Program

Please note: The preliminary schedule of event times is subject to change.

Hot Topics in Interventional Cardiology
Time	Session Description	Presenter
7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Welcome	Drs. Katzen & Quesada
8:15 a.m.	The Future of Interventional Cardiovascular Therapy: An Expanding Vision	Dr. Leon
8:30 a.m.	Session 1: Acute Coronary Syndromes
8:30 a.m.	Current Standards and Future Directions in Pharmacologic and Mechanical Approaches for Primary PCI	Dr. Stone
8:45 a.m.	The Present and Future Role of Direct Thrombin Inhibitors in PCI, ACS and AMI	Dr. Stone
9:00 a.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Douglas, Grube, Leon, Moses & Stone
10:00 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m.	Session 2: Drug-eluting Stents
10:15 a.m.	The Basics of Restenosis and DES	Dr. Edelman
10:30 a.m.	Current Status of Drug-eluting Stents - 2005	Dr. Grube
10:45 a.m.	Drug-eluting Stents in High-risk Subsets	Dr. Moses
11:00 a.m.	Is Debulking Still a Viable Alternative in the Era of Drug-eluting Stents?	Dr. White
11:15 a.m.	Current Approaches to Bifurcation with Drug-eluting Stents: The Crush Technique and Beyond	Dr. Moses
11:30 a.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. DeMarchena, Grube, Leon, Stone & White
12:30 p.m.	Lunch - Case Presentations	Dr. DeMarchena
1:30 p.m.	Session 2 continued: Drug-eluting Stents
1:30 p.m.	Drug-eluting Stents or CABG for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: Current Perspective	Dr. Grube
1:45 p.m.	Vein Graft Interventions and Distal Protection Devices: An Update	Dr. Douglas
2:00 p.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Douglas, Leon, Moses, Ramee, Stone & Waksman
2:40 p.m.	Session 3: ISET New Technology Parade	Moderator: Dr. Waksman
2:40 p.m.	The Next Generation of Drug-eluting Stents	Dr. Leon
2:50 p.m.	Bioabsorbable Stent Technology	Dr. Waksman
3:00 p.m.	Refreshment Break
3:10 p.m.	New Percutaneous Valve Intervention	Dr. Leon
3:20 p.m.	Intra-vascular MRI	Dr. Waksman
3:30 p.m.	New Cardiovascular Assist Devices for High Risk PCI	Dr. Grube
3:40 p.m.	New Devices for Bifurcated Lesions	Dr. Almagor
3:50 p.m.	Virtual Histology	Dr. Margolis
4:00 p.m.	CT for Coronary Angiography	Dr. Ziffer
4:10 p.m.	Session 4: Stroke Prevention and Structural Heart Therapy
4:10 p.m.	PFO Closure: Indications, Technique, Current Status	Dr. Ramee
4:20 p.m.	Percutaneous ASD Closure in Adults: Lessons Learned from a Large European Experience	Dr. Sievert
4:30 p.m.	Catheter Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage to Prevent Embolic Stroke	Dr. Sievert
4:40 p.m.	Closing Comments	Dr. Quesada
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis
Time	Session Description	Presenter
7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
7:55 a.m.	Welcome	Dr. Benenati
8:00 a.m.	Session 1: Carotid Artery Disease	Moderators: Drs. Benenati & Powell
8:00 a.m.	How Do You Characterize Carotid Plaque and What is the Value?	Dr. Bluth
8:15 a.m.	Gender Differences in Velocities Across Carotid Stenosis: Are We Under-diagnosing Carotid Disease in Women?	Dr. Comerota
8:30 a.m.	The ICA Occlusion: Diagnosis with Ultrasound Contrast	Dr. Bendick
8:45 a.m.	Current Techniques, Tips and Tricks of the Carotid Duplex Exam	Dr. Pellerito
9:00 a.m.	Duplex Evaluation After Carotid Stents	Dr. Bandyk
9:15 a.m.	Transcranial Duplex Imaging/TCI: Seeing What's Inside	Mr. Hasan
9:30 a.m.	Live Case Scanning: Carotid Disease	Panelists: Drs. Bandyk, Bendick & Bluth
9:45 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m.	Session 2: Visceral Arterial Disease	Moderators: Drs. Powell & Samuels
10:15 a.m.	Evaluation of the SMA: Duplex Techniques and Interpretation	Dr. Bluth
10:30 a.m.	The How-to Guide to Renal Duplex	Dr. Pellerito
10:45 a.m.	Renal Duplex Follow-up after Renal Artery Stenting	Dr. Rholl
11:00 a.m.	Session 3: Peripheral Arterial Diagnosis	Moderators: Drs. Powell & Samuels
11:00 a.m.	The Role of the Vascular Lab in Diagnosing Cardiovascular Events	Dr. Jaff
11:15 a.m.	Brachial Artery Reactivity: A Marker for PVD	Dr. Bendick
11:30 a.m.	Peripheral Arterial Evaluation in the Diabetic Patient	Dr. Jaff
11:45 a.m.	The Role of Physiologic Testing in Arterial Disease	Dr. Bendick
12:00 p.m.	Physiologic Arterial Testing: Is it Obsolete?	Dr. Rooke
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Dialysis Graft Evaluation Using Duplex Sonography	Dr. Bandyk
1:30 p.m.	Diagnosis and Treatment of Femoral Artery Injuries	Dr. Pellerito
1:45 p.m.	Bypass Graft Surveillance	Dr. Labropoulos
2:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion	Panelists: Drs. Bandyk, Benenati, Jaff, Labropoulos, Pellerito & Rooke
2:15 p.m.	Live Case Scanning: Arterial Disease	Panelists: Drs. Bandyk, Bendick, Jaff, Pellerito, Rholl & Rooke
2:30 p.m.	Session 4: Venous Disease	Moderators: Drs. Almeida & Benenati
2:30 p.m.	Acute and Chronic DVT: Diagnostic Criteria Using Duplex Sonography	Dr. Rholl
2:45 p.m.	Chronic Venous Disease: Anatomy Related to Function	Dr. Labropoulos
3:00 p.m.	The Duplex Exam Before, During and After Saphenous Vein Ablation	Dr. Almeida
3:15 p.m.	Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m.	How to Perform a Proper and Complete Venous Exam to Evaluate Reflux in the Lower Extremities	Dr. Bandyk
3:45 p.m.	Calf Vein Thrombosis: Should We Look for It? How to Diagnose it and Strategies for Follow-up	Dr. Bluth
4:00 p.m.	Functional Venous Testing: New Modalities	Dr. Rooke
4:15 p.m.	Live Case Scanning: Venous Reflux	Panelists: Drs. Almeida, Bandyk & Labropoulos
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
General Session: Monday, January 17
Time	Session Description	Presenter
8:00 a.m.	Welcome	Mr. Keeley
8:05 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction to ISET 2005	Dr. Katzen
8:10 a.m.	Far Out Intervention	Mr. Abele
8:20 a.m.	Session 1: Technologies That Could Change Our Lives	Moderators: Drs. Katzen & Leon
8:20 a.m.	Nanotechnology	Dr. Yadav
8:30 a.m.	Electrical Feedback Systems	Dr. Palmaz
8:40 a.m.	Therapeutic Angiogenesis	Dr. Hofmann
8:50 a.m.	Percutaneous Heart Valves	Dr. Leon
9:00 a.m.	Biologically Active Devices in Vascular Medicine	Dr. Machan
9:10 a.m.	The Trials and Tribulations of Drug-Eluting Stents	Dr. Edelman
9:20 a.m.	ISET Career Achievement Award	Dr. Katzen
	presented to Josef Rösch, M.D.
9:30 a.m.	Session 2: Carotid Artery Therapy
9:30 a.m.	Audience Participation and Voting: Defining Credentialing Guidelines for Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting	Panelists: Drs. Diethrich, Katzen, Roubin & Mark Wholey
9:40 a.m.	What Will it Take to Advance Carotid Stenting and Improve Reimbursement?	Dr. Yadav
9:50 a.m.	Stroke Prevention: What is the Benefit?	Dr. Jaff
10:00 a.m.	Imaging of CAS and Stroke	Dr. Abrams
10:10 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Comerota, Diethrich, Mathias, Mewissen, Perler, Ramee, Roubin & Mark Wholey
11:30 a.m.	Session 2 continued: Carotid Artery Therapy	Moderators: Drs. Benenati & Quesada
11:40 a.m.	Carotid Endarterectomy: Expected and Actual Results	Dr. Perler
11:50 a.m.	Duplex Ultrasound After Carotid Stenting: Do We Need New Standards?	Dr. Jaff
12:00 p.m.	Gender Differences in Carotid Artery Stenosis - Are We Over-diagnosing Disease?	Dr. Comerota
12:10 p.m.	Top 10 Technical Tips for Carotid Artery Stenting	Dr. Roubin
12:20 p.m.	Flow Reversal Principals and Techniques	Dr. Parodi
12:30 p.m.	Flow Occlusion for Cerebral Protection: Pros and Cons	Dr. Ramee
12:40 p.m.	Filters for Cerebral Protection: Are They All the Same?	Dr. Michael Wholey
12:50 p.m.	Next Generation Filters: What Can They Offer?	Dr. Grube
1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:40 p.m.	Session 2 continued: Carotid Artery Therapy	Moderators: Drs. Ouriel & Samuels
1:40 p.m.	SAPPHIRE Trial 2-Year Data	Dr. Ouriel
1:50 p.m.	The ARCHeR Trials: Data Summary	Dr. Mark Wholey
2:00 p.m.	Summary of BEACH	Dr. Katzen
2:10 p.m.	Summary of CABERNET	Dr. Katzen
2:20 p.m.	ProCas: Results of 4000 Carotid Stent Procedures	Dr. Mathias
2:30 p.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Mathias, Perler, Rossi, Sievert, Veith & Michael Wholey
3:30 p.m.	Debate I: Should Stenting be Done Without Protection? (Yes)	Dr. Michael Wholey
3:35 p.m.	Debate I: Should Stenting be Done Without Protection? (No)	Dr. Mathias
3:40 p.m.	Lessons Learned from CREST: 1000 Lead-In Cases	Dr. Gray
3:50 p.m.	Carotid Artery Stenting with Embolic Protection: Results of DW-MRI at 6 and 24 Hours	Dr. Rossi
4:00 p.m.	Refreshment Break
4:20 p.m.	Session 2 continued: Carotid Artery Therapy	Moderators: Drs. Connors & Veith
4:20 p.m.	Which Patients Should Not Be Offered CAS?	Dr. Roubin
4:30 p.m.	The Case for Carotid Endarterectomy in the Elderly	Dr. Perler
4:40 p.m.	Complications of CAS: Recognition and Treatment	Dr. Hopkins
4:50 p.m.	Will Surgeons be Eliminated from Carotid Stenting?	Dr. Diethrich
5:00 p.m.	Cases from The Pros: What I Learned from This Case 1	Dr. Mathias
5:05 p.m.	Cases from The Pros: What I Learned from This Case 2	Dr. Roubin
5:10 p.m.	Cases from The Pros: What I Learned from This Case 3	Dr. Mark Wholey
5:15 p.m.	Cases from The Pros: What I Learned from This Case 4	Dr. Sievert
5:20 p.m.	Techniques for Subclavian Recanalization	Dr. Amor
5:30 p.m.	Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting	Dr. Connors
5:40 p.m.	Adjourn
6:00 p.m.	Exhibit Hall Reception
7:30 p.m.	An Evening of Adventure with Dr. Robert Ballard
General Session: Tuesday, January 18
Time	Session Description	Presenter
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Carotid Stenting	Dr. Mathias
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Stroke Therapy	Dr. Connors
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Renal Intervention	Dr. Sos
8:00 a.m.	Session 3: Aorto Iliac Disease	Moderators: Drs. Cynamon & Powell
8:00 a.m.	What All Cardiovascular Physicians Should Know About Lipid Management	Dr. Feldman
8:10 a.m.	Medical Management of PVD	Dr. Jaff
8:20 a.m.	The Role of CTA and MRA in Diagnosis of PVD	Dr. Dolmatch
8:30 a.m.	Iliac Stents 15 Years Later: A Look Back at the Evolution of the Iliac Stent	Dr. Palmaz
8:40 a.m.	Iliac Occlusions: Is the Treatment of Choice Endovascular or Bypass?	Dr. Rundback
8:50 a.m.	Complex Endovascular Reconstruction of Aorto-iliac Occlusions: How I Do It	Dr. Biamino
9:00 a.m.	Iliac Artery Aneurysms: The Role of Peripheral Endografts	Dr. Uflacker
9:10 a.m.	Iliac Artery Rupture: Emergency Management with Endografts	Dr. Matsumoto
9:20 a.m.	Internal Iliac Artery Preservation During Endovascular Iliac Aneurysm Repair	Dr. Greenberg
9:30 a.m.	9th Annual Charles J. Tegtmeyer, M.D. Lecture	Dr. Laird
	given by John Laird, M.D.
10:00 a.m.	Session 4: Infrainguinal Disease Presented by Euro PCR	Moderators: Drs. Biamino & Powell
10:00 a.m.	Best Practice for Intermittent Claudication in 2005	Dr. Jaff
10:10 a.m.	Are the TASC Conclusions Still Relevant?	Dr. Mewissen
10:20 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:40 a.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Biamino, Bosiers, Cynamon, Das, Duda, Joye, Laird & Smouse
11:30 a.m.	Not all Nitinol Stents Are Alike in the SFA	Dr. Biamino
11:40 a.m.	Chronic Total Occlusions: Current Strategies	Dr. Razavi
11:50 a.m.	Total Occlusions in PVD: New Techniques for Recanalization	Dr. Das
12:00 p.m.	Is There Anything to 'Subintimal' Angioplasty?	Dr. Cynamon
12:10 p.m.	The RESILIENT Trial: An Answer to SFA Stenting?	Dr. Laird
12:20 p.m.	Bivalarudin as an Alternative for Anticoagulation in Vascular Intervention: BCVI Experience	Dr. Zemel
12:30 p.m.	Viabahn Endograft: Experience in 50 Cases	Dr. Chopra
12:40 p.m.	Stent Fractures: Facts and Concepts	Dr. Duda
12:50 p.m.	Drug-eluting Stents in the Periphery: Current Challenges	Dr. Smouse
1:00 p.m.	Are Biodegradable Stents the Answer? First Results in Human SFA/Tibial Vessels	Dr. Bosiers
1:10 p.m.	Lunch
1:50 p.m.	Session 4 continued: Infrainguinal Disease	Moderators: Drs. Biamino & Zemel
1:50 p.m.	The Zilver Self-Expanding Stent and its Use in the SFA	Dr. Ferreira
2:00 p.m.	SFA Restenosis Rates with a New Self-Expanding Stent	Dr. Schillinger
2:10 p.m.	Treatment of In-stent Restenosis in the SFA	Dr. Ansel
2:20 p.m.	Cryoplasty for Infrapopliteal Disease	Dr. Joye
2:30 p.m.	Excimer Laser for Tibial Disease	Dr. Bosiers
2:40 p.m.	SFA Stents Then and Now: Is There Data for Change?	Dr. Gray
2:50 p.m.	Sirolimus vs. Bare Metal Stents for Infra-Popliteal Disease	Dr. Scheinert
3:00 p.m.	Percutaneous Bypass: Update and Future Possibilities	Dr. Joye
3:10 p.m.	Viabahn Endograft for Treatment of Popliteal Aneurysms	Dr. Ghotbi
3:20 p.m.	The Occluded Infrainguinal Bypass Graft: What is the Optimal Approach?	Dr. Perler
3:30 p.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Ansel, Biamino, Bosiers, Cynamon, Das, Duda, Laird & Smouse
4:10 p.m.	Refreshment Break
4:20 p.m.	Concurrent Session 5A: Stroke Management	Moderator: Drs. Connors
4:20 p.m.	How We Started an Interventional Stroke Program	Dr. Ramee
4:30 p.m.	Barriers to Starting a Stroke Program	Dr. Connors
4:40 p.m.	Retroflow Stroke Therapy	Dr. Parodi
4:50 p.m.	Patient Selection for Interventional Therapy	Dr. Connors
5:00 p.m.	Mechanical Devices for Stroke: What is the Role?	Dr. Hopkins
5:10 p.m.	Adjourn
4:20 p.m.	Concurrent Session 5B: DVT and Clot Management	Moderator: Dr. Ouriel
4:20 p.m.	Is Standard of Care Interventional Practice Good Enough?	Dr. Razavi
4:30 p.m.	Post Thrombotic Syndrome: Late Outcomes and Quality of Life Issues in DVT	Dr. Comerota
4:40 p.m.	Catheter Directed Lysis for DVT: Rationale for a Randomized Trial	Dr. Comerota
4:50 p.m.	Powerpulse Spray for Ileofemoral DVT: A Multicenter Retrospective Study	Dr. Cynamon
5:00 p.m.	Endovascular Management of Acute DVT	Dr. Venbrux
5:10 p.m.	ADVENTT Prospective Multicenter Trial for Lower Extremity DVT	Dr. Haskal
5:20 p.m.	Thrombolytic Therapy: Newer Strategies	Dr. Ouriel
5:30 p.m.	Isolated Thrombolysis for Acute DVT	Dr. Kasirajan
5:40 p.m.	Effort Vein Thrombosis: Current Strategies	Dr. Thompson
5:50 p.m.	Alteplase for the Treatment of Catheter Occlusions in Children	Dr. Shen
6:00 p.m.	Adjourn
4:20 p.m.	Concurrent Session 5C: Embolization	Moderator: Dr. Mauro
4:20 p.m.	New and Existing Agents for Embolization	Dr. Lammer
4:30 p.m.	Management of Hemostysis	Dr. Mauro
4:40 p.m.	Materials Used for Therapeutic Embolization	Dr. Dolmatch
4:50 p.m.	Chemoembolization of Liver Masses	Dr. Hofmann
5:00 p.m.	Practical Topics in Mesenteric Vascular Anatomy	Dr. Nemcek Jr.
5:10 p.m.	Treatment of GI bleeding: The On-call Scenario	Dr. Venbrux
5:20 p.m.	Acute Arterial Rupture Management: Embolization and Endografts.	Dr. Michael Wholey
5:30 p.m.	Hypogastric Artery Embolization	Dr. Cynamon
5:40 p.m.	Adjourn
General Session: Wednesday, January 19
Time	Session Description	Presenter
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Lytic Therapy	Drs. Cynamon & Ouriel
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Infrainguinal Disease	Drs. Ansel & Smouse
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Carotid Stenting	Drs. Matsumura & Michael Wholey
8:00 a.m.	Session 6: Aortic Pathology	Moderators: Drs. Beebe, Zemel
8:00 a.m.	The Origins of AAA: What We Know and Don't Know	Dr. Thompson
8:10 a.m.	Screening and Counseling in AAA	Dr. Beebe
8:20 a.m.	Rationale for a Small Aneurysm Trial	Dr. Ouriel
8:30 a.m.	Mechanisms of Aneurysm Growth	Dr. Williams
8:40 a.m.	Fourth ISET Innovator Award presented to	Dr. Katzen,
	Juan C. Parodi, M.D.	Recipient: Dr. Parodi
8:50 a.m.	Debate II: Are Endografts the First Line of Therapy for All Patients? (Pro)	Dr. Diethrich
8:55 a.m.	Debate II: Are Endografts the First Line of Therapy for All Patients? (Con)	Dr. Veith
9:00 a.m.	What Have We Learned about Pre-clinical Devices?	Ms. Abel
9:10 a.m.	Evaluation of Rupture Risk based on 2D anatomy	Dr. Fillinger
9:20 a.m.	Staccato Growth of Aneurysms - Implications for AAA Repair	Dr. Veith
9:30 a.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Diethrich, Fillinger, Greenberg, Ohki, Parodi, Thompson, Uflacker & Veith
10:20 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:40 a.m.	Session 6 continued: Aortic Pathology	Moderators: Drs. Beebe & Zemel
10:40 a.m.	Methods to Facilitate Endovascular Therapy with Difficult Anatomy	Dr. Parodi
10:50 a.m.	Update on Endologix Device	Dr. White
11:00 a.m.	Excluder: 4 Year Data	Dr. Matsumura
11:10 a.m.	AAA Sac Therapy: Investigation Model and Possible Clinical Implications	Dr. Uflacker
11:20 a.m.	Sac Shrinkage - Importance and Device Differences	Dr. Matsumura
11:30 a.m.	Sac Monitoring: An Alternative Device	Dr. Lookstein
11:40 a.m.	Sac Monitoring: The CardioMEMS Device	Dr. Ohki
11:50 a.m.	Trivascular Endograft - Update on Clinical Experience	Dr. Katzen
12:00 p.m.	Long-term Follow-up with the Zenith Endograft	Dr. Greenberg
12:10 p.m.	Percutaneous AAA	Dr. Matsumura
12:20 p.m.	Lunch
1:20 p.m.	Session 6 continued: Aortic Pathology	Moderators: Drs. Lammer & Powell
1:20 p.m.	Update on the AneuRx Endograft	Dr. Fillinger
1:30 p.m.	Is Hypogastric Artery Embolization Necessary?	Dr. Fillinger
1:40 p.m.	Update on Approaches to Ruptured Aneurysm	Dr. Ohki
1:50 p.m.	Global Registry on Ruptured Aneurysm Therapy	Dr. Veith
2:00 p.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Fillinger, Greenberg, Lammer, Marin, Matsumura, Ohki, Uflacker & Veith
2:50 p.m.	Refreshment Break
3:10 p.m.	Session 6 continued: Aortic Pathology	Moderators: Drs. Matsumura & Powell
3:10 p.m.	Current Approaches to Type II Endoleaks: Sac Injection vs. Transcatheter	Dr. Powell
3:20 p.m.	The Talent Device: Overview and Update	Dr. Criado
3:30 p.m.	Tips and Tricks: The Excluder Outer Limits	Dr. Matsumura
3:40 p.m.	Tips and Tricks: The Zenith Outer Limits	Dr. Greenberg
3:50 p.m.	Tips and Tricks: The AneuRx Outer Limits	Dr. Fillinger
4:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 7A: Thoracic Aorta	Moderators: Drs. Beebe & Dake
4:00 p.m.	What is the Real Incidence of Thoracic Aortic Pathology?	Dr. Beebe
4:10 p.m.	Thoracic Aortic Pathologies: Experience with Endografts	Dr. Diethrich
4:20 p.m.	Intimal Tears in Aortic Dissection: Implications for Etiology and Therapy	Dr. Williams
4:30 p.m.	Update on Endografts for Dissecting Aneurysm	Dr. Dake
4:40 p.m.	Should Acute Type B Dissections be Treated?	Dr. Nienaber
4:50 p.m.	Thoracic Endovascular Repair: Results with Arch Branch Exclusions and Transpositions	Dr. Criado
5:00 p.m.	Update on the VALOR Trial	Dr. Fairman
5:10 p.m.	Endovascular Therapy of Post-op Coarct Patients	Dr. Nienaber
5:20 p.m.	Spinal Cord Injury Following Thoracic Endografts: Incidence, Prevention and Treatment	Dr. Criado
5:30 p.m.	Adjourn
4:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 7B: Management of Endoleaks	Moderators: Drs. Lammer & Powell
4:00 p.m.	MRI and MRA for Post-op Assessment of Endografts	Dr. Lookstein
4:10 p.m.	Type II Endoleaks: Which Patients Require Treatment?	Dr. Ohki
4:20 p.m.	Treatment and Prevention of Endoleaks	Dr. Uflacker
4:30 p.m.	Is There Value to Pre-op IMA Embolization?	Dr. Lookstein
4:40 p.m.	Direct Sac Injection: How I Do It	Dr. Uflacker
4:50 p.m.	Trans-catheter Embolization of Endoleaks: How I Do It	Dr. Lookstein
5:10 p.m.	Adjourn
4:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 7C: Dialysis Intervention	Moderators: Drs. Cynamon & Katzman
4:00 p.m.	Screening Dialysis Access Grafts and Fistulas: Does It Really Help?	Dr. Bakal
4:10 p.m.	Dialysis Catheters: A Necessary Evil?	Dr. Trerotola
4:20 p.m.	Devices for Dialysis Graft Declotting	Dr. Haskal
4:30 p.m.	Lyse and Wait for Graft Declot: Is it the Most Efficient Method?	Dr. Cynamon
4:40 p.m.	Results of a Randomized Trial of Covered Stents for Dialysis Access Grafts	Dr. Haskal
4:50 p.m.	Covered Stents in Dialysis Shunts: When and How They Fail	Dr. Dolmatch
5:00 p.m.	Line Placement	Dr. Siegel
5:10 p.m.	Use of the Cutting Balloon for Restenosis	Dr. Siegel
5:20 p.m.	Phase I Clinical Trial of Graft Thrombolysis with Plasmin	Dr. Matsumoto
5:30 p.m.	New Graft Materials for Dialysis: Impact on Intervention	Dr. Katzman
5:40 p.m.	Adjourn
General Session: Thursday, January 20
Time	Session Description	Presenter
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Venous Therapy	Drs. Almeida & Min
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Renal Intervention	Dr. Rundback
7:00 a.m.	Workshop: Embolization	Drs. Nemcek & Venbrux
8:00 a.m.	Session 8: Renal and Visceral Intervention	Moderators: Drs. Katzen & Razavi
8:00 a.m.	PTRA and Stenting with Embolic Protection	Dr. Rundback
8:00 a.m.	Quality Management in Endovascular Therapy	Dr. Nemcek
8:20 a.m.	Renal Artery Stenosis and Cardiovascular Risk	Dr. Rundback
8:30 a.m.	Trends in Clinical Approach to PTRA - Who's Doing What?	Dr. Bakal
8:40 a.m.	PTRA and Stenting for CRI	Dr. Sos
8:50 a.m.	Endovascular Treatment of Mesenteric Ischemia	Dr. Razavi
9:00 a.m.	Endovascular Treatment of Visceral Aneurysms and Pseudoaneurysms	Dr. Nemcek
9:10 a.m.	Mesenteric Thrombolysis	Dr. Trerotola
9:20 a.m.	Endovascular Therapy of Mesenteric Ischemia: An 8-Year Experience	Dr. Razavi
9:30 a.m.	Live Case Demonstrations	Panelists: Drs. Bakal, Nemcek, Razavi, Rundback, Smouse & Sos
10:20 a.m.	TIPS: Current State-of-the-art	Dr. Haskal
10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:50 a.m.	Session 9: IVC Filters	Dr. Katzen
10:50 a.m.	Who is Doing What with Filters?	Dr. Bakal
11:00 a.m.	Is There a Role for Temporary Filters?	Dr. Kaufman
11:10 a.m.	Expected Outcomes and Complications of Filters	Dr. Kaufman
11:20 a.m.	New Vena Cava Filters	Dr. Smouse
11:40 a.m.	Session 10: Uterine Fibroid Embolization	Dr. Benenati
11:40 a.m.	Uterine Artery Embolization: Dealing with Complex Anatomy	Dr. Venbrux
11:50 a.m.	Long Term Benefit and Retention of Patient Satisfaction After UFE	Dr. Richter
12:00 p.m.	How I Work Up Patients with Uterine Fibroids	Dr. Machan
12:10 p.m.	A New Embolic Material for UFE	Dr. Kroencke
12:20 p.m.	Session 11: Therapy of Venous Disease	Moderators: Drs. Almeida & Powell
12:30 p.m.	Anatomy of the Superficial Venous System	Dr. Kabnick
12:40 p.m.	Clinical and Duplex Evaluation of Varicose Vein Patient	Dr. Min
12:50 p.m.	Endovenous Laser and Endovenous RFA Therapy: Long Term Results	Dr. Kabnick
1:00 p.m.	Live Case Demonstration	Panelists: Drs. Almeida, Goldman, Kabnick & Min
1:30 p.m.	Ambulatory Phlebectomy: How It's Done	Dr. Almeida
1:40 p.m.	Advances in Endoluminal Closure of the Great Saphenous Vein	Dr. Goldman
1:50 p.m.	Novel Catheter for Foam Sclerotherapy of the Saphenous Vein	Dr. Almeida
2:00 p.m.	What Went Wrong? Lessons from Failed Cases	Dr. Min
2:10 p.m.	ISET Adjourns

Please note: The preliminary schedule of event times is subject to change.