Prelim Brochure ISMC 08.pmd

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Contents PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Preliminary Program 4 Keynote Address
Poster Session 12
Robert Langer, Sc.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Hotel Information 18
Dr. Robert Langer, who holds the title of
Meeting Registration Form 19 Institute Professor at MIT, is renowned for his
revolutionary work on new and different ways to
administer drugs to cancer patients. At MIT, he
runs the largest biomedical engineering lab in
TARGET AUDIENCE
the world.
The primary target audience is comprised of cardiothoracic Dr. Langer work is at the interface of biotechnology and materials
surgeons who perform minimally invasive procedures, taking science. A major focus is the study and development of polymers to
advantage of new techniques and technology available. Program deliver drugs, particularly genetically engineered proteins, DNA and
directors and fellows of cardiac and thoracic training programs are RNAi, continuously at controlled rates for prolonged periods of time.
expressly invited to attend to gain exposure to the latest ideas and Dr. Langer has more than 600 issued or pending patents worldwide,
hear the research supporting or negating various techniques and one of which was cited as the outstanding patent in Massachusetts
approaches. Allied health professionals working in minimally in 1988 and one of 20 outstanding patents in the United States. His
invasive theatres are also encouraged to attend. patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 200
pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device
LEARNING OBJECTIVES companies; a number of these companies were launched on the
The ISMICS 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting is designed to offer 3 basis of these patent licenses. He served as a member of the
and one-half days of comprehensive educational experiences in the United States Food and Drug Administration’s SCIENCE Board, the
fields of minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgery and related FDA’s highest advisory board, from 1995 — 2002 and as Chairman
sciences with an emphasis on innovative techniques and from 1999-2002.
technologies. The Society brings together the leading cardiothoracic Dr. Langer has received over 150 major awards. In 2007, he
surgeons and scientists in the world to freely and openly discuss received the 2006 United States National Medal of Science. In 2002,
their latest clinical and research findings. he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the
equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers and the world’s most
prestigious engineering prize from the National Academy of
AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDITS™ Engineering. He is also the only engineer to receive the Gairdner
Foundation International Award.
The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic
Surgery has applied to the American College of Surgeons for AMA
PRA Category 1 Credits™ for this educational activity. Status is
pending, and will be updated on the ISMICS website and in the Final
Program Book. This preliminary program is subject to
change. For the latest program schedule
and full-text abstracts, please visit
Local Arrangements Host
www.ismics.org.
Lishan Aklog, MD
Program Chairs
Volkmar Falk, MD
Alan Menkis, MD
Thoracic Chair
Kemp Kernstine, MD
President
Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP
President-Elect
John D. Puskas, MD, FRACS
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Expert Consensus Statement Moderated Poster Competition
Stented versus Stentless Valves The Moderated Poster Competition will feature a 2-round judging
process. Posters will be divided into topic groups with
John R. Pepper, MD, FRCS
approximately the same number of posters in each group. Authors
Davy Cheng, MD
must attend the entire session to be considered for the Best
Moderated Poster Award.
Dedicated Case Reports Session
First Round: Authors give a timed, 3-minute presentation; then
Moderator: Anthony DeSouza, MD
respond to questions posed by other authors and attendees in their
topic group. Topic groups run concurrently until all posters have
Special Invited Topics been presented. The authors and attendees of each group will
score all posters in that group. Based on the peer scoring, a winner
will be named for each topic group, who then proceeds to the Final
Sutureless Valves
Round.
Moderators: Francesco Maisano, MD & Volkmar Falk, MD Final Round: Finalists will make their presentations to all meeting
Panelists: attendees in the main Scientific Session Hall, using powerpoint
Sutureless Valves: Design, Implantation Technique and slides. Moderators from the First Round will score the Final Round
Early Clinical Results presentations to determine the Best Moderated Poster
Thierry-Pierre Carrel, MD Presentation. The winner will be announced during the Friday
A Modular Prosthesis for Nearly-Sutureless Implantation Evening Reception at the Top of the Hub Skywalk.
Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, MD
Minithoracotomy AVR: How to Do It and Clinical Current Controversies
Advantages
The End of Coronary Stenting
Mattia Glauber, MD
2008 Postgraduate Courses
Cardiac Care
- featuring 4 separate courses
Panelists:
Naresh Trehan MD Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Sir Bruce Keogh, MD
Chair: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
Technical Challenges
Endovascular Aortic Therapies
Preoperative Strategies and Intraoperative
Chair: Eric E. Roselli, MD
Complications
Percutaneous Valvular Therapies
Chair: Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD
Co-Chairs: Hermann Reichenspurner, MD Chair: Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, MD
Patrick Nataf, MD
Advances in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Chair: Kemp H. Kernstine, MD, PhD
Co-Chairs: Daniel L. Miller, MD & Thomas J. Watson, MD
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WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 15.15 – 15.30 Update on the Left Atrial Appendage
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
15.30 – 16.00 Where are We Today? Current Indications and
Choice of Procedures
07.00 – 08.00 Continental Breakfast
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
for All Postgraduate Registrants
16.00 – 17.30 Hands-On Skills Session
08.00 – 16.00
Postgraduate Course:
09.00 – 12.00
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Postgraduate Course:
Chair: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD Endovascular Aortic Therapies
Chair: Eric E. Roselli, MD
8.00 – 8.40 History Of Arrhythmia Surgery: Lessons Learned
from Surgical Extinction
09.00 – 10.00 The Future of Aortic Surgical Training
James L. Cox, MD
08.40 - 09.10 The Consensus Statement of AF Ablation: What
09.00 - 09.10 Cardiothoracic Surgery Perspective
Surgeons Need to Know
Bruce W. Lytle, MD
Richard J. Shemin, MD
09.10 - 09.20 Vascular Surgery Perspective
09.10 - 09.40 An Electophysiology Primer for Surgeons:
Richard Cambria, MD
Understanding and Treating AF
09.20 – 09.30 Stentgrafting the Descending Thoracic Aorta –
Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD
Challenges Posed by the Current Devices
09.40 – 10.10 An Overview of Ablation Technology: The Search for
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
the Perfect Device
09.30 – 09.45 Discussion
Nicholas Doll, MD
10.10 – 10.25 Questions & Answers
09.45 – 10.00 Break
10.25 – 10.40 Break
10.00 – 11.00 Treating Complex Aneurysmal Disease
10.40 – 12.00 Current Operative Approaches for the Surgical
10.00 – 10.10 Imaging – Preoperative Planning and New
Treatment of AF in Patients with Organic Heart
Techniques
Disease
Michael C. Moon, MD, FRCSC
Moderator: A. Marc Gillinov, MD
10.10 – 10.22 Hybrid Approaches to Aortic Arch and
10.40 – 11.00 The Box Lesion
Thoracoabdominal Disease
Mark A. Groh, MD
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
11.00 – 11.20 Left Atrial Lesion Sets
10.22 – 10.34 Update on Branch Grafting of Thoracoabdominal
Stefano Benussi, MD
Aortic Aneurysms
11.20 – 11.40 Biatrial Approach
Tara Mastracci, MD
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
10.34 – 10.46 Arch and Ascending Aorta - Can We Do It Totally
11.40 – 12.00 Discussion
Endovascularly?
Roy K. Greenberg, MD
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Break
10.46 – 11.00 Discussion
13.00 – 16.00 Current Operative Approaches for the Surgical
11.00 – 12.00 Emergencies and Dissections
Treatment of Lone AF
Moderator: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
11.00 – 11.12 Traumatic Transections – Is Endovascular the
13.00 – 13.20 Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Treatment of Choice?
Erik A. Beyer, MD
Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, MD
13.20 – 13.40 Extended Left Atrial Lesion Sets
11.12 – 11.24 Endovascular Therapy for Mycotic Aneurysms,
James R. Edgerton, MD
Aortoesophageal and Aortobronchial Fistula
13.40 – 14.00 The Box Lesion
Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD
Husam H. Balkhy, MD
11.24 – 11.36 Endovascular Therapy for Acute Distal Dissections
14.00 – 14.20 Cryo-Maze Procedure
Wilson Y. Szeto, MD
Evilio Rodriguez, MD
11.36 – 11.48 Endovascular Therapy for Chronic Distal
14.20 – 14.40 Minimally Invasive Cox-Maze Procedure
Dissection
Niv Ad, MD
Eric E. Roselli, MD
14.40 – 15.00 Discussion
11.48 – 12.00 Discussion
15.00 – 15.15 Break
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Break
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13.00 – 16.00 09:00 – 09.30 Break
Postgraduate Course:
Percutaneous Valvular Therapies 09.30 – 10:30 Surgical Treatment – Part I
Chair: Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, MD Moderator: Scott Swanson, MD
09.30 – 09:42 VATS Lobectomy
13.00 – 13.15 The Aging Population – Increasing Number of High Thomas D’Amico, MD
Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis? 09.42 – 09.54 VATS Segmentectomy/Sleeve
A. Pieter Kappetein, MD, PhD Robert McKenna, MD
13.15 – 13.30 Scoring and Risk Assessment Results of 09.54 – 10.04 VATS Pneumonectomy
Conventional AVR Patient Selection Todd Demmy, MD
Todd Michael Dewey, MD 10.04 – 10.16 Robotic Lobectomy/Segmentectomy/
13.30 – 13.45 Imaging for Transcatheter Valves (Echo, Pneumonectomy
Angiography, CT) Bernard Park, MD
Francesco Maisano, MD 10.16 – 10.30 Discussion
13.45 – 14.05 Transfemoral Techniques & Results
John Webb, MD 10.30 – 11:30 Surgical Treatment – Part 2
14.05 – 14.25 Transapicial Techniques & Results Moderator: Christopher Morse, MD
Thomas J. Walther, MD 10.30 – 10.42 Transabdominal Metastasectomy
14.25 – 14.45 Future Devices Frank Detterbeck, MD
Michael Mack, MD 10.42 – 10.54 Current Status and Techniques of Brachytherapy for
Unresectable Lesions
14.45 – 15.00 Break
Hiran Chrish Fernando, MD
10.54 – 11.06 Current Status and Techniques of Radio Frequency
15.00 – 16.00 Round Table Discussion
Ablation (RFA) for Unresectable Lesions
Faculty: Todd Michael Dewey, MD; A. Pieter
Damian Dupuy, MD
Kappetein, MD, PhD; Michael Mack, MD;
11.06 – 11.18 Endobronchial Therapies – Ablative Therapies and
Francesco Maisano, MD; Friedrich Wilhelm
Stents
Mohr, MD; Thomas J. Walther, MD; John Webb, MD
Armin Ernst, MD
11:18 – 11:30 Discussion
Issues:
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Training for Transcatheter AVI
11.30 – 12.30 Lunch Break
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Setup for Transcatheter AVI; Hybrid or Cathlab
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Positioning for Transcatheter AVI
12.30 – 13.42 Mediastinum
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) AV-Block After Transcatheter AVI
Moderator: Joel Cooper, MD
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Paravalvular Leak
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Future aspects 12.30 – 12.42 Transcervical Thymectomy
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Inclusion of Younger Patients Joseph Shrager, MD
(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140)(cid:140) Randomized Trials 12.42 – 12.54 VATS Thymectomy and Other Mediastinal Masses
Joshua Sonett, MD
16.00 – 17.30 Hands-On Skills Session 12:54 – 13.06 Robotic Thymectomy and Other Mediastinal Masses
Jens Ruckert, MD
08.00 – 16.00 13.06 – 13.18 Minimally Invasive Sympathectomy
Postgraduate Course: Daniel Miller, MD
Advances in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 13.18 – 13.30 Pericardial Window
Chair: Kemp H. Kernstine, MD, PhD Michael Chang, MD
Co-Chairs: Daniel L. Miller, MD & 13.30 – 13.42 Discussion
Thomas J. Watson, MD
13.42 – 14.12 Treatment for Emphysema
08.00 – 09.00 Staging the Mediastinum Moderator: Cliff Choong, MD
Moderator: John Howington, MD 13.42 – 13.54 VATS Treatment for Emphysema
08.00 – 08.12 Mediastinoscopy & VAMLA Malcolm DeCamp, MD
Robert Cameron, MD 13.54 – 14.06 Valve Technologies for the Treatment of Emphysema
08.12 – 08.26 TEMLA/ Transcervical RUL Ed Ingenito, MD, PhD
Marcin Zielinski, MD 14.06 – 14.12 Discussion
08.26 – 08.38 EBUS
Mark Krasnik, MD 14.12 – 14.30 Break
08.38 – 08.50 EUS to Stage the Mediastinum & Evaluate
Esophageal & Mediastinal Tumors
Robert Cerfolio, MD
08:50 – 09:00 Discussion
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14.30 – 16.00 Esophagus THURSDAY 12 JUNE
Moderator: Mark Krasna, MD
14.30 – 14.42 Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Current Status
& Future Prospects
07.15 – 08.30 Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
Ninh Nguyen, MD
14.42 – 14.54 Transthoracic Robotic Esophagectomy
Kemp Kernstine, MD, PhD 07.15 – 11.00 Exhibition Hall Hours
14.54 – 15.06 Transthoracic Robotic Esophagectomy
Santiago Horgan, MD 07.45 – 08.00 Opening & Welcome Remarks
15.06 – 15.18 Minimally Invasive Approaches to Treating Benign Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP,
Esophageal Disease ISMICS President
Dennis Wigle, MD, PhD
15.18 – 15.33 Current Use of Stents, PDT, Laser & BarXX 08.00 – 09.03 Session 1: Valve –
Thomas Watson, MD Transcatheter Therapies
15.33 – 15.45 Transoral Anti-Reflux Procedures
Moderators: Francesco Maisano, MD &
Blair Jobe, MD
Wiley Nifong, MD
15.45 – 16.00 Discussion
08.00 – 08.12 1 Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (pAVR) in
16.00 – 17.30 Hands-On Skills Session Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis: First UK Experience
Hasan Jilaihawi, Tomasz Spyt, Derek Chin, Elaine Logtens, Johann Bence,
17.00 – 19.00 Welcome Reception in Exhibition Hall Jan Kovac.; Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
08.12 – 08.24 2 Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation - Current
Results
19.00 – 21.00 Case Reports Session (Working Supper) Thomas Walther, Volkmar Falk, Michael A. Borger, Jörg Kempfert, Jens Fassl,
Moderator: Anthony DeSouza, MD Yvonne Rückert, Axel Linke, Gerhard Schuler, Friedrich W. Mohr; Herzzentrum
Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
08.24 – 08.36 3 First Experiences with a Repositionable and
CR 1 Subendocardially Implanted Anuloplastyring In A Patient
Retrievable Bovine Pericardial Valve for Percutaneous Aortic Valve
With Pacemaker Lead Associated Endocarditis
Replacement - The Direct Flow Valve
Markus Thalmann1, Franz Veit1, Gottfried H. Sodeck2, Michael Gorlitzer1, Martin
Grabenwoeger1; 1Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, 2Univesity Hospital, Vienna, Hendrik Treede1, Joachim Schofer2, Thilo Tübler2, Olaf Franzen1, Thomas
Austria Meinertz1, Steven F. Bolling3, Hermann Reichenspurner1; 1University Heart
Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2Hamburg University Cardiovascular
CR 2 Transapical Transcatheter Mitral Valve-In-Valve Implantation
Center, Hamburg, Germany, 3University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
in a Human
08.36 – 08.48 4* Hybrid Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Anson Cheung, Daniel Wong, Jian Ye, John G. Webb, Samuel V. Lichtenstein;
Lucian Lozonschi1, Rene Quaden2, Jochen Cremer2, Niloo M. Edwards1, Georg
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lutter2; 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin School
CR 3 Interventional Therapy of Prosthetic Paravalvular Leaks - A
of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA, 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Case Series
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Olaf Franzen1, Oliver Deutsch2, Joachim Schofer1, Christian Detter2, Thomas
08.48 – 08.53 MP1 Evaluating the Potential Role of Percutaneous
Meinertz1, Hermann Reichenspurner2; 1University Heart Center, Department of
Aortic Valve Replacement in the High-Risk Patients
Cardiology, Hamburg, Germany, 2University Heart Center, Department of
Mario Gaudino, Amedeo Anselmi, Franco Glieca, Nicola Luciani, Carlo Cellini,
Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany
Claudio Pragliola, Gianfederico Possati; Catholic University, Rome, Italy
CR 4 Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation For Intraatrial
08.53 – 09.03 V1 Combined Off-Pump Transapical Transcatheter
Tumor Thrombectomy
Aortic Valve Implantation and MIDCAB Revascularization
Marcello Bergonzini1, Enrico Citterio1, Alessandro Piccinelli2, Orazio Maugeri2,
Anson Cheung, Daniel R. Wong, Jian Ye, John G. Webb, Samuel V.
Roberto Gallotti1, Pierpaolo Graziotti2; 1Istituto Clinico Humanitas. Reparto di
Lichtenstein; St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Cardiochirurgia, Rozzano (MI), Italy, 2Istituto Clinico Humanitas. Reparto di
Urologia, Rozzano (MI), Italy
CR 5 Transcatheter Closure of the Mitral Valve Prosthesis Leakage 09.00 – 09.45 Dedicated Hands-on Time – Exhibition Hall
Zan Kostadin Mitrev1, Anguseva N. Tanja, Sr.1, Ivan Milev1, Dietmar Schranz2;
1Special Hospital of Cardiosurgery, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 09.45 – 10.40 Session 2: Valve – Minimally
Macedonia, 2Cardiosurgery Centre Justus Liebig, Giessen, Germany
Invasive Approaches,
CR 6 Beating Heart Aortic Valve Replacement After Previous All
Technologies & Techniques
Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Markus Thalmann1, Franz Veit1, Gottfried H. Sodeck2, Michael Gorlitzer1, Martin Moderators: Anson Cheung, MD &
Grabenwoeger1; 1Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, 2Univesity Hospital, Vienna, Alan Menkis, MD
Austria
09.45 – 09.57 5 Two Institution Experience With 890 Video-
Assisted Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgeries
Paul Modi1, Evelio Rodriguez1, Karen A. Gersch1, Wilson Szeto2, W Clark
Hargrove2, Walter Randolph Chitwood1; 1East Carolina Heart Institute, East
Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA, 2Presbyterian Medical Center,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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09.57 – 10.09 6* Redo Mitral Valve Surgery Via Right Sided Mini- 14.12 – 14.24 9* Outcomes in 434 Coronary Artery Bypass
Thoracotomy Is Safe and Effective Patients Using 647 Heartstring™ Devices for the Clampless
Joerg Seeburger, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Kuntze, Michael Borger, Nicolas Construction of Proximal Anastomoses
Doll, Markus Czesla, Joerg Ender, Friedrich W. Mohr; Heartcenter Leipzig, Vinod H. Thourani, Shady M. Eldaieef, Christopher Mutrie, Thomas A.
Leipzig, Germany Vassiliades, Omar M. Lattouf, Robert A. Guyton, Caleb Rutledge, John D.
10.09 – 10.21 7 Repair of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Beating Heart Puskas; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Using 3D Echo Guidance: AFeasibility Study 14.24 – 14.36 10 Multi-suction Heart Positioner Tentacles Prevents
Nikolay V. Vasilyev1, Franz P. Freudenthal2, Douglas P. Perrin1, Peter E. Hammer1, Left Ventricular Volume Reduction During Heart Positioning: Three
Ivan S. Salgo3, Pedro J. del Nido1; 1Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical Dimentional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Analysis
School, Boston, MA, USA, 2Kardiozentrum, La Paz, Bolivia, 3Philips Medical Tokujiro Uchida1, Hirokuni Arai2, Megumi Ohata1, Akihide Yamashita1, Hiroyuki
Systems, Andover, MA, USA Tanaka2, Koshi Makita1; 1Dept of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical & Dental
10.21 – 10.30 MP2 The Minimally Invasive Medtentia Double Helix University, Tokyo, Japan, 2Dept of Cardiothoracic surgery, Tokyo Medical &
Mitral Annuloplasty System Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Per Wierup1, Morten Smerup1, Jarmo Simpanen2, Marianne Bjerre1, Kalervo 14.36 – 14.48 11 Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A
Werkkala2; 1Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmark, 2Meilahti Prospective Dual Center Report Of 285 Consecutive Cases
University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland Joseph T. McGinn, Jr.1, Vijayasimha R. Pothula1, Scott M. Sadel1, Benny Liliav1,
MP3 Reoperative Mitral Valve Surgery Using the Port-access Right Praveen Potluru1, William J. Molloy1, Mark Ruel2; 1Staten Island University
Mini-thoracotomy Approach Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA, 2University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa,
Steven R. Meyer, Wilson Y. Szeto, John G.T. Augoustides, Rohinton J. Morris, ON, Canada
William J. Vernick, Deborah Paschal, Jeanne Fox, W. Clark Hargrove, III; 14.48 – 15.03 MP4 Ten Year Outcome of Skeletonized BITA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Grafting for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
10.30 – 10.40 V2 Robotic Artificial Chordal Replacement for Repair Aya Mohr1, Dmitry Pevni1, Gideon Uretzky1, Itzhak Shapira1, Amir Kramer1,
of Mitral Valve Prolapse Yosef Paz1, Benjamin Medalion2, Rephael Mohr1; 1Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical
Louis A. Brunsting, III, Ricardo E. Orozco, J. Scott Rankin, Robert S. Binford; Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus, Petah
Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Tikva, Israel
MP5 Transmyocardial Revascularization Combined With
10.45 – 11.30 Invited Topic – Sutureless Valves Concentrated Autologous Stem Cells
Moderators: Francesco Maisano, MD & Guillermo Reyes1, Keith Allen2, Adrian Alegre1, Beatriz Aguado1, Anas Sarraj1,
Jose-Manuel Nuche1, Juan Duarte1; 1La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid,
Volkmar Falk, MD
Spain, 2Mid America Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
Panelists:
MP6 Clinical Outcomes with Minimal Exposure Robotically
Sutureless Valves: Design, Implantation
Assisted Direct Coronary Revascularization
Technique and Early Clinical Results
Francis P. Sutter, Francis D. Ferdinand, Candace Trace, Mary Ann C. Wertan,
Thierry-Pierre Carrel, MD
Scott M. Goldman; Lankenau Hospital Div of Thor & CV Surgery, Wynewood,
A Modular Prosthesis for Nearly-Sutureless PA, USA
Implantation 15.03 – 15.13 V3 Multi Vessel Off-Pump Myocardial
Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, MD Revascularization Through A Mini-Thoracotomy Approach
Minithoracotomy AVR: How to Do It and Clinical Massimo Lemma1, Guido Gelpi1, Andrea Mangini1, Giuseppe D’Arrigo2, Carlo
Advantages Antona1; 1Cardiovascular Surgery division L. Sacco Hospital, Milan, Milan,
Mattia Glauber, MD Italy, 2Cannizzaro Hosp. Department of Cardiovasc. Surg, Catania, Italy
11.30 – 14.00 ISMICS International Fellows Session – 14.00 – 15.13 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Thoracic
Trainees to Consultants Moderator: Thomas J. Watson, MD
Session Director: Francis D. Ferdinand, MD
14.00 – 14.12 12* VATS Thymectomy For Myasthenia Gravis Via A
Right Side Approach: Long-Term Follow-Up
11.30 – 13.00 LUNCHEON SYMPOSIA
Cameron P. Keating1, Yu Kong1, Valerie Tay2, Simon R. Knight3, C. Peter Clarke3,
Gavin M. Wright1; 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital,
13.30 – 17.45 Exhibition Hall Hours Melbourne, Australia, 2Department of Neurology, St Vincent’s Hospital,
Melbourne, Australia, 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Austin Hospital,
Melbourne, Australia
13.15 – 14.00 Late Breaking News
14.12 – 14.24 13 A Novel System for Measuring Longitudinal
Postoperative Symptom Burden: Proof of Concept Comparing
14.00 – 15.13 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: VATS versus Open Lobectomy
Revascularization Technologies Ara Vaporciyan, Xin S. Wang, Santosh Bashkar, Arlene Correa, Qiuling Shi,
Moderator: Anno Diegeler, MD Ibou Gning, Wayne Hofstetter, David Rice, Reza Mehran, Steven Swisher,
Charles Cleeland; UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
14.24 – 14.36 14* Transcervical Mediastinotomy Access to the AP
14.00 – 14.12 8 Temporary Atraumatic Coronary Artery Occlusion
Window: Patient Selection and Results
with a Thermosensitive Gel (LeGoo™) during OPCAB in Humans:
Robert Cameron1, Shahriyour Andaz2, Rick Peng1, Raja Mahidhara1; 1UCLA,
Preliminary Results
Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2Long Island Thoracic Surgery, PC, Lynbrook, NY, USA
Olivier Bouchot1, Jean Pierre Berne1, Robert L. Berger2, Roger Brenot1, Michel
David1; 1CHU Le Bocage, Dijon, France, 2Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA, USA
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14.36 – 14.48 15 Robotic Laparoscopic Belsey Fundoplasty For MP12 Percutaneous Implantation of Thoracic Aortic Endografts - a
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Further Step to Reduce the Morbidity of the Procedure
Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta; George Washington Burkhart Zipfel, Semih Buz, Robert Hammerschmidt, Roland Hetzer; Deutsches
University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
14.48 – 15.03 MP7 Robot-Assisted Abdomen/Right Chest (Ivor
Lewis) Esophagogastrectomy for Esophageal Cancer 16.48 – 16.58 V5 Videoscopic Excision of Left Ventricular
Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother; Washington Myxoma
Institute Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery, Washington, DC, USA Ansar Hassan, Paul Modi, Carolyn J. Teng, Evelio Rodriguez, Walter Randolph
MP8 Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) for Advanced Chitwood, Jr.; East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville,
Esophageal Carcinoma in a Resource-Limited Area of East Africa NC, USA
Russell E. White; Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya
MP9 Ongoing Limited Resection Trial for Pulmonary Ground-glass 15.45 – 17.00 CONCURRENT SESSION 6:
Opacity (GGO) Nodules: Case Selection Based on High Resolution Thoracic Video Session
Computed Tomography
Moderators: Hani Shennib, MD & Daniel Miller, MD
Junji Yoshida1, Genichiro Ishii1, Kanji Nagai1, Mitsuyo Nishimura1, Hiroyuki
Ito2, Yoichi Kameda2, Haruhiko Nakayama2, Kouzou Yamada2, Yutaka Nishiwaki1;
V6 Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
1National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, 2Kanagawa Cancer
Center, Yokohama, Japan for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
15.03 – 15.13 V4 Thoracoscopic Lobectomy with Chest Wall Resection Takashi Suda, Yuka Kitamura, Sachiko Tochii, Hiroshi Sugimura, Yoshinobu
Chumy Nwogu, Sai Yendamuri, Todd Demmy; Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Hattori; Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
SUNY, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo, NY, USA V7 Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy For Early Stage Lung Cancer -
Video Presentation Of Robot Positioning And Operative Technique
15.00 – 15.45 Dedicated Hands-on Time Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo, Eric Strother, barbara Tempesta; George
Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
V8 Robot-assisted Ivor Lewis Esophagogastrectomy For
15.45 – 16.58 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Aortic
Esophageal Cancer- Video Presentation of Robot Positioning and
Endovascular Therapies, Perfusion Operative Procedure
& Endovascular Technologies & Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother; George
Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Image Guided Therapies
V9 Videoscope-Assisted Latissimus Dorsi And Serratus Anterior
Moderators: Volkmar Falk, MD & William Cohn, MD
Muscle-Sparing Vertical Thoracotomy For Lung Cancer Surgery
Doosang Kim, Young-Mee Ahn, Yong-Ho Rho; Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul,
15.45 – 15.57 16 Hypothermia Severely Affects Performance of Republic of Korea
Nitinol Based Endografts V10 Robotic-Assisted, Minimally-Invasive Resection of High Chest
Roberto Rodriguez, Ralph de la Torre, Mark Schermerhorn, Robert Hagberg, Wall Lesions
Frank Pomposelli; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA Robert Cameron; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
15.57 – 16.09 17 Intraoperative Epiaortic Ultrasound Scanning
Guides Operative Strategies and Identifies Patients at High Risk 16.30 – 18.00 Exhibit Hall Reception
During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Omar M. Lattouf, Vinod H. Thourani, Patrick D. Kilgo, Kim T. Baio, Robert A. 17.00 – 18.00 Poster Competition: Round 1
Guyton, John D. Puskas; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Chief Moderators: Rex De Lisle Stanbridge,
16.09 – 16.21 18 The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography and
MD, FRCS, FRCP & John L. Knight, MD
Multidetector CT to Quantify the Risk of Conduit Spasm Following
Topics:
Minimally Invasive CABG
(cid:140) Thoracic
Robert S. Poston, Junyan Gu, Nick Burris, Charles White; University of Maryland
(cid:140) Revascularization Strategies I
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
16.21 – 16.33 19* Value of Augmented Reality Enhanced (cid:140) Revascularization Strategies II
Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) for Determining Optimal (cid:140) Endo-Vascular and Heart Failure
Annuloplasty Ring Size During Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve (cid:140) Arrhythmia and General
Repair (cid:140) Mitral Valve – Trans Cath and
Stephan Jacobs, David Holzhey, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Volkmar Falk; Minimally Invasive
Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (cid:140) Aortic Valve – Trans Cath and
16.33 – 16.48 MP10 Comparative Imaging of Devices and Minimally Invasive
Procedures for the Treatment of Structural Heart Disease
Timothy G. Laske1, John R. Liddicoat1, Paul A. Iaizzo2; 1Medtronic, Minneapolis, 16.50 – 17.45 Dedicated Hands-on Time
MN, USA, 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
MP11 New Imaging Modalities for Guidance Within the Left and
17.30 -19.30 Technical Challenges: Preoperative
Right Heart: Is Ultrasound Sufficiently Reliable for Transapical
Strategies and Intraoperative
Valved Stent Implantation?
Complications
Christoph H. Huber, Ludwig K. von Segesser; University Hospital Lausanne -
CHUV, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland Chair: Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD
Co-Chairs: Hermann Reichenspurner, MD &
Patrick Nataf, MD
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FRIDAY 13 JUNE 08.12 – 08.24 25 A Minimally Invasive Full Cox-Maze Procedure:
Technique and Results
Anson M. Lee, Marci S. Bailey, Abdulhameed Aziz, Richard B. Schuessler,
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.; Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
07.30 – 08.30 Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall 08.24 – 08.36 26 Novel Comprehensive Access for Minimally-
Invasive Surgery for Lone Atrial Fibrillation
07.30 – 10.30 Exhibition Hall Hours Gerard M. Guiraudon1, Douglas L. Jones2, Daniel Bainbridge3, Terrence M.
Peters4; 1CSTARCSTAR. LHSC LHRI. Robarts Research Institute. Schulich
Medical School; UWO., London, ON, Canada, 2Department of Physiology and
08.00 – 09.13 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Thoracic
Pharmacology. Schulich Medical School. CSTARCSTAR. LHSC LHRI. Robarts
Moderators: Kemp Kernstine, MD & Research Institute. UWO., London, ON, Canada, 3LHSC LHRI. Department of
Robert B. Cameron, MD Anesthesiology. Schulich Medical School.. UWO., London, ON, Canada,
4Robarts Research Institute. Department of Biophysics. CSTAR. LHSC. LHRI.
08.00 – 08.12 20 Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Schulich Medical School. UWO., London, ON, Canada
Lymphadenectomy (Temla) - Results Of Staging In 421 Patients 08.36 – 08.48 27* Closed Chest Totally Endoscopic Bipolar
With Non-Small-.Cell Lung Cancer (Nsclc) Radiofrequency Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
M. Zielinski1, J. Kuzdzal1, L. Hauer1, J Pankowski2, T. Nabialek3, A. Szlubowski3, Alaaddin Yilmaz; St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The
W. Sosnicki1, J. Hauer1; 1Intensive Care Medicine of Pulmonary Hospital- Netherlands
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zakopane, Poland, 2Intensive Care Medicine 08.48 – 08.53 MP16 Magnetocardiographic Map-guided Minimal
of Pulmonary Hospital-Department of Pathology, Zakopane, Poland, 3Intensive Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Care Medicine of Pulmonary Hospital-Department of Anesthesiology, Zakopane, Doosang Kim1, Kiwoong Kim2,Yong-Ho Lee2, Eun-Bo Shim3, Seung-Pyung Lim4,
Poland Hyuk Ahn5; 1Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2KRISS, Daejeon,
08.12 – 08.24 21 Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy - A 5-Year- Republic of Korea, 3Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of
Experience Korea, 4Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea,
Jens C. Ruckert1, Marc Swierzy1, Mahmoud Ismail1, Patrik Rogalla2, Ralph I. 5Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ruckert3, Andreas Meisel4; 1Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Departments of Surgery, 08.53 – 09.03 V12 Robotic Endoscopic Cox-Cryomaze: A Minimally
Berlin, Germany, 2Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Departments of Radiology, Berlin, Invasive Cure Of Continuous Atrial Fibrillation
Germany, 3University Medicine Berlin (Charité), Berlin, Germany, Harold G. Roberts, Jr.1, Faisal H. Cheema2, Imran Khalid2, Barry Crowe1, Robert
4Universitätsmedizin Berlin- Department of Neurology, Berlin, Germany Green1, Richard Brezing1; 1South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates,
08.24 – 08.36 22 Enhancement of Minimal Invasive Thoracic Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA, 2College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia
Surgery: Four Arm Robotic Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy University & New York Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Kenneth A. Lee; Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, USA 09.03 – 09.13 V13 Paracardioscopic Ex-Maze Procedure for Atrial
08.36 – 08.48 23 Robotic Thoracoscopic Heller Myotomy For Fibrillation
Achalasia Andy C. Kiser, MD1, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, MD, PhD2, Boguslaw Kapelak,
Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta; George Washington MD, PhD3, Krzysztof Bartus3, Jerzy Sadowski, MD, PhD3; 1Arrhythmia Center of
University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA the Carolinas, Pinehurst, NC, USA, 2Klinik fur Herz-Thorax-Chirurgie, Bad
08.48 – 09.03 MP13 Successful Clinical and Radiological Bevensen, Germany, 3Jagiellonian University, Department of Cardiovascular
Surgery and Transplantology, Krakow, Poland
Outcomes Following Thoracoscopic Decortication in Critically Ill
Patients
09.15 – 10.30 Dedicated Hands-on Time
Prasad Adusumilli, Julie M. Schrader, Peter F. Ferson, Sebastien Gilbert;
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
MP14 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: Pros and Cons of Open Vs 10.30 – 11.00 Expert Consensus Statement –
VATS Approaches Learned from 67 Cases Stented versus Stentless Valves
Joseph B. Shrager; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
John R. Pepper, MD, FRCS & Davy Cheng, MD
MP15 A Novel Minimally Invasive Approach for Lung
Transplantation: Antero-Axillary Thoracotomy
11.00 – 11.30 Presidential Address
Yoshiya Toyoda, Marco Zenati, Christian Bermudez, Brack Hattler, Kenneth
McCurry; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD, FRCS, FRCP
09.03 – 09.13 V11 Three Port VATS Segmentectomy For Lung
Cancer 12.00 – 13.30 LUNCHEON SYMPOSIA
Makoto Oda, Isao Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Yachi, Kenichiro Saito, Takehisa
Imagawa, Norihiko Ishikawa, Go Watanabe; Kanazawa University, Kanazawa,
13.30 – 16.00 Exhibition Hall Hours
Japan
08.00 – 09.15 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Arrhythmia 13.30 – 14.33 SESSION 9: Revascularization
Moderators: Randall K. Wolf, MD & Tohru Asai, MD Outcomes & Strategies
Moderator: Federico José Benetti, MD
08.00 – 08.12 24 Focal Ablation Of Epicardial Ganglionated Plexus:
Electrophysiological Modification And Regeneration Of Vagal Tone 13.30 – 13.45 Historical Perspective -
In Canine Atria OPCAB, 29 Years of Follow up
Shun-ichiro Sakamoto, Richard B. Schuessler, Anson Lee, Abdulhameed Aziz,
Federico José Benetti, MD;
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.; Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington
Benetti Foundation, Santa Fe, Argentina
University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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13.45 – 13.57 28 Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass 15.32 – 15.41 MP23 Percutaneous, Trans-Septal Reduction Of The
Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Propensity Score Dilated Left Ventricle In Sheep With Chronic Lad Occlusion And
Analyses Antero-Septal Scar: The Dor Procedure Through A Catheter?
Jochen Börgermann1, Benita von Salviati2, Jan F. Gummert1, Johannes Haerting2, Lon S. Annest1, Claudio Argento1, Shizhen Liu2, Mani Vannan2, Michael Acker3,
Oliver Kuß2; 1Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Mani Subramanian4; 1BioVentrix, San Ramon, CA, USA, 2Ohio State University,
Jena, Jena, Germany, 2Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Columbus, OH, USA, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 4Lenox
Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany Hill, New York, NY, USA
13.57 – 14.09 29* The Impact of Off-Pump versus On-pump MP24 A Case Match Study of Efficacy of Direct Intramyocardial
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Postoperative Pulmonary Injection of Autologous Angiogenic Cell Precursors for Ischemic
Complications and Mortality in Patients with COPD Cardiomyopathy
Faraz Kerendi1, John D. Puskas1, Omar M. Lattouf1, Michael E. Halkos1, Patrick Permyos Ruengsakulrach, MD, PhD, Kitipan V. Arom, MD, PhD, Vitoon
Kilgo2, Robert A. Guyton1, Vinod H. Thourani1; 1Emory University School of Pitiguagool, MD; Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, MP25 Aptamer-Based Isolation and Subsequent Imaging of
GA, USA Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ischemic Myocardium by Magnetic
14.09 – 14.23 MP17 Impact of Prior Percutaneous Coronary Resonance Tomography
Intervention in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Multivessel
Albertus M. Scheule, Tobias Walker, Vladimir Voth, K. Guo, Tim O. Greiner, R.
Disease Undergoing Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Schäfer, Jakub Wiskirchen, R. Kehlbach, J. Pintaske, C D. Claussen, H.
Takeshi Kinoshita, Tomoaki Suzuki, Osamu Nishimura, Hirohisa Ikegami, Northoff, Gerhard Ziemer; University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Atsushi Kambara, Keiji Matsubayashi, Tohru Asai; Shiga University of Medical 15.41 – 15.46 Discussion
Science, Otsu, Japan
MP18 Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Predicts Wound
15.46 – 15.56 V15 Left Ventricular Reconstruction With
Complications After Coronary Bypass Surgery With Bilateral vs.
Realignment of Papillary Muscles Improves Ventricular Function In
Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts: A Propensity Adjusted
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Analysis
Sanjay Kumar, R U. Nair; Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary,
John D. Puskas, Michael E. Halkos, Vinod H. Thourani, Patrick D. Kilgo, Omar
Leeds, United Kingdom
M. Lattouf, Robert A. Guyton; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
MP19 Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Associated
with Reduced Operative Mortality and In-Hospital Adverse Events 15.56 – 16.40 State of the Art Lecture:
in Patients with Left Main Coronary Artery Disease (cid:140) Acute Heart Failure – Anson Chueng, MD
Omar M. Lattouf, Vinod H. Thourani, Patrick D. Kilgo, Robert A. Guyton, John (cid:140) Microaxial Flow Pumps in Acute Right Heart
D. Puskas; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Failure – Current Status – Jan Gummert, MD
14.23 – 14.33 V14 Endoscopic versus Minimally Invasive Direct (cid:140) Cardiolyte – A Mini-pump for Left Heart Failure
LIMA Harvesting - Impact on Early And Late Graft Patency - Results – Bartley Griffith, MD
of a Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Study
(cid:140) 3rd Generation Centrifugal Pumps
Krzysztof Filipiak1, Seweryn Wiechowski2, Jaroslaw Goracy2, Tomasz
- Michael Morshuis, MD
Hrapkowicz1, Michael O. Zembala, Jr.1, Marian Zembala1; 1Silesian Center For
Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, 2Pomeranian Medical University, Dept of
16.40 – 17.25 Poster Competition Finals
Cardiovascular Surgery, Szczecin, Poland
Moderators: Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD,
14:33 – 15.18 Dedicated Hands-on Time FRCS, FRCP; John L. Knight, MD & Vassilios
Gulielmos, MD
15.18 – 15.56 Session 10: Heart Failure &
Assist Devices
18.00 – 19.30 Attendee Reception
Moderators: Jan Gummert, MD & Lishan Aklog, MD
Top of the Hub Skywalk, Prudential Center, Boston
15.18 – 15.27 MP20 Wrap Tightness Determines Reverse
Remodeling with Ventricular Restraint Therapy 22.00 – 23.30 President’s Nightcap
Lawrence S. Lee, Ravi K. Ghanta, Aravind Rangaraj, Ramanan Umakanthan,
Minoru Tabata, Rita G. Laurence, John A. Fox, Ralph M. Bolman, Lawrence H.
Cohn, Frederick Y. Chen. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
MP21 A Pericardial-based Bioscaffold Promotes Ventricular
Remodeling and Regeneration
Adam E. Saltman1, Jacques P. Guyette2, Damon Kelly3, Daniel V. Filipe2, Megan
K. Murphy2, Deep Singh2, Nicholas S. McBride2, George D. Pins2, B. N. Oray4,
Glenn R. Gaudette2; 1Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA,
2Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA, 3Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY, USA, 4Synovis Life Technologies, St. Paul, MN, USA
MP22 Concordance of Sites With Latest Activation and Epicardial
Left Ventricular Lead Fixation is a Strong Predictor of Response to
Robotically Implanted Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Ajay Shah, Rawa Sarji, Olga Kuteyeva, Sripal Bangalore, Ganesh Kamath,
Sandhya K. Balaram, Jonathan Steinberg, Farooq Chaudhry. St. Luke’s-
Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA
15.27 – 15.32 Discussion
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