New England Society for Vascular Surgery

NESVS 2005 Program and Abstracts

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Postgraduate Course
Non-Invasive Vascular Lab
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Symposium
Pharmacological Treatment Of Vascular Disease
2:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Scientific Session
2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
2:05 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. 1. Anatomic Three-Dimensional Analysis Of Enlarging Aneurysms Following Endovascular AAA Repair In the Gore Excluder Pivotal Clinical Trial
Mark Fillinger, for the Excluder Bifurcated Endoprosthesis Clinical Investigators
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
2:25 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 2. Outcomes Of Secondary Interventions Following Endovascular Repair In Patients With Challenging Aortoiliac Anatomy: A Prospective Analysis
Manish Mehta, Yaron Sternbach, R Clement Darling, III, Sean P. Roddy, Philip S.K. Paty, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, Paul B. Kreienberg, Benjamin B. Chang, Dhiraj M Shah
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
2:45 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. 3. Stent Graft Repair Of the Thoracic Aorta: Midterm Results
David H Stone, Mark F Conrad, David C Brewster, Christopher J Kwolek, Glenn M LaMuraglia, Michael T Watkins, Richard P Cambria
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
3:05 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. 4. Beyond Fusiform and Saccular: Three Dimensional Aorta Shape and AAA Rupture
Suguna Pappu1, Alan Dardik1, Hemant Tagare2, Richard Gusberg1
2Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Yale University, New Haven, CT
3:25 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. 5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease As An Independent Marker For Adverse Outcomes In Endograft Repair Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Brian Park, Stratton Danes, A. David Drezner, Arun Mavanur
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Robert R. Linton Address
Richard M. Green, M.D., FACS
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
5:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. 6. Familial Aortic Aneurysms: History Of Rupture
Alan G Lossing1, Marjorie A Burnett2
1Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
5:20 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. 7. Perioperative Myocardial Ischemic Injury: Incidence and Resource Utilization In A Prospective Clinical Trial
William C Mackey1, Lee A. Fleisher2, Seema Haider3, Sairah Sheikh3, Joseph C. Cappelleri4, Won Chan Lee5, Qin Wang6, Jenny Stephens7
1Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Pfizer Inc, New London, CT; 4Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT; 5Abt Associates, Clinical Trials, Bethesda, MD; 6Abt Associates, Clinical Trials, Bethesda, MD; 7PharMerit International, Bethesda, MD
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2005
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Basic Science Sesssion
7:00 a.m. – 7:20 a.m. B1. Inhibition Of Intimal Hyperplasia In ePTFE Covered Stents Using Recombinant Human Thrombomodulin.
Geoffrey Wong, Jian-ming Li, Mohammad H. Eslami, Michael J. Rohrer, Bruce S. Cutler
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
7:20 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. B2. PJ34 Enhanced Spinal Cord Tissue Viability and Differential Gene Expression In A Murine Model Of Thoracic Aortic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
David H Stone, Hassan AlBadawi, Mark F Conrad, Fateh Entabi, Michael C Stoner, Richard P Cambria, Michael T Watkins
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. B3. The Role Of OB-Cadherin In Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration and. Proliferation
Thomas S Monahan, Haig Panossian, Nicholas D Andersen, Jeffrey A Kalish, Mauricio A Contreras, Matthew D Phaneuf, Christiane J Ferran, Frank W LoGerfo
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Scientific Session
8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. 8. Embolization Protection Device Specific Complications During Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
Richard J Powell, Christopher M Alessi, Brian W Nolan, Mark C Wyers, Mark F Fillinger, Eva M Rzucidlo, Daniel B. Walsh, Robert M. Zwolak, Jack L Cronenwett
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH
8:20 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. 9. Stroke After Carotid Endarterectomy Surgery: A Re-Appraisal Of Etiology
Glenn M LaMuraglia, David H Stone, Mark F Conrad, Ferdinando Buonanno, David C Brewster, Michael T Watkins, Christopher J Kwolek, Richard P Cambria
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 10. Duplex Criteria To Identify Carotid Stent Patients
Robert M Zwolak, Ann Musson, Mark F. Fillinger, Brian W. Nolan, Richard J. Powell, Eva M. Rzucildo, Daniel B. Walsh, Mark C. Wyers, Jack L. Cronenwett
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Break
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. 11. Statin Therapy Is Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting Of Superficial Femoral Artery Occlusive Disease
Matthew T Menard1, Karen J Ho2, Rodney Chan2, Edwin C Gravereaux1, Michael S Conte1, Louis L Nguyen1, Michael Belkin1
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA;2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 am. 12. Intermediate Results Of Percutaneous Endovascular Therapy Of Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease: A Contemporary Series
Mark F Conrad, Richard P Cambria, David H Stone, David C Brewster, Christopher J Kwolek, Michael T Watkins, Glenn M LaMuraglia
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Distinguished Address
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. 13. Outcomes Of Lower Extremity Arterial Revascularization In Obese Patients
Virendra I Patel, Chantel Hile, Frank B Pomposelli, Jr., Marc L Schermerhorn, Sherry D Scovell, David R Campbell, Frank W LoGerfo, Allen D Hamdan
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. 14. Socioeconomic Factors That Adversely Affect the Rate Of Amputation In Patients Presenting With Lower Extremity Ischemia: The Effects Of Race, Insurance Status, and Low Income
Mohammad H. Eslami1, Maksim Zayaruzny2, Michael J. Rohrer1, Elias Arous1, Bruce S. Cutler1
1Division of Vascular Surgery; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA; 2Division of General Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
11:10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Introduction Of the President
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Presidential Address
Screening For Abdominal Aneurysms: Science and Politics

Robert M. Zwolak, M.D.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Member’s Business Meeting
6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Annual Reception & Banquet
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005
7:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Scientific Session
7:00 a.m. – 7:20 a.m. 15. Early Remodeling Of Lower Extremity Vein Grafts: Correlation With Outcomes
Christopher D Owens, Nicole Wake, Lisamarie Fahy, Jeffrey Jacot, Marie Gerhard-Herman, Louis L Nguyen, Matthew T. Menard, Edwin C. Gravereaux, Michael Belkin, Michael S. Conte
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
7:20 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. 16. Complications and Outcomes Associated With the Use Of Retrievable Vena Cava Filters: A Review Of the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database (MAUDE) Database
Felix G Vladimir, Palma Shaw, Jeffery J Popma, Garry Gibbons
Boston University, Boston, MA
7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 17. Bypass For Chronic Ischemia Of the Upper Extremity: Results In 20 Patients
Kakra Hughes, Allen D Hamdan, Marc Schermerhorn, Anthony Giordano, David R Campbell, Sherry D Scovell, Seth B Blattman, Frank W LoGerfo, Frank B Pomposelli, Jr.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Pinehurst Panel
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. 18. The Incidence and Natural History Of Peripheral Vascular Disease In Minority Patients
Nicholas J Morrissey, James McKinsey, Roman Nowygrod, Natalya Egorova, Leila Mureebe, Peter Faries, Annetine Gelijns, Alan Moskowitz, K. Craig Kent
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 19. Concurrent Complication Tracking Versus the Standard Hospital Discharge Data Set In Determining Vascular Surgery Morbidity and Mortality
Daniel J Bertges1, Adam K Cloud1, Janet S. Stiles1, John H Ratliff2, Rebecca R Zubis2, Michael A Ricci1, Georg Steinthorsson1, Andrew C Stanley1, Steven R Shackford1
1Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT;2Medical Center Hospital Vermont, Burlington, VT
10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 20. Retrograde Open Mesenteric Stenting For Acute On Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Mark C Wyers, Richard J Powell, Brian W Nolan
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Issues Panel
12:15 p.m. Adjourn
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