
| Tuesday, March 20 | ||||||||||
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Speaker Ready Room | |||||||||
| 7:00 pm | Gore Fellows Reception | |||||||||
| Wednesday, March 21 | ||||||||||
| 7:00 am - 12:00 pm | Gore Fellows Program | |||||||||
| 10:00 am - 5:30 pm | Registration Desk | |||||||||
| 10:00 am - 5:30 pm | Speaker Ready Room | |||||||||
| 10:00 am - 3:30 pm | Poster Setup | |||||||||
| 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Hours (plus welcome reception 5:30 - 7 pm) | |||||||||
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Postgraduate Course: Strategies to Improve Care of the Vascular Patient Chair: Robert B. McLafferty, MD; SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL | |||||||||
| Objectives: | At the completion of this course, the participants will:
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| Faculty: | "Update on Prevention of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction" Anil P. Hingorani, MD; Maimonides Medical Center, New York, NY "Improving Clinical Outcomes by Normalizing Diabetic Control" Marc A. Passman, MD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN "The Benefits of High Dose Perioperative Oxygen Therapy" Robert B. McLafferty, MD; SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL "Minimizing Renal Insufficiency From Vascular Procedures" Brian G. Rubin, MD; Washington University, St. Louis, MO "New Techniques in Wound Care: Where's the Data?" William A. Marston, MD; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC "Who Really Benefits From What Combination of Anticoagulation?" Michael C. Dalsing, MD; Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Scientific Session 1: Endovascular/Other (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block, Videos 15-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion) | |||||||||
| 1:00 pm - 1:13 pm | 1. Impact of Endograft Design and Product Line on the Device Cost of EVAR Robert J. Feezor, MD, Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD., Scott A. Berceli, MD, PhD., Peter R. Nelson, MD, James M. Seeger, MD, W. Anthony Lee, MD. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA | |||||||||
| 1:13 pm - 1:26 pm | 2. Endovasular Treatment of Stenotic and Occluded Visceral Arteries For Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia Ozcan Altinel, M.D., Timur P. Sarac, M.D., James Bena, M.S., Vikram Kashyap, M.D., Sean Lyden, M.D., Patrick O'Hara, M.D., Mathew Eagleton, M.D., Sunita Srivastava, M.D., Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., Daniel Clair, M.D. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA | |||||||||
| 1:26 pm - 1:39 pm | 3. Early And Midterm Results Of Ruptured AAA In The Endovascular Era In A Community Hospital Paul M. Anain, MD1, Joseph M. Anain, Sr., MD1, Michael Tiso, MD2, Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD3. 1Sister's of Charity Hospital, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA; 3SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA | |||||||||
| 1:39 pm - 1:52 pm | 4. Intravenous Heparin Reduces the Intra-operative Mortality in Ruptured AAAs Ganessen Chinien, Said Abisi, MD MRCS, Pablo Morales, MD, Peter Taylor, MS FRCS, Kevin G. Burnand, MS FRCS. St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom | |||||||||
| 1:52 pm - 2:10 pm | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP1. Viabahn-Assisted Subintimal Recanalization (VASIR) of Superficial Femoral Artery Occlusions Michael J. Verta, MD, Joseph R. Schneider, MD, PhD, Marc Alonzo, MD, David Hahn, MD. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL, USA | ||||||||||
| MP2. Subintimal Angioplasty for Infrainguinal Occlusions: Does Length of Occlusion Matter? George H. Meier, III, MD Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA | ||||||||||
| MP3. Native Superficial Femoral Artery Peripheral Atherectomy Site Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report Shivprasad D. Nikam, MD, Joe H. Morgan, MD, Emad M. Zakhary, MD, Spencer W. Galt, MD, James R. Elmore, MD, David P. Franklin, MD. Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA | ||||||||||
| MP4. Total Viabahn Endoprosthesis Collapse Mark E. Ranson, MD, Mark A. Adelman, MD, Thomas Maldonado, MD, Bart E. Muhs, MD. New York University, New York, NY, USA | ||||||||||
| 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm | V1. Advantages and Complications of Using the Da Vinci Robotic System for Vascular Surgery Petr Stadler, MD Na Homolce Hospital, Praha (Prague), Czech Republic Invited Video Replacement of the Descending Aorta using the da Vinci Surgical System in a Sheep Model: Comparison of Anastomosis Techniques Jenny Hawes, MD, J. Michael Smith, MD, Amy Engel, MA Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Dedicated Hands-On Sessions (Exhibits & Stations Available) | |||||||||
| 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Scientific Session 2: AAA/Aorta (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block.) | |||||||||
| 3:15 pm - 3:28 pm | 5. Small AAA Expansion Rates in Current Practice Joel E. Barbato, MD, Jonathan Small, BS, Michael Go, MD, Jae Cho, MD, Robert Y. Rhee, MD, Michel S. Makaroun, MD. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | |||||||||
| 3:28 pm - 3:41 pm | 6. Acute Abdominal Aortic Dissection: Insight From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Santi Trimarchi, MD1, Thomas Tsai, MD2, Kim A. Eagle, MD2, Christoph A. Nienaber, MD3, Eric M. Isselbacher, MD4, Jim Froehlich, MD2, Jeanna V. Cooper, MS2, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD5, Vincenzo Rampoldi, MD1, Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., MD2. 1Cardiovascular Center E. Malan; 2University of Michigan; 3University of Rostock; 41Massachusetts General Hospital; 5Mayo Clinic | |||||||||
| 3:41 pm - 3:54 pm | 7. Surgical Conversion Following Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A 12-year Experience Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD, Wesley S. Moore, MD, William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD. Los Angeles Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |||||||||
| 3:54 pm - 4:07 pm | 8. Statins Decrease Cathpsins And MMP 9 Activity In Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAAs) Wall Said Abisi, MD, MCRS, Alberto Smith, MD, Kevin G. Burnand, MS, FRCS. St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom | |||||||||
| 4:07 pm - 4:20 pm | 9. Efficacy of Prostaglandin E2 ( PGE2) Infusion in the Immediate Peri-operative Period in Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Fiachra Martin, MB BCh MCh, Niamh Hynes, MB MCh BAO MD MRCSI, Sherif Sultan, MB BCh MCh MD FRCSI EBQS/VASC. Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland. Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland | |||||||||
| 4:20 pm - 4:33 pm | 10. National Trends in the Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Leila Mureebe, MD, Natalia Egorova, PhD, MPH, Giampaolo Greco, PhD, Annetine Gelijns, PhD, Alan J. Moskowitz, MD, Jeannine K. Giacovelli, MD, K. Craig Kent, MD, James F. McKinsey, MD. New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA | |||||||||
| 4:33 pm - 4:45 pm | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP5. Initial Experiences and Short Term Results Using a Remote Aneurysm Sac Pressure Sensor Matthew Recht, MD, Patrick Muck, MD, Joann Lohr, MD, Daniel Kim, MD, David Chung, MD, Amy Engel, MA. Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA | ||||||||||
| MP6. Outcomes of Iatrogenic Iliac Artery Rupture During Endovascular AAA Repair Eugene Palchik, MD, Andrew M. Bakken, MD, Karl A. Illig, MD, Wael E. Saad, MD, David L. Waldman, MD, PhD, Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA | ||||||||||
| MP7. Asymptomatic Small AAA (4cm) Do Not Require Prophylactic Therapy Eugene Palchik, MD, Andrew M. Bakken, MD, Joseph P. Hart, MD, Michael J. Singh, MD, Karl A. Illig, MD, Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA | ||||||||||
| 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm | Dedicated Hands-On Session (Exhibits & Stations Available) | |||||||||
| 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Welcome Reception | |||||||||
| Thursday, March 22 | ||||||||||
| 6:30 am - 7:45 am |
Special Interest Group (SIG) Breakfast Sessions SIG 1 Understanding Your Junior Partner, Medical Students and Your Children—Workstyles and Generational Differences Supported by a grant from Vascutek, Inc.
SIG 2 It Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time: Cases I Wish I Had Never Started!
SIG 3 Special Issues for Community Vascular Surgeons: Dialysis Access & Angio Centers, Pros/Cons of Having a Vascular Lab | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 11:00 am | Exhibit Hall Hours | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 12:00 pm | Registration Desk | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 12:00 pm | Speaker Ready Room | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast With Industry | |||||||||
| 8:00 am - 9:30 am | Scientific Session 3: Dialysis (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discusion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block, Videos 15-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion) | |||||||||
| 8:00 am - 8:13 am | 11. Should DOQI Guidelines be updated? The Role of Basilic Vein Fistula Anantha K. Ramanathan, MBBS1, Nader D. Nader, MD2, Maciej L. Dryjski, MD1, Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD2, Gregory S. Cherr, MD3, Richard G. Curl, MD3, Alan S. Kuritzky, MD1, Linda M. Harris, MD1. 1Millard Fillmore (Gates) Hospital, Buffalo, NY; 2Veterans Administration Hospital, Buffalo, NY; 3Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY, USA | |||||||||
| 8:13 am - 8:26 am | 12. The Effect of Systemic Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Angioaccess Surgery Marcus D'Ayala, MD, Catherine Martone, MD, Robina M Smith, MD, William Briggs, PhD, Jonthan S. Deitch, MD, and Leslie Wise, MD New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |||||||||
| 8:26 am - 8:39 am | 13. Basilic Vein Transposition: The Critical Importance of Vein Diameter Sara E. Margolis, MD1, Jonathan A. Levison, MD1, Clifford M. Sales, MD2. 1Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ; 2Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ, USA | |||||||||
| 8:39 am - 8:52 am | 14. Brachial Vs Basilic Vein Transposition Dialysis Fistulas -- Are Their Patency Rates Comparable? Kevin M. Casey, MD, Britt H. Tonnessen, MD, W. Charles Sternbergh, III, MD, Samuel R. Money, MD, Krishna Mannava, MD Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA | |||||||||
| 8:52 am - 9:10 am | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP8. The Axillo-Axillary Arteriovenous Graft: Technique and Outcomes in the Obese Patient Thomas W. Kendall, Jr., MD, David L. Cull, MD, Corey A. Kalbaugh, MS, Anna L. Cass, MPH, Spence M. Taylor, MD, Christopher G. Carsten, III, MD. Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, Greenville, SC, USA | ||||||||||
| MP9. Results of Aggressive Graft Surveillance and Endovascular Treatment on Secondary Patency Rates of Upper Extremity Vectra Vascular Access Grafts and Transposed Basilic Veins Stavros K. Kakkos, MD, PhD, Tanja Andrzejewski, MD, Joseph A. Haddad, Georges K. Haddad, MD, FACS, RVT, Daniel J. Reddy, MD, FACS, RVT, Timothy J. Nypaver, MD, RVT, Judith C. Lin, MD, RVT, Alexander D. Shepard, MD, RVT, Mitchell Weaver, MD, RVT. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA | ||||||||||
| MP10. Ruptured Hepatic Artery Aneurysm: A Novel Approach to Distal Arterial Control William M. Stone, MD, Samuel Money, MD, Fowl Richard, MD. Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, US | ||||||||||
| MP11. A Comparison of the Retroperitoneal to the Transabdominal Approach for AAA Repair in Octogenarians who are not Endoluminal Candidates Dolores F. Cikrit, MD, Kimberly Phillips, MD, Michael C. Dalsing, MD, Alan P. Sawchuk, MD, Shoaib Shafique, MD, Ryan D. Nachreiner, MD Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA | ||||||||||
| 9:10 am - 9:30 am | V2. Retroperitoneal Aortic Surgery: Management of Endovascular Rejects William J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD. UCLA Med Ctr, Dept of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA. | |||||||||
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Dedicated Hands-On Session (Exhibits & Stations Available) | |||||||||
| 10:15 am - 11:00 am | Scientific Session 4: Carotid (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block.) | |||||||||
| 10:15 am - 10:28 am | 15. The Fate of Patients with Retinal Artery Occlusion and Hollenhorst Plaque Allan B. Dunlap, MD, Gregory S. Kosmorsky, DO, Vikram S. Kashyap, MD. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA | |||||||||
| 10:28 am - 10:41 am | 16. Carotid Artery Stenting: Identification of Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes Benjamin M. Jackson, MD, Sean J. English, BA, Ronald M. Fairman, MD, Jagajan Karmacharya, MD, Omaida C. Velazquez, MD, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD, Edward Y. Woo, MD. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA | |||||||||
| 10:41 am - 10:54 am | 17. Outcome of Carotid Stenting-Induced Bradycardia and Hypotension Treated Without Atropine Carlos H. Timaran, Eric Rosero, MD, Gregory Modrall, MD, James Valentine, MD, Patrick Clagett, MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA | |||||||||
| 10:54 am - 11:05 am | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP12. Ultrasound Criteria for Severe In-Stent Restenosis Following Carotid Artery Stenting Wei Zhou, MD1, Debra D. Felkai, RVT2, Mark Evans, RVT2, Sally A. McCoy, RN2, Peter H. Lin, MD1, Panos Kougias, MD1, Alan B. Lumsden, MD1. 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 2Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA | ||||||||||
| MP13. Carotid Endarterectomy for Patients With Symptomatic Moderate (50% - 70%) Stenosis: Does The Procedure Warrant The Risk? R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Sean P. Roddy, MD, Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Yaron Sternbach, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD. Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA | ||||||||||
| 11:10 am - 11:55 am | Distinguished Visiting Professor M.O.C. – What Does It Mean? Jonathan Towne, MD Chief, Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
| 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
Concurrent Symposia (including boxed lunch) Symposia 1: Controversies in Below-Knee Bypass Solutions Symposia 2: Building Your Aortic Practice Symposia 3: Gold Standard Procedure in Vascular Anastomosis for AV Access | |||||||||
| 12:30 pm | Golf Outing & Free Afternoon | |||||||||
| Friday, March 23 | ||||||||||
| 6:30 am - 7:45 am | Special Interest Group (SIG) Breakfast Sessions
SIG 1 Community Vascular Surgeons: Challenging Cases SIG 2 Wound Care Management SIG 3 Young Vascular Surgeons Issues
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| 7:00 am - 11:00 am & 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Exhibit Hall Hours | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 5:30 pm | Registration Desk | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Speaker Ready Room | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast With Industry | |||||||||
| 8:00 am - 9:30 am | Scientific Session 5: Peripheral Vascular Disease (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block.) | |||||||||
| 8:00 am - 8:13 am | 18. Revascularization for Wound Healing: Are Endovascular Techniques as Good as Open Bypass? Richard F. Neville, MD, Niten Singh, MD, Tahir Jamil, BS, James Laredo, MD, David Deaton, MD, Christopher Attinger, MD. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA | |||||||||
| 8:13 am - 8:26 am | 19. Primary Iliac Stenting versus Iliac Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with Selective Stenting Ali F. AbuRahma, MD, J. David Hayes, MD, Sarah K. Flaherty, William Peery, MD R. C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, Charleston, WV, USA | |||||||||
| 8:26 am - 8:39 am | 20. Incidence and Clinical Significance of Distal Embolization Following Percutaneous Interventions Involving the Superficial Femoral Artery Russell C. Lam, MD, Syed Shah, MD, Mussadaq Inayat, MD, Leila Mureebe, MD, Roman Nowygrod, MD, Larrise Lee, MD, Peter L. Faries, MD, James F. McKinsey, MD, K Craig Kent, MD, Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD. New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Columbia University College of Physicians, New York, NY, USA. | |||||||||
| 8:39 am - 8:52 am | 21. Non-Operative Active Management of Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI): Initial Experience Using a Sequential Compression Biomechanical Device (SCBD) for Limb Salvage. Olubumni Esan, MB BS MRCSI, Niamh Hynes, MB BCh BAO MD MRCSI, Anne Fahy DMP, Wael Tawfick MB BCh, MRCSI, Sherif Sultan, MB BCh MCh MD FRCSI EBQS/VASC. Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland | |||||||||
| 8:52 am - 9:05 am | 22. A Prospective Evaluation Of Percutaneous Subintimal Angioplasty And Routine Stenting For TASC C And D Lesions Of The Superficial Femoral Artery Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Yaron Sternbach, MD, Sean P. Roddy, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, John B. Taggert, MD, R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Philip SK Paty, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD. Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA | |||||||||
| 9:05 am - 9:20 am | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP14. Longitudinal Comparative Study of Transverse Versus Vertical Groin Incision for Femoral Artery Exposure in Arterial Reconstructive Surgery Chris Beirne, MB BCh BAO, Fiachra Martin, MB BCh MCh, Niamh Hynes, MB BCh BAO MD MRCSI,Wael Tawfick MB BCh MRCSI,Sherif Sultan, MB BCh MCh MD FRCSI EBQS/VASC, Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland | ||||||||||
| MP15. Can We Predict Outcome of Endovascular Tibial Interventions for Critical limb Ischemia in Diabetic Patients Maureen K. Sheehan, MD, Kirsten Wennermark, Ryan Hagino, MD, W Tracey Jones, III, MD, Boulos Toursarkissian, MD University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA | ||||||||||
| MP16. Latrogenic Vascular Injuries During Abdominal Operations – Factors Associated With Injury-related Death Gustavo S. Oderich, MD1, Thomas C. Bower, MD1, Jean M. Panneton, MD2, Audra A. Duncan, MD1, Manju Kalra, MBBS1, Peter Gloviczki, MD1. 1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Vascular and Transplant Specialists, Norfolk, VA, USA | ||||||||||
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Dedicated Hands-On Session (Exhibits & Stations Available) | |||||||||
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | International Panel Moderator: Michel S. Makaroun, MD; Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
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| Faculty: | "EVAR for Ruptured Aortic Aneurysms: Single Center Experience of over 100 Cases" Martin Malina, MD; Malmo University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden "Carotid Plaque Characteristics and Outcomes" "Fenestrated and Branched Endografts and Where We are Going in Imaging and Treatment of Difficult Aneurysms"
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| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Introduction of the President | |||||||||
| 11:10 am - 12:00 am | Presidential Address Academic Medicine or Private Practice: You Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard O. William Brown, MD, JD Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Interim Chief Division of Vascular Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI | |||||||||
| 12:00 am - 1:00 pm | Members' Business Luncheon | |||||||||
| 12:00 am - 1:00 pm | Networking Luncheon (exhibitors & non-members) | |||||||||
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Dedicated Hands-On Session (Exhibits & Stations Available) | |||||||||
| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | Poster Session: Round 1 (By Category) Chief Moderator: Thomas C. Bower, MD | |||||||||
| BASIC SCIENCE – Moderator: George Meier, MD P1 Detection of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Alan G. Lossing, MD, FRCSC, Marjorie A. Burnett, Hons. BSc, Andrew Dueck, MD. St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. P2 Pressure Assisted Liposome Mediated Exvivo Transfection of Canine Saphenous Vein Grafts with Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Reduces Intimal Hyperplasia Manju Kalra, MBBS, Matt Loe, Sandra R. Severson, AA, Virginia M. Miller, PhD, Peter Gloviczki, MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. P3 Inhibition of IL18 inhibits intimal hyperplasia after balloon injury - in an atherosclerotic rabbit model Jian-ming Li, MD, PhD, Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, Laura C. Hendricks, College Student, Michael J. Rohrer, MD, Rocco Ciocca, MD, Bruce S. Cutler, MD. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. P4 Atherosclerotic Plaque Comparison of Coronary and Peripheral Arteries Paul D. Bishop, MSEE, Kenneth Ouriel, MD, Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, Sean P. Nassoiy, BS, Mircea L. Pavkov, MD, Ashleigh T. Clair, BS, Anuja Nair, PhD, Geoff Vince, PhD, James F. Bena, MS, Daniel G. Clair, MD. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. P5 Hemodynamic parameters of end to side anastomosis- experimental study Tomas Grus1, J. Lindner1, M. Krajicek1, K. Vik1, J. Tosovsky1, J. Matecha2, H. Netrebská 2, J. Tuma2, J. Adamec2. Clinic of Cardiovascular surgery, General University Hospital and First Medical Faculty in Prague Czech republic1, Department of Fluid Dynamics and Power Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic2 P6 Cathepsins and the activation of MMPs in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) wall Said Abisi, Alberto Smith, Kevin G. Burnand. St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom. CAROTID – Moderator: Alan Lumsden, MD P7 Outcome Analysis of Carotid Artery Occlusion J. Jeffrey Alexander, M.D. Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. P8 High risk patients treated with urgent CEA have increased perioperative morbidity: A group to target for carotid stenting? Hernan A. Bazan, M.D., Sanjeev Pradhan, M.D., Tormod S. Westvik, M.D., James M. Wong, M.D., Bauer E. Sumpio, M.D., Ph.D., Richard G. Gusberg, M.D.; Alan Dardik, MD, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. P9 Withdrawn P10 Correlation of Cerebral Oximetry with Internal Carotid Artery Stump Pressures in Carotid Endarterectomy Mark L. Manwaring, MD, Frank M. Parker, DO, Clark M. Kardys, MD, C. Steven Powell, MD, William M. Bogey, MD, Michael C. Stoner, MD. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. P11 The Influence of Gender on Clinical Outcomes and Durability of Repair Following Carotid Angioplasty with Stenting and Carotid Endarterectomy Brian D. Park, MD, Francesco Aiello, MD, Michael Dahn, MD, PhD, James Menzoian, MD, Mavanur Arun, MD. The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. P12 Advances in Management of Subclavian Artery Aneurysms Joseph J. Ricotta II, M.D., Thomas C. Bower, M.D., Timucin Taner, M.D., Barbara J. Toomey, R.N., Janet M. Hofer, R.N., Audra A. Duncan, M.D., Peter Gloviczki, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. DIALYSIS – Moderator: O. William Brown, MD P13 Flow volume measurement, ultrasound imaging and early intervention in dialysis access improves patency Michael J. Howe, BA, Krishna M. Jain, MD, John S. Munn, MD, Mark C. Rummel, MD, Sarat K. Vaddineni, MD. Michigan State College of Human Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI. P14 Decreased Upper Extremity Vein Diameter and Distensibility in Patients with Renal Failure Vittorio Rotella, Jr., MD, Rashad Choudry, MD, Patrick Kelly, BS,RVT, Michael Salvatore, B.S., Paul van Bemmelen, MD, PhD, John Blebea, MD. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. P15 Successful Treatment Of Hemodialysis Graft Seroma With A Covered Stent Nicholas J. Gargiulo, III, M.D., Frank Veith, M.D., Larry A. Scher, M.D., Evan C. Lipsitz, M.D., William D. Suggs, M.D., Evan Deutsch, M.D., Jeffrey Indes, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. P16 Management and Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Complications of Indwelling Radial Arterial Catheters Igor A. Laskowski, MD, Stephanie Saltzberg, Paul J. Gagne, Caron B. Rockman. New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. P17 Endovascular Repair of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury Using the Gore Thoracic Aortic Graft (TAG): A Single Center Experience. Ali Azizzadeh, MD, Martin A. Villa, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Charles C. Miller, III, PhD, Sheila M. Coogan, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD. University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA. P18 A parallel group observational study of Supra-Renal Aortic aneurysm Repair (SRAR), Juxtarenal Aneurysm Repair (JRAR) and Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (IRAR). Does Single Suprarenal Artery clamping alter technical and clinical outcome in Para-Renal Aortic Repair Niamh Hynes, MB BCh MCh MD MRCSI, Wael Tawfick, MB BCh BAO MRCSI, Sherif Sultan, MB BCh MCh MD FRCSI DEVS DMD FRCS (Gen-Vasc) EBQS. Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland. P19 The Use of Percutaneous Distal Aortic Perfusion and ECMO in the Treatment of Descending Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms John E. Rectenwald, M.D., Pema Dorje, MD, Peter K. Henke, MD, James C. Stanley, MD, Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD, Robert A. Remenapp, RN, Robert H. Bartlett, MD, Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., MD. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. ENDOVASCULAR-ANEURYSM ABDOMINAL – Moderator: William Quinones-Baldrich, MD P20 Use of T-stat to Predict Pelvic Ischemia during and after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Eugene S. Lee, MD, William C. Pevec, M.D., Daniel Link, M.D., David L. Dawson, M.D. University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA. P21 Derivation and Validation of Predictive Index of Morbidity and Mortality in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair; A Customized Risk Scoring Index For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients Chris Beirne, MB BCh MCh, Niamh Hynes, MB BCh BAO MD MRCSI, Sherif Sultan, MB BCh MCh MD FRCSI DEVS FISVS. Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland. P22 Aorto-Enteric Fistula After Aortic Reconstruction: Comparison Of Endovascular, Transperitoneal And Retroperitoneal Approaches R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Stephen Duffy, MD, Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Sean P. Roddy, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Philip SK Paty, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, Yaron Sternbach, MD, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD. Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. P23 Scoring in endovascular and open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms - Prospective Evaluation of the SVS/AAVS Comorbidity Severity Score compared to other risk scoring systems Michael Gawenda, MD, Associate Professor 1, Sonja Schubert, CD 1, Gernot Wassmer, MD, PhD2, Jan Brunkwall, MD, PhD1. 1Division of Vascular Surgery, Cologne, Germany, 2Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Cologne, Germany. P24 Decreased Size of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Endovascular Era: Have Perceptions of Clinical Indications Changed? Mark E. Ranson, MD1, Donald K. Stewart, MD2, Mary Sue Hamann, PhD2, Bart E. Muhs, MD1. 1New York University, New York, NY, USA, 2New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA. P25 Endovascular Repair (EVAR) has a Significantly Lower Perioperative (30-Day) and 1-Year Mortality than Open Surgical Repair (SR) of Infrarenal AAA in the General Population David A. Rigberg, MD1, David S. Zingmond, MD, MPH1, Marcia L. McGory, MD1, Peter F. Lawrence, MD2, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MPH1. 1Center for Surgical Outcomes and Quality, UCLA School of Medicine, 2West Los Angeles Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. P26 Long-term Follow-up of 83 Patients after Endovascular Stent Graft (EVSG) Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA): A Single Center's Experience Ulka Sachdev, MD, Donald T. Baril, MD, Tikva S. Jacobs, MD, Cynthia Binoya, BA, Daniel Silverberg, MD, Alfio Carroccio, MD, Sharif H. Ellozy, MD, Victoria J. Teodorescu, MD, Michael L. Marin, MD. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. PVD – Moderator: Keith Calligaro, MD P27 Withdrawn P28 Our Experience with Catheter-based Plaque Excision for Symptomatic Peripheral Vascular Disease: Is it Ready for Primetime? Wael Nasr, MD, Palma M. Shaw, MD, Alisha R. Oropallo, MD, Amit Patel, MD, Mandeep Dhadly, MD, Alik Farber, MD, Kathryn Collins, MD, Haejin In, MD, Gary W. Gibbons, MD. Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. P29 Iliac Subintimal Angioplasty: A Viable Alternative to Open Revascularization Eric C. Scott, MD, Andre Biuckians, MD, MPH, Ryan E. Light, MS, Christopher D. Scibelli, MD, Timothy P. Milner, MD, Jean Panneton, MD, George H. Meier, III, MD. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA. P30 Polytetrafluoroethylene Bypasses To Infrapopliteal Arteries Without Cuffs, Patches, Or Other Adjunctive Procedures: A 20-Year Experience Nicholas J. Gargiulo, III, M.D., Frank J. Veith, M.D., Evan C. Lipsitz, M.D., William D. Suggs, M.D., Larry A. Scher, M.D., Evan Deutsch, M.D., Jeffrey Indes, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. P31 Management Of Distal Anastomotic And Outflow Angiographic Defects And Pseudodefects After Lower Extremity Bypass Nicholas J. Gargiulo, III, M.D., Frank J. Veith, M.D., Evan C. Lipsitz, M.D., William D. Suggs, M.D., Larry A. Scher, M.D., Evan Deutsch, M.D., Jeffrey Indes, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. P32 The Cryopreserved Femoral Artery Homograft Should Be Considered In Patients With Critical Lower Limb Ischemia And No Suitable Autogenous Vein Conduit For Infragenicular Revascularization Tam T. Huynh, M.D., Jean Bismuth, M.D., Eric K. Peden, M.D., Alan B. Lumsden, M.D. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. VENOUS – Moderator: Samuel Money, MD P33 Modern Peripheral Venous Angioplasty Significantly Enhances Arteriovenous Access Function And Lifespan Andrew M. Bakken, MD, Eugene Palchik, MD, Irfan I. Galaria, MD, Wael E. Saad, MD, David E. Lee, MD, David L. Waldman, MD, PhD, Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. P34 The Use of Intravascular Ultrasound to Improve Utilization of Inferior Vena Cava Filters in a High Risk Population Clark M. Kardys, MD, Mark L. Manwaring, MD, C. Steven S. Powell, MD, William M. Bogey, MD, Frank M. Parker, DO, Michael C. Stoner, MD. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. P35 Endovenous Laser Ablation of the Greater Saphenous Vein in a Major Academic Medical Center: Efficacy and Thrombotic Morbidity Brian S. Knipp, MD, Eric J. Ferguson, MD, Jess Bloom, RVT, Elaine Fellows, NP, Susan Blackburn, Amber Clay, RVT, Paul Zajkowski, RVT, Peter K. Henke, MD, David A. Williams, MD, Thomas W. Wakefield, MD. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. P36 Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters in High Risk Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Paul M. Anain, M.D., Joseph M Anain Sr M.D.; Joseph Caruana, M.D. Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, NY, USA. P37 Current Indications for Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Where do we draw the line? Andre Biuckians, MD, MPH, Eric C. Scott, MD, Jessie Jones, Jean Panneton, MD, George H. Meier, III, MD. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA. P38 Reduction of On-call after hours Venous Examinations to rule out Deep Venous Thrombosis Jennifer M. Worth, M.D., Thomas C. Howard, M.D., Tom G. Lynch, MD, Iraklis I. Pipinos, M.D., G. Matthew Longo, M.D., Vicki Cox, RVT, Deb Oltman, RVT, Jason M. Johanning, MD. University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA | ||||||||||
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Invited Presentation: Enrico Ascher, MD Meeting the Needs of the Vascular Surgeons’ Community—an Update from SVS SVS past president, SCVS past president, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY | |||||||||
| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Scientific Session 6: Various Topics (Full Oral 8-minutes presentation, 5-minutes discussion, Mini Oral 3-minutes presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block.) | |||||||||
| 2:30 pm - 2:43 pm | 23. Trends and Outcomes of Infrainguinal Angioplasty: A Population-Level Analysis of Academic versus Non-Academic Institutions Todd R. Vogel, MD, MPH, Rebecca G. Symons, MPH, David R. Flum, MD, MPH. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA | |||||||||
| 2:43 pm - 2:56 pm | 24. Anterior Spine Exposure in 482 Patients: Review of Technique and Perioperative Results Allen D. Hamdan, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA | |||||||||
| 2:56 pm - 3:09 pm | 25. Implantable Carotid Sinus Stimulator for the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension: Local Effects on Carotid Artery Morphology Luis A. Sanchez, MD1, Karl Illig, MD2, Mark Levy, MD3, Michael Jaff, DO4, Gregory Trachiotis, MD5, Charles Shanley, MD6, Eric Irwin, MD7, Martin Rossing8, Robert Kieval, VMD, PhD8, Robert J. Cody, MD8. 1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; 2University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; 3Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 5Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC; 6Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; 7North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 8CVRx, Inc., Maple Grove, MN, USA | |||||||||
| 3:09 pm - 3:22 pm | 26. Functional Outcome Following Redo Below Knee Amputation Chad N. Stasik, MD, Scott A. Berceli, MD, PhD, Peter R. Nelson, MD, W. Anthony Lee, MD, C. Keith Ozaki, MD. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA | |||||||||
| 3:22 pm - 3:35 pm | 27. Groin Hematomas Following Catheter-based Procedures Requiring Operative Intervention Adriana E. Lins, MD, Sean D. O'Donnell, MD, Cameron Akbari, MD. , Nelson L. Bernardo, MD, Augusto D. Pichard, MD, Anton N. Sidawy, MD. Washington Hospital Center and VA Medical Center Washington, DC, USA | |||||||||
| 3:35 pm - 3:48 pm | 28. Angiojet Thrombectomy, Angioplasty and Selective Stenting for Subacute, Isolated Atherosclerotic Popliteal Artery Occlusions Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, Gregory S. Cherr, MD, Linda M. Harris, MD, Maciej L. Dryjski, MD SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA | |||||||||
| 3:48 pm - 4:00 pm | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP17. Preservation of Renal Allografts During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Colleen M. Johnson, MD, Michael Gerberi, BS, Robert B. McLafferty, MD, Don E. Ramsey, MD, Kim J. Hodgson, MD. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA | ||||||||||
| MP18. Endovascular Treatment Of Floating Thrombus In The Thoracic Aorta Causing Reccurent Embolism Karim Djebaili, MD,FEBVS Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||
| MP19. Midterm Results of Endovascular Repair of Post-Coarctation Aneurysms Michael Gawenda, MD, Associate Professor, Jan Brunkwall, MD, PhD Division of Vascular Surgery, Cologne, Germany | ||||||||||
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Postgraduate Course: Imaging in Vascular Disease Chair: Robert B. McLafferty, MD; SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA | |||||||||
| Objectives: | At the completion of this course, the participants will:
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| Faculty: | "Magnetic Resonance Arteriography Made Applicable to Your Practice" Peter F. Lawrence, MD; UCLA Gonda Vascular Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA "Computed Tomography and the Value of 3-Dimensional Reconstruction" "The Ins and Outs of IVUS" "The latest in Portability and Power of Duplex Ultrasound" "Angiography: New Tools, Tips, and Technology"
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| 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Annual Banquet: Lawn Picnic | |||||||||
| Saturday, March 24 | ||||||||||
| 7:00 am - 12:15 pm | Registration Desk | |||||||||
| 7:00 am - 12:00 pm | Speaker Ready Room | |||||||||
| 6:45 am - 9:10 am | Breakfast Session: Vascular Lab Overview Moderator: J. Dennis Baker, MD; VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||
| 9:10 am - 9:15 pm | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Scientific Session 7: Thoracic (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block.) | |||||||||
| 9:15 am - 9:28 am | 29. Complications Associated with Thoracic Stent Graft Repair of Acute Type B Aortic Dissections Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD, Ravi Veeraswamy, MD, Ross Milner, Elliot Chaikof, MD Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA | |||||||||
| 9:28 am - 9:41 am | 30. Thoracic Aortic Stent Grafting for Traumatic Aortic Transection Michael R. Go, MD, Joel E. Barbato, MD, Jae S. Cho, MD, Ellen D. Dillavou, MD, Navyash Gupta, MD, Robert Y. Rhee, MD, Michel S. Makaroun, MD University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | |||||||||
| 9:41 am - 9:50 am | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP20. Thoracic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Development After Endovascular Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A Report of 2 Cases and Note of Caution Neal S. Cayne, MD NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, USA | ||||||||||
| MP21. A Novel Technique To Preserve Spinal Cord Perfusion In Open Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair Edward Y. Woo, MD, Michael Mcgarvey, MD, Frank Bowen, MD, Jagajan Karmacharya, MD, Wilson Szeto, MD, Ronald Fairman, MD, Alberto Pochettino, MD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA | ||||||||||
| 9:50 am - 10:15 am | Late Breaking News (dependent on industry participation) Moderator: George H. Meier III, MD | |||||||||
| 10:15 am - 11:00 am | Poster Session: Round 2 Moderator: Thomas C. Bower, MD Round 2 presentations will be the topic winners from Round 1. 3-minute presentations each followed by 2 minutes discussion. | |||||||||
| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm | Scientific Session 8: Venous (Full Oral 8-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion, Mini Oral 3-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion for all in a block.) | |||||||||
| 11:00 am - 11:13 am | 31. PAPS: Percutaneous Ablation of Perforators, A New Minimally Invasive Venous Procedure Steven Elias, MD, Raul E. Ortega, MD Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ, USA | |||||||||
| 11:13 am - 11:26 am | 32. Comparative Study of Endovenous Laser Treatment and Combined Endovenous Laser with Ambulatory Phlebectomy for Varicose Vein Hyun K. Kim, Sr., MD, PhD1, Hark J. Kim, Sr., MD, PhD1, Jae H. Shim, Sr., MD1, Man J. Baek, Sr., MD, PhD1, Young H. Choi, Sr., MD, PhD1, Hyung M. Kim, Sr., MD, PhD2. 1Guro Hospital, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul; 2Anam Hospital, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea | |||||||||
| 11:26 am - 11:39 am | 33. Temporary Vena Cava Filters: Are We Living Up to Expectations? Lori L. Pounds, MD, Carlos Rosales, MD, Marla Torres-Torres, MD, William J. Mileski, MD, Glenn C. Hunter, MD,, Lois A. Killewich, MD, PhD University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA | |||||||||
| 11:39 am - 11:52 am | 34. Clinical Status, Symptoms And Hemodynamic Impairment In Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome Parallel Or Exceed Those Associated With Complicated Chronic Iliofemoral Thrombosis Konstantinos T. Delis, MSc, MD, MS, PhD, FRCSI, Peter Gloviczki, MD, Paul Wennberg, MD, Thomas Rooke, MD, D. J. Driscoll, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, USA | |||||||||
| 11:52 am - 12:00 pm | Mini Presentations | |||||||||
| MP22. A Comparison of CT Venography to Duplex Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of DVT Patrick M. Tamim, MD Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA | ||||||||||
| MP23. Is First Rib Resection Always Necessary for Thoracic Outlet Decompression? David C. Cassada, MD, Michael H. Lebow, MD, Trent L. Prault, MD, Oscar H. Grandas, MD, Scott L. Stevens, MD, Michael B. Freeman, MD, Mitchell H. Goldman, MD. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA | ||||||||||
| MP24. A Hemodynamic Comparison of Straight vs Pre-cuffed ePTFE Grafts Using MRV Technology Richard F. Neville, MD1, Christopher J. Elkins, Ph.D.2, Alley T. Marcus, Ph.D.2, Angela Yamauchi, Ph.D., Ryan B. Wicker, Ph.D.3 1Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; 2Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 3University of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA | ||||||||||
| 12:00 pm | Adjourn | |||||||||