Thursday
SESSION XV: UPDATES AND NEW CONCEPTS IN VASCULAR DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT (7-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Jacques Busquet, M.D. , Juan C. Parodi, M.D.
SESSION XV SCHEDULE
4:37 PM - 4:44 AM Radiation Danger To Surgeons And Interventionists During Endovascular Procedures Is Greater Than Previously Thought: What Can Be Done About It?
  Presenters(s): Gary M. Ansel, M.D.  
4:45 PM - 4:52 PM What Improvements Make Simulators More Useful For Endovascular Training In Interventions?
  Presenters(s): James R. Duncan, M.D., Ph.D.  
4:53 PM - 5:00 PM Optimal Agents For Embolic Therapy: New Developments
  Presenters(s): Götz M. Richter, M.D., Ph.D.  
5:01 PM - 5:08 PM The Next Generation Of "Safer" Drug-Eluting Stents: What Does The Future Hold?
  Presenters(s): Martin B. Leon, M.D.  
5:09 PM - 5:16 PM Highlights Of 2006 Consensus Statement On Prevention And Treatment Of Venous Thromboembolism
  Presenters(s): Andrew N. Nicolaides, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
5:17 PM - 5:24 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Patrick J. Lamparello, M.D. /   / Herbert Dardik, M.D.     
5:25 PM - 5:32 PM What Is The Best Treatment For Iliac Occlusive Disease? Which Lesion Should Be Ballooned, Which Stented, Which Bypassed And Which Left Alone?
  Presenters(s): Peter G. Kalman, M.D.  
5:33 PM - 5:41 PM Ultrasound Accelerated Lysis: Technique And Multicenter Experience
  Presenters(s): Thomas O. McNamara, M.D.  
5:42 PM - 5:49 PM A Stent With A Biological Covering (Peritoneum): Experimental And Early Clinical Evaluation Of A Potentially Better Device
  Presenters(s): Timur P. Sarac, M.D.  
5:50 PM - 5:57 PM Is Balloon Angioplasty Of Perianastomotic Stenoses Of Failing Leg Bypasses Worthwhile?
  Presenters(s): Keith D. Calligaro, M.D.  
5:58 PM - 6:05 PM A New Drug To Help Smokers Quit: The Role of VARENICLINE
  Presenters(s): Richard D. Hurt, M.D.  
6:06 PM - 6:13 PM What Is The Future For Bioabsorbable Stents?
  Presenters(s): Ron Waksman, M.D.  
6:14 PM - 6:22 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XV