THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2004

5:00 - 9:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2004

6:00-7:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

6:50-6:55 AM Opening Remarks by Samuel R. Money

6:55-7:00 AM Program Comments by Alan Dardik, Program Committee Chairman

7:00-9:00 AM SESSION I

Moderators:

Karl Illig
Nicholas Morrissey

Papers #1 through #6

1. ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFT REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: IS IT A BETTER ALTERNATIVE?
   Jay Vasquez, Jr., MD (Presenting), Shaun Gruenbaum, BS, James Gallagher, MD, Robert Lowe,MD,
   Phillip Allmendinger, MD, Michael Hallisey, MD, John E. Foster, MD, A. David Drezner, MD, PhD
   From: Hartford Hospital/Connecticut Vascular Institute, Hartford, CT
   
2. TYPE 1 PROXIMAL ENDOLEAK AFTER ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR: PREDICTIVE FACTORS
   Sergio Sampaio,MD (Presenting), Jean Panneton, MD, Geza Mozes, MD, PhD, James Andrews, MD, Thomas Bower, MD, Kenneth Cherry, MD, Timothy Sullivan, MD, Audra Noel, MD, Peter Gloviczki, MD
   From: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
   
3. ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR IS AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY FOR PARAANASTOMOTIC AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSMS
   Murray L. Shames, MD (Presenting), Paul A. Armstrong, DO Jeffrey S. Wilson, MD, Martin R. Back, MD, Andrew N. Bowser, MD, Brad L. Johnson, MD, Dennis F. Bandyk, MD
   From: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
   
4. TIMING OF PEDAL BYPASS FAILURE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NEED FOR AMPUTATION
   Christophe M. Domenig, MD (Presenting), Allen D. Hamdan, MD, Nick Kansal, MD, Bernadette Aulivola, MD,
   John J. Skillman, MD, David R. Campbell, MD, Frank W. Logerfo, MD, Frank B. Pomposelli, Jr, MD,
   T. J. Hoelzenbein, MD
   From: Beth Deaconess, Medical Center Hartford, CT and Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
   
5. EARLY RESULTS WITH INFRAINGUINAL CUTTING BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY INDICATES LIMITATION OF DISTAL DISSECTION
   Presented by Jamal Rabbi, MD, Gregory Gersten, MD, Ravi Kiran, MD, Stanley Dudrick, MD, Alan Dardik, MD, PhD
   From: St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT
   
6. HISTOLOGIC AND DUPLEX COMPARISON OF THE PERCLOSE AND ANGIO-SEAL PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE DEVICES
   Nicholas J. Gargiulo, III, MD, Evan C. Lipsitz, MD, George Berdejo, RVT, Frank J. Veith, MD, Takao Ohki, MD
   From: Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

9:00 AM ADJOURN

3:30-4:00 PM Snacks & Beverages

4:00-6:00 PM SESSION II

Moderators:

Paul Gagne
Mark Levy

Papers #7 through #12

7. ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR: DOES GENDER MATTER?
   Sergio M.M. Sampaio, MD (Presenting), Jeromy Brink, MD, Jean M. Panneton, MD, James C. Andrews, MD,
   Thomas C. Bower, MD, Kenneth J. Cherry, MD, Timothy Sullivan, MD, Audra Noel, MD, Peter Gloviczki, MD
   From: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
   
8. ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF RUPTURED INFRA-RENAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
   Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD (Presenting), P.M. Anain, MD, John Blebea, MD, A. Salem, MD, Elliot Chaikof, MD
   From: Emory Clinic, Atlanta, GA
   
9. CONTEMPORARY RESULTS OF EXTENT II THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH MARFAN SYNDROME
   Joseph S. Coselli, MD (Presenting), Irina V. Volguina, PhD, Scott A. LeMaire, MD
   From: Baylor College of Medicine and Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, TX
   
10. RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF CLAUDICATION DUE TO FEMORO-POPLITEAL DISEASE
    Ian C. Chetter, FRCS (Presenting), Tapan A. Mehta, FRCS, Arcot Venkatasubramaniam, FRCS, , John D. Corson, MBChB, Peter T. McCollum, FRCS
    From: Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
    
11. SHOULD PATIENTS ON DIALYSIS UNDERGO CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY FOR ASYMPTOMATIC HIGH GRADE STENOSIS?
    Bryan C. Kramer, MD (Presenting), Sean P. Roddy, MD , R. Clement Darling,III, MD, Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD
    From: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
    
12. CONTINUITY OF CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE: RESULTS OF A CAROTID STENTING PROGRAM INITIATED BY VASCULAR SURGEONS
    Peter L. Faries, MD, Rajeev Dayal, MD, Daniel G. Clair, MD, Joshua Bernheim, MD, Scott Hollenbeck, MD,
    Albeir Mousa, MD, Elizabeth A. Mahanor, MD, John Lantis, MD, Roman Nowygrod, MD, Mike Park, MD,
    Harry Bush, MD, K. Craig Kent, MD
    From: New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

6:00 PM ADJOURN

6:30-8:00 PM PVSS RECEPTION

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2004

6:30-7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

7:00-9:00 AM SESSION III

Moderators:

Charles Sternbergh
Leila Mureebe

Papers #13 through #18

13. ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFT REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM USING CO2 ANGIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
    Jeffrey S. Wilson, MD (Presenting), Paul A. Armstrong, DO, Bruce R. Zwiebel, MD, Patricia A. Conant, ARNP, Murray L. Shames, MD, Brad L. Johnson, MD, Martin R. Back, MD, Dennis F. Bandyk, MD
    From: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
14. INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE GENE EXPRESSION DURING AORTIC ANEURYSM SURGERY: A DIRECT COMPARISON OF OPEN VS ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR
    Claudia M. Sheahan, MD (Presenting), Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD, Harry Liu, MD, PhD, Irene Cal y Mayor, MD, Michael L. Marin, MD, Larry H. Hollier, MD
    From: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
15. TIBIAL ARTERY BYPASS FOR DISABLING CLAUDICATION. HAVE WE GONE TOO FAR?
    Bryan Kramer, MD (Presenting), R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Sean P. Roddy, MD, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD
    From: Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
16. THE SURGICALLY CREATED ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA: A FORGOTTEN ALTERNATIVE TO VENOUS ACCESS
    Christopher G. Carsten, III, MD (Presenting), Spence M. Taylor, MD, David L. Cull, MD, Eugene M. Langan, III, MD, Bruce A. Snyder, MD
    From: Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC
    
17. ACUTE ARTERIAL THOMBOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH COCAINE ABUSE
    Wie Zhou, MD (Presenting), Peter H. Lin, MD, Ruth L. Bush, MD, Ganesh Ramaswami, MD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD
    From: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    
18. ROTATIONAL MUSCLE FLAP CLOSURE FOR ACUTE GROIN WOUND INFECTIONS FOLLOWING VASCULAR SURGERY
    Karl A. Illig, MD (Presenting), Joseph E. Alkon, MD, Andrew Smith, MD, Jeffrey M. Rhodes, MD,
    Adam Keefer, MD, Adam Doyle, BA, Joseph Serletti, MD, Richard M. Green, MD
    From: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    
    

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
David Deaton

6:00 PM ADJOURN

SUNDAY, FEBUARY 1, 2004

6:30-7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

7:00-9:00 AM SESSION V

Moderators:

Marc Passman
Brajesh Lal

Papers #19 through #24

19. HOOK PHLEBECTOMY VS TRANSILLUMINATED POWERED PHLEBECTOMY FOR VARICOSE VEINS - A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
    Kurian J. Mylankal, MBBS, FRCS (Presenting), H. Hughes, FRCS, I. Spark, MBChB, FRCS, R. Fitridge, FRCS,
    Ian C. Chetter, MBChB, FRCS
    From: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
    
20. RETRIEVING "NON-RETRIEVABLE" INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTERS: A THERAPEUTIC OPTION FOR FILTER MAL-POSITIONING
    Matthew A. Corriere, MD (Presenting), Marc A. Passman, MD, Jeffery B. Dattilio, MD, Raul J. Guzman, MD,
    Thomas A. Naslund, MD
    From: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    
21. ACCURACY OF ILIAC ARTERY MEASUREMENTS IN THE ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
    Brajesh K. Lal, MD (Presenting), Joaquim J. Cerveira, MD, Peter J. Pappas, MD, Zafar Jamil, MD, Frank T. Padberg, Jr., MD, Robert W. Hobson, II, MD
    
22. ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) GEOMETRY AND SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE ARE THE PRINCIPLE DETERMINANTS OF RUPTURE RISK IN AAA
    Arcot Venkatasubramaniam, FRCS (Presenting), Michael J. Fagan, PhD, Ian C. Chetter, FRCS, B. Ray, FRCS,
    K.J. Mylankal, FRCS, T. Mehta, FRCS, Peter T. McCollum, MD, FRCS
    Sponsored by: John D. Corson, MD
    From: Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
    
23. CAROTID ARTERY STENTING WITH ROUTINE CEREBRAL PROTECTION IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS AT A VA HOSPITAL - THE VASCULAR SURGEON'S PERSPECTIVE
    Ruth L. Bush, MD (Presenting), Peter H. Lin, MD, Dieter Lubbe, MD, Mitchell Cox, MD, Ganesh Ramaswami, MD, Wei Zhou, MD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD
    From: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    
24. ACCURACY OF DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN EVALUATING IN-STENT RESTENOSIS AFTER CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING
    Carlos H. Timaran, MD (Presenting), Takao Ohki, MD, PhD, Tina Chen, BS, George L. Berdejo, BA, RVT,
    Frank J. Veith, MD, Evan C. Lipsitz, MD, Nicholas J. Gargiuloo, III, MD, Mahmood B. Malas, MD,
    Soo J. Rhee, MD, William D. Suggs, MD
    From: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

9:00 AM ADJOURN