Saturday, November 18, 2006
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SESSION XXV SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXV:
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR: OPEN, EVAR AND OTHER LESS INVASIVE TECHNIQUES (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Malcolm O. Perry, M.D. / Daniel G. Clair, M.D.
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6:40 AM - 6:47 AM | What Is The Real Current Durability Of Conventional Open AAA Repair? Is It Really Better Than That Of EVAR? |
Presenters: Richard P. Cambria, M.D. | |
6:48 AM - 6:55 AM | Open Surgery For AAA With New Techniques: Is This A Hibernating Or An Extinct Procedure? |
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Ballard, M.D., F.A.C.S. | |
6:56 AM - 7:03 AM | New Developments In Laparoscopic AAA Surgery: What Can It Do That EVAR Cannot And Vice Versa? |
Presenters: Olivier A. Goëau-Brissonnière, M.D., Ph.D. | |
7:04 AM - 7:11 AM | New Instrumentation And Approaches To Make Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery Easier |
Presenters: Yves S. Alimi, M.D. | |
7:12 AM - 7:19 AM | A New Stapling Device To Simplify Laparoscopic And Open Aortic Surgery: Why Is It Better Than Others? |
Presenters: Ralf R. Kolvenbach, M.D. | |
7:20 AM - 7:27 AM | Steerable Arms With Multiple Degrees Of Freedom Of Motion To Facilitate Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery: Do We Really Need A Costly Robot? |
Presenters: Willem Wisselink, M.D. | |
7:28 AM - 7:35 AM | Long-Term (5-Year) Results With AAA Endografts: Are There Differences In Grafts And Results? |
Presenters: Jon S. Matsumura, M.D. | |
7:36 AM - 7:45 AM | Panel Discussion |
Moderator(s): Enrico Ascher, M.D. / Gregorio A. Sicard, M.D. | |
7:46 AM - 7:53 AM | All Studies Relating Natural History And Behavior Of AAAs To CT Size Are Unreliable And Flawed Because Standard CT Measurements Are Inaccurate |
Presenters: George H. Meier III, M.D. | |
7:54 AM - 8:01 AM | In EVAR II Clinicians Scored The Patients Unfit For Open Repair And EVAR Did No Better Than Best Medical Management: However, EVAR Beats Open Repair In "High Risk" Patients |
Presenters: Roger M. Greenhalgh, M.D. | |
8:02 AM - 8:09 AM | EVAR II May Be Level I Evidence But It May Be Misleading And Should Not Keep Us From Performing EVAR On High Risk Patients |
Presenters: Peter R.F. Bell, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.S.C., K.B.E. | |
8:10 AM - 8:17 AM | EVAR On High Risk Patients Is Worthwhile In The US: Nationwide Procedural Mortality Statistics Show The Conclusions Of EVAR II Do Not Apply In The USA |
Presenters: Carlos H. Timaran, M.D. | |
8:18 AM - 8:25 AM | Is Fenestrated EVAR Appropriate For High Risk Patients? Might EVAR II Be Misleading For Canadian Patients? |
Presenters: Randy D. Moore, M.D. | |
8:26 AM - 8:33 AM | Limited Open Exposure Techniques To Treat Persistent Type I And II Endoleaks: How To Do Them |
Presenters: Martin R. Back, M.D. | |
8:34 AM - 8:41 AM | Four-Year Results With The Gore TAG Endograft For TAAs |
Presenters: Michel S. Makaroun, M.D. | |
8:42 AM - 8:52 AM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXV | |
SESSION XXVI SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXVI:
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE AORTA AND ITS MAJOR ABDOMINAL BRANCHES (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Hugh G. Beebe, M.D.
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8:53 AM - 9:00 AM | Is EVAR And Bilateral Hypogastric Artery Interruption – When Necessary – Really So Dangerous? |
Presenters: Armando C. Lobato, M.D., PhD. | |
9:01 AM - 9:08 AM | Branched Grafts For Hypogastric Revascularization: Indications And Contraindications |
Presenters: Eric L.G. Verhoeven, M.D., Ph.D. | |
9:09 AM - 9:16 AM | Outcomes After Hypogastric Artery Bypass And Embolization With EVAR |
Presenters: W. Anthony Lee, M.D. | |
9:17 AM - 9:24 AM | Endovascular Treatment Of Visceral Artery Aneurysms: When Is It Feasible, When Not? |
Presenters: Daniel G. Clair, M.D. | |
9:25 AM - 9:32 AM | Current Endoluminal And Open Treatment Of Peripancreatic (Gastroduodenal, Pancreatico-duodenal And Splenic) Artery Aneurysms |
Presenters: James C. Stanley, M.D. | |
9:33 AM - 9:40 AM | Retrograde Open Mesenteric Stenting: Advantages In Patients With Acute Mesenteric Ischemia Superimposed On Chronic – And With Dead Bowel |
Presenters: Richard J. Powell, M.D. | |
9:41 AM - 9:48 AM | Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease Is More Benign Than We Thought: Data From A Prospective Population Based Study |
Presenters: Kimberley J. Hansen, M.D. | |
9:49 AM - 9:59 AM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXVI | |
SESSION XXVII SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXVII:
ISSUES AND UPDATES ON THE ISVS, THE ABVS, THE SVS AND THE PRIMARY CERTIFICATE: PROS AND CONS AND WHERE IS VASCULAR SURGERY GOING (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Frank J. Veith, M.D. / Blair A. Keagy, M.D.
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10:00 AM - 10:07 AM | What Is Happening With The ISVS? Progress Made And Relationship With This Meeting And Other Organizations: Why All Vascular Surgeons And Others Should Join |
Presenters: Peter R.F. Bell, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.S.C., K.B.E. | |
10:08 AM - 10:15 AM | How To Meet Current Challenges To Surgical Education In Today’s Unfriendly Environment |
Presenters: Thomas S. Riles, M.D. | |
10:16 AM - 10:23 AM | Current And Future Roles Of Various SVS Publications And Outlets: The Vascular Web, Vascular Specialist And The JVS – What They Mean For Vascular Surgeons |
Presenters: K. Wayne Johnston, M.D., F.R.C.S. | |
10:24 AM - 10:31 AM | What The SVS Is Doing To Define, Protect And Support Vascular Surgery In A Changing World |
Presenters: Enrico Ascher, M.D. | |
10:32 AM - 10:39 AM | What New Pathways Are Available To Train Vascular Surgeons Under The Primary Certificate? Are They Working And How Many Programs Have Applied? |
Presenters: Jerry Goldstone, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., Ed | |
10:40 AM - 10:47 AM | Why The Primary Certificate In Vascular Surgery Will Fail To Meet The Needs Of The Specialty |
Presenters: Ramon Berguer, M.D., Ph.D. | |
10:48 AM - 10:55 AM | Status Of The ABVS: Where Do We Go From Here To Gain Independent Board Status? |
Presenters: Robert W. Hobson II, M.D. | |
10:56 AM - 11:05 AM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXVII | |
SESSION XXVIII SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXVIII:
LEGAL, BUSINESS AND OTHER ISSUES FOR VASCULAR SURGEONS AND INTERVENTIONALISTS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Richard M. Green, M.D.
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11:06 AM - 11:13 AM | Medical Malpractice And The Vascular Surgeon: What Can Be Done To Help Us? |
Presenters: O. William Brown, M.D., J.D. | |
11:14 AM - 11:21 AM | Legal Methods And Strategies To Overcome The Managed Care Monster: How To Level The Playing Field |
Presenters: David A. Manko, J.D. | |
11:22 AM - 11:29 AM | How To Optimize Vascular Surgery Billing |
Presenters: Sean P. Roddy, M.D. | |
11:30 AM - 11:37 AM | Present Status Of Vascular Surgery Reimbursement And Prospects For The Future |
Presenters: Robert M. Zwolak, M.D., Ph.D. | |
11:38 AM - 11:45 AM | A Close-Up View Of Combat Surgery In Iraq: We Owe Our Armed Forces An Enormous Debt Of Gratitude |
Presenters: Stephen F. McCartney, M.D., F.A.C.S. | |
11:46 AM - 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXVIII | |
SESSION XXX SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXX:
PHILOSOPHICAL, ETHICAL AND JUDGMENT ISSUES FOR VASCULAR SURGEONS AND INTERVENTIONALISTS (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Julius H. Jacobson II, M.D. / Robert B. Rutherford, M.D.
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1:05 PM - 1:12 PM | Ethical Issues Surrounding Live Case Demonstrations: Who Benefits And Who Pays A Price? |
Presenters: Dorothy B. Abel, B.S.B.M.E. | |
1:13 PM - 1:20 PM | Judgment Issues In Endovascular Procedures: What Motivates Us And What Should Motivate Us? |
Presenters: Lindsay S. Machan, M.D. | |
1:21 PM - 1:28 PM | Prospective Decision Analysis Computer Modeling Indicates Clinical Decisions In Vascular Surgery Often Fail To Maximize Patient Benefit |
Presenters: Thomas E. Brothers, M.D. | |
1:29 PM - 1:36 PM | How To Resolve Ethics Issues In Physician-Industry Relationships |
Presenters: Timothy M. Sullivan, M.D. | |
1:37 PM - 1:43 PM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXX | |
SESSION XXXI SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXXI:
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (6-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Wesley S. Moore, M.D.
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1:44 PM - 1:50 PM | Statin Treatment And EVAR: Do Statins Reduce The Risk Of Cardiovascular Complications? |
Presenters: Jacob Buth, M.D. | |
1:51 PM - 1:57 PM | Are Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens For Vascular Surgery Out Of Date In The MRSA Era? What Should Our Current Prophylaxis Be? |
Presenters: Samuel Eric Wilson, M.D. | |
1:58 PM - 2:04 PM | A New Endovascular Approach For Treating Serous Collections Associated With Prosthetic Arterial Grafts |
Presenters: Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, M.D. | |
2:05 PM - 2:11 PM | VAC-On-Vessel: A New Better Way To Treat Vascular Graft Infections: Why Does It Work So Well? |
Presenters: Dieter O. Mayer, M.D. | |
2:12 PM - 2:18 PM | New Uses For Deep Vein Grafts: Radical Treatment Of Infected Femoral Pseudoaneurysms, For Femoro-Femoral Bypass, And For Ileorenal And Ileovisceral Artery Bypass With Complex AAAs Treated By EVAR |
Presenters: G. Patrick Clagett, M.D. | |
2:19 PM - 2:25 PM | Metallic Silver Impregnated Grafts For Use To Treat Infected Prosthetic Grafts By In Situ Replacement In The Infected Field |
Presenters: Max Zegelman, M.D., Ph.D. | |
2:26 PM - 2:32 PM | Ten-Year Perspective On Procedural And Postprocedural Complications Of Aortic Endografting: Which Complications Remain A Challenge? |
Presenters: Mohan Adiseshiah, F.R.C.S. | |
2:33 PM - 2:39 PM | Can Visual Inspection Of A CT Scan Predict AAA Rupture Risk? Where Does Finite Element Analysis Fit In And What Measurable AAA Characteristics Produce High Areas Of Wall Stress? |
Presenters: David A. Vorp, Ph.D. | |
2:40 PM - 2:49 PM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXXI | |
SESSION XXXII SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXXII:
NEW TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS WHICH WILL SHAPE OUR FUTURE (6-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Michael B. Silva, Jr., M.D.
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2:50 PM - 2:56 PM | How Vascular Surgeons Should Obtain Exposure For Spine Surgery: Tips, Precautions And Hints For Optimizing Billing |
Presenters: Mark D. Morasch, M.D. | |
2:57 PM - 3:03 PM | Recent Advances And Potential In Nanotechnology And Biotechnology |
Presenters: 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: 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: Luis A. Sanchez, M.D. | |
3:18 PM - 3:24 PM | Pharmacological Treatment Of Aneurysms: The Next Horizon |
Presenters: 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: 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: 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: Alan Dardik, M.D., Ph.D. | |
3:56 PM - 4:02 PM | Laparoscopic Guided Endovascular Access To The Aorta And Iliac Vessels |
Presenters: 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: 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: Christopher J. Kwolek, M.D. | |
4:17 PM - 4:23 PM | Techniques And Experience With In Situ Fenestration And Branched Grafts |
Presenters: 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: 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: 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: 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: Giancarlo Biamino, M.D. | |
5:03 PM - 5:09 PM | Can Aortobronchial Fistulas Be Treated Successfully By Open Surgery? By Endovascular Means? |
Presenters: Michael J. Jacobs, M.D. | |
5:10 PM - 5:16 PM | Progress In Myocyte And Stem Cell Transplantation For Inadequate Myocardial Function |
Presenters: 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: Berthold Amann, M.D. | |
5:24 PM - 5:30 PM | Does Red Wine Have A Cardiovascular Protective Effect? How Does It Work? |
Presenters: 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: 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: William M. Stone, M.D. | |
5:45 PM - 5:51 PM | The LeMaitre-Endofit Thoracic Endograft: Clinical Trial Update |
Presenters: 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: Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H. | |
5:59 PM - 6:10 PM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXXII | |
SESSION XXIX SCHEDULE | |
SESSION XXIX:
SPECIAL LUNCHEON SESSION ON IMPROVED NEW ENDOGRAFT TECHNOLOGIES (6-MINUTE TALKS WITH LUNCH PROVIDED)
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12:00 PM - 12:06 PM | Features Of An Improved Medtronic Thoracic Endograft: The Valiant Stent-Graft |
Presenters: Ronald M. Fairman, M.D. | |
12:07 PM - 12:13 PM | Aortic Arch Replacement: What Is The Next Generation Thoracic Endograft Going To Look Like? |
Presenters: Roy K. Greenberg, M.D. | |
12:14 PM - 12:20 PM | Features Of And Early Results With The Endurant Endograft For EVAR: The Next Generation AAA Stent-Graft From Medtronic |
Presenters: Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D. | |
12:21 PM - 12:27 PM | Aorfix™ Endograft: A New More Flexible Stent-Graft For EVAR: Early Clinical Results With Sharply Angulated Neck And Iliac Anatomy |
Presenters: Brian R. Hopkinson, Ch.M., F.R.C.S. | |
12:28 PM - 12:34 PM | Remodeling Of AAA Morphology 5 Years After EVAR With The Endologix Endograft |
Presenters: Rodney A. White, M.D. | |
12:35 PM - 12:41 PM | Laparoscopy And EVAR: There Is A Place For Both |
Presenters: Yves-Marie Dion, M.D., M.Sc. | |
12:42 PM - 12:48 PM | Clinical Trial Results With The Endologix Aortouni-iliac Endograft |
Presenters: Rodney A. White, M.D. | |
12:49 PM - 12:56 PM | Anatomical Characteristics That Make A Patient Suitable For Carotid Stenting And What Percentage Of Patients Fall In This Category: Delphi Consensus |
Presenters: Sumaira Macdonald, MBChB (Comm), MRCP, FRCR, PhD | |
12:57 PM - 1:04 PM | Panel Discussion |
END OF SESSION XXIX |