2007 Poster Competition

Poster Competition
(First Round)

Thursday 7 June, 2007
18.00 – 19.00
Crowne Plaza St. Peter’s, Foro Dei Cesare

 Finalists for each Topic Group are highlighted in green.

Topic 1: Cardiac Arrhythmia Surgery
	P1	Does Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Increase the Risk of Mitral Valve Surgery? Analysis of A Contemporary North American Experience Reported To the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database James S. Gammie1, Michel Haddad1, Sarah Milford-Beland2, Karl F. Welke3, T. Bruce Ferguson4, Sean M. O'Brien2, Eric D. Peterson2, Bartley P. Griffith1 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA, 3Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA, 4East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC, USA
	P2	Epicardial Cryoablation Reliably Produces Transmural Lesions On the Beating Heart G. Kwame Yankey, MD, Tim Nolan, Nathan Weidenhamer, Zhongjun Wu, PhD, Bartley Griffith, MD, James Gammie, MD Surgery, University of Maryland, Baitimore, MD, USA
	P3	Beating-Heart Pulmonary Vein Isolation With Epicardial Cryoablation In A Porcine Model Saqib Masroor1, Timothy Macneil2, Catherine Cartier2, Jean-Pierre Lalonde2, Nicolas Coulombe2, Benoit Thibault2, Andre Tremblay2 1Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA, 2CryoCath Technologies Inc., Kirkland, PQ, Canada
	P4	Full Endoscopic Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Techniques and Results Claudio Muneretto1, Aldo Manzato2, Tomaso Bottio1, Alberto Negri1, Paolo Piccoli1, Gianluigi Bisleri1 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 2Section of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
	P5	Left Ventricular Lead Implantation via Mini-Thoracotomy: A Safe and Effective Approach To Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Eric J. Lehr, Carrie Ye, Dennis L. Modry, Shao Hua Wang Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
	P6	Temporary Modification Temporary Modification of the Epicardial Fat Pads In Patients Undergoing Low To Moderate Risk Open Heart Surgery: Safety and Efficacy of A Novel Approach For Lowering the Incidence of Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation Anno Diegeler1, Konstantin Chryssagis1, Nasir Marrouche2, Johannes Brachmann3, Stefan Klügl1 1Herz-und Gefasse Klinik Bad Neustadt, Bad Neustadt, Germany, 2Cardiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 3Klinikum Coburg, Coburg, Germany
	P7	Effect of Right Atrium Maze Procedure In Adult Congenital Heart Disease Yoshito Maehata, Hajime Ichikawa, Takayoshi Ueno, Takaya Hoashi, Goro Matsumiya, Yoshiki Sawa Osaka University, Suita, Japan
	P8	Prospective Long-Term Results of Pulmonary Vein Isolation In Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting For Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Piotr Suwalski1, Grzegorz Suwalski1, Mariusz Sledz1, Julita Switaj1, Anna Oginska1, Janusz Kochanowski2, Piotr Scislo2, Zbigniew Popiel1, Kazimierz B. Suwalski1 1Cardiac Surgery Derpartment, 2Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Topic 2: Imaging, Access and Flow
	P9	Peripheral Cannulation For Congenital Heart Disease Christoph H. Huber1, Michel Hurni1, Iker Mallabiabarrena1, Giuseppe Muccciolo1, Eric Meijboom2, Stephano Di Bernardo2, Nicole Sekarsk2, Ludwig K. von Segesser1 1Cardiovascular Surgery Division, 2Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Lausanne -CHUV, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland
	P10	Pulsatility Index Varies With Different Flowmeter Devices In CABG Surgery Havard Nordgaard1, Nicola Vitale2, Francesco Onorati2, Francesco Pezzo2, Attilio Renzulli2, Rune Haaverstad1 1Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital in Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, 2Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
	P11	Insights From 133 Cases of Remote Access Perfusion For Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery Nikolaos Bonaros1, Thomas Schachner1, Armin Oehlinger1, Oliver Bernecker1, Gudrun Feuchtner2, Guenther Laufer1, Johannes Bonatti1 1Cardiac Surgery, 2Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
	P12	Impact of Completeness of Revascularization and Prevention of Competitive Flow On the Intermediate-Term Outcome In Total Arterial Off-Pump Coronary Bypass For Three-Vessel Disease Hiroyuki Nakajima, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Kazuo Niwaya, Toshihiro Funatsu, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Soichiro Kitamura Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
	P13	Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Is Released During CABG, But Not OPCABG Surgery Adam Sokal1, Michal Zembala2, Alfred Kocher2, Jerzy Pacholewicz2, Arkadiusz Farmas2, Joanna Los2, Marian Zembala2, Marek Radomski3 11st. Dept. of Cardiology, 2Dept. of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, 3Dept. of Pharmacology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
	P14	3D-Rapid Prototyping of Cardiac Structures For Guidance In Heart Surgery Stephan Jacobs, David Holzhey, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich W. Mohr Cardio-Thoracic-Surgery, Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
	P15	Lipid Content of the Grafted Radial Artery Increases the Risk of Postoperative Spasm Nicholas Burris1, Emile Brown1, Patrick Laird1, Joseph Schmitt2, Jamie Brown1, Robert S. Poston1 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2LightLab Imaging, Westford, MA, USA
	P16	Blood Flow Imaging - A New 2-D Ultrasound Modality For Enhanced Intra-Operative Visualization of Blood Flow Patterns In Coronary Anastomoses Lasse Lovstakken, Nicola Vitale, Khalid Ibrahim, Siren Torsvik Henriksen, Idar Kirkeby-Garstad, Hans Torp, Rune Haaverstad Dept of Circulation and Medical Imaging, University of Trondheim,, Trondheim, Norway
Topic 3: Surgical Results - General
	P17	Withdrawn
	P18	Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery (OPCAB) Achieve Improved Outcome Compared To On Pump CABG In the Setting of A Process Quality Management Program Anno Diegeler, Carlos Savedra Blume, Michael Zacher, Stefan Klügl Herz-und Gefasse Klinik Bad Neustadt, Bad Neustadt, Germany
	P19	Long Term Follow Up After MICABG Procedure: A Multifactorial Retrospective Analysis At 1,000 Pt A Years Uwe Klima1, Theo Kofidis1, Hans Gerd Paeschke2, Axel Haverich2 1CTV Surgery, National Univeristy Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 2TCV Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	P20	Predictors of Adverse Outcome In Patients Undergoing Minimal Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Theo Kofidis1, Hans Gerd Peschke2, Jochen Cremer3, Vassilios Didilis4, Axel Haverich5, Uwe Klima1 1CTV Surgery, National Univeristy Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 2TCV Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany, 3TCV Surgery, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 4TCV Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 5CTV Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	P21	The Risk For Neurological Disorders In Octogenarians Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Can Be Reliably Reduced By Preoperative Routine Native CT-Scan Helping To Define the Optimal Operative Strategy Hendrik Treede1, Jeanette Schoenebeck1, Christian Detter1, Dieter H. Boehm1, Phillip Begemann2, Hermann Reichenspurner1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2Department of Radiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
	P22	Multi Vessel Off-Pump Myocardial Revascularization Through A Mini-Thoracotomy Approach Massimo Lemma1, Matteo Pettinari1, Guido Gelpi1, Andrea Mangini1, Giuseppe D'Arrigo2, Carlo Antona1 1Cardiovascular Surgery, Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy, 2Cardiovascular Surgery, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
	P23	Withdrawn
	P24	Comparing Early Outcomes And Long-Term Survival Of On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Single Institution Experience Siamak Mohammadi, François Dagenais, Patrick Mathieu, Daniel Doyle, Richard Baillot, Jean Perron, Eric Charbonneau, Eric Dumont, Pierre Voisine Quebec Heart Institute, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Topic 4: Surgical Results - Graft-Based
	P25	Feasibility and Safety of Endoscopic Radial Radial Artery Harvesting With A Novel Vessel Sealing System Gianluigi Bisleri1, Thomas Hrapkowicz2, Jerzy Nozynski3, Claudio Muneretto1, Marian Zembala2 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 2Division of Cardiac Surgery, 3Institute of Pathology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland
	P26	Propensity-Score Analysis of Early Outcomes After Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Versus Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting John D. Puskas1, Sorin V. Pusca1, Patrick Kilgo2, J David Vega1, Robert A. Guyton1 1Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2Biostatistics, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
	P27	Double Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Artery VS.Double Pediculed Internal Thoracic Artery In Diabetic Patients Submitted To OPCAB Rodrigo Milani, Paulo Roberto Brofman, Maximiliano Guimarães, Jose Augusto de Souza, Laura Barboza, Alexandre Varela, Marcel Rogers Ravagnelli, Francisco Maia Cardiovascular Surgery, Santa Casa de Misericordia - PUC/Pr, Curitiba - Paraná, Brazil
	P28	Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery With Concomitant Coronary Endarterectomy - One Year Follow Up With Multislice Computer Tomography Naresh Trehan, Manisha Mishra, Vijay Kohli, Zile Singh Meharwal, Rajneesh Malhotra, Ashok Bais, Surinder Bazaz, Yugal Mishra Cardiac surgery, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India
	P29	Sequential OPVCAB Anastomoses With Internal Thoracic and Gastroepiploic Artery Grafts in Situ: Early and Midterm Outcomes Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
	P30	Five-Year-Patency of the Radial Artery Conduit In Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Martin Oberhoffer1, Konstantin Nikolaou2, Sandra Eifert1, Ingo Kaczmarek1, Andres Beiras-Fernandez1, Amir Bigdeli1, Bruno Reichart1, Calin Vicol1 1Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany, 2Radiology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
	P31	Evaluation of the Learning Curve For Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting Utilizing Post Operative Angiography Manabu SATO, Etsuro Suenaga, Shugo Koga, Shigefumi Matsuyama Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki Kouseikai Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
	P32	Endoscopic Harvest of Saphenous Vein - A Lesson From 1100 Cases Kuan-Ming Chiu, Shu-Hsun Chu Cardiovascular surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan
Topic 5: Robotic & Mitral
	P33	Robotic Technology - Probably A Safe Tool For Development of Completely Endoscopic Coronary Revascularization Procedures Johannes Bonatti, Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Elisabeth Ruetzler, Armin Oehlinger, Felix Weidinger, Guy Friedrich, Roland Schistek, Guenther Laufer Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
	P34	TEE Measurements For Annuloplasty Band Sizing In Robotic Mitral Valve Repairs L. Wiley Nifong1, Evelio Rodriguez1, Brian C. Domby1, Sachin Phade1, Michael W. Chu1, Karen Gersch1, Paul Vos2, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.1 1Surgery, 2Biostatistics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
	P35	Robotic Epicardial Left Ventricular Lead Implantation For Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Jean-Luc Jansens, Albert M. Nana, Martine Antoine, Constantin Stefanidis, Didier De Canniere Cardiac Sugery, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
	P36	Left Subclavian Artery As An Inflow Vessel For Vein Grafts In Robotic Assisted Multivessel Small Thoracotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Kenneth K. Liao1, Ernesto Molina1, Carmelo Panetta2, Emil Missov2, Alan Berger2, Robert Wilson2, Gladwin Das2 1Cardiac Surgery, 2Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
	P37	Integrated Coronary Revascularization In Beating Heart Single and Multivessel TECAB With the da Vinci Surgical System Combined With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Sudhir Srivastava1, Suresh Gadasalli2, Madhava Agusala2, Ram Kolluru2, Reyna Barrera1, Shaune Quismundo1, Usha Kreaden3 1Cardiac Surgical Associates Of West Texas, Odessa, TX, USA, 2Alliance Hospital, Odessa, TX, USA, 3intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, Ca, USA
	P38	Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement via Ministernotomy Through the Dome of the Left Atrium: The Other, Easier Minimally Invasive Approach To the Mitral Valve Steven R. Gundry, Walter J. Ehrman The International Heart and Lung Institute, Palm Springs, CA, USA
	P39	A Right Mini-Thoracotomy Approach To the Mitral Valve Reduces Perioperative Transfusion Rate, Atrial Fibrillation and Hospital Stay Compared To A Standard Sternotomy Approach: Results of A Case-Match Study Francois Dagenais1, Eric Charbonneau1, Pierre Laflamme2, Andre Martineau2, Daniel Doyle1 1Cardiac Surgery, 2Anesthetist, Laval Hospital, Sainte-Foy, PQ, Canada
	P40	Tension Measurement of Artificial Chordae Tendinae Implanted Between the Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflet and the Left Ventricular Apex: An In-Vitro Study Pietro Bajona1, Kenton J. Zehr1, Jun Liao2, Giovanni Speziali1 1Div. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2Dept. of BioEngineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Session 6: Valve & Aortic
	P41	Minimal-Invasive Closure of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defect As A Routine Procedure Darius Rassoulian1, Andreas Tiete1, Ralf Sodian1, Joerg Sachweh1, Jan-Michael Abicht2, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann3, Bruno Reichart1, Sabine H. Daebritz1 1Department of Cardiac Surgery, 2Department of Anaesthesiology, 3Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
	P42	Novel Pericardial Substitute Composed of Two Regenerative Separated Collagen Sheets Prevents Postoperative Pericardial Adhesions Yoshihiro Suematsu1, Hiroyuki Tsukihara1, Bob Kiaii2, Richard J. Novick2, Shinichi Takamoto1 1Cardiac Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2Cardiac Surgery, London Health Science Centre, London, ON, Canada
	P43	Percutaneous Aortic Valve Resection: Evaluation of Different Micro Actuator Systems S. Demming1, R. Quaden2, M. Leester-Schädel1, M. Hoegen1, B. Hoxhold1, J. Cremer2, G. Lutter2, S. Büttgenbach1 1Institute for Microtechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University-Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
	P44	Less Is More - Mini Aortic Valve Surgery In Octogenarians Christoph H. Huber1, Lawrence H. Cohn2 1Cardiovascular Surgery Division, University Hospital Lausanne -CHUV, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
	P45	Supraannular Implantation of A Pericardial Stentless Valve: Early Hemodynamics and Clinical Results In 141 Patients Sven Beholz, Benjamin Clus, Natalia Wasieleweski, Simon Dushe, Wolfgang Konertz Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité, Berlin, Germany
	P46	Experiences In Aortic Valve Replacement Through A Right Thoracotomy Andre Plass, Jurg Grunenfelder, Robert Vachenauer, Gregor Zund, Reza Tavakoli, Michele Genoni Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
	P47	Midterm Results of Aortic Valve Replacement Through A Mini Lateral Thoracotomy Francesco Siclari1, Tiziano Torre1, Romano Mauri2, Stefanos Demertzis1, Raffaele Trunfio1 1Cardiac Surgery, 2Cardiac Anesthesiology, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
	P48	New Surgical Technique For Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement Tanja N. Anguseva, Sr., Zan K. Mitrev, MD, Vladimir Belostockij, Vladimir Petrovski Intensive care, Special Hospital of Cardiosurgery, Skopje, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Session 7: Glues, Blues & Do’s
	P49	Towards Glue-Based Mid-CABG Technologies: Preparatory Studies Evgenii V. Kolesov Dnepropetrovsk University, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
	P50	Activated Recombinant Factor VII (NovoSeven) Reduces Blood Product Use In Patients At High Risk Bleeding Keith Allen, David Heimansohn, Robert Robison, John Schier, Peter Walts, Dan Beckman, Chris Selerno Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, CORVASC MD's, Indianapolis, IN, USA
	P51	Aprotinin In Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Hartmuth B. Bittner, Janine Lemke, Michelle Lange, Ardawan Rastan, Friedrich W. Mohr Cardiovascular Surgery, Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
	P52	Pharmacological Strategies To Decrease Allogenic Blood Transfusion In OPCAB Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomised Trials Gavin J. Murphy, Chris A. Rogers, Gianni D. Angelini Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, UK
	P53	Effective Combined Off-Pump Surgical Treatment and Autologous Bone-Marrow Transplantation For End-Stage Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Sotirios N. Prapas Cardiac Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
	P54	Duration of Reperfusion Period After Cardioplegic Arrest- Is More Better? A Piglet Working Heart Study Albertus M. Scheule, Tobias Walker, Christian Munteanu, Mario Lescan, Bernd Neumann, Hans P. Wendel, Gerhard Ziemer Cardio-thoracic Surgrey, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
	P55	Shortening Cardioplegic Arrest Time During Combined Coronary and Valvular Surgery: A Novel Surgical Approach Raimondo Ascione, Chris A. Rogers, Lucy Culliford, Radek Capoun, Gianni D. Angelini Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
	P56	Comparison of Two Surgical Techniques: Off-Pump VS. On-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery In the Elderly Patients - Results and Mid Term Outcomes Jerzy Pacholewicz1, Tomasz Hrapkowicz1, Ewa Kucewicz-Czech2, Marian Zembala1 1Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland