THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005
5:00 - 9:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2005
6:00-7:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
6:50-6:55 AM Opening Remarks by Lewis B. Schwartz
6:55-7:00 AM Program Comments by Boulos Toursarkissian, Program Committee Chairman

7:00-9:00 AM SESSION I

Moderators:

Boulos Toursarkissian
Karl Illig

Papers #1 through #6

1. ANALYSIS OF ANATOMIC FACTORS AND AGE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING
   Stephanie C. Lin, MD (presenting), Susan M. Trocciola, MD, Jason Rhee, BA, Rajeev Dayal, MD, Rabih Chaer, MD, Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD, James McKinsey, MD, K. Craig Kent, MD, Peter L. Faries, MD
   From: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
   
2. COMPARISON OF BIVALIRUDIN VERSUS HEPARIN COMBINED WITH ABCIXIMAB DURING CAROTID ARTERY STENTING WITH CEREBRAL EMBOLIZATION PROTECTION
   Ruth L. Bush, MD (presenting), Peter H. Lin, MD, Wei Zhou, MD, Marlon Guerrero, MD, Liz Nguyen, MD, Dieter Lubbe, MD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD
   From: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
   
3. CAROTID ARTERY STENTING IN OCTOGENARIANS: IS IT TOO RISKY?
   G. Matthew Longo, MD (presenting), Melina R. Kibbe, MD, Jon S. Matsumura, MD, Mark K. Eskandari, MD
   From: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
   
4. DUPLEX ULTRASOUND REMAINS A RELIABLE TEST EVEN AFTER CAROTID STENTING
   Brian G. Peterson, MD (presenting), G. Matthew Longo, MD, Melina R. Kibbe, MD, Jon S. Matsumura, MD, Mark K. Eskandari, MD
   From: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
   
5. GADOLINIUM-ENHANCED VERSUS TIME-OF-FLIGHT MR ANGIOGRAPHY, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT?
   Bart E. Muhs, MD (presenting), Paul J. Gagne, MD, Joel Wagoner, BA, Jessica Baker, BA, Caron B. Rockman, MD, Thomas S. Maldonado, MD
   From: New York University, New York, NY
   
6. CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM: EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT OVER TWO DECADES
   Wei Zhou, MD, Peter H. Lin, MD, Benjamin Chang, BS, Ruth L. Bush, MD, Thomas Terramani, MD, Dieter Lubbe, MD, Marlon Guerrero, MD, Liz Nguyen, MD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD
   From: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
   

9:00 AM ADJOURN

3:30-4:00 PM Snacks & Beverages

4:00-6:00 PM SESSION II

Moderators:

Marc Passman
Mark Eskandari

Papers #7 through #12

7. IMPLICATIONS OF EARLY FAILURE OF SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY ENDOLUMINAL INTERVENTIONS
   Irfan I. Galaria, MD (presenting), Jeffrey M. Rhodes, MD, Cynthia K. Shortell, MD,
   Karl A. Illig, MD, Mark G. Davies, MD
   From: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
   
8. OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF SEVENTEEN CONSECUTIVE INFRAGENICULATE SUBINTIMAL ANGIOPLASTIES FOR LIMB SALVAGE
   John C. Lantis, MD (presenting), Aileen Shieu, MD, Laura Withers, MD, Gary Giangola, MD, George J. Todd, MD
   From: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
   
9. LASER ATHERECTOMY FOR LOWER EXTREMITY REVASCULARIZATION: AN ADJUNCTIVE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OPTION
   Wei Zhou, MD (presenting), Ruth L. Bush, MD, Peter H. Lin, MD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD
   From: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
   
10. INFRAPOPLITEAL ANGIOPLASTY FOR LIMB SALVAGE IN THE SETTING OF RENAL FAILURE: DO RESULTS JUSTIFY ITS USE?
    Bernadette Aulivola, MD (presenting), Mauro Gargiulo, MD, Marco Bessoni, MD, Antonio Rumolo, MD, Andrea Stella, MD
    From: Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy and Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    
11. PREDICTING THE HEALING OF TRANSMETATARSAL AMPUTATION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
    Boulos Toursarkissian, MD (presenting), Ryan T. Hagino, MD, Khurram Khan, DPM, Lawrence B. Harkless, DPM
    From: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
    
12. MIDFOOT AMPUTATIONS EXPAND LIMB SALVAGE RATES IN DIABETIC FOOT INFECTIONS
    Patrick A. Stone, MD (presenting), Paul A. Armstrong, DO, Martin R. Back, MD, Sarah K. Flaherty, BS, W. Brent Keeling, MD, Brad L. Johnson, MD, Murray L. Shames, MD, Dennis R. Bandyk, MD
    From: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Charleston Area Medical Center for Health Education & Research Institute, Charleston, WV

SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2005

6:30-7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

7:00-9:00 AM SESSION III

Moderators:

Charles Sternbergh
Martin Back

Papers #13 through #18

13. ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WALL STRESS AND RISK OF RUPTURE
    Michael S.T. Heng, MB, ChB, Arcot K. Venkatasubramaniam, MBBS, Michael J. Fagan, BSc, PhD, CEng, Jason W. Collier, BSc, Grishma M. Desai, BSc, Biswajit Ray, MS, Darren HL Lee, MB, ChB, Ian Chetter, MB, ChB, MD, Peter T. McCollum, BAO, MCh
    From: Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
    
14. RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: A RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF OPEN VS. ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR
    Sarat K. Vaddineni, MD (presenting), Gilberto C. Russo, MD, Mark A. Patterson, MD, Steven M. Taylor, MD, William D. Jordan, Jr., MD
    From: University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
    
15. SALVAGING COMPLICATIONS OF ENDOVASCULAR AAA REPAIR
    John B. Taggert, MD (presenting), Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Kyran Dowling, MD, R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Sean P. Roddy, MD, Paul B. Kerienberg, MD, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD
    From: The Vascular Group, PLLC, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
    
16. THE IMPACT OF PROCEDUAL COMPLEXITY ON CLINICAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING ELECTIVE ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR
    Geza Mozes, MD (presenting), Jean M. Panneton, MD, Sergio Sampaio, MD, Tanya L. Hoskin, MS, James C. Andrews, MD, Thomas C. Bower, MD, Kenneth J. Cherry, Jr., MD, Manju Kalra, MBBS, Audra A. Noel, MD, Timothy M. Sullivan, MD, Peter Gloviczki, MD
    From: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    
17. ARE PREOPERATIVE ANEURYSM AND NECK SIZE PREDICTORS OF THE CLINICAL OUTCOME. A 4 YEAR EUROSTAR EXPERIENCE.
    Evert Waasdorp, MD (presenting), Jean-Paul de Vries, MD, Roel Hobo, Jaap Buth, MD, Frans Moll, MD
    From: St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
    
18. NEO-AORTOILIAC RECONSTRUCTION FOR AORTIC GRAFT INFECTION: NEED FOR ENDOVASCULAR ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES
    Jim B. Faulk, MD (presenting), Marc A. Passman, MD, Bradley A. Boone, MD, Jeffrey B. Dattilo, MD, Paul J. Guzman, MD, Thomas C. Naslund, MD
    From: Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN

9:00 AM ADJOURN

12:00 noon - 1:00 PM SKI-IN, SKI-OUT LUNCHEON

3:30-4:00 PM Snacks & Beverages

4:00-6:00 PM SESSION IV: SYMPOSIUM "New Frontiers in Vascular Surgery"

Moderators: Ruth Bush

6:00 PM ADJOURN

SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2005

6:30-7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

7:00-9:00 AM SESSION V

Moderators:

Mark Davis
Boulos Toursarkissian

Papers #19 through #24

19. RESTENOSIS FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY (PTA) IS PREDICTED BY PLASMA TISSUE FACTOR
    Biswajit Ray, MS (presenting), Jennifer Bryce, AVT, Ian C. Chetter, MD, Camile Ettelaie, MSc, PhD, Peter T. McCollum, MCh
    From: Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
    
20. SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF RETEPLASE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
    Tod Hanover, MD (presenting), Corey A. Kalbaugh, MD, Bruce H. Gray, DO, Eugene M. Langan, III, MD, Mark P. Androes, MD, W. Tracey Jones, MD, Dawn W. Blackhurst, Dr P.H., Spence M. Taylor, MD
    From: Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC
    
21. A NON-RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CLINICAL AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF A SUPERVISED EXERCISE PROGRAMME FOR CLAUDICATION
    Hai-Liang D. Lee, MB, BCh, BAO, BA (presenting), Tapan A. Mehta, MBBS, Biswajit Ray, MBBS, Michael S.T. Heng, MB, BCh, Peter T. McCollum, MB, BCh, BAO, BA, DO, Ian C. Chetter, MB, BCh, MD
    From: Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
    
22. EARLY RESULTS OF ENDOVENOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION IN THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS
    Marlene D. Valentin, MD (presenting), Joann Lohr, MD, Kapil Simlote, MD, Patrick Muck, MD
    From: Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
    
23. EARLY FAILURE OF POLYURETHANE VASCULAR ACCESS GRAFTS FOR HEMODIALYSIS
    Sunil K. Patel, MD (presenting), Alan Berger, MD, Gary G. Nicholas, MD
    From: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA
    
24. PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY OF THE VEINS IN THE UPPER LIMBS WITH ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA
    Fiona A. Chandra (presenting), Toshifumi Kudo, MD, PhD, David Rigberg, MD, Dan Jethanamest, BS, Samuel S. Ahn, MD
    From: UCLA-Gonda Vascular Center, Los Angeles, CA

9:00 AM ADJOURN

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY SOCIETY
15th ANNUAL WINTER MEETING
JANUARY 28-30, 2005
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO