7:00-7:55 A.M. REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00-8:05 A.M. OPENING REMARKS

JEFFREY R. RUBIN, MD

8:05-9:45 A.M. PAPER SESSION I

MODERATORS: JEFFREY R. RUBIN, MD, SAMUEL R. MONEY, MD

 

 1. QUALITY OF LIFE IN SURVIVORS OF RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR. Louis Palerme, MD (Presenting), Andrew B. Hill, MD, Tim Brandys, MD, Ronald Lewis, MD, and Oren K. Steinmetz, MD. Ottawa Hospital and McGill University Health Center, Ottawa and Montreal, Canada. Paper sponsored by York Hsiang, MD..

2. THE INCIDENCE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AFTER OPEN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR. Eugene S. Lee, MD (Presenting), Daryl J. Kor, BA, Michael A. Kuskowski, PhD, and Steven M. Santilli, MD, PhD. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.

3. COST EFFECTIVE AORTIC EXPOSURE: A RETROPERITONEAL EXPERIENCE. Jeffrey L. Ballard, MD (Presenting) and J. David Killeen, MD. Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

 4. PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE WITH MINI-LAPAROTOMY AORTIC SURGERY. James D. Maloney, MD (Presenting), John R. Hoch, MD, Sandy C. Carr, MD, Charles W. Acher, MD, and William D. Turnipseed, MD. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI.

5. CYTOTOXIC MOLECULE EXPRESSING T-CELLS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) WALL. A. Hewitt, BSc, K. MacLennan, MD, FRCS, R.W. Soames, PhD, R. Macadam, FRCS, and D.J.A. Scott, MD, FRCS. St. James's Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.

6. AORTIC ARCH REPAIR STENT-GRAFTS MADE TO MEASURE AND EXTRA-ANATOMIC BYPASS: SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR FIRST CASES. Fabien Koskas, MD, Philippe Cluzel, MD (Presenting), Albert Claude Benhamou, MD, Gilles Godet, MD, Michèle Bertrand, MD, Marie-Hélène Fleron, MD, and Edouard Kieffer, MD. CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.

9: 9:45-10:15 A.M. COFFEE BREAK

10:15-11:35 A.M. PAPER SESSION II

MODERATORS: DONALD L. AKERS, JR., MD
R. CLEMENT DARLING, MD

 7. EARLY CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY AFTER A NON-DISABLING STROKE: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY. Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, Giulio Illuminati, MD (Presenting), Marie-Hélène Bouin-Pineau, MD, PhD, Catherine Demarque, MD, Christophe Camiade, MD, and Jean-Yves Neau, MD. University Hospital J. Bernard, Poitiers, France

8. DETECTION OF INTRAOPERATIVE CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA DURING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY (CEA). Roy I. Davidovitch, BA (Presenting), Jean-Paul Spire, MD, Lewis B. Schwartz, MD, Hisham S. Bassiouny, MD, Diane Suarez, REEGT, Sol Aronson, MD, Bruce L. Gewertz, MD, and James F. McKinsey, MD. The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

9. THE FATE OF A PATENT CAROTID ARTERY CONTRALATERAL TO AN OCCLUSION. Matthew L. Brengman, MD (Presenting), Sean D. O'Donnell, MD, Phillip Mullenix, BS, James M Goff, MD, and Norman M. Rich, MD. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

 10. CAROTID DUPLEX WITH CONTRALATERAL DISEASE: THE INFLUENCE OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY BLOOD FLOW. Harold J. Welch, MD (Presenting), Mary Claire Murphy, BS, Kevin B. Raftery, MD, and Edward R. Jewell, MD. Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA.

11. SYSTEMIC CONSEQUENCES OF OXIDATIVE STRESS FOLLOWING AORTIC SURGERY CORRELATE WITH THE DEGREE OF ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSES. Gaston Cornu-Labat, MD (Presenting), Michael Serra, PhD, Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD, Walter E. McGregor, MD, Arthur Smith, BS, Mark K. Hirko, MD, John J. Turner, MD, and Jeffrey R. Rubin, MD. Forum Health, Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown, OH.

12-1:30 P.M. BUSINESS LUNCHEON - ACTIVE MEMBERS ONLY

1:30-2:50 P.M. PAPER SESSION III

MODERATORS: THOMAS F. LINDSAY, MD

HENRY C. VELDENZ, MD

 

12. CAN A TISSUE ENGINEERED SKIN GRAFT IMPROVE HEALING OF LOWER EXTREMITY FOOT WOUNDS FOLLOWING REVASCULARIZATION? David W. Chang, MD (Presenting), Luis A. Sanchez, MD, Frank J. Veith, MD, Reese A. Wain, MD, and William D. Suggs, MD. Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY.

13. PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH (APOPTOSIS) AND ITS ROLE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF LOWER EXTREMITY VARICOSE VEINS. Enrico Ascher, MD, Theresa Jacob, PhD, Anil Hingorani, MD (Presenting), Fernanda Mazzariol, MD, Prasad Gade, MD, Maria E. Fodera, MD, and Sreedhar Kallakuri, MD. Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

14. DUPLEX VENOUS IMAGING: ROLE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LOWER EXTREMITY EXAMINATION. Dwayne K. Badgett, MD (Presenting), Ibrahim G. Eid, MD, Mohammad N. Kahn, MD, Maya C. Comerota and Anthony J. Comerota, MD. Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

15. ISOLATED AV DIALYSIS ACCESS GRAFT SEGMENT INFECTION: THE RESULTS OF SEGMENTAL BYPASS AND PARTIAL GRAFT EXCISION. Donald P. Schwab, MD (Presenting), Spence M. Taylor, MD, David L. Cull, MD, Eugene M. Langan, III, MD, Bruce A. Snyder, MD, and Timothy M. Sullivan, MD. Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC.

16. CRYOPRESERVED FEMORAL VEIN GRAFTS FOR DIFFICULT HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS. John H. Matsuura, MD (Presenting), Kaj H. Johansen, MD, David Rosenthal, MD, Michael D. Clark, MD, and Lemule B. Kirby, MD. Atlanta Medical Center - Medical College of Georgia, Atlanta, GA. Paper sponsored by Dr. James M. Poindexter, Jr.

 17. EFFECT OF INTRAVASCULAR RADIATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF MACROPHAGES, PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AND TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR IN THE SWINE ILIAC ARTERY. Oscar H. Grandas, MD (Presenting), Scott L. Stevens, MD, Robert L. Donnell, DVM, Michael Costanza, MD, and Robert C. Spencer, MD. University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN.

2:50-3:20 P.M. COFFEE BREAK
3:20-5:00 P.M. PAPER SESSION IV

MODERATORS: ROY M. FUJITANI, MD

LUIS A. SANCHEZ, MD

18. LOWER EXTREMITY CARBON DIOXIDE ANGIOGRAPHY: UTILITY OF GADODIAMIDE CONTRAST TO SALVAGE DISTAL RUN-OFF. Alan Herr, MD, R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Brian Stainken, MD (Presenting), Benjamin B. Chang, MD, William E. Lloyd, MD, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, and Dhiraj M. Shah, MD. Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.

19. "ENDOTRASH": THE FATE OF MISDEPLOYED AND ABANDONED ENDOVASCULAR GRAFTS. Claudie S. McArthur, MD (Presenting, Michael L. Marin, MD, Larry H. Hollier, MD, Morris D. Kerstein, MD, and Victoria J. Teodorescu, MD. The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

20. INFRAINGUINAL RECONSTRUCTION IN OCTOGENARIANS. SHOULD AGE BE A CONTRAINDICATION? Daniel Choi, MBA (Presenting), R. Clement Darling, III, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, William E. Lloyd, MD, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, and Dhiraj M. Shah, MD. Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.

21. UPPER EXTREMITY HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES AFTER RADIAL ARTERY HARVEST FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING. Joann M. Lohr, MD (Presenting), Douglas S. Paget, MD, J. Michael Smith, MD, Jennifer L. Winkler, BS, RVT, and Alan R. Wladis, MD. Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.

22. THIAMINE (VITAMIN B1) PROTECTS AGAINST HIGH GLUCOSE AND INSULIN MEDIATED PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN INFRAGENICULAR ARTERIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS. Ricardo Avena, MD (Presenting), Subodh Arora, MD, Brennan J. Caromdy, MD, Kenyatta Cosby, BS, and Anton N. Sidawy, MD. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

23. THE USE OF GASTRIC TONOMETRY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF CELIAC ARTERY COMPRESSION SYNDROME. Peter L. Faries, MD (Presenting), Anil Narula, MD, Frank J. Veith, MD, Ben U. Marsan, MD, Frank W. LoGerfo, MD, and Frank B. Pomposelli, Jr., MD. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Institutes of Medicine,Boston, MA Work performed at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

4:45:00 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOURNMENT

JEFFREY R. RUBIN, MD

6:30-7:30 P.M. COCKTAIL RECEPTION

7:30 P.M. ANNUAL BANQUET, PRESENTATIONS, AND ENTERTAINMENT