International Society For Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
6th Annual Meeting - June 19-21, 2003
London, England
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P1
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery For Constrictive Pericarditis
Chiung-Lun Kao.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Putzu City, Chiayi Hsien, Taiwan Republic of China
P2
Beating-Heart Valve Surgery in Patients with Low Ejection Fraction
Fuad Moussa, Pierluca Lombardi, Marco Ricci, Tomas Salerno.
University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
P3
Using of In Situ Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Through Median Sternotomy for Off-Pump Complete Coronary Revascularization in the Awake Patient
Kaan Kirali, Tuncer Kocak, Nihan Kayalar, Deniz Goksedef, Cevat Yakut.
Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
P4
A Newly Developed Miniaturized Rvad - The Impella Recover 600
Stefan Christiansen1, Lütfü Demircan1, Paul B. Kwant2, Helmut Reul2, Rüdiger Autschbach1.
1 Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany, 2IBMT, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
P5
There 's Light At The End Of The Tunnel! Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvest: Overview Of First 100 Harvests
Prashant P. Joshi, Zamrin Dimon, Y H. Jong.
Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malayasia
P6
Transesophageal Stethoscopy As An Assessing Tool For Vats Clipping Of Pda.a Prospective Trial.
Ali A. Bolourian.
Ghaem Hospital, Tehran, Iran
P7
Off-pump Skeletonized Radial Artery Grafting
Hitoshi Hirose, Atsushi Amano.
Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
P8
Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Using Skeletonized Gastroepiploic Artery
Hitoshi Hirose, Atsushi Amano, Ruzheng Li.
Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
P9
Intra-Operative Flowmetery Of Grafted Vessels As An Indicator For Early Cabg Revision (A Prospective Trial)
Mohammad H. Naseri, Sr., Mohammad H. Kalantar Motamedi, Sr., Alireza Jalali, Sr..
Baghiatallah Medical Sciences University (BMSU), Tehran, Iran
P10
A New Priming Reduced Circulation Setup (Precise) Minimizes The Need For Blood Transfusions: First Clinical Results In Cabg
Sven Beholz, Liling Zheng, Michael Kessler, Martin Rusche, Wolfgang Konertz.
Charité, Berlin, Germany
P11
Early And Midterm Outcome After Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Ioannis K. Toumpoulis1, Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos2, Joseph J. DeRose, Jr.3, Daniel G. Swistel3.
1University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 2University Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, 3St. Luke's / Roosevelt Hospital Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
P12
Dysesthesia Of The Dorsum Of The Hand: A Troublesome Compication Of Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting
Fernando M. Jara, Jean M. Kalush.
McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI, USA
P13
Determinants of Successful Endoscopic Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting- A Prospective Analysis
Douglas West, Eric Lim, Richard Trimlett, Marcus Flather, John Yap, John R. Pepper, Anthony C. De Souza.
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
P14
Quality Of Life Improvement After Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Armin Oehlinger, Guenther Laufer, Johannes Bonatti.
Innsbruck University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
P15
Reperfusion Of Acutely Ischemic Myocardium With Cannula Counterpulsation
John A. Jacobey, III.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and University Hospital, Westfield, NJ, USA
P16
Assessment By Epicardial Ultrasound Of The Impact Of Four Different Construction Errors On Coronary Anastomosis Geometry
Thomas C. Dessing, Ricardo P. J. Budde, Rudy Meijer, Patricia F. A. Bakker, Cornelius Borst, Paul F. Grundeman.
Heart Lung Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
P17
A Comparison Of Early Colonic Injury Following 'On' And 'Off' Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Nadeem Khwaja, Jonathan Ghosh, Victoria Howarth, Michael Murphy, Raymond McMahon, Paul Brenchley, Jane Eddleston, Daniel J. Keenan, Michael G. Walker.
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom
P18
Outcome Of Mitral Valve Repair With Autologous Pericardium
Jonah Odim1, Hillel Laks1, Michael Sanuzi2, David Gjertson2.
1David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2The National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
P19
Beating Heart Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass (Tecab) With Da Vinci Robotic System In The First 20 Cases
Sudhir P. Srivastava.
Alliance Hospital, Odessa, TX, USA
P20
Redo Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass
Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich W. Mohr.
Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P21
3D Reconstructed 16-Slice MSCT Scans For Evaluation Of Graft Patency Following CABG Surgery
Chris Probst, Attila Kovacs, Christoph Schmitz, Wolfgang Schiller, H. Schild, Armin Welz.
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
P22
Remifentanil-Based Anesthesia In Ultra-Fast Track Extubation During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: An Exemplary Combination For Both Patient And Physician
Ghassem Soltani, Ali Hamedanchi, Mohammad H. Nezafati.
Mashhad University Of Medical Science Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran
P23
Virtual Simulator For Robotic Surgery.
Vadim V. Dalinin1, Frederik Halvorsen2, Erik Fosse3, Ole Jakob3, Jan Sigurd3
1Institute of Thoracic Surgery Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 3Interventional Center, Nationale Hospital, Oslo, Norway
P24
Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization in Awake Patients
Kaan Kirali, Nihan Kayalar, Deniz Goksedef, Füsun Güzelmeriç, Tuncer Kocak, Cevat Yakut.
Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
P25
Haemodynamic Profile Of Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction During Off-pump Revascularization
Bruno Amari, Elena Conti, Marco Ferrante, Gregorio Finamore, Ricardo Martinez, Renata LaMonica, Giulia Rodella.
Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy
P26
Controlled Hypoperfusion In The Porcine Heart: A Novel Model For Hibernation
Sandra de Zeeuw, Merel Schurink, Cees WJ Verlaan, Paul F Gründeman.
Heart Lung Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
P27
Elimination Of Gaseous Microemboli In Extracorporeal Circuits: Air Versus Co2
Sven Martens, Markus Dietrich, Harald Keller, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Anton Moritz.
JW Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
P28
Hypercoagulability Following Off Pump Coronary Artery Revsacularisation
Aziz Momin, Ranjit P. Deshpande, James Cotton, Michael Avidan, Emma Alcock, Lindsay C. John, Ahmed El-Gamel.
Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
P29
An Atraumatic Aortic Clamp For Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery
Olivier J. Jegaden, Fadi Farhat, Stephane Aubert.
L Pradel Hospital, Lyon, France
P30
Expanding OPCAB Mammary Grafting By Lima Segmentation
Ramzi Ramadan, Nawwar Al Attar, Francisco Nappi, Richard Raffoul, Patrick Nataf.
CCN-Centre Cardiologique du Nord, St Denis, France
P31
Complete Revascularisation Of The Beating Heart By New Simplified Bypass Sytems Versus Conventional Cardiopulmonary Bypass - A Randomized Trial
Stefan Brose, Steffen Rex, Sebastian Metzelder, Buhre Wolfgang, Stefan Christiansen, Thomas Busch, Rolf Rossaint, Rüdiger Autschbach.
Universitiy of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
P32
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Provides an Optimal Approach to Revascularizing Patients with Significant Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Y. Joseph Woo, Todd J. Grand.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
P33
Deleterious Effects of Cardio-pulmonary Bypass and of Body Temperature on the Myocardium and on the Immune System as Compared to OPCAB
Nahum Nesher1, Patrick Nataf2, Steve Insler3, Ina Frolkis1, Dimitri Pevni1, Oren Levran1, Ram Sharoni1, Gil Bolotin1, Dan Loberman1, Avi Weinbrum1, Gideon Uretzky1.
1Souraski, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2Centre Cardiologique du Nord (CCN)., Saint Dennis, Paris, France, 3Cleveland Clinic Foundation,, Cleveland, OH, USA
P34
Pre-operative Evaluation of Graft Quality of Internal Thoracic Artery by Three-dimensional Computed Tomography
Masato Tochii, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Ko Bando, Kazuo Niwaya, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Masahiro Higashi, Naoaki Yamada, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Soichiro Kitamura.
National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
P35
Experiences With A New Minimized Extracorporeal Circuit (corxtm) In Arrested Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Ulf Abdel-Rahman, Feyzan Özaslan, Abdallah Al Daraghmeh, Musawir Riaz, Peter Kleine, Sven Martens, Anton Moritz, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker.
JW Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
P36
Does Patient Selection For Opcab Influence Hospital And Long-term Survival
Gregory Trachiotis1, Devika Hanumara2, Miguel Pinales2, Kimberly Seablom2, E. Pendleton Alexander1.
1George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, 2 George Washington University/Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
P37
Transtelephonic Monitoring Of Cardiac Arrythmias Following Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Deon W. Vigilance, Mauricio Garrido, Sanjay H. Patel, Starr Koslow, Ann Zeidner, Joy Peacock, Faisal H. Cheema, James A. Reiffel, Mehmet C. Oz, Michael Argenziano.
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
P38
Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Can Be Performed Safely Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Faraz Kerendi, John D. Puskas, Joseph M. Craver, William A. Cooper, Ellis L. Jones, Omar M. Lattouf, John D. Vega, Robert A. Guyton.
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
P39
On-pump Beating Heart CABG- A Safer Technique Of Revascularisation In Critical Left Main Stem Disease
Kunal Sarkar, Atanu Saha, Sukanta Behra, Manoj Daga, Bishnu Deka, Asutosh Raghuvanshi, Sandeep Attawar.
Rtiics, Calcutta, India
P40
Selective Use of Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery Reduces Mortality and Neurological Morbidity Associated with High Risk Coronary Bypass Surgery: A Four Hundred Case Comparative Experience
Jeffrey P. Gold, John Wasnick, Ilya Zhuravlev, William Maldorelli, Douglas Condit.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
P41
Can Patients with Moderate Ischemic MR be treated with Off-Pump CABG?
Kevin M. Harris1, Avinash Reddy1, Kathy Benyo-Albrecht2, Betsy Wilson3, Robert W. Emery2.
1Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2Cardiac Surgical Associates, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 3Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
P42
Feasibility Of Complete All Arterial OPCAB
Kit V. Arom, Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, Vibul Jotisakulratana.
Bangkok Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
P43
A Safe And Unexpensive "Custome Device" For Minimal Invasive Saphenous Vein Harvesting
Alberto Lomeo, Giuseppe D'Arrigo, Giuseppe Lomeo, M.Concetta Monea, Antonio Scolaro, Gaetano Mauceri.
Ospedale Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy
P44
Minimally Invasive Stentless Mitral Valve Replacement At Five Years
Thomas Walther, Sven Lehmann, Volkmar Falk, Sebastian Metz, Friedrich W. Mohr.
Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P45
Experimental Evaluation Of Controlled Hypoperfusion, Hypothermia And Different Indicators For Brain Damage During Complex Cardiac Surgery
Thomas Walther, Katja Schneider, Cris Ullmann, Ardawan Rastan, Jens Garbade, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich W. Mohr, Martin Kostelka.
Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P46
Conversion From Standard CABG To Beating Heart Coronary Artery Revascularization And Off-pump Surgery Following Detection Of Severe Atherosclerosis Of The Ascending Aorta
Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus Richter, Roberto Battellini, Jan Gummert, Friedrich W. Mohr.
Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P47
Left Atrial Ablation Therapy Plus Stentless Mitral Valve Implantation Leads To Persistent Restoration Of Physiological Hemodynamics
Thomas Walther, Sven Lehmann, Sebastian Metz, Volkmar Falk, Nico Doll, Friedrich W. Mohr.
Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P48
Robotically Assisted Endoscopic Microwave Ablation Of Lone Atrial Fibrillation
Sudhir P. Srivastava.
Alliance Hospital, Odessa, TX, USA
P49
16-Slice Ecg-Gated Spiral Ctfor Postoperative Evaluation Of Coronaryartery Bypass Grafts
André R. Plass, Achim K. Häussler, Jürg Grünenfelder, Bernhard Baumert, Simon Wildermuth, Gregor Zünd, Marco Turina.
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
P50
Iflammatory Cytokine Response Compared With Cardiac Enzymes Secretionafter Coronary Bypass Graftingin On-Pump And Off-Pump Procedures
André R. Plass, Achim K. Häussler, Jürg Grünenfelder, Gregor Zünd, Marco Turina.
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
P51
Structural And Functional Differences Of Arterial And Venous Coronary Grafts By Bi-dimensional Echography And Doppler
Daniel Santos1, Fernando Mastrogiacomo1, Alex Zapolanski1,2.
1Alexander Fleming Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2San Francisco Heart Institute, Daly City, CA, USA
P52
Reduced Incidence Of Visceral Ischemia In Elective Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Ulrich T. Opfermann, Jan F. Gummert, Markus Barten, Jens Garbade, Birgit Henschel, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Walther, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr.
Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P53
Minimally Invasive Extrathoracic Cannulation For Full Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Neeraj Mediratta1, Mark Field1, Andrew Sosnowski2.
1 The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2 Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
P54
Can Diabetic Patients Be Effectively Revascularized Off Pump?
Alex Zapolanski1,2, Michael B. Pliam1, Edward Yee1, Laurel Mengarelli1, Jill Ley2, Richard Shaw2.
1Cardiac Surgery, San Francisco Heart & Vascular Institute, Daly City, CA, USA, 2Joint Cardiac Program, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
P55
Modelling Blood Flow Across Anastomoses Using The Ventrica Mvp Distal Anastomosis System
Arjuna Weerasinghe1, Peter Weller2, Rex Stanbridge3.
1University of London, London, United Kingdom, 2Centre for Measurement and Information in Medicine, City University, London, United Kingdom, 3St. Marys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
P56
Safety Of Replacing Stenotic Vein Grafts With In-situ Or Composite Arterial Grafts In Redo OPCAB
Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Ko Bando, Kazuo Niwaya, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Soichiro Kitamura.
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
P57
Use Of Ct Scanning To Assess Graft Patency Of Mammary-Radial Y Grafts
Arjuna Weerasinghe1, Dimuthu Samaranayake2, Andrew R. Wright2, Rex Stanbridge2.
1University of London, London, United Kingdom, 2St. Marys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
P58
Experience On The Way To Totally Endoscopic Closure Of Atrial Septal Defects
Nikolaos Bonaros, Thomas Schachner, Armin Oehlinger, Jonetzko Patrycja, Christian Kolbitsch, Guenther Laufer, Johannes Bonatti.
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
P59
Assessment Of Cardiac Autonomic Regulation And Ventricular Repolarization After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
Jurij M. Kalisnik.
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
P60
High Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Influences The Incidence Of Intraoperative Heart Rhythm Disturbances During Beating Heart Surgery
Petar Risteski, Tayfun Aybek, Selami Dogan, Panayotis Therapidis, Paul Kessler, Anton Moritz.
Johann Wolgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
P61
Endothelial Integrity Of Saphenous Vein Harvested By Endoscopic Technique
Kuan-Ming Chiu, Tzu-Pei Yeh, Shu-Hsun Chu.
Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei county, Taiwan Republic of China
P62
Beating Heart Vs. On-pump Coronary Bypass Surgery Results And Outcome In Women
Jerzy Pacholewicz, Arkadiusz Farmas, Marcin Maruszewski, Roman Przybylski, Tomasz Hrapkowicz, Pawel Tomaszewski, Robert Kalis, Marian Zembala.
Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland
P63
Robotic IMA Harvesting Facilitates Patient Recovery After Anterior MIDCAB Grafting
Nirav C. Patel, Didier F. Loulmet, Nilesh Patel, Domenick Acquista, Joan Jennings, James D. Fonger, Ramchandra Reddy, John McCabe, George Tolis, Jr., Valavanur A. Subramanian.
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA
P64
Novel Device For Automatic Clampless Proximal Aorta-vein Anastomoses: SPYDERtm
Baron L. Hamman, Cory H. White, Michael Fontes, Lise A. Labiche.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
P65
A Novel Hybrid Technique For Minimally-invasive Asd Closure
Christoph Schmitz, Johannes Breuer, Jörg Schirrmeister, Armin Welz.
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
P66
Redo Mitral Valve Surgery Via Right Thoracotomy:An Alternative Minimally Invasive Approach
Shamsher S. Lohchab, Vishal Dheer, Suresh K. Singhal
Surgery and Anesthesia, PGIMS, Rohtak, India
P67
Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Monitoring During Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Tsuyohi Shimizu, Masaharu Misaka, Akira Asahi, Tetsuzo Hirayama, Shin Ishimaru.
Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
P68
Minimal Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery For Minimal Morbidity In Morbid Obesity/ Severe COPD Paitients
Leonid Sternik1, Sergei Preisman2, Amihai Shinfeld1, Yaron Moshkovitz2, Basheer Sheich-Yosef1, Aram K. Smolinsky1.
1Chaim Sheba MC, Tel- Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2Assuta MC, Petah-Tikva, Israel,
P69
Early Clinical Outcome In Patients With And Without Severe Concomitant Diseases Undergoing Complete Arterial Off-pump Revascularization
Friedrich-Christian Riess, Ralf Bader, Bettina Hoffmann, Christine Loewer, Niels Bleese.
Albertinen Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
P70
Future Perspective Of Minimally Invasive Open Heart Surgery
Hiroyuki Nishi.
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
P71
Metalloproteinasis As Markers to Investigate Cpb-mediated Injures: Preliminary Study
Caimmi Philippe-Primo1 Lorenzo Pagani1, Marco Cavaglià2, Micalizzi Ezio1
1Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy, 2Clinica San Gaudenzio, Novara, Italy
P72
Temperature Profile of the Cardioblate Bipolar Surgical Ablation Device
Nithya Swaminathan1, Marie Steinbrink2, Alison Lutterman2, David Francischelli2.
1University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA, 2Cardiac Surgery Technologies, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
P73
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy For On-Line Monitoring Of Ischimia During Off- Pump Surgery
Franziska Bernet, Joachim Wehrle, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, Doan Baykut.
University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
P74
Subclavian Artery To Coronary Artery Bypass As An Alternative Technique Of Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass
Fabio De Robertis, Muhammad A. Akhtar, Imran Saeed, Asghar Khaghani.
Harefield Hospital, Harefield, United Kingdom
P75
Coronary Sinus Tears By Retrograde Cardioplegia Catheter During Right Thoracotomy MICS - Technique For Repair Without Conversion
Aram K. Smolinsky, Sergei Preisman, Leonid Sternik, Amihai Shinfeld.
1Chaim Sheba MC, Tel- Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
P76
Does Response Curves For Microwave Ablation In The Cardioplegia Arrested Porcine Heart
Sydney L. Gaynor, Gregory D. Byrd, Michael D. Diodato, Sandip M. Prasad, Jegan Gopal, Yosuke Ishii, Richard B. Schuessler, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr..
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
P77
Character And Consequences Of Surgical Problems In Robotically Assisted Totally Endoscopic CABG
Johannes Bonatti, Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Michael Danzmayr, Guy Friedrich, Christian Kolbitsch, Guenther Laufer.
Innsbruck University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
P78
The Predictors Of Poor Mid-Term Health-Related Quality Of Life Following Isolated Primary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Thanos Athanasiou, Omar Mangoush, Jo Wray, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Charles Ilsley, Mohamed Amrani.
Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, Austria
P79
Guidant Heartstring: Initial Experience In Opcab Surgery
Alberto Weber, Oliver Reuthebuch, Andreas Kuenzli, Mario Lachat, Marko Turina.
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
P80
Variability Of Flow In Coronary Grafts As A Function Of Degree Of Stenosis And Size Of The Recipient Vessel
Daniel Santos1, Fernando Mastrogiacomo1, Alex Zapolanski1,2.
1Alexander Fleming Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2San Francisco Heart Institute, Daly City, CA, USA
P81
Comparison Of Impact Of The Deep Pericardial Stitch And Apical Suction Device On Left Heart Distortion During OPCABD Using Three Dimensional TEE Reconstruction
Kulwant Dhadwal, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Mohamed Amrani, Shane George.
Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom
P82
Seven Year-experience In Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Jae Hyun Kim, Chan Young Na.
Sejong Heart Institute, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea
P83
Use Of Radial Conduits And St. Jude Aortic Connector
Kit V. Arom, Sawat Asavapiyanond, Vitoon Pitiguagool.
Bangkok Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
P84
Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion For Preventing Cardioembolism Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Using The Plaato Device
Arthur C. Hill, Toshiko Nakai, Stewart Kume.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
P85
Microporous Polysaccharide Hemospheres, A Newtopical Hemostatic Agent
Helmut Mair1, Mark Ereth2, Albert Schuetz3, Sabine Daebritz3.
1Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA, 3University of Munich, Munich, Germany
P86
The Effect Of Left Atrial Procedure Using Microwave For Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Dong-Hyup Lee, Tae-Eun Jung, Jang-Hun Lee, Jung-Cheol Lee, Sung-Sae Lee.
Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
P87
Epicardial Versus Transvenous LV Pacing Lead Threshholds for Biventricular Pacing
Tarlochan S. Kler, Vanita Arora, K S. Iyer, Yugal Mishra, Anil Saxena, Naresh Trehan.
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India
P88
Effects Of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting On The Number Of Selected Immunocompetent Cells With Or Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass (cpb): The Promissing Diagnostic Tool
Piotr Wilczek, Marian Zembala, Marcin Maruszewski, Roman Przybylski, Jerzy Pacholewicz, Zbigniew Religa.
Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development, Zabrze, Poland
P89
Long-term Survival After Target Surgical Revascularization For Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Gregory Trachiotis, Devika Hanumara, Peter Kokkinos, Michael Greenberg, E. Pendleton Alexander.
George Washington University/Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
P90
The First Coronary Staplers And The Present Practice To The 100 Birthday Jubilee Of V.I.Kolesov
Evgenii V. Kolesov.
Dnepropetrovsk University, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
P91
OPCAB With Multiple Anesthesiologists
Alex Zapolanski1,2, Michael B. Pliam1, Laurel Mengarelli1, Jill Ley2, Richard Shaw2.
1San Francisco Heart & Vascular Institute, Daly City, CA, USA, 2California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
P92
Short Left Anterior Mini-thoracotomy For Epicardial Lead Implantation In Biventricular Pacing
Pietro Di Biasi, Sr.
Policlinico Multimedica, Sesto S. Giovanni (Milan), Italy
P93
Evaluation Of Pericardoscopy As A Method For Pericardial Exploration
Roland G. Demaria, Pascal Battistella, Philippe Rouviere, Jean-Marc Frapier, Bernard Albat.
Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France.
P94
A Prospective Controlled Study Of Safety-Performance Of Arterial, Venous Cannulae & Vacuum Assisted Venous Drainage In Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Sanjay Kumar1, E Ravikumar2, Manoharan T. Henry2.
1Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2Department Of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
P95
Outcome After Conventional Versus Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery In Patients With Left Main Disease
Arkadiusz I. Farmas, Jerzy K. Pacholewicz, Bartlomiej Zych, Tomasz Hrapkowicz, Jacek Wojarski, Marcin Maruszewski, Robert Kalis, Piotr Buchta, Marian Zembala.
Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland
P96
Differences In Mitral Valve Geometry In Patients With Post Infarction Functional Mitral Regurgitation Are Related To Infarct Territory
Naresh Trehan, Yugal Mishra, Sanjay Mittal.
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
P97
Minimally-invasive ASD Closure as an Alternative to Interventional Techniques
Christoph Schmitz, Johannes Breuer, Armin Welz.
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
P98
Effect Of Trimetazidine On Myocard During Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Abdulkadir Ercan, Serdar Ener, Arzu Gundogdu, Isik Senkaya.
Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey
P99
Cardio-Pulmonarybypass Is Associated With Impaired Tissue Oygenation And Perfusion: A Prospective Randomized Study
Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Thanos Athanasiou, Tony Fisher, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Charles Ilsley, Mohamed Amrani.
Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom
P100
Is Total Arterial OPCAB Feasible For The Elderly Patients?
Kaoru Matsuura, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Ko Bando, Kazuo Niwaya, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Soichiro Kitamura.
National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
P101
Mechanical Connectors In Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery: Single Institute Experience
Yousuf Mahomed, Palaniswamy Vijay, John W. Brown.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
P102
The Effect Of Skeletonization Of The Radial Artery In The Early Clinical Outcome Using The "π-circuit"
Sotirios N. Prapas.
Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
P103
Esthetical Consideration In Congenital Heart Surgery: Open Heart Surgery Through A Minimal Right Thoracotomy In Children
David Mishaly, Paz Yoav, Raanani Ehud, Sergay Prisman.
Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
P104
Robotic-enhanced Versus Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass:clinical Outcome And Quality Of Life
Thanos Athanasiou, Shirley Martin, Ara Darzi, Roberto Casula.
St-Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
P105
Mid-Term Experience with Robotically-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass: Lessons Learned
Sandhya K. Balaram1, Robert C. Ashton, Jr.2, Daniel G. Swistel2, Varinder Singh2, James Willentz2, Joseph J. DeRose, Jr. 2.
1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA, 2St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
P106
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Using An Indigenously Developed Instrumentation
Anil Bhan.
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
P107
Clinical Follow-up Of The Medtronic Mosaic Bioprosthesis
Friedrich-Christian Riess, Ralf Bader, Eva Cramer, Lorenz Hansen, Michaela Matthies, Gunther Wahl, Stephan Winkel, Niels Bleese.
Albertinen Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
P108
Robotic Esophageal Mobilization for Three-Hole Esophagectomy
Scott J. Belsley, Cliff P. Connery, Joseph J. DeRose, Jr., Sandhya Balaram, James J. McGinty, Robert C. Ashton, Jr..
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, NY, USA