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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:iii-xxiv. doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.0000S9
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21st EACTS Meeting

Programme/List of Abstracts

Suppl. 3 to Vol. 6 (September 2007)


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CARDIAC
Organisers V. Falk and members of the New Technology Resource Group (Leipzig)
Session 1 Hybrid Therapy
Moderators M. Grabenwöger, F. Maisano (Vienna, Milan)
Award Presentation: To be announced
Hybrid concept in paediatric valve surgery R. Prêtre, Zurich
Hybrid concept in aortic surgery M. Grabenwöger, Vienna
Hybrid concept in coronary artery bypass graft surgery G. Angelini, Bristol
Live Cases:
Stenting of the thoracic aorta B. Zipfel, Berlin
Hybrid revascularisation (Robotic/interventional therapy) J. Bonatti, G. Friedrich, Innsbruck
Round Table: Hybrid therapy – fact or fiction? G. Angelini, Bristol; M. Grabenwöger,
Vienna; F. Maisano, Milan; R. Prêtre,
Zurich
Session 2 Mitral Valve Surgery
Moderators V. Falk, H. Vanerman (Leipzig, Aalst)
Interventional mitral valve repair - edge to edge F. Maisano, Milan
Catheter based annuloplasty – will it be possible? P. Perier, Bad Neustadt/Saale
Added benefits of robotics in mitral valve repair J.M. Smith, Cincinnati
Transapical Chordae Replacement G. Speziali, Pittsburgh
Totally endoscopic atrial ablation – a new approach G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
Live Cases:
Minimally invasive mitral valve repair with new exposure platform O. Jegaden, Lyon
Minimally invasive mitral valve repair using adjustable mitral valve ring R. Klautz, Leiden
Mitral valve repair with bioabsorbable ring A. Kalangos, Geneva
Session 3 Endovascular and Transapical Surgery
Moderators M. Mack, G. Wimmer-Greinecker (Dallas, Bad Bevensen)
Sutureless aortic valve implantation A. Haverich, Hannover
Transfemoral aortic valve replacement T. Folliguet, Paris
Implications of valve design and implant techniques on aortic root geometry X.Y. Jin, Oxford
Transapical aortic valve replacement – current status M. Mack, Dallas
Live demonstration of simulator for transapical aortic valve replacement (TAP) M. Mack, Dallas
Live Cases:
Transapical re-aortic valve replacement (valve in a valve concept) T. Walther, Leipzig
Round Table: The best option for aortic valve replacement – standard, V. Falk, Leipzig; A. Haverich, Hannover;
transapical, transfemoral T. Folliguet, Paris; M. Mack, Dallas;
G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
Session 4 Heart failure
Moderators G. Gerosa, M. Yacoub (Padua, London)
Results repair AMI study A. Zeiher, Frankfurt
Ventricular assist devices for recovery in primary dilated cardiomyopathy M. Yacoub, London
From ABO incompatible heart transplant to xenotransplantation E. Cozzi, Padua
Cell therapy in ischaemic settings: facts and fictions G. Gerosa, Padua
New concept for cardiac assist therapy H. Jakob, Essen
Live Cases:
Ventricular restoration therapy L. Menicanti, Milan
THORACIC The Future of Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Organisers R. Schmid and members of the Thoracic Committee and
the New Technology Resource Group (Bern)
Session 1 Computer Assisted Stapling
Moderators W. Klepetko, R. Schmid (Vienna, Bern)
Live Case:
VATS lobectomy performed with the computer-controlled D. Gossot, Paris
stapling system for lung surgery
Presentation:
Computer-controlled stapling system for lung surgery C. Frizzi
Session 2 Ergonomics during Thoracoscopic Interventions
Moderators G. Leschber, F. Melfi (Berlin, Pisa)
Ergonomic problems encountered during video-assisted L. Kranenburg, Rotterdam
thoracic surgery
Live Case:
Thoracoscopic lung resection D. Gossot, Paris
Presentation:
Use of ergometric research as a tool in product development A. Quinn, Cincinnati
Session 3 New Instruments for VATS
Moderators A. Varela, R. Wolf (Madrid, Cincinnati)
Requirements for instruments to perform complex minimally W. Walker, Edinburgh
invasive thoracic interventions
Robotic thoracic surgery - the future solution for minimally L. Spaggiari, Milan
invasive mediastinal lymphadenectomy?
The future of surgery R. Wolf, Cincinnati


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Adult Cardiac General Thoracic Congenital Heart Endovascular Perfusion Basic Science Education and
Surgery Disease Intervention Manpower
Room B Room C Room A Room D Room Jura Room G Room E

08:30-10:00 09:00-10:30 09:30-11:00 10:00-12:30 08:30-10:30 09:00-11:00 12:00-13:00
Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Manpower planning:
The forgotten The thoracic surgeon The evolving Endovascular Modifications of Basics in matching the needs
valve - tricuspid and tuberculosis: role of hybrid aneurysm repair cardiopulmonary cardiovascular in a changing
valve disease new challenges in an procedures in bypass tissue engineering specialty
old disease the treatment of
congenital heart
disease
10:10-10:40 10:30-11:00 11:00-11:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-11:30
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
10:40-12:20 11:00-12:00 11:30-12:30 11:00-12:00 11:30-13:00
Session 2 Session 2 Session 2 Session 2 Session 2
Infective Tough decisions for Fontan Recombinant Heart valve tissue
endocarditis thoracic surgeons - circulation Faktor VIIa engineering
interactive cases
12:20-13:30 12:00-13:30 12:30-13:30 12:30-13:30 12:00-13:00 13:00-14:00
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:30-15:15 13:30-14:00 14:00-16:30 13:30-16:00 13:00-14:30 14:00-15:30
3rd EACTS/ESC Session 3 Session 3 Session 2 Session 3 Session 3
Joint Session Evidence Review Total anomalous Advanced Minimised Myocardial tissue
Lecture pulmonary endovascular cardiopulmonary engineering
venous return aneurysm repair bypass circuits
and pulmonary
vein stenosis
interactive video
session
15:15-16:30 14:00-15:30 14:30-16:00
Session 3 Session 4 Session 4
Aortic valve - Broncho-alveolar Heart and lung
video session carcinoma (BAC): assist
new concepts
16:30 Exhibition Opens


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ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
Organisers M. Antunes, G. El Khoury, P. Kolh (Coimbra, Brussels, Liege)
Session 1 The Forgotten Valve - Tricuspid Valve Disease
Chairman M. Antunes (Coimbra)
08:30 Aetiology and pathology of tricuspid valve disease C. Basso, Padova
08:50 Clinical and echocardiographic criteria to determine C. Barwolf, Bad Krozingen
severity of tricuspid valve disease
09:10 When should the tricuspid valve be operated on in patients G. Dreyfus, London
with mitral valve disease
09:30 Late tricuspid valve insufficiency M. Antunes, Coimbra
09:50 Discussion
10:10 Coffee
Session 2 Infective Endocarditis
Chairman P. Kolh (Liege)
10:40 Aetiology and pathology C. Basso, Padova
11:00 Diagnosis and medical treatment G. Habib, Marseille
Surgical treatment
11:20 - replacement C. Acar, Paris
11:40 - repair G. El Khoury, Brussels
12:00 Discussion
12:20 Lunch
3rd EACTS/ESC Joint Session
Chairman O. Alfieri (Milan)
Valve Surgery/Intervention in the Elderly
13:30 Evaluating ageing: when is the elderly patient too old? B. Keogh, London
13:50 Current practice in Europe: how often is surgery denied to elderly patients? J.L. Vanovershelde, Brussels
14:10 Mitral valve repair: specific issues in the elderly F. Maisano, Milano
14:30 Excessive risk in aortic valve surgery: age and beyond M. Mack, Dallas
14:50 The transcatheter (percutaneous and transapical) options A. Vahanian, Paris
15:10 Discussion
Session 3 Aortic Valve - Video Session
Chairmen G. El Khoury, M. Antunes (Brussels, Coimbra)
15:15 Assessment of the functional anatomy of aortic regurgitation using transoesophageal echocardiography. Accuracy, prediction of surgical repairability and implications for the timing of surgery J.L. Vanovershelde, Brussels
15:55 Aortic valve repair, state of the art (videos) G. El Khoury, Brussels
16:25 General comments and general discussion M. Antunes, Coimbra
16:30 Close
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Organisers Thoracic Surgery Committee Members
Session 1 The Thoracic Surgeon and Tuberculosis: New Challenges in an Old Disease
Chairman S. Elia (Rome)
09:00 What's new in tuberculosis: epidemiology, diagnostics, drug resistance L. Richeldi, Modena
09:30 The present status of tuberculosis in Eastern Europe M. Yuksel, Istanbul
10:00 Current indications and practice of major resections for tuberculosis C. Paleru, Bucharest
10:30 Coffee
Session 2 Tough Decisions for Thoracic Surgeons - Interactive Cases
Chairman T. Treasure (London)
11:00 Tough decisions for thoracic surgeons - Interactive cases G. Varela, Seville;
H.B. Ris, Lausanne;
G. Leschber, Berlin
12:00 Lunch
Session 3 Evidence Review Lecture
Chairman W. Klepetko (Vienna)
13:30 The size of thoracic incisions: what is the level of evidence? A. Hensens, Enschede
Session 4 Broncho-Alveolar Carcinoma (BAC): New Concepts
Chairmen P. van Schil, R. Schmid (Antwerp, Bern)
14:00 - pathology of BAC K. Kerr, Aberdeen
14:20 - imaging of BAC R. Salgado, Antwerp
14:40 - surgery for BAC R. Rami Porta, Barcelona
15:00 - targeted therapies for BAC P. Baas, Amsterdam
15:20 Discussion
15:30 Close
CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
Organisers Congenital Heart Surgery Committee Members
Session 1 The Evolving Role of Hybrid Procedures in the Treatment of Congenital
Heart Defects
Chairmen G. Sarris, L. Zannini (Athens, Genova)
09:30 Hybrid approaches for management of single ventricle, from Norwood E. Bacha, Boston
stage I to completion Fontan
09:45 Intraoperative deployment of stents or occluder devices M. Hazekamp, Leiden
10:00 Intraoperative off-pump pulmonary valve replacement T. Carrel, Bern
10:15 Transcatheter pre or postoperative intervention as an adjunct to M. Carminati, Milan
management of complex problems
10:30 Discussion
11:00 Coffee
Session 2 Fontan Circulation
Chairmen B. Maruszewski, R. Prêtre (Warsaw, Zurich)
11:30 Physiology of parallel and in series circulation, systolic and diastolic D. Sidi, Paris
functions. What remains from the initial commandments?
11:45 The various types of Fontan and fenestration. The old ones and their M. de Leval, London
consequences in Fontan conversion
12:00 The long-term complications and treatment in Fontan patients M. Gewillig, Leuven
- protein loosing enteropathy, plastic bronchitis, AV pulmonary fistulae
- aortopulmonary collaterals
- heart transplantation
12:15 The new forms of Fontan M. Galantowicz, Columbus
 off-pump
 endoprothetic
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Session 3 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Interactive Video Session
Chairmen J. Comas, T. Spray (Madrid, Philadelphia)
14:00 Anatomical considerations (total anomalous pulmonary venous A. Cook, London
return – congenital pulmonary vein stenosis)
‘Standard’ repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return: transatrial J. Rubay, Brussels
and posterior approaches (videos)
‘Sutureless’ primary repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return C. Caldarone, Toronto
and ‘Sutureless’ repair of pulmonary vein stenosis (video)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return and heterotaxy syndromes S. Sano, Okayama
Lung transplantation for pulmonary vein stenosis (video) T. Spray, Philadelphia
Invited Comments M. Gewillig, Leuven;
F. Lacour-Gayet, Denver
16:30 Close
ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTION
Organiser L. von Segesser (Lausanne)
Session 1 Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Chairmen M. Grabenwöger, L.K. von Segesser (Vienna, Lausanne)
10:00 Endovascular device overview H. Shennib, Montreal
10:20 EVAR for the abdominal aorta B. Marty, Fribourg
10:40 Endograft extension: how much oversizing is necessary? V. Argitis, Athens
11:00 Emergency endovascular repair of traumatic aortic ruptures P. Tozzi, Lausanne
11:20 Emergency endovascular repair of the ruptured abdominal aorta M. Lachat, Zurich
11:40 How to get involved in endovascular surgery L. von Segesser, Lausanne
12:00 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Session 2 Advanced Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Chairmen F. Beyersdorf, C. Miller (Freiburg, Stanford)
13:30 Overstenting of the subclavian artery J. Schmidli, Bern
13:50 Endovascular repair of the ascending aorta C. Miller, Stanford
14:10 Hybrid arch repair M. Czerny, Vienna
14:30 Frozen elephant trunk M. Karck, Hannover
14:50 Frozen elephant trunk extension Y. Okita, Kyoto
15:10 Thoraco-abdominal endovascular aneurysm repair E. Weigang, Mainz
15:30 EVAR for type B aortic dissection G. Dialetto, Naples
16:00 Close
PERFUSION
Organiser A. Wahba (Trondheim)
Session 1 Modifications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chairmen M. de Jong, A. Moritz (Nieuwegein, Frankfurt)
08:30 Pulsatile CPB - what is the evidence? A. Wahba, Trondheim
08:50 Pulsatility in adult perfusion F. Onorati, Catanzaro
09:10 Pulsatility in paediatric perfusion A. Undar, Hershey
09:30 ECC in minimal access surgery R. Lange, Munich
09:50 Pulmonary perfusion during CPB C. Schlensack, Freiburg
10:10 Drew circulation: extracorporeal circulation without oxygenator P. Tassani-Prell, Munich
10:30 Coffee
Session 2 Recombinant Faktor VIIa
Chairmen P. Skov Olsen, A. Wahba (Copenhagen, Trondheim)
11:00 Isolated lung perfusion in pulmonary malignancy P. van Schil, Antwerp
11:20 Experiences and indications with rFVIIa C. von Heymann, Berlin
11:40 rFVIIa in cardiac surgery, advantages and drawbacks P. Skov Olsen, Copenhagen
12:00 Lunch
Session 3 Minimized Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits
Chairmen A. Liebold, F. Merkle (Rostock, Berlin)
13:00 Why use a mini-CPB for valve surgery O. Bical, Paris
13:20 Experiences with retrograde autologous priming in mini-CPB systems F. Waanders, Nieuwegein
13:40 Portable heart lung machine – a new indication for mini-CPB M. Massetti, Caen
14:00 ‘Mini-CPB combined to an optoelectrical suction device - Useful tool
for whom?’ F. Immer, Bern
14:30 Coffee
Session 4 Heart and Lung Assist
Chairmen D. Birnbaum, S. Westaby (Regensburg, Oxford)
15:00 The portable organ preservation system R. Poston, Baltimore
15:20 Long-term heart assist R. Hetzer, Berlin
15:40 New devices for short-term assist S. Westaby, Oxford
16:00 Acute life support by extracorporeal assist D. Birnbaum, Regensburg
16:20 Close
BASIC SCIENCE
Organisers A. Haverich, J. Vaage (Hannover, Oslo)
Session 1 Basics in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
Chairmen G. Gerosa, A. Haverich (Padua, Hannover)
09:00 Welcome, introduction J. Vaage, Oslo
09:05 Cells for cardiovascular tissue engineering M. Siepe, Freiburg
09:35 Matrices for cardiovascular tissue engineering O. Caspi, Haifa
10:05 In vivo – in vitro signals W-H. Zimmermann, Hamburg
10:30 Requirements for an integrated tissue engineering research laboratory S. Däbritz, Munich
11:00 Coffee
Session 2 Heart Valve Tissue Engineering
Chairmen S. Hoerstrup, W.H. Zimmermann (Zurich, Hamburg)
11:30 Cells and bioreactors G. Gerosa, Padua
12:00 Matrices S. Hoerstrup, Zurich
12:30 Experimental and clinical results S. Cebotari, Hannover
13:00 Lunch
Session 3 Myocardial Tissue Engineering
Chairmen G. Steinhoff, J. Vaage (Rostock, Oslo)
14:00 Cell sources G. Steinhoff, Rostock
14:30 Matrices P. Akhyari, Heidelberg
15:00 Experimental results A. Haverich, Hannover
15:30 Close
EDUCATION AND MANPOWER
Organiser Member of the Surgical Training and Manpower Committee
Manpower Planning: Matching the Needs in a Changing Specialty
Chairman J.R. Sadaba (San Sebastián)
Importance of effective manpower planning in healthcare P. Sergeant, Leuven
Planning the medical workforce in Europe. How to do it? C. Takkenberg, Tilburg


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ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
Endovascular Intervention
Organiser A.P. Kappetein (Rotterdam)
Chairmen J. Bekkers, R. Klautz (Rotterdam, Leiden)
Endovascular stent-graft treatment for acute and M. Grimm, Vienna
chronic type B aortic dissection
Aortic stent grafting for contained rupture of the R. Heijmen, Nieuwegein
descending aorta
Treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg
with a combined endovascular and surgical
approach
CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
Surgical Management of Transposition of Great
Arteries/Ventricular Septal Defect/Left Ventricular
Outflow Tract Obstruction
Organisers Congenital Heart Surgery Committee members
Chairmen H. Sairanen, V. Tsang (Helsinki, London)
Rastelli operation W. Brawn, Birmingham
REV (Lecompte) operation D. Di Carlo, Rome
REV operation: Marseilles approach D. Metras, Marseilles
Aortic translocation procedure V. Morell, Pittsburgh
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Organisers Members of the Thoracic Committee
Chairman T. Treasure (London) P. Van Schil, Antwerp
Follow-up after lung cancer resection.
What do we do? What should we do? (Interactive session)


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ADULT CARDIAC (MIXED ADULT AND PAEDIATRIC)
Adults with Congenital Disease: Management of
Progressive Aortic Root Dilatation
Organiser J. Comas (Madrid)
Chairmen J. Comas, G.El Khoury, V. Tsang (Madrid, Brussels, London)
View points from
- a grown-up congenital cardiologist S. Cullen, London
- a congential cardiac surgeon D. Cameron, Baltimore
- an adult surgeon H.J. Schäfers, Homburg
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Screening for Lung Cancer: New Evidence
Organisers Members of the Thoracic Surgery Committee
Chairman S. Elia (Rome)
Screening for lung cancer: new horizons in imaging and P. de Leyn, Leuven
endoscopic techniques
Chemoprevention for individuals at high-risk of developing N. Van Zandwijk,
lung cancer: enough data? Amsterdam


    21st EACTS MEETING OVERVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME (Rooms and corresponding Abstract numbers) MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2007
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07:30-08:30 Breakfast Sessions
Adult Cardiac (Room C) Thoracic (Room D) Congenital (Room E) Film Session 1 (Room Jura)
(F1-F5)
08:30-09:15 Session 1 (Room AB) Session 2 (Room C) Session 3 Session 4 (Room Jura) Session 5
Young Investigator Award Young Investigator Award (Room Mt Blanc) Thoracic Aorta (Room Salève)
Cardiac Thoracic Young Investigator Hans Borst Award Young Investigator
Oral Oral Award Oral Award
(001-003) (004-006) Congenital (010-012) Experimental
Oral Oral
(007-009) (013-015)
09:20-10:20 Plenary Session (Room AB)
Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery Innovation In 2007
10:20-10:50 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
10:50-11:50 Session 6 (Room AB) Session 7 (Room C) Session 8 (Room Mt Blanc)
The President's Choice The President's Choice The President's Choice
Cardiac Thoracic Congenital
Oral Oral Oral
(016-019) (020-023) (024-027)
12:00-12:45 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (Room AB)
S. Hagl, Heidelberg, Germany
Cardiothoracic Surgery 2007: Time for Re-appraisal
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Visit Exhibits: Satellite Symposia
14:00-15:00 Session 9 (Room AB) Session 10 (Room C) Session 11 Session 12 (Room Jura) Session 13
Predicting Risk and Mesothelioma (Room Mt Blanc) Valve Repair (Room Salève)
Outcomes Forum Congenital Forum Endovascular Aortic
Oral (032-036) Forum (043-047) Surgery
(028-031) (037-042) Forum
(048-053)
15:00-15:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
15:30-17:00 Session 14 (Room AB) Session 15 (Room C) Session 16 (Room Session 17 (Room Jura) Session 18
Outcomes after Valve Oesophagus and Mt Blanc) Coronary (Room Salève)
Surgery including C W Tracheobronchial Congenital Oral Experimental
Lillehei Award Surgery Forum (081-086) DIP
Forum Forum (072-080) (087-095)
(054-062) (063-071)
17:00-18:00 EACTS General Assembly (Room Mt Blanc)


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07:30-08:30 Breakfast Sessions
Adult and Paediatric Thoracic Film Session 2 (Room Jura)
(Room Mt Blanc) (Room D) (F6-F10)
08:30-10:30 Session 19 (Room AB) Session 20 (Room C) Session 21 Session 22 (Room Jura) Session 23 (Room
Minimally Invasive and Lung Cancer Staging (Room Mt Blanc) Challenges in Aortic Salève)
Percutaneous Valve and Management Forum Congenital Surgery Cardiopulmonary
Oral (104-115) DIP Forum Bypass and Assisted
(096-103) (116-127) (128-138) Circulation
Forum
(139-150)
10:30-11:15 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
11:15–12:00 BASIC SCIENCE LECTURE (Room AB)
K. Mainzer, Augsburg
Challenges of Complexity in the 21st Century: Risk, Chance and Self-organisation in Nature and Science
12:00-12:45 HONOURED GUEST LECTURE (Room AB) Film Session 3 (Room Salève)
A. Vahanian, Paris Thoracic
Percutaneous Valve Therapy: present and future (F11-F14)
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Visit Exhibits: Satellite Symposia
14:00-15:00 Session 24 Session 25 Session 26 Session 27 Session 28 Health
(Room AB) (Room C) (Room Mt Blanc) (Room Jura) (Room Salève) Management
High-Risk Cardiac Metastasectomy Congenital Coronary Arterial Valves Course
Surgery Forum Forum Grafts DIP (Room Cervin)
Oral (155-160) (161-166) Forum (173-178) Leadership for
(151-154) (167-172) Change Symposium
15:00-15:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
15:30-17:30 Session 29 Session 30 Session 31 Session 32 Session 33 Congenital
(Room AB) (Room C) (Room (Room Jura) (Room Salève) Business
Arrhythmia Thoracic Risks, Mt Blanc) Cardiac Transplantation Meeting
and Coronary Strategies and Cardiac General Oral (Room D)
Oral Outcomes General Oral (215-222)
(179-186) Forum Oral (207-214)
(187-198) (199-206)


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08:30-10:00 Plenary Session (Room AB)
TOWARDS SAFER REPEAT CARDIAC AND THORACIC SURGERY
10:00-10:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
10:30-13:45 Reoperations in Adult Heart Surgery Reoperations in General Reoperations in Congenital
(Room AB) Thoracic Surgery Heart Surgery
(Room C) (Room Mt Blanc)
13:45 Meeting Ends


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 TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2007
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Abstract
07:30–08:30 Film Session 1
Room Jura
07:30 F1 FLOW-SENSITIVE 4D MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: PATHOLOGICAL BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS IN ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSMS
E. Weigang, F. Kari, M. Luehr, J. Kobba, A. Frydrychowicz, M. Markl, C. Heilmann, F. Beyersdorf (Germany)
07:40 F2 EX-VIVO 2 CHAMBER WORKING PIG HEART-LUNG MODEL
A. de Weger, J. de Hart, M. Stijnen, S. van Tuijl, R.A.E. Dion (The Netherlands)
07:50 F3 PERFORMING A COMPLETE LESION SET WITH BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY: CAN THE MITRAL ANNULUS BE CLAMPED ACROSS?
S. Benussi, A. Fumero, S. Nascimbene, E. Dorigo, V. Zerbi, A. Galanti, M. Cioni, O. Alfieri (Italy)
08:00 F4 USE OF MULTIBRANCHED GRAFT FOR THE REOPERATIVE REPLACEMENT OF EXTENSIVE THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
H. Posacioglu, A. Apaydin, C. Engin, F. Ayik, P. Oztürk, B. Eygi (Turkey)
08:10 F5 TECHNIQUE OF MONOBLOC AORTO-MITRAL HOMOGRAFT IMPLANTATION
S. Chocron, D. Kaili, D. Buklas, C. Taberlet, J.P. Etievent (France)
08:30-09:15 Session 1 – Young Investigator's Award - Adult Cardiac Surgery (Oral)
Room AB Chairmen: D. Pagano, Birmingham - G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
08:30 001 PREOPERATIVE LONG SAPHENOUS VEIN MAPPING PREDICTS VEIN QUALITY AND ANATOMY LEADING TO IMPROVED POSTOPERATIVE LEG MORBIDITY
H. Luckraz, T.B. Esmael, N. Pugh, J. Lowe, A. Luer-English, D. Mehta, E.N. Kulatilake, A.A. Azzu (UK)
Invited Discussant: F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg
08:45 002 EVALUATION OF A COMPLETELY RECELLULARISED PULMONARY HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IN SHEEP
G. De Visscher, H. Blockx, B. Meuris, H. Van Oosterwyck, E. Verbeken, M. Herregods, W. Flameng (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: P.H. Schoof, Leiden
09:00 003 PAPILLARY MUSCLE REPOSITIONING IN MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
M. Yousefnia, M. Mandegar, F. Roshanali (Iran)
Invited Discussant: S. Westaby, Oxford
08:30-09:15 Session 2 – Young Investigator's Award - General Thoracic Surgery (Oral)
Room C Chairmen: E.A. Rendina, Rome – R.A. Schmid, Berne
08:30 004 INDIVIDUAL RISK PREDICTION OF METASTASIS FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPICAL BRONCHIAL CARCINOID TUMOURS
J.C. Neves-Pereira, J.F. Bernaudin, J.R. de-Campos-Milanez, M. Riquet, V.L. Capelozzi, C. Danel, P. Bagan,
F.B. Jatene (Brazil, France)
Invited Discussant: E.A. Rendina, Rome
08:45 005 PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE UPTAKE IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
A. Poncelet, F. Hanin, P. Noirhomme, C. Coulon, J. Distexhe, M. Lonneux (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: C. Tan, London
09:00 006 BALLOON DILATATION OF PYLORUS FOR DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING AFTER OESOPHAGECTOMY
H. Lee, M. Kim, J. Lee, J. Kim, J. Zo (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: A. Lerut, Leuven
08:30-09:15 Session 3 – Young Investigator's Award - Congenital Heart Surgery (Oral)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: L.H. Edmunds, Philadelphia - F. Lacour-Gayet, Denver
08:30 007 DOES CONTEGRA MATCH ALLOGRAFT PERFORMANCE IN INFANT TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS REPAIR?
E.J. Hickey, B.W. McCrindle, E.H. Blackstone, T. Yeh Jr, F. Pigula, D. Clarke, C. Tchervenkov, J. Hawkins (USA)
Invited Discussant: M. Hazekamp, Leiden
08:45 008 USE OF TISSUE MICRODIALYSIS TO INVESTIGATE HYPERLACTATAEMIA FOLLOWING PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY
R.B. Hosein, K.P. Morris, J. Stickley, S. Laker, P. Davies, T. Jones, W.J. Brawn, D.J. Barron (UK)
Invited Discussant: V. Tsang, London
09:00 009 CURRENT APPROACHES TO PULMONARY REGURGITATION
A. Frigiola, V.T. Tsang, J. Nordmeyer, L. Coats, C. van Doorn, A.M. Taylor, P. Bonhoeffer, M. de Leval (UK, Italy)
Invited Discussant: M. Gewillig, Leuven
08:30-09:15 Session 4 – Thoracic Aorta including Hans Borst Award (Oral)
Room Jura Chairmen: J. Bachet, Paris – T. Carrel, Berne
08:30 010 ASCENDING AORTIC CURVATURE AS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR TYPE A DISSECTION, AND ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSM FORMATION: A MATHEMATICAL MODEL
M. Poullis, R. Warwick, M. Field, A. Oo, R.J. Poole (UK)
Invited Discussant: L. von Segesser, Lausanne
08:45 011 THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFTING INHIBITS AORTIC GROWTH – AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
M.P. Siegenthaler, R. Celik, H. Goebel, K. Brehm, G. Faerber, W. Euringer, J. Haberstroh, F. Beyersdorf (Germany, USA)
Invited Discussant: M. Turina, Zurich
09:00 012 SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW AND ISCHAEMIC INJURY AFTER EXPERIMENTAL SACRIFICE OF THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL SEGMENTAL ARTERIES
C.D. Etz, T.M. Homann, M. Luehr, N. Zhang, C.A. Bodian, D.J. Weisz, K.A. Plestis, R.B. Griepp (USA)
Invited Discussant: J. Bachet, Paris
08:30-09:15 Session 5 – Young Investigator's Award – Experimental (Oral)
Room Salève Chairmen: D. Taggart, Oxford – U. Mehlhorn, Mainz
08:30 013 PERIVASCULAR TISSUE OF INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY RELEASES POTENT NITRIC OXIDE AND PROSTACYCLINE INDEPENDANT ANTICONTRACTILE FACTOR
M. Malinowski, M.A. Deja, K.S. Go ba, T. Roleder, S. Wo (Poland)
Invited Discussant: B. Buxton, Richmond
08:45 014 DIRECT DELIVERY OF NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INTO RAT MYOCARDIUM AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A. Hatada, Y. Okamura, K. Kohda, H. Waki, M. Kaneko, Y. Nishimura, T. Hiramatsu, M. Maeda (Japan)
Invited Discussant: A. Franco-Cereceda, Stockholm
09:00 015 COMPARISON OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) AND FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2 (FGF-2) IN A SWINE MODEL OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
M. Boodhwani, P. Voisine, J. Feng, S. Xu, S. Mieno, N.R. Sodha, F.W. Sellke (USA)
Invited Discussant: D. Chambers, London
09:20-10:20 Plenary Session
Room AB Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Innovation in 2007
Chairmen: S. Hagl, Heidelberg – B. Keogh, London
09:20 Adult Cardiac Surgery: A. Weschler, Philadelphia
09:35 General Thoracic Surgery: T. Treasure, London
09:50 Congenital Cadiothoracic Surgery: P. Vouhé, Paris
10:05 Endovascular Aortic Surgery: L. von Segesser, Lausanne
10:20-10:50 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
10:50-11:50 Session 6 – President's Choice - Adult Cardiac Surgery (Oral)
Room AB Chairmen: S. Hagl, Heidelberg – B. Keogh, London
10:50 016 AGE CUT OFF FOR THE LOSS OF BENEFIT FROM BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTING
S. Mohammadi, F. Dagenais, D. Doyle, P. Mathieu, R. Baillot, J. Perron, E. Charbonneau, P. Voisine (Canada)
Invited Discussant: P. Sergeant, Leuven
11:05 017 EVALUATION OF THE INCIDENCE OF AUTO- AND HOMOGRAFT ENDOCARDITIS AFTER ROSS PROCEDURE. LONG-TERM RESULTS OF 1040 PATIENTS OF THE GERMAN ROSS REGISTRY
T. Wittlinger, U. Stierle, H. Sievers, A. Mortiz (Germany)
Invited Discussant: M. Hazekamp, Leiden
11:20 018 DOES RADIAL USE AS A SECOND ARTERIAL GRAFT IMPROVE CABG LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN DIABETICS?
T. Schwann, A. Zacharias, C.J. Riordan, S.J. Durham, A.S. Shah, R.H. Habib (USA)
Invited Discussant: A. Weschler, Philadelphia
11:35 019 EVOLUTION OF TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPAIR FOR FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
M. De Bonis, E. Lapenna, F. Sorrentino, G. La Canna, A. Grimaldi, F. Maisano, L. Torracca, O. Alfieri (Italy)
Invited Discussant: G. Dreyfus, London
10:50-11:50 Session 7 – President's Choice – General Thoracic Surgery (Oral)
Room C Chairmen: W. Klepetko, Vienna – A. Patterson, St. Louis
10:50 020 FUNCTIONAL AND HAEMODYNAMIC OUTCOME 1 YEAR AFTER PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY
D.H. Freed, B. Thomson, S.S. Tsui, K. Shears, J. Pepke-Zaba, D.P. Jenkins (UK)
Invited Discussant: A. Haverich, Hannover
11:05 021 INDUCTION CHEMO-RADIATION THERAPY FOLLOWED BY SURGICAL RESECTION FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) INVADING THE THORACIC INLET
S. Fischer, G. Darling, A.F. Pierre, A. Sun, N. Leighl, T.K. Waddell, S. Keshavjee, M. de Perrot (Canada)
Invited Discussant: L. Lang-Lazdunski, London
11:20 022 IS INTRA-TUMOURAL VESSEL OR PERINEURAL PERMEATION A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER?
A.J. Poncelet, J. Cornet, P. Noirhomme, C. Coulon, P. Collard, B. Weynand (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: R. Rami-Porta, Barcelona
11:35 023 FACTORS AFFECTING EARLY AND LONG-TERM RESULTS AFTER COMPLETION PNEUMONECTOMY
O. Chataigner, E. Fadel, S. Mussot, D. Fabre, O. Mercier, B. Yildizeli, P. Dartevelle (France)
Invited Discussant: J. Alvarez, Claremont
10:50-11:50 Session 8 – President's Choice - Congenital Heart Surgery (Oral)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: J. Comas, Madrid – P. Vouhé, Paris
10:50 024 IMPROVING THE OUTCOME OF HIGH-RISK NEONATES WITH HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME (HLHS): HYBRID PROCEDURE OR CONVENTIONAL SURGICAL PALLIATION?
C. Pizarro, C. Prospero, C.D. Derby, J.M. Baffa, K.A. Murdison, W.A. Radtke (USA)
Invited Discussant: W. Brawn, Birmingham
11:05 025 AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY IS PROGRESSIVE AFTER THE ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION BUT DOES NOT NECESSARILY RESULT IN AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
R. Lange, J. Cleuziou, C. Schreiber, J. Hörer, A. Eicken, P. Tassani-Prell, K. Holper (Germany)
Invited Discussant: D. Sidi, Paris
11:20 026 RESCUE SURGERY FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS PULMONARY VALVE IMPLANTATION
M. Kostolny, V.T. Tsang, J. Nordmeyer, S. Khambadkone, M.R. de Leval, P. Bonhoeffer (UK)
Invited Discussant: C. Schreiber, Munich
11:35 027 DEAD RECKONING: CAN WE TRUST ESTIMATES OF MORTALITY RATES IN CLINICAL DATABASES?
J. Stark, S. Gallivan, C. Pagel, G. Williams, W.G. Williams (UK, Canada)
Invited Discussant: T. Treasure, London
12:00-12:45 Presidential Address
Room AB S. Hagl, Heidelberg
Cardiothoracic Surgery 2007: Time for Re-appraisal
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Visit Exhibits: Satellite Symposia
14:00-15:00 Session 9 – Predicting Risks and Outcomes (Oral)
Room AB Chairmen: B. Keogh, London – T. Treasure, London
14:00 028 CARDIAC CO-MORBIDITY IS NOT A RISK FACTOR FOR MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR PRIMARY NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
P.K. Mishra, R. Pandey, M.J. Shackcloth, J. McShane, A.D. Grayson, M.H. Carr, R.D. Page (UK)
14:15 029 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION MODELLING IN OPTIMIZATION OF TREATMENT FOR OESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENTS AFTER COMPLETE OESOPHAGECTOMIES
O. Kshivets (Lithuania)
14:30 030 APPLICATION OF A DECISION TREES METHODOLOGY TO PREDICT EMERGENCY HOSPITAL READMISSION AFTER MAJOR LUNG RESECTION
J. Aranda, M. Jimenez, N. Novoa, G. Varela (Spain)
14:45 031 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN POST-PROCEDURAL CARDIAC ENZYME ELEVATION AND 5 YEAR MORTALITY AFTER BYPASS SURGERY AND MULTIVESSEL STENTING
A.P. Kappetein, A.T. Ong, J. Daemen, C.A. Arampatzis, M.A. Costa, W. Lindeboom, D.M. Goedhart,
P.W. Serruys (The Netherlands, USA)
14:00-15:00 Session 10 – Mesothelioma (Forum)
Room C Chairmen: P. van Schil, Antwerp - D. Waller, Leicester
14:00 032 BILATERAL THORACOSCOPY, MEDIASTINOSCOPY AND LAPAROSCOPY, IN ADDITION TO CAT, MRI AND PET IMAGING, APPEARS ESSENTIAL TO CORRECTLY STAGE AND TREAT PATIENTS WITH MESOTHELIOMA PRIOR TO TRIMODALITY THERAPY
J.M. Alvarez, A. Hasani, D. Zelei, A. Segal, G. Sterrett, A. Nowak, M. Millward, W. Musk (Australia)
14:10 033 DEBULKING SURGERY FOR MESOTHELIOMA: A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VATS VS. OPEN SURGERY IN 165 PATIENTS
D.S. Trousse, A. Nakas, A.E Martin Ucar, D.A. Waller (UK)
14:20 034 VIDEO ASSISTED CERVICAL THORACOMEDIASTINOSCOPY - A NOVEL APPROACH FOR DIAGNOSIS, STAGING AND PLEURODESIS OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
M.H. Chamberlain, K. Fareed, A. Nakas, A. Martin-Ucar, D.A. Waller (UK)
14:30 035 HOW ACCURATE IS INTEGRATED PET-CT IN THE STAGING OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA (MPM) PRIOR TO EXTRA PLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY?
J. Pilling, J. Dartnell, D. Landau, S. Barrington, S. Rankin, A. Herbert, L. Lang-Lazdunski (UK)
14:40 036 THE ROLE OF MUSCLE FLAP IN PREVENTING BRONCHUS STUMP INSUFFICIENCY AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS
M. Beshay, G. Carboni, R. Fahrner, B. Hoksch, M.A. Reymond, R.A. Schmid (Germany, Switzerland)
14:00-15:00 Session 11 – Congenital (Forum)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: R. Prêtre, Zurich – J. Stark, London
14:00 037 SURGICAL CORRECTION OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT. A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE OF 1181 CORRECTIVE PROCEDURES OVER 5 DECADES
E.J. Hickey, T. Bradley, A. Gengsakul, C. Manlhiot, W.G. Williams, G.D. Webb, B.W. McCrindle (Canada)
14:10 038 PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS AND MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERAL ARTERIES: A 18-YEAR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP OF MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERAL ARTERIES
S. Song, Y. Park, H. Park, B. Cho (Korea (South))
14:20 039 REOPERATIONS FOLLOWING THE SENNING OPERATION ARE RARE BUT ASSOCIATED WITH POOR OUTCOME IN THE SETTING OF SYSTEMIC VENTRICULAR FAILURE: 27-YEARS FOLLOW-UP IN 314 PATIENTS
J. Hörer, E. Karl, G. Theodoratou, C. Schreiber, J. Cleuziou, M. Vogt, K. Holper, R. Lange (Germany)
14:30 040 EXCLUSION OF THE NON-FUNCTIONING RIGHT VENTRICLE IN CHILDREN WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA AND INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM
J.-H. Yang, T. Jun, P. Park, Y. Lee, K. Sung, W. Kim (Korea (South))
14:40 041 IMPROVED RESULTS WITH SINGLE STAGE TOTAL CORRECTION OF TAUSSIG-BING ANOMALY
B. Alsoufi, S. Cai, C.A. Caldarone, J.G. Coles, W.G. Williams, A. Redington, G.S. Van Arsdell (Canada)
14:50 042 LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND SOCIAL INDEPENDENCE LEVEL AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION
A. Yamazaki, T. Sakamoto, K. Ishihara, Y. Iwata, G. Matsumura, N. Yamamoto, Y. Kobayashi, H. Kurosawa (Japan)
14:00-15:00 Session 12 – Valve Repair (Forum)
Room Jura Chairmen: M.A. Antunes, Coimbra - H.-J. Schäfers, Homburg/Saar
14:00 043 PERICARDIAL PATCH AUGMENTATION FOR REPAIR OF INCOMPETANT BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES AT 4 YEARS
M. Doss, A. Sirat, P. Risteski, S. Martens, A. Moritz (Germany)
14:10 044 REPAIR OF AORTIC CUSP PROLAPSE: TECHNIQUES AND DURABILITY
L. de Kerchove, D. Glineur, A. Poncelet, J. Rubay, M. van Dyck, J. Vanoverschelde, P. Noirhomme,
G. El Khoury (Belgium)
14:20 045 A LESIONAL CLASSIFICATION TO STANDARDISE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY TOWARDS VALVE REPAIR
E. Lansac, I. Di Centa, F. Raoux, C. Acar, T. Joudinaud, N. Al Attar, C. Duran, R. Raffoul (France, USA)
14:30 046 ANTERIOR LEAFLET AUGMENTATION: AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO REPAIR TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION
S. Hosseini, K. Reissi, F. Kargar, M. Hadadzadeh, A. Sadeghpour, N. Samiei, M. Maleki, F. Noohi (Iran)
14:40 047 OUTCOME AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER AORTIC ROOT SURGERY. COMPARISON OF THE REIMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE WITH THE COMPOSITE REPLACEMENT
U.F. Franke, A. Isecke, R. Nagib, M. Breuer, J. Wippermann, T. Wahlers (Germany)
14:00-15:00 Session 13 – Endovascular Aortic Surgery (Forum)
Room Salève Chairmen: A. Haverich, Hannover - S. Schüler, Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 048 BLUNT TRAUMA AND ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME: A THREE LAYER FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF THE AORTIC WALL
A. Zhao, K. Digges, M. Field, D. Richens (UK, USA)
14:10 049 MID-TERM RESULTS AFTER ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT PLACEMENT DUE TO PERFORATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCERS OF THE THORACIC AORTA
M. Czerny, R. Gottardi, D. Zimpfer, M. Funovics, M. Schoder, J. Lammer, E. Wolner, M. Grimm (Austria)
14:20 050 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS – OUTCOMES AND RESULTS
M.P. Siegenthaler, E. Weigang, W. Euringer, K. Brehm, P. von Samson, T. Baumann, M. Uhl, F. Beyersdorf
(USA; Germany)
14:30 051 SHOULD OCTOGENARIANS BE DENIED ACCESS TO ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF THE THORACIC AORTA?
J. Kpodonu, V.G. Ramaiah, G.H. Wheatley III, J.A. Rodriguez-Lopez, H. Shennib, E.B. Diethrich (USA)
14:40 052 STENT-GRAFT ASSOCIATED RETROGRADE TYPE-A DISSECTION – INCIDENCE, MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT
B. Zipfel, S. Buz, M. Jurmann, O. Grauhan, H. Laube, M. Pasic, R. Hetzer (Germany)
14:50 053 RETROGRADE TYPE A DISSECTION AFTER ENDOVASCULAR STENTING OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA: CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
J. Kpodonu, V.G. Ramaiah, G.H. Wheatley III, H. Shennib, J.A. Rodriguez-Lopez, E.B. Diethrich (USA)
15:00-15:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
15:30-17:00 Session 14 – Outcomes after Valve Surgery including C.W. Lillehei Young Investigator Award (Forum)
Room AB Chairmen: F. Mohr, Leipzig – J. Pepper, London
15:30 054 INR SELF-TESTING AFTER MECHANICAL HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT - EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTRE
H. Mair, B. Reichart, I. Kaczmarek, R. Sodian, P. Brenner, D. Rassoulian, S. Daebritz (Germany)
15:40 055 STENTLESS FULL ROOT BIOPROSTHESIS IN SURGERY FOR COMPLEX AORTIC VALVE-ASCENDING AORTIC DISEASE: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE OF OVER 300 PATIENTS
O.E. Dapunt, J. Easo, P. Hoelzl, M. Horst, E. Natour (Germany)
15:50 056 THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP AFTER CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT: DOES AGE AFFECT COGNITIVE OUTCOME?
S.C. Knipp, S. Uslar, H. Wilhelm, M. Schlamann, M. Thielmann, M. Forsting, H. Diener, H. Jakob (Germany)
16:00 057 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AFTER PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT IN BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES
F. Ozaslan, N. Monsefi, M. Doss, T. Wittlinger, G. Wimmer-Greinecker, A. Moritz (Germany)
16:10 058 IMPACT OF PROSTHESIS-PATIENT MISMATCH ESTIMATED BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED EFFECTIVE ORIFICE AREA ON LONG-TERM OUTCOME
J. Ennker, A. Albert, U. Rosendahl, S. Bauer, I. Ennker, I. Florath (Germany)
16:20 059 PREOPERATIVE, POSTOPERATIVE AND 1-YEAR FOLLOW-UP PLASMA B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE AORTIC REGURGITATION: CORRELATIONS WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FINDINGS
A. Della Corte, G. Santarpino, M. De Feo, M. Miraglia, G. Salerno, R. Calabrò, E. Chiosi, M. Cotrufo (Italy)
16:30 060 AORTIC ROOT MOTION REMODELLING AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT – IMPLICATIONS FOR AORTIC DISSECTION
C.J. Beller, M.R. Labrosse, M. Kolber, M. Thubrikar, F. Robicsek, S. Hagl, M.M. Gebhard, M. Karck (Canada)
16:40 061 LONG-TERM RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE ASCENDING AORTA – 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE
H. Mair, S. Daebritz, I. Kaczmarek, P. Lamm, M. Oberhofer, P. Überfuhr, B. Reichart (Germany)
16:50 062 TRICUSPID VALVE SURGERY: A THIRTY-YEAR ASSESSMENT OF EARLY AND LATE OUTCOME
T. Guenther, C. Noebauer, D. Mazzitelli, R. Busch, P. Tassani-Prell, R. Lange (Germany)
15:30-17:00 Session 15 – Oesophagus and Tracheobronchial Surgery (Forum)
Room C Chairmen: A. Lerut, Leuven - P. Rajesh, Birmingham
15:30 063 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF COLON BYPASS
P.E. de Delva, J.C. Wain, C.D. Wright, D.J. Mathisen (USA)
15:40 064 CLINICAL RESULTS OF THORACOSCOPIC HELLER'S MYOTOMY IN THE TREATMENT OF ACHALASIA
D. Agrawal, L. Meekison, W.S. Walker (UK)
15:50 065 LEFT TRANSTHORACIC OESOPHAGEAL RESECTION, TWO FIELDS LYMPHADENECTOMY AND GASTROPLASTICS FOR CARCINOMA OF THE LOWER OESOPHAGUS AND CARDIA
A. Tcherveniakov, H. Tzekov, S. Sopotenski, P.A. Tcherveniakov (Bulgaria)
16:00 066 MINIMALLY INVASIVE OESOPHAGECTOMY THORACOSCOPIC & LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH
P. Moreno de la Santa, E. Toscano, M. Lozano, A. Toscano, M. Polo (Spain)
16:10 067 INTRATHORACIC AIRWAY DEFECTS CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY BRIDGED BY EXTRATHORACIC MUSCLE FLAPS
H. Ris, T. Krueger, C. Cheng, P. Pasche, P. Monnier (Switzerland)
16:20 068 SINGLE-STAGED LARYNGOTRACHEAL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR BENIGN STRICTURES IN ADULTS
G. Marulli, F. Rea, G. Rizzardi, L. Bortolotti, M. Loy, C. Breda, A.M. Hamad, F. Sartori (Italy)
16:30 069 INHALATION WITH TOBRAMYCIN TO IMPROVE HEALING OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL RECONSTRUCTION
E. Stoelben, R. Riedel, J. Schnell, C. Ludwig (Germany)
16:40 070 THE ROLE OF AIRWAY STENTING IN PAEDIATRIC TRACHEOBRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION
J.L. Antón-Pacheco, J.V. Comas, D. Cabezalí, R. Tejedor, M. López, C. Luna, A. Gómez (Spain)
16:50 071 LONG-TERM RESULTS OF LARYNGOTRACHEAL RESECTION FOR BENIGN STENOSIS
A. D'Andrilli, A. Ciccone, F. Venuta, M. Ibrahim, C. Andreetti, D. Massullo, E.A. Rendina (Italy)
15:30-17:00 Session 16 – Congenital (Forum)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: R. Lange, Munich – V. Tsang, London
15:30 072 NATIVE TISSUE AORTIC ARCH RECONSTRUCTION IN NORWOOD PROCEDURE: RESULTS WITH A NEW MODIFIED TECHNIQUE
M. Nosal, I.C. Omeje, R. Poruban, M. Sagat, P. Valentik, A.S. Nagi (Slovak Republic)
15:40 073 OUTCOME OF THE NORWOOD PROCEDURE IN THE SETTING OF TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES AND FUNCTIONAL SINGLE LEFT VENTRICLE
A.A. Lotto, R. Hosein, T. Jones, D.J. Barron, W.J. Brawn (UK)
15:50 074 EARLY UNLOADING THROUGH BIDIRECTIONAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION WITHOUT ADDITIONAL BLOOD FLOW IN PATIENTS BELOW THE AGE OF SIX MONTHS
J. Cleuziou, C. Schreiber, J.K. Cornelsen, J. Hörer, Z. Prodan, M. Kostolny, A. Eicken, R. Lange (Germany)
16:00 075 BIDIRECTIONAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION WITHOUT ANTEGRADE BLOOD FLOW AS AN IDEAL STAGING FOR FUNCTIONAL UNIVENTRICULAR HEART
C. Schreiber, J. Cleuziou, J.K. Cornelsen, M. Kostolny, J. Hörer, Z. Prodan, A. Eicken, R. Lange (Germany)
16:10 076 PROTOCOLS ASSOCIATED WITH ZERO MORTALITY IN 100 CONSECUTIVE FONTAN OPERATIONS
M.L. Jacobs, G. Pelletier, K. Pourmoghadam, N. Madan, C. Mecia, J. Murphy (USA)
16:20 077 MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES OF LATERAL TUNNEL AFTER PERICARDIAL-FLAP LATERAL TUNNEL FONTAN OPERATION
Y. Park, H. Park, S. Song, Y. Youn, H. Yang, B. Yoo, J. Choi (Korea (South))
16:30 078 DOES THE OFF-PUMP FONTAN PROCEDURE AMELIORATE THE MORBIDITY OF THE EFFUSION?
F. Shikata, T. Yagihara, K. Kagisaki, I. Hagino, S. Shiraishi, J. Kobayashi, S. Kitamura (Japan)
16:40 079 RATIONAL APPROACH TO SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX FORMS OF DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE WITH MODIFIED FONTAN OPERATION
M. Ruzmetov, M.D. Rodefeld, M.W. Turrentine, J.W. Brown (USA)
16:50 080 DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SINGLE- VENTRICLE ANOMALIES AND LEFT ISOMERISM UNDERGOING KAWASHIMA OPERATION
C. Lee, K. Yie, C. Lee, H. LIm, S. Hwang, S. Kim (Korea (South))
15:30-17:00 Session 17 – Coronary (Oral)
Room Jura Chairmen: A. Brutel de la Riviere, Amsterdam – R. Dion, Genk
15:30 081 ANGIOGRAPHIC RESULTS OF RADIAL ARTERY GRAFT PATENCY ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF NATIVE CORONARY STENOSIS; A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL
K. Yie, C. Na, S. Oh, J. Kim, S. Shin, H. Seo (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: B. Osswald, Essen
15:45 082 DOES USE OF AN ARTERIAL OR VENOUS CONDUIT FOR THE SECOND GRAFT ALTER LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME AFTER CABG? RESULTS OF A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF RADIAL ARTERY VS. SAPHENOUS VEIN
P. Hayward, D. Hare, I. Gordon, B. Buxton (Australia)
Invited Discussant: C Muneretto, Brescia
16:00 083 TEN YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED TRIAL COMPARING STENTING TO INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFTING FOR PROXIMAL, ISOLATED DE NOVO LEFT ANTERIOR CORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS: THE SIMA TRIAL (STENTING VS. INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY)
M. Hurni, U. Kaufmann, P. Ruchat, F. Versaci, O. Bertel, M. Pieper, E. Eeckhout, J. Goy (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: M. Sousa-Uva, Lisbon
16:15 084 FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF MULTIVESSEL AND LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE - INSIGHTS FROM A SINGLE CENTRE SYNTAX STUDY ENROLLMENT
A.J. Rastan, E. Boudriot, V. Falk, A.P. Kappetein, P. Serruys, G. Schuler, F.W. Mohr (Germany, The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: D. Taggart, Oxford
16:30 085 COMPARISON OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY WITH IMPLANTATION OF DRUG-ELUTING STENTS IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
P. Etienne, D. Glineur, S. Papadatos, G. Kalscheuer, Y. Mairy, G. El Khoury, P. Noirhomme, C. Hanet (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
16:45 086 CHANGING LIFESTYLE HABITS AS SECONDARY PROPHYLAXIS AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
R. Vachenauer, J. Grunenfelder, A. Plass, X. Slankamenac, R. Tavakoli, M. Genoni (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: P.W. Boonstra, Groningen
15:30-17:00 Session 18 – Experimental (DIP)
Room Salève Chairmen: D. Chambers, London – G. Lutter, Kiel
15:30 087 DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOLOGICAL CARDIAC PACEMAKER USING GENE THERAPY IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL
A. Ruhparwar, M. Niehaus, K. Kallenbach, C. Bara, G. Klein, M. Makoui, A. Haverich, M. Karck (Germany)
15:40 088 EFFECTS OF CYCLOSPORINE A ON AIRWAY MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE IN RATS
F.B. Jatene, R. Pazetti, P.M. Pêgo-Fernandes, O.T. Ranzani, G. Lorenzi-Filho (Brazil)
15:50 089 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF FREE OXYGEN SCAVENGER AMIFOSTINE (WR-2721) ON SPINAL CORD INJURY DURING EXPERIMENTAL ISCHAEMIA/REPERFUSION BY TEMPORARY AORTA OCCLUSION
F. Chonidou, E. Apostolakis, J. Papapostolou, V. Georgiou, E. Koletsis, J. Sarantitis, D. Dougenis (Greece)
16:00 090 TOWARDS SLOW DEGRADABLE POLYMER GRAFTS: TESTING OF CO-POLYMER PDS-PLA GRAFTS IN THE SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL CIRCULATION OF THE RAT
M. Cikirikcioglu, R. Pfister, E. Pektok, J. Tille, A. Kalangos, G. Bowlin, B.H. Walpoth (Switzerland, USA)
16:10 091 PACLITAXEL TREATMENT REDUCES NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA IN CULTURED HUMAN SAPHENOUS VEINS
T. Schachner, C. Steger, W. Sterlacci, S. Heiss, N. Bonaros, G. Laufer, J. Bonatti (Austria)
16:20 092 TRANSPLANTATION OF BONE-MARROW DERIVED STEM CELLS INTO RIGHT VENTRICLE ENHANCE LV-CONTRACTILITY IN NON-ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
J. Garbade, M. Arsalan, H. Aupperle, S. Lehmann, S. Dhein, T. Walther, V. Falk, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
16:30 093 REGULATION OF MYOCARDIAL METABOLIC GENE EXPRESSION IN PRESSURE-OVERLOAD AND EXERCISE-INDUCED HYPERTROPHY
T. Doenst, C. Riehle, G. Pytel, M. Schwarzer, H. Bugger, D. Blum (Germany)
16:40 094 TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN IMPROVES CARDIAC AND PULMONARY FUNCTION AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
L. Seres, C.J. Beller, T. Radovits, M. Gorenflo, K. Sonnenberg, M. Karck, A. Lichtenberg, G. Szabó (Germany)
16:50 095 INTRAMYOCARDIAL LEFT VENTRICULAR RESTRAINT: A NEW SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
L.P. Ryan, T.J. Eperjesi, T.J. Plappert, M.G. St. John-Sutton, J.H. Gorman III, R.C. Gorman (USA)
07:30–08:30 Film Session 2
Room Jura
07:30 F6 ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE REPAIR: THE TALE OF THE DOUBLE RING
E. Lansac, I. Di Centa, F. Raoux, T. Joudinaud, N. Al Attar, R. Raffoul, C. Acar, P. Nataf (France)
07:40 F7 COMPREHENSIVE AORTIC ROOT AND AORTIC VALVE REPAIR TECHNIQUE IN AORTIC STENOSIS
M Song, Y. Gi Ryu, S.J. Choo, J. Song (Korea (South))
07:50 F8 SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-VESSEL CABG, ISCHAEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION (IMR) REPAIR AND DESCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSM REPLACEMENT: ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL POINTS
M. Malyshev, A. Safuanov, I. Gladyshev, A. Malyshev, D. Siniukov, D. Borovikov, N. Rostovykh, V. Trushyna (Russian
Federation)
08:00 F9 PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT ROOT REPLACEMENT
M. Kostolny, C. Salih, N. Muthialu, V. Tsang (UK)
08:10 F10 MITRAL VALVE REPAIR AND VALVE SPARING AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT (DAVID-V) OPERATION FOR MARFAN SYNDROME
H. Takemura, K. Shimabukuro, T. Miyauchi, Y. Fukumoto, N. Ishida, E. Murakami, H. Manabe (Japan)
08:30-10:30 Session 19 – Minimally Invasive and Percutaneous Valve Surgery (Oral)
Room AB Chairmen: A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam – C. Mestres, Barcelona
08:30 096 TRANSAPICAL MINIMALLY INVASIVE AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION - THE INITIAL 50 PATIENTS
T. Walther, V. Falk, J. Kempfert, M.A. Borger, J. Fassl, J. Ender, G. Schuler, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: D. Loisance, Créteil
08:45 097 DOES MINIMAL INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR MEET THE GOLD STANDARD?
J. Seeburger, V. Falk, T. Kuntze, M. Czesla, N. Doll, M. Borger, T. Doenst, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: H. Vanermen, Aalst
09:00 098 THE POTENTIAL FOR APPLICATION OF PERCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION OF PROSTHETIC AORTIC VALVE IN THE REAL WORLD?
A. Anselmi, M. Gaudino, F. Glieca, N. Luciani, C. Cellini, G. Possati (Italy)
Invited Discussant: O. Alfieri, Milan
09:15 099 EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS OF MITRAL VALVE REPAIR USING PRE-MEASURED GORE-TEX LOOPS (‘LOOP TECHNIQUE’)
T. Kuntze, V. Falk, J. Seeburger, M. Czesla, T. Walther, N. Doll, M. Borger, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: C.K. Choong, Cambridge
09:30 100 EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESES BY MULTISLICE CT SCANNING FOR POTENTIAL TRANSAPICAL VALVE IN VALVE PROCEDURE
J. Grunenfelder, A. Plass, L. Desbiolles, N. Sommerhalder, G. Zund, H. Alkadhi, M. Genoni (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: D. Pagano, Birmingham
09:45 101 EARLY AND LATE OUTCOMES OF 1,000 MINIMALLY INVASIVE AORTIC VALVE OPERATIONS
M. Tabata, R. Umakanthan, P.S. Shekar, F.Y. Chen, G.S. Couper, S.F. Aranki, L.H. Cohn (USA)
Invited Discussant: M. Jahargiri, London
10:00 102 CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AND ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE SUTURELESS 3F-ENABLE AORTIC-VALVE PROSTHESIS
D. Wendt, M. Thielmann, T. Buck, A. Janosi, T. Bossert, N. Pizanis, M. Kamler, H. Jakob (Germany)
Invited Discussant: A. Haverich, Hannover
10:15 103 ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY SINUS ANATOMY BETWEEN NORMAL AND INSUFFICIENT MITRAL VALVES BY MULTISLICE CT SCANNING FOR MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY DEVICE IMPLANTATION
A. Plass, J. Grunenfelder, I. Valenta, P. Kaufmann, G. Zund, M. Genoni (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: O. Alfieri, Milan
08:30-10:30 Session 20 – Lung Cancer Staging and Management (Forum)
Room C Chairmen: P. Dartevelle, Le Plessis Robinson - F. Venuta, Rome
08:30 104 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER WITH IPSILATERAL PULMONARY METASTASIS: PROGNOSIS ANALYSIS AND STAGING ASSESSMENT
J. Lee, C. Lee, D. Kim, K. Chung, I. Park (Korea (South))
08:40 105 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRAPULMONARY METASTASIS IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: UPSTAGING OR DOWNSTAGING?
A. Oliaro, E. Ruffini, P. Filosso, P. Lyberis, R. Cristofori (Italy)
08:50 106 ROLE OF INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND IN MEDIASTINAL STAGING IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER SURGERY
N. Ilic, P. Ante, J. Josko, B. Josip, T. Andro, F. Nives, T. Ingrid, G. Leo (Croatia (Hrvatska))
09:00 107 THE EFFECT OF LYMPH NODE SAMPLING ON SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LIMITED RESECTION FOR LUNG CANCER
D.L. Miller, S.D. Force (USA)
09:10 108 ACCURACY AND SURVIVAL OF REPEAT MEDIASTINOSCOPY (REMS) AFTER INDUCTION THERAPY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) IN A COMBINED SERIES OF 104 PATIENTS
M. De Waele, M. Serra-Mitjans, J. Hendriks, P. Lauwers, J. Belda-Sanchis, P. Van Schil, R. Rami-Porta (Belgium, Spain)
09:20 109 SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING (SLN): DETECTION OF MICROMETASTASES BY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN STAGE I NSCLC
F.M. Melfi, M. Lucchi, F. Davini, P. Dini, A. Viti, G. Boni, G. Fontanini, A. Mussi (Italy)
09:30 110 POSTOPERATIVE SCREENING TO DETECT RECURRENCE USING 18-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH SURGICALLY RESECTED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
K. Ito, J. Shimada, M. Yanada, K. Terauchi, M. Shimomura, M. Nishimura (Japan)
09:40 111 SIMULTANEOUS PULMONARY RESECTION AND CARDIAC OPERATIONS WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS – ONE-STAGE PROCEDURE
V. Porhanov, I.S. Poliakov, K. Barbhatti, V. Kononenko, A. Kovalenko, A.A. Scopets (Russian Federation)
09:50 112 SLEEVE LOBECTOMY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: PAST AND PRESENT
F. Rea, G. Marulli, M. Schiavon, A Zuin, S. Nicotra, G. Rizzardi, R. Bulf, F. Sartori (Italy)
10:00 113 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE PRIMARY ADENOCARCINOMAS OF THE LUNG
A. Carretta, P. Ciriaco, G. Melloni, L. Libretti, A. Bandiera, A. Puglisi, M. Giovanardi, P. Zannini (Italy)
10:10 114 IMPLICATIONS OF A NEGATIVE BRONCHOSCOPY ON WAITING TIMES TO TREATMENT FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE TRACKING STUDY
M.P. Devbhandari, N. Bittar, P. Quennell, P. Krysiak, R. Shah, M. Jones (UK)
10:20 115 CHANGES IN PATIENT PRESENTATION AND OUTCOMES FOR MAJOR LUNG RESECTION DURING THREE DECADES
M. Ferguson, W. Vigneswaran (USA)
08:30-10:30 Session 21 – Congenital (DIP)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: B. Maruszewski, Warsaw – G. Stellin, Padova
08:30 116 A NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE INHIBITOR, SIVELESTAT (ONO-5046, ELASPOL), IMPROVES PULMONARY FUNCTION IN INFANTS AFTER VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE
Y. Shiokawa, Y. Turuhara, S. Sata, R. Tominaga (Japan)
08:40 117 PLEURAL EFFUSIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF LISINOPRIL IN RELATION TO PERIOPERATIVE HORMONE LEVELS IN COMPLETION FONTAN PROCEDURES
K. François, T. Bové, K. De Groote, J. Panzer, B. Suys, D. De Wolf (Belgium)
08:50 118 MONITORING RISK-ADJUSTED OUTCOMES IN CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY: THE APPROPRIATENESS OF A RISK MODEL ACROSS TIME
M. Synnergren, V. Tsang, M. Utley, N. Kang, M. de Leval, S. Gallivan (UK)
09:00 119 DOUBLE BARREL DAMUS KAYE STANSEL (DKS) IS BETTER THAN END TO SIDE DAMUS KAYE STANSEL (DKS) FOR THE PULMONARY VALVE FUNCTION
Y. Fujii, S. Kasahara, Y. Oshima, K. Yoshizumi, H. Mitsui, K. Ishino, T. Akagi, S. Sano (Japan)
09:10 120 EARLY RESULTS AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPAIR IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
B. Asfour, C. Fink, J. Photiadis, N. Sinzobahamvya, J. Reckers, E. Schindler, M. Schneider, V. Hraska (Germany)
09:20 121 THE HAEMODYNAMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE (BAV) COULD BE RELATED TO THE TYPE OF CUSPS FUSION ORIENTATION, WHICH INFLUENCE THE PROGRESSION OF ASCENDING AORTA (AA) DILATATION AND SUBSEQUENT FATAL COMPLICATIONS
M. Kalinowski, M. Szulik, W. Streb, T. Niklewski, B. Rybus-Kalinowska, Z. Kalarus, M. Zembala, T. Kulski (Poland)
09:30 122 RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM: TRANS-AORTIC REPAIR MAY CAUSE SINUS OF VALSALVA DISTORTION AND AORTIC REGURGITATION
S. Jung, J. Park, C. Chung, H. Song, J. Lee, D. Seo, M. Song, T. Yun (Korea (South))
09:40 123 RISK FACTORS FOR REOPERATION AFTER RELIEF OF CONGENITAL SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
A. Dodge-Khatami, M. Schmid, V. Rousson, M. Fasnacht, C. Döll, U. Bauersfeld, R. Prêtre (Switzerland)
09:50 124 RESULTS OF LEFT ATRIO-VENTRICULAR VALVE RE-OPERATIONS FOLLOWING PREVIOUS REPAIR OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS
B. Alsoufi, B. Fadel, F. Khouqeer, A. Sallehuddin, C.C. Canver, G. Siblini, E. Saad, Z. Al-Halees (Saudi Arabia)
10:00 125 TYPE OF OPERATION DOES NOT DETERMINE MORTALITY 10 YEARS AFTER SURGERY FOR CONGENITALLY CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES
J. Hörer, C. Schreiber, S. Krane, Z. Prodan, J. Cleuziou, M. Vogt, K. Holper, R. Lange (Germany)
10:10 126 STRATEGY FOR BI-VENTRICULAR REPAIR OF TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND PULMONARY STENOSIS - NIKAIDOH'S OR RASTELLI'S AND MODIFIED LECOMPTE PROCEDURE?
Z. Xu, Q. Yan, J. Liu, Z. Su, W. Ding (China)
10:20 127 CREATION OF BICUSPIDALIZED HOMOGRAFTS – LONG-TERM RESULTS
J. Cleuziou, C. Schreiber, F. Stumper, J. Hörer, Z. Prodan, K. Holper, M. Vogt, R. Lange (Germany)
08:30-10:30 Session 22 – Challenges in Aortic Surgery (Forum)
Room Jura Chairmen: F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg – M. Turina, Zurich
08:30 128 LOW IMPACT BLUNT TRAUMATIC AORTIC RUPTURE: SHOULD WE HAVE A HIGHER INDEX OF CLINICAL SUSPICION?
P. Sastry, M. Field, R. Cuerden, D. Richens (UK)
08:40 129 DOES ANATOMICAL COMPLETENESS OF THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS CORRELATE WITH SUFFICIENT CROSS PERFUSION DURING UNILATERAL CEREBRAL PERFUSION?
P. Urbanski, A. Lenos, J.C. Savedra Blume, V. Ziegler, B. Griewing, M. Dinkel, R. Schmitt, A. Diegeler (Germany)
08:50 130 LONG-TERM OUTCOME AFTER ENTRY CLOSURE AND ANEURYSMAL WALL PLICATION FOR TYPE B CHRONIC DISSECTION
Y. Miyamoto, T. Ohata, M. Mitsuno, M. Yamamura, H. Tanaka, Y. Kobayashi, M. Ryomoto, N. Tsujiya (Japan)
09:00 131 THE RESULTS OF HEMI-ARCH REPAIR FOR ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION USING TRANSVENTRICULAR AORTIC CANNULATION
Y. Ohzeki, S. Ozaki, Y. Okada, H. Horimi, S. Uchida, H. Yamashita (Japan)
09:10 132 TRANSCRANIAL MOTOR-EVOKED POTENTIALS FOLLOWING INTRA-AORTIC COLD BLOOD INFUSION FACILITATES DETECTION OF CRITICAL SUPPLYING ARTERY OF SPINAL CORD
M. Hamaishi, S. Takahashi, M. Isaka, K. Okada, K. Orihashi, T. Sueda (Japan)
09:20 133 INTRAOPERATIVE SKELETAL MUSCLE ISCHAEMIA CONTRIBUTES TO RENAL FAILURE RISK FOLLOWING THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC REPAIR
C.C. Miller, M.A. Villa, P. Achouh, A.L. Estrera, A. Azizzadeh, S.M. Coogan, H.J. Safi (USA)
09:30 134 APPLICATION OF PERIPHERAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND LEFT HEART BYPASS IN THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC REPAIR – 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
K. Wiebe, M. Pichlmaier, C. Hagl, N. Khaladj, J. Stefan, C. Oujang, I. Maeding, A. Haverich (Germany)
09:40 135 RAPID AND SAFE ESTABLISHMENT OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN REPAIR OF ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION: IMPROVED RESULTS WITH DOUBLE CANNULATIONS
K. Minatoya, H. Ogino, H. Matsuda, H. Sasaki, J. Kobayashi, T. Yagihara, S. Kitamura (Japan)
09:50 136 VISUALIZATION OF SPINAL CORD FEEDING ARTERIES IN AORTIC ANEURYSMS SURGERY
L. Bockeria, V. Arakelyan, V. Papitashvili (Russian Federation)
10:00 137 STAGED REPAIR OF THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS USING THE ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE: A CONSECUTIVE SERIES OF 217 FIRST STAGE AND 108 COMPLETE REPAIRS
C.D. Etz, K.A. Plestis, M. Luehr, C.A. Bodian, D. Smego, D. Spielvogel, R.B. Griepp (USA)
10:10 138 TEMPORARY NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER SURGERY ON THE THORACIC AORTA: A PREDICTOR OF BAD OUTCOME AND IMPAIRED QUALITY OF LIFE
E.S. Krähenbühl, F.F. Immer, M. Stalder, L. Englberger, F.S. Eckstein, T.P. Carrel (Switzerland)
08:30-10:30 Session 23 – Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Assisted Circulation (Forum)
Room Saléve Chairmen: J. Horisberger, Lausanne - C. Munsch, Leeds
08:30 139 MINIMIZED PERFUSION CIRCUITS ARE BENEFICIAL IN AORTIC VALVE AND AORTIC ROOT SURGERY
I. Kutschka, J. Skorpil, U. Schönrock, M. Staszko, A. El Essawi, V. Faber, T. Hajek, W. Harringer (Czech Republic)
08:40 140 REDUCED PULMONARY INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: EFFECTS OF COMBINED PULMONARY PERFUSION AND CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION
U. Goebel, M. Siepe, A. Mecklenburg, P. Stein, F. Beyersdorf, T. Loop, C. Schlensak (Germany)
08:50 141 RECIRCULATE OR TOTAL CIRCULATORY ARREST DURING CIRCULATORY ARREST, AN INFLAMMATORY PERSPECTIVE
M. Poullis (UK)
09:00 142 VASOPLEGIC SYNDROME AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: THE PAI-1 5G/G POLYMORPHISM ROLE A NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY
R. Martinezsanz, I.M. Nassar, J.J. Jimenez, E. Salido, R.J. de la LLana, P. Garrido, J.L. Iribarren, C. Vaquero Puerta
(Spain)
09:10 143 ASSOCIATION OF IL6 AND IL10 WITH RENAL DYSFUNCTION AND THE USE OF HAEMOFILTRATION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
G.S. Musleh, S. Data, N. Younan, G. Grotte, B. Predergast, R. Hasan, I. Hutchinson, A.K. Deyrania (UK)
09:20 144 GROWTH HORMONE PREVENTS ACUTE LIVER INJURY INDUCED BY CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN A RAT MODEL
Y. An, Y. Xiao (China)
09:30 145 CLINICAL OUTCOME AND BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANT RATE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE RECIPIENT PATIENTS: COMPARISON BETWEEN CONTINUOUS FLOW AND PULSATILE FLOW DEVICES
A. Garatti, G. Bruschi, T. Colombo, C.F. Russo, M. Lanfranconi, F. Milazzo, M. Frigerio, E. Vitali (Italy)
09:40 146 VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: IS RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE?
M. Anderson, M. Madani, Y. Naka, D. Raess, L. Samuels, B. Sun (USA)
09:50 147 PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULAR UNLOADING REVERSES CONTRACTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ALTERS GENE EXPRESSION IN FAILING RAT HEARTS
J. Wang, M. Tsashita, E. Yoshikawa, H. Muranaka, A. Marui, T. Nishina, T. Ikeda, M. Komeda (Japan)
10:00 148 BLEEDING IN VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE PATIENTS COULD BE EXPLAINED BY ACQUIRED VON WILLEBRAND SYNDROME
U. Geisen, C. Heilmann, C. Benk, M. Berchtold-Herz, T. Severin, U. Budde, F. Beyersdorf, B. Zieger (Germany)
10:10 149 ATRIA ASSIST DEVICE TO RESTORE TRANSPORT FUNCTION OF FIBRILLATING ATRIUM
P. Tozzi, D. Hayoz, F. Salchli, J.Y. Roulet, P. Thévenaz, L.K. von Segesser (Switzerland)
10:20 150 PAEDIATRIC HEART SUPPORT WITH A NEWLY DEVELOPED, CATHETER BASED PULSATILE 12F ROTARY BLOOD PUMP: AN ANIMAL STUDY
R. Filip, V. Ingrid, K. Frank, D. Guido, D. Rainer, S. Sebastian, L. Ronald, M. Bart (Belgium, Germany)
10:30-11:15 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
11:15-12:00 Basic Science Lecture
Room AB K. Mainzer, Augsburg
Challenges of Complexity in the 21st Century: Risk, Chance and Self-Organisation in Nature and Science
12:00-12:45 Honoured Guest Lecture
Room AB A. Vahanian, Paris
Percutaneous Valve Therapy: Present and Future
12:00-12:45 Film Session 3
Room Saléve
12:00 F11 ENDOSCOPIC THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY: SURGICAL TECHNIQUE OF GANGLIA EXCISION
G. Chiesa, E. Passera, A. Meroni, G. Guanella, A. Rizzi (Italy)
12:10 F12 TECHNIQUE OF PULMONARY RESECTION AND COMPLETE NODAL DISSECTION WITH MINIMAL BLOOD LOSS BY SKELTONIZING THE ANATOMIC STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRIC CAUTERY
S. Watanabe, K. Suzuki, H. Asamura (Japan)
12:20 F13 MINIMALLY INVASIVE OESOPHAGECTOMY: UTILIZING THE PRONE APPROACH
T. Fabian, A. McKelvey, J.T. Martin, J.A. Federico (USA)
12:30 F14 VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC LOBECTOMY BASED ON CONVENTIONAL PROCEDURE USING FLEXIBLE THORACOSCOPY
H. Iwata, K. Shirahashi, S. Matsumoto, M. Matsui, H. Takemura (Japan)
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Visit Exhibits: Satellite Symposia
14:00-15:00 Session 24 – High Risk Cardiac Surgery (Oral)
Room AB Chairmen: I. Kron, Charlottesville - S. Westaby, Oxford
14:00 151 AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN OCTOGENARIANS WITH HIGH SURGICAL RISK
S. Leontyev, T. Walther, S. Lehmann, A. Funkat, A. Rastan, J. Kempfert, V. Falk, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: P. Kohl, Liege
14:15 152 CARDIAC SURGERY IN OCTOGENARIANS: CLINICAL COURSE AND PREDICTORS OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
U. Boeken, P. Feindt, J. Litmathe, M. Kurt, E. Gams (Germany)
Invited Discussant: B.E. Keogh, London
14:30 153 DO WE HAVE TO IMPLANT AORTIC HOMOGRAFT AS A ROOT CONSIDERING THE CHALLENGE OF REOPERATION?
T.M. Joudinaud, F. Baron, R. Raffoul, B. Pagis, M. Vergnat, C. Parisot, U. Hvass, P. Nataf (France, Tahiti)
Invited Discussant: C. Yankah, Berlin
14:45 154 MITRAL VALVE SURGERY IN EMERGENCY FOR SEVERE ACUTE REGURGITATION: ANALYSIS OF POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME FROM A MULTICENTRE STUDY
R. Lorusso, S. Gelsomino, G. De Cicco, C. Russo, A. Colli, M. De Bonis, C. Beghi, J.L. Pomar (Italy, Spain)
Invited Discussant: M.A. Antunes, Coimbra
14:00-15:00 Session 25 – Metastasectomy (Forum)
Room C Chairmen: L. Lang-Lazdunski, London - H-B. Ris, Lausanne
14:00 155 THE VALUE OF LUNG METASTASES RESECTION FROM ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA
A. Bobbio, B. Bianchi, L. Ampollini, C. Copelli, P. Carbognani, S. Bettati, E. Sesenna, M. Rusca (Italy)
14:10 156 IS THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY JUSTIFIED TO TREAT PULMONARY METASTASIS FROM COLORECTAL CANCER?
J. Nakajima, T. Murakawa, T. Fami, S. Takamoto (Japan)
14:20 157 IMPORTANCE OF DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF A SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE IN PATIENTS AFTER MASTECTOMY FOR BREAST CANCER
T. Okasaka, N. Usami, T. Mitsudomi, Y. Yatabe, K. Yokoi (Japan)
14:30 159 PULMONARY METASTASES IN CHILDREN: RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT
F. Tronc, C. Conter, P. Marec-Berard, N. Bossard, V. Pichot-Delahaye, A. Orsini, J. Gamondes, D. Louis (France)
14:40 160 THE RELEVANCE OF SURGICAL THERAPY IN BILATERAL AND/OR MULTIPLE PULMONARY METASTASES IN CHILDREN
F. Gambazzi, D. von Schweinitz, F. Haecker (Switzerland)
14:00-15:00 Session 26 – Congenital (Forum)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: W. Daenen, Linden - G. Sarris, Athens
14:00 161 COULD WE STILL IMPROVE EARLY AND INTERIM OUTCOME AFTER PROSTHETIC SYSTEMIC-PULMONARY SHUNT? A RISK FACTORS ANALYSIS
S. Mohammadi, O. Benhameid, A. Campbell, J. Potts, S. Sett, J. Lablanc (Canada)
14:10 162 LOW FLOW-PERFUSION VIA THE INNOMINATE ARTERY DURING AORTIC ARCH OPERATIONS PROVIDES BETTER NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME THAN CONVENTIONAL DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST
S. Mohammadi, O. Benhameid, A. Campbell, J. Potts, S. Sett, J. Lablanc (Canada)
14:20 163 CEREBRAL REGIONAL OXYGENATION DURING AORTIC COARCTATION REPAIR IN PAEDIATRIC POPULATION
A. Ahmed, M. Handerson, J. Ostrowsky, K. Zahka, E. Siwik, Y. Al-Khatib, M. Karimi, H. Hennein (USA)
14:30 164 LONG-TERM RESULTS OF SURGICAL REPAIR FOR COMPLEX LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION – WHICH IS PREFERABLE KONNO OR ROSS?
T. Sakamoto, K. Ishihara, Y. Iwata, G. Matsumura, N. Yamamoto, Y. Kosaka, S. Saito, H. Kurosawa (Japan)
14:40 165 LONG-TERM RESULTS AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT USING BILEAFLET MECHANICAL VALVE IN CHILDREN
M. Masuda, Y. Ando, A. Shiose, K. Fae, Y. Tanoue, T. Nakano, H. Kado, R. Tominaga (Japan)
14:50 166 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION AFTER BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE
C. Kim, W. Kim, J. Kwak, W. Jang, C. Lee, D. Kim, C. Lim, W. Chang (Korea (South))
14:00-15:00 Session 27 – Coronary Arterial Grafts (Forum)
Room Jura Chairmen: M. Grimm, Vienna - P. Sergeant, Leuven
14:00 167 THE THREAT OF ANTEGRADE CARDIOPLEGIA DELIVERED THROUGH VEIN GRAFTS
I. Kois, M. Argiriou, N. Theakos, V. Panagiotakopoulos, C. Charitos (Greece)
14:10 168 THE SHELHIGH NO-REACT BOVINE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY (NRIMA): A VALUABLE ALTERNATIVE CONDUIT IN CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY?
L. Englberger, J. Noti, F.F. Immer, M. Stalder, F.S. Eckstein, T.P. Carrel (Switzerland)
14:20 169 ARE CALCIUM-BLOCKERS THE RIGHT APPROACH TO OVERCOME POSTOPERATIVE VASOSPASM IN RADIAL ARTERY GRAFTS?
D. Reineke, M. Grapow, E. Müller-Schweinitzer, T. Carrel (Switzerland)
14:30 170 THE EFFECT OF OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING ON PLATELET ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS ON ASPIRIN THERAPY TILL SURGERY DAY
G. Suwalski, P. Suwalski, K.J. Filipiak, M. Postula, F. Majstrak, K.B. Suwalski (Poland)
14:40 171 POSTOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ASPIRIN RESISTANCE IN A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS FOLLOWING CABG – A PLATELET AGGREGOMETRY STUDY
J. Kempfert, S. Dhein, S. Lehmann, D. Holzhey, T. Schroeter, D. Merk, A. Rastan, F. Mohr (Germany)
14:50 172 BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF MYOCARDIAL INJURY IN THE PERICARDIAL FLUID OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEART SURGERY
A.L. Fernández, L.F. Pérez, J. Martínez, B. Adrio, J. Sierra, J. García, J. Rubio, J.B. García-Bengochea (Spain)
14:00-15:00 Session 28 – Valves (DIP)
Room Salève Chairmen: R. De Simone, Heidelberg – J.L. Pomar, Barcelona
14:00 173 IN VITRO HAEMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE AND LEAFLET KINEMATICS OF FRESH AND CALCIFIED AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESES DURING EXERCISE
F. Bakhtiary, O. Dzemali, U. Steinseifer, C. Schmitz, B. Glasmacher, A. Moritz, P. Kleine (Germany)
14:10 174 REGIONAL AND TEMPORAL INSIGHTS INTO MITRAL ORIFICE AREA DURING ACUTE ISCHAEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
W. Bothe, T.C. Nguyen, D.B. Ennis, C. Carlhall, A. Itoh, D. Lai, N.B. Ingels, D.C. Miller (USA)
14:20 175 EFFECT OF LOCAL ANNULAR INTERVENTIONS ON ANNULAR AND LEFT VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY
T.A. Timek, D.T. Lai, D. Liang, G.T. Daughters, N.B. Ingels, D.C. Miller (USA)
14:30 176 ‘CHORDAL TRANSLOCATION’ FOR ISCHAEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION (IMR) MAY AMELIORATE TETHERING OF POSTERIOR MITRAL LEAFLET AS WELL AS ANTERIOR
S. Masuyama, A. Marui, M. Nonaka, T. Shimamoto, N. Watanabe, T. Ikeda, K. Yoshida, M. Komeda (Japan)
14:40 177 AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL PULMONARY CONDUIT WITH SINGLE POINT ATTACHED COMMISSURES (SPAC)
W.A. Goetz, T.E. Tan, K.H. Lim, S.L. Salgues, N. Grousson, F. Xiong, C.Y. Leng, J.H. Yeo (Singapore, Germany,
New Zealand)
14:50 178 DO WE REALLY NEED ASYMMETRIC RINGS TO TREAT TYPE IIIb ISCHAEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION?
M. Lemma, M. Pettinari, A. Mangini, G. Gelpi, P. Vanelli, M. Munari, C. Antona (Italy)
14:00–17:30 Health Management - Leadership for Change Symposium
Room Cervin
14:00-15:30 Leadership: Who, Which, When and Why?
Chairmen: J. Comas, Madrid - J. Mayer, Boston
M. Shore, Boston
R. Raposo, Lisbon
Invited Comments: M. Codispoti, Cambridge; R. Neirotti, Boston; H. Urschel, Dallas
16:00-17:30 Opportunities and Risks: Future of Professional Organisations
Chairmen: T. Åberg, Nuriootpa – A. Wechsler, Philadelphia
M. Peiro, Barcelona
B. Maillet, Brussels
P. Sergeant, Leuven
Invited Comments: J. Fragata, Lisbon; M. Kolowca, Katowice; R. Replogle, Chicago
15:00-15:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
15:30-17:30 Session 29 – Arrhythmia and Coronary (Oral)
Room AB Chairmen: O. Alfieri, Milan – G. Gerosa, Padova
15:30 179 EXTENDED GANGLIONIC PLEXI ISOLATION DURING MAZE PROCEDURE IMPROVES HOSPITAL AND EARLY FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF MITRAL SURGERY
F. Onorati, A. Curcio, A. Esposito, D. Torella, P. Mastroroberto, C. Indolfi, A. Renzulli (Italy)
Invited Discussant: J.Q. Melo, Carnaxide
15:45 180 INCIDENCE AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK FOLLOWING MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT AND RING ANNULOPLASTY
D. Berdajs, U. Schurr, A. Wagner, B. Seifert, M.I. Turina, M. Genoni (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: C. Mestres, Barcelona
16:00 181 EARLY RESULTS OF MODIFIED MAZE PROCEDURE USING LONG CRYOPROBE: EFFECT OF THE DURATION OF CRYOABLATION
J. You, P.W. Park, J.M. Hwang (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: J. Albes, Bernau-Berlin
16:15 182 RESTORATION OF SINUS RHYTHM IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION SUBMITTED TO SURGICAL ATRIAL ABLATION AND CONCOMITANT CARDIAC SURGERY
J.Q. Melo, M. Knaut, O. Alfieri, S. Benussi, M. Williams, F. Hornero, T. Santiago (Portugal, Germany, Italy, USA, Spain)
Invited Discussant: J. Bonatti, Innsbruck
16:30 183 BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY (BITA) GRAFTS VS. BITA WITH GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY (RGEA) GRAFTS IN OFF-PUMP TOTAL ARTERIAL REVASCULARIZATION OF TRIPLE VESSEL DISEASE
W.S. Kim, J.H. You, T.K. Lee (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: G. Tavilla, Leiden
16:45 184 LUMINAL DIAMETER CHANGE OF THE LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY ANASTOMOSED TO THE TOTALLY-OCCLUDED LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY
S. Hong, B. Ahn, M. Jung, S. Song, S. Kim, K. Na (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: J. Pepper, London
17:00 185 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF FLUID DYNAMICS OF SIMULATED FREE BLOOD FLOW IN IDEALIZED COMPOSITE ARTERIAL CORONARY GRAFTS
A.K. Politis, G.P. Stavropoulos, N.S. Vlachos, N.C. Markatos (Greece)
Invited Discussant: A. Corno, Liverpool
17:15 186 IS MULTI SLICE CT ANGIOGRAPHY ADEQUATE AS THE SOLE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA TO PROCEED FOR CABG?
H.S. Bedi, J.S. Gill, S.S. Bakshi (India)
Invited Discussant: I.L. Kron, Charlottesville
15:30-17:30 Session 30 – Thoracic Risks, Strategies and Outcomes (Forum)
Room C Chairmen: R. Rami-Porta, Barcelona – J.M. Wihlm, Strasbourg
15:30 187 INCIDENCE AND HOSPITAL OUTCOME OF VENTILATED PNEUMONECTOMY
G. Casali, R. Dornan, H. Taylor, W. Walker (UK)
15:40 188 LONG-TERM RESPIRATORY FUNCTION RESULTS AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY
L. Luzzi, S. Tenconi, L. Voltolini, P. Paladini, C. Ghiribelli, M. Di Bisceglie, G. Gotti (Italy)
15:50 189 STERNAL RECONSTRUCTION WITH TITANIUM PLATES IN COMPLICATED STERNAL DEHISCENCE
B. Voss, R. Bauernschmitt, E. Hendrich, R. Lange (Germany)
16:00 190 GRAND CANYON TYPE OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM: MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY AND REPAIR TECHNIQUE
H. Park, I. Lee, K. Kim (Korea (South))
16:10 191 THORACIC OSTEOSYNTHESES FOR CHEST WALL MALFORMATIONS, TRAUMAS AND TUMOURS USING THE ‘STRATOS’ TITANIUM SYSTEM: INITIAL EXPERIENCE
J. Wihlm, G. Grosdidier, A. Chapelier (France)
16:20 192 ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME AFTER PULMONARY RESECTION: REVIEW OF INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY IN ONE INSTITUTION
S. Tang, K. Redmond, M. Griffiths, G. Ladas, P. Goldstraw, M. Dusmet (UK)
16:30 193 ENHANCEMENT OF VATS LOBECTOMY USING COMPUTER-ASSISTANCE AND A FOUR-ARMED ROBOTIC SYSTEM
K.A. Lee (USA)
16:40 194 BLOOD PATCH TECHNIQUE FOR PERSISTENT AIR LEAK AFTER PULMONARY RESECTION
M.I. Wahdan (Egypt)
16:50 195 REDUCTION OF AIRSPACE AFTER LUNG RESECTION THROUGH CONTROLLED PARALYSIS OF THE DIAPHRAGM
G.L. Carboni, A. Vogt, P. Berg, R.A. Schmid, A.E. Dutly (Switzerland)
17:00 196 LUNG HERNIATION: A RARE COMPLICATION IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
H. Park, I. Lee, K. Kim (Korea (South))
17:10 197 DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF SURGICAL LUNG BIOPSY: COMPARISON WITH CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS
G.F. Coutinho, R. Pancas, E. Magalhães, J.E. Bernardo, L. Eugénio, M.J. Antunes (Portugal)
17:20 198 IS VATS A FEASIBLE APPROACH FOR CLINICAL N0 AND PATHOLOGICAL N2 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER?
A. Watanabe, S. Nakashima, T. Koyanagi, T. Mawataria, Y. Kurimoto, T. Higami (Japan)
15:30-17:30 Session 31 – Cardiac General (Oral)
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: P. Menasché, Paris – H. Vanermen, Aalst
15:30 199 EXOGENOUS SULFIDE REDUCES MYOCARDIAL APOPTOSIS IN RESPONSE TO ISCHAEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
R.T. Clements, N.R. Sodha, J. Feng, C. Szabo, C. Bianchi, F.W. Sellke (USA)
Invited Discussant: D. Chambers, London
15:45 200 WARM ISCHAEMIA PROVOKES INFLAMMATION AND REGIONAL HYPERCOAGULABILITY WITHIN THE HEART DURING OPCAB
Z.N. Kon, R. Tran, S. Kallam, E.N. Brown, R. Sangrampurkar, N. Burris, P.S. Brazio, R.S. Poston (USA)
Invited Discussant: A. Calafiore, Catania
16:00 201 DO BEATING HEART TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO COMBINED VALVE AND GRAFT OPERATIONS REDUCE MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE AND INFLUENCE CLINICAL OUTCOMES?
J.C. Lu, M. Shaw, A.D. Grayson, M.M. Poullis, D.M. Pullan, B.M. Fabri (UK)
Invited Discussant: R. Dion, Genk
16:15 202 HYPERBARIC OXYGEN PRECONDITIONING MEDIATES CARDIOPROTECTION & IMPROVES CLINICAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING ISCHAEMIC REPERFUSION INJURY BY AFFECTING MYOCARDIAL HSP72 AND SERUM SELECTIN EXPRESSION
J.Z. Yogaratnam, G. Laden, A. Seymour, J. Greenman, L. Guvendik, M. Cowen, A. Cale, S. Griffin (UK)
Invited Discussant: H. Tevaearai, Zurich
16:30 203 EFFECTS OF POSTCONDITIONING ON ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING VALVE REPLACEMENT
W. Luo, B. Li, R. Chen, R. Huang (China)
Invited Discussant: W. Flameng, Leuven
16:45 204 INFLUENCE OF CARDIOPLEGIA ON MYOCARDIAL APOPTOSIS RESULTS OF NOVEL EXPERIMENTAL MODEL
H. Baumbach, H. Brandes, M. Meyn, M. Albert, K. Moeller, R. Nagib, U.F. Franke (Germany)
Invited Discussant: F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg
17:00 205 INITIAL RESULTS OF ADENOSINE ENHANCED CARDIOPROTECTION AND ITS EFFECT ON CARDIOMYOCYTE APOPTOSIS DURING CABG OPERATIONS
A. Shalaby, O. Järvinen, A. Saraste, J. Laurikka, H. Porkkala, T. Rinne, M. Tarkka (Finland)
Invited Discussant: G. Szabo, Budapest
17:15 206 RELEASE OF PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
C. Simon, F. Capuano, G. Melina, A. Miceli, G. Sclafani, L. Iannone, A. Roscitano, R. Sinatra (Italy)
Invited Discussant: W. Mohl, Vienna
15:30-17:30 Session 32 – Cardiac General (Oral)
Room Jura Chairmen: M. Grabenwöger, Vienna – V. Gulielmos, Thessaloniki
15:30 207 CARDIAC RE-OPERATION IN OCTOGENARIANS – IS IT A NO GO?
R. Bauernschmitt, M. Krane, M. Wottke, R. Lange (Germany)
Invited Discussant: F. Mohr, Leipzig
15:45 208 EARLY NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION AND VALVE SURGERY IN OCTOGENARIANS
D.L. Ngaage, M.E. Cowen, S. Griffin, L. Guvendik, A.R. Cale (UK)
Invited Discussant: H. Jakob, Essen
16:00 209 REDUCING CEREBRAL EMBOLI IN CARDIAC OPERATIONS USING A NOVEL ULTRASONIC DEVICE: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
L. Sauren, M. la Meir, G. Bolotin, E. van der Veen, W. Mess, J. Maessen (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
16:15 210 THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE IN AORTIC VALVE MANAGEMENT: ON-PUMP AWAKE AORTIC VALVE SURGERY
C. Muneretto, G. Bisleri, P. Piccoli, A. Manzato, T. Bottio (Italy)
Invited Discussant: T. Carrel, Berne
16:30 211 DOES FUROSEMIDE PREVENT RENAL DYSFUNCTION IN HIGH-RISK CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS: RESULTS OF A DOUBLE-BLINDED PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED TRIAL
B. Mahesh, B. Yim, C. Ratnatunga, R. Pillai, D. Robson, D. Pigott (UK)
Invited Discussant: C. Vahl, Mainz
16:45 212 MILD RENAL DYSFUNCTION PREDICTS IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND LATE SURVIVAL FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
N.J. Howell, B.E. Keogh, S.J. Rooney, T.R. Graham, R.S. Bonser, J. Mascaro, I.C. Wilson, D. Pagano (UK)
Invited Discussant: J.L. Pomar, Barcelona
17:00 213 MICROBIOLOGICALLY DOCUMENTED NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: AN 18-MONTH PROSPECTIVE TERTIARY CARE CENTRE REPORT
L.S. De Santo, C. Bancone, G. Santarpino, G. Romano, M. De Feo, M. Scardone, N. Galdieri, M. Cotrufo (Italy)
Invited Discussant: P. Ruchat, Lausanne
17:15 214 DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION REQUIRING REVISION SURGERY: IMPACT ON MID-TERM SURVIVAL FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
A. Sachithanandan, P. Nanjaiah, P. Nightingale, I.C. Wilson, R. Bonser, T. Graham, R. Stephen, D. Pagano (UK)
Invited Discussant: F. Robicsek, Charlotte
15:30-17:30 Session 33 – Transplantation (Oral)
Room Saléve Chairmen: C. Aigner, Vienna - G. Laufer, Innsbruck
15:30 215 CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT SYSTOLIC FUNCTION - IS THE AETIOLOGY (ISCHAEMIC OR IDIOPATHIC) A DETERMINANT OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN THE HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENT?
M. Biernat, E. Sola, L. Oliveira, D. Prieto, F. Franco, L.A. Providência, M.J. Antunes (Portugal)
15:45 216 MANAGEMENT OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION WITHOUT TRANSBRONCHIAL LUNG BIOPSY AFTER LIVING-DONOR LOBAR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
H. Date, K. Goto, M. Yamane, S. Toyooka, M. Okazaki, T. Oto, M. Aoe, Y. Sano (Japan)
16:00 218 DESTINY OF CANDIDATES FOR HEART TRANSPLANTATION IN EUROTRANSPLANT HEART ALLOCATION SYSTEM
T. Komoda, H.B. Lehmkuhl, R. Hetzer (Germany)
16:15 219 HEART TRANSPLANTATION FOLLOWING CARDIOMYOPLASTY: A BIOLOGICAL BRIDGE
J. Chachques, O. Jegaden, V. Bors, T. Mesana, C. Latremouille, P. Grandjean, J. Fabiani, A. Carpentier (France)
16:30 220 EFFECT OF APROTININ REGIMEN ON ACUTE REJECTION FOLLOWING HEART TRANSPLANTATION
J.H. Shuhaiber, K. Goldsmith, S. Tsui, J. Parameshwar, S. Large (UK)
16:45 221 NON INVASIVE RADIOIODINE IMAGING FOR ACCURATE QUANTIFICATION OF NIS REPORTER GENE EXPRESSION IN TRANSPLANTED HEARTS
D. Ricci, A.A. Mennander, V.P. Rao, N. Miyagi, L.D. Pham, S.J. Russell, G.W. Byrne, C.G. McGregor (USA, Italy)
17:10 222 ALLOSENSITIZATION IN BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANT NOVACOR LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE PATIENTS: ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM OUTCOMES WITH REGARD TO ACUTE REJECTION AND CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY
T. Timmermans, O. Vancaeneghem, O. Gurne, P. Noirhomme, L.M. Jacquet, D. Latinne, A.J. Poncelet (Belgium)


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Organised by:
Adult Cardiac: B. Keogh, S. Kolvekar (London)
General Thoracic Surgery: Thoracic Surgery Committee Members
Congenital Heat Surgery: Congenital Heart Disease Committee Members
08:30-10:00 Plenary Session
Room AB Chairmen: S. Hagl, S. Kolvekar (Heidelberg, London)
08:35 Adhesions: help or harm? H. Ellis, London
09:05 Strategies to reduce bleeding in thoracic and cardiac surgery, T. Treasure, London
including the aprotinin debate
10:00-10:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
10:30-13:45 Reoperations in Adult Heart Surgery
Room AB Chairmen: B. Keogh, I. Kron (London, Charlottesville)
10:30 Review of redo cardiac surgery over the years V.R. Machiraju, Pittsburg
10:50 Dealing with the unexpected J. Sabik, Cleveland
11:20 Special Considerations: Coronary surgery I. Kron, Charlottesville
11:50 Special Considerations: Aortic valve J. Pepper, London
12:20 Special Considerations: Mitral valve V. Falk, Leipzig
12:50 Special Considerations: Aortic dissection H.J. Schäfers, Homburg/Saar
13:20 Panel discussion
10:30-13:00 Reoperations in General Thoracic Surgery
Room C Chairman: T. Treasure (London)
10:30 Second and subsequent metastasectomy: which cancer? D. Van Raemdonck, Leuven
when? how?
11:00 A second lung cancer: what to do? G. Varela, Salamanca
11:30 A second mediastinoscopy: how to decide and how P. van Schil, Antwerp
to do it?
12:00 Repeat lung transplant C. Aigner, Vienna
12:30 Discussion
10:30-13:30 Reoperations in Congenital Heart Surgery
Room Mt Blanc Chairmen: V. Tsang, P. Vouhé (London, Paris)
10:30 Reoperations in congenital heart surgery: current prevalence B. Maruszewski, Warsaw
and future implications
11:00 Late reoperations after tetralogy of Fallot repair R. Prêtre, Zurich
11:30 Late reoperations in Fontan patients C. Mavroudis, Chicago
12:00 Surgical management of complications after T. Karl, San Francisco
Norwood stage I
12:30 Late reoperations after arterial switch P. Vouhé, Paris
13:00 Heart transplantation after congenital heart surgery V. Tsang, London
13:20 Discussion
13:45 Close of meeting





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