Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:iii-xxiv. doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.0000S9 © 2007 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Programme/List of AbstractsSuppl. 3 to Vol. 6 (September 2007)
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21st EACTS MEETING TECHNO-COLLEGE (programme only) Saturday 15 September 2007
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| CARDIAC |
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| Organisers |
V. Falk and members of the New Technology Resource Group (Leipzig) |
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| Session 1 |
Hybrid Therapy |
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| Moderators |
M. Grabenwöger, F. Maisano (Vienna, Milan) |
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Award Presentation: |
To be announced |
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Hybrid concept in paediatric valve surgery |
R. Prêtre, Zurich |
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Hybrid concept in aortic surgery |
M. Grabenwöger, Vienna |
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Hybrid concept in coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
G. Angelini, Bristol |
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Live Cases: |
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Stenting of the thoracic aorta |
B. Zipfel, Berlin |
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Hybrid revascularisation (Robotic/interventional therapy) |
J. Bonatti, G. Friedrich, Innsbruck |
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Round Table: Hybrid therapy – fact or fiction? |
G. Angelini, Bristol; M. Grabenwöger, |
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Vienna; F. Maisano, Milan; R. Prêtre, |
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Zurich |
| Session 2 |
Mitral Valve Surgery |
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| Moderators |
V. Falk, H. Vanerman (Leipzig, Aalst) |
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Interventional mitral valve repair - edge to edge |
F. Maisano, Milan |
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Catheter based annuloplasty – will it be possible? |
P. Perier, Bad Neustadt/Saale |
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Added benefits of robotics in mitral valve repair |
J.M. Smith, Cincinnati |
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Transapical Chordae Replacement |
G. Speziali, Pittsburgh |
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Totally endoscopic atrial ablation – a new approach |
G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen |
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Live Cases: |
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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair with new exposure platform |
O. Jegaden, Lyon |
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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair using adjustable mitral valve ring |
R. Klautz, Leiden |
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Mitral valve repair with bioabsorbable ring |
A. Kalangos, Geneva |
| Session 3 |
Endovascular and Transapical Surgery |
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| Moderators |
M. Mack, G. Wimmer-Greinecker (Dallas, Bad Bevensen) |
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Sutureless aortic valve implantation |
A. Haverich, Hannover |
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Transfemoral aortic valve replacement |
T. Folliguet, Paris |
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Implications of valve design and implant techniques on aortic root geometry |
X.Y. Jin, Oxford |
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Transapical aortic valve replacement – current status |
M. Mack, Dallas |
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Live demonstration of simulator for transapical aortic valve replacement (TAP) |
M. Mack, Dallas |
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Live Cases: |
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Transapical re-aortic valve replacement (valve in a valve concept) |
T. Walther, Leipzig |
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Round Table: The best option for aortic valve replacement – standard, |
V. Falk, Leipzig; A. Haverich, Hannover; |
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transapical, transfemoral |
T. Folliguet, Paris; M. Mack, Dallas; |
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G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen |
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Heart failure |
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| Moderators |
G. Gerosa, M. Yacoub (Padua, London) |
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Results repair AMI study |
A. Zeiher, Frankfurt |
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Ventricular assist devices for recovery in primary dilated cardiomyopathy |
M. Yacoub, London |
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From ABO incompatible heart transplant to xenotransplantation |
E. Cozzi, Padua |
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Cell therapy in ischaemic settings: facts and fictions |
G. Gerosa, Padua |
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New concept for cardiac assist therapy |
H. Jakob, Essen |
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Live Cases: |
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Ventricular restoration therapy |
L. Menicanti, Milan |
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The Future of Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgery |
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| Organisers |
R. Schmid and members of the Thoracic Committee and |
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the New Technology Resource Group (Bern) |
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| Session 1 |
Computer Assisted Stapling |
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| Moderators |
W. Klepetko, R. Schmid (Vienna, Bern) |
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Live Case: |
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VATS lobectomy performed with the computer-controlled |
D. Gossot, Paris |
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stapling system for lung surgery |
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Presentation: |
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Computer-controlled stapling system for lung surgery |
C. Frizzi |
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Ergonomics during Thoracoscopic Interventions |
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| Moderators |
G. Leschber, F. Melfi (Berlin, Pisa) |
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Ergonomic problems encountered during video-assisted |
L. Kranenburg, Rotterdam |
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thoracic surgery |
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Live Case: |
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Thoracoscopic lung resection |
D. Gossot, Paris |
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Use of ergometric research as a tool in product development |
A. Quinn, Cincinnati |
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New Instruments for VATS |
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| Moderators |
A. Varela, R. Wolf (Madrid, Cincinnati) |
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Requirements for instruments to perform complex minimally |
W. Walker, Edinburgh |
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invasive thoracic interventions |
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Robotic thoracic surgery - the future solution for minimally |
L. Spaggiari, Milan |
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invasive mediastinal lymphadenectomy? |
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The future of surgery |
R. Wolf, Cincinnati |
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21st EACTS MEETING POSTGRADUATE COURSE (overview) Sunday 16 September 2007
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| Adult Cardiac |
General Thoracic |
Congenital Heart |
Endovascular |
Perfusion |
Basic Science |
Education and |
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Surgery |
Disease |
Intervention |
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Manpower |
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Room C |
Room A |
Room D |
Room Jura |
Room G |
Room E |
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09:00-10:30 |
09:30-11:00 |
10:00-12:30 |
08:30-10:30 |
09:00-11:00 |
12:00-13:00 |
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Session 1 |
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Manpower planning: |
| The forgotten |
The thoracic surgeon |
The evolving |
Endovascular |
Modifications of |
Basics in |
matching the needs |
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and tuberculosis: |
role of hybrid |
aneurysm repair |
cardiopulmonary |
cardiovascular |
in a changing |
| valve disease |
new challenges in an |
procedures in |
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bypass |
tissue engineering |
specialty |
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old disease |
the treatment of |
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congenital heart |
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disease |
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10:30-11:00 |
11:00-11:30 |
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10:30-11:00 |
11:00-11:30 |
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Coffee |
Coffee |
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Coffee |
Coffee |
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| 10:40-12:20 |
11:00-12:00 |
11:30-12:30 |
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11:00-12:00 |
11:30-13:00 |
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Session 2 |
Session 2 |
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Session 2 |
Session 2 |
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| Infective |
Tough decisions for |
Fontan |
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Recombinant |
Heart valve tissue |
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thoracic surgeons - |
circulation |
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Faktor VIIa |
engineering |
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interactive cases |
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12:00-13:30 |
12:30-13:30 |
12:30-13:30 |
12:00-13:00 |
13:00-14:00 |
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Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:00 |
14:00-16:30 |
13:30-16:00 |
13:00-14:30 |
14:00-15:30 |
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Session 3 |
Session 3 |
Session 2 |
Session 3 |
Session 3 |
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| Joint Session |
Evidence Review |
Total anomalous |
Advanced |
Minimised |
Myocardial tissue |
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Lecture |
pulmonary |
endovascular |
cardiopulmonary |
engineering |
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venous return |
aneurysm repair |
bypass circuits |
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and pulmonary |
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vein stenosis |
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interactive video |
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session |
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14:00-15:30 |
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14:30-16:00 |
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Session 4 |
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Session 4 |
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| Aortic valve - |
Broncho-alveolar |
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Heart and lung |
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carcinoma (BAC): |
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assist |
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new concepts |
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16:30 Exhibition Opens |
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21st EACTS MEETING POSTGRADUATE COURSE (programme only) Sunday 16 September 2007
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| ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY |
| Organisers |
M. Antunes, G. El Khoury, P. Kolh (Coimbra, Brussels, Liege) |
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| Session 1 |
The Forgotten Valve - Tricuspid Valve Disease |
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M. Antunes (Coimbra) |
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| 08:30 |
Aetiology and pathology of tricuspid valve disease |
C. Basso, Padova |
| 08:50 |
Clinical and echocardiographic criteria to determine |
C. Barwolf, Bad Krozingen |
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severity of tricuspid valve disease |
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| 09:10 |
When should the tricuspid valve be operated on in patients |
G. Dreyfus, London |
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with mitral valve disease |
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| 09:30 |
Late tricuspid valve insufficiency |
M. Antunes, Coimbra |
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Discussion |
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| 10:10 |
Coffee |
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| Session 2 |
Infective Endocarditis |
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| Chairman |
P. Kolh (Liege) |
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| 10:40 |
Aetiology and pathology |
C. Basso, Padova |
| 11:00 |
Diagnosis and medical treatment |
G. Habib, Marseille |
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Surgical treatment |
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- replacement |
C. Acar, Paris |
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- repair |
G. El Khoury, Brussels |
| 12:00 |
Discussion |
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| 12:20 |
Lunch |
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3rd EACTS/ESC Joint Session |
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| Chairman |
O. Alfieri (Milan) |
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Valve Surgery/Intervention in the Elderly |
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| 13:30 |
Evaluating ageing: when is the elderly patient too old? |
B. Keogh, London |
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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 |
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The transcatheter (percutaneous and transapical) options |
A. Vahanian, Paris |
| 15:10 |
Discussion |
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Aortic Valve - Video Session |
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| Chairmen |
G. El Khoury, M. Antunes (Brussels, Coimbra) |
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| 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 |
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Aortic valve repair, state of the art (videos) |
G. El Khoury, Brussels |
| 16:25 |
General comments and general discussion |
M. Antunes, Coimbra |
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Close |
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| GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY |
| Organisers |
Thoracic Surgery Committee Members |
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| Session 1 |
The Thoracic Surgeon and Tuberculosis: New Challenges in an Old Disease |
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S. Elia (Rome) |
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| 09:00 |
What's new in tuberculosis: epidemiology, diagnostics, drug resistance |
L. Richeldi, Modena |
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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 |
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Tough Decisions for Thoracic Surgeons - Interactive Cases |
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| Chairman |
T. Treasure (London) |
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| 11:00 |
Tough decisions for thoracic surgeons - Interactive cases |
G. Varela, Seville; |
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H.B. Ris, Lausanne; |
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G. Leschber, Berlin |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| Session 3 |
Evidence Review Lecture |
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| Chairman |
W. Klepetko (Vienna) |
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| 13:30 |
The size of thoracic incisions: what is the level of evidence? |
A. Hensens, Enschede |
| Session 4 |
Broncho-Alveolar Carcinoma (BAC): New Concepts |
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| Chairmen |
P. van Schil, R. Schmid (Antwerp, Bern) |
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| 14:00 |
- pathology of BAC |
K. Kerr, Aberdeen |
| 14:20 |
- imaging of BAC |
R. Salgado, Antwerp |
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- surgery for BAC |
R. Rami Porta, Barcelona |
| 15:00 |
- targeted therapies for BAC |
P. Baas, Amsterdam |
| 15:20 |
Discussion |
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| 15:30 |
Close |
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| CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY |
| Organisers |
Congenital Heart Surgery Committee Members |
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| Session 1 |
The Evolving Role of Hybrid Procedures in the Treatment of Congenital |
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Heart Defects |
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| Chairmen |
G. Sarris, L. Zannini (Athens, Genova) |
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| 09:30 |
Hybrid approaches for management of single ventricle, from Norwood |
E. Bacha, Boston |
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stage I to completion Fontan |
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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 |
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management of complex problems |
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| 10:30 |
Discussion |
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| 11:00 |
Coffee |
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| Session 2 |
Fontan Circulation |
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| Chairmen |
B. Maruszewski, R. Prêtre (Warsaw, Zurich) |
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| 11:30 |
Physiology of parallel and in series circulation, systolic and diastolic |
D. Sidi, Paris |
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functions. What remains from the initial commandments? |
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| 11:45 |
The various types of Fontan and fenestration. The old ones and their |
M. de Leval, London |
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consequences in Fontan conversion |
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| 12:00 |
The long-term complications and treatment in Fontan patients |
M. Gewillig, Leuven |
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- protein loosing enteropathy, plastic bronchitis, AV pulmonary fistulae |
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- aortopulmonary collaterals |
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- heart transplantation |
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| 12:15 |
The new forms of Fontan |
M. Galantowicz, Columbus |
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off-pump |
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endoprothetic |
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| 12:30 |
Discussion |
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| 13:00 |
Lunch |
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| Session 3 |
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis |
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Interactive Video Session |
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| Chairmen |
J. Comas, T. Spray (Madrid, Philadelphia) |
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| 14:00 |
Anatomical considerations (total anomalous pulmonary venous |
A. Cook, London |
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return – congenital pulmonary vein stenosis) |
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Standard repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return: transatrial |
J. Rubay, Brussels |
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and posterior approaches (videos) |
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Sutureless primary repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return |
C. Caldarone, Toronto |
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and Sutureless repair of pulmonary vein stenosis (video) |
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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return and heterotaxy syndromes |
S. Sano, Okayama |
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Lung transplantation for pulmonary vein stenosis (video) |
T. Spray, Philadelphia |
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Invited Comments |
M. Gewillig, Leuven; |
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F. Lacour-Gayet, Denver |
| 16:30 |
Close |
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| ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTION |
| Organiser |
L. von Segesser (Lausanne) |
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| Session 1 |
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair |
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| Chairmen |
M. Grabenwöger, L.K. von Segesser (Vienna, Lausanne) |
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| 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 |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
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| Session 2 |
Advanced Endovascular Aneurysm Repair |
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| Chairmen |
F. Beyersdorf, C. Miller (Freiburg, Stanford) |
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| 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 |
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| PERFUSION |
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| Organiser |
A. Wahba (Trondheim) |
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| Session 1 |
Modifications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass |
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| Chairmen |
M. de Jong, A. Moritz (Nieuwegein, Frankfurt) |
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| 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 |
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Recombinant Faktor VIIa |
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| Chairmen |
P. Skov Olsen, A. Wahba (Copenhagen, Trondheim) |
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| 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 |
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| Session 3 |
Minimized Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits |
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| Chairmen |
A. Liebold, F. Merkle (Rostock, Berlin) |
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| 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 |
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for whom? |
F. Immer, Bern |
| 14:30 |
Coffee |
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Heart and Lung Assist |
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| Chairmen |
D. Birnbaum, S. Westaby (Regensburg, Oxford) |
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| 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 |
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| BASIC SCIENCE |
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| Organisers |
A. Haverich, J. Vaage (Hannover, Oslo) |
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| Session 1 |
Basics in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering |
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| Chairmen |
G. Gerosa, A. Haverich (Padua, Hannover) |
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| 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 |
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Heart Valve Tissue Engineering |
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| Chairmen |
S. Hoerstrup, W.H. Zimmermann (Zurich, Hamburg) |
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| 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 |
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| Session 3 |
Myocardial Tissue Engineering |
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| Chairmen |
G. Steinhoff, J. Vaage (Rostock, Oslo) |
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| 14:00 |
Cell sources |
G. Steinhoff, Rostock |
| 14:30 |
Matrices |
P. Akhyari, Heidelberg |
| 15:00 |
Experimental results |
A. Haverich, Hannover |
| 15:30 |
Close |
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| EDUCATION AND MANPOWER |
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| Organiser |
Member of the Surgical Training and Manpower Committee |
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Manpower Planning: Matching the Needs in a Changing Specialty |
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| Chairman |
J.R. Sadaba (San Sebastián) |
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Importance of effective manpower planning in healthcare |
P. Sergeant, Leuven |
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Planning the medical workforce in Europe. How to do it? |
C. Takkenberg, Tilburg |
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21st EACTS MEETING BREAKFAST SESSIONS (programme only) Monday 17 September 2007 (7.30–8.30)
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| ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY |
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Endovascular Intervention |
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| Organiser |
A.P. Kappetein (Rotterdam) |
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| Chairmen |
J. Bekkers, R. Klautz (Rotterdam, Leiden) |
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Endovascular stent-graft treatment for acute and |
M. Grimm, Vienna |
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chronic type B aortic dissection |
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Aortic stent grafting for contained rupture of the |
R. Heijmen, Nieuwegein |
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descending aorta |
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Treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms |
F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg |
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with a combined endovascular and surgical |
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approach |
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| CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY |
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Surgical Management of Transposition of Great |
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Arteries/Ventricular Septal Defect/Left Ventricular |
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Outflow Tract Obstruction |
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| Organisers |
Congenital Heart Surgery Committee members |
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| Chairmen |
H. Sairanen, V. Tsang (Helsinki, London) |
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Rastelli operation |
W. Brawn, Birmingham |
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REV (Lecompte) operation |
D. Di Carlo, Rome |
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REV operation: Marseilles approach |
D. Metras, Marseilles |
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Aortic translocation procedure |
V. Morell, Pittsburgh |
| GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY |
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| Organisers |
Members of the Thoracic Committee |
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| Chairman |
T. Treasure (London) |
P. Van Schil, Antwerp |
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Follow-up after lung cancer resection. |
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What do we do? What should we do? (Interactive session) |
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Tuesday 18 September 2007 (7.30-8.30)
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| ADULT CARDIAC (MIXED ADULT AND PAEDIATRIC) |
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Adults with Congenital Disease: Management of |
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Progressive Aortic Root Dilatation |
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| Organiser |
J. Comas (Madrid) |
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| Chairmen |
J. Comas, G.El Khoury, V. Tsang (Madrid, Brussels, London) |
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View points from |
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- a grown-up congenital cardiologist |
S. Cullen, London |
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- a congential cardiac surgeon |
D. Cameron, Baltimore |
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- an adult surgeon |
H.J. Schäfers, Homburg |
| GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY |
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Screening for Lung Cancer: New Evidence |
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| Organisers |
Members of the Thoracic Surgery Committee |
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| Chairman |
S. Elia (Rome) |
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Screening for lung cancer: new horizons in imaging and |
P. de Leyn, Leuven |
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endoscopic techniques |
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Chemoprevention for individuals at high-risk of developing |
N. Van Zandwijk, |
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lung cancer: enough data? |
Amsterdam |
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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 |
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Adult Cardiac (Room C) |
Thoracic (Room D) |
Congenital (Room E) |
Film Session 1 (Room Jura) |
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(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 |
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Oral |
Oral |
Award |
Oral |
Award |
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(001-003) |
(004-006) |
Congenital |
(010-012) |
Experimental |
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Oral |
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Oral |
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(007-009) |
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(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 |
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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 |
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Predicting Risk and |
Mesothelioma |
(Room Mt Blanc) |
Valve Repair |
(Room Salève) |
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Outcomes |
Forum |
Congenital |
Forum |
Endovascular Aortic |
|
Oral |
(032-036) |
Forum |
(043-047) |
Surgery |
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(028-031) |
|
(037-042) |
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Forum |
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(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 |
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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) |
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(087-095) |
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(054-062) |
(063-071) |
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| 17:00-18:00 |
EACTS General Assembly (Room Mt Blanc) |
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TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2007
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| 07:30-08:30 |
Breakfast Sessions |
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Adult and Paediatric |
Thoracic |
Film Session 2 (Room Jura) |
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(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 |
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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 |
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Forum |
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(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 |
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|
(Room AB) |
(Room C) |
(Room Mt Blanc) |
(Room Jura) |
(Room Salève) |
Management |
|
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High-Risk Cardiac |
Metastasectomy |
Congenital |
Coronary Arterial |
Valves |
Course |
|
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Surgery |
Forum |
Forum |
Grafts |
DIP |
(Room Cervin) |
|
Oral |
(155-160) |
(161-166) |
Forum |
(173-178) |
Leadership for |
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|
(151-154) |
|
|
(167-172) |
|
Change Symposium |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Refreshments: Visit Exhibits |
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|
| 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 |
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Arrhythmia |
Thoracic Risks, |
Mt Blanc) |
Cardiac |
Transplantation |
Meeting |
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and Coronary |
Strategies and |
Cardiac |
General |
Oral |
(Room D) |
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|
Oral |
Outcomes |
General |
Oral |
(215-222) |
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|
(179-186) |
Forum |
Oral |
(207-214) |
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(187-198) |
(199-206) |
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WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2007
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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 |
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|
(Room C) |
(Room Mt Blanc) |
| 13:45 |
Meeting Ends |
|
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21st EACTS MEETING CONTENT OF SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS (and corresponding Abstract number) MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2007
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|
Abstract |
|
| 07:30–08:30 |
|
Film Session 1 |
| Room Jura |
|
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| 07:30 |
F1 |
FLOW-SENSITIVE 4D MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: PATHOLOGICAL BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS IN ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSMS |
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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 |
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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? |
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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 |
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H. Posacioglu, A. Apaydin, C. Engin, F. Ayik, P. Oztürk, B. Eygi (Turkey) |
| 08:10 |
F5 |
TECHNIQUE OF MONOBLOC AORTO-MITRAL HOMOGRAFT IMPLANTATION |
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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 |
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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 |
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H. Luckraz, T.B. Esmael, N. Pugh, J. Lowe, A. Luer-English, D. Mehta, E.N. Kulatilake, A.A. Azzu (UK) |
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Invited Discussant: F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg |
| 08:45 |
002 |
EVALUATION OF A COMPLETELY RECELLULARISED PULMONARY HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IN SHEEP |
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G. De Visscher, H. Blockx, B. Meuris, H. Van Oosterwyck, E. Verbeken, M. Herregods, W. Flameng (Belgium) |
|
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Invited Discussant: P.H. Schoof, Leiden |
| 09:00 |
003 |
PAPILLARY MUSCLE REPOSITIONING IN MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION |
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M. Yousefnia, M. Mandegar, F. Roshanali (Iran) |
|
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Invited Discussant: S. Westaby, Oxford |
| 08:30-09:15 |
|
Session 2 – Young Investigator's Award - General Thoracic Surgery (Oral) |
| Room C |
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Chairmen: E.A. Rendina, Rome – R.A. Schmid, Berne |
| 08:30 |
004 |
INDIVIDUAL RISK PREDICTION OF METASTASIS FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPICAL BRONCHIAL CARCINOID TUMOURS |
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J.C. Neves-Pereira, J.F. Bernaudin, J.R. de-Campos-Milanez, M. Riquet, V.L. Capelozzi, C. Danel, P. Bagan, |
|
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F.B. Jatene (Brazil, France) |
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Invited Discussant: E.A. Rendina, Rome |
| 08:45 |
005 |
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE UPTAKE IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER |
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A. Poncelet, F. Hanin, P. Noirhomme, C. Coulon, J. Distexhe, M. Lonneux (Belgium) |
|
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Invited Discussant: C. Tan, London |
| 09:00 |
006 |
BALLOON DILATATION OF PYLORUS FOR DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING AFTER OESOPHAGECTOMY |
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H. Lee, M. Kim, J. Lee, J. Kim, J. Zo (Korea (South)) |
|
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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? |
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E.J. Hickey, B.W. McCrindle, E.H. Blackstone, T. Yeh Jr, F. Pigula, D. Clarke, C. Tchervenkov, J. Hawkins (USA) |
|
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Invited Discussant: M. Hazekamp, Leiden |
| 08:45 |
008 |
USE OF TISSUE MICRODIALYSIS TO INVESTIGATE HYPERLACTATAEMIA FOLLOWING PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY |
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R.B. Hosein, K.P. Morris, J. Stickley, S. Laker, P. Davies, T. Jones, W.J. Brawn, D.J. Barron (UK) |
|
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Invited Discussant: V. Tsang, London |
| 09:00 |
009 |
CURRENT APPROACHES TO PULMONARY REGURGITATION |
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A. Frigiola, V.T. Tsang, J. Nordmeyer, L. Coats, C. van Doorn, A.M. Taylor, P. Bonhoeffer, M. de Leval (UK, Italy) |
|
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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 |
|
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M. Poullis, R. Warwick, M. Field, A. Oo, R.J. Poole (UK) |
|
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Invited Discussant: L. von Segesser, Lausanne |
| 08:45 |
011 |
THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFTING INHIBITS AORTIC GROWTH – AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY |
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M.P. Siegenthaler, R. Celik, H. Goebel, K. Brehm, G. Faerber, W. Euringer, J. Haberstroh, F. Beyersdorf (Germany, USA) |
|
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Invited Discussant: M. Turina, Zurich |
| 09:00 |
012 |
SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW AND ISCHAEMIC INJURY AFTER EXPERIMENTAL SACRIFICE OF THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL SEGMENTAL ARTERIES |
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C.D. Etz, T.M. Homann, M. Luehr, N. Zhang, C.A. Bodian, D.J. Weisz, K.A. Plestis, R.B. Griepp (USA) |
|
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Invited Discussant: J. Bachet, Paris |
| 08:30-09:15 |
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Session 5 – Young Investigator's Award – Experimental (Oral) |
| Room Salève |
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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 |
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M. Malinowski, M.A. Deja, K.S. Go ba, T. Roleder, S. Wo (Poland) |
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Invited Discussant: B. Buxton, Richmond |
| 08:45 |
014 |
DIRECT DELIVERY OF NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INTO RAT MYOCARDIUM AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
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A. Hatada, Y. Okamura, K. Kohda, H. Waki, M. Kaneko, Y. Nishimura, T. Hiramatsu, M. Maeda (Japan) |
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Invited Discussant | |
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