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Winter Workshop Program

ISMICS First Winter Workshop
New Delhi, India
December 12 - 15, 2002
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre

Scientific Program

Day - 1
Thursday, December 12, 2002
7.00 - 9.30 PM Registration & Welcome Reception

Day - 2
Friday, December 13, 2002
8.00 - 9.00 AM Registration
8.50 AM Symposium Orientation
Session 1
9.00 - 11.00 AM Moderators : Lekha Pathak, D S Saxena
Panelist : Jim Hansen, H S Wasir, Balaram Airan, Y P Munjal
"A Journey Through Time"
Speaker
  • CAD - An Indian Epidemic
    K.S.Reddy
  • Evolution of Interventional Techniques - From plain balloon to medicated stent
    Jim Hansen
  • Evolution of Coronary Artery Surgery - From on pump to off pump
    G B Parlkar
    Panelist perspective
    Q & A
    11.00 - 12.15 AM Inauguration by the president of India
    12.30 - 2.00 PM Sunshine & Lunch
    Session 2
    2.00 PM - 4.00 PM Moderators : Herman Reichenspurner, P Venugopal
    Panelist : Krishna Khargi, R.K.Madhok, S Murlidharan, Harsh Vardhan
    "New Thoughts For Heart Failure"
    Speaker
  • Autologous Skeletal Myoblasts for the Treatment of Advanced Ischemic Cardiomyopathy : The MAGIC Study
    Ralph Kelly
  • Refractory Heart Failure - New therapies of the Millennium
    I.S.Anand
  • Mitral Valve Repair In Dilated Cardiomyopathy
    A Calafiore
  • ICD for all patients of CAD with LVEF < 30% - does it make sense ?
    T S Kler
  • Long-term results of Dor's procedures
    Vincent Dor
    Panelist perspective
    4.30 - 4.45 PM COFFEE BREAK
    4.45 - 7.00 PM Moderators : A.B.Mehta, Eugene Grossi
    Panelist : Eric Jansen, T S Mahant, P K Khanna, V K Puri
    Different Strokes
    Speaker
  • The heart surgeon an endangered species or an adaptive body
    Didier De Canniere
  • Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Acute MI
    Jim Hansen
  • Long Term results of coronary artery surgery
    A. Calafiore
  • Artificial intelligence and future of Robotic Surgery
    Hani Shennib
    Panelist perspective
    Co-Ordinator J Fonger

    LIVE SURGICAL DEMO

    Surgeon Panel
    Morning
  • An Introduction to our New Robot +Robotic IMA Take down Naresh Trehan,
    Sudhir Shrivastava
    G.W.Greinecker
    Afternoon
  • Totally endoscopic CABG Didier De Canniere Randall Wolf
  • Abdominal OPCAB + Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting + Heart String V Subramanian
  • Port-access Mitral Valve Surgery Naresh Trehan, Stephen Colvin
    8.00 PM DANCE PERFORMANCE & DINNER

    Day - 3
    Saturday, December 14, 2002
    Session 1
    9.00-11.00 AM Moderators : Samuel Mathews, Vivek Jawali
    Panelist : Hakim Tarmizi, Subhash Chandra, K K Talwar, D P Shetty
    "The Revolution"
    Speaker
  • Drug eluting stent - a revolution
    Katherina Kiss
  • CABG in the awake patients
    G.W.Grienecker
  • Tips and techniques for MV repair
    Stephen Colvin
  • Interventions Exotica
    (40 mins)
    Panelist perspective
    11.00 -11.15AM COFFEE BREAK
    Session 2
    11.15-1.00 PM Moderators : Rex Stanbridge, S Bhattacharya
    Panelist : A N Prabhudev, V K Jain, K R Shetty
    "Lets Keep The Heart Beating"
    Speaker
  • Totally Endoscopic CABG
    G W Greinecker
  • Off pump CABG practical & scientific status
    Erick Jansen
  • Management of vein graft disease
    Ashok Seth
  • New strategies for coronary revascularisation
    V.Subramanian
  • One decade of OPCAB surgery
    Naresh Trehan
    Panelist perspective

    LIVE SURGICAL DEMO

    Surgeon Panel
    Morning Session
  • Robotic Double IMA Take Down Randall Wolf
  • Mitral valve repair in dialted cardiomyopathy A Calafiore Kit Arom
  • OPCAB with anastmotic connectors + Endoscopic vein harvesting Jan F Gummert Erik Jansen
  • Synchrous Device for postoperative AF Hanni Shennib
    1.00 - 2.00 PM LUNCH
    Session 3
    2.00 - 3.30 PM Moderators : Huat Seong Saw, Ganesh Mani
    Panelist : S Prapas, O P Yadav, Sharad Panday, Hu Shengshou
    "New Thoughts For Heart Failure"
    Speaker
  • New devices for mechanical cardiac assistance and Clinical experience with MicroMed DeBakey-VAD
    Ernst Wolner
  • Ventricular remodeling with devices
    Hermann Reichenspurner
  • ARecent Evolution and Future Trends in CABG Surgery
    Randall Wolf
    Panelist perspective

    LIVE SURGICAL DEMO

    Surgeon Panel
    Afternoon Session
  • Totally Endoscopic CABG G.W.Greinecker M Subramanaian
  • Radiofrequency Ablation for AF Krishna Khargi D Prasad Rao
  • LV Remodelling Vincent Dor
    3.30-3.45 PM COFFEE BREAK
    3.45-6.00 PM Moderators : Patrick Nataf, N Mandke
    Panelist : David Cheung, Carlos Mestres, Zainuddin Wazir, DS Satsangi
    Off Pump CABG - A Perspective
    Speaker
  • Training of juniors for OPCAB
    Rex De Lisle Stanbridge
  • OPCAB and Hemodynamics
    Jan F Gummert
  • OPCAB - a Singaporean experience
    Sriram Shanker
    Panelist perspective
    Moderators : Tarmizi Hakim, Madhuri Nigam
    Panelist : Jagdish Prasad, A Banerjee, S Bhawani, Nilesh Patel
    Off Pump CABG - New Techniques
    Speaker
  • Thora CAB - Experience of 500 cases
    Sudhir Shrivastava
  • Multivessel CABG using all arterial and interrupted techniques Results of 200 cases
    Kit Arom
  • Purely internal mammary artery CABG for complete revascularization
    Patrick Nataf
    Panelist perspective
    Chairpersons : Neeta Saxena, R Juneja
    2.00 - 2.30 PM Neurological Injury following Cardiac Surgery John Murkin
    2.30 - 3.00 PM A Comprehensive review of Tranesophageal Echo for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery & Mitral Repair Fiona Clements
    3.00 - 3.30 PM Use of Narcotics in Anesthesia Michael B. Howie
    3.30 - 4.00 PM Coffee Break
    Chairpersons : V A Punnoose, Manju Mani
    4.00 - 4.30 PM Regional Analgesia in OPCAB Yatin Mehta
    4.30 - 5.00 PM Awareness in Cardiac Anesthesia Deepak Tempe
    5.00 - 5.30 PM Anesthesia for Robotic Cardiac Surgery Michael B. Howie
    5.30 - 6.00 PM Discussion
    Program Coordinators : Ashok Seth, Atul Mathur
    2.00 - 2.15 PM Welcome
    2.15 - 3.00 PM CASE PRESENTATIONS
    Moderators : A. B. Mehta, Subhash Chandra
    Presenters : Ashok Seth, Suman Bhandari, Samuel Mathews,
    Upendra Kaul, Mantosh, Panja, Ajit Mullasari, S.S. Ramesh
    3.00 - 3.45 PM COFFEE BREAK
    3.45 - 4.30 PM CASE PRESENTATIONS
    Moderators : Samuel Mathews, Upendra Kaul
    Presenters : Praveen Chandra, Atul Mathur, Subhash Chandra,
    Praveer Agarwal
    4.30 - 5.00 PM Excisor Thrombectomy Presentation
    SESSION 1
    2.00 - 3.30 PM No Pain, All Gain : Non invasive methods in early detection of CAD
    Chairman : V. Raghvan
    Panelist : D. R. Janghid, S. Shrivastava,
    R.K. Verma
    2.00 - 2.20 PM EBCT: Fiction or Fact? Will it justify the hype? Beh Chur Kim
    2.20 - 2.40 PM Emerging Role of Cardiac MRI in CAD Katherina Kiss
    2.40 - 3.00 PM Intima Media Thickness in CAD: More than a casual relationship R.R. Kasliwal
    3.00 - 3.20 PM Ankle-Brachial Index & PWV: A shot in the arm for early CAD detection Sharad Tandon
    Q&A
    3.30 - 3.45 PM COFFEE BREAK
    SESSION 2
    3.45 - 5.00 PM TEE: More than a mouthful: "Current Perspective"
    Chairman : I. Kronzon
    Panelist : A K Omar, R Gupta,
    K K Agarwal
    3.30 - 4.00 PM Pitfalls and mimicry in TEE I. Kronzon
    4.00 - 5.00 PM Live demonstration of Interesting cases
    of Valvular Heart Disease
    Q
    SESSION 3
    5.00 - 7.00 PM Echo in Clinical Decision Making
    Chairman : D.K. Shrivastava
    Panelist : Anita Saxena, V. Raghvan, H.K. Chopra
    5.00 - 5.15 PM Comprehensive haemodynamic evaluation by Doppler Echocardiography I. Kronzon
    5.15 - 5.30 PM Echo in Heart Failure: Promises fullfilled S. Mittal
    5.30 - 5.45 PM Echo in Emergency Room: More than a supportive role V. Raghavan
    6.00 - 7.00 PM Interactive/Unusual Case Presentations
    Panelists : I. Kronzon, S Shrivastava,
    P Arora, V Aggarwal, K Bhargava
    BREAK OUT SESSION : PAEDRATRIC CARDIOLOGY
    2.00 - 2.20 PM New Catheter Interventions in Congenital Heart disease, their utility and future, with special reference to percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation K.Krishnakumar
    2.20 - 2.30 PM Discussion
    2.30 - 2.50 PM Devices in Septal defects and PDA - EHIRC Experience S.Radhakrishnan
    2.50 - 3.00 PM Discussion
    3.00 - 3.20 PM Difficult and unusual interventions - EHIRC experience Savitri Shrivastava
    3.20 - 3.30 PM Discussion
    3.30 - 4.00 PM Tea Break
    4.00 - 4.20 PM Advances in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension S.S.Kothari
    4.20 - 4.30 PM Discussion
    4.30 - 4.50 PM Diagnostic role of MRI in decision making in CHD. How does it scores Echo Sanjeev Sharma
    4.50 - 5.00 PM Discussion
    Training programs in Ped Cardiology
    5.00 -5.20 PM Should they be combined with adult Programme ? Satyavan Sharma
    5.20 - 5.30 PM Discussion
    5.30 - 5.50 PM Are we proceding in the risk direction ? R. Tandon
    5.50 - 6.00 PM Discussion
    Chairperson : I S Anand, T S Kler
    2.00 - 2.45 PM Moderator : Yash Lokhandwala, Amit Vora
    Interactive ECG Quiz
    2.45 - 3.00 PM Moderator : C P Roy, Sunil Sathe
    Approach to a patient with "PALPATATIONS"
    Speaker : Ravi Kishore
    3.05 - 3.20 PM Moderator : G S Wander, Sunil Sathe
    Management of Supraventricular Arrhythmias
    Speaker : Mohan Nair
    3.25 - 3.40 PM Moderator : K K Talwar, Rajnish Sardana
    Recent trends in the management of Ventricular Tachycardia
    Speaker : Yash Lokhandwala
    TEA BREAK 15 min
    4.00 - 4.15 PM Moderator : Mohan Nair, Rajnish Juneja
    Electrotherapy in the management of Heart Failure
    Speaker : C Narsimhan
    4.20 - 4.35 PM Moderator : K K Talwar,Yash Lokhandwala
    Newer Indications of Pacing
    Speaker : Anil Saxena
    4.40 - 4.55 PM Moderator : C Narsimhan, VanitaArora
    Rhythm vs Rate Control for patients of Atrial Fibrillation
    Speaker : Amit Vora
    5.00 PM "Award Ceremony for Three ECG Quiz Winners"
    Day - 4
    Sunday, December 15, 2002
    SESSION 1
    9.00 - 10.30 AM Moderator : Didier De Canniere, Gen B N Shahi
    Panelist : J Fonger, I S Anand, G W Greinecker, Sudhir Srivastava
    "A Glimpse into The Future"
    Speaker
  • Gene Therapy for Therapeutic Angiongenesis
    Ralph Kelly
  • Newer developments in Aortic Atherosclerosis
    I Kronzon
  • Percutaneous cath lab based aortic valve replacement
    Alain Crebier
  • Is robotics the future of Cardiac Surgery ?
    Randall Wolf
    Panelist perspective
    10.30 -12.30 PM THE BIG FIGHT
    Co-ordinator : Naresh Trehan

    Management of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

    Speaker Time Moderator
    Surgery for most V. Subramanian 15 Min Hani Shenib
    Kit Arom
    Percutaneous Intervension are better Ashok Seth 15 Min S S Ramesh
    Subhash Chandra
    Medical Management for all R R Kasliwal 15 Min I Kronzon
    T M Jaison
    12.30 - 1.30 PM The Final Words
    Patient safety & professional liability - Two ends of the same spectrum Frank Spencer
    FAREWELL LUNCH

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