Western Vascular Society

Monday, September 18 program

7:30 am Continental Breakfast WIith Educational Sponsors

 

8:00                am Scientific Session
Presiding:  Jeffrey L. Ballard, M.D.
               Combined Surgical and Endovascular Approaches to Treat Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in High Risk Patients: Technical  Considerations and Clinical Outcomes
Wei Zhou, MD, Michael Reardon, MD, Peter Lin, MD, Eric K. Peden, MD       and Alan B. Lumsden, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Surgery, Houston, TX
Late Complications After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Using the Zenith Stent Graft
Jade Hiramoto, MD, Linda Reilly, MD, Darren Schneider, MD, Nayan Sivamurthy, MD, Joseph Rapp, MD and Timothy Chuter, MD
Division of Vascular Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Endoluminal Exclusion in Octogenarians: Re-intervention Rate and Procedure Mortality with Passive Fixation Devices
Ricardo Lujan, MD, Hao Bui, MD, Carlos Donayre, MD, Alexander Nguyen,  MD, Lauren Lee, George Kopchok, Irving Walot, MD and Rodney White, MD, 
Vascular Surgery, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Carbon Dioxide Digital Subtraction Angiography Use in Endovascular Aneurysm Grafting
Alexander B. Chao, MD, Kevin Major, MD, Douglas H. Hood, MD and Fred A. Weaver, MD
University of Southern California, Vascular Surgery, Los Angeles, CA

Duplex Scan Characteristics of Bypass Grafts to Mesenteric Arteries
Timothy K. Liem, MD, Jocelyn A. Segall, MD,Wei Wei, MD, Gregory J. Landry, MD, Lloyd M. Taylor, MD and Gregory L. Moneta, MD
Division of Vascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

10:05 am   Coffee Break With Educational Sponsors

10:25              am Clinical Focus Session
              The Effect of Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Stainless Steel Z-stent Based Abdominal Aortic Prostheses
Jade Hiramoto, MD, Linda Reilly, MD, Darren Schneider, MD, Herman       Skorobogaty, MD, Jospeh Rapp, MD and Timothy Chuter, MD
UCSF, Division of Vascular Surgery, San Francisco, CA

Cutting Balloon Angioplasty: Peripheral Application of Coronary Artery Technology
Joseph L. Mills, Sr., MD, Daniel M. Ihnat, MD and Kaoru R. Goshima, MD
Vascular Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Cryopreserved Superficial Femoral Vein: The Optimal Conduit for the In Situ Treatment of Aortic Graft Infection?
Nayan Sivamurthy, MD, Jade S. Hiramoto, MD, Darren B. Schneider, MD, Charles     M. Eichler, MD and Linda M. Reilly, MD
Vascular Surgery, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

   

Early Outcome After Catheter Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis: Follow-Up of a National Multicenter Registry
Mark H. Meissner, MD and  Mark W. Mewissen, MD
University of Washington, Surgery, Seattle, WA and Milwaukee, WI

Technical Modifications in Endoscopic Vein Harvest (EVH) Techniques      Facilitate Use in Lower Extremity Limb Salvage Procedures
Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD, Peter F. Lawrence, MD, David A. Rigberg, MD, William     J. Quinones-Baldrich, MD and Sydney Guo, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center,
Los Angeles, CA

   

Recurrent Varicose Veins: Treatment with Sclerosant Foam
John Bergan and  Luigi Pascarella, MD
UCSD, La Jolla, CA and Bioengineering, UCSD, La Jolla, CA

12:00 Noon Adjourn
AfternoonTennis Tournament

7:00 pm Presidential Reception and Dinner

 

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