Friday, June 17, 2011

All sessions and events occur in McCormick Place, Lakeside Center unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change.

6:00 am – 7:30 pm	Registration Room: Level 2 Lobby
6:30 am – 8:00 am	BREAKFAST SESSIONS B4: Career Development Room: 450a At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Develop techniques to employ for conflict resolution. Define strategies to hiring faculty, mid-level providers, and office personnel. Summarize courses that can be effective in developing leadership skills. Formulate effective techniques to work with supervisors in varying roles. Develop strategies to career and leadership advancement. Moderators: Anil P. Hingorani, MD, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Amy B. Reed, MD, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 6:30 am Introductory Remarks 6:35 am Conflict Resolution R. Clement Darling, III, MD, The Vascular Group, Albany, NY 6:50 am Hiring and Firing Julie Freischlag, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 7:05 am Leadership Courses – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Colleen Brophy, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 7:20 am Managing Your Boss Jim Dauner, JD, Kotter International, Inc., Seattle, WA 7:35 am Developing Your Leadership Portfolio Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 7:50 am Panel Discussion 6:30 am - 8:00 am B5: OR Hybrid Room Designs: Concepts and Controversies Room: 450b At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the clinical utility of a hybrid operating theater. Discuss the pros and cons of ceiling mounted, floor mounted and robotic arm imaging technologies when applied to a hybrid operating room environment. Explain various engineering obstacles when designing a hybrid operating room. Moderators: Roy K. Greenberg, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Debate: OR Hybrid Designs: Are They Necessary? 6:30 am *For the motion:* Marshall E. Benjamin, MD, Maryland Vascular Center, Glen Burnie, MD 6:37 am *Against the motion: Benjamin Starnes, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 6:44 am Rebuttal* 6:50 am *Panel Discussion* 7:00 am The Hybrid Room: The Architect’s Checklist Michael Zambo, AIA, ACHA, Bostwick Design Partnership, Cleveland, OH 7:15 am Hybrid Room Design Examples: What I Did Right and Wrong 7:15 am Siemens Room Stephen Murray, MD, Island Vascular Institute, Spokane, WA 7:22 am Philips Room Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 7:29 am GE Room Stephan Haulon, MD, Hospital Cardiologique, Lille, France 7:36 am Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery Room Roy Greenberg, MD, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 7:43am Panel Discussion 6:30 am - 8:00 am B6: Endovascular Treatment of the Lower Extremity Room: 354a At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Interpret and apply the TASC Guidelines for lower extremity occlusive disease. Select an appropriate treatment and technique for femoropopliteal and tibial occlusive disease. Describe suitable devices for atherectomy and delineate their advantages and disadvantages. Describe the current data on the use of drug-eluting stent use in peripheral occlusive lesions. Explain the new changes in coding for endovascular lower extremity intervention. Moderators: Sean Lyden, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Mark Levy, MD, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA 6:30 am Review of TASC Guidelines: What Does It Mean for Us? Do We Follow Them? Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX 6:42 am Dealing with Femoropopliteal and Tibial CTOs: Devices and Techniques Peter A. Schneider, MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Honolulu, HI 6:54 am Atherectomy: Which Device and When to Use Murray L. Shames, MD, University of South Florida Department of Surgery, Tampa, FL 7:06 am SFA Stenting Current Results and Zilver PTX Potential Impact in 2011 Michael D. Dake, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford, CA 7:18 am Results of SFA and Tibial Angioplasty Jean M. Panneton, MD, Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA 7:30 am 2011 Lower Extremity Coding Changes Sean P. Roddy, MD, The Vascular Group PLLC, Albany, NY 7:42 am Panel Discussion
6:30 am – 8:00 am	General Surgery Resident / Medical Student Program Breakfast / Surgical Skills Competition
8:00 am – 10:00 am	S4: SVS Plenary Session IV Room: 354b At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss the methodology, results, and conclusions of the research presented in vascular health. Gain knowledge of new technology for diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease. Moderators: Richard P. Cambria, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Roy K. Greenberg, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 8:00 am SS18. Endovascular Treatment of Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection Using a Composite Device Design: Initial Results of a Prospective Multicenter Clinical Trial (STABLE) Joseph V. Lombardi¹, Christoph A. Nienaber², Richard Cambria³, Roberto Chiesa⁴, Omke Teebken⁵, Anthony Lee⁶, Peter Mossop⁷, Priya Bharadwaj⁸ ¹Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ; ²University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany; ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ⁴Hospital San Raffaele, milano, Italy; ⁵Hanover Medical School, hannover, Germany; ⁶Christine E Lynn Heart and Vascular Institute, Boca Raton, FL; ⁷St Vincent's Hosptal, melbourne, VIC, Australia; ⁸Med Institutel, Bloomington, IN 8:14 am SS19. Cyber Medicine Enables Remote Neuromonitoring During Aortic Surgery Andreas Greiner¹, Werner H. Mess², Jürgen Schmidli⁴, Sebastian E. Debus⁵, Jochen Grommes¹, F. Dick⁵, Michael Jacobs³ ¹European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Maastricht, Netherlands; ³ European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Surgery,, Maastricht, Netherlands; ⁴Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ⁵Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 8:28 am SS20. Physician Modified Endovascular Grafts for the Treatment of Elective, Symptomatic or Ruptured Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysms Benjamin W. Starnes University of Washington, Seattle, WA 8:42 am Video Presentation VS4. Staged Total Abdominal Debranching and TEVAR for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Richard L. McCann Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC *Basic Research State of the Art Presentation* 8:52 am SS21. Gender Differences in Aortic Aneurysms Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr. University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA 9:06 am SS22. Incidence and Outcomes of TAG Compression with Comparison to the C-TAG Karthikeshwar Kasirajan Emory University, Atlanta, GA 9:20 am SS23. Contemporary Results of Open Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Using a Standardized Classification for Comparison with Fenestrated Endografts Gustavo S. Oderich, Tiziano Tallarita, Manju Kalra, Audra A. Duncan, Peter Gloviczki, Terri Vrtiska, Steve Cha, Thomas C. Bower Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 9:34 am SS24. Mid-Term Results of External Iliac Artery Reconstruction in Avid Cyclists: Analysis of 25 Patients Amani D. Politano¹, Margaret C. Tracci¹, Naren Gupta², Klaus D. Hagspiel¹, John F. Angle¹, Kenneth J. Cherry¹ ¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
9:45 am – 4:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Open Room: Exhibit Hall D2
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Coffee Break Room: Exhibit Hall D2
10:30 am – 11:30 am	S5: SVS Plenary Session V Room: 354b At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss the methodology, results, and conclusions of the research presented in vascular health. Gain knowledge of new technology for diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease. Moderators: Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Thomas L. Forbes, MD, London HSC & University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 10:30 am SS25. An Open Vascular Simulation Course Consisting of Three One-Hour Sessions Increases the Knowledge and Technical Proficiency of Junior Surgical Residents to That of Senior Residents William P. Robinson¹, Andres Schanzer¹, Bruce S. Cutler¹, Laura Cardin², Anne Larkin², Richard Whitten¹, Donald Baril¹, Mohammad H. Eslami¹, Elias Arous¹, Louis M. Messina¹ 1Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA; 2Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 10:44 am Video Presentation VS5. Sutureless Clampless Telescoping Method for Aortic and Arterial Anastomoses Using an Endograft Connector Mario Lachat2, Dieter Mayer2, Felice Pecoraro2, Zoron Rancic2, Frank J. Veith1 1Surgery, New York University and The Cleveland Clinic, Bronx, NY; 2Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 10:54 am SS26. Population-Based Analysis of Inpatient Vascular Procedures: Predicting Future Workload and Implications for Training Jeffrey Jim, Pamela L. Owens, Luis A. Sanchez, Brian G. Rubin Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 11:08 am SS27. Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (NTOS) Has Better Outcomes in Younger Patients Julie Freischlag, Kendall C. Likes, Ying Wei Lum, Benjamin S. Brooke, Holly Grunebach Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD
11:30 am – 12:15 pm	SVS Presidential Address Robert M. Zwolak, MD, SVS President, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Room: 354b
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm	SVS Member Business Luncheon Room: 354a
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm	Non-Member Lunch in Exhibit Hall Room: Exhibit Hall D
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm	General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Program Luncheon/Vascular Surgery Jeopardy Competition CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm	C1: Beyond the Journal of Vascular Surgery®: “Top Ten” Papers Relevant to Vascular Surgery Room: 354b At the end of this session, participants should be able to: 1. Describe the types of clinical trials relevant to vascular disease. 2. Examine the bias that can affect the interpretation of trial data. 3. Review publications that may influence clinical practice. Moderators: Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, University Hospitals- Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH Gregory J. Landry, MD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 1:30 pm Introduction Gregory L. Moneta, MD, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 1:35 Non-Selected Papers Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, University Hospitals- Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH 1:40 pm 1. Aspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in a General Population Screened for a Low Ankle Brachial Index: a Randomized Controlled Trial JAMA 2010; 303:841-848 Presentation and Discussion by: Russell H. Samson, MD, Mote Vascular Foundation and Sarasota Vascular Specialists, Sarasota, FL 1:45 pm 2. Statins and All-Cause Mortality in High-Risk Primary Prevention: A Meta-Analysis of 11 Randomized Controlled Trials Involving 65,229 Participants Arch Intern Med; 2010; 170:1024-10331 Presentation and Discussion by: Russell H. Samson, MD, Mote Vascular Foundation and Sarasota Vascular Specialists, Sarasota, FL 1: 50 pm 3. Timing of Pre-Operative Beta-Blocker Treatment in Vascular Surgery Patients: Influence on Post-Operative Outcome J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 56: 1922-1929 Presentation and Discussion by: David S. Kauvar, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 1:55 pm 4. 10-Year Stroke Prevention after Successful Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Stenosis (ACST-1): A Multicentre Randomised Trial Lancet 2010; 376:1074-84 Presentation and Discussion by: Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, University Hospitals- Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH 2:00 pm 5. Safety of Stenting and Endarterectomy by Symptomatic Status in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial (CREST) Stroke 2011; 42:675-680 Presentation and Discussion by: Thomas Maldonado, MD, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 2:05 pm 6. Impact of New Development of Ulcer-Like Projection on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Type B Aortic Dissection with Closed and Thrombosed False Lumen Circulation 2010; 122[suppl 1]:S74-S80 Presentation and Discussion by: Mark F. Conrad, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 2:10 pm 7. Rate and Predictability of Graft Rupture After Endovascular and Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Data from the EVAR Trials Ann Surg; 2010: 805-812 Presentation and Discussion by: Thomas C. Bower, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 2:15 pm 8. Efficacy of Quantified Home-Based Exercise and Supervised Exercise in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: a Randomized Controlled Trial Circulation; 2011; 123:491-498 Presentation and Discussion by: Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, VA Western NY Healthcare System Buffalo, NY 2:20 pm 9. Effect of Celiprolol on Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: a Prospective Randomised, Open, Blinded-Endpoints Trial Lancet 2010; 376: 1476-1484 Presentation and Discussion by: Gregory J. Landry, MD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 2:25 pm 10. Achieving the Goal of the Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative for Prevalent Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients Am J Kidney Dis 2011; 57:78-89 Presentation and Discussion by: Rabih A. Chaer, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2:30 pm Panel Discussion 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C2: Use of Ultrasound in Venous Diagnosis and Interventions—Joint Session with Society for Vascular Ultrasound and Society for Vascular Surgery Room: 451ab At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Explain how ultrasound is used during and following endovenous ablation of the great saphenous vein. Describe how ultrasound is utilized for treatment of perforators & the small saphenous vein. Discuss how ultrasound is used during vena cava filter placement. Describe the use of ultrasound when determining treatment following a deep vein thrombosis. Moderators: Paula Heggerick, RVT, VNUS Medical Technologies San Jose, CA Patrick A. Stone, MD, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV 1:30 pm The Role of Ultrasound During Venous Ablation Paula Heggerick, RVT, RDMS, RPhS, American College of Phlebology, San Leandro, CA 1:45 pm Duplex Evaluation Following Great Saphenous Vein Ablation: Should Duplex be Routinely Performed or is Selective Imaging Acceptable? David Rigberg, MD, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 2:00 pm Imaging of Perforators, Accessory Veins and Small Saphenous Vein: Technical Tips and Duplex Predictors of Benefit from Intervention William B. Schroedter, RVT, FSVU, Quality Vascular Imaging, Inc., Venice, FL 2:15 pm Use of Ultrasound During IVC Filter Placement Marc A. Passman, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 2:30 pm DVT: Role of Venous Duplex in Determining Length of Anticoagulation Paul Armstrong, DO, UMSA – Dept. of Surgery, Tampa, FL 2:45 pm Panel Discussion 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3: Poster Session Exhibit Hall D2 At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss the methodology, results, and conclusions of the research presented in vascular health. Gain knowledge of new technology for diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease. 1:30 pm Introduction and Rules Moderators: Peter F. Lawrence, MD, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA J. Gregory Modrall, MD, University of Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas, TX C3a: Poster Session: Aortic Disease (1) Moderator: Mark A. Patterson, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 1:40 pm PS2. Prevalence of Malignancies Post AAA Repair: An Eight Years Comparable Longitudinal Study of EVAR vs Open Repair(OR) in a Tertiary Referral University Vascular Centre Sherif Sultan², Wael Tawfick¹ ¹Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland; ²Galway Clinic, Galway, Ireland 1:45 pm PS4. Effect of Atmospheric Pressure on the Incidence of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Soheil Jamshidi, Kent MacKenzie McGill University, Montreal, ON, Canada 1:50 pm PS6. Suprarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Which Patients Would Benefit More From Fenestrated Endograft Rather Than Open Repair? Prateek K. Gupta¹, Shipra Arya¹, Bala Natarajan¹, Xiang Fang¹, Himani Gupta¹, Marcus Balters¹, Jason M. Johanning², Thomas G. Lynch², G. Matthew Longo², Jason N. MacTaggart², Iraklis I. Pipinos² ¹Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 1:55 pm PS8. Midterm Comparison of Open Versus Endovascular Repair of Pararenal Aneurysms Raghuveer Vallabhaneni, Francis Caputo, Yazan Duwayri, Brian G. Rubin, Patrick J. Geraghty, Kathleen G. Raman, John A. Curci, Robert W. Thompson, Gregorio A. Sicard, Luis A. Sanchez Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 2:00 pm PS10. Non-Graft Complications After Retroperitoneal vs. Transabdominal Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Carlos A. Rueda, Clifford J. Buckley, Ruth L. Bush, Thomas Warren, Christopher J. Marrocco, Marvin D. Atkins, William T. Bohannon Surgery, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX 2:05 pm PS12. Use of CO2 Angiography for Complex Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Jane E. Cross, Dominic Simring, Luke Morgan Rowe, Krassi Ivancev, Peter Harris, Toby Richards Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom 2:10 pm PS14. Contemporary Outcomes Following Endovascular Versus Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Prateek K. Gupta¹, Bala Natarajan¹, Himani Gupta¹, Xiang Fang¹, Marcus Balters¹, Jason M. Johanning², Thomas G. Lynch², R. Armour Forse¹, G. Matthew Longo², Jason MacTaggart², Iraklis I. Pipinos² ¹Creighton University, Omaha, NE; ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 2:15 pm PS16. Survival Following Open Versus Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair in The Medicare Population Philip P. Goodney¹, Lori Travis³, F. Lee Lucas³, Mark F. Fillinger¹, David C. Goodman², Jack L. Cronenwett¹, David H. Stone¹ ¹Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; ²The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH; ³CORE (Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Portland, ME 2:20 pm PS18. Imaging of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - Computerized Tomography and Three Dimensional Ultrasound Scan: A Comparison Arjun Jayaraj, Daniel Leotta, Marla Paun, Beach Kirk, Kohler Ted, Eugene Zierler, Benjamin W. Starnes Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2:25 pm PS20. Socioeconomic Status Correlates with Treatment Modality and Cost for Patients Undergoing Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Christopher A. Durham, Bryan A. Ehlert, Michael M. McNally, Ashley C. Mays, Ed M. Gronet, Charles S. Powell, William M. Bogey, Frank M. Parker, Michael C. Stoner East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 2:30 pm PS22. Aortic Wall Compliance Recovery During Intra-Mural Hematoma Healing Duran Cassidy, Christof Karmonik, Dipan Shah, Javier E. Anaya-Ayala, Mark G. Davies, Alan B. Lumsden, Jean Bismuth Vascular Surgery, The Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX 2:35 pm PS24. Risk Factors for Non-Procedure Related Mortality One Year After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Asad A. Shah, Damian M. Craig, Judson B. Williams, Syamal D. Bhattacharya, Nicholas D. Andersen, Svati H. Shah, Richard L. McCann, G. Chad Hughes Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3b: Poster Session: Aortic Disease (2) Moderator: Jeffery Dattilo, MD, Vanderbilt University, Medical Center, Nashville, TN 1:40 pm PS26. Long-Term Quality of Life After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair, Compared to Open Repair in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Niels J. Ravensbergen¹, Mirjam H. Mastenbroek², Michiel T. Voûte¹, Sanne E. Hoeks¹, Don Poldermans¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands 1:45 pm PS28. Retrograde Ascending Aortic Dissection as an Early Complication of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Judson B. Williams, Jonathan P. Piccini, Syamal D. Bhattacharya, Nicholas D. Andersen, Richard L. McCann, G. Chad Hughes Duke University, Durham, NC 1:50 pm PS30. Spiral and Non-Spiral Type B Dissections: Thrombosis and Aortic Growth Rates Jasper W. van Keulen¹, Hamid Mojibian¹, Joost A. van Herwaarden², Santi Trimarchi³, Jeffrey Indes¹, Frans L. Moll², Bart E. Muhs¹ ¹Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands; ³Policlinico San Donato IRCCS, Milan, Italy 1:55 pm PS32. TEVAR for Aneurysmal Degeneration of Chronic Descending Thoracic Aortic Dissections Derek P. Nathan, Edward Y. Woo, Ronald M. Fairman, Grace J. Wang, Alberto J. Pochettino, Nimesh D. Desai, Joseph E. Bavaria, Benjamin M. Jackson Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2:00 pm PS34. Comparing Open and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Accounting for Clinical Judgment Natalia Egorova¹, Lawrence C. Kleinman¹, Alan Moskowitz¹, James F. McKinsey² ¹Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 2:05 pm PS36. Severe Proximal Aneurysm Neck Angulation: Mid-Term Results and Morphological Changes After EVAR Using Latest Stentgraft Technology Frederico M. Bastos Gonçalves¹, Joost A. van Herwaarden², Jasper W. van Keulen², Don Poldermans¹, Frans L. Moll², Jean-Paul M. de Vries³, Hence J M. Verhagen¹ ¹Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands; ³University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands 2:10 pm PS38. Impact of Hospital Market Competition on Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Adoption and Outcomes Rosh K. Sethi¹, Antonia J. Henry², Nathanael Hevelone², Stuart R. Lipsitz², Louis L. Nguyen² ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 2:15 pm PS40. The Hostile Proximal Landing Zone in TEVAR: Does the Snorkel Technique Work? Ali Shahriari¹, James B. Williams² ¹Cardiovascular Surgery, Indiana Aortic Disease Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Methodist Heart and Vascular Istitute, Peoria, IL 2:20 pm PS42. Does Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Confer Survival Benefits Over Open Repair? Naveed U. Saqib¹, Taeyoung Park², Sun C. Park¹, Robert Rhee¹, Rabih A. Chaer¹, Luke K. Marone¹, Michel S. Makaroun¹, Jae S. Cho¹ ¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2:25 pm PS44. Midterm Results of Management of Aortoiliac Aneurysms with Aortouniiliac Devices Francis Caputo, Raghuveer Vallabhaneni, Yazan Duwayri, Brian Rubin, Patrick Geraghty, John Curci, Jeffrey Jim, Kathleen Raman, Gregorio Sicard, Luis A. Sanchez Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 2:30 pm PS46. Frequency of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Patients Treated for Popliteal Aneurysms Rebecka Hultgren, Angelika Horna Strand, Emma Larsson Dep. Vasc Surg, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 2:35 pm PS48. Long-Term Outcomes After Coverage of the Internal Iliac Artery Without Coil Embolization During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Repair Konstantinos Papazoglou¹, Giorgos S. Sfyroeras², Neofytos Zambas¹, Konstantinos Konstantinidis¹, Stavros Kakkos³, Maria Mitka¹ ¹Euromedica Blue Cross Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; ²Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece; ³Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3c: Poster Session: Aortic Disease (3); Renal/Visceral Disease; Vascular Trauma: Aortic, Arterial, Venous Moderator: Matthew W. Mell, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1:40 pm PS50. Hybrid Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) for Complex Aortic Pathology - Early and Mid-Term Outcomes Muhammad Aftab, Vijay Kamath, Rajeev Gupta, Frank Manetta, Alan Hartman, Richard Schutzer, Mihai Rosca, Kambhampaty Krishnasastry Surgery, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY 1:45 pm PS52. Superior Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Transferred for Endovascular Repair Anant Mandawat¹, Aditya Mandawat², Julie A. Sosa¹, Bart E. Muhs¹, Jeffrey E. Indes¹ ¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Case Western School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 1:50 pm PS54. Open Repair of Intact Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the ACS-NSQIP Rodney P. Bensley, Rob Hurks, Allen D. Hamdan, Frank B. Pomposelli, Mark C. Wyers, Elliot L. Chaikof, Marc L. Schermerhorn Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 1:55 pm PS56. Clinical Outcomes and Aortic Architectural Changes Following TEVAR for Chronic Type B Thoracic Aortic Dissection Iden D. Andacheh, Karen Kim, Rodney White, Carlos Donayre, Joe Chauvupun Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 2:00 pm PS58. The Pathogenesis of Primary Aortoenteric Fistula After EVAR Mazin Foteh, Gregory A. Stanley, Sumona Smith, Billy Kim, Damon Pierce, G. P. Clagett University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 2:05 pm PS60. Complex Aortic Endografting Requires a New Classification System - A Proposed New Zonal System Dominic Simring, Jane E. Cross, Toby Richards, Obi Agu, Peter Harris, Krassi Ivancev Multidisciplinary Endovascular Team, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom 2:10 pm PS62. A Retrospective Review of the Prevalence, Growth Rate and Treatment Outcomes of Aortoiliac Aneurysms in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients Steven Farley, Peter F. Lawrence, William Quinones-Baldrich, Wesley Moore University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2:15 pm PS64. Open Revascularization for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia Prateek K. Gupta¹, Bala Natarajan¹, Yeruva M. Reddy¹, Himani Gupta¹, Marcus Balters¹, Jason M. Johanning², Thomas G. Lynch², G. Matthew Longo², Jason N. MacTaggart², Iraklis I. Pipinos² ¹Creighton University, Omaha, NE; ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 2:20 pm PS66. Surgical and Endovascular Treatment of Severe Complications Secondary to Prehepatic Portal Hypertension: Experience of 41 Cases Jidong Wu¹, Zhen Li², Zhonggao Wang², Leiyong Wang², Xiaosen Huo², Wayne W. Zhang³ ¹Center of Vascular Surgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; ²Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese Aviation, Beijing, China; ³Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 2:25 pm PS68. Surgery for Renovascular Disease: Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Operated on During 15 Years Johnny Steuer, Martin Björck, Christer Ljungman, Sandra Jonasson, David Bergqvist Institution of Surgical Sciences, Department of Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 2:30 pm PS70. A Contemporary Experience of Open Surgical Treatment of Renal Artery Aneurysms Paul J. Foley¹, Grace J. Wang¹, Benjamin M. Jackson¹, Ali Naji¹, Jeffrey Carpenter², Clyde F. Barker¹, Ronald M. Fairman¹, Edward Y. Woo¹ ¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ 2:35 pm PS72. Blunt Abdominal Aortic Injury: Injury Patterns, Management and Mortality Charles de Mestral¹, Andrew Dueck², David Gomez¹, Avery B. Nathens¹ ¹Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Cerebrovascular including Great Vessels Moderator: Joseph P. Hart, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3d: Poster Session: Cerebrovascular Including Great Vessels Moderator: Joseph P. Hart, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 1:40 pm PS74. Impact of Pre-Operative Embolization on Outcomes of Shamblin II and III Carotid Body Tumor Resections Adam H. Power, Jan Kasperbauer, Harry Cloft, David Kallmes, Terri Vrtiska, William Young, Audra Duncan, Peter Gloviczki, Manju Kalra, Gustavo S. Oderich, Thomas Bower Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 1:45 pm PS76. Memory Decline Following Carotid Interventions Allyson Rosen¹, Rebacca Floyd¹, Kathleen Gillis², Simin Gholibeikian², Shahrzad Ossareh², Wei Zhou¹ ¹Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ²VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 1:50 pm PS78. Stroke in Evolution and Crescendo TIA in Carotid Disease: The Need for Emergency Surgical Treatment According to a Predefined Protocol Laura Capoccia², Enrico Sbarigia¹, Francesco Speziale¹, Danilo Toni³, Paolo Fiorani¹ ¹Department of Surgery "P.Stefanini", Vascular Surgery Division, Policlinico Umberto I, University "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy; ²Vascular Surgery Division, Department of Surgery , S. Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy; 3Stroke Unit, Emergency Department, Policlinico Umberto I, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy 1:55 pm PS80. Safety and Effectiveness of Carotid Endarterectomy in Octogenarians Walter Dorigo, Raffaele Pulli, Leonidas Azas, Alessandro Alessi Innocenti, Maria Di Mare, Stefano Matticari, Carlo Pratesi Vascular Surgery, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 2:00 pm PS82. Carotid Endarterectomy for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis After Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting Boudewijn L. Reichmann¹, Jorinde H. van Laanen², Jean-Paul de Vries³, Johanna M. Hendriks², Hence J. Verhagen², Frans L. Moll¹, Gert-Jan de Borst¹ ¹University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands; ²Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands 2:05 pm PS84. Geographic Variation in Carotid Artery Stent (CAS) Utilization is Linked to Volume of Index Vascular Surgery (VS), Interventional Cardiology (IC), or Interventional Radiology (IR) Procedures in California (CA) Theodore H. Yuo¹, Howard Degenholtz², Rabih A. Chaer¹, Kevin L. Kraemer², Michel S. Makaroun¹ ¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 2:10 pm PS86. Carotid Plaque Type and Use of Statins Influence Restenosis and Future Cardiovascular Events Following Carotid Endarterectomy Efthimios D. Avgerinos, John D. Kakisis, Nikolaos P. Kadoglou, George Sfyroeras, Konstantinos Moulakakis, Christos D. Liapis Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Chaidari, Athens, Greece 2:15 pm PS88. Accuracy of CT Angiography, MR Angiography and Digital Subtraction Angiography in Grading of Carotid Artery Stenosis: In Comparison with Actual Measurements in an In-Vitro Model Jason C. Smith¹, Gregory E. Watkins¹, Douglas C. Smith¹, Eric W. Palmer¹, Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam², Wayne W. Zhang³ ¹Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA; ²Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Cadiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA; ³Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 2:20 pm PS90. Practice Guidelines to Help Reduce Microembolic Events Following Carotid Artery Stenting Mohamed A. Zayed¹, Simin Gholibeikian², Shahrzad Ossareh², Fritz Bech¹, Wei Zhou¹ ¹Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ²Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 2:25 pm PS92. Increased Risk of Adverse Events in Physiologically High-Risk Patients Undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting Shunsuke Yoshida, Rodney P. Bensley, Allen D. Hamdan, Frank B. Pomposelli, Mark C. Wyers, Elliot L. Chaikof, Marc L. Schermerhorn Vascular Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 2:30 pm PS94. Postoperative Transcranial Doppler Monitoring in the Prediction of Cerebral Hyperperfusion After Carotid Endarterectomy Claire W. Pennekamp¹, Selma C. Tromp², Rob G. Ackerstaff², Michiel L. Bots³, Rogier V. Immink⁴, Jean-Paul P. de Vries⁵, L. J. Kappelle⁶, Frans L. Moll¹, Wolfgang F. Buhre⁴, Gert J. de Borst¹ ¹UMCU, Department of Vascular Surgery, Utrecht, Netherlands; ²St. Antonius Hospital, Department of Clincal Neurophysiology, Nieuwegein, Netherlands; ³UMCU, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, Netherlands; ⁴UMCU, Department of Anaesthesia, Utrecht, Netherlands; ⁵St. Antonius Hospital, Department of Vascular Surgery, Nieuwegein, Netherlands; ⁶UMCU, Department of Neurology, Utrecht, Netherlands 2:35 pm PS96. Hospital Economics of Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Stenting Gregory D. Crenshaw, Taylor Smith, Hernan Bazan, W. Charles Sternbergh Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA. 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3e: Poster Session: Peripheral Arterial Disease (1) Moderator: Benjamin J. Pearce, MD, UAB Vascular Surgery, Birmingham, AL 1:40 pm PS98. Gender-Related Outcomes in the Endovascular Treatment of Femoro-Popliteal Obstructive Disease Walter Dorigo¹, Raffaele Pulli¹, Giovanni Pratesi², Azzurra Guidotti¹, Aaron Fargion¹, Carlo Pratesi¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; ²University of Rome- Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy 1:45 pm PS100. The Prognostic Value of Objective Markers of Atherosclerotic Disease in Vascular Surgery Patients; Optimizing Preoperative Cardiac Risk Evaluation Michiel T. Voûte¹, Jan-Peter van Kuijk¹, Willem-Jan Flu¹, Dustin Goei¹, Frederico Bastos Goncalves², Niels J. Ravensbergen¹, Koen M. van de Luijtgaarden¹, Jeroen J. Bax³, Hence J. Verhagen¹, Don Poldermans¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Hospital de Santa Marta, CHLC, Lisbon, Portugal; ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands 1:50 pm PS102. Mid-Term Results of Atherectomy for Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease Shankar M. Sundaram, Donald L. Jacobs, Brian G. Peterson, Catherine Wittgen, Gary J. Peterson Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 1:55 pm PS104. Preoperative DNR Status Impacts Perioperative Mortality for Lower Extremity Revascularization and Major Amputation Luke P. Brewster¹, Gabriella Velazquez¹, Thomas Dodson¹, Atef Salam², Karthik Kasirajan¹, Ravi Veeraswamy¹, Joseph J. Ricotta¹, Matthew S. Edwards³, Philip P. Goodney⁴, Matthew A. Corriere² ¹Emory Clinic, Decatur, GA; ²Emory Clinic; Atlanta VA Hospital, Atlanta, GA; ³Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC; ⁴Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 2:00 pm PS106. Transplantation of Purified CD34+ Cells from Peripheral Blood in Treatment of No-Option Critical Limb Ischemia: A Pilot Study Zhihui Dong¹, Bin Chen¹, Zheng Wei², Weiguo Fu¹, Daqiao Guo¹, Xin Xu¹, Xiangman Zhang¹, Zhenyu Shi¹, Zhimei Wang², Shanhua Zou², Junhao Jiang¹, Jue Yang¹, Ting Zhu¹, Yuqi Wang¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; ²Department of Hematology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2:05 pm PS108. A Meta-Analysis of the Outcomes of 8,550 Patients Comparing Open Surgical and Endovascular Treatment for Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease Miles J. Pfaff¹, Jeffrey Indes², Julie Sosa² ¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 2:10 pm PS110. Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis as First Line Treatment of Acute Nontraumatic Upper Extremity Ischemia A. M. Schrijver¹, G. J. de Borst², J. A. Vos¹, J. A. van Herwaarden², D. A. Werson¹, F. L. Moll², J. P. de Vries¹ ¹St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands; ²University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 2:15 pm PS112. Percutaneous Inteventions for CLI: The Dreadful Effects of ESRD on Diabetic Patients Rami O. Tadros, Ageliki G. Vouyouka, Andrew Tye, Constantinos T. Spyris, Sung yup Kim, Victoria J. Teodorescu, Windsor Ting, Sharif H. Ellozy, Michael L. Marin, Peter Faries Vascular Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 2:20 pm PS114. Technical Superiority and Clinical Excellence of Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM) vs Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA), as the Sole Imaging Modality in Bypass Surgery (BS) and Endovascular Revascularisation (EvR) for Critical Lower Ischemia (CLI) Patients. 6 Years Comparative Study in a Tertiary Referral Vascular Centre Sherif Sultan², Wael Tawfick¹ ¹Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland; ²Galway Clinic, Galway, Ireland 2:25 pm PS116. Our Experience with Laser Angioplasty of 258 Lower Extremities: Statin Use Improves Patency Jung Kim, Sadaf S. Ahanchi, Jarrod Day, Brian Chen, Babatunde Almaroof, Megan Caroll, Jean Panneton Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 2:30 pm PS118. Morbidity of Prosthetic Graft Infections Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Marc L. Schermerhorn, Prathima Nandivada, Kristina A. Giles, Allen D. Hamdan, David R. Campbell, Mark C. Wyers, Elliot L. Chaikof, Frank B. Pomposelli Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 2:35 pm PS120. Are Outcomes of Tibial Artery Atherectomy or Stenting Superior to Tibial Angioplasty Alone Over Time in the US Medicare Population? Todd R. Vogel¹, Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy¹, Paul B. Haser¹, Jeffrey L. Carson², Alan M. Graham¹ ¹Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; ²Department of Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3f: Poster Session: Peripheral Arterial Disease (2) Moderator: Michael R. Lepore, MD, Sarasota Vascular Specialists, Sarasota, FL 1:40 pm PS122. Prosthetic Conduit is Equivalent to Alternative Vein Sources for Below Knee Popliteal Bypass Targets in the Absence of Single Segment Greater Saphenous Vein James T. McPhee, Neal R. Barshes, Louis L. Nguyen, Charles K. Ozaki, Michael Belkin Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 1:45 pm PS124. Plasmin (Human) TAL-05-00018 Demonstrates a Good Safety Profile in Patients with Acute Peripheral Arterial Occlusion Anthony J. Comerota¹, David Fineberg², Richard Shlansky-Goldberg³, Chunqin Deng⁴, Victor J. Marder⁵ ¹Jobst Vascular Center, Toledo, OH; ²Talecris Biotherapeutics, Research Triangle Park, NC; ³Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Talecris Biotherapeutics, Research Triangle Park, NC; ⁵David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 1:50 pm PS126. Wound Infection After Lower Extremity Bypass Increases Hospital Resource Utilization But is Not Associated with Negative Long-Term Outcomes Jeffrey Kalish¹, Alik Farber¹, Andres Schanzer², Gheorghe Doros³, Denis Rybin³, Kevin Tan¹, Naomi Hamburg¹, Robert Eberhardt¹, Jack Cronenwett⁴ ¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; ²University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA; ³Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA; ⁴Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 1:55 pm PS128. Comparing Patency and Salvage Rates Between Multiple Ipsilateral Iliac Artery Stents and Isolated Iliac Artery Stents: Beyond TASC II Rachel C. Danczyk¹, Erica L. Mitchell¹, Sharon G. Kryger¹, Chad Burk¹, Sarguni Singh¹, Timothy K. Liem¹, Gregory J. Landry¹, James M. Edwards², Bryan D. Petersen³, Gregory L. Moneta¹ ¹Division Vascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; ²Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR; ³The Dotter Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 2:00 pm PS130. Contemporary Use of Antiplatelet Therapy After Endovascular Femoropopliteal Intervention Ove Thott¹, Jonas Malmstedt¹, Fredrik Granath², Carl Wahlgren¹ ¹Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 2:05 pm PS132. An Economic Analysis Regarding the Use of Axial Imaging Studies for the Anatomic Workup of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease Bryan A. Ehlert, John T. Nelson, Christopher A. Durham, Alex J. Ferikes, Charles S. Powell, William M. Bogey, Frank M. Parker, Michael C. Stoner East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 2:10 pm PS134. Implications of Improved Amputation Free Survival in Unreconstructable CLI in the Modern Era Eric Benoit¹, Thomas F. O'Donnell¹, Georgios Kitsios², Mark D. Iafrati¹ ¹The Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA; ²Tufts Evidence - Based Practice Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policies Studies, Boston, MA 2:15 pm PS136. Variation in the Use of Invasive Revascularization for Severe Lower Extremity PAD in The Year Prior To Amputation Philip P. Goodney¹, Nicholas H. Osborne³, Jack L. Cronenwett¹, Richard J. Powell¹, F. Lee Lucas², John D. Birkmeyer³, Elliott S. Fisher¹ ¹Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; ²Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Portland, ME; ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2:20 pm PS138. Mid-Term Results of a Novel Regenerative Xenograft Vascular Patch Alan Dardik¹, György Acsády², Lajos Mátyás³, Istvan Mogán⁴, Paul van Eijkelenburg⁵ ¹Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Semmelweis University Hospital, Budapest, Hungary; ³Miskolc Hospital, Miskolc, Hungary; ⁴Szent Imre Hospital, Budapest, Hungary; ⁵St. Elisabeth Hospitaal, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles 2:25 pm PS140. Outcomes of Below Knee Bypasses in African Origin Patients for Critical Limb Ischemia. The French West Indies Experience Sherif Attia¹, Michel Deneuville² ¹Pointe à Pitre University Frensh Center, Pointe à pitre cedex, Guadeloupe; ²Pointe à pitre university center, pointe à pitre cedex, Guadeloupe 2:30 pm PS142. Fate of Amputees Following Below Knee Amputation: Early and Mid-Term Results Julius Poon¹, Sebastian Ko¹, Musaad al-Ghamdi¹, Heather Underwood², Elliott Weiss², York N. Hsiang¹ ¹Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²GF Strong and Holy Family Hospitals, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2:35 pm PS144. The Influence of Gender on Infrageniculate Interventions Andrew Tye, Ageliki G. Vouyouka, Rami O. Tadros, Constantinos T. Spyris, Sung yup Kim, Victoria J. Teodorescu, Windsor Ting, Sharif H. Ellozy, Michael L. Marin, Peter L. Faries Vascular Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3g: Poster Session: Venous Disease; Vascular Laboratory and Imaging; Vascular Medicine Moderator: Kellie R. Brown, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 1:40 pm PS146. Endovenous Laser Ablation Using Higher Wavelength Lasers Results in Diminished Post-Procedural Symptoms Mikel Sadek, Lowell S. Kabnick, Todd Berland, Cara Chasin, Neal S. Cayne, Thomas S. Maldonado, Caron B. Rockman, Glenn R. Jacobowitz, Patrick J. Lamparello, Mark A. Adelman Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 1:45 pm PS148. Improving the Measurement of Deep Venous Thrombosis in Quality Improvement Registries Randall R. De Martino¹, Matthew S. Edwards², Matthew Corriere³, Adam W. Beck⁴, David H. Stone¹, Samuel R. Finlayson⁵, Jack L. Cronenwett¹, Philip P. Goodney¹ ¹Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; ²Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; ³Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; ⁴Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL; ⁵Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 1:50 pm PS150. A Comparison of Multiple Scoring Instruments Used in the Assessment of Post-Thrombotic Syndrome Arjun Jayaraj, Cynthia Natiello, Stephen Nicholls, Mark Meissner Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1:55 pm PS152. Intravascular Ultrasound Guided IVC Filters in the ICU Population Yanjie Qi, Michael Singh, Jason Kim, Ankur Chandra, Karl A. Illig, David Gillespie University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 2:00 pm PS154. PE Without DVT Tim Schwartz, Anil Hingorani Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2:05 pm PS156. Carotid Artery Intima-Medial Thickness in Relation to Macrovascular Disease in Newly Detected Type-2 Diabetes Mohammed Azfar Siddiqui, Ibne Ahmad, Shagufta Wahab, Ekram Ullah, Syed Amjad Ali Rizvi Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, India 2:10 pm PS158. Use of Ultrasound for Percutaneous Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (PEVAR) Reduces Rate of Conversion to Femoral Cutdown Jose M. Sarmiento¹, Paul J. Wisniewski², Natalie T. Do³, Jeff M. Slezak⁴, Majid Tayyarah⁵, Paul K. Aka⁵, Trung D. Vo⁵, Jeffrey H. Hsu⁵ ¹University of California, Riverside, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Riverside, CA; ²Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Deparment of General Surgery, Colton, CA; ³Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA; ⁴Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, Department of Research and Development, Pasadena, CA; ⁵Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Fontana, CA 2:15 pm PS160. Does the Modality of Surveillance Imaging Influence the Pick-Up Rate of Asymptomatic Secondary Interventions Following Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)? Emiliano Chisci, Francesco Setacci, Gianmarco de Donato, Carlo Setacci Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Siena, Italy 2:20 pm PS162. Greater Saphenous Vein Assessment Using Computed Tomographic Angiography Kelly Kempe¹, William Harkrider², Arturo D. Gonzalez², Michel E. Comeaux² ¹Louisiana State University Department of Surgery, New Orleans, LA; ²University Medical Center, Lafayette, LA Award: Lifeline Resident Research Prize 2:25 pm PS164. A Simplified Stratification System is Effective at Selecting Patients with a High Likelihood of Hypercoaguable Disorders Joseph Naoum, Tiffany Street, Nayef Chahine, Jean Bismuth, Hossam El-Sayed, Heitham Hassoun, Eric Peden, Mark G. Davies, Alan B. Lumsden The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 2:30 pm PS166. ABO Blood Type is Not Associated with Outcome After Vascular Surgery Koen M. van de Luijtgaarden, Erik J. Bakker, Sanne E. Hoeks, Michiel T. Voute, Yvette R. van Gestel, Hence J. Verhagen, Don Poldermans Vascular Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2:35 pm PS168. Do Ethnic Differences and TASC Distribution Affect the Incidence of Lower Extremity Amputation? Nicholas J. Gargiulo¹, David J. O'Connor², William D. Suggs¹, Larry A. Scher¹, Omer Riaz¹, Ashish Raju¹, Yana Etkin¹, Evan C. Lipsitz¹ ¹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3h: Poster Session: Dialysis Access; Educational/Training Credentialing; Other Moderator: J. Gregory Modrall, MD, University of Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas, TX 1:40 pm PS170. Inadvertent Great Vessel Arterial Catheterization During Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Line Placement - A Potentially Fatal Event Lakshmikumar Pillai, Pamela M. Zimmerman, Alexandre C. d' Audiffret Surgery, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, WV 1:45 pm PS172. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, Beta Blockers, and Antiplatelet Agents Improve Primary Patency After Arterio-Venous Hemodialysis Access Placement Rubie S. Maybury¹, Anton N. Sidawy², Richard Amdur¹, Robyn A. Macsata¹ ¹Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC; ²George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1:50 pm PS174. Migration, Fracture, and Rupture as Complications of Endovascular Grafts in the Treatment of Arteriovenous Fistula Dennis Wright¹, Jill Zink¹, Mirnal Chaudry², Robert Netzley¹, Victor Erzurum¹ ¹Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH; ²Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 1:55 pm PS176. Thirty Day Outcomes Following Brachiocephalic and Brachiobasilic Arteriovenous Fistula Formation: National Benchmarks for Standard of Care Prateek K. Gupta¹, Bala Natarajan¹, Yeruva M. Reddy¹, Himani Gupta¹, Marcus Balters¹, Jason M. Johanning², Thomas G. Lynch², R. Armour Forse¹, G. Matthew Longo², Jason N. MacTaggart², Iraklis I. Pipinos² ¹Creighton University, Omaha, NE; ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 2:00 pm PS178. Expanded Use of the Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) Vascular Access Device for Permanent Dialysis Access in Patients with Total Central Venous Occlusion Patrick J. O'Brien¹, Charles Y. Kim², Shawn M. Gage¹, Jeffrey H. Lawson¹ ¹Section of Vascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ²Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 2:05 pm PS180. Factors Influencing Catheter Use for Hemodialysis in a University-Associated Dialysis Center Karen Woo, Baron Thompson, Vincent Rowe University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2:10 pm PS182. The Next Generation of Academic Vascular Surgeons: Factors Influencing Career Choice Erica L. Mitchell¹, Rachel C. Danczyk¹, Nick Sevdalis², Gregory J. Landry¹, Timothy K. Liem¹, Gregory L. Moneta¹ ¹Division Vascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; ²Imperial College, London, United Kingdom 2:15 pm PS184. Radiation Exposure to Vascular Surgeons: Minimizing Your Risk Omar P. Haqqani, Prakhar K. Agarwal, Neil J. Halin, Mark D. Iafrati The Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 2:20 pm PS186. The Effect of Risk and Race on Amputations Among Medicare Diabetics: An Opportunity to Focus National Quality Improvement Initiatives Joshua B. Goldberg¹, Philip P. Goodney¹, Jack L. Cronenwett¹, Frank Baker² ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; ²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 2:25 pm PS188. Prediction of Outcome of Treatment of Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Foot After Minor Amputation: The Role of MR Imaging Constantijn Hazenberg¹, Martin Kraai², Frans Moll¹, Sjef van Baal² ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; ²Ziekenhuisgroep Twente, Almelo, Netherlands 2:30 pm PS190. The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and a Functional Classification Scheme in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Vascular Malformations Michael Lidsky, Charles Spritzer, Cynthia Shortell Duke University, Durham, NC 2:35 pm PS192. Aortoiliac Thrombus Complicating Inflammatory Bowel Disease Kuldeep Singh, Jonathan Deitch, Ming Li Wang Vascular surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3i: Poster Session: Research (1) Moderator: April J. Boyd, MD, PhD, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 1:40 pm PS194. Role of Erythropoietin Receptors and Ligands in Attenuating Inflammation and Apoptosis in Critical Limb Ischemia Dhiraj Joshi, Janice Tsui, Hemanshu Patel, Xu Shiwen, George Hamilton, David Abraham, Daryll Baker Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom 1:45 pm PS196. Mitochondrial Heat Shock Proteins (HSP) Regulate Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell (VSMC) Responses to Oxidant Stress and Determine Apoptotic Threshold Khanh P. Nguyen, Hope Lancero, Sara J. Runge, Andrey Rymar, Michael S. Conte Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 1:50 pm PS198. Vitamin K2 Reduces Neointimal Hyperplasia and Calcification in a Uraemia AVF Rat Model Maria Kokozidou¹, Stefan Langer¹, Michael Jacobs¹, Leon Schurgers², Tina Kessler¹, Jennifer Kranz¹, Thilo Krüger³, Lieven Kennes⁴, Thomas A. Koeppel¹ ¹Medicine, European Vascular Centre Aachen-Maastricht, Aachen, Germany; ²Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht and VitaK, Maastricht, Netherlands; ³Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Aachen, Germany; ⁴Department of Medical Statistics, Aachen, Germany 1:55 pm PS200. Notch Activation Induces Endothelial Cell Senescence and Pro-Inflammatory Response: Implication of Notch Signaling in Atherosclerosis Zhao-Jun Liu, Yurong Tan, Runxia Tian, Yan Li, Gary W. Beecham, David M. Seo, Roberto I. Vazquez-Padron, Margaret Pericak-Vance, Jeffery Vance, Pascal Goldschmidt-Clermont, Alan S. Livingstone, Omaida Velazquez Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL 2:00 pm PS202. Elevated Peri-Operative C-Reactive Protein Impedes Late Vein Graft Remodeling Yong He¹, Peter Nelson¹, Michael Hong¹, Roger Tran-Son-Tay¹, Scott Berceli² ¹Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; ²Malcolm Randall VAMC, Gainesville, FL 2:05 pm PS204. The Toll-Like Receptor 2 Ligand HMGB-1 Contributes to Skeletal Muscle Damage in Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) Hemanshu Patel¹, Dhiraj Joshi¹, Xu Shi-wen¹, George Hamilton¹, David Abraham¹, Daryll Baker¹, Sidney Shaw², Janice Tsui¹ ¹UCL, London, United Kingdom; ²University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 2:10 pm PS206. “Back-Table” Manipulation of Human Saphenous Vein Significantly Impairs Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Function Michael J. Osgood¹, Kyle M. Hocking¹, Kevin W. Sexton¹, Padmini Komalavilas², Joyce Cheung-Flynn¹, Marzia Leacche¹, Susan Eagle¹, Colleen Brophy² ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; ²Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN 2:15 pm PS208. Development of a Non-Viral, Non-Toxic Method for Gene Therapy in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Joshua D. Arnold, Deidra J. Mountain, Stacy S. Kirkpatrick, David Cassada, Scott Stevens, Michael Freeman, Mitchell Goldman, Oscar Grandas University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 2:20 pm PS210. Possible Involvement of Notch Signaling in the Mechanism of Buerger's Disease Hiroaki Tamai, Kouichi Morisaki, Hiroki Miyachi, Takashi Maekawa, Noriko Takahashi, Hirofumi Morimae, Tsutomu Ihara, Akihiko Hori, Hiroshi Banno, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Kiyohito Yamamoto, Kimihiro Komori Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 2:25 pm PS212. Peri-Adventitial Delivery of a Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound (NAB) Rapamycin Reduces Luminal Stenosis in a Porcine Femoral Artery Balloon Injury Model Warren J. Gasper¹, Cynthia A. Jimenez¹, Kirk Seward², Michael S. Conte¹, Christopher Owens¹ ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²Mercator Medsystems, San Leandro, CA 2:30 pm PS214. Aged Rats Have Increased Neointimal Thickening and Altered MCP-1/CCR2 Expression After Carotid Angioplasty Sammy D. Eghbalieh¹, Paraag Chowdhary¹, Akihito Muto², Jose M. Pimiento¹, Fabio A. Kudo², Kenneth R. Ziegler², Yuka Kondo², Lynn Model², Alan Dardik² ¹The Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT; ²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 2:35 pm PS216. Prolonged Versus Standard Balloon Angioplasty Inflation Time in an Atherosclerotic Rat Aorta Model Deva Boone, Gary S. Schwartz, George Jour, John C. Lantis St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm C3j: Poster Session: Research (2) Moderator: Ravi K. Veeraswamy, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 1:40 pm PS218. Inhibition of CXCL4-CCL5 Chemokine Interaction Ameliorates the Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Mice Yasunori Iida¹, Baohui Xu¹, Joshua Schultz², Court R. Turner², Ronald L. Dalman¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; ²Carolus Therapeutics, Inc., La Jolla, CA 1:45 pm PS220. Thermo-Mechanical Resistance of a Nanocomposite Polymer Exposed to Simulated In-Vivo Hydrodynamic Fatigue for 10 Years in Development of a Sutureless Endovascular Stent-Graft Mital Y. Desai¹, Raheleh Bakhshi², Arnold Darbyshire², Max Ahmed², James Eaton-Evans³, Xiang Zhou³, Zhong You³, Alexander M. Seifalian², George Hamilton¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom; ³Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 1:50 pm PS222. Percutaneous Peri-Adventitial Guanethidine Delivery Induces Renal Artery Sympathectomy: Preclinical Experience and Implication for Refractory Hypertension Christopher Owens¹, Warren J. Gasper¹, Kirk Seward³, Sanjay Misra⁴, Stewart B. Jacobson², Russell M. Jones² ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²CVPath, Gaithersburg, MD; ³Mercator MedSystems, San Leandro, CA; 4Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 1:55 pm PS224. Porcine Mesenchymal Stem Cell Labeling With MRI Contrast Agent Ferex Mehrnoosh Shahrivar¹, Daniel K. Han¹, Karen Briley-Saebo², Andrew Tye¹, Michael L. Marin¹, Peter L. Faries¹ ¹Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; ²Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 2:00 pm PS226. Nitrite Increases Fibroblast Migration and Proliferation and May Represent a Viable Source of Nitric Oxide for Wound Healing Michael Madigan, Fateh Entabi, Guiying Hong, Brian Zuckerbraun, Edith Tzeng Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2:05 pm PS228. LPS Induces Angiogenic Behavior in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells in Vitro Through Purinergic Signalling Ryan McEnaney, Ulka Sachdev, Xiangdong Cui, Timothy R. Billiar, Edith Tzeng University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 2:10 pm PS230. EVAR: The Effect of Hooks and Oversizing on the Strength of Proximal Fixation of the Stent-Graft Samuel S. Zhou¹, Thien How², Richard McWilliams³, John Brennan⁴ ¹Vascular Surgery, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, United Kingdom; ²Department of Clinical Engineering,University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ³Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ⁴Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom 2:15 pm PS232. Long-Term Effects of Everolimus-Eluting Self-Expanding Stent Implantation in an Experimental Model of Peripheral Vascular Intervention Hugh Zhao¹, Alexander Nikanorov¹, Renu Virmani², Lewis B. Schwartz¹ ¹Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA; ²CVPath Institute Inc, Gaithersburg, MD 2:20 pm PS234. Edaravone Suppresses Reperfusion Injury Following Leg Ischemia in Rats: Transmission Electro Microscopic Study Mitsuhiro Yamamaura, Yuji Miyamoto, Masataka Mitsuno, Hiroe Tanaka, Masaaki Ryomoto, Shinya Fukui, Yoshiteru Yoshioka Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan 2:25 pm PS236. Hyperglycemia-Induced Adult Dermal Fibroblast Dysfunction Adam J. Doyle, John P. Cullen, Elisa Roztocil, David Gillespie Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 2:30 pm PS238. Multisystem Trauma Patients with Venous Thromboembolism Have Increased Circulating Microparticles Marlene Mathews, David Gillespie Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 2:35 pm PS240. Pathophysiologic Correlation of Fat Emboli Load During Medullary Canal Pressurization: The Effect of Temporary Intravenous Filtration Dennis Wright, William Lanzinger, Jill Zink, Joe Caldwell, Andrew Schoenfeld, Patricia Sloan, Kimberly Stakleff, Robert Netzley Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibit Hall D2
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	R1: Rapid Paced Paper Session I Room: 354b At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss the methodology, results, and conclusions of the research presented in vascular health. Gain knowledge of new technology for diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease. Moderators: Richard P. Cambria, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Ronald M. Fairman, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 4:00 pm RR1. Selective Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage Protocole is Effective to Prevent Spinal Cord Ischemia During Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Diseases: Results of a Comparative Study Philippe Amabile, Joel Etienne, Mariangela De Masi, Laurence Bal, Serge Cohen, Jean Michel Bartoli, Philippe Piquet Vascular surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France 4:03 pm RR2. Coding Data Underestimates the Mortality Rate of EVAR for Ruptured AAA Adam J. Doyle, David Gillespie, Michael Singh, Karl A. Illig, Ankur Chandra Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 4:06 pm RR3. Total Laparoscopic Versus Conventional Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. How Safe? Jean-Baptiste Ricco, Alexandre Valagier, Jerome Cau, Olivier Page, Christophe Marchand, Gilles Régnault University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France 4:09 pm RR4. Surgery for Descending Thoracic Aneurysms: Impact of Hospital Type on Operative Techniques and Outcomes in the US Medicare Population Virendra I. Patel, Shankha Mukhopadhyay, Emel Ergul, Nathan J. Aranson, Mark F. Conrad, Christopher J. Kwolek, Richard P. Cambria Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 4:12 pm RR5. Annual Rupture Risk of AAA Enlargement Without Detectable Endoleak After EVAR. An EUROSTAR Registry Report Dave Koole¹, Frans L. Moll¹, Jacob Buth², Roel Hobo², Herman J. Zandvoort¹, Michiel L. Bots¹, Gerard Pasterkamp¹, Joost A. van Herwaarden¹ ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; ²Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands 4:15 pm Discussions: RR1, RR2, RR3, RR4, RR5 4:25 pm RR6. Impact of Surgeon Practice Pattern in Shunt Use During CEA for Contralateral Carotid Occlusion Philip P. Goodney¹, Salvatore T. Scali⁴, David H. Stone¹, Virenda Patel², Mohammad Eslami⁵, Jessica Wallaert¹, Palma Shaw³, Jack L. Cronenwett¹ ¹Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; ⁵University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 4:28 pm RR7. Anatomic Assessment of the Aortic Arch: Relationship Between Arch Anatomy and Age Brian G. DeRubertis¹, Ali Alktaifi¹, J. Paul Finn², Sinan Jabori^1,², Steve Farley¹, Roya S. Saleh², Wesley S. Moore¹, Peter F. Lawrence¹ ¹UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, Los Angeles, CA; ²UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles, CA 4:31 pm RR8. Primary Stroke Prevention by Application of the American Vascular Association Carotid Artery Screening Program George S. Lavenson Surgery, Uniformed Services University, Lahaina, HI 4:34 pm RR9. Functional Outcome of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) Varies with Age: Analysis of a VA Health Care System Practice Elsie Gyang¹, Fritz Bech² ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; ²Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 4:37 pm RR10. Balloon Angioplasty Versus Stent Placement in the Treatment of Venous Anastomotic Stenoses of Hemodialysis Grafts Following Surgical Thrombectomy John D. Kakisis, Efthimios D. Avgerinos, Triantafyllos G. Giannakopoulos, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Anastasios Papapetrou, Christos D. Liapis Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens University Medical School, "Attikon" Hospital, Athens, Greece 4:40 pm Discussions: RR6, RR7, RR8, RR9, RR10 4:50 pm RR11. Familial AAA: High Prevalence and Decreased Cardiac Risk Factors Koen M. van de Luijtgaarden, Sanne E. Hoeks, Erik J. Bakker, Michiel T. Voute, Niels J. Ravensbergen, Hence J. Verhagen, Danielle Majoor Krakauer, Don Poldermans Vascular Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands 4:53 pm RR12. Trends in the Utilization of Endovascular Therapy for Elective and Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Procedures Across Canada: A Cohort Study Prasad Jetty¹, Don Husereau² ¹Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ²Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada 4:56 pm RR13. Aneurysmal Extension to the Iliac Bifurcation: Comparison of Bell-Bottom Technique Versus Hypogastric Exclusion Peter A. Naughton², Michael S. Park¹, Andrew Moriarty², El-Rashid Kheirelseid², Mary-Paula Colgan², Dermot J. Moore², Sean M. O'Neill², Heron Rodriguez¹, Mark D. Morasch¹, Prakash Madhavan², Mark K. Eskandari¹ ¹Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ²St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 4:59 pm RR14. Endovascular Repair of Retrograde Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection: 9 Years of Experience in One Center Shenming Wang, Chen Yao The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China 5:02 pm RR15. Open Surgery Versus Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Frederik H. Jonker¹, Hence J. Verhagen², Peter H. Lin³, Robin H. Heijmen⁶, Santi Trimarchi⁴, Anthony W. Lee⁵, Frans L. Moll⁶, Husam Atamneh³, Vincenzo Rampoldi⁴, Bart E. Muhs¹ ¹Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ⁴Policlinico San Donato, I.R.C.C.S. Cardiovascular Center "E. Malan", Milan, Italy; ⁵Christine E. Lynn Heart and Vascular Institute, Boca Raton, FL; ⁶University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 5:05 pm Discussions: RR11, RR12, RR13, RR14, RR15 5:15 pm RR16. Interactive Online Training Improves Trainee Test Performance in Vascular Surgery Mohamed A. Zayed, Kevin Casey, Emily Lilo, Ronald L. Dalman, Jason T. Lee Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 5:18 pm RR17. Comparison of Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians in Canada and Ireland Elizabeth Wooster¹, Andrew Dueck², Daragh Moneley³, Liz Ryan³, Douglas Wooster² ¹Theory and Policy Studies, OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²University of Toronto - Department of Surgery, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Royal College of Surgery - Department of Vascular Surgery, Dublin, Ireland 5:21 pm RR18. Surgery for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Nationwide Perspective Jason T. Lee¹, Monica M. Dua¹, Venita Chandra¹, Tina M. Hernandez-Boussard¹, Karl A. Illig² ¹Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA; ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 5:24 pm Discussions: RR16, RR17, RR18 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm SVU / SVS Joint Session: Government Relations Update (CME credit for this session is offered by the Society for Vascular Ultrasound) Room: 451ab CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm	C4: Success in the Face of Increasing Diversity Room: 352 At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Identify ways to deal with the increasing diversity of the vascular surgery patient population. Discuss the issues of cultural competency. Implement tools to increase recruitment of minorities to vascular surgery. Moderators: Anil P. Hingorani, MD, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Heron E. Rodriguez, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 5:30 pm Changing Patient Demographics: How to Prepare for an Increase in Minority Patients Anil P. Hingorani, MD, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 5:45 pm Awareness of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Reclassification Among Hispanics Carlos H. Timaran, MD, University of Texas, Dallas, TX 6:00 pm How Culturally Competent Are You? Yara Gorski, MD, Crown Surgery Medical Group, Inc., Murrieta, CA 6:15 pm Analyzing the Racial/Ethnic Distribution of SVS Members and Vascular Surgery Trainees Karen Woo, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 6:30 pm Reframing and Improving Diversity in Academic Medicine Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 6:50 pm Discussion Panel 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm C5: Young Surgeons: What I Find Most Challenging at This Stage in My Career Room: 353b At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Develop a balance between research obligations and clinical productivity. Employ methods to mentor young surgeons. Identify strategies for successful navigation into leadership roles in academic and private practice settings. Compare the pros and cons of challenging issues and concerns for early career vascular surgeons. Moderators: Jason Lee, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA Joseph Ricotta, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 0-3 Years Out of Practice (finding a job, negotiations, etc) 5:30 pm Academic Practice Viewpoint Rebecca Kelso, MD, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 5:40 pm Private Practice Viewpoint Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD, Abbot Northwestern Hospital / Minnesota Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN 4-7 Years Out of Practice (promotion, finding a new job, etc) 5:50 pm Academic Practice Viewpoint Rabih A. Chaer, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 6:00 pm Private Practice Viewpoint Christopher D. Scibelli, MD, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Suffolk, VA 8-10 Years Out of Practice (transitioning to being mentor, handing off cases, etc.) 6:10 pm Academic Practice Viewpoint Peter R. Nelson, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 6:20 pm Private Practice Viewpoint Russell W. Becker, DO, Michigan Vascular Center, Flint, MI 6:30 pm Discussion Panel 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm C6: Comparative Effectiveness in Action Room: 351 At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the current state of comparative effectiveness research as it relates to United States healthcare policy and the political environment associated with it. Explain how countries with central healthcare policy have used comparative effectiveness techniques to determine appropriate use of technology for the repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Realize the current state of data regarding asymptomatic carotid artery disease, and identify areas within this space for which comparative effectiveness research is ideally suited. Moderators: Mark Meissner, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Michael C. Stoner, MD, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC 5:30 pm Comparative Effectiveness and the United States Healthcare System: Success, Failure and Politics Michael C. Stoner, MD, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 5:45 pm Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in the UK and the Cost of Technology Matt Thompson, MD, FRCS, St. George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom 6:00 pm The Use of Comparative Effectiveness Research to Optimize Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Canada Thomas L. Forbes, MD, London Health Sciences and University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 6:15 pm A Look at the Current Comparative Effectiveness Data Regarding Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis Rocco G. Ciocca, MD, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, MA 6:30 pm Panel Discussion 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm C7: Association of Chairs in Vascular Surgery Meeting—SVS Vascular Quality Initiative Room: 350 At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the value of the SVS Vascular Quality Initiative. Summarize how to organize a regional quality group. Use registry data to improve outcomes and generate new knowledge. Moderators: Keith D. Calligaro, MD, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Jack L. Cronenwett, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH 5:30 pm Overview of SVS VQI Jack L. Cronenwett, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH Richard P. Cambria, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 5:50 pm Starting a Regional Quality Group John (Jeb) W. Hallett, MD, Roper St. Francis Heart & Vascular Services, Charleston, SC 6:10 pm Uses for Regional Registry Data Philip P. Goodney, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH 6:30 pm Panel Discussion 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm C8: Physician-Physician Assistant Health Care Teams in Vascular Surgery Room: 353c At the end of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the current utilization of physician assistants in the United States. Discuss the utilization of physician assistants within vascular surgery academic, hospital-based, and private practices. Use the evidence-based guidelines on initially incorporating physician assistants into a vascular practice. Moderators: Theresa M. Impeduglia, MD, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ Indravadan U. Kapadia, MS, PA-C, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ 5:30 pm Recent Data on the Current Utilization of PAs in Vascular Surgery Sophia Serrano, MPAS, PA-C Inpatient Issues 5:40 pm Wanted: Permanent Hospital-Based Positions for Specialty-Trained PAs Critical to the Perioperative Workforce Team Theresa Impeduglia, MD, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ 5:50 pm Navigating Into a Key Role in Clinical Research Indravadan U. Kapadia, MS, PA-C, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ OR Issues 6:00 pm Criteria and Qualifications for Physician Assistants Regarding Invasive Procedures, Angiography and Device Implantations J. Timothy Fulenwider, MD, NGPG Vascular Center, Gainesville, GA 6:10 pm Expanding Role and Independence of Physician Assistants—Caveats Regarding Malpractice and Contractual Negotiation James Becker, PA-C, NGPG Surgery Associates, Gainesville, GA Outpatient Issues 6:20 pm The Governance and Cost-Effectiveness of Physician Assistants in the Outpatient Setting Charles Procter, MD, Longstreet Clinic, Gainesville, GA 6:30 pm The Vascular Practice of Physician Assistants—Managing Wound Care, Access and Imaging in a Dependent, Noncompetitive Relationship with Off-Site Physicians Stephen Konigsberg, PA-C, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA 6:40 pm Panel Discussion

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