Sunday, September 17 Program

Subclinical Embolization after Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS): New Lesions on Diffusion Weighted MRI Increase with Time Post-procedure
A. Yenari, MD, Christine Glastonbury, MD, Sheila M. Coogan, MD and Max Wintermark, MD
San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, CA and Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA

Post-procedural Microembolic Events Following Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting and Carotid Endarterectomy
Maureen M. Tedesco, MD, Jason T. Lee, MD, Ronald L. Dalman, MD, Christopher     Loh, Barton Lane, MD, Jason Haukoos, MD, Joseph H. Rapp, MD and Sheila M. Coogan, MD
Stanford University Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery, Palo Alto, CA, Denver, CO and San Francisco, CA

Abdominal Aortic Injuries: The Experience of a Level One trauma Center
Jessica Deree, MD,  Edna Shenvi, Dale Fortlage, Pat Stout, RN, Bruce Potenza, MD, David B. Hoyt, MD and Raul Coimbra, MD
Trauma and Critical Care, University of California, San Diego

Early Fibrinolytic Inhibition is Associated with DVT after Injury
Mark H. Meissner and Wayne Chandler, MD
University of Washington, Surgery, Seattle, WA

A Bioabsorbable, Paclitaxel-Eluting Mesh Inhibits Intimal Hyperplasia in a Sheep Model of Dialysis Access Failure
Ted R. Kohler, MD, Philip M. Toleikis, PhD, David M. Gravett, PhD and Rui Avelar,  MD
University of Washington, Vascular Surgery, Seattle VA PSHCS, Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC, Canada

Functional Patency Of Autogenous Arteriovenous Fistulas For Hemodialysis
Tien H. Nguyen, MD, Trung D. Bui, MD, Ian L. Gordon, MD and Samuel E. Wilson, MD,
Long Beach VA and General Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA