Sex Differences in Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Higher Perioperative Mortality and Morbidity in Female Patients after Endovascular Repair
Livia E.V.M. de Guerre¹, Rens R.B. Varkevisser¹, Nicholas J. Swerdlow¹, Patric Liang¹, Chun Li¹, Kirsten Dansey¹, Joost A. van Herwaarden², Marc L. Schermerhorn¹.
¹BIDMC, Boston, MA, ²UMCU, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Superior 5-Year Value of Aortofemoral Bypass with High-Volume Providers
Peng Zhao, MD, Mark D. Balceniuk, MD, Joshua T. Geiger, BS, Antoinette Esce, BA, BS, Fergal J. Fleming, MBBCh, Jennifer L. Ellis, MD, Roan J. Glocker, MD, MPH, Kathleen G. Raman, MD, MPH, Michael C. Stoner, MD, Adam J. Doyle, MD.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Outcomes of Type II Endoleak Treatment Using Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer (Onyx)
Brandon Nuckles, MD, Luis Nadal, Umar Tariq, MD, Ravi Kagali, MD, Andrea Berger, BA, James Elmore, Evan Ryer, MD.
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Impact of Suprarenal Neck Angulation on EVAR Outcomes
Asma Mathlouthi, MD¹, Satinderjit Locham, MD¹, Hanaa Dakour Aridi, MD¹, James H. Black, MD¹, Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS².
¹Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

Outcomes of Medical Management for Uncomplicated Isolated Abdominal Aortic Dissection
Hunter M. Ray, MD, Harleen K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, Charles C. Miller, PhD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, MD.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health), McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

The Effect of Left Subclavian Artery Coverage and Revascularization on Postoperative Stroke Rate following Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aortic
Rens R.B. Varkevisser, BS¹, Nicholas J. Swerdlow, MD¹, Livia E.V.M. De Guerre, MD¹, Kirsten Dansey, MD¹, Chun Li, MD¹, Patric Liang, MD¹, Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD², Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD¹.
¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, ²Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Right Sided Aortic Arch with Aneurysm: Operative Strategies for Hybrid Thoracic Endovascular Repair
Limael E. Rodriguez, Animesh Rathore, Suhas Bharadwaj, Justin Milligan, Jean M. Panneton.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

Open Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic repair in Zone 2 anatomy is associated with increased morbidity, but similar mortality
Roberto Aru, MD, Jeremy Miller, BS, Michael Bounds, MD, Daniel Davenport, Ph.D., Nathan Orr, MD, David Minion, MD, Sam Tyagi, MD.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Natural History of Non-Operative Management of Grade II Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: A Ten Year Retrospective Analysis
Ann C. Gaffey, MD, Jason Zhang, BA, Erik Saka, MD, Jon G. Quatromoni, MD, Julia Glaser, MD, Patrick Kim, MD, Wilson Szeto, MD, Venkat Kalapatapu, MD.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

TEVAR for Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury, a Single Center Experience
Rajavi S. Parikh, DO, Halim Yammine, MD, Jocelyn K. Ballast, BA, Charles S. Briggs, MD, Tzvi Nussbaum, MD, Gregory A. Stanley, MD, Jeko M. Madjarov, MD, John R. Frederick, MD, Frank R. Arko, III, MD.
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Open versus Endovascular repair of Type-IV Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
Andelrahman Sherif Saeed Shaaban¹, Satinderjit Locham, MD², Hanaa Dakour-Aridi, MD², Mahmoud Malas, MD².
¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Eversion vs Conventional Carotid Endarterectomy in the Vascular Quality Initiative Database
Hanaa Dakour-Aridi, MD¹, Michael Ou, BS², Satinderjit Locham, MD¹, Joseph R. Schneider, MD, PhD³, Mahmoud Malas, MD, MHS¹.
¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

The Effect of Surgeon Volume on Outcomes Following Carotid Artery Stenting
Chun Li, MD, Chloe A. Powell, MD, Yoel Solomon, BS, Nicholas J. Swerdlow, MD, Patric Liang, MD, Livia E.V.M. De Guerre, MD, Rens R.B. Varkevisser, BS, Kirsten Dansey, MD, Alexander B. Pothof, MD, PhD, Douglas W. Jones, MD, Lars Stangenberg, MD, Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

The Weekend Effect in Carotid Endarterectomy
Thomas FX O'Donnell, MD¹, Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD¹, Patric Liang, MD¹, Chun Li, MD¹, Nicholas J. Swerdlow, MD¹, Grace J. Wang, MD², Kristina A. Giles, MD³, Mark C. Wyers, MD¹.
¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ³University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Salvage of Carotid Artery Blowout in Patient with Heavily Irradiated Neck
Hunter M. Ray, MD¹, Tam T. Huynh, MD², Joshua D. Kuban, MD², George T. Pisimisis, MD².
¹The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health), McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA, ²The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Initial Experience with Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) Demonstrates its Safety and Efficacy in Elderly High-Risk Patients
Ahmed K. Ghamraoui, DO, MS, Victoria Konovalova, DO, Joseph J. Ricotta, MD, MS, FACS.
Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, FL

Pore Size and Spacing of a Novel Shape Memory Polymer Wrap Induces Murine Neovascularization Subcutaneously in Order to Reduce Hemodialysis Access Site Failures
Timothy Boire, PhD¹, Travis Vowels, MD², Eric Peden, MD².
¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Racial Disparities in Arteriovenous Access after Initiation of Hemodialysis with a Catheter
Courtenay Holscher, MD¹, Satinderjit Locham, MD², Hanaa Dakour-Aridi, MD², Andrew Barleben, MD², Mahmoud Malas, MD, MHS, FACS².
¹John Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, MD, USA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Not a Band-Aid Solution: Banding as First Line Therapy in Patients with Dialysis Access Steal Syndrome
Karthik Bhat, BS, Juhi Ramchandani, MS, Samuel Steerman, MD, David Dexter, MD, Jean Panneton, MD.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

Reliability of Preoperative Venous Mapping Ultrasound in Predicting Autogenous Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation
Rym El Khoury, MD, Andrew P. Russeau, MD, Neil Patel, MD, Firas Dabbous, PhD, Chad E. Jacobs, MD, John V. White, MD, Lewis B. Schwartz, MD.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL

Risk Assessment of Upper Extremity Arteriovenous Graft Infection in the Vascular Quality Initiative
Scott R. Levin, MD, Alik Farber, MD, Nkiruka Arinze, MD, Thomas W. Cheng, M.S., Douglas W. Jones, MD, Jeffrey A. Kalish, MD, Denis Rybin, Ph.D., Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD.
Boston University, Boston, MA

When is Enough Enough? A Comparison of Options for Hemodialysis Patients with Central Venous Obstruction Refractory to Balloon Angioplasty: Stenting vs. HeRO
Daisy Proksch, BS¹, Limael E. Rodriguez, MD², Maggie Lin, MD², Animesh Rathore, MD¹, Samuel N. Steerman, MD¹, Jean M. Panneton, MD².
¹Eastern Virginia Medical School, Division of Vascular Surgery, Norfolk, VA, USA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Division of Vascular Surgery, Norfolk, OR

Focused Instruction Using a Pulsatile Carotid Endarterectomy Model Results in Increased Procedure-Specific Knowledge, Confidence, and Comfort in Post-graduate Trainees
Brian P. Fletcher, MD, Maryellen E. Gusic, MD, William P. Robinson, III, MD.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

White Race is an Independent Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Type B Aortic Dissection
Matthew Aizpuru, BA, Kevin X. Farley, BS, Justin L. Santos, BS, Xiaoying Lou, MD, Eric R. Wagner, MD, Bradley G. Leshnower, MD, William D. Jordan, MD, Robert S. Crawford, MD.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Assessment of Anatomic Changes Over Time in Aortic Aneurysms: Is a 6 to 12-month-old Computed Tomography Angiography Scan Adequate for Planning Fenestrated/Branched Endovascular Aneurysm Repair?
Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, Jessica P. Simons, MD, MPH, Sourav Podder, BS, Allison S. Wyman, MS, Dejah R. Judelson, MD, Edward J. Arous, MD, MPH, Francesco A. Aiello, MD, Andres Schanzer, MD.
University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

Comparison of Autologous Great Saphenous Vein and Bovine Carotid Artery Graft as a Bypass Conduit in Arterial Trauma
Brendon Reilly, MD, Raphael Blochle, MD, Linda Harris, MD, Hasan Dosluoglu, MD, Mollie O'brien-Irr, NP, James Lukan, MD, Maciej Dryjski, MD PhD, Sikandar Khan, MD.
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

The Effect of Preoperative Smoking Cessation Duration on Outcomes after Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair and Lower Extremity Bypass
Nkiruka Arinze1, Alik Farber, MD¹, Scott R. Levin¹, Thomas W. Cheng¹, Douglas W. Jones, MD², Virendra I. Patel, MD³, Denis Rybin, PhD¹, Gheorghe Doros, PhD¹, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD¹.
¹Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, ²Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Missed Readmissions to Different Hospitals in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease Significantly Associated With Higher Mortality
Rennier Martinez, MD, Joshua Parreco, MD, Allison Rice, MD, Nicholas Mouawad, MD.
University of Miami, West Palm Beach, FL

Contemporary Outcomes of Staged Versus Primary Amputation for Diabetic Foot Disease
Tracy Cheun, MD, Mark Davies, MD, PhD, MBA.
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Ambulatory Status following Major Lower Extremity Amputation
Katherine P. MacCallum, MD, Patricia Yau, MD, Karan Garg, MD.
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

National Trends in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Arterial Aneurysms: National Disparities in the Era of Endovascular Repair
Nallely Saldana-Ruiz, MD, MPH, Steven Cen, PhD, Anastasia Plotkin, MD, Vincent L. Rowe, MD.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Endovascular Treatment of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms Has Comparable Long Term Outcomes to Open Repair with Shorter Length of Stay
Brent Safran, MD, Noor Shah, MD, Rae Rokosh, MD, Thomas Maldonado, MD, Mikel Sadek, MD, Karan Garg, MD, Glenn Jacobowitz, MD, Frank Veith, MD, Caron Rockman, MD, Neal Cayne, MD.
NYU Langone, New York, NY