Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

34th Annual Symposium Posters

2006 Annual Symposium
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm - Friday, March 10
Poster Session: Round 1
Chief Moderator: Thomas C. Bower, MD

Topic Categories
  •   Aorta I Moderator: Richard M. Kremer, MD, Seattle, WA
  •   Aorta II
  •   Carotid Disease
  •   Endovascular Moderator: Mark G. Davies, MD, Rochester, NY
  •   Innovative Techniques and Technologies
  •   Peripheral Vacular Disease
  •   Vascular Other
    Aorta I
    P1 Long Distance Transport of Hemodynamically Stable Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm is Safe
    Daniel V. Kinikini, Jr., MD1, Mark A. Harding, MD1, Michelle T. Mueller, MD1, Spencer W. Galt, MD2, Larry W. Kraiss, MD1, Mark R. Sarfati, MD1.
    1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA.
    P2 Suprarenal Clamping is a Safe Method of Aortic Control when Infrarenal Clamping is not Desirable
    Ronnie Word, MD1, Mohammad A. Bashir, MD1, Rachael M. Nicholson, MD1, Christopher Bunch, MD1, William J. Sharp, MD1, Timothy F. Kresowik, MD1, John D. Corson, MB, ChB2, Jamal J. Hoballah, MD1
    1University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2New Mexico VA Health Care System, New Mexico, NM.
    P3 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair in Octogenarians versus Younger Patients in a Tertiary Referral Centre: 5-year Survival rate of non-operative AAA
    Niamh Hynes, MD, Sherif E. Tawfik, MD, Bhasakarapandin Mahendran, MD, Fiachra Cooke, MD, Wael Tawfick, MD, Sherif Sultan, MD.
    Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland.
    P4 The Pilot Trial Of The Fortron AAA Stent Graft System: Five Year Results
    Bruce J. Brener, MD.
    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA.
    P5 Do Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Rupture
    Saum Rahimi, MD, Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, Sean P. Roddy, MD, Saum Rahimi, MD, Yaron Sternbach, MD, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD, Benjamin B. Chang, MD, Philip S.K. Paty, MD, Paul B. Kreienberg, MD, Dhiraj M. Shah, MD.
    Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
    P6 The GORE Excluder Low Permeability Device: Six-Month Results
    Samer F. Najjar, MD, Diana Eastridge, C.N.P., Mark K. Eskandari, MD, Jon S. Matsumura, MD, Mark D. Morasch, MD.
    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
    P7 Endovascular Repair Of Ruptured And Symptomatic Aortic Aneurysms
    Konstantinos T. Delis, MSc, MD, MS, PhD, FRCSI, Peter Gloviczki, MD, FACS, Timothy M. Sullivan, MD, FACS, Haraldur Bjarnason, MD, Manju Kalra, MBBS, Audra A. Noel, MD, J Andrews, MD, M A. McKusick, MD, Thomas C. Bower, MD, FACS.
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, USA.
    Aorta II
    P8 The Clinical Impact of Chronic Renal Insufficiency on Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR).
    Arun Mavanur, MD, Brian D. Park, MD, Karthik Vamanan, MD, David Drezner, MD, PhD
    Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
    P9 Examination of the Impact of Transrenal Fixation on Renal Function Following Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
    Thomas L. Forbes, MD, Gregory EJ Harding, MD, D Kirk Lawlor, MD, Guy DeRose, MD, Kenneth A. Harris, MD.
    P10 Proximal Endograft Stent Migration
    Kapil Simlote, MD, Patrick Muck, MD, Joann Lohr, MD.
    Hatton Research (Good Samaritan Hospital), Cincinnati, OH, USA.
    P11 Aneurysm sac shrinkage following endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR): Is it a goal to strive for?
    Gautam Agarwal, MBBS, Manju Kalra, MBBS, Purandath Lall, MBBS, Sergio Sampaio, MD, Audra Noel, MD, Timothy Sullivan, MD, Thomas Bower, MD, Haraldur Bjarnason, MD, Michael Mckusick, MD, Peter Gloviczki, MD.
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
    P12 Delayed endoleaks following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
    Caron Rockman, MD, Stephanie Saltzberg, MD, Neal Cayne, MD, Thomas Maldonado, MD, Mark Adelman, MD, Glenn Jacobowitz, MD, Paul Gagne, MD, Matthew Nalbandian, MD, Patrick Lamparello, MD, Thomas Riles, MD.
    New York University, New York, NY, USA.
    P13 Natural History, Incidence and Treatment of Isolated Type II Endoleaks
    Ken Goldstein, MD, Neal S. Cayne, MD, Stephanie Saltzberg, Patrick Lamparello, Thomas Riles, Glenn Jacobiwitz, Thomas Maldonado, Matt Nalbandian, Mark Adelman, Paul Gagne, Caron Rockman
    NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
    Carotid Disease
    P14 First 100 Carotid Stenting Procedures in a Vascular Surgery Department: Selection Criteria and Results
    GianLuca Faggioli, MD, Monica Ferri, MD, Cristina Rossi, MD, Franco Losinno, MD, Antonio Freyrie, MD, Andrea Stella, MD.
    Vascular Surgery, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
    P15 A Prospective Observational Study of Carotid artery Stenting (CAST) under neuro-protection and Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) in High-Risk Patients: Short-term results
    Niamh Hynes, MD, Sherif Tawfik, MD, Bhasakarapandin Mahendran, MD, Wael Tawfick, MD, Fiachra Cooke, MD, Gerard O'Sullivan, MD, Sherif Sultan, MD.
    Western Vascular Institute, Galway, Ireland, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland.
    P16 Metabolic Syndrome: An Under-appreciated but Significant Risk Factor in Carotid Artery Stenting?
    Richard W. Lee, MD, Wael Saad, MD, Jeffrey M. Rhodes, MD, Michael J. Singh, MD, Nikhil Patel, MD, David A. Lee, Karl A. Illig, MD, David L. Waldman, MD PhD, Mark G. Davies, MD PhD.
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
    P17 Is Prophylactic Carotid Endarterectomy Necessary In Asymptomatic Patients With Greater Than 50% Carotid Stenosis Undergoing Noncardiac, Noncarotid Surgery?
    Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, Joe Chauvapun, MD, Gregory S. Cherr, MD, Linda M. Harris, MD, James Lukan, MD, Maciej L. Dryjski, MD.
    SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
    P18 Carotid Angioplasty With Internal Carotid Artery Flow Reversal Is Well Tolerated In Patients With At Least One Patent Intracranial Collateral
    Iraklis I. Pipinos, MD, Sathyaprasad Burjonrappa, MD, Jason M. Johanning, MD, Gernon M. Longo, MD, Thomas G. Lynch, MD.
    University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
    P19 Technical Failures of Carotid Embolic Protection Devices
    Samer F. Najjar, MD, Melina R. Kibbe, MD, Mark D. Morasch, MD, Mark K. Eskandari, MD.
    Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
    P20 Correction of Symptomatic Cerebral Malperfusion due to Acute Type I Aortic Dissection by Trans-Carotid Stenting of the Inominate and Carotid Arteries
    Glen S. Roseborough, MD, Jeffrey Carpenter, MD, Marc S. Sussman, MD, Kieran P. Murphy, MD.
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
    Endovascular
    P21 When less is More: Management of Isolated Iliac artery Aneurysm in the Modern Era
    Uthanmallia Vivekanandan, MD, William O. Brown, MD, FACS, Steven Rimar, MD FACS, Paul G. Bove, MD FACS, Graham W. Long, John Kitzmiller, MD FACS, Gerald B. Zelenock, MD FACS, Charles J. Shanley, MD FACS.
    Wayne State University/William Beumont Hospital, TROY, MI, USA, Wayne State University/William Beumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
    P22 Iliac Artery Aneurysms: a Contemporary Comparison of Endovascular and Open Repair
    Stephanie C. Lin, MD, Susan M. Trocciola, MD, Rabih Chaer, MD, Leila Mureebe, MD, Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD, Roman Nowygrod, MD, Elizabeth Mahanor, MD, K Craig Kent, MD, James F. McKinsey, MD.
    P23 The Role of Endovascular Therapy in Management of Critical Limb Ischemia
    Kaoru R. Goshima, MD, Joseph L. Mills, Sr., MD, Andres Gonzalez, MD, Daniel M. Ihnat, MD.
    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
    P24 Hybrid Endovascular Procedures for Occlusive Disease: An Expanding Role for the Vascular Surgeon?
    Marc A. Passman, MD, Jeffery B. Dattilo, MD, Raul J. Guzman, MD, Thomas C. Naslund, MD.
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
    P25 Morphologic Determinants In The Endovascular Treatment Strategy Of Isolated Iliac Artery And Aorto-Iliac Artery Aneurysmal Disease
    Hiranya A. Rajasinghe, MD, Argyrios Tzilinis, MD, Theresa Keller, RN.
    Anchor Health Centers/Naples Community Hospital, Naples, FL, USA.
    P26 Long-term Follow-up of AneuRx Aortic Cuff and Zenith Distal Flare Exclusion of Common Iliac Artery Ectasia for Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
    Juergen Falkensammer, MD, Albert G. Hakaim, MD, Andrew W. Oldenburg, MD, Beate Neuhauser, MD, Josef Klocker, MD, Mark J. McKinney, MD, Ricardo Paz-Fumagalli, MD, Andrew Stockland, MD.
    Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
    P27 Endovascular treatment of aortic stenosis: Early and Mid-term follow-up
    Thomas S. Maldonado, MD, Neal S. Cayne, MD, Caron B. Rockman, MD, Paul J. Gagne, MD, Patrick J. Lamparello, MD, Bart Muhs, MD, Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD, Thomas S. Riles, MD, Mark A. Adelman, MD.
    New York University
    Innovative Techniques and Technologies
    P28 Autologous Platelet-Rich Fibrin Membrane as an Accelerant and Facilitator for Healing Chronic Ulcers of the Lower Extremity
    XiuJie Wang, MD, Theresa Impeduglia, MD, Karen Hessler, RN, Richard J. Carroll, PhD, Sean O'Connell, PhD, Herbert Dardik, MD.
    Englewood Hospital & Medical Center, Englewood, NJ, USA, Cascade Medical Enterprise, Wayne, NJ, USA.
    P29 Long-Term Results Of Femoro(Ilio)-Axillary Bypass For Takayasu Disease With Subclavian Steal Syndrome
    Nobuoki Tabayashi, MD, Yoshiro Yoshikawa, MD, Takehisa Abe, MD, Shigeki Taniguchi, MD.
    Nara Medical University, Kashihara city, Japan.
    P30 Extra-anatomic parasartorial Iliac profunda/Popliteal bypass as an alternative to Obturator bypass
    Shoaib Shafique, MD.
    Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
    P31 Mesenteric Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Two Case Reports of Endovascular Management and a Literature Review
    Matthew T. Miller, MD, Anthony J. Comerota, MD, Robert DiSalle, MD, Allan Kaufmann, MD, John P. Pigott, MD.
    Jobst Vascular Center, Toledo, OH, USA.
    P32 Distal Vein Patch with an AVF (Patchula) as a bypass option for the severely threatened limb with no autogenous conduit.
    Richard Neville, MD, Niten Singh, MD, Benjamin Dy, BS, Kent Dezee, MD, David H. Deaton, MD, James Laredo, Md, PhD.
    Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, Georgetown Univ/Washington Hosp.Center, Washington, DC, USA, VAMC, Washington, DC, USA.
    P33 Education is Needed for Physicians to Better Understand Vascular Laboratory Results
    Pamela M. Zimmerman, MD, Hasan Dosluoglu, MD, Gregory Cherr, MD, Maciej Dryjski, MD, PhD, Linda Harris, MD.
    University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
    P34 Use of Antibiotic-Loaded Polymethylmethacrylate Beads in the Treatment of Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infection
    Patrick A. Stone, MD, Paul Armstrong, DO, Robert S. Brumberg, DO, Martin R. Back, MD, William B. Keeling, MD, Brad L. Johnson, MD, Murray L. Shames, MD, Dennis F. Bandyk, MD.
    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL,USA
    Peripheral Vacular Disease
    P35 Predictors of Lower Extremity Arterial Injury After Total Knee or Total Hip Arthroplasty
    Christopher J. Abularrage, MD, Jonathan M. Weiswasser, MD, Anton N. Sidawy, MD, Kevin M. Douglas, MD, William T. Shimeall, MD, MPH, Gilbert Aidinian, MD, Niten Singh, MD, Subodh Arora, MD, Shukri F. Khuri, MD, William G. Henderson, PhD.
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA, USA, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
    P36 Outcome Of Vascular Operations In Nonagenarians
    M. A. Mansour, MD, Jill M. Gorsuch, MD. MMPC, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
    New York University, New York, NY
    P37 Is Tibial Angioplasty An Acceptable Treatment Option For Chronic Critical Limb Ischemia?
    Ann Marie Prentice, MD, Girma Tefera, MD, John R. Hoch, Sandra Carr, MD, Charles W. Acher, MD, William D. Turnipseed, MD.
    University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA
    P38 Subintimal Angioplasty for Lower Extremity Claudication
    Timothy P. Milner, MD,Christopher D. Scibelli, MD, Jean M. Panneton, MD, Hosam F. El Sayed, MD, George H. Meier, III, MD, Richard J. Demasi, MD, Gregory A. Barber, MD, Gordon K. Stokes, MD, Marc H. Glickman, MD, C Scott McEnroe, MD.
    Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA
    P39 Repair Of Acute Traumatic Lower Extremity Arterial Injuries Before Orthopedic Manipulation Is Durable And Obviates The Need For Shunting
    Mai Pham, MD, Lance W. Griffin, BS, Jeffrey A. Przybyla, MD, Martin A. Villa, MD, Ricardo H. Torres, DO, Frederick A. Moore, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD, Tam T. Huynh, MD.
    University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX, USA
    P40 Resource Utilization in the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia: The Effect of Tissue Loss, Comorbidities, and Early Graft-Related Events
    Louis L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, Dennis F. Bandyk, MD, Alexander W. Clowes, MD, Gregory L. Moneta, MD, Lynn Seely, MD, Michael Belkin, MD, Michael S. Conte, MD.
    Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Corgentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
    P41 Quantification of Peripheral Sympathetic Autoregulation Mirrors Walking Capacity in Patients with Arterial Claudication: An Innovative Method of Claudication Assessment
    Konstantinos T. Delis, MSc, MD, MS, PhD, FRCSI, Alison L. Knaggs, FFARCSI, DEAA, Kenneth Otah, MSc, MD.
    St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
    P42 Completion Intra-Operative Arteriography After Lower Extremity Revascularization: A Selective Approach
    Harold J. Welch, MD, Laura Dominici, MD, Kevin B. Raftery, MD, Edward R. Jewell, MD.
    Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA.
    Vascular Other
    P43 The value of Positive Blood Cultures in Diabetic Foot Infections
    Felix G. Vladimir, MD, Joseph D. Raffetto, MD, Robert T. Eberhardt, MD, Wayne W. LaMorte, MD PHD, Scott Prushik, MD.
    Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, West Roxburry VA, West Roxbury, MA.,
    P44 Use of Digital Pressure Measurements for the Diagnosis of AV Access Induced Ischemic Steal
    Andres Schanzer, MD, Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, Harry Schanzer, MD.
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
    P45 Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells are more susceptible to Apoptosis than Endothelial cells after Supercooling and Re-warming
    Wai-ki Yiu, MBBS, MRCS1, John E Aruny, MD1, Stephen WK Cheng, MS, FRCS, FACS2, Bauer E Sumpio, MD, PhD, FACS1.
    1Department of Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, 2Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
    P46 Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty Without Stent is Effective for Central Brachiocephalic Vein Stenosis
    Fiona A. Chandra, Toshifumi Kudo, MD, PhD, Samuel S. Ahn, MD.
    University of California Los Angeles
    P47 Complications of Tunneled-Cuffed Hemodialysis Catheters in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
    Joseph J, Naoum, MD, Nasim Hedayati, MD, Firas Mussa, MD, Peter H. Lin, MD, Ruth L. Bush, MD, Eric Peden, MD, Wei Zhou, MD, Changyi Chen, MD, PhD, Qizhi Yao, MD, PhD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD.
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
    P48 Limitations and Lessons Learned from a Clinical Experience of 1020 Duplex Arteriograms (DA)
    Anil Hingorani, MD, Enrico Ascher, MD, Natalie Marks, MD, Richard Schutzer, MD, Manykiam Mutyala, MD, Alexander Shiferson, MD, William Yorkovich, RPA, Theresa Jacob, PhD.
    Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.