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2008 Vascular Annual Meeting Media Alert
CHICAGO (May 09, 2008) —
What: 62th Vascular Annual Meeting
- Latest vascular health trends, prevention, and treatments presented
- Vascular disease trends within different cultures explored at Crawford Lecture
- 1,200 leading vascular surgeons in attendance
- More than 30 ground-breaking abstracts presented
- Second Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Vascular Societies presented prior to Vascular Annual Meeting on June 4, 2008
- Surgeon interviews arranged upon request
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- There is expected to be an increase in potential vascular disease cases. In 2005, the U.S. Census reported there were more than 67 million people aged 55 and older. It anticipates that number to rise to more than 87 million in 2015.
- Vascular health treatments are exploding with new technology available to vascular surgeons to treat patients using noninvasive diagnostic tests, medical treatments, minimally invasive procedures, and open surgeries.
Who: The Vascular Annual Meeting is attended by 1,200 of the world’s top vascular surgeons.
Where:
San Diego Convention Center
111 Harbor Drive
San Diego, Calif.Registration: Media attends at no charge
Contact Jill Goodwin
Director of Communications, Society for Vascular Surgery
Phone: 800-258-7188 or 312-334-2308
E-mail: jgoodwin@vascularsociety.org
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