenters: Richard D. Hurt, M.D.  
6:06 PM - 6:13 PM What Is The Future For Bioabsorbable Stents?
  Presenters: Ron Waksman, M.D.  
6:14 PM - 6:22 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XV
 
SESSION XVI SCHEDULE
SESSION XVI: ISVS AWARD PAPERS
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6:23 PM - 6:31 PM The Development And Implementation Of Endovascular Capabilities In Wartime: A Report From The 332nd EMDG / Air Force Theater Hospital
  Presenters: Major Andrew N. Bowser, M.D.  
6:32 PM - 6:40 PM The Volume-Outcome Relationship In Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
  Presenters: Peter J.E. Holt, M.R.C.S.  
6:41 PM - 6:49 PM Carotid Angioplasty And Stenting For Post Endarterectomy Stenosis: Long-Term Follow -Up
  Presenters: Gerrit J. de Borst, MD  
6:50 PM - 7:00 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XVI