SESSION XIX SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XIX: NEW OR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, A LATE BREAKING TRIAL AND A DEBATE (5 AND 6-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Michael L. Marin, M.D. / K. Craig Kent, M.D.
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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: Götz M. Richter, M.D., Ph.D.  
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: Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, M.D.  
6:53 AM - 6:59 AM Laser Atherectomy: Has Its Time Come Again?
  Presenters: Dierk Scheinert, M.D. / Giancarlo Biamino, M.D., PhD  
7:00 AM - 7:06 AM Artificial Intelligence And Neural Nets To Achieve Improved Imaging For Endovascular Interventions
  Presenters: Franco Perona, M.D.  
7:07 AM - 7:13 AM 1-Year Results With A Biologically (Peritoneum) Covered Stent-Graft For SFA Occlusive Disease
  Presenters: Albrecht H. Krämer, M.D. / Pierre Galvagni Silveira, M.D., Ph.D. / Timur P. Sarac, M.D.  
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: Michael J. Gough, M.D.  
7:21 AM - 7:26 AM Debate: Distal Vein Patch And AVFs Improves Patency Of Prosthetic Tibial Bypasses
  Presenters: Richard F. Neville, M.D.  
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: Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, M.D.  
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: Frank J. Veith, M.D.  
END OF SESSION XIX
 
SESSION XX SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION XX: MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
Moderators:Frank J. Veith, M.D. / Michael D. Dake, M.D.
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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: Patrice F. Bergeron, M.D.  
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: Mario Lachat, M.D.  
7:57 AM - 8:02 AM Will All Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms Be Treated By Branched Endografts? What Are The Contraindications?
  Presenters: Stephan Haulon, M.D.  
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: Martin Malina, M.D., Ph.D. / Krassi Ivancev, M.D., Ph.D.  
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: Frank J. Criado, M.D.  
8:15 AM - 8:20 AM Preloaded Fenestrated Graft System: Technique And Initial Results
  Presenters: Krassi Ivancev, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:21 AM - 8:26 AM Aortic Arch Endografting By Retrograde Fenestration: Technique And Experimental And Early Clinical Results
  Presenters: Furuzan Numan, M.D.  
8:27 AM - 8:32 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Lucien D. Castellani, M.D. / Richard A. Baum, M.D.  
8:32 AM - 8:37 AM Has Endovascular Repair Become The Standard Of Care For Traumatic Aortic Disruption?
  Presenters: Edward B. Diethrich, M.D.  
8:38 AM - 8:43 AM Long-Term Results Of Endograft Treatment Of Traumatic Aortic Lesions
  Presenters: Ludger Sunder-Plassmann, M.D.  
8:44 AM - 8:49 AM Factors Predictive Of Stroke And Paraplegia After TEVAR: Review Of Clinical Trial Data
  Presenters: Frank J. Criado, M.D. / Ronald M. Fairman, M.D.  
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Why Spinal Fluid Drainage Should Be Used With TEVAR Not As A Routine But As Needed
  Presenters: Zvonimir Krajcer, M.D., F.A.C.C.  
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: Jan S. Brunkwall, M.D., Ph.D.  
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: Rodney A. White, M.D.  
9:08 AM - 9:13 AM Collapse Of The Gore TAG Endograft: Pathogenesis And How to Prevent And Treat This Problem
  Presenters: 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)
Moderators:Timur P. Sarac, M.D. / Enrico Ascher, M.D.
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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: Iris Baumgartner, M.D.  
9:27 AM - 9:32 AM Results With Heparin Bonded Viabahn Endografts In The SFA And How Detrimental Is Covering Collateral Branch Origins?
  Presenters: Darren B. Schneider, M.D.  
9:33 AM - 9:38 AM Comparison Of Gore Propaten Vascular Graft And Disadvantaged Autologous Vein For Below Knee Bypasses
  Presenters: Richard F. Neville, M.D.  
9:39 AM - 9:44 AM Present Status Of Bioengineered Vascular Grafts
  Presenters: Elliot L. Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D.  
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM Overview Of Atherectomy Devices
  Presenters: Dierk Scheinert, M.D.  
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: Koen Deloose, M.D. / Marc Bosiers, M.D.  
9:57 AM - 10:02 AM When Should Stents Be Used With Subintimal Angioplasty?
  Presenters: George H. Meier III, M.D.  
10:03 AM - 10:08 AM Knee Collateral Arteries Can Be Distal Targets For Limb Salvage Bypasses: A New Horizon For Limb Salvage
  Presenters: Jean-Pierre Favre, M.D.  
10:09 AM - 10:15 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Kevin G. Burnand, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., M.S. / Patrick J. Lamparello, M.D.  
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM Endovascular Techniques To Improve The Treatment Of Thrombosed Lower Extremity Prosthetic Bypasses
  Presenters: Neal S. Cayne, M.D.  
10:21 AM - 10:26 AM Elastic Recoil After Femoropopliteal Balloon PTA Is An Indicator Of A Poor Outcome: What Should Be Done?
  Presenters: Anil P. Hingorani, M.D.  
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: Sherif Sultan, M.D., F.R.C.S., EBQS-VASC / Niamh Hynes, M.D.  
10:33 AM - 10:38 AM Infrainguinal Vein Graft Stenosis: Cutting Balloon PTA Is The Treatment Of Choice: Technique And Results
  Presenters: Peter A. Schneider, M.D.  
10:39 AM - 10:44 AM Tibio-Peroneal Stenting Is An Effective Treatment For Critical Limb Ischemia: Technique And Midterm Results
  Presenters: Gioacchino Coppi, M.D.  
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM Results Of SFA PTA And Stenting Are Dependent On Tibial Runoff
  Presenters: Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
10:51 AM - 10:56 AM Minimally Invasive Limb Salvage Bypass Operations: When Should They Be The First Option?
  Presenters: Peter F. Lawrence, M.D.  
10:57 AM - 11:02 AM Mechanical Thrombectomy And Thrombolysis In The Treatment Of Acute Limb Ischemia: Techniques, Tips And Tricks
  Presenters: Ali Amin, M.D., R.V,T., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.  
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)
Moderators:Alan T. Hirsch, M.D. / Michael R. Jaff, D.O.
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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: Klaus D. Hagspiel, M.D.  
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: Anthony J. Comerota, M.D., FACS, FACC  
11:23 AM - 11:29 AM What Is The REACH Registry And What Does It Offer To Interventionalists, Surgeons And Others?
  Presenters: Alan T. Hirsch, M.D. / Iris Baumgartner, M.D.  
11:30 AM - 11:36 AM The Basics Of Maximal Medical Therapy For Patients With Serious Arteriosclerosis: It Isn’t Just Statins
  Presenters: Michael R. Jaff, D.O.  
11:37 AM - 11:43 AM Statins Improve The Results Of Vascular Surgery Operations And Interventions: Summary Of Available Evidence
  Presenters: Don Poldermans, M.D.  
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: Bruce A. Perler, M.D., M.B.A.  
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: Stephen Bauer, M.D. / Richard Hayes, M.D., 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: Ralph G. DePalma, M.D.  
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)
Moderators:Robert B. Rutherford, M.D. / Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., F.A.C.S.
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Strategies And Techniques For Precise Endograft Placement In TEVAR
  Presenters: Dieter Raithel, M.D., Ph.D. / Lefeng Qu, M.D.  
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: Natzi Sakalihasan, M.D., Ph.D.  
1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Are Bifurcated Aortic Endografts Better Than Aorto-Uni-Iliac Grafts? Is There Any Role For The Latter?
  Presenters: Vicente Riambau, M.D., Ph.D.  
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: Jon S. Matsumura, M.D.  
1:24 PM - 1:29 PM An Update On Endovascular Repair Of Traumatic Aortic Disruption With “Stacked” Abdominal Endograft Extension Cuffs
  Presenters: David Rosenthal, M.D.  
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: Michael Lawrence-Brown, M.B,B.S., F.R.A.C.S.  
1:41 PM - 1:46 PM Simplified Protocol For Follow-up After EVAR With Cook Zenith Endograft: Limited Indications For Contrast CTs
  Presenters: Timothy A.M. Chuter, D.M.  
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: Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.  
1:53 PM - 1:58 PM Debate: Implantable AAA Pressure Sensors (CardioMEMS): Their Value In Detecting Which AAAs Are Excluded Long-Term
  Presenters: Ross Milner, M.D.  
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: Bjõrn Sonesson, M.D., Ph.D.  
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)
Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C. / Plinio Rossi, M.D.
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2:11 PM - 2:16 PM Role And Impact Of 3D Angiography In Carotid And Peripheral Interventions
  Presenters: Max Amor, M.D.  
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: Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
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: Klaus D. Hagspiel, M.D.  
2:29 PM - 2:34 PM Role Of Duplex Surveillance In Achieving Optimal Results With Mesenteric Stenting: Are There Contraindications To Stenting?
  Presenters: Dennis F. Bandyk, M.D.  
2:35 PM - 2:40 PM MRA Can Be The Best Method To Detect And Classify Endoleaks: What Is The Secret?
  Presenters: Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D. / Sandra Cornelissen, M.D.  
2:41 PM - 2:46 PM New Concepts In Endovascular Treatment Of Aortic Dissections, Including Endotechniques For Treating Type A Dissections (Mini Presentation)
  Presenters: Juan C. Parodi, M.D.  
2:47 PM - 2:52 PM 64-Slice Detector CTA: A Valid Alternative To Arteriography In The Evaluation Of Vascular Trauma Patients
  Presenters: Charles J. Fox, M.D.  
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: Donald B. Reid, M.D.  
2:59 PM - 3:04 PM 4D Angiography Of Lower Leg Arteries: Technique And Value
  Presenters: Michael J. Jacobs, M.D.  
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM A Novel Helical Stent For SFA Lesions Yield Improved Initial Clinical Results
  Presenters: Peter Gaines, M.D.  
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)
Moderators:J. Leonel Villavicencio, M.D. / John J. Bergan, M.D.
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3:15 PM - 3:20 PM Current Optimal Treatment For Effort Thrombosis And Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  Presenters: Karl A. Illig, M.D.  
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: Peter Gloviczki, M.D.  
3:27 PM - 3:32 PM IVUS Evaluation Of IVC Geometry And Wall Motion: Implications For IVC Filter Design
  Presenters: Frank R. Arko, M.D.  
3:33 PM - 3:38 PM Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Improves Healing Leg Ulcers
  Presenters: Anthony J. Comerota, M.D., FACS, FACC  
3:39 PM - 3:44 PM The Best Of The American Venous Forum Meeting 2008
  Presenters: Bo G. Eklof, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Future Directions In Venous Disease Research And Treatment
  Presenters: Mark H. Meissner, M.D.  
3:51 PM - 4:00 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Bo G. Eklof, M.D., Ph.D. / Mark H. Meissner, M.D.  
4:00 PM - 4:05 PM What Factors Predict The Outcome Of Interventional Treatment Of Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome (May-Thurner)
  Presenters: Thomas W. Wakefield, M.D.  
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: Nicholas J. Morrissey, M.D. / Ross T. Lyon, M.D.  
4:12 PM - 4:17 PM Incidence, Risk Factors And Treatment Of DVT In Children
  Presenters: Michael C. Dalsing, M.D.  
4:18 PM - 4:23 PM IVUS Guided IVC Filter Placement: Single vs. Dual Puncture Access And Other Technical Tricks
  Presenters: Marc A. Passman, M.D.  
4:24 PM - 4:29 PM Highlights Of New Consensus Document On The Management Of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
  Presenters: Andrew N. Nicolaides, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
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)
Moderators:Mark H. Meissner, M.D. / Jose I. Almeida, M.D., F.A.C.S., R.V.T.
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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: Yves S. Alimi, M.D.  
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Isolated Gastro-Soleil DVT Can Be Associated With Progressive DVT And Pulmonary Emboli And Should Be Treated
  Presenters: Gregory L. Moneta, M.D.  
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: George H. Meier III, M.D.  
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: J. Leonel Villavicencio, M.D.  
5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Extended Experience With Foam Sclerotherapy In Venous Malformations: Indications, Techniques, Results
  Presenters: Byung-Boong Lee, M.D.  
5:24 PM - 5:29 PM Venous Stenting For Stasis Symptoms With And Without Ulceration: Diagnosis And Tips And Tricks Regarding Management
  Presenters: Seshadri Raju, M.D.  
5:30 PM - 5:35 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Kevin G. Burnand, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., M.S. / Lowell S. Kabnick, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.Ph  
5:36 PM - 5:41 PM Phlebolymphedema: An Unrecognized Problem Improved By Fixing The Venous Insufficiency: How To Recognize And Fix It
  Presenters: John J. Bergan, M.D.  
5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Why Does Thromboprophylaxis Fail And What Can Be Done About It?
  Presenters: Joseph A. Caprini, M.D.  
5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Etiology, Complications And Treatment Of Venous Aneurysms And Pseudoaneurysms
  Presenters: David L. Gillespie, M.D.  
5:54 PM - 5:59 PM Fire, Foam, Heat And Knife For Varicose Veins: What Does The Data From Randomized Prospective Trials Show?
  Presenters: Bo G. Eklof, M.D., Ph.D.  
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVI