SESSION XIX SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XIX: FOCUS ON NEW OR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND RESULTS THEREFROM (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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6:40 AM - 6:47 AM How To Perform Cryotherapy, Atherectomy And Laser Treatment For Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: How Do We Know They Are Worthwhile And Worth The Cost?
  Presenters: Kim J. Hodgson, M.D.  
6:48 AM - 6:55 AM Results With Cryoplasty To Treat Below-Knee Lesions: Is It Better Than Other Techniques?
  Presenters: Thomas O. McNamara, M.D.  
6:56 AM - 7:03 AM What’s Cool About Cryoplasty: 2 ½ -Year Results Based On An Analysis Of Treated Lesions
  Presenters: Russell H. Samson, M.D., F.A.C.S., R.V.T.  
7:04 AM - 7:11 AM What Is The Evidence For The Efficacy Of Cryoplasty?
  Presenters: David O. Kessel, M.D.  
7:12 AM - 7:19 AM Clopidogrel Resistance in CAS: How to Diagnose It and Manage It
  Presenters: Zvonimir Krajcer, M.D., F.A.C.C.  
7:20 AM - 7:28 AM Panel Discussion
7:28 AM - 7:35 AM General Remarks About The Meeting
  Presenters: Frank J. Veith, M.D.  
END OF SESSION XIX
 
SESSION XX SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XX: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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7:35 AM - 7:42 AM Tips And Tricks For Performing Aortic Arch Debranching Safely
  Presenters: Blair A. Keagy, M.D.  
7:43 AM - 7:50 AM Complications Of Arch And Visceral Debranching: It’s Not Easy And Has Morbidity And Mortality: When Is It Better To Use Endovascular Graft Revascularization Of Branches With Open Repair (The Viabahn Open Repair Technique)?
  Presenters: Mario Lachat, M.D. / Dieter O. Mayer, M.D.  
7:51 AM - 7:58 AM Laparoscopic Debranching To Facilitate EVAR: Is It Better Than Open Debranching And Branched Endografts?
  Presenters: Ralf R. Kolvenbach, M.D.  
7:59 AM - 8:06 AM Can The Celiac Axis Origin Be Covered Safely By Thoracic Endografts: Indications And Precautions
  Presenters: William D. Jordan, Jr., M.D.  
8:07 AM - 8:14 AM EVAR And TEVAR For Mycotic Aneurysms And Aortovisceral Fistulas: How To Make Them Work
  Presenters: George H. Meier III, M.D.  
8:15 AM - 8:22 AM Computer Automated Planning For Branched And Fenestrated Endografts
  Presenters: Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.  
8:23 AM - 8:30 AM Are There Anatomical Limitations To Fenestrated And Branched Endografts For Pararenal And Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms?
  Presenters: Eric L.G. Verhoeven, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:31 AM - 8:38 AM What’s New In In Situ Fenestration With Thoracic Stent Grafts?
  Presenters: Ramesh K. Tripathi, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.  
8:39 AM - 8:46 AM What Is The Explanation For Performance Differences With The Gore TAG Endograft In The Pivotal Trial And In Subsequent Usage?
  Presenters: Jon S. Matsumura, M.D.  
8:47 AM - 8:54 AM Use Of CardioMems Pressure Sensor With TEVAR: Can It Improve Outcomes?
  Presenters: Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, M.D.  
8:55 AM - 9:05 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XX
 
SESSION XXI SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASE (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
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9:05 AM - 9:10 AM Supervised Exercise For Intermittent Claudication: A Forgotten Treatment Method
  Presenters: Alun H. Davies, M.A., D.M., F.R.C.S.  
9:11 AM - 9:16 AM Do SFA Stents And Other Treatment Method Trials Require A “Best Medical Treatment Control Cohort”?
  Presenters: Samuel Eric Wilson, M.D.  
9:17 AM - 9:22 AM What Is The Level I Evidence Showing That Stenting Is Better Than Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty For Occlusive Lesions In The SFA?
  Presenters: Johannes Lammer, M.D.  
9:23 AM - 9:28 AM Debunking The Myth That Failed SFA Interventions Or Bypasses Convert A Patient With Claudication To Critical Ischemia
  Presenters: Christopher L. Wixon, M.D.  
9:29 AM - 9:34 AM Axillopopliteal Bypass: Does It Have A Role In Today’s Vascular Treatment: Indications, Results And Techniques
  Presenters: Frans L. Moll, M.D., Ph.D.  
9:35 AM - 9:40 AM Debate: Worldwide Clinical Performance Of Gore Propaten Heparin Bonded PTFE Grafts To Below-Knee Arteries: Will They Be Better Than Saphenous Vein Or Distaflo™ Grafts?
  Presenters: Richard F. Neville, M.D.  
9:41 AM - 9:46 AM Debate: Distaflo™ Grafts: Are They Better Than Vein Or Propaten Grafts?
  Presenters: Peter L. Harris, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
9:47 AM - 9:52 AM Long-Term Results Of Subintimal Recanalization Below The Inguinal Ligament
  Presenters: Krassi Ivancev, M.D., Ph.D.  
9:53 AM - 10:00 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Robert B. Rutherford, M.D. / R. Clement Darling III, M.D.  
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Comparison Of Surgical And Endovascular Revision Of Failing Infrainguinal Bypass Grafts: When Is Endovascular Equivalent And When Inferior?
  Presenters: Michael S. Conte, M.D.  
10:06 AM - 10:11 AM Effect Of Lesion Characteristics, Diabetes And Runoff On Outcome Of Lower Extremity Angioplasty And Stenting: Is Bypass Ever A Preferred Option?
  Presenters: Peter L. Faries, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
10:12 AM - 10:17 AM Debate: Duplex Surveillance Is Worthwhile After Endovasclar Procedures On Infrainguinal Arteries: Is It Better Than Warfarin?
  Presenters: Dennis F. Bandyk, M.D.  
10:18 AM - 10:23 AM Debate: Duplex Surveillance Is Not Worthwhile After Endovascular Procedures On Infrainguinal Arteries
  Presenters: Joseph L. Mills, M.D.  
10:24 AM - 10:29 AM A New Dorsolateral Approach To The Perineal Artery For Limb Salvage Bypasses: Techniques And Advantages
  Presenters: E. Sebastian Debus, M.D.  
10:30 AM - 10:35 AM Angiogenic Gene Therapy In Chronic Limb Ischemia: Is There Any Hope That It Will Work?
  Presenters: Richard J. Powell, M.D.  
10:36 AM - 10:41 AM Popliteal Volume Flow Measurements With Duplex Is A Reliable Predictor Of Early And Midterm Patency After PTA And Subintimal PTA: It Should Be A Guide For Stent Placement
  Presenters: Anil P. Hingorani, M.D.  
10:42 AM - 10:47 AM What Factors Make Popliteal Aneurysms Appropriate For Endograft Repair And Which Ones Mandate Open Repair?
  Presenters: Martin R. Back, M.D.  
10:48 AM - 10:56 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXI
 
SESSION XXII SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXII: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND TREATMENT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN VASCULAR PATIENTS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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10:56 AM - 11:03 AM What Vascular Surgeons Need To Know About Best Medical Treatment In 2007?
  Presenters: Russell H. Samson, M.D., F.A.C.S., R.V.T.  
11:04 AM - 11:11 AM What Is Optimal Antiplatelet Management In 2007?
  Presenters: Anthony J. Comerota, M.D., FACS, FACC  
11:12 AM - 11:19 AM So You Think Aspirin Was Forever: A New Look At Antiplatelet And Antiinflammatory Activity In Vascular Disease Patients
  Presenters: A. Ross Naylor, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
11:20 AM - 11:27 AM Update On The Rheos System For Treating Drug Resistant Hypertension With An Implantable Carotid Sinus Stimulator: Will It Be Important To Vascular Surgeons?
  Presenters: Jürg Schmidli, M.D.  
11:28 AM - 11:35 AM Where Have All The Atherosclerotic Plaques Gone And What Effect Will It Have On Vascular Surgeons?
  Presenters: Allan D. Callow, M.D., Ph.D.  
11:36 AM - 11:43 AM New Strategies For Preventing Restenoses After Non-Cardiac Interventions: Drug-Eluting Stents And Balloons, Systemic Drugs And Nano Particles
  Presenters: Lindsay Machan, M.D.  
11:44 AM - 11:51 AM Will There Ever Be Medical Treatment To Prevent AAA Growth
  Presenters: Robert W. Thompson, M.D.  
11:52 AM - 11:58 AM Aggressive Management Of Massive PE By Catheter Manipulation Without Thrombolytics, Pulmonary Embolectomy Or Clot Extraction
  Presenters: Jacob Cynamon, M.D.  
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
11:59 PM - 12:05 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXII
 
SESSION XXIII SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXIII: MORE ABOUT ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT (6-MINUTE TALKS)
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1:00 PM - 1:06 PM Direct Sheath Placement Into The Aorta Or Common Iliac Artery To Facilitate Access For TEVAR Or EVAR: When Is It Better Than A Conduit?
  Presenters: Jeffrey P. Carpenter, M.D.  
1:07 PM - 1:13 PM Debate: Small AAAs Do Not Become Less Suitable For EVAR If They Are Observed For Long Periods: We Don’t Need A Small AAA Trial
  Presenters: Carlos H. Timaran, M.D.  
1:14 PM - 1:20 PM Debate: Small AAAs Do Become Less Suitable For EVAR If They Are Observed: We Do Need A Small AAA Trial: When Will The PIVOTAL Trial Results Be Known?
  Presenters: Daniel G. Clair, M.D. / Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.  
1:21 PM - 1:27 PM With Small AAAs (<5.0 cm), What Are The Predictive Factors For Major Future Growth?
  Presenters: Frans L. Moll, M.D., Ph.D.  
1:28 PM - 1:34 PM The EUROSTAR Registry: What Has It Accomplished In Its 10-Year Lifespan?
  Presenters: Peter L. Harris, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
1:35 PM - 1:41 PM Comparative Results Of The Zenith And Talent Grafts In The EVAR Trials: Was There A Performance Difference?
  Presenters: Roger M. Greenhalgh, M.D.  
1:42 PM - 1:48 PM Which Is The Best Endograft For AAAs: When Is One Device Better?
  Presenters: Clifford J. Buckley, M.D.  
1:49 PM - 1:55 PM Comparison Of Device Related Complications With Different Grafts In The EUROSTAR Registry
  Presenters: Jacob Buth, M.D.  
1:56 PM - 2:02 PM The End Of Endotension After EVAR: Visualizing Microendoleaks With The New Blood Pool Agent VASOVIST (99): Are These Microendoleaks The Whole Story?
  Presenters: Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D.  
2:02 PM - 2:10 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIII
 
SESSION XXIV SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXIV: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR IMAGING (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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2:10 PM - 2:17 PM Debate: With Asymptomatic Patients Who Have Arteriosclerotic Risk Factors, The Emphasis Should Be Placed On Carotid Screening Not Medical Treatment
  Presenters: Glenn Jacobowitz, M.D.  
2:18 PM - 2:25 PM Debate: With Asymptomatic Patients Who Have Arteriosclerotic Risk Factors, The Emphasis Should Be Placed On Good Medical Treatment (Statins, Beta Blockers, Etc.) Not On Carotid Screening
  Presenters: Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
2:26 PM - 2:33 PM 3D CTA Imaging Of Carotid Lesions Casts A New Light On Degree Of Stenosis
  Presenters: Thomas S. Maldonado, M.D.  
2:34 PM - 2:41 PM MRA vs. CTA: Which Is Best For Vascular Imaging In What Locations: Can Gadolinium Be Toxic In Some Settings And What Is Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis?
  Presenters: Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.  
2:42 PM - 2:49 PM New Techniques In Cross-Sectional Imaging: Why Vascular Surgeons Must Master 3D Workstation Skills: What Can Coronary CTA With 64 Slice Scanners Do And Not Do?
  Presenters: Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.  
2:50 PM - 2:57 PM Importance Of Dynamic Imaging Modalities With CT And MR On Aneurysmal Disease And Its Treatment With EVAR
  Presenters: Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D.  
2:58 PM - 3:05 PM Improvements In IVUS: Why Every Interventionist Must Have It And Use It
  Presenters: Rodney A. White, M.D.  
3:06 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXIV
 
SESSION XXV SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXV: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DIALYSIS ACCESS AND VASCULAR DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT (7-MINUTE TALKS)
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3:15 PM - 3:22 PM Does DOQI Have It Right?
  Presenters: Marc H. Glickman, M.D.  
3:23 PM - 3:30 PM Duplex Diagnosis And Treatment Of Failing AV Access Fistulas And Grafts: A Better More Financially Effective Way
  Presenters: Enrico Ascher, M.D.  
3:31 PM - 3:38 PM Update On The Importance Of The VAC Device To Vascular Surgeons
  Presenters: Bauer E. Sumpio, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:39 PM - 3:46 PM Intima To Media Thickness As A Marker Of Arteriosclerotic Risk
  Presenters: Richard Hayes, M.D., FACC  
3:47 PM - 3:52 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXV
 
SESSION XXVI SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XXVI: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE (6-MINUTE TALKS)
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3:52 PM - 3:58 PM How Long After An Episode Of DVT Should Anticoagulation Be Continued?
  Presenters: Anthony J. Comerota, M.D., FACS, FACC  
3:59 PM - 4:05 PM Does Endovascular Ablation For Varicose Veins Cut The Mustard: Results Of A Prospective Randomized Trial From New Zealand
  Presenters: Ramesh K. Tripathi, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.  
4:06 PM - 4:12 PM Minimal Doses Of Thrombolytic Agent For Treating DVT And Preventing Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Does Intraprocedural Ultrasound Help?
  Presenters: Cynthia K. Shortell, M.D.  
4:13 PM - 4:19 PM Results Of Endovenous Treatment In 1,500 Patients With Ileocaval Venous Obstruction: What Vascular Surgeons Need To Know
  Presenters: Seshadri Raju, M.D.  
4:20 PM - 4:26 PM Determination Of Resolution Of Upper Extremity Venous Thrombosis: Should Invasive Treatment Be Selective?
  Presenters: Gregory L. Moneta, M.D.  
4:27 PM - 4:33 PM Is First Rib Resection Worthwhile For Chronically Occluded Subclavian Veins?
  Presenters: Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D.  
4:34 PM - 4:40 PM Long-Term Results With Aggressive And Conservative Treatment For Effort Thrombosis Of The Axillary-Subclavian Veins: Is Aggressive Treatment Really Indicated And What Should It Be?
  Presenters: Karl A. Illig, M.D.  
4:41 PM - 4:47 PM Comprehensive Surgical Treatment For Subclavian Vein Effort Thrombosis: Who, What, When, Where And Why?
  Presenters: Robert W. Thompson, M.D.  
4:48 PM - 4:54 PM New Techniques And Methods For Treating Ileofemoral DVT
  Presenters: Michael B. Silva, Jr., M.D.  
4:55 PM - 5:01 PM Pharmaco-Mechanical Treatment Of DVT: Emerging Device And Clinical Data Using Isolated Thrombolysis
  Presenters: Anthony J. Comerota, M.D., FACS, FACC  
5:02 PM - 5:10 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Bo G. Eklof, M.D., Ph.D. / Michael C. Dalsing, M.D.  
5:10 PM - 5:16 PM Modern Detection And Management Of DVT: Clinical Parameters, D-dimers And Duplex In The Era Of Cost Containment
  Presenters: Michael C. Dalsing, M.D.  
5:17 PM - 5:23 PM Indications, Techniques And Results With Treatment Of Venous Malformations: How Well Does Embolo/Sclerotherapy Work?
  Presenters: Byung-Boong Lee, M.D.  
5:24 PM - 5:30 PM What’s New In the Medical Treatment Of Thromboembolism: How To Combat The Role Of Inflammation
  Presenters: Thomas W. Wakefield, M.D.  
5:31 PM - 5:37 PM Is There Anything New On The Horizon With IVC Filters?
  Presenters: David Rosenthal, M.D.  
5:38 PM - 5:44 PM Debunking Some Commonly Held Beliefs About Varicose Veins: Some Shocking Myths And Misconceptions About Varicose Veins And Their Treatment
  Presenters: Kevin G. Burnand, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., M.S.  
5:45 PM - 5:51 PM What Is The Best Method For Obliterating Perforators In 2007: SEPS, Surgery, Duplex-Guided Sclerotherapy Or Duplex-Guided Radiofrequency: When Should They Be Used?
  Presenters: Peter Gloviczki, M.D.  
5:52 PM - 5:58 PM Thromboprophylaxis For Arterial And Venous Surgery: What To Use, How To Decide
  Presenters: Joseph A. Caprini, M.D.  
5:59 PM - 6:05 PM Chemical Ablation Of Varicose Veins Under Controlled Ischemia: Advantages, Techniques And Results
  Presenters: J. Leonel Villavicencio, M.D.  
6:06 PM - 6:12 PM How To Perform Sclerotherapy And Radiofrequency Effectively In An Office Practice
  Presenters: Alan M. Dietzek, M.D., F.A.C.S., R.P.V.I.  
6:13 PM - 6:20 PM Is There Any Association Between Obesity And Chronic Venous Disease Of The Legs?
  Presenters: Bo G. Eklof, M.D., Ph.D.  
6:20 PM - 6:27 PM With Varicose Veins We Really Don’t Need To Obliterate The Long Saphenous Vein!
  Presenters: John J. Bergan, M.D.  
6:27 PM - 6:40 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVI