ISMICS: 2008 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts

2008 Annual Scientific Meeting

Preliminary Program
Subject to Change

WEDNESDAY, 11 June 2008

07.00 – 08.00

Continental Breakfast for All Postgraduate Registrants

08.00 - 16.00

Postgraduate Course. Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

8.00 - 8.40

History Of Arrhythmia Surgery: Lessons Learned from Surgical Extinction
James L. Cox, MD

08.40 - 09.10

The Consensus Statement of AF Ablation: What Surgeons Need to Know
Richard J. Shemin, MD

09.10 - 09.40

An Electophysiology Primer for Surgeons: Understanding and Treating AF
Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD

09.40 - 10.10

An Overview of Ablation Technology: The Search for the Perfect Device
Nicholas Doll, MD

10.10 - 10.25

Questions & Answers

10.25 - 10.40

Break

10.40 - 12.00

Current Operative Approaches for the Surgical Treatment of AF in Patients with Organic Heart Disease
Moderator: A. Marc Gillinov, MD

10.40 - 11.00

The Box Lesion
Mark A. Groh, MD

11.00 - 11.20

Left Atrial Lesion Sets
Stefano Benussi, MD

11.20 - 11.40

Biatrial Approach
A. Marc Gillinov, MD

11.40 - 12.00

Discussion

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch Break

13.00 - 16.00

Current Operative Approaches for the Surgical Treatment of Lone AF
Moderator: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD

13.00 - 13.20

Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Erik A. Beyer, MD

13.20 - 13.40

Extended Left Atrial Lesion Sets
Michael Mack, MD

13.40 - 14.00

The Box Lesion
Husam H. Balkhy, MD

14.00 - 14.20

Cryo-Maze Procedure
Evilio Rodriguez, MD

14.20 - 14.40

Minimally Invasive Cox-Maze Procedure
Niv Ad, MD

14.40 - 15.00

Discussion

15.00 - 15.15

Break

15.15 - 15.30

Update on the Left Atrial Appendage
A. Marc Gilinov, MD

15.30 - 16.00

Where are We Today? Current Indications and Choice of Procedures
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD

16.00 - 17.30

Hands-On Skills Session

09.00 - 09.45

Postgraduate Course. Endovascular Aortic Therapies
Chair: Eric E. Roselli, MD

09.00 - 09.20

The Future of Aortic Surgical Training

09.00 - 09.10

Cardiothoracic Surgery Perspective
Bruce W. Lytle, MD

09.10 - 09.20

Vascular Surgery Perspective
Richard Cambria, MD

09.20 - 09.30

Stentgrafting the Descending Thoracic Aorta – Challenges Posed by the Current Devices
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD

09.30 - 09.45

Discussion

09.45 - 10.00

Break

10.00 - 11.00

Treating Complex Aneurysmal Disease

10.00 - 10.10

Imaging – Preoperative Planning and New Techniques
Michael C. Moon, MD, FRCSC

10.10 - 10.22

Hybrid Approaches to Aortic Arch and Thoracoabdominal Disease
Lars G. Svensson, MD

10.22 - 10.34

Update on Branch Grafting of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Tara Mastracci, MD

10.34 - 10.46

Arch and Ascending Aorta - Can We Do It Totally Endovascularly?
Roy K. Greenberg, MD

10.46 - 11.00

Discussion

11.00 - 12.00

Emergencies and Dissections

11.00 - 11.12

Traumatic Transections – Is Endovascular the Treatment of Choice?
Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, MD

11.12 - 11.24

Endovascular Therapy for Mycotic Aneurysms, Aortoesophageal and Aortobronchial Fistula
Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD

11.24 - 11.36

Endovascular therapy for Acute Distal Dissections
Wilson Y. Szeto, MD

11.36 - 11.48

Endovascular Therapy for Chronic Distal Dissection
Eric E. Roselli, MD

11.48 - 12.00

Discussion

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch Break

13.00 - 16.00

Postgraduate Course. Percutaneous Valvular Therapies
Chair: Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, MD

13.00 - 13.15

The Aging Population – Increasing Number of High Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis?
A. Pieter Keppetein, MD, PhD

13.15 - 13.30

Scoring and Risk Assessment Results of Conventional AVR Patient Selection
Todd Michael Dewey, MD

13.30 - 13.45

Imaging for Transcatheter Valves (Echo, Angiography, CT)
Francesco Maisano, MD

13.45 - 14.05

Transfemoral Techniques & Results
TBD

14.05 - 14.25

Transapicial Techniques & Results
Thomas J. Walther, MD

14.25 - 14.45

Future Devices
Michael Mack, MD

14.45 - 15.00

Break

15.00 - 16.00

Round Table Discussion
Faculty: Todd Michael Dewey, MD; A. Pieter Kappetein, MD, PhD; Michael Mack, MD; Francesco Maisano, MD; Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, MD; Thomas J. Walther, MD;

Issues:

Training for Transcatheter AVI
Setup for Transcatheter AVI; Hybrid or Cathlab
Positioning for Transcatheter AVI
AV-Block After Transcatheter AVI
Paravalvular Leak
Future aspects
- Inclusion of Younger Patients
- Randomized Trials

16.00 - 17.30

Hands-On Skills Session

08.00 - 16.00

Postgraduate Course. Advances in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Chair: Kemp H. Kernstine, MD, PhD
Co-Chairs: Daniel L. Miller, MD & Thomas J. Watson, MD

08.00 - 09.00

Staging the Mediastinum
Moderator: John Howington, MD

08.00 - 08.12

Mediastinoscopy & VAMLA
Robert Cameron, MD

08.12 - 08.26

TEMLA/ Transcervical RUL
Marcin Zielinski, MD

08.26 - 08.38

EBUS
Mark Krasnik, MD

08.38 - 08.50

EUS to Stage the Mediastinum & Evaluate Esophageal & Mediastinal Tumors
Robert Cerfolio, MD

08:50 – 09:00

Discussion

09:00 – 09.30

Break

09.30 – 10:30

Surgical Treatment – Part I
Moderator: Scott Swanson, MD

09.30 – 09:42

VATS Lobectomy
Thomas D’Amico, MD

09.42 - 09.54

VATS Segmentectomy/Sleeve
Robert McKenna, MD

09.54 - 10.04

VATS Pneumonectomy
Todd Demmy, MD

10.04 - 10.16

Robotic Lobectomy/Segmentectomy/Pneumonectomy
Bernard Park, MD

10.16 - 10.30

Discussion

10.30 – 11:30

Surgical Treatment – Part 2
Moderator: Christopher Morse, MD

10.30 - 10.42

Transabdominal Metastasectomy
Frank Detterbeck, MD

10.42 - 10.54

Current Status and Techniques of Brachytherapy for Unresectable Lesions
Hiran Chrish Fernando, MD

10.54 - 11.06

Current Status and Techniques of Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) for Unresectable Lesions
Damian Dupuy, MD

11.06 - 11.18

Endobronchial Therapies – Ablative Therapies and Stents
Armin Ernst, MD

11:18 – 11:30

Discussion

11.30 - 12.30

Lunch Break

12.30 - 13.42

Mediastinum
Moderator: Joel Cooper, MD

12.30 - 12.42

Transcervical Thymectomy
Joseph Shrager, MD

12.42 - 12.54

VATS Thymectomy and Other Mediastinal Masses
Joshua Sonett, MD

12:54 – 13.06

Robotic Thymectomy and Other Mediastinal Masses
Jens Ruckert, MD

13.06 - 13.18

Minimally Invasive Sympathectomy
Daniel Miller, MD

13.18 - 13.30

Pericardial Window
Michael Chang, MD

13.30 - 13.42

Discussion

13.42 - 14.12

Treatment for Emphysema
Moderator: Gavin Wright, MD

13.42 - 13.54

VATS Treatment for Emphysema
Malcolm DeCamp, MD

13.54 - 14.06

Valve Technologies for the Treatment of Emphysema
Cliff Choong, MD

14.06 - 14.12

Discussion

14.12 - 14.30

Break

14.30 - 16.00

Esophagus
Moderator: Mark Krasna, MD

14.30 - 14.42

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Current Status & Future Prospects; World Prospective
Russell White, MD

14.42 - 14.54

Transthoracic Robotic Esophagectomy
Kemp Kernstine, MD

14.54 - 15.06

Transhiatal Robotic Esophagectomy
Santiago Horgan, MD

15.06 - 15.18

Minimally Invasive Approaches to Treating Benign Esophageal Disease
Virginia Litle, MD

15.18 - 15.33

Current Use of Stents, PDT, Laser & BarXX
Thomas Watson, MD

15.33 - 15.45

Transoral Anti-Reflux Procedures
Blair Jobe, MD

15.45 - 16.00

Discussion

16.00 - 18.00

Hands-On Skills Session
Co-Chairs: Kemp Kernstine, MD, PhD & Hiran Chrish Fernando, MD

Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery, Highlighting VATS Lobectomy
Leaders: Scott Swanson, MD & Todd Demmy, MD

Endobronchial Techniques – flexible and rigid bronchoscopy
Leaders: Armin Ernst, MD & Sudish Murthy, MD

EndoEsophageal Techniques
Leaders: Tom Watson, MD & Daniel Miller, MD

Radio Frequency Ablation Techniques (RFA)
Leaders: Damian Dupuy, MD & Hiran Chrish Fernando, MD

17.30 - 19.00

Exhibit Hall Open

14.00 - 19.30

Poster Viewing

17.00 - 19.00

Welcome Reception in Exhibition Hall

19.00 - 21.00

Case Reports Session (Working Supper)
Moderators: Alan Menkis, MD; Volkmar Falk, MD & Anthony DeSouza, MD

CR 1
Subendocardially Implanted Anuloplastyring In A Patient With Pacemaker Lead Associated Endocarditis
Markus Thalmann¹, Franz Veit¹, Gottfried H. Sodeck², Michael Gorlitzer¹, Martin Grabenwoeger¹;
¹Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, ²Univesity Hospital, Vienna, Austria

CR 2
Transapical Transcatheter Mitral Valve-In-Valve Implantation in a Human
Anson Cheung, Daniel Wong, Jian Ye, John G. Webb, Samuel V. Lichtenstein;
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

CR 3
Interventional Therapy of Prosthetic Paravalvular Leaks - A Case Series
Olaf Franzen, MD¹, Oliver Deutsch, MD², Joachim Schofer, MD¹, Christian Detter, MD², Thomas Meinertz, MD¹, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD²;
¹University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Hamburg, Germany, ²University Heart Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany

CR 4
Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation For Intraatrial Tumor Thrombectomy
Marcello Bergonzini¹, Enrico Citterio¹, Alessandro Piccinelli², Orazio Maugeri², Roberto Gallotti¹, Pierpaolo Graziotti²;
¹Istituto Clinico Humanitas. Reparto di Cardiochirurgia, Rozzano (MI), Italy, ²Istituto Clinico Humanitas. Reparto di Urologia, Rozzano (MI), Italy

CR 5
Transcatheter Closure of the Mitral Valve Prosthesis Leakage
Zan Kostadin Mitrev¹, Anguseva N. Tanja, Sr.¹, Ivan Milev¹, Dietmar Schranz².
¹Special Hospital of Cardiosurgery, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ²Cardiosurgery Centre Justus Liebig, Giessen, Germany.

CR 6
Beating Heart Aortic Valve Replacement After Previous All Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Markus Thalmann¹, Franz Veit¹, Gottfried H. Sodeck², Michael Gorlitzer¹, Martin Grabenwoeger¹;
¹Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, ²Univesity Hospital, Vienna, Austria

THURSDAY, 12 June 2008

05.30 - 08.00

Posters Available For Viewing

07.15 - 08.30

Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall

07.15 - 11.00

Exhibition Hall Hours

07.45 - 08.00

Opening & Welcome Remarks
Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP, ISMICS President

08.00 - 09.00

Session 1: Valve – Transcatheter Therapies
Moderators: Francesco Maisano, MD & Wiley Nifong, MD

08.00 - 08.12

1
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (pAVR) in Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis: First UK Experience
Hasan Jilaihawi, Tomasz Spyt, Derek Chin, Elaine Logtens, Johann Bence, Jan Kovac.;
Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

08.12 - 08.24

2
Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation - Current Results
Thomas Walther, Volkmar Falk, Michael A. Borger, Jörg Kempfert, Jens Fassl, Yvonne Rückert, Axel Linke, Gerhard Schuler, Friedrich W. Mohr;
Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

08.24 - 08.36

3
First Experiences with a Repositionable and Retrievable Bovine Pericardial Valve for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement - The Direct Flow Valve
Hendrik Treede¹, Joachim Schofer², Thilo Tübler², Olaf Franzen¹, Thomas Meinertz¹, Steven F. Bolling³, Hermann Reichenspurner¹;
¹University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ²Hamburg University Cardiovascular Center, Hamburg, Germany, ³University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

08.36 - 08.48

4*
Hybrid Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Lucian Lozonschi¹, Rene Quaden², Jochen Cremer², Niloo M. Edwards¹, Georg Lutter²;
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA, ²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

08.48 - 08.52

MP 1
Evaluating the Potential Role of Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement in the High-Risk Patients
Mario Gaudino, Amedeo Anselmi, Franco Glieca, Nicola Luciani, Carlo Cellini, Claudio Pragliola, Gianfederico Possati;
Catholic University, Rome, Italy

08.52 - 09.02

V 1
Combined Off-Pump Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and MIDCAB Revascularization
Anson Cheung, Daniel R. Wong, Jian Ye, John G. Webb, Samuel V. Lichtenstein;
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

09.00 - 09.45

Dedicated Hands-on Time – Exhibition Hall

09.45 - 10.45

Session 2. Valve – Minimally Invasive Approaches, Technologies & Techniques
Moderators: Anson Cheung, MD & Alan Menkis, MD

09.45 - 09.57

5
Two Institution Experience With 890 Video-Assisted Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgeries
Paul Modi¹, Evelio Rodriguez¹, Karen A. Gersch¹, Wilson Szeto², W Clark Hargrove², Walter Randolph Chitwood¹;
¹East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA, ²Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

09.57 - 10.09

6*
Redo Mitral Valve Surgery Via Right Sided Mini-Thoracotomy Is Safe and Effective
Joerg Seeburger, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Kuntze, Michael Borger, Nicolas Doll, Markus Czesla, Joerg Ender, Friedrich W. Mohr;
Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

10.09 - 10.21

7
Repair of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Beating Heart Using 3D Echo Guidance: AFeasibility Study
Nikolay V. Vasilyev¹, Franz P. Freudenthal², Douglas P. Perrin¹, Peter E. Hammer¹, Ivan S. Salgo³, Pedro J. del Nido¹;
¹Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, ²Kardiozentrum, La Paz, Bolivia, ³Philips Medical Systems, Andover, MA, USA

10.21 - 10.30

MP 2
The Minimally Invasive Medtentia Double Helix Mitral Annuloplasty System
Per Wierup¹, Morten Smerup¹, Jarmo Simpanen², Marianne Bjerre¹, Kalervo Werkkala²;
¹Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmark, ²Meilahti University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

MP 3
Reoperative Mitral Valve Surgery Using the Port-access Right Mini-thoracotomy Approach.
Steven R. Meyer, Wilson Y. Szeto, John G.T. Augoustides, Rohinton J. Morris, William J. Vernick, Deborah Paschal, Jeanne Fox, W. Clark Hargrove, III;
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

10.30 - 10.40

V 2
Robotic Artificial Chordal Replacement for Repair of Mitral Valve Prolapse
Louis A. Brunsting, III, Ricardo E. Orozco, J. Scott Rankin, Robert S. Binford;
Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

10.45 - 11.30

Invited Topic – Sutureless Valves
Moderators: Francesco Maisano, MD and Volkmar Falk, MD
Panelists:

Sutureless Valves: Design, Implantation Technique and Early Clinical Results
Thierry-Pierre Carrel, MD
A Modular Prosthesis for Nearly-Sutureless Implantation
Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, MD
Minithoracotomy AVR: How to Do It and Clinical Advantages
Mattia Glauber, MD

11.30 - 14.00

ISMICS International Fellows Session – Trainees to Consultants
Session Director: Francis D. Ferdinand, MD

11.30 – 14.00

Posters Available For Viewing

11.30 - 13.00

LUNCHEON SYMPOSIA

13.30 - 17.45

Exhibition Hall Hours

13.15 - 14.00

Late Breaking News
Moderator: Toshi Ohtsuka, MD

14.00 - 15.15

CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Revascularization Technologies
Moderators: Francis D. Ferdinand MD & Anno Diegeler, MD

14.00 - 14.12

8*
Temporary Atraumatic Coronary Artery Occlusion with a Thermosensitive Gel (LeGoo™) during OPCAB in Humans: Preliminary Results
Olivier Bouchot¹, Jean Pierre Berne¹, Robert L. Berger², Roger Brenot¹, Michel David¹;
¹CHU Le Bocage, Dijon, France, ²Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

14.12 - 14.24

9*
Outcomes in 434 Coronary Artery Bypass Patients Using 647 Heartstring™ Devices for the Clampless Construction of Proximal Anastomoses
Vinod H. Thourani, Shady M. Eldaieef, Christopher Mutrie, Thomas A. Vassiliades, Omar M. Lattouf, Robert A. Guyton, Caleb Rutledge, John D. Puskas;
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

14.24 - 14.36

10
Multi-suction Heart Positioner Tentacles Prevents Left Ventricular Volume Reduction During Heart Positioning: Three Dimentional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Analysis
Tokujiro Uchida¹, Hirokuni Arai², Megumi Ohata¹, Akihide Yamashita¹, Hiroyuki Tanaka², Koshi Makita¹;
¹Dept of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Dept of Cardiothoracic surgery, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

14.36 - 14.48

11
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Dual Center Report Of 285 Consecutive Cases
Joseph T. McGinn, Jr.¹, Vijayasimha R. Pothula¹, Scott M. Sadel¹, Benny Liliav¹, Praveen Potluru¹, William J. Molloy¹, Mark Ruel²;
¹Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA, ²University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

14.48 - 15.03

MP 4
Ten Year Outcome of Skeletonized BITA Grafting for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Aya Mohr¹, Dmitry Pevni¹, Gideon Uretzky¹, Itzhak Shapira¹, Amir Kramer¹, Yosef Paz¹, Benjamin Medalion², Rephael Mohr¹;
¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel

MP 5
Transmyocardial Revascularization Combined With Concentrated Autologous Stem Cells
Guillermo Reyes¹, Keith Allen², Adrian Alegre¹, Beatriz Aguado¹, Anas Sarraj¹, Jose-Manuel Nuche¹, Juan Duarte¹;
¹La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Mid America Heart Institute, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA

MP 6
Clinical Outcomes with Minimal Exposure Robotically Assisted Direct Coronary Revascularization
Francis P. Sutter, Francis D. Ferdinand, Candace Trace, Mary Ann C. Wertan, Scott M. Goldman;
Lankenau Hospital Div of Thor & CV Surgery, Wynewood, PA, USA

15.03 - 15.13

V 3
Multi Vessel Off-Pump Myocardial Revascularization Through A Mini-Thoracotomy Approach
Massimo Lemma¹, Guido Gelpi¹, Andrea Mangini¹, Giuseppe D'Arrigo², Carlo Antona¹;
¹Cardiovascular Surgery division L. Sacco Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²Cannizzaro Hosp. Department of Cardiovasc. Surg, Catania, Italy

14.00 - 15.14

CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Thoracic
Moderators: Gavin Wright, MD & Thomas J. Watson, MD

14.00 - 14.12

12*
VATS Thymectomy For Myasthenia Gravis Via A Right Side Approach: Long-Term Follow-Up
Cameron P. Keating¹, Yu Kong¹, Valerie Tay², Simon R. Knight³, C. Peter Clarke³, Gavin M. Wright¹;
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²Department of Neurology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ³Department of Thoracic Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

14.12 - 14.24

13
A Novel System for Measuring Longitudinal Postoperative Symptom Burden: Proof of Concept Comparing VATS versus Open Lobectomy
Ara Vaporciyan, Xin S. Wang, Santosh Bashkar, Arlene Correa, Qiuling Shi, Ibou Gning, Wayne Hofstetter, David Rice, Reza Mehran, Steven Swisher, Charles Cleeland;
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

14.24 - 14.36

14*
Transcervical Mediastinotomy Access to the AP Window: Patient Selection and Results
Robert Cameron¹, Shahriyour Andaz², Rick Peng¹, Raja Mahidhara¹;
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ²Long Island Thoracic Surgery, PC, Lynbrook, NY, USA

14.36 - 14.48

15
Robotic Laparoscopic Belsey Fundoplasty For Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta;
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

14.48 - 15.03

MP 7
Robot-Assisted Abdomen/Right Chest (Ivor Lewis) Esophagogastrectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother;
Washington Institute Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery, Washington, DC, USA

MP 8
Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) for Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma in a Resource-Limited Area of East Africa
Russell E. White;
Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya

MP 9
Ongoing Limited Resection Trial for Pulmonary Ground-glass Opacity (GGO) Nodules: Case Selection Based on High Resolution Computed Tomography
Junji Yoshida¹, Genichiro Ishii¹, Kanji Nagai¹, Mitsuyo Nishimura¹, Hiroyuki Ito², Yoichi Kameda², Haruhiko Nakayama², Kouzou Yamada², Yutaka Nishiwaki¹;
¹National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, ²Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan

15.03 - 15.13

V 4
Thoracoscopic Lobectomy with Chest Wall Resection
Chumy Nwogu, Sai Yendamuri, Todd Demmy;
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo, NY, USA

15.00 - 15.45

Dedicated Hands-On Time

15.45 - 17.00

CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Aortic Endovascular Therapies, Perfusion & Endovascular Technologies & Image Guided Therapies
Moderators: Volkmar Falk, MD & William Cohn, MD

15.45 - 15.57

16
Hypothermia Severely Affects Performance of Nitinol Based Endografts
Roberto Rodriguez, Ralph de la Torre, Mark Schermerhorn, Robert Hagberg, Frank Pomposelli;
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

15.57 - 16.09

17
Intraoperative Epiaortic Ultrasound Scanning Guides Operative Strategies and Identifies Patients at High Risk During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Omar M. Lattouf, Vinod H. Thourani, Patrick D. Kilgo, Kim T. Baio, Robert A. Guyton, John D. Puskas;
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

15.09 - 16.21

18
The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography and Multidetector CT to Quantify the Risk of Conduit Spasm Following Minimally Invasive CABG
Robert S. Poston, Junyan Gu, Nick Burris, Charles White;
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

16.21 - 16.33

19*
Value of Augmented Reality enhanced Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) for determining optimal Annuloplasty Ring size during Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
Stephan Jacobs, David Holzhey, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Volkmar Falk;
Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

16.33 - 16.48

MP 10
Comparative Imaging of Devices and Procedures for the Treatment of Structural Heart Disease
Timothy G. Laske¹, John R. Liddicoat¹, Paul A. Iaizzo²;
¹Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

MP 11
New Imaging Modalities for Guidance Within the Left and Right Heart: Is Ultrasound Sufficiently Reliable for Transapical Valved Stent Implantation?
Christoph H. Huber, Ludwig K. von Segesser;
University Hospital Lausanne -CHUV, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland

MP 12
Percutaneous Implantation of Thoracic Aortic Endografts - a Further Step to Reduce the Morbidity of the Procedure
Burkhart Zipfel, Semih Buz, Robert Hammerschmidt, Roland Hetzer;
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

16.48 - 16.58

V 5
Videoscopic Excision of Left Ventricular Myxoma
Ansar Hassan, Paul Modi, Carolyn J. Teng, Evelio Rodriguez, Walter Randolph Chitwood, Jr.;
East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

15.45 - 17.00

CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Thoracic Video Session
Moderators: Hani Shennib, MD & Daniel Miller, MD

V 6
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Takashi Suda, Yuka Kitamura, Sachiko Tochii, Hiroshi Sugimura, Yoshinobu Hattori;
Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan

V 7
Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy For Early Stage Lung Cancer - Video Presentation Of Robot Positioning And Operative Technique
Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo, Eric Strother, barbara Tempesta;
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

V 8
Robot-assisted Ivor Lewis Esophagogastrectomy For Esophageal Cancer- Video Presentation of Robot Positioning and Operative Procedure
Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother;
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

V 9
Videoscope-Assisted Latissimus Dorsi And Serratus Anterior Muscle-Sparing Vertical Thoracotomy For Lung Cancer Surgery
Doosang Kim, Young-Mee Ahn, Yong-Ho Rho;
Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

V 10
Robotic-Assisted, Minimally-Invasive Resection of High Chest Wall Lesions
Robert Cameron;
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

16.30 - 18.00

Exhibit Hall Reception

16.30 - 17.00

Posters Available For Viewing

17.00 - 18.00

Poster Competition: Round 1
Chief Moderators: Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP and John L. Knight, MD

Topic Moderators:

Thoracic - Michael Jaklitsch, MD
Revascularization Strategies I - Thomas A. Vassiliadies, MD
Revascularization Strategies II - Johannes Bonatti, MD
Endo-Vascular and Heart Failure - Eugene K.W. Sim, MD
Arrhythmia and General - Yugal K. Mishra, MD
Mitral Valve – Trans Cath and Minimally Invasive - Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, MD
Aortic Valve – Trans Cath and Minimally Invasive - Vassilios Gulielmos, MD

16.50 - 17.45

Dedicated Hands-On Time

17.30 - 19.30

Technical Challenges: Preoperative Strategies and Intraoperative Complications
Chair: Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD
Co-Chairs: Hermann Reichenspurner, MD and Patrick Nataf, MD

FRIDAY, 13 June 2008

07.30 - 08.30

Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall

07.30 - 10.30

Exhibition Hall Hours

08.00 - 09.15

CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Thoracic
Moderators: Kemp Kernstine, MD & Robert B. Cameron, MD

08.00 - 08.12

20
Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy (Temla) - Results Of Staging In 421 Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Nsclc)
M. Zielinski¹, J. Kuzdzal¹, L. Hauer¹, J Pankowski², T. Nabialek³, A. Szlubowski³, W. Sosnicki¹, J. Hauer¹;
¹Intensive Care Medicine of Pulmonary Hospital-Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zakopane, Poland, ²Intensive Care Medicine of Pulmonary Hospital-Department of Pathology, Zakopane, Poland, ³Intensive Care Medicine of Pulmonary Hospital-Department of Anesthesiology, Zakopane, Poland

08.12 - 08.24

21
Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy - A 5-Year-Experience
Jens C. Ruckert¹, Marc Swierzy¹, Mahmoud Ismail¹, Patrik Rogalla², Ralph I. Ruckert³, Andreas Meisel⁴;
¹Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Departments of Surgery, Berlin, Germany, ²Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Departments of Radiology, Berlin, Germany, ³University Medicine Berlin (Charité), Berlin, Germany, ⁴Universitätsmedizin Berlin- Department of Neurology, Berlin, Germany

08.24 - 08.36

22
Enhancement of Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgery: Four Arm Robotic Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy
Kenneth A. Lee;
Anne Arundel Medical center, Annapolis, MD, USA

08.36 - 08.48

23
Robotic Thoracoscopic Heller Myotomy For Achalasia
Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta;
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

08.48 - 09.03

MP 13
Successful Clinical and Radiological Outcomes Following Thoracoscopic Decortication in Critically Ill Patients
Prasad Adusumilli, Julie M. Schrader, Peter F. Ferson, Sebastien Gilbert;
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

MP 14
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: Pros and Cons of Open Vs VATS Approaches Learned from 67 Cases
Joseph B. Shrager;
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

MP 15
A Novel Minimally Invasive Approach for Lung Transplantation: Antero-Axillary Thoracotomy
Yoshiya Toyoda, Marco Zenati, Christian Bermudez, Brack Hattler, Kenneth McCurry;
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

09.03 - 09.13

V 11
Three Port VATS Segmentectomy For Lung Cancer
Makoto Oda, Isao Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Yachi, Kenichiro Saito, Takehisa Imagawa, Norihiko Ishikawa, Go Watanabe;
Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

08.00 - 09.15

CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Arrhythmia
Moderators: Randall K. Wolf, MD & Tohru Asai, MD

08.00 - 08.12

24
Focal Ablation Of Epicardial Ganglionated Plexus: Electrophysiological Modification And Regeneration Of Vagal Tone In Canine Atria
Shun-ichiro Sakamoto, Richard B. Schuessler, Anson Lee, Abdulhameed Aziz, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.;
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA

08.12 - 08.24

25
A Minimally Invasive Full Cox-Maze Procedure: Technique and Results
Anson M. Lee, Marci S. Bailey, Abdulhameed Aziz, Richard B. Schuessler, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.;
Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA

08.24 - 08.36

26
Novel Comprehensive Access for Minimally-Invasive Surgery for Lone Atrial Fibrillation
Gerard M. Guiraudon¹, Douglas L. Jones², Daniel Bainbridge³, Terrence M. Peters⁴.
¹CSTARCSTAR. LHSC LHRI. Robarts Research Institute. Schulich Medical School; UWO., London, ON, Canada, ²Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Schulich Medical School. CSTARCSTAR. LHSC LHRI. Robarts Research Institute. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ³LHSC LHRI. Department of Anesthesiology. Schulich Medical School.. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ⁴Robarts Research Institute. Department of Biophysics. CSTAR. LHSC. LHRI. Schulich Medical School.. UWO., London, ON, Canada

08.36 - 08.48

27*
Closed Chest Totally Endoscopic Bipolar Radiofrequency Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
Alaaddin Yilmaz;
St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

08.48 - 08.53

MP 16
Magnetocardiographic Map-guided Minimal Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Doosang Kim¹, Kiwoong Kim², Yong-Ho Lee², Eun-Bo Shim³, Seung-Pyung Lim⁴, Hyuk Ahn⁵;
¹Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²KRISS, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, ³Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, ⁴Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, ⁵Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

08.53 - 09.03

V12
Robotic Endoscopic Cox-Cryomaze: A Minimally Invasive Cure Of Continuous Atrial Fibrillation
Harold G. Roberts, Jr.¹, Faisal H. Cheema², Imran Khalid², Barry Crowe¹, Robert Green¹, Richard Brezing¹;
¹South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA, ²College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University & New York Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

09.03 - 09.13

V13
Paracardioscopic Ex-Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation
Andy C. Kiser, MD¹, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, MD, PhD², Boguslaw Kapelak, MD, PhD³, Krzysztof Bartus³, Jerzy Sadowski, MD, PhD³;
¹Arrhythmia Center of the Carolinas, Pinehurst, NC, USA, ²Klinik fur Herz-Thorax-Chirurgie, Bad Bevensen, Germany, ³Jagiellonian University, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Krakow, Poland

09.15 - 10.30

Dedicated Hands-On Time

10.00 - 10.30

ISMICS Member Business Meeting

10.30 - 11.00

Expert Consensus Statement – Stented versus Stentless Valves
John R. Pepper, MD, FRCS & Davy Cheng, MD

11.00 - 11.30

Presidential Address
Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP
Introduction by Randall K. Wolf, MD

12.00 – 13.30

LUNCHEON SYMPOSIA

13.30 - 16.00

Exhibition Hall Hours

13.30 - 14.30

SESSION 9: Revascularization Outcomes & Strategies
Moderators: Federico Benetti, MD & Pia Myken, MD

13.30 - 13.45

Historical Perspective - OPCAB, 29 Years of Follow up
Federico José Benetti, MD
Benetti Foundation, Santa Fe, Argentina

13.45 - 13.57

28
Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Propensity Score Analyses
Jochen Börgermann¹, Benita von Salviati², Jan F. Gummert¹, Johannes Haerting², Oliver Kuß²;
¹Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany, ²Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany

13.57 - 14.09

29*
The Impact of Off-Pump versus On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications and Mortality in Patients with COPD
Faraz Kerendi¹, John D. Puskas¹, Omar M. Lattouf¹, Michael E. Halkos¹, Patrick Kilgo², Robert A. Guyton¹, Vinod H. Thourani¹;
¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA, ²Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA

14.09 - 14.23

MP 17
Impact of Prior Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Multivessel Disease Undergoing Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Takeshi Kinoshita, Tomoaki Suzuki, Osamu Nishimura, Hirohisa Ikegami, Atsushi Kambara, Keiji Matsubayashi, Tohru Asai;
Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan

MP 18
Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Predicts Wound Complications After Coronary Bypass Surgery With Bilateral vs. Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts: A Propensity Adjusted Analysis
John D. Puskas, Michael E. Halkos, Vinod H. Thourani, Patrick D. Kilgo, Omar M. Lattouf, Robert A. Guyton;
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

MP 19
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Associated with Reduced Operative Mortality and In-Hospital Adverse Events in Patients with Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
Omar M. Lattouf, Vinod H. Thourani, Patrick D. Kilgo, Robert A. Guyton, John D. Puskas;
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

14.23 - 14.33

V 14
Endoscopic versus Minimally Invasive Direct LIMA Harvesting - Impact on Early And Late Graft Patency - Results of a Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Study
Krzysztof Filipiak¹, Seweryn Wiechowski², Jaroslaw Goracy², Tomasz Hrapkowicz¹, Michael O. Zembala, Jr.1, Marian Zembala¹;
¹Silesian Center For Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, ²Pomeranian Medical University, Dept of Cardiovascular Surgery, Szczecin, Poland

14:33 – 15.18

Dedicated Hands-On Time

15.18 - 16.33

Session 10: Heart Failure & Assist Devices
Moderators: Jan Gummert, MD and Lishan Aklog, MD

15.18 - 15.27

MP 20
Wrap Tightness Determines Reverse Remodeling with Ventricular Restraint Therapy
Lawrence S. Lee, Ravi K. Ghanta, Aravind Rangaraj, Ramanan Umakanthan, Minoru Tabata, Rita G. Laurence, John A. Fox, Ralph M. Bolman, Lawrence H. Cohn, Frederick Y. Chen.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

MP 21
A Pericardial-based Bioscaffold Promotes Ventricular Remodeling and Regeneration
Adam E. Saltman¹, Jacques P. Guyette², Damon Kelly³, Daniel V. Filipe², Megan K. Murphy², Deep Singh², Nicholas S. McBride², George D. Pins², B. N. Oray⁴, Glenn R. Gaudette²;
¹Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA, ²Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA, ³Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA, ⁴Synovis Life Technologies, St. Paul, MN, USA

MP 22
Concordance of Sites With Latest Activation and Epicardial Left Ventricular Lead Fixation is a Strong Predictor of Response to Robotically Implanted Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Ajay Shah, Rawa Sarji, Olga Kuteyeva, Sripal Bangalore, Ganesh Kamath, Sandhya K. Balaram, Jonathan Steinberg, Farooq Chaudhry. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA

15.27 - 15.32

Discussion

15.32 - 15.41

MP 23
Percutaneous, Trans-Septal Reduction Of The Dilated Left Ventricle In Sheep With Chronic Lad Occlusion And Antero-Septal Scar: The Dor Procedure Through A Catheter?
Lon S. Annest¹, Claudio Argento¹, Shizhen Liu², Mani Vannan², Michael Acker³, Mani Subramanian⁴.
¹BioVentrix, San Ramon, CA, USA, ²Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ⁴Lenox Hill, New York, NY, USA

MP 24
A Case Match Study of Efficacy of Direct Intramyocardial Injection of Autologous Angiogenic Cell Precursors for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Permyos Ruengsakulrach, MD, PhD, Kitipan V. Arom, MD, PhD, Vitoon Pitiguagool, MD;
Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

MP 25
Aptamer-Based Isolation and Subsequent Imaging of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ischemic Myocardium by Magnetic Resonance Tomography
Albertus M. Scheule, Tobias Walker, Vladimir Voth, K. Guo, Tim O. Greiner, R. Schäfer, Jakub Wiskirchen, R. Kehlbach, J. Pintaske, C D. Claussen, H. Northoff, Gerhard Ziemer;
University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

15.41 - 15.46

Discussion

15.46 - 15.56

V 15
Left Ventricular Reconstruction With realignment of Papillary Muscles Improves Ventricular Function In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Sanjay Kumar, R U. Nair;
Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom

15.56 - 16.40

State of the Art Lecture:
Acute Heart Failure
Anson Chueng, MD
Microaxial Flow Pumps in Acute Right Heart Failure – Current Status
Jan Gummert, MD
Cardiolyte – A Mini-pump for Left Heart Failure
Bartley Griffith, MD
3rd Generation Centrifugal Pumps
Michael Morshuis, MD

16.40 - 17.25

Poster Competition Finals
Moderators: Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP, John L. Knight, MD and Vassilios Gulielmos, MD

18.00 - 19.30

Attendee Reception (Top of the Hub Skywalk, Prudential Center, Boston)

22.00 - 23.30

President’s Nightcap

SATURDAY, 14 June 2007

07.00 - 08.00

Continental Breakfast

08.00 - 09.30

Session 11: Other Innovative Technologies & Techniques/Pediatrics
Moderators: John Puskas, MD & Gregory P. Fontana, MD

08.00 - 08.15

State of the Art Lecture: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery for Infants and Children: Journeys Into Inner Space
Gregory P. Fontana, MD

08.15 - 08.27

30
Left Pleural Warmer for OPCAB
Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka;
Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

08.27 - 08.39

31
Robotically Assisted Left Internal Mammary Artery to Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Beating Heart Totally Endoscopic CABG: Better Than Stent?
Sudhir Srivastava, MD, Zoila Reyna Barrera, Pac, Shaune Quismundo, RN;
Univ. Of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Il, USA

08.39 - 08.51

32
Off Pump, Atrial Septal Defect Closure Using the Universal Cardiac Introducer®. Creation and Closure of an ASD in a Porcine Model: Access and Surgical Technique
Gerard M. Guiraudon¹, Douglas L. Jones², Daniel Bainbridge³, John T. Moore⁴, Christopher Wedlake⁵, Cristian Linte⁶, Andrew Wiles⁷, Terrence M. Peters⁸;
¹CSTAR LHSC LHRI. Robarts Research Institute. Department of Surgery. Schulich Medical school. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ²Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. CSTAR LHSC LHRI. Robarts Research Institute. Schulich Medical School. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ³CSTAR LHSC LHRI. Department of Anesthesiology. Schulich Medical School. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ⁴Robarts Research Institute. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ⁵Robarts Research Institute. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ⁶Robarts Research Institute. Department of Biophysics. Schulich Medical School. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ⁷Robarts Research Institute. Department of Biophysics. Schulich Medical School. UWO., London, ON, Canada, ⁸Robarts Research Institute. CSTAR LHSC LHRI.Department of Biophysics. Schulich Medical School. UWO., London, ON, Canada

08.51 - 09.03

33*
Ministernotomy for Repair of Congenital Cardiac Disease
Vinod A. Sebastian, M.D.¹, Kristine J. Guleserian, M.D.², Steven Leonard, M.D.2, Hisashi Nikaidoh², Joseph Forbess²;
¹UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA, ²Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

9.03 - 09.13

MP 26
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass in Paediatric Patients with Kawasaki Disease of the Left Anterior Descending Artery
J Karunanantham, C Salih, R Trimlett, D Shore, Anthony C. De Souza;
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

MP 27
Closed Extracorporeal Circuit Reduces Coagulofibrinolytic And Inflammatory Responses In Coronary Artery Surgery: Prospective Comparison Between Closed And Open Circuits
Atsushi Nakahira, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Hidekazu Hirai, Toshihiro Fukui, Yosuke Takahashi, Shinsuke Kotani, Masanori Sakaguchi, Manabu Motoki, Shigefumi Suehiro;
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

09.13 - 09.23

V 16
Worlds First Case Report of a Unique Therapeutic Strategy in Post Myocardial Infarct Ventricular Septal Rupture
Harshbir S. Pannu, Mch.¹, Puneet Verma, DM², Radha Krishanan, DM³;
¹Batra Hospital & Research centre, New Delhi, India, ²Prime heart Institute, Chandigarh, India, ³Escorts Heart Institute & Research centre, New Delhi, India

09.30 - 10.00

Invited Topic: Cardiac Care
Moderator: Sir Bruce Keogh, MD

Panelists:

Naresh Trehan, MD
Sir Bruce Keogh, MD

10.00 - 10.45

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Robert S. Langer, ScD
Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

10.45 - 11.45

Panel Discussion: Minimally Invasive Approach to Re-Do Surgery

Moderator:	Sir Bruce Keogh, MD
Panelists:	Aortic Valve Francis D. Ferdinand, MD, FRCS, FACS, FACC Mitral Valve Wiley Nifong, MD Redo CABG by Thoroctomy John Puskas, MD Redo Aortic Arch Surgery Eric Roselli, MD

11.45 - 12.30

Current Controversies – The End of Coronary Stenting?

12.30

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