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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:iii-xxvi. doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.000S10
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22nd EACTS Meeting

Programme/List of Abstracts

Suppl. 3 to Vol. 7 (September 2008)


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Saturday 13 September 2008


ADULT CARDIAC
08:00 Welcome V. Falk, Leipzig; P. Sergeant, Leuven
08:20-10:30 Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Moderators M. Gillinov, G. Wimmer-Greinecker (Cleveland, Bad Bevensen)
Totally endoscopic ex-Maze-clinical results A. Kiser, Pinehurst
The left atrial appendage-the most important surgical target in atrial fibrillation M. Gillinov, Cleveland
New technology innovation award presentation to be announced
Video Presentation
Hybrid approach in the treatment of atrial fibrillation J. Maessen, Maastricht
Live Surgery
Endoscopic off-pump atrial fibrillation ablation R. Krakor, Dortmund
Endoscopic off-pump atrial fibrillation ablation E. Beyer, Houston
 
Endoscopic off-pump atrial fibrillation ablation W.J. van Boven, Nieuwegein
 
10:30-12:40 Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery in Redo Situations
Moderators M. Grabenwöger, H. Vanerman (Vienna, Aalst)
Beating heart redo valve surgery C. Campanella, Edinburgh
Minimally invasive PORT-ACCESS redo mitral valve surgery F. van Praet, Aalst
Concept of a modular aortic valve to facilitate redo aortic valve surgery W. Harringer, Braunschweig
Transcatheter valve implantation in redo situations A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
Video Presentation
Aortic root replacement in redo situations M. Shrestha, Hannover
Live Surgery
Valve in a ring M. Chu, London
Minimally invasive beating heart tricuspid valve repair F. Mohr, Leipzig
Transcatheter valve in a valve T. Walther, Leipzig
12:40-13:40 Lunch
 
13:40-16:00 Sutureless and Transcatheter Valves
Moderators A.P. Kappetein, F. Maisano (Rotterdam, Milan)
The Enable valve-implantation techniques and clinical results T. Carrel, Bern
The Perceval valve-implantation technique and results of multicentre trial T. Folliguet, Paris
Results of the EU PARTNER-Trial G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
Issues of right ventricular outflow tract valve implantation C. Schreiber, Munich
New surface treatment of mechanical heart valves M. Slaughter, Louisville
Video presentation
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement with direct flow system H. Reichenspurner, Hamburg
Live Surgery
Catheter-based aortic valve replacement R. Lange, Munich
Beating heart intracardiac mitral valve repair-animal lab J. Fann, Stanford
16:00-16:20 Coffee
 
16:20-18:00 Mechanical Circulatory Support
Moderators V. Falk, G. Gerosa (Leipzig, Padua)
Mechanical circulatory support as a permanent solution in advanced heart failure A. El-Banayosy, Bad Oeynhausen
Mechanical circulatory support for acute rescue-from bridge to bridge to recovery S. Tsui, Papworth
Hub and Spoke-concept for outpatient treatment of cardiogenic shock G. Gerosa, Padua
From mechanical artificial heart to the engineered bioartificial heart D. Taylor, Boston
Video Presentations
Left ventricular assist device implantation M. Morshuis, Bad Oeynhausen
CardioWestTM total artificial heart implantation O. Amabile, Tucson
 
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Supporting the Failing Lung
 
Organisers W. Klepetko, M. Strueber, D. van Raemdonck (Vienna, Hannover, Leuven)
 
10:00 Protective Ventilation Strategies for Lung Failure
Moderators E. Tschernko, D. Wood (Vienna, Seattle)
Conventional ventilation techniques P. Pelosi, Varese
Jet ventilation
Pro I. Conacher, Newcastle
Contra E. Tschernko, Vienna
 
11:00 Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Moderators M. Strueber, D. van Raemdonck (Hannover, Leuven)
Technical features and application W. Klepetko, Vienna
Support for recovery A. Sosnowski, Leicester
Bridging to/through transplantation C. Aigner, Vienna
ECMO for intra-operative support in general thoracic procedures G. Lang, Vienna
Mobile ECMO support for remote cardiac assistance F. Collart, Marseille
 
12:30 Lunch
 
13:30 Novalung®
Moderators W. Klepetko, D. van Raemdonck (Vienna, Leuven)
Technical features and application S. Fischer, Hannover
Indications and clinical results in LuTX M. Strueber, Hannover
Novalung® in conventional thoracic operations K. Wiebe, Regensburg
14:30 Round table: Applying the ideal support in advanced lung failure.
Protective ventilation vs. ECMO vs. Novalung®
Moderators W. Klepetko, M. Strueber (Vienna, Hannover)
Participants C. Aigner, Vienna;
I. Conacher, Newcastle;
S. Fischer, Hannover;
P. Pelosi, Varese;
A. Sosnowski, Leicester;
E. Tschernko, Vienna;
D. van Raemdonck, Leuven;
K. Wiebe, Regensburg
 
15:00 Coffee
 
15:30 Resuscitation Strategies for Failing Donor Lungs
Moderators S. Fischer, R. Schmid (Hannover, Bern)
An overview on ex vivo perfusion for recovery D. van Raemdonck, Leuven
Clinical experience with ex vivo perfusion S. Steen, Lund
ECMO for reconditioning of donor lungs: experimental data G. Lang, Vienna


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Sunday 14 September 2008


Adult Cardiac General Thoracic Congenital Heart Endovascular Perfusion Basic Science
Surgery Surgery Disease Intervention.

Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3+4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8 Room 3B & 3C Room 5B
09:00-10:00 09:00-10:30 09:00-11:00 09:00-10:30 09:00-10:00 09:00-10:30
Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Session 1 Session 1
Coronary The thoracic patient in Management of aortic Retrograde Minimised The endogenous cell
intervention the intensive care unit arch obstruction endovascular cardiopulmonary defence: organ
techniques bypass protection of the
future
10:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-11:30 10:30-11:00 10:00-10:30 10:30-11:00
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
10:30-12:00 11:00-12:30 11:30-13:00 11:00-12:30 10:30-12:00 11:00-11:50
Session 2 Session 2 Session 2 Session 2 Session 2 Session 2
Heart failure The thoracic patient in Paediatric perfusion Retrograde Basic science in The endogenous cell
the intensive care unit endovascular perfusion defence: organ
(continued) techniques protection of the
(continued) future (continued)
12:00-13:00 12:30-13:30 13:00-14:00 12:30-13:30 12:00-13:00 11:50-13:00
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00-14:30 13:30-14:15 14:00-16:00 13:30-15:30 13:00-14:30 13:00-14:10
EACTS/ESC Joint The Evidence Lecture Session 3 Session 3 Session 3 Session 3
Session Interactive video Antegrade Cardiopulmonary The endogenous cell
Transcatheter valve session: aortic valve endovascular bypass in non-cardiac defence: organ
intervention repair in congenital techniques surgery protection of the
heart surgery future (continued)
14:30-16:00 14:15-16:00 14:30-15:30 14:30–15:30
Session 3 Session 3 Session 4 Session 4
Arrhythmias Pulmonary Left heart assist The endogenous cell
metastasectomy defence: organ
protection of the
future (continued)
16:00 Adjourn 15:30 Adjourn

The EACTS is grateful to St Jude Medical who have provided an educational grant in support of the Adult Cardiac and Congenital Heart Surgery Postgraduate Courses.


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Sunday 14 September 2008


ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
Organisers M.J. Antunes, A.P. Kappetein, P. Kolh, B. Osswald (Coimbra, Rotterdam, Liège, Essen)
 
Session 1 Coronary Intervention
Moderators M. Antunes, A.P. Kappetein (Coimbra, Rotterdam)
09:00 Coronary artery bypass graft concomitant with valve surgery M.J. Antunes, Coimbra
09:20 The value of a hybrid approach for coronary revascularisation A. Repossini, Brescia
09:40 Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
10:00 Coffee
 
Session 2 Heart Failure
Moderator P. Kolh (Liège)
10:30 Basic mechanisms S. Heymans, Maastricht
10:50 Imaging techniques L. Pierard, Liège
11:10 Stem cell therapy: hype or hope? P. Menasché, Paris
11:30 Surgical treatment G. Dreyfus, London
12:00 Lunch
 
13:00 EACTS/ESC Joint Session
Transcatheter Valve Intervention
Moderators P. Sergeant, A. Vahanian (Leuven, Paris)
13:00 Joint position of surgeons and cardiologists A. Vahanian, Paris
13:15 Critical analysis of the results: mitral valve O. Alfieri, Milan
               aortic valve F. Mohr, Leipzig
13:30 Clinical impact P. Tornos, Barcelona
13:45 Appropriate training and environment F. Maisano, Milan
14:00 Discussion
 
Session 3 Arrhythmias
Moderators K. Khargi, B. Osswald (The Hague, Essen)
14:30 Update on Maze – necessary or unnecessary? K. Khargi, The Hague
14:50 Intra- and post-operative pacing J.G. Maessen, Maastricht
15:10 The cardiac surgeon as specialist for epicardial approach and troubleshooting only? A. Laczkovics, Bochum
15:30 New devices to be surgically implanted – perspectives for the cardiac surgeon B. Osswald, Essen
16:00 Adjourn
 
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
 
Organisers Thoracic Committee Members
 
Session 1 The Thoracic Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
Moderators K. Athanassiadi, W. Klepetko (Athens, Vienna)
09:00 Ventilation strategies: circumstances for using them M. Antonelli, Rome
09:20 Tracheostomy – when and how S. Elia, Rome
09:40 Reducing intrathoracic sepsis in intensive care unit patients S. Halezeroglu, Istanbul
10:00 Chaired Panel Discussion
10:30 Coffee
 
Session 2 The Thoracic Patient in the Intensive Care Unit (continued)
Moderators M. Antonelli, R. Schmid (Rome, Bern)
11:00 How a surgeon can help with airleaks in the intensive care unit D. Subotic, Belgrade
11:20 Reoperations on intensive care unit patients: indications and management strategies L. Lang-Lazdunski, London
11:40 How to increase the chances of recovery to good quality of life A. Brunelli, Ancona
12:00 Chaired Panel Discussion
12:30 Lunch
The Evidence Lecture
Moderator T. Treasure
13:30 Resection for patients initially diagnosed with N3 lung cancer after response to induction chemotherapy: the evidence on systematic review E. Rendina, Rome
 
Session 3 Pulmonary Metastasectomy
Moderators D. Van Raemdonck, J.-M. Wihlm (Leuven, Strasbourg)
14:15 The clinical evidence for pulmonary metastasectomy J. Pfannschmidt, Heidelberg
14:35 Beliefs and practice in Europe E. Internullo, Parma
14:55 Should we follow in the footsteps of liver surgeons? J. Northover, London
15:15 How do we square evidence and practice? T. Treasure, London
15:35 Panel Discussion
16:00 Adjourn
 
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
 
Organisers Congenital Heart Disease Committee Members
 
Session 1 Management of Aortic Arch Obstruction
Moderators B. Maruszewski, V. Tsang (Warsaw, London)
09:00 Aortic arch obstruction:
Morphology A. Cook, London
Advanced imaging A. Taylor, London
09:20 Approaches/techniques for coarctation repair (±concomitant cardiac lesions) A. Wood, Dublin
09:40 Approaches/techniques for hypoplastic arch/interrupted arch repair (±concomitant cardiac lesions) F. Lacour-Gayet, Denver
10:00 Evidence-based medicine: is there a superior approach/technique? M. de Leval, London
10:20 Cardiologic management of late complications (recoarctation, arterial hypertension) J. Hess, Munich
10:40 Surgical management of complex/recurrent obstruction in adult patients G. Stellin, Padova
11:00 Coffee
 
Session 2 Paediatric Perfusion
Moderators G. Sarris, C. Schreiber (Athens, Munich)
Normothermic vs. hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass: rationale, strategies, results
11:30 - hypothermia is better G. Ziemer, Tuebingen
11:50 - normothermia is better J. Rubay, Brussels
12:10 Strategies to minimise systemic inflammatory response syndrome (coated circuits, P. Pouard, Paris
prime issues, pharmacological interventions, perfusion techniques)
12:30 State-of-the-art in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (techniques, monitoring, T. Spray, Philadelphia
long-term outcome)
13:00 Lunch
 
Session 3 Interactive Video Session: Aortic Valve Repair in Congenital Heart Surgery
Moderators J. Comas, R. Prêtre (Madrid, Zürich)
14:00 Commissurotomy and leaflet thinning in a critical neonatal aortic valve stenosis V. Hraska, Sankt Augustin
14:30 Repair of a leaking bicuspid aortic valve in a child G. El Khoury, Brussels
15:00 Repair of the unicuspid aortic valve H.J. Schäfers, Homburg
15:30 Repair of a subaortic ventricular septal defect with aortic valve prolapse C. Brizard, Melbourne
Invited Discussants A. Cook, London
J. Hess, Munich
D. Cameron, Baltimore
16:00 Adjourn
 
ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTION
 
Organisers F. Beyersdorf, L.K. von Segesser (Freiburg, Lausanne)
 
Session 1 Retrograde Endovascular Techniques
Moderators J. Bachet, L.K. von Segesser (France, Lausanne)
09:00 Surgical training programs for endovascular aortic stenting H.-G. Wollert, Karlsburg
09:20 Indications and contraindications for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms P. Tozzi, Lausanne
09:40 Indications and contraindications for endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms J. Kobba, Freiburg
10:00 Overstenting of the left subclavian artery is without risk K.B. Zipfel, Berlin
10:30 Coffee
 
Session 2 Retrograde Endovascular Techniques (continued)
11:00 How to prevent complications after overstenting of the left subclavian artery F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg
11:20 Hybrid approach for thoracoabdominal endovascular aneurysm repair E. Weigang, Mainz
11:40 Development of branched or fenestrated aortic stents G. Torsello, Münster
12:00 Indications and contraindications for endovascular aneurysm repair E. Diethrich, Phoenix
12:30 Lunch
 
Session 3 Antegrade Endovascular Techniques
Moderators F. Beyersdorf, C. Mestres (Freiburg, Barcelona)
13:30 The frozen elephant trunk A. Haverich, Hannover
13:50 Two-stage hybrid approach for total arch replacement M. Czerny, Vienna
14:10 One-stage hybrid approach for total arch replacement M. Siegenthaler, Pittsburgh
14:30 Trans-apical aortic valve replacement with angiographic assessment A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
14:50 Trans-apical aortic valve replacement with intra-cardiac ultrasound L.K. von Segesser, Lausanne
15:10 Trans-apical aortic valve replacement with 3-D echocardiography T. Walther, Leipzig
15:30 Adjourn
 
PERFUSION
 
Organiser A. Wahba, Trondheim
 
Session 1 Minimised Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Moderators A. Wahba, S. Tisherman (Trondheim, Pittsburgh)
09:00 Off-pump coronary artery bypass vs. mini-extracorporeal circulation – is there a difference? V. Mazzei, Messina
09:20 Complex surgery using minimised extracorporeal circulation A. Liebold, Rostock
09:40 Use of cell saver: pros and cons G. Asimakopoulos, Bristol
10:00 Coffee
 
Session 2 Basic Science in Perfusion
Moderators M. Karck, A. Liebold (Heidelberg, Rostock)
10:30 Augmenting venous return in minimally invasive heart surgery L. von Segesser, Lausanne
10:50 Complications of vacuum-assisted drainage J. Horisberger, Lausanne
11:20 Portable cardiopulmonary support during normothermic cardiac arrest S. Tisherman, Pittsburgh
11:40 Hypothermic preservation for traumatic cardiac arrest S. Tisherman, Pittsburgh
12:00 Lunch
 
Session 3 Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Non-Cardiac Surgery
Moderators J. Horisberger, D. Birnbaum (Lausanne, Regensburg)
13:00 Perfusion strategies in thoracoabdominal aneurysm surgery M.A. Schepens, Nieuwegein
13:30 Perfusion strategies in pulmonary endarterectomy D. Jenkins, Papworth
14:00 Selective cerebral perfusion in aortic surgery M. Karck, Heidelberg
 
Session 4 Left Heart Assist
Moderators A. Fiane, D. Jenkins (Oslo, Papworth)
14:30 Short-term heart assist with impeller pumps H. Granfeldt, Linköping
14:50 Levosimendan in reduced left ventricular function D. Nordhaug, Trondheim
15:10 Long-term heart assist with impeller pumps A. Fiane, Oslo
15:30 Adjourn
 
BASIC SCIENCE
 
The Endogenous Cell Defence: Organ Protection of the Future
 
Organiser J. Vaage (Oslo)
 
Session 1
Moderators J. Vaage, F. Beyersdorf (Oslo, Freiburg)
09:00 Why is the endogenous cell defence, pre- and post-conditioning, interesting in cardiothoracic surgery? F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg
09:20 Which organs can be protected? J. Vaage, Oslo
09:40 Early and delayed preconditioning – mechanisms D. Yellon, London
10:30 Coffee
 
Session 2
Moderator D. Yellon (London)
11:00 Post-conditioning – mechanisms J.V. Johansen, Atlanta
11:50 Lunch
 
Session 3
Moderators G. Valen, J. Vinten-Johansen (Oslo, Atlanta)
13:00 Similarities and differences in mechanisms of pre- and post-conditioning D. Hausenloy, London
13:30 Alternative methods and mechanisms of increasing the endogenous cell defence G. Valen, Oslo
14:10 Coffee
 
Session 4
Moderators F. Beyersdorf, J. Vinten-Johansen (Freiburg, Atlanta)
14:30 Clinical studies in cardiac surgery – present status M. Tarkka, Tampere
15:00 Possible ways to exploit the endogenous cell defence in surgery J. Vaage, Oslo
15:30 Adjourn


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Monday 15 September 2008 (7:30–8:30)


ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
Moderator G. Thiene (Padua)
Cardiac Tumours
Clinical-pathologic imaging of cardiac tumours C. Basso, Padua
Surgical resection of cardiac tumours: an easy or challenging task? M.J. Antunes, Coimbra
 
CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
Moderators T. Spray, P. Vouhé (Philadelphia, Paris)
Atrio-Ventricular Valve Repair in Congenital Heart Surgery
Repair of atrio-ventricular valves in single ventricle: how and when? T. Spray, Philadelphia
Repair of recurrent left atrio-ventricular valve regurgitation in atrio-ventricular septal defect A. Bogers, Rotterdam
 
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Moderator S. Elia (Rome)
Is There Still a Role for Surgery in Stage IIIA-N2 Lung Cancer?
Pro P. Van Schil, Antwerp
Contra F. Mornex, Lyon

Tuesday 16 September 2008 (7:30–8:30)


ADULT/CONGENITAL CARDIAC SURGERY
Moderators J. Comas, V. Tsang, S. Webber (Madrid, London, Pittsburgh)
Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiologist point of view S. Webber, Pittsburgh
Surgeon point of view A. Hasan, Newcastle
 
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Moderator G. Varela (Salamanca)
Sentinel Lymph Node Assessment in Lung Cancer
Rationale and current status W. Rzyman, Gdansk
Techniques, results and future D. Lardinois, Zürich


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Monday 15 September 2008


BREAKFAST SESSIONS
07:30-08:30 Adult Cardiac Surgery General Thoracic Surgery Congenital
Auditorium 3/4 Room 3A Room 3B
08:15-09:30 Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8
Young Investigator Young Investigator Young Investigator Award Hans Borst Award
Award – Cardiac Award – Thoracic Congenital Thoracic Aorta
(001-004) (005-008) (009-012) (013-016)
(08:15 start) (08:30 start) (08:30 start) (08:30 start)
09:15-10:30 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3 and 4 Auditorium 2
President's Choice – Cardiac Thymus President's Choice – Congenital
(017-020) (021-025) (026-029)
(09:15 start) (09:30 start) (09:30 start)
10:30-11:00 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
11:00-11:45 EACTS HONOURED GUEST LECTURE
Auditorium 1
P.F. Wouters, Genk, Belgium
Asleep or in Motion?
11:45-12:00 EACTS MAJOR PRIZE PRESENTATIONS
Auditorium 1
Francis Fontan Prize Presentation
Thoracic Prize Presentation
Honoured Membership Presentations
12:00-12:45 EACTS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Auditorium 1
P.T. Sergeant, Leuven, Belgium
Risk!
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Visit Exhibits, Satellite Symposia
14:00-15:00 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Session 11
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8
Coronary Pulmonary Metastases Congenital Perfusion
(030-033) (034-039) (040-043) (044-047)
15:00-15:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
15:30-17:00 Session 12 Session 13 Session 14 Session 15 Film Session 1
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8 Room 5C
The Challenge of State of the Art: Pectus Congenital Assist Devices Congenital, Thoracic and
Mitral Regurgitation Deformity (058-063) (064-071) Chest Wall Surgery
(048-053) (054-057) (F1-F7)
17:00-18:00 EACTS General Assembly
Auditorium 3/4
18:00-20:00 European Residents Meeting
Auditorium 2

Tuesday 16 September 2008


BREAKFAST SESSIONS
07:30-08:30 Adult/Congenital Cardiac Surgery General Thoracic Surgery
Auditorium 3/4 Room 3A
08:30-10:30 Session 16 Session 17 Session 18 Session 19
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8
Percutaneous Valves: Indications, Results Oncology 1: Lung Cancer Staging Congenital Transplantation
(072-079) (080-088) (089-096) (097-104)
10:30-11:15 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
11:15-12:45 Session 20 Session 21 Session 22 Session 23
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8
Aortic Valve Replacement and Beyond Oncology 2: Biological Staging Congenital Arrhythmia
(105-110) (111-116) (117-122) (123-128)
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Visit Exhibits, Satellite Symposia
14:00-15:00 Session 24 Session 25 Session 26 Session 27 Congenital Domain
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8 Open Forum
Heart Failure Minimally Invasive: Minimally Invasive Coronary Room 5B
(129-132) Stretching the Envelope, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac (142-145)
(133-138) (139-141)
15:00-15:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
15:30-17:30 Session 28 Session 29 Session 30 Session 31 Film Session 2
Auditorium 1 Auditorium 3/4 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 8 Room 5C
Cardiac General Thoracic Happy Hour Congenital Aortic/Vascular Adult Cardiac Surgery
(146-153) (154-165) (166-173) (174-180) (F8-F22)

Wednesday 17 September 2008


09:00-10:00 EMERGENCY SURGERY-PLENARY SESSION
Auditorium 1
10:00-10:30 Refreshments: Visit Exhibits
10:30-13:00 Emergency Surgery: Adult Emergency Surgery: Thoracic Emergency Surgery: Congenital
Auditorium 1 Room 5B Auditorium 2
13:00 Meeting Ends


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Monday 15 September 2008


Abstract
08:15-09:15 Session 1 – Young Investigator's Award-Adult Cardiac Surgery
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: F. Beyersdorf, Freiburg-A. Pavie, Paris
 
08:15 001 SYMPTOMATIC SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS: THERAPEUTIC DECISIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES IN 179 PATIENTS
M.W.A. van Geldorp, M. van Gameren, A.P. Kappetein, B. Arabkhani, L.E. de Groot-de Laat, J.J.M. Takkenberg, A.J.J.C. Bogers (The Netherlands)
 
08:30 002 INTRAMYOCARDIAL INJECTION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN AUGMENTS STEM CELL RECRUITMENT AND RESTORES CARDIAC FUNCTION IN A RAT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION MODEL
C. Klopsch, D. Furlani, R. Gaebel, W. Li, M. Ugurlucan, L.L. Ong, N. Ma, G. Steinhoff (Germany)
 
08:45 003 PREDICTION OF POSTOPERATIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC AORTIC REGURGITATION UNDERGOING VALVE REPLACEMENT: A STRAIN RATE IMAGING STUDY
A. Marciniak, G.R. Sutherland, M. Marciniak, A. Kourliouros, B. Bijnens, M. Jahangiri (UK)
 
09:00 004 DIFFERENT FLOW PATTERNS DUE TO COMPETITIVE FLOW OR STENOSIS IN THE LIMA-LAD ANASTOMOSIS ASSESSED BY TRANSIT-TIME FLOWMETRY IN THE PIG
H.B. Nordgaard, D. Nordhaug, I. Kirkeby-Garstad, L. Løvstakken, N. Vitale, R. Haaverstad (Norway)
 
08:30-09:30 Session 2 – Young Investigator's Award – General Thoracic Surgery
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: R. Cerfolio, Birmingham, USA-E.A. Rendina, Rome
 
08:30 005 EFFECT OF ENDOSCOPIC THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY (FOR PRIMARY HYPERHIDROSIS) ON CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION
J.M. Cruz, J. Sousa, A.G. Oliveira, L.S. Carvalho (Portugal)
 
08:45 006 MODERN SURGICAL APPROACH TO PLEUROPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
C.A. Kerti, I. Miron, G.V. Cozma, O.N. Burlacu, C.P. Tunea, V. Voiculescu, E.F. Memu, A.C. Nicodin (Romania)
 
09:00 007 REDUCED INCIDENCE OF AIR LEAKS AFTER AWAKE NON-RESECTIONAL LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY
F. Tacconi, E. Pompeo, T.C. Mineo (Italy)
 
09:15 008 THE UTILITY OF N-TERMINAL PRO-B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (NT-PROBNP) IN PREDICTING POSTOPERATIVE CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG RESECTION SURGERY
C.Y. Lee, S.H. Cho, K.Y. Chung (Korea (South))
 
08:30-09:30 Session 3 – Young Investigator's Award-Congenital Heart Surgery
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: H. Edmunds Jr, Philadelphia-V. Tsang, London
 
08:30 009 EARLY TIMING OF SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH EBSTEIN'S ANOMALY PREDICTS SUPERIOR LONG-TERM OUTCOME
C.C. Badiu, C. Schreiber, D.J. Ruzicka, J. Hoerer, M. Krane, R. Lange (Germany)
 
08:45 010 SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION BETWEEN RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY AND PULMONARY REGURGITATION DETERMINES EARLY OUTCOME FOLLOWING TETRALOGY OF FALLOT REPAIR
E.W.K. Peng, S. Lilley, B. Knight, J. Sinclair, F. Lyall, K.J.D. MacArthur, J.C.S. Pollock, M.H.D. Danton (UK)
 
09:00 011 THE INFLUENCE OF THYMUS EXTIRPATION IN EARLY INFANCY ON DEVELOPMENT OF A MATURE IMMUNE SYSTEM
H. Kurobe, T. Tominaga, Y. Hayabuchi, T. Kitaichi, M. Nagashima, Y. Egawa, Y. Takahama, T. Kitagawa (Japan)
 
09:15 012 QUALITY OF LIFE OF GROWN-UPS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENTS AFTER CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
O. Loup, C. von Weissenfluh, B. Gahl, F. Immer, M. Schwerzmann, T. Carrel, A. Kadner (Switzerland)
 
08:30-09:30 Session 4 – Hans Borst Award
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: M. Grabenwöger, Vienna-A. Haverich, Hannover
 
08:30 013 AT WHAT SIZE SHOULD THE ASCENDING AORTA BE REPLACED TO PREVENT AORTIC DISSECTION?
L.M. Parish, J.E. Bavaria, J.H. Gorman III, R.C. Gorman (USA)
Invited Discussant: E. Weigang, Mainz
 
08:45 014 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED LATE MORTALITY AND DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL CONFIRM ADVANTAGE OF SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY PERFUSION FOR TYPE A DISSECTION: LONG-TERM RESULTS
U.P.F. Schurr, O. Reuthebuch, K.E. Lory, B. Seifert, M.L. Lachat, R. Prêtre, M.I. Turina, M. Genoni (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: K. Kallenbach, Heidelberg
 
09:00 015 SELECTIVE CEREBRAL PERFUSION AT 28 °C: IS THE SPINAL CORD SAFE?
C.D. Etz, M. Luehr, F.A. Kari, H.-M. Lin, K.A. Plestis, D.J. Weisz, G. Kleinman, R.B. Griepp (USA)
Invited Discussant: R. Di Bartolomeo, Bologna
 
09:15 016 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ADULT COARCTATION AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
H. Shennib, J. Rodriguez-Lopez, V. Ramaiah, G. Wheatley, J. Kpoduno, E. Diethrich (USA)
Invited Discussant: A. Diegeler, Bad Neustadt
 
09:15-10:30 Session 5 – President's Choice-Adult Cardiac
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: P. Sergeant, Leuven-B.E. Keogh, London
 
09:15 017 (1) THE SYNERGY BETWEEN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION AND CARDIAC SURGERY (SYNTAX) STUDY: THE DESIGN AND RATIONALE OF A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY COMPARING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION USING TAXUS DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT TREATMENT IN PATIENTS REQUIRING REVASCULARISATION FOR DE NOVO THREE-VESSEL DISEASE AND/OR LEFT MAIN DISEASE
P. Serruys, M.-C. Morice, A.P. Kappetein, M. Mack, E. Ståhle, J.L. Pomar, K. Dawkins, F.W. Mohr (The Netherlands, France, USA, Sweden, Spain, Germany)
 
09:25 017 (2) PRIMARY ENDPOINT OF THE SYNERGY BETWEEN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION AND CARDIAC SURGERY (SYNTAX) STUDY: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY COMPARING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI), USING TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL-ELUTING STENT, WITH CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG) TREATMENT IN PATIENTS REQUIRING REVASCULARISATION FOR DE NOVO THREE-VESSEL DISEASE (3VD) AND/OR LEFT MAIN (LM) DISEASE
F.W. Mohr, A.P. Kappetein, M.-C. Morice, M. Mack, E. Ståhle, J.L. Pomar, K. Dawkins, P. Serruys (Germany, The Netherlands, France, USA, Sweden, Spain)
09:35 Invited Discussant: P. Sergeant, Leuven
 
09:45 018 LONG-TERM OUTCOME AFTER PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY FOR CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
N. Saouti, W.J. Morshuis, R.H. Heijmen, R.J. Snijder (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: C. McGregor, Rochester
 
10:00 019 TRANSAPICAL VALVE REPLACEMENT: OFF-PUMP MITRAL VALVED STENT IMPLANTATION
G. Lutter, R. Quaden, N. Edwards, J. Cremer, L. Lozonschi (Germany, USA)
Invited Discussant: T. Walther, Leipzig
 
10:15 020 MECHANISMS OF FAILURE OF AORTIC VALVE REPAIR: AN INTRAOPERATIVE TRANSOESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY
J.-B. le Polain de Waroux, A.-C. Pouleur, A. Pasquet, M. Van Dyck, P. Noirhomme, J.L.J. Vanoverschelde, G. El Khoury (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: M.J. Antunes, Coimbra
 
09:30-10:30 Session 6 – Thymus
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: L. Spaggiari, Milan-P. van Schil, Antwerp
 
09:30 021 CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY (VATS) FOR THYMOMAS
A. Thirugnanam, J.L. Soon (Singapore)
 
09:42 022 PLASMAPHERESIS BEFORE THYMECTOMY IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: ROUTINE VS. SELECTIVE PROTOCOLS
K. Al-Kattan, H. El-Bawab, W. Hajjar, M. Rafay, A. Bamousa, A. Khalil (Saudi Arabia)
 
09:54 023 ASSOCIATION OF THYMOMA AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: ONCOLOGICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT
M. Lucchi, F. Melfi, P. Dini, F. Davini, L. Duranti, A. Viti, A. Mussi (Italy)
 
10:06 024 EARLY MASAOKA STAGE AND COMPLETE RESECTION IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PROGNOSIS OF THYMIC CARCINOMA: FROM THE 20-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE INSTITUTION
C.Y. Lee, I.K. Park, M.K. Bae, K.Y. Chung (Korea (South))
 
10:18 025 LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF EXTENDED THORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY FOR NON-THYMOMATOUS MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
E. Pompeo, F. Tacconi, R. Massa, G. Bernardi, T.C. Mineo (Italy)
 
09:30-10:30 Session 7 – President's Choice-Congenital
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: J. Comas, Madrid-P. Vouhé, Paris
 
09:30 026 EARLY OUTCOME OF PAEDIATRIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IS COMPARABLE TO THAT FOR CARDIOMYOPATHY IN THE CURRENT ERA
J. Simmonds, V. Tsang, M. de Leval, C. van Doorn, M. Kostolny, H. Dawkins, M. Burch, M. Elliott (UK)
Invited Discussant: T. Spray, Philadelphia
 
09:45 027 CLINICAL RESULTS OF NORWOOD PROCEDURE WITH TOTAL BODY PERFUSION: EXPERIENCE OF 71 CONSECUTIVE CASES
T. Nakano, H. Kado, K. Hinokiyama, A. Shiose, M. Kajimoto, T. Sakurai (Japan)
Invited Discussant: W. Brawn, Birmingham
 
10:00 028 RESULTS OF THE DOUBLE SWITCH OPERATION FOR CONGENITALLY CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES
A. Serraf, M. Ly, E. Belli, O. Grollmuss, C. Kortas, B. Leobon, C. Planche (France)
Invited Discussant: P. Vouhé, Paris
 
10:15 029 ROSS AND YASUI OPERATIONS FOR ‘COMPLEX’ BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR IN INFANTS WITH CRITICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION
E.J. Hickey, T. Yeh Jr, J.P. Jacobs, C.A. Caldarone, C.I. Tchervenkov, B.W. McCrindle, F.G. Lacour-Gayet, C. Pizarro (USA, Canada)
Invited Discussant: M. Hazekamp, Leiden
11:00-11:45 EACTS HONOURED GUEST LECTURE
Auditorium 1 P.F. Wouters, Genk, Belgium
Asleep or in Motion?
11:45-12:00 EACTS MAJOR PRIZE PRESENTATIONS
Auditorium 1 Francis Fontan Prize
Thoracic Prize
Honorary Membership Presentations
12:00-12:45 EACTS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Auditorium 1 P.T. Sergeant, Leuven, Belgium
Risk!
 
14:00-15:00 Session 8 – Coronary
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: J. Pepper, London-A. Wechsler, Philadelphia
 
14:00 030 A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF ATORVASTATIN FOR REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE DURING CABG: THE ARMYDA-4 STUDY (ATORVASTATIN FOR REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE)
D. Candura, M. Chello, M. Lusini, G. Patti, R. Barbato, G. Di Sciascio, E. Covino (Italy)
Invited Discussant: J. Morais, Coimbra
 
14:15 031 CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING VS. DRUG-ELUTING STENTS IN MULTIVESSEL CORONARY DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS OF 21,832 PATIENTS
U. Benedetto, G. Melina, B. Fiorani, E. Angeloni, S. Refice, A. Roscitano, C. Comito, R. Sinatra (Italy)
Invited Discussant: J.J.M. Takkenberg, Rotterdam
 
14:30 032 ELECTIVE BYPASS SURGERY AFTER DISCHARGE IN SURVIVORS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: RATIONALE AND TIMING OF OPERATION. RESULTS FROM PL-ACS REGISTRY
M. Zembala, M. Gasior, M. Gierlotka, R. Przybylski, J. Pacholewicz, A. Bochenek, S. Wos, L. Polonski (Poland)
Invited Discussant: R. Seabia-Gomes, Lisbon
 
14:45 033 TO GRAFT OR NOT TO GRAFT: TRANSIT TIME FLOW MEASUREMENT IN BYPASS SURGERY OF PREVIOUSLY STENTED VESSELS
D.C. Reineke, D. Bircher, F.F. Immer, M. Stalder, L. Englberger, T.P. Carrel (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: E. Ståhle
 
14:00-15:00 Session 9 – Pulmonary Metastases
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: S. Cassivi, Rochester-T. Treasure, London
 
14:00 034 NON-IMAGED PULMONARY NODULES FOR METASTASECTOMY DISCOVERED DURING THORACOTOMY WITH LUNG PALPATION
R.J. Cerfolio, T. McCarty, A.S. Bryant (USA)
 
14:10 035 LUNG METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL CANCER: SURGICAL RESECTION AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS
N. Rama, A. Monteiro, J. Bernardo, L. Eugénio, M.J. Antunes (Portugal)
 
14:20 036 WHICH FACTORS AFFECT PULMONARY FUNCTION AFTER LUNG METASTASECTOMY?
F. Petrella, F. Leo, P. Chieco, P. Solli, G. Veronesi, A. Borri, D. Galetta, L. Spaggiari (Italy)
 
14:30 037 THE CHANGE IN PATIENT POPULATION UNDERGOING PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL UNIT OVER A 13 YEAR PERIOD RAISES CONCERN
V. Dronavalli, B. Naidu, A. Harris, P.B. Rajesh (UK)
 
14:40 038 EVALUATION OF PULMONARY METASTATIC LESIONS CAN PROVIDE A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN OSTEOSARCOMA PATIENTS
I. Matsumoto, M. Oda, T. Yachi, M. Hada, T. Imagawa, G. Watanabe (Japan)
 
14:50 039 VIDEO-ASSISTED VS. OPEN PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY: THE SURGEON'S FINGER OR THE RADIOLOGIST'S EYE?
A. Nakas, M. Klimatsidas, A.E. Martin-Ucar, D.A. Waller (UK)
 
14:00-15:00 Session 10 – Congenital
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: S. Cicek, Istanbul-R. Prêtre, Zürich
 
14:00 040 PAEDIATRIC TRACHEAL REPAIR WITH AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL PATCH REINFORCED BY STRIPS OF CARTILAGE
D.R. Koolbergen, A.M. Konig-Jung, J.A. Kersten, J.A.K. Peper, A.P. Bos, M.G. Hazekamp (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: J. Comas, Madrid
 
14:15 041 EARLY RESULTS OF BILATERAL PULMONARY ARTERY BANDING FOR HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME
T. Sakurai, T. Kado, T. Nakano, K. Hinokiyama, A. Shiose, M. Kajimoto, K. Joo, Y. Ueda (Japan)
Invited Discussant: P. Bonhoeffer, London
 
14:30 042 COMMON ARTERIAL TRUNK REPAIR IN INFANCY: WITH CONDUIT OR WITHOUT?
O. Raisky, W. Ben Ali, F. Roubertie, D. Tamisier, P. Pouard, D. Bonnet, D. Sidi, P.R. Vouhé (France)
Invited Discussant: G. Ziemer, Tuebingen
 
14:45 043 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY IN CHILDREN: ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS AND SURVIVAL IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION
B. Alsoufi, O. Al-Radi, C. Gruenwald, L. Lean, W.G. Williams, J.G. Coles, C.A. Caldarone, G.S. Van Arsdell (Saudi Arabia, Canada)
Invited Discussant: E. da Cruz, Aurora
 
14:00-15:00 Session 11 – Perfusion
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: D. Birnbaum, Regensburg-A. Wahba, Trondheim
 
14:00 044 ON-PUMP CABG SURGERY: MINI VS. CONVENTIONAL EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION. A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY
J. Zeitani, S. Nardella, D. Colella, C. Del Giudice, M. Di Santo, M. Moresco, C. Giaccomini, L. Chiariello (Italy)
Invited Discussant: W. Harringer, Braunschweig
 
14:15 045 COMPARISON OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE CLOSED CIRCUIT VS. STANDARD EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION FOR AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A RANDOMISED STUDY
A. Castiglioni, A. Verzini, N. Colangelo, S. Nascimbene, G. Laino, O. Alfieri (Italy)
Invited Discussant: A. Yilmaz, Nieuwegein
 
14:30 046 CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL FLOW AND PRESSURE CURVES: PULSE IS UNNECESSARY!
B. Voss, R. Bauernschmitt, M. Krane, G. Brockmann, R. Lange (Germany)
Invited Discussant: A. Liebold, Rostock
 
14:45 047 INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP-INDUCED PULSATILE PERFUSION REDUCES ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE FOLLOWING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
F. Onorati, G. Santarpino, G. Tancredi, G. Palmieri, C. Scalas, D. Foti, E. Gulletta, A. Renzulli (Italy)
Invited Discussant: D. Birnbaum, Regensburg
 
15:30-17:00 Session 12 – The Challenge of Mitral Regurgitation
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: O. Alfieri, Milan-M.J. Antunes, Coimbra
 
15:30 048 PRESYSTOLIC MITRAL ANNULAR SEPTAL-LATERAL SHORTENING IS INDEPENDENT OF LEFT ATRIAL AND LEFT VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION DURING ACUTE VOLUME DEPLETION
W. Bothe, T.C. Nguyen, T. Timek, N.B. Ingels, D.C. Miller (USA)
Invited Discussant: H. Vanermen, Aalst
 
15:45 049 COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY FOR POSTERIOR, ANTERIOR, AND BILEAFLET PROLAPSE: EXPERIENCE IN 1230 PATIENTS
J. Seeburger, V. Falk, N. Doll, M.A. Borger, T. Kuntze, M. Czesla, T. Walther, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: W.R. Chitwood Jr, Greenville
 
16:00 050 LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH SEVERE DEGENERATIVE MITRAL REGURGITATION
P. Montant, F. Chenot, D. Vancraeynest, A. Pasquet, B. Gerber, P. Noirhomme, G. El Khoury, J.L.J. Vanoverschelde (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: R. Dion, Genk
 
16:15 051 MID-TERM ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC RESULTS WITH DIFFERENT RINGS FOLLOWING RESTRICTIVE MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY FOR ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
F. Onorati, G. Santarpino, D. Marturano, E. Pasceri, G. Mascaro, S. Zinzi, C. Indolfi, A. Renzulli (Italy)
Invited Discussant: A. Calafiore, Catania
 
16:30 052 MITRAL VALVE SURGERY FOR FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION: PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF MODERATE-OR-MORE FUNCTIONAL TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
A.M. Calafiore, A. Bivona, A.L. Lacò, M. Contini, M. Gagliardi, S. Gallina, M. Di Mauro (Italy)
Invited Discussant: G. Dreyfus, Harefield
 
16:45 053 QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS FOLLOWING VALVE SURGERY FOR CHRONIC ORGANIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
G. Viganò, A. Blasio, A. Giacomini, P. Denti, F. Maisano, O. Alfieri (Italy)
Invited Discussant: P. Perier, Bad Neustadt/Saale
 
15:30-17:00 Session 13 – State of the Art: Pectus Deformity
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: A. Chapelier, Suresnes Cedex-L. Molins, Barcelona
15:30 State of the Art: Pectus Deformity
H. Pilegaard, Aarhus
 
16:00 054 SURGICAL REPAIR OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM NOT REQUIRING EXOGENOUS IMPLANTS IN 113 PATIENTS
H. Lida, A. Doi, T. Sunazawa, Y. Sudo, H. Ukita (Japan)
 
16:15 055 MINIMALLY INVASIVE REPAIR OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM IN ADULT PATIENTS: THE NUSS PROCEDURE. MULTICENTRE FRENCH STUDY OF 76 CASES
J.-M. Wihlm, G. Grosdidier (France)
 
16:30 056 A 27-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH STERNAL CLEFT REPAIR
J.R.M. De Campos, A. Fernandez, M.C.P. Velhote, S.J.G. Pereira, J.C.N. Pereira, F.B. Jatene (Brazil)
 
16:45 057 SURGICAL CORRECTION OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM AND ASSOCIATED HYPOMASTIA
J.-M. Wihlm, C. Bruant-Rodier, F. Bodin, A. Wilk (France)
 
15:30-17:00 Session 14 – Congenital
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: J. Fragata, Miraflores-G. Sarris, Athens
 
15:30 058 LATE ROUTINE MRI SURVEILLANCE AFTER AORTIC COARCTATION REPAIR DETECTS SIGNIFICANT RATES OF RE-COARCTATION
R. Puranik, V. Tsang, S. Puranik, R. Jones, P. Bonhoeffer, M. Hughes, A.M. Taylor (UK)
Invited Discussant: J. Hess, Munich
 
15:45 059 ANOMALOUS LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM PULMONARY ARTERY: IS MITRAL VALVE FATE AN ISSUE?
O. Raisky, W. Ben Ali, F. Roubertie, D. Tamisier, P. Pouard, D. Bonnet, D. Sidi, P.R. Vouhé (France)
Invited Discussant: C. Mignosa, Catania
 
16:00 060 IMPLICATIONS OF INCISING THE VENTRICULAR SEPTUM IN DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE REPAIR AND IN THE ROSS-KONNO OPERATION
F. Lacour-Gayet, S.P. Goldberg, A.C. McCanta, D.N. Campbell, M.B. Mitchell, D.R. Clarke, E. da Cruz, D.D. Ivy (USA)
Invited Discussant: V. Hraska, Sankt Augustin
 
16:15 061 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FUNCTION AND DIMENSIONS OF LEFT VENTRICLE AND AORTA
K.D. Vandekerckhove, N.A. Blom, S. Lalezari, M.G. Hazekamp (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: C. Brizard, Parkville
 
16:30 062 SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT AFTER COMBINED ANTERIOR MITRAL VALVE LEAFLET RETENTION PLASTY AND MYECTOMY IN PREVENTING SYSTOLIC ANTERIOR MOTION IN HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN
E.M.B. Delmo Walter, H. Siniawski, R. Hetzer (Germany)
Invited Discussant: S. Cicek, Istanbul
 
16:45 063 DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL DRUG-ELUTING BIODEGRADABLE NANO-FIBRE FOR PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY VENOUS OBSTRUCTION
M. Mutsuga, Y. Narita, A. Yamawaki, H. Oshima, A. Usui, Y. Ueda (Japan)
Invited Discussant: A. Corno, Liverpool
 
15:30-17:00 Session 15 – Assist Devices
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: D. Loisance, Creteil-L. von Segesser, Lausanne
 
15:30 064 DOES PRETRANSPLANT LVAD THERAPY IMPROVE RESULTS AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED PVR?
H. Liden, Å. Haraldsson, U. Kjellman, L. Wiklund (Sweden)
Invited Discussant: A. Maat, Rotterdam
 
15:40 065 CAVO-PULMONARY ANASTOMOSIS IMPROVES LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT IN ACUTE BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE
G.M. Succi, L.F. Moreira, A.A. Leirner, R.S. Silva, N.A.G. Stolf (Brazil)
Invited Discussant: G. Gerosa, Padova
 
15:50 066 LEVITRONIX CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AS SHORT-TERM CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICE IN DIFFERENT CLINICAL SCENARIOS: A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE
G. Bruschi, A. Cannata, M. Lanfranconi, F. Milazzo, E. Catena, M. Frigerio, C.F. Russo (Italy)
Invited Discussant: T. Carrel, Berne
 
16:00 067 BIVENTRICULAR PULSATILE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT: THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PATIENTS IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK?
D. Loisance, M.E.W. Kirsch, E. Vermes, K. Nakashima, M.-L. Hillion (France)
Invited Discussant: M. Yacoub, London
 
16:10 068 EUROPEAN RESULTS WITH A CONTINUOUS FLOW VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE FOR ADVANCED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
J.R. Lahpor, A. Khaghani, R. Hetzer, A.J. Pavie, I. Friedrich, K. Sander, M.H. Yacoub, M. Strüber (The Netherlands, UK, Germany, France, Denmark)
Invited Discussant: R. Körfer, Bad Oeynhausen
 
16:20 069 EUROPEAN CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF DURAHEART MAG-LEV CENTRIFUGAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM
M. Morshuis, A. El-Banayosy, R. Koerfer, R. Hetzer, G. Wieselthaler, A.J. Pavie, C. Nojiri (Germany, Austria, France, USA)
Invited Discussant: A. Franco-Cereceda, Stockholm
 
16:30 070 SENSITISATION AND POST-TRANSPLANT COURSE AFTER THE IMPLANTATION OF A VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
R. Malickaite, K. Rucinskas, A. Staneviciene, S. Miniauskas, V. Maneikiene, G. Zuoziene, V. Sirvydis (Lithuania)
Invited Discussant: G. Laufer, Innsbruck
 
16:40 071 LONG-TERM THERAPY WITH AN AXIAL FLOW PUMP AND NOVEL POWER DELIVERY
S. Westaby, M.E. Siegenthaler, F. Beyersdorf, J. Pepper, A. Khayat, R. Hetzer, O.H. Frazier (UK, USA, Germany, France)
Invited Discussant: H. Scheld, Münster
15:30-17:00 Film Session 1-Congenital, Thoracic and Chest Wall Surgery
Room 5c Chairman: C.K.C. Choong, Cambridge
 
15:30 F1 SURGICAL REPAIR OF TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS COMMUNIS TYPE 1-2 IN A 2.6 KG NEWBORN
M. Nosal, P. Valentik, I.C. Omeje, M. Sagat, R. Poruban (Slovak Republic)
 
15:40 F2 INTRAPULMONARY ARTERY SEPTATION FOR A COMPLICATED FONTAN CANDIDATE WITH NON-CONFLUENT PULMONARY ARTERIES AND SEVERELY HYPOPLASTIC LEFT PULMONARY ARTERY
K. Sakamoto (Japan)
 
15:50 F3 VATS BI-LOBECTOMY OF RIGHT UPPER AND MIDDLE LOBE IN LUNG CANCER: TIPS FOR APPROACHING HILAR STRUCTURES
M.K. Bae, J.G. Lee, S.H. Cho, I.K. Park (Korea (South))
 
16:00 F4 A NEW METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE INTERSEGMENTAL PLANE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF OXYGEN ABSORPTION IN SEGMENTAL LUNG RESECTION
H. Iwata, K. Shirahashi, S. Matsumoto, T. Marui, Y. Mizuno, H. Takemura (Japan)
 
16:10 F5 STERNAL RECONSTRUCTION WITH PLATES AND CABLES IN COMPLICATED STERNAL DEHISCENCE
B. Voss, P. Libera, R. Bauernschmitt, M. Krane, G. Brockmann, R. Lange (Germany)
 
16:20 F6 CHEST WALL AND DIAPHRAGM RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR CHONDROSARCOMA
A. Oliaro, C. Mossetti, P.L. Filosso, R. Cristofori, P. Lyberis, R. Giobbe, E. Pizzato, E. Ruffini (Italy)
 
16:30 F7 COMBINED CHEST WALL AND SPINE RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
B. Naidu, F. Collins (UK)

Tuesday 16 September 2008


08:30-10:30 Session 16 – Percutaneous Valves: Indications, Results
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: F.P. Casselman, Aalst – A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
 
08:30 072 PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: GROSS ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGICAL FINDINGS AFTER TRANSAPICAL AND ENDOLUMINAL RESECTION OF THE AORTIC VALVE IN HUMAN PREPARATIONS
R. Quaden, M. Appel, T. Attmann, R. Klaws, M. Schünke, C. Haß, J. Cremer, G. Lutter (Germany)
Invited Discussant: R. Lange, Munich
 
08:45 073 IN VITRO RESULTS OF A NEW MINIMALLY INVASIVE AORTIC VALVE RESECTING TOOL
D. Wendt, W. Müller, F. Hauck, M. Thielmann, H. Wendt, B. Kipfmüller, B. Vogel, H. Jakob (Germany)
Invited Discussant: C. Huber, Lausanne
 
09:00 074 THE LEFT AXILLARY ARTERY: A NEW APPROACH FOR TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION
F. De Robertis, A. Asgar, S. Davies, M. Dalby, A. Kelleher, M. Petrou, M. Mullen, N. Moat (UK)
Invited Discussant: V. Falk, Leipzig
 
09:15 075 TRANSAPICAL AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS REQUIRING REDO SURGERY
T. Walther, V. Falk, M.A. Borger, J. Kempfert, J. Ender, A. Linke, G. Schuler, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: L. von Segesser, Lausanne
 
09:30 076 RESULTS OF PERCUTANEOUS AND TRANSAPICAL TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION PERFORMED BY A SURGICAL TEAM
S. Bleiziffer, H. Ruge, D. Mazzitelli, C. Schreiber, A. Hutter, J.-C. Laborde, R. Bauernschmitt, R. Lange (Germany)
Invited Discussant: R. Sádaba, San Sebastián
 
09:45 077 PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION ACUTELY AFFECTS LV DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
F. Guarracino, V. Di Bello, S. Petronio, E. Talini, L. Doroni, R. Baldassarri, F. Lapolla (Italy)
Invited Discussant: N. Moat, London
 
10:00 078 A NEW SELF-EXPANDING AORTIC STENT-VALVE WITH ANNULAR FIXATION: IN VITRO HAEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT
M. Vergnat, S. Bommeli, M. Kalejs, E. Ferrari, L. Von Segesser (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: G. Wimmer-Greinecker, Bad Bevensen
 
10:15 079 TRANSAPICAL ENDOVASCULAR IMPLANTATION OF NEOCHORDAE USING A SUCTION AND SUTURE DEVICE
F. Maisano, G. Viganò, A. Giacomini, P. Denti, A. Guidotti, S. Rowe, O. Alfieri (Italy, USA)
Invited Discussant: M. Jahangiri, London
 
08:30-10:30 Session 17 – Oncology 1: Lung Cancer Staging
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: W. Klepetko, Vienna-M. Versteegh, Leiden
 
08:30 080 PET-CT DOES NOT ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THORACIC DISEASE IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
F.M. Carnochan (UK)
 
08:42 081 CLINICAL UPSTAGING OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE FISSURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT TNM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
V. Joshi, J. McShane, A. Soorae, R. Page, M. Carr, N. Mediratta, M. Shackcloth, M. Poullis (UK)
 
08:54 082 RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR T AND N DESCRIPTORS PROPOSED BY THE IASLC LUNG CANCER STAGING PROJECT: A VALIDATION STUDY FROM A SINGLE CENTRE
E. Ruffini, P.L. Filosso, M. Molinatti, C. Mossetti, R.C. Cristofori, P. Lyberis, E. Pizzato, A. Oliaro (Italy)
 
09:06 083 MULTIFOCAL (MF) T4 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: A SUBSET WITH FAVOURABLE PROGNOSIS
P.L. Filosso, E. Ruffini, E. Pizzato, P. Lyberis, R. Giobbe, A. Oliaro (Italy)
 
09:18 084 MANAGEMENT OF GROUND-GLASS OPACITY ACCOMPANIED BY OTHERWISE OPERABLE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
H.K. Kim, Y.S. Choi, K. Kim, Y.M. Shim, K. Lee, J. Kim (Korea (South))
 
09:30 085 THE VALUE OF MEDIASTINAL STAGING WITH ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EBUS-TBNA) IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
H. Ømark (Denmark)
 
09:42 086 USE OF THE NEW PROPOSED IASLC CLASSIFICATION OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER IN PREDICTING LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS
O. Rena, F. Massera, M. Robustellini, E. Papalia, D. Turello, E. Lisi, R. Delfanti, C. Casadio (Italy)
 
09:54 087 PROSPECTIVE PREOPERATIVE MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODE STAGING BY INTEGRATED 18FDG PET-CT IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
C. Perigaud, B. Bridji, J.C. Roussel, C. Sagan, A. Mugniot, D. Duveau, O. Baron, P. Despins (France)
 
10:06 088 COMPARISON OF LONG-TERM RESULTS BASED ON INITIAL TREATMENT IN PATHOLOGIC N2 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
S.W. Chang, H.K. Kim, Y.S. Choi, K. Kim, Y.M. Shim, J. Kim (Korea (South))
 
08:30-10:30 Session 18 – Congenital
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: E. Austin, Louisville – B. Maruszewski, Warsaw
 
08:30 089 FUNCTIONAL SINGLE VENTRICLE WITH EXTRACARDIAC TAPVC
T. Nakata, Y. Fujimoto, K. Hirose, M. Osaki, Y. Tosaka, Y. Ide, M. Tachi, K. Sakamoto (Japan)
Invited Discussant: F. Lacour-Gayet, Denver
 
08:45 090 PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS AFTER FONTAN OPERATION IN LEFT ISOMERISM WITH ABSENT INFERIOR VENA CAVA
Y. Nakamura, T. Yagihara, K. Kagisaki, I. Hagino, J. Kobayashi (Japan)
Invited Discussant: C. Pizarro, Wilmington
 
09:00 091 INTRACARDIAC FONTAN OPERATION FOR HETEROTAXY SYNDROME WITH COMPLEX SYSTEMIC AND PULMONARY VENOUS ANOMALY
Y. Naito, M. Aoki, K. Agematsu, K. Sughimoto, T. Fujiwara (Japan)
Invited Discussant: S. Sano, Okayama
 
09:15 092 IMPROVED CURRENT ERA OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH HETEROTAXY SYNDROMES
P.V. Anagnostopoulos, J.M. Pearl, C. Octave, M. Cohen, A. Gruessner, E. Wintering, M.F. Teodori (USA)
Invited Discussant: H. Lindberg, Oslo
 
09:30 093 BRAIN PRESERVATION WITH SELECTIVE CEREBRAL PERFUSION FOR OPERATIONS REQUIRING CIRCULATORY ARREST: PROTECTION AT 25 °C IS SIMILAR TO 18 °C WITH SHORTER OPERATING TIMES
J.D. Salazar, J. McNeil, S. Griffith, R. Coleman, H. Young, J. Hensler, J.H. Calhoon, R. DiGeronimo (USA)
Invited Discussant: C. Knott-Craig, Birmingham, USA
 
09:45 094 NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF ERYTHROPOETIN DURING DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST AFTER DIRECT ADMINISTRATION INTO CEREBROSPINAL FLUID – A PIGLET MODEL
M.-Y. Cho, J. Kempfert, T. Walther, S. Dhein, P. Pritzwald-Stegmann, M. Kostelka, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: C. Schreiber, Munich
 
10:00 095 EFFECT OF HYPOTHERMIA ON REGULATORY PATHWAYS TO NEURONAL INJURY OR SURVIVAL FOLLOWING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND CIRCULATORY ARREST IN BRAIN OF NEWBORN PIGLETS
P. Pastuszko, A. Pirzadeh, E. Reade, J. Kubin, A. Mendoza-Paredes, G.J. Schears, W.J. Greeley, A. Pastuszko (USA)
Invited Discussant: H. Lindberg, Oslo
 
10:15 096 PREDICTORS OF IMPAIRED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES AT ONE YEAR OF AGE AFTER INFANT CARDIAC SURGERY
S. Fuller, M. Gerdes, A. Nord, G. Wernovsky, G. Jarvik, J. Bernbaum, E. Zackai, J. Gaynor (USA)
Invited Discussant: B. Maruszewski, Warsaw
 
08:30-10:30 Session 19 – Transplantation
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: H. Reichenspurner, Hamburg – A. Haverich, Hannover
 
08:30 097 PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS IN CARDIAC TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: 10 YEAR SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
G. Bruschi, P. Colombo, A. Sacco, P.L. Silva, F. Turazza, M. Frigerio, S. Klugmann (Italy)
 
08:45 098 LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR RECIPIENTS AGED 65 AND OLDER
Y. Toyoda, C. Bermudez, K. McCurry, M. Zenati, B. Johnson, M. Crespo, J. Pilewski, B. Hattler (USA)
 
09:00 099 DONOR CARDIAC TROPONIN-I: A BIOCHEMICAL SURROGATE OF HEART FUNCTION BUT NOT A PREDICTOR OF OUTCOME
R.V. Venkateswaran, V. Dronavalli, R.P. Steeds, J.S. Ganesh, I.C. Wilson, J.G. Mascaro, R.D. Thompson, R.S. Bonser (UK)
 
09:15 100 ECMO TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR EARLY GRAFT FAILURE AFTER CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
C. D'Alessandro, S. Aubert, B.L. Praschker, R. Makris, A. Combes, C.E. Luyt, A. Pavie, P. Leprince (France)
 
09:30 101 SURFACTANT PRETREATMENT DIMINISHES LUNG ISCHAEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY UP TO 3 MONTHS AFTER REPERFUSION
N.P. van der Kaaij, J. Kluin, J.J. Haitsma, M.A. den Bakker, B.N. Lambrecht, B. Lachmann, R.W.F. de Bruin, A.J.J.C. Bogers (The Netherlands)
 
09:45 102 DUAL SCAN TOMOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF VASCULOPATHY: A PILOT STUDY
P. Przybylowski, K. Wierzbicki, P. Klimeczek, I. Milaniak, P. Wegrzyn, J. Konstanty-Kalandyk, M. Pasowicz, J. Sadowski (Poland)
 
10:00 103 REPAIR OF BRAIN DEATH INDUCED DONOR LUNG DAMAGE IN AN EX VIVO RECONDITIONING CIRCUIT: FICTION OR REALITY?
S. Wipper, A. Dupree, J. Lindner, C. Pahrmann, H. Reichenspurner, F.M. Wagner (Germany)
 
10:15 104 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION: A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC OPTION
H. Görler, C. Kühn, A. Meyer, G. Warnecke, B. Gohrbandt, A. Haverich, M. Strüber, A. Simon (Germany)
 
11:15-12:45 Session 20 – Aortic Valve Replacement and Beyond
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: A.J.J.C. Bogers, Rotterdam – J. Pinho, Porto
 
11:15 105 HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT IN NATIVE OR PROSTHETIC ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS WITH PERIANNULAR ABSCESS: 20-YEAR SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
M. Musci, C.A. Yankah, M. Pasic, S. Kosky, J. Stein, Y. Weng, H. Siniawski, R. Hetzer (Germany)
Invited Discussant: J.L. Pomar, Barcelona
 
11:30 106 EVALUATION OF CORONARY FLOW RESERVE BY TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS AFTER THE ROSS PROCEDURE AND MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: LONG-TERM RESULTS FROM A RANDOMISED TRIAL
T. Wittlinger, F. Bakhtiray, O. Dzemali, P. Kleine, M. Doss, S. Martens, A. Moritz (Germany)
Invited Discussant: G. Zünd, Zürich
 
11:45 107 ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT AFTER PREVIOUS CABG WITH PATENT GRAFTS: IS THE ‘OLD FASHIONED’ WAY OBSOLETE FOR THE FUTURE?
N. Khaladj, C. Hagl, S. Peterss, I. Kutschka, A. Pichlmaier, M. Strüber, A. Haverich, M. Shrestha (Germany)
Invited Discussant: T. Walther, Leipzig
 
12:00 108 PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND SURVIVAL
S. Urso, R. Sadaba, M. Vives, J. Trujillo, S. Beltrame, B. Soriano, L. Piqueras, G. Aldamiz (Spain)
Invited Discussant: R. Seitelberger, Vienna
 
12:15 109 IS WARFARIN NECESSARY AFTER TISSUE AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT?
Z. Makhija, M. Baghai, R. Deshpande, L. John, J. Desai, A. El-Gamel, O. Wendler (UK)
Invited Discussant: A. Colli, Barcelona
 
12:30 110 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF ELDERLY PATIENTS SUBJECTED TO AVR WITH MECHANICAL PROSTHESES
R. Pancas, G.E. Coutinho, P.E. Antunes, J. Ferrão de Oliveira, M.J. Antunes (Portugal)
Invited Discussant: P. Simon, Al Kohobar
 
11:15-12:45 Session 21 – Oncology 2: Biological Staging
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: G.A. Patterson, St Louis – R. Schmid, Berne
 
11:15 111 PULMONARY RESECTION AFTER CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY AND HIGH DOSE (60 GY) RADIATION FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER IS SAFE AND PROVIDES HIGH SURVIVAL
R.J. Cerfolio, A.S. Bryant (USA)
 
11:30 112 ROLE OF 18FDG-PET-CT IN PATIENT SURVEILLANCE AFTER MULTIMODALITY THERAPY FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
C. Tan, S. Barrington, S. Rankin, D. Landau, J. Pilling, L. Lang-Lazdunski (UK)
 
11:45 113 ROLE OF DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING IN ESTIMATING TUMOUR INVASIVENESS FOR CLINICAL STAGE IA NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
N. Kanauchi, H. Oizumi, H. Kato, M. Endo (Japan)
 
12:00 114 EXPRESSION PROFILE OF SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN ALPHA-B CRYSTALLIN IN OPERATED NSCLC PATIENTS: CLINICAL IMPLICATION
R.V. Cherneva, D.B. Petrov, Y. Slavova, N.L. Trifonova, M.I. Stamenova (Bulgaria)
 
12:15 115 PLEOMORPHIC CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND SURVIVAL
D. Galetta, A. Borri, R. Gasparri, F. Petrella, P. Solli, G. Veronesi, F. Leo, L. Spaggiari (Italy)
 
12:30 116 OCT4 EXPRESSION IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION
G. Karoubi, C.-D. Lourdes, I. Breyer, R.A. Schmid, A.E. Dutly (Switzerland)
 
11:15-12:45 Session 22 – Congenital
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: S. Sano, Okayama – T. Spray, Philadelphia
 
11:15 117 DO WE NEED FENESTRATION WHEN PERFORMING 2-STAGE TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION (TCPC) USING AN EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT?
Y. Harada, S. Uchita, M. Kimura, Y. Toyoda, T. Nishino (Japan)
Invited Discussant: A. Carotti, Rome
 
11:30 118 LONG-TERM PATENCY OF THE ‘KISSING’ TECHNIQUE OF FENESTRATION FOR EXTRACARDIAC FONTAN
E. Ruiz, R. Guerrero, C. Salih, T. Nguyen, Y. d'Udekem, C. Brizard (Australia)
Invited Discussant: S. Daebritz, Munich
 
11:45 119 MID-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF THE STATUS OF GORE-TEX GRAFT AFTER EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT FONTAN PROCEDURE
Y. Ochiai, Y. Imoto, M. Sakamoto, T. Kajiwara, A. Sese, M. Watanabe, T. Oono, K. Joo (Japan)
Invited Discussant: H. Kurosawa, Tokyo
 
12:00 120 CLINICAL OUTCOME OF FONTAN OPERATION IN PATIENTS WITH POOR CARDIAC FUNCTION
Y. Kotani, S. Kasahara, Y. Fujii, K. Yoshizumi, Y. Oshima, S. Otsuki, T. Akagi, S. Sano (Japan)
Invited Discussant: R. Lange, Munich
 
12:15 121 NO-PATCH REPAIR OF AV CANAL
J.I. Aramendi, G. Hamzeh, A. Crespo, R. Voces, M. Luis, M.A. Rodriguez, L. Lizama (Spain)
Invited Discussant: T. Ebels, Groningen
 
12:30 122 SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF THE MODIFIED SINGLE PATCH TECHNIQUE IN COMPLETE ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
I.S. Jeong, C.-H. Lee, C. Lee, H.G. Lim, J.G. Kwak, I.S. Kim, H.C. Youn (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: A. Kalangos, Geneva
 
11:15-12:45 Session 23 – Arrhythmia
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: W.R. Chitwood Jr, Greenville – M. Jahangiri, London
 
11:15 123 DOES SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARISATION? A PILOT STUDY
R. Cavolli, K. Kaya, A. Aslan, O. Emiroglu, S. Erturk, R. Tasoz, U. Ozyurda (Turkey)
Invited Discussant: M.A. Borger, Leipzig
 
11:30 124 PREVENTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING USING ATRIAL ELECTROMECHANICAL INTERVAL AND AMIODARONE PROPHYLAXIS
F. Roshanali, M.H. Mandegar, M.A. Yousefnia, B. Saidi (Iran)
Invited Discussant: J.G. Maessen, Maastricht
 
11:45 125 PROPHYLACTIC INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM SULPHATE IN ADDITION TO ORAL BETA BLOCKADE DOES NOT PREVENT ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS AFTER CABG: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
R.C. Cook, K.H. Humphries, K. Gin, M.T. Janusz, R. Slavick, V. Bernstein, M. Tholin, M.K. Lee (Canada)
Invited Discussant: M. Versteegh, Leiden
 
12:00 126 MITRAL VALVE SURGERY PLUS CONCOMITANT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION IS SUPERIOR TO MITRAL VALVE SURGERY ALONE WITH AN INTENSIVE RHYTHM CONTROL STRATEGY
U.O. Von Oppell, N. Masani, P. O'Callaghan, R. Wheeler, G. Dimitrakakis, S.L.H. Schiffelers (UK, The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: D. Pagano, Birmingham
 
12:15 127 RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS IN FAILURE OF MAZE PROCEDURE: MID-TERM RESULTS
H.-G. Je, J.-W. Lee, S.H. Jung, S.J. Choo, H. Song, C.H. Chung (Korea (South))
Invited Discussant: R. Klautz, Leiden
 
12:30 128 LONG-TERM RESULTS AND RELIABILITY OF CRYOTHERMIC ABLATION BASED MAZE PROCEDURE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CONCOMITANT WITH MITRAL VALVE SURGERY
T. Funatsu, J. Kobayashi, H. Nakajima, Y. Iba, Y. Shimahara, T. Yagihara (Japan)
Invited Discussant: S. Benussi, Milan
 
14:00-15:00 Session 24 – Heart Failure
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: R. Dion, Genk-R. Lorusso, Brescia
 
14:00 129 WALL MOTION SCORE INDEX PREDICTS MORTALITY AND FUNCTIONAL RESULT AFTER SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RESTORATION FOR ADVANCED ISCHAEMIC HEART FAILURE
P. Klein, E.R. Holman, M.I.M. Versteegh, E. Boersma, H.F. Verwey, J.J. Bax, R.A.E. Dion, R.J.M. Klautz (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: H. Suma, Toyko
 
14:15 130 EFFECTS OF SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RESTORATION ON DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHAEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
L. Menicanti, S. Castelvecchio, C. de Vincentiis, A. Frigiola, M. Di Donato (Italy)
Invited Discussant: R. Dion, Genk
 
14:30 131 SHORT-TERM SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE AFTER SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RESTORATION FOR DILATED ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
T. Bove, Y. Van Belleghem, G. Vandenplas, F. Caes, K. François, J. De Backer, M. De Pauw, G. Van Nooten (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: J.-F. Obadia, Lyon
 
14:45 132 SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RESTORATION FOR ENDSTAGE ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
H. Suma, H. Tanabe, T. Isomura, T. Horii (Japan)
Invited Discussant: J.-F. Obadia, Lyon
 
14:00-15:00 Session 25 – Minimally Invasive: Stretching The Envelope, Thoracic
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: D. Grunenwald, Paris-W. Walker, Edinburgh
 
14:00 133 THE ROLE OF THORACOSCOPY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HIDDEN DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURIES IN PENETRATING THORACOABDOMINAL TRAUMA
R. Bagheri, A. Tavassoli (Iran)
 
14:10 134 FEASIBILITY OF VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGICAL SEGMENTECTOMY FOR SELECTED PERIPHERAL LUNG CARCINOMAS
A. Watanabe, S. Nakashima, S. Ohori, T. Mawatari, T. Higami (Japan)
 
14:20 135 VATS LOBECTOMY PRESERVES MORE CHEST WALL MUSCLE THAN CONVENTIONAL SURGERY
T. Karasaki, J. Nakajima, M. Kusakabe, Y. Yoshida, Y. Suka, S. Takamoto, M. Taguri, H. Ohtsu (Japan)
 
14:30 136 TOTALLY THORACOSCOPIC PULMONARY SEGMENTECTOMY
H. Oizumi, N. Kanauchi, H. Kato, M. Endoh, J. Suzuki, K. Fukaya, M. Chiba, M. Sadahiro (Japan)
 
14:40 137 CERVICAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING PLEURAL DISEASE
L. Fowkes, N. Shah, K. Lau, M.H. Chamberlain, E.A. Black (UK)
 
14:50 138 INTENTIONALLY LIMITED VATS RESECTION FOR SMALL SIZED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERM. Oda, I. Matsumoto, T. Yachi, T. Imagawa, M. Hada, T. Itoh, G. Watanabe (Japan)
 
14:00-15:00 Session 26 – Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cardiac
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: D. de Canniere, Brussels – J. Gummert, Jena
 
14:00 Is there still a future for Minimally Invasive Surgery?
D. de Canniere, Brussels
 
14:15 139 MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY VIA RIGHT MINITHORACOTOMY: EXPERIENCE WITH 750 PATIENTS
M. Glauber, M. Murzi, S. Bevilacqua, A.G. Cerillo, E. Kallushi, M. Ferrarini, P. Farneti, M. Solinas (Italy)
 
14:30 140 MECHANISM OF CARDIOPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF ERYTHROPOIETIN DURING COLD GLOBAL ISCHAEMIA AND REPERFUSION
A. Bogdanova, D. Mihov, G. Zünd, M. Gassmann, R. Tavakoli (Switzerland)
 
14:45 141 MINIMALLY INVASIVE OFF-PUMP VALVE-IN-A-RING IMPLANTATION: THE ATRIAL TRANSCATHETER APPROACH FOR REOPERATIVE MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT AFTER FAILED REPAIR
J. Kempfert, J. Blumenstein, M.A. Chu, S. Lehmann, T. Kobilke, V. Falk, F.W. Mohr, T. Walther (Germany)
 
14:00-15:00 Session 27 – Coronary
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: B. Buxton, Tasmania-P. Noirhomme, Brussels
 
14:00 142 CAUSES OF NON-FUNCTIONING RIGHT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY USED IN A Y-GRAFT CONFIGURATION: INSIGHT FROM A 6-MONTH SYSTEMATIC ANGIOGRAPHIC TRIAL
D. Glineur, C. Hanet, W. D'hoore, A. Poncelet, P. Astarci, R. Verhelst, P. Noirhomme, G. El Khoury (Belgium)
Invited Discussant: B. Buxton, Tasmania
 
14:15 143 PREDICTORS AND TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARDIAC RISK BY NON-INVASIVE STRESS IMAGING LATE AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
G.A. Nappi, W. Acampa, M. Petretta, L. Evangelista, L. Luongo, M. Torella, A. Cuocolo (Italy)
Invited Discussant: P. Noirhomme, Brussels
 
14:30 144 PREDICTIVE ACCURACY OF EUROSCORE: IS END-DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION A MISSING VARIABLE?
T. Theologou, M. Field, P. Sastry, M. Shaw, M. Pullan, B. Fabri (UK)
Invited Discussant: S. Nashef, Cambridge
 
14:45 145 RISK PREDICTION MODELS FOR MAJOR POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY IN CORONARY SURGERY
P.E. Antunes, J. Ferrão de Oliveira, M.J. Antunes (Portugal)
Invited Discussant: A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
 
15:30-17:30 Session 28 – Cardiac General
Auditorium 1 Chairmen: M. Kolowca, Rzeszow-G. Lutter, Kiel
 
15:30 146 IS REPEATED BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA REALLY NECESSARY?
T. Ghazy, O. Allham, A. Ouda, K. Matschke (Germany)
Invited Discussant: J. Vaage, Oslo
 
15:45 147 CALCIUM SENSITISATION IMPAIRS DIASTOLIC RELAXATION IN POST-ISCHAEMIC MYOCARDIUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF Ca2+ SENSITISING INOTROPES AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Y.-H. Choi, D.B. Cowan, T. Wahlers, P.J. del Nido, C. Stamm (Germany, USA)
Invited Discussant: D.O. Nordhaug, Trondheim
 
16:00 148 CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF LOW DOSE CYCLOSPORINE A ADDED TO BRETSCHNEIDER CARDIOPLEGIA PRIOR TO TOTAL MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA: AN IN VITRO RABBIT HEART STUDY
P. Pritzwald-Stegmann, A. Hoyer, J. Kempfert, S. Dhein, F.W. Mohr (Germany)
Invited Discussant: B. Podesser, St Pölten
 
16:15 149 EVIDENCE FOR A NEGATIVE INOTROPIC EFFECT OF OBESITY IN HUMAN MYOCARDIUM?
K. Denk, J. Albers, L.O. Conzelmann, D. Ister, N. Kayhan, A. Bonz, S. Hagl, C.F. Vahl (Germany)
Invited Discussant: J.-N. Fabiani, Paris
 
16:30 150 VIABLE VASCULARISED AUTOLOGOUS PATCH FOR TRANSMURAL MYOCARDIAL RECONSTRUCTION
S. Cebotari, I. Tudorache, S. Kostin, T. Meyer, O. Teebken, C. Bara, A. Hilfiker, A. Haverich (Germany)
Invited Discussant: G. Zünd, Zürich
 
16:45 151 THE EFFECT OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS ON MOBILISED ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS
Y.-H. Choi, K. Neef, O. Liakopoulos, T. Wittwer, C. Stamm, N. Madershahian, J. Wippermann, T. Wahlers (Germany)
Invited Discussant: G. Steinhoff, Rostock
 
17:00 152 SCREENING METHOD FOR DELIRIUM: EARLY DIAGNOSIS BY MEANS OF OBJECTIVE QUANTIFICATION OF MOTOR ACTIVITY PATTERNS USING WRIST-ACTIGRAPHY
R.J. Osse, J.H.M. Tulen, M.W. Hengeveld, A.J.J.C. Bogers (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: T. Treasure, London
 
17:15 153 A NEWLY DESIGNED THORAX SUPPORT VEST PREVENTS STERNUM INSTABILITY AFTER MEDIAN STERNOTOMY
M. Gorlitzer, S. Folkmann, M. Thalmann, G. Weiss, R. Moidl, M. Harrer, J. Meinhart, M. Grabenwöger (Austria)
Invited Discussant: G. Varela, Salamanca
 
15:30-17:30 Session 29 – Thoracic Happy Hour
Auditorium 3&4 Chairmen: S. Elia, Rome-S. Halezeroglu, Istanbul
 
15:30 154 FAST-TRACK REHABILITATION FOR LUNG CANCER LOBECTOMY: A FIVE YEAR EXPERIENCE
J.C. Das-Neves-Pereira, A. Grimailloff, A.P. Coimbra-Israel, P. Bagan, P. Berna, M. Riquet, F.B. Jatene, J.R. Milanez-de-Campos (France, Brazil)
 
15:40 155 PULMONARY ASPERGILLOMAS: OUTCOMES FOLLOWING SURGICAL RESECTION
S.A. Defranchi, S.D. Cassivi, D.A. Wigle, M.S. Allen, F.C. Nichols, K.R. Shen, A.K. Singhal, C. Deschamps (USA)
 
15:50 156 DIAPHRAGMATIC EVENTRATION: LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP OF OPEN PLICATURE
C. Bastos, P. Calvinho, J.E. Bernardo, L. Eugénio, M.J. Antunes (Portugal)
 
16:00 157 QUALITY OF LIFE EVOLUTION AFTER LUNG CANCER SURGERY IN SEPTUAGENARIANS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
B. Balduyck, J. Hendriks, P. Lauwers, P. Van Schil (Belgium)
 
16:10 158 MONTGOMERY T-TUBE PLACEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN TRACHEAL LESIONS
A. Carretta, M. Casiraghi, G. Melloni, A. Bandiera, P. Ciriaco, L. Ferla, A. Puglisi, P. Zannini (Italy)
 
16:20 159 INTRATHORACIC APPLICATION OF VACUUM WOUND THERAPY FOLLOWING THORACIC SURGERY
J. Groetzner, M. Altmayer, D. Stockhausen, I. Tschashin, H. Steppling, R. Bieselt, M. Holzer (Germany)
 
16:30 160 QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE PREDICTION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION AFTER LUNG CANCER SURGERY: A SIMPLE METHOD USING SIMULATION SOFTWARE
K. Ueda, T. Tanaka, K. Hamano (Japan)
 
16:40 161 ROUTINE PLACEMENT OF CHEST DRAINS AFTER VATS LUNG BIOPSY IS UNNECESSARY AND INCREASES HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY
L. Satherley, H. Luckraz, K.S. Rammohan, M. Philips, E.N.P. Kulatilake, P.A. O'Keefe (UK)
 
16:50 162 FAST-TRACK VATS BULLECTOMY AND PLEURECTOMY FOR PNEUMOTHORAX: INITIAL EXPERIENCE AND DESCRIPTION OF TECHNIQUE
M.H. Chamberlain, A. Meduoye, L. Fowkes, M. Malik, E.A. Black (UK)
 
17:00 163 A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMISED STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A POLYMERIC SEALANT TO SEAL AIR LEAKS IN LUNG RESECTIONS
C. Andreetti, A. D'Andrilli, M. Ibrahim, A.M. Ciccone, F. Venuta, E.A. Rendina (Italy)
 
17:10 164 LATE RESULTS OF LUNG DECORTICATION ON PULMONARY FUNCTION AND CHEST WALL ASYMMETRY
E. Okur, M. Gokce, V. Baysungur, G. Ergene, G. Sevilgen, S. Halezeroglu (Turkey)
 
17:20 165 THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN RESPIRATORY COMPROMISED PATIENTS WITH SUPPORT BY A PUMPLESS INTERVENTIONAL LUNG ASSIST (ILA)
K. Wiebe, M. Arlt, A. Phillip, M. Fontan, D. Camboni, L. Rupprecht, S. Hofmann, C. Schmid (Germany)
 
15:30-17:30 Session 30 – Congenital
Auditorium 2 Chairmen: C. Schreiber, Munich-L. Zannini, Genova
 
15:30 166 AORTIC AND MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN CHILDREN: IS THERE ANY ROLE FOR BIOLOGIC AND BIOPROSTHETIC SUBSTITUTES?
B. Alsoufi, A. Sallehuddin, C. Manlhiot, B.W. McCrindle, F. Khouqeer, C. Canver, S. Al-Oufi, Z. Al-Halees (Saudi Arabia, Canada)
Invited Discussant: D. Barron, Birmingham
 
15:45 167 STENTLESS PORCINE VALVES IN THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT: IMPROVED DURABILITY?
J. Hawkins, T. Sower, L. Lambert, P. Kouretas, P. Burch, K. Whitehead, M. Puchalski, A. Yetman (USA)
Invited Discussant: L. Hamilton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
 
16:00 168 CURRENT STRATEGIES IN TETRALOGY OF FALLOT REPAIR: PULMONARY VALVE SPARING AND EVOLUTION OF RV/LV PRESSURE RATIO
L. Boni, E. García, L. Galletti, A. Pérez, D. Herrera, V. Ramos, S.M. Marianeschi, J.V. Comas (Spain)
Invited Discussant: R. Di Donato, Rome
 
16:15 169 HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS TO APROTININ RE-EXPOSURE IN PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
S. Siehr, E. Stuth, J. Tweddell, G. Hoffman, T. Troshynski, D. Jones, M. Mitchell, N. Ghanayem (USA)
Invited Discussant: M. Wojtalik, Poznan
 
16:30 170 RIGHT AXILLARY INCISION: A COSMETICALLY SUPERIOR APPROACH TO REPAIR A WIDE RANGE OF CONGENITAL CARDIAC DEFECTS
H. Dave, M. Comber, A. Dodge-Khatami, R. Prêtre (Switzerland)
Invited Discussant: C. Schreiber, Munich
 
16:45 171 THE BLOOD-SPARING EFFECT AND THE SAFETY OF APROTININ COMPARED TO TRANEXAMIC ACID IN PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY
P. Tassani, T. Breuer, K. Martin, M. Wilhelm, G. Wiesner, C. Schreiber, J. Hess, R. Lange (Germany)
Invited Discussant: P. Pouard, Paris
 
17:00 172 17 YEARS OF ADULT CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
L. Putman, M. van Gameren, F. Meijboom, M. Witsenburg, H. Takkenberg, A. Bogers (The Netherlands)
Invited Discussant: A. Frigiola, Milan
 
17:15 173 EARLY HYPERGLYCAEMIA AFTER NORWOOD PROCEDURE DOES NOT AFFECT NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME AT ONE YEAR OF AGE
J.A. Ballweg, R.F. Ittenbach, J. Bernbaum, M. Gerdes, P.R. Gallagher, E. Zackai, S.C. Nicolson, J.W. Gaynor (USA)
Invited Discussant: J.-E. Rubay, Brussels
 
15:30-17:30 Session 31 – Aortic/Vascular
Auditorium 8 Chairmen: C. Mestres, Barcelona-M. Schepens, Nieuwegein
 
15:30 174 TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW FOR ISOLATED REGIONS OF THE BRAIN DURING SELECTIVE CEREBRAL PERFUSION IN PIGS
J.T. Strauch, P.L. Haldenwang, K. Müllem, M. Schmalz, O. Liakopoulos, J.H. Fischer, T. Wahlers (Germany)
Invited Discussant: A. Haverich, Hannover
 
15:45 175 COMPARISON OF UNILATERAL ANTEGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION AT 16 AND 22 °C SYSTEMIC TEMPERATURE
S. Sanioglu, O. Sokullu, I.Y. Arslan, M. Sargin, M. Yilmaz, B. Ozay, H. Tokoz, F. Bilgen (Turkey)
Invited Discussant: R.S. Bonser, Birmingham
 
16:00 176 ANALYSIS OF COLLATERAL BLOOD FLOW TO THE LOWER BODY DURING SELECTIVE CEREBRAL PERFUSION: IS THREE-VESSEL BETTER THAN TWO-VESSEL PERFUSION?
Y. Miyamoto, S. Fukui, T. Kajiyama, M. Mitsuno, M. Yamamura, H. Tanaka, M. Ryomoto, H. Nishi (Japan)
Invited Discussant: M. Czerny, Vienna
 
16:15 177 TREATMENT OF COMPLEX DISEASE OF THE THORACIC AORTA: THE FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE WITH THE E-VITA OPEN PROSTHESIS
R. Di Bartolomeo, D. Pacini, L. Di Marco, E. Pilato, C. Savini, A. Armaro (Italy)
Invited Discussant: C. Hagl, Hannover
 
16:30 178 HYBRID TREATMENT FOR AORTIC ARCH AND PROXIMAL DESCENDING THORACIC ANEURYSM
N. Kawaharada, T. Ito, T. Koyanagi, A. Yamauchi, M. Nakamura, T. Higami (Japan)
Invited Discussant: H. Jakob, Essen
 
16:45 179 CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY IN STENT GRAFTING FOR DISTAL AORTIC ARCH DISEASE
Y. Kurimoto, N. Kawaharada, T. Ito, T. Baba, S. Ohori, Y. Asai, T. Higami (Japan)
Invited Discussant: R. Hetzer, Berlin
 
17:00 180 THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR (TEVAR): A BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE IN 255 PATIENTS OVER A PERIOD OF 112 MONTHS
R.M.S. Almeida, J.C. Leal, E.K. Saadi, D.M. Braile, A.S.T. Rocha, G. Volpiani, C. Centola, A. Zago (Brazil)
Invited Discussant: A.P. Kappetein, Rotterdam
15:30-17:30 Film Session 2-Adult Cardiac Surgery
Room 5c Chairman: C.K.C. Choong, Cambridge
 
15:30 F8 CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE SECOND GENERATION 3F-ENABLE SUTURELESS AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESIS
F. Eckstein, A. Kadner, T. Aymard, M. Stalder, L. Englberger, T. Carrel (Switzerland)
 
15:40 F9 STENTLESS VALVE COMPOSITE GRAFT WITH A NEW VASCULAR PROSTHESIS FOR AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT
P. Urbanski, S. Frank (Germany)
 
15:50 F10 SIMPLIFIED AORTIC ROOT RESTORATION USING VALVE REIMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE AND A NEW VASCULAR GRAFT
P. Urbanski, S. Frank (Germany)
 
16:00 F11 NEW AORTIC ROOT REMODELING SURGERY IN AORTIC ROOT ANEURYSM: TECHNIQUE AND INITIAL RESULTS
T. Komoda, S. Komoda, M. Huebler, F. Berger, R. Hetzer (Germany)
 
16:10 F12 COMBINED VALVE-SPARING AORTIC ROOT STABILISATION AND TOTAL ARCH REPLACEMENT WITH FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK IN MEGA AORTIC SYNDROME
M. Shrestha, M. Pichlmaier, N. Khaladj, C. Hagl, A. Haverich (Germany)
 
16:20 F13 DIFFERENCES IN THE BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE PHENOTYPIC CONTINUUM COULD AFFECT THE REPAIR TECHNIQUES CHOICE
A. Mangini, M. Lemma, G. Gelpi, M. Contino, M. Pettinari, R. Scrofani, C. Antona (Italy)
 
16:30 F14 COMPLEX AORTIC ROOT FUNCTIONAL UNITE REPAIR TO PRESERVE AN ANOMALOUS CORONARY CONFIGURATION
A. Mangini, M. Lemma, G. Gelpi, M. Contino, M. Pettinari, P. Vanelli, C. Antona (Italy)
 
16:40 F15 SELECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE NON-CORONARY SINUS OF VALSALVA IN PATIENTS WITH BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE
A.G. Cerillo, P. Farneti, T. Gasbarri, S. Bevilacqua, M. Mariani, K. Latsuzbaia, M. Solinas, M. Glauber (Italy)
 
16:50 F16 USEFUL TIPS AND TECHNIQUES IN BARLOW'S MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
D.H. Adams, J. Chikwe, J.G. Castillo, F. Filsoufi, A. Anyanwu (USA)
 
17:00 F17 A NEW CONCEPT OF MITRAL VALVE PLASTY FOR THE POSTERIOR LEAFLET PROLAPSE-SANDCLOCK RESECTION
M. Sawazaki, S. Tomari, K. Yamana, Y. Koyama (Japan)
 
17:10 F18 MITRAL VALVE REPAIR WITH GORE-TEX NEOCHORDAE AND RING OF AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIUM
C. Zussa, L. Caprili, N. Fahim, E. Mikus, D. Cristell (Italy)
 
17:20 F19 SIMPLE REDUCTION OF THE LARGE LEFT ATRIUM IN A MODIFIED MAZE PROCEDURE DURING CONCOMITANT MITRAL VALVE SURGERY
B.-H. Ahn, S.-B. Hong, S.-Y. Song, K.–J. Na (Korea (South))


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Organisers: A.P. Kappetein, T. Treasure, P. Vouhé (Rotterdam, London, Paris)
Moderators: A.P. Kappetein, E.A. Rendina (Rotterdam, Rome)
Plenary Session: Optimise Outcome in Trauma Surgery of the Chest
09:00 Preventable mortality of blunt and penetrating traumatic injuries to the chest wall J. Goosen, Johannesburg
09:30 Changing approach to major wartime injuries L. Jarvis (MOD, London, UK)
10:00 Coffee
Adult Cardiac
Moderators: R. Klautz, L. von Segesser (Leiden, Lausanne)
Emergency Surgery in Cardiovascular Disorders
10:30 CABG in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation P. Sergeant, Leuven
10:50 Emergency re-revascularisation or conservative treatment in patients with acute perioperative graft failure following coronary artery bypass surgery M. Thielmann, Essen
11:10 Emergency stent-graft placement for haemorrhage control in acute thoracic aortic rupture M. Lachat, Zürich
11:30 Emergency mitral valve surgery for severe acute regurgitation R. Lorusso, Brescia
11:50 Acute dissection of the ascending aorta: results of emergency valve-sparing aortic root reconstruction K. Kallenbach, Heidelberg
12:10 Emergency endovascular stent-grafting for life-threatening acute type B aortic dissections M. Grabenwöger, Vienna
12:30 The mechanism of injury in blunt traumatic rupture of the aorta to be announced
12:50 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac surgery J. Dunning, Middlesbrough
13:10 Close
Thoracic Surgery: the Injured Patient and Logistics
Moderators: T. Treasure, P. Van Schil (London, Antwerp)
10:30 The ‘Big Picture’ of organising trauma care TARN (The Trauma Audit & Research Network, UK)
10:50 Chest surgeons rarely manage the chest injuries NCEPOD (The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, UK)
11:10 The ‘golden hour’ and using it wisely ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support)
11:30 Competing models of care: stabilise at the scene SAMU/SMUR (Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence/Service Mobile d'Urgence et de Réanimation) (France)
11:50 Competing models of care: expeditious move to hospital NCEPOD (UK)
12:10 Thoracotomy at the scene: has it a role? Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (London)
12:30 Chaired discussion: summarising the situation Panel
13:00 Close
Congenital Heart Surgery
Moderators: J. Comas, P. Vouhé (Madrid, Paris)
10:30 Emergencies in congenital heart surgery: do they exist? G. Saris, Athens
11:00 Emergencies and interventional cardiology: how can the interventional cardiologist help the surgeon? O. Kretschmar, Zürich
11:30 Emergencies and interventional cardiology: how can the surgeon help the interventional cardiologist? V. Tsang, London
12:00 Emergency ECMO E. da Cruz, Denver
12:30 Emergencies for arrhythmias R. Prêtre, Zürich
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