Saturday
SESSION XXXII: NEW TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS WHICH WILL SHAPE OUR FUTURE (6-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Michael B. Silva, Jr., M.D.
SESSION XXXII SCHEDULE
2:50 PM - 2:56 PM How Vascular Surgeons Should Obtain Exposure For Spine Surgery: Tips, Precautions And Hints For Optimizing Billing
  Presenters(s): Mark D. Morasch, M.D.  
2:57 PM - 3:03 PM Recent Advances And Potential In Nanotechnology And Biotechnology
  Presenters(s): Elliot L. Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:04 PM - 3:10 PM How Are Simulators Valuable In Teaching Endovascular Techniques? Is There Proof Of Effectiveness?
  Presenters(s): K. Craig Kent, M.D.  
3:12 PM - 3:18 PM Cook Zenith Flex Endograft: Improved Technological Features With Main Body Diameters Up To 36 mm
  Presenters(s): Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.  
3:18 PM - 3:24 PM Pharmacological Treatment Of Aneurysms: The Next Horizon
  Presenters(s): Juan C. Parodi, M.D.  
3:25 PM - 3:31 PM Should AAAs <5.0 - 5.5 cm Be Treated? Do We Know? How Can We Find Out?
  Presenters(s): Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.  
3:32 PM - 3:38 PM EVAR 5-Year Results With Small vs. Large AAAs: Is Big Really Worse?
  Presenters(s): Jeffrey P. Carpenter, M.D.  
3:39 PM - 3:49 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): K. Craig Kent, M.D. /   / Joseph L. Mills, M.D.     
3:49 PM - 3:55 PM Beyond Fusiform And Saccular: Three Dimensional Aortic Shape And Rupture Potential: Does It Correlate With Finite Element Analysis?
  Presenters(s): Alan Dardik, M.D., Ph.D.  
3:56 PM - 4:02 PM Laparoscopic Guided Endovascular Access To The Aorta And Iliac Vessels
  Presenters(s): Michael Lawrence-Brown, M.B,B.S., F.R.A.C.S.  
4:03 PM - 4:09 PM Initial Experience With The VI - Aortounilateral Endograft For AAA
  Presenters(s): Ralf R. Kolvenbach, M.D.  
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Phase I US Fenestrated Endograft Trial: The Procedure Can Work In The Real World
  Presenters(s): Christopher J. Kwolek, M.D.  
4:17 PM - 4:23 PM Techniques And Experience With In Situ Fenestration And Branched Grafts
  Presenters(s): Richard G. McWilliams, M.D.  
4:24 PM - 4:30 PM Supra-Aortic Revascularization After Thoracic Aneurysm Stent-Grafting By In Situ Fenestration And Endografting Via The Innominate And Carotid Arteries
  Presenters(s): Ramesh K. Tripathi, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.  
4:31 PM - 4:37 PM Instant In Situ Fenestration To Allow Endo Treatment Of Urgent AAAs With Short Necks: Technique And Limitations
  Presenters(s): Martin Malina, M.D., Ph.D.  
4:38 PM - 4:44 PM Do We Need A New Endograft To Treat Traumatic Aortic Disruption And Why?
  Presenters(s): Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., F.A.C.S.  
4:45 PM - 4:55 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): James A. DeWeese, M.D. /   / Donna M. Mendes, M.D., F.A.C.S.     
4:56 PM - 5:02 PM Absorbable Polylactic Acid Stents: Clinical Experience, Value And Limitations
  Presenters(s): Giancarlo Biamino, M.D.  
5:03 PM - 5:09 PM Can Aortobronchial Fistulas Be Treated Successfully By Open Surgery? By Endovascular Means?
  Presenters(s): Michael J. Jacobs, M.D.  
5:10 PM - 5:16 PM Progress In Myocyte And Stem Cell Transplantation For Inadequate Myocardial Function
  Presenters(s): Edward B. Diethrich, M.D.  
5:17 PM - 5:23 PM Bone Marrow Stem Cell Injections: Can They Be A Treatment For Critical Ischemia And How Do They Work?
  Presenters(s): Berthold Amann, M.D.  
5:24 PM - 5:30 PM Does Red Wine Have A Cardiovascular Protective Effect? How Does It Work?
  Presenters(s): Bauer E. Sumpio, M.D., Ph.D.  
5:31 PM - 5:37 PM EVAR Reduces The Risk Of Rupture Despite Persisting Type I Endoleak: How Can This Possibly Be True?
  Presenters(s): Christopher K. Zarins, M.D.  
5:38 PM - 5:44 PM The Importance Of Fish Oils: Why All Vascular Patients Should Be On Them, How Do They Work And What Is The Dosage?
  Presenters(s): William M. Stone, M.D.  
5:45 PM - 5:51 PM The LeMaitre-Endofit Thoracic Endograft: Clinical Trial Update
  Presenters(s): Dieter Raithel, M.D., Ph.D.  
5:52 PM - 5:58 PM Late Breaking Developments: Interesting New Findings From The SVS Carotid Registry - A Real Step Forward
  Presenters(s): Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H.  
5:59 PM - 6:10 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXXII