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2005 Program Outline
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY
85th ANNUAL MEETING

Moscone West Convention Center
San Francisco, CA, April 9-13, 2005

PROGRAM OUTLINE

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2005
GRANTSMANSHIP – A WORKSHOP
Room 2000, Moscone West Convention Center
Chairman: Pedro J. del Nido, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
11:00 a.m. Organization of a Grant: "I have a good idea. How do I get funded?"
Pedro J. del Nido
11:20 Scientific Review: The Study Section Process
Frank W. Sellke
11:40 Restructuring of the Review Process
Michael Martin*, Center for Scientific Review, NIH
12:10 p.m. BREAK
12:15 Panel Discussion
12:25 The Institutes within NIH: NHLBI
Keith A. Horvath
12:40 Fellowships and Career Development Awards: F32, K-O8, K-23
Irving L. Kron
DEVELOPING THE ACADEMIC SURGEON – A SYMPOSIUM
Room 2001, Moscone West Convention Center
Co-Chairmen: Robert C. Robbins
Mark J. Krasna
1:00 p.m. Introduction
Mark J. Krasna and Robert C. Robbins
1:15 The CT Surgeon as an Academician in Private and University Practice
Private: Michael J. Mack
University: R. Duane Davis, Jr.
1:45 Establishing a Multi Institutional Academic-Based Practice
The BWH Model: David J. Sugarbaker
The Columbia Model: Craig R. Smith
2:15 The New Academic CT Surgeon - a Model for Successful Leadership
Thoracic: King F. Kwong*
Cardiac: David F. Torchiana
2:45 BREAK
3:00 Keynote Speaker
The Thoracic Surgeon as a Political Player in Healthcare

Timothy J. Gardner
3:30 Innovations, Intellectual Property, Industry Support
Eric A. Rose
4:00 Setting Up a Multi-disciplinary Care Program
Thoracic: Mark J. Krasna
Cardiac: Robert E. Michler
4:30 Discussion
5:00 ADJOURN
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. General Thoracic Biology Club
Location: TBA
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Cardiac Surgery Biology Club
Location: Room 2005 Moscone West Convention Center
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2005
AATS/STS ADULT CARDIAC SYMPOSIUM
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Chairman: Christopher M. Feindel
8:00 a.m. Off Pump CABG and On Pump CABG
Where Do We Stand In 2005?

Moderated: Christopher M. Feindel
9:00 What Are The Best Conduits For CABG?
Brian F. Buxton
9:30 Will Interventional Cardiology Replace CABG?
Martin B. Leon*
10:00 Panel Discussion
10:30 Break
11:00 New Cardiac Imaging Techniques (MRI, Multibeam CT, PET)
Naeem Merchant*
11:30 Surgeons Operate, Administrators Manage!
Should Surgeons Learn Management Skills?

Nancy M. Kane*, D.B.A.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 Should We Operate On Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis?
David S. Bach
1:20 How To Choose The Right Size Aortic Valve
Jean G. Dumesnil*
1:40 Surgical Approaches to Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Michael Borger
2:00 Percutaneous Mitral and Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement: is it happening?
Ted Feldman*
2:30 Panel Discussion
2:30 Break
3:15 New Medical Therapies For CHF Patients Undergoing Valve Surgery
Heather Ross*
3:35 Options For Mitral Valve Surgery In Patients With CHF
Patrick M. McCarthy
3:55 When Should We Operate On Valvular Endocarditis
Christopher M. Feindel
4:15 Have We Made Any Progress With Tricuspid Valve Surgery?
Joseph A. Dearani
4:35 Panel Discussion
5:00 Adjourn to Welcome Reception
Exhibit Hall
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2005
AATS/STS GENERAL THORACIC SYMPOSIUM
Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
Chairman: Shaf Keshavjee
8:00 a.m. Session I: Controversies in Thoracic Surgery
Moderator: Douglas J. Mathisen
8:00 Lymph Node Dissection Should Be Carried Out Routinely In Lung Cancer Resections
Pro: Erino A. Rendina
Con: Mark S. Allen
Discussion
8:40 Malignant Mesothelioma Can Be Cured Or Effectively Palliated With Surgery
Pro: Valerie W. Rusch
Con: Cameron D. Wright
Discussion
9:20 Induction Therapy Should Be Given In Cancer Of The Esophagus
Pro: Gail Darling*
Con: Mark B. Orringer
Discussion
10:00 Break
10:30 Session II: Lung Transplantation
Moderator: Michael S. Mulligan*
10:30 Early And Late Outcomes Of Lung Transplantation: The International Experience
R. Duane Davis, Jr.
10:45 Unusual Indications For Lung Transplantation
Thomas K. Waddell*
11:00 Transplant Immunosuppression 2005
Bruce R. Rosengard
11:15 Lung Volume Reduction and Lung Transplantation for Emphysema
Bryan F. Meyers
11:30 Living Donor Lung Transplantation
Vaughn A. Starnes
11:45 Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 Session III: Esophageal Disease
Moderator: Thomas W. Rice
1:30 Simplifying Stage Directed Therapy for Esophageal Cancer
Thomas W. Rice
1:50 Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus
Claude Deschamps
2:05 Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy – Pros and Cons
Andrew Pierre
2:20 T2N0 Esophageal Cancer: What is the Ideal Operation?
   Trans-Hiatal EsophagectomyAlec Patterson
   Wide Excision With LymphadenectomyNasser K. Altorki
2:50 Panel discussion
3:10 Break
3:40 Session IV: Treatment of Early Stage Lung Cancer
Moderator: Shaf Keshavjee
3:40 Management Of The Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule
Joel D. Cooper
4:00 CT Guided Coil Localization + VATS Excision Of Small Lung Nodules
Richard J. Finley*
4:20 How Can PET Help In The Diagnosis And Staging Of Lung Cancer?
Carolyn E. Reed
4:35 Who Should Get Adjuvant Chemotherapy For Early Stage Lung Cancer?
Eric Vallieres
4:50 Radiofrequency And Other Novel Modalities For The Ablation Of Lung Nodules
James D. Luketich
5:05 Panel Discussion
5:30 ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION
EXHIBIT HALL
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2005
AATS/STS CONGENITAL HEART SYMPOSIUM
Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
Chairman: Marc de Leval
8:00 a.m. Introduction and Welcome
Marc de Leval
8:05 Session 1: Late Problems of Repaired Tetralogy Of Fallot
Chair: Roger B. B. Mee
8:05 Physiopathology of Right Ventricular Failure
Andrew Redington*
8:20 Investigation And Timing of Intervention
Tal Geva*
8:35 Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation
Philipp Bonhoeffer*
8:50 The Surgical Approach
Pedro J. del Nido
9:05 Surgery of Arrhythmia
William G. Williams
9:20 Discussion
9:40 Break
10:00 Session 2: Surgical Technique I
Chair: Edward L. Bove
10:00 Repair of Sinus Venosus ASD
J. William Gaynor
10:15 Discussion
10:20 Repair of TAPVC
Kirk R. Kanter
10:35 Re-Do TAPVC
Francois Lacour-Gayet
10:50 Results of Re-Do TAPVC
Eric Devaney
11:00 Discussion
11:10 Repair of Scimitar Syndrome
John W. Brown
11:25 Discussion
11:30 Anomalies of Systemic Venous Return
Frank L. Hanley
11:50 Discussion
12:00 p.m. Break
1:00 Session 3: Mechanical Cardiac Support In The Young
Chair: Charles D. Fraser
1:00 SHORT TERM SUPPORT
ECMO

Brian W. Duncan
1:10 VAD Biomedicus
Tom R. Karl
1:20 Discussion
1:30 LONG TERM SUPPORT
Rotary Blood Pump VAD For Infants + Toddlers

Harvey S. Borovetz
1:40 Berlin Heart
Roland Hetzer
1:50 DeBakey VAD
Charles D. Fraser
2:00 Thoratec
J. Donald Hill
2:10 Panel Discussion
2:30 Mechanical Devices and FDA Approval
Bruce A. Reitz
2:40 Discussion
2:50 Intensive Care and Cardiac Mechanical Assistance
Anthony Chang*
3:00 Discussion
3:10 Break
3:30 Session 4: Surgical Technique II
Chair: Thomas L. Spray
Ventricular Septal Defect And Aortic Valve Regurgitation
3:30 Physiopathology and Indication For Surgery
James S. Tweddell
3:40 Repair of VSD/AR
Sir Magdi Yacoub
3:50 Repair of VSD/AR
Christian Brizard
4:00 Two-Patch Repair of VSD/AR
Alessandro Frigiola
4:10 Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms
David A. Ott
4:20 Discussion
Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel
4:35 Physiopathology and Clinical Presentation of Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel
John E. Mayer
4:45 Surgical Repair
Thomas L. Spray
4:55 Discussion
5:00 ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION
EXHIBIT HALL
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 2005
3:00 p.m. C. WALTON LILLEHEI RESIDENT FORUM SESSION
Room 2000, Moscone West Convention Center
(7 minutes presentation, 8 minutes discussion)
Moderators: Robert C. Robbins
Mark J. Krasna
L1. Stem Cell Factor is Required for Cardiac Regeneration
Shafie Fazel*, Liwen Chen*, Richard D Weisel, Denis Angoulvant*, Phillip Cheung*, Amir Fazel*, Jason Lam*, Paul WM Fedak*, Terrence M Yau*, Ren-Ke Li*; Toronto, ON, Canada
L2. ADVANCED AGE, FEMALE GENDER, DIABETES MELLITUS, AND PREOPERATIVE MALNUTRITION PREDICT POOR OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE WHO UNDERGO LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION
Nicholas C Dang*, Veli K Topkara*, Brian T Kim*, Michelle L Mercando*, Joy Kay*, Timothy P Martens*, Isaac George*, Faisal H Cheema*, Yoshifumi Naka*; New York, NY
L3. Anterior Fundoplication Decreases Esophageal Clearance in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia
Christian Finley*, Joanne Clifton*, John Yee*, Frank Tyers, Richard J Finley*; Vancouver, BC, Canada
L4. Cell Based Gene Therapy to Reestablish Stem Cell Homing Improves Cardiac Function In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Indu Deglurkar* FRCS, William Mills*, Zoran Popovic*, Matthew Kiedrowski*, Patrick McCarthy, Kenneth Laurita*, Marc S Penn*, PhD; Cleveland, Ohio
L5. A Randomized Comparison of Intraoperative Angiography and Transit-Time Flow Measurement to Detect Technical Errors in Coronary Bypass Grafts
Nimesh D Desai*, Senri Miwa*, David Kodama*, Gideon Cohen*, Marc P Pelletier*, Eric A Cohen*, George T Christakis, Bernard S Goldman, Stephen E Fremes; Toronto, ON, Canada
L6. The Sarcolemmal Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channel Underlies the Regulation of Hyperkalemic Cardioplegia-Induced Myocyte Swelling and Reduced Contractility
Sandip M Prasad*, Gregory D Byrd*, Thomas P Flagg*, Jefferson Gomes*, Ralph J Damiano, Jr., Colin G Nichols*, Jennifer S Lawton; St. Louis, MO
L7. Di-methyl-celecoxib as a novel non-COX-2 therapy in the treatment of lung cancer
Leah M Backhus*, Nicos A Petasis*, Jasim Uddin*, Robert D Bart III*, Yuanguang G Lin*, Vaughn A Starnes, Ross M Bremner; Los Angeles, CA
L8. Cell Transplantation Preserves Matrix Homeostasis: A Novel Paracrine Mechanism
Paul WM Fedak*, Paul Szmitko*, Richard D Weisel, Svetlana M Altamentova*, Subodh Verma*, Shafie Fazel*, Bradley H Strauss*, Ren-Ke Li*; Toronto, ON, Canada
5:00 p.m. ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION
EXHIBIT HALL
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005
7:30 a.m. Business Session (Limited to Members Only)
7:45 a.m. SCIENTIFIC SESSION (8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Tirone E. David
Irving L. Kron
1. Mitral Valve Surgery in Heart Failure: Results of the Acorn CorCapTM Randomized Trial
Michael Andrew Acker, Steven F Bolling, Douglas L Mann*, Mariell Jessup*, Hani Sabbah*, Randall C Starling, Richard J Shemin, James K Kirklin, Spencer Kubo*; Philadelphia, PA, Ann Arbor, MI, Houston, TX, Detroit, MI, Cleveland, OH, Boston, MA, Birmingham, AL, St. Paul, MN

Discussant: D. Craig Miller

2. Should Mediastinoscopy Be Routine for Patients with Clinical Stage I Lung Cancer Screened by CT and PET Scans: A Decision Analysis
Fabio J Haddad*, Bryan F Meyers, Jennifer Bell Zoole*, Nirmal K Veeramachaneni*, Richard J Battafarano*, Joel D Cooper, Barry A Siegel*, G Alexander Patterson; Saint Louis, MO
Discussant: Cameron D. Wright
3. Case Complexity Scores in Congenital Heart Surgery: A comparative validation study of the Aristotle Basic Complexity score and the Risk Adjusted Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS) scoring system.
Osman O Al-radi*, Christopher A Caldarone*, Brian W McCrindle*, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Gail Williams*, William G Williams, Glen S Van Arsdell*; Toronto, ON, Canada

Discussant: Marc R. de Leval

8:45 a.m. BASIC SCIENCE LECTURE
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
New Insights Into the Pathogenisis and Treatment of Marfan Syndrome
Harry Dietz, M.D.
Introduced By: Tirone E. David
9:30 a.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
10:15 a.m. Invited Speaker
Elizabeth G. Nabel
Director of The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
10:45 a.m. SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Moderators: Richard A. Jonas
Irving L. Kron
4. Ross Operation - Sixteen Year Experience
Ronald C Elkins, C Craig Elkins*, Mary M Lane*, Christopher J Knott-Craig*, Timothy H Trotter*, Marvin D Peyton*; Oklahoma City, OK

Discussant: Hartzell V. Schaff

5. Outcomes For Resected Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Over 15 Years at a Single Institution.
Linda W Martin*, Arlene M Correa*, Marcelo Dolormente*, Rhodette Francisco*, Faye Martin*, Arcenio J Sarabia*, Waun Ki Hong*, W Roy Smythe, Joe B Putnam, Jr., Wayne Hofstetter*, David C Rice*, Ara A Vaporciyan*, Stephen G Swisher, Garrett L Walsh, Jack A Roth; Houston and Temple, TX, Nashville, TN

Discussant: Valerie W. Rusch

11:30 a.m. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
For Everything There is a Season

Tirone E. David
Toronto, Ontario Canada

Introduced by: Richard A. Jonas

12:30 p.m.

ADJOURN FOR LUNCH - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center

TSRA Luncheon Meeting
Room 3012, Moscone West Convention Center

MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 2005
1:45 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Steven F. Bolling
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.
6. Risk Factors for Progression of Atherosclerosis After Primary CABG: Genetic Polymorphisms Predispose for Adverse Events
Sandra Eifert*, Astrid Rasch*, Peter Lohse*, Bruno Reichart*, Georg Nollert*; Munich, Germany

Discussant: Edward D. Verrier

7. Regional Cerebral Tissue Saturation is Useful in Predicting Stroke after Operations Involving the Aortic Arch with Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion
Christian Olsson*, Stefan Thelin; Uppsala, Sweden

Discussant: G. Michael Deeb

8. Evolving Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Aortic Arch Operations: High Flow Rate with Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
Kenji Minatoya*, Hitoshi Ogino*, Hitoshi Matsuda*, Hiroaki Sasaki*, Toshikatsu Yagihara*, Soichiro Kitamura; Osaka, Japan

Discussant: Joseph E. Bavaria

2:45 p.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
3:20 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Steven F. Bolling
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.
9. Pre-storage Leukoreduction Of Transfused Packed Red Blood Cells Improves Mid-term Survival Following Cardiac Surgery
Anthony P Furnary, YingXing Wu*, Hugh L Gately*, Jeffrey S Swanson*, Pasala Ravichandran*, Grace Chien*, Cynthia D Morris*, Lynn K Boshkov*, Gary L Grunkemeier*, H Storm Floten*; Portland, OR

Discussant: John A. Kern

10. Aortic root necrosis following Surgical Treatment for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Using Gelatin-Resotcin Formalin(GRF) Glue
Shinichi Suzuki*, Kiyotaka Imoto*, Keiji Uchida*, Motohiko Gouda*, Toshiki Hatsune*, Yoshinori Takanashi*; Yokohama, Japan

Discussant: Tirone E. David

11. Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia Type II is Frequent and Leads to Serious Complications in Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support
Soren Schenk*, Latif Arusoglu*, Kazutomo Minami*, Michiel Morshuis*, Peter Sarnowsksi*, Reiner Koerfer*, Aly El- Banayosy*; Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Discussant: Harold L. Lazar

12. A Comparative Trial of Open Versus Stent Graft Repair of Descending Thoracic Aneurysms
R Scott Mitchell, Michel S Makaroun*, Gregario Sicard*, Richard P Cambria*, David Williams*, Joseph Bavaria; Stanford, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, St. Louis, MO, Boston, MA, Ann Arbor, MI, Philadelphia, PA

Discussant: Joseph S. Coselli

13. Is Good Perioperative Echocardiographic Result Predictive of Mid-Term Durability in Ischemic Mitral Valve Repair?
Denis Bouchard*, Karim Serri*, Arsène J Basmadjian*, Marianne Coutu*, Philippe Demers*, Raymond Cartier*, Pierre Pagé*, Louis P Perrault*, Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin*; Montreal, PQ, Canada

Discussant: Robert A. Dion

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 2005
1:45 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Mark S. Allen
Cameron D. Wright
14. High-Dose Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Plus Surgery in Multi-Modality Treatment of Stage IIIA and IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Clinical Results of UMD-GCC 9953, A Prospective Phase II Study
King F Kwong*, Martin J Edelman*, Mohan Suntharalingam*, Ziv Gamliel*, Sonia P Bisaccia*, Lindsay B Cooper*, Nancy L Kennedy*, Whitney Burrows*, Petr Hausner*, L Austin Doyle*, Mark J Krasna; Baltimore, MD

Discussant: Richard H. Feins

15. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Patients with End-Stage Lung Disease Awaiting Transplantation
Philip Linden*, Richard Gilbert*, Kathleen Boyle*, Aaron Deykin*, Raphael Bueno; Boston, MA

Discussant: Pasquale Ferraro

16. Should Dor Fundoplication Be Added to Heller Myotomy? A Physiologic Clinical Study of Achalasia
Thomas W Rice, Alicia A McKelvey*, Sudish C Murthy*, David P Mason*, Mark E Baker*, Michael F Vaezi*, Jingyuan Feng*, Eugene H Blackstone; Cleveland, OH

Discussant: Steven R. DeMeester

17. Surgical Treatment of Diffuse Tracheobronchomalacia
Simon K Ashiku, Jr.*, Robert L Thurer*, Armin Ernst*, David Feller-Kopman*, Stephen Loring*, Carl Odonnell*, Phillip M Boiselle*, Malcolm M DeCamp; Boston, MA

Discussant: Hermes C. Grillo

18. Long Segment Supercharged Pedicled Jejunal Flap for Total Esophageal Reconstruction
Anthony J Ascioti*, Wayne L Hofstetter*, Michael J Miller*, David C Rice*, Stephen G Swisher*, Ara A Vaporciyan*, Jack A Roth, J B Putnam, W Roy Smythe*, Garrett L Walsh; Houston, TX, Nashville, TN, Temple, TX

Discussant: Joseph I. Miller

3:25 p.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
4:00 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Mark S. Allen
Cameron D. Wright
19. Risk Factors for Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation
Dilip S Nath*, Adam C Johnson*, Adam R Walker*, Matthew E Prekker*, Cynthia S Herrington, Peter S Dahlberg; Minneapolis, MN

Discussant: Alec Patterson

20. EUS-Identified Celiac Adenopathy Remains A Poor Prognostic Factor Despite Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy In Patients With Adenocarcinoma Of The Distal Esophagus
Sukit C Malaisrie*, Arlene M Correa*, Jaffer A Ajani*, Ritsuko R Komaki*, Wayne L Hofstetter*, David C Rice*, Ara A Vaporciyan*, Garrett L Walsh*, Sandeep Lahoti*, Jeffrey H Lee*, Bresalier Robert*, Jack A Roth, Stephen G Swisher; Houston, TX

Discussant: Carolyn E. Reed

21. Videothoracoscopic Talc Poudrage in Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax. A Single-Institution Experience on 861 Cases
Giuseppe Cardillo*, Francesco Carleo*, Roberto Giunti*, Luigi Carbone*, Salvatore Mariotta*, Michele Lopergolo*, Marco Di Martino*, Lorenzo Salvadori*, Massimo Martelli*; Rome, Italy

Discussant: Douglas E. Wood

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
7:00 p.m. FREE EVENING
MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 2005
1:45 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Carl L. Backer
William G. Williams
22. A Competing Risks Analysis of Outcomes and Associated Factors in 145 Neonates with Tricuspid Atresia: A Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Study
Tara Karamlou*, David A Ashburn*, Christopher A Caldarone*, Eugene H Blackstone*, Richard A Jonas, Marshall L Jacobs, William G Williams, Ross M Ungerleider, Brian W McCrindle*; Toronto, ON, Canada, Winston-Salem, NC, Cleveland, OH, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, Portland, OR

Discussant: Hillel Laks

23. The Relationship of Postoperative Electrographic Seizures to Neurodevelopmental Outcome at One Year of Age Following Neonatal and Infant Cardiac Surgery
J W Gaynor, Gail P Jarvik*, Judy Bernbaum*, Marsha Gerdes*, Gil Wernovsky*, Nancy Burnham*, JoAnn D'Agostino*, Susan C Nicolson*, Thomas L Spray, Robert R Clancy*; Philadelphia, PA, Seattle, WA

Discussant: Richard A. Jonas

24. Influence of Surgical Strategies on Outcome After Norwood Procedure
Massimo Griselli*, Simon P McGuirk*, Oliver Stümper*, Andrew JB Clarke*, Paul Miller*, Rami Dhillon*, John GC Wright*, Joseph V de Giovanni*, David J Barron*, William J Brawn*; Birmingham, UK

Discussant: Thomas L. Spray

25. Impact of RV-PA Shunt on Ventricular Function
Shunji Sano, Kozo Ishino*, Masaaki Kawada*, Kouichi Kataoka*, Shin-Ichi Ohtsuki*; Okayama, Japan

Discussant: Ralph Mosca

3:05 p.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
3:40 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Carl L. Backer
William G. Williams
26. Results of Surgery for Ebstein's Anomaly: A Multi-Center Study from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons' Association
Nickolas Miltiadis Giannopoulos*, Andrew Konstantine Chatzis*, Alexandros Yannis Tsoutsinos*, George Vassilis Kirvassilis*, George Elias Sarris; Athens, Greece

Discussant: Gordon K. Danielson

27. Laryngopharyngeal Dysfunction Following the Norwood Procedure
Margaret L Skinner*, Lucinda A Halstead*, Catherine S Rubinstein*, Andrew M Atz*, Scott M Bradley; Charleston, SC

Discussant: James S. Tweddell

28. Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defects and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries: Unifocalization Brings No Long-Term Benefits
Yves d'Udekem*, Nelson Alphonso*, Martin Agge Norgaard*, Andrew Donald Cochrane*, Glenda Rolley*, Jim L Wilkinson*, Christian Brizard*; Melbourne, Australia

Discussant: Frank L. Hanley

29. Accurate Assessment of Haemodynamics After Norwood Procedure: Importance of Systemic Oxygen Consumption
Jia Li*, Gencheng Zhang*, Helen Holtby*, Tilman Humpl*, Brian McChrindle*, Bill G. Williams, Christopher Caldarone*, Andrew N Redington*, Glen S Van Arsdell; Toronto, ON, Canada

Discussant: Scott M. Bradley

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 2005
7:00 a.m. CARDIAC SURGERY FORUM SESSION
(5 minutes presentation, 7 minutes discussion)
Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Pedro J. Del Nido
Frank W. Sellke
F1. Posterior Mitral Leaflet Extension: A New Adjunctive Repair Option for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?
Frank Langer*, Filiberto Rodriguez*, Allen Cheng*, Saskia Ortiz*, Mary K Zasio*, David Liang*, George T Daughters*, Neil B Ingels*, D Craig Miller*; Stanford, CA, Palo Alto, CA

Discussant: Robert C. Gorman

F2. Magnesium as a Neuroprotectant in Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Study
Sunil K Bhudia*, Delos M Cosgrove, Richard I Naugle*, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran*, Buu-khanh Lam*, Emily Walton*, Roberta C Palumbo*, Eugene H Blackstone; Cleveland, OH

Discussant: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.

F3. Electroporation Mediated Interleukin-10 Overexpression in Skeletal Muscle Reduces Acute Rejection in Rat Cardiac Allografts
Reza Tavakoli*, Amiq Gazdhar*, Jaroslaw Pierog*, Anna Bagdannova*, Matthias Gugger*, Steven C Hyde*, Michele Genoni*, Ralph A Schmid*; Zurich, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, Oxford, UK

Discussant: Joren C. Madsen

F4. Myocardial Protection Using An Omega-3 Fatty Acid Infusion: Quantification And Mechanism Of Action
Jonathan McGuinness*, David Bouchier-Hayes*, J Mark Redmond*; Dublin, Ireland

Discussant: Vivek Rao

F5. Bio-CABG, Not Only Arteriogenesis but Also a "Bypass" Surgery, to Expand the Surgical Arena in the Era of Drug Eluting Stents --- a Pre-Clinical Study
Kiyoaki Takaba*, Shintaro Nemoto*, Yoshiaki Saji*, Chunli Jiang*, Tadashi Ikeda*, Takashi Azuma*, Shinichi Urayama*, Sadami Tstutsumi*, Yasuhiko Tabata*, Masashi Komeda; Kyoto, Japan

Discussant: Todd K. Rosengart

F6. An Egr-1 "Master Switch" for Arteriogenesis and Collateral Vessel Formation: Histologic and Perfusion Studies in Wild Type and Egr-1 Knockout Animals
Todd K Rosengart*, Sorin Sarateanu*, McGregor Leslie*, James T Beckman*, Retuerto A Mauricio*, Paul Schalch*, JoAnn Carbray*, Gerald Patejunas*; Evanston, IL

Discussant: Frank W. Sellke

F7. Enhanced Angiogenesis and LV Function with Multimodal Cell-Based Gene Therapy
Terrence M Yau*, Guangming Li*, Yaoguang Zhang*, Richard D Weisel, Ren-Ke Li*; Toronto, ON, Canada

Discussant: Robert C. Robbins

F8. Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1a Gene Therapy Improves Endothelial Progenitor Cells Mobilization, Myocardial Neovascularization and Cardiac Function in Chronic Myocardial Infarction
Yao Liang Tang*, Kepin Qian*, Lepin Shen*, Vinay Badhwar*, M Ian Phillips*; St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa, FL

Discussant: Y. Joseph Woo

F9. Analysis of TLR4 in Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Ani J Fleisig*, Christine L Rothnie*, Denise J Spring*, Erzsebet Toth*, Matthew L Agnew*, Timothy H Pohlman*, Edward D Verrier; Seattle, WA

Discussant: Friedhelm Beyersdorf

F10. Impact of Antioxidative Treatment on Myocardial Nuclear Factor Kappa-B Regulation in Patients Subjected to CABG
Uwe M Fischer*, Paschalis Tossios*, Albert Antonyan*, Reza Raji*, Hans Joachim Geissler*, Wilhelm Bloch*, Uwe Mehlhorn*; Cologne, Germany

Discussant: John S. Ikonomidis

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 2005
7:00 a.m. GENERAL THORACIC FORUM SESSION
(5 minutes presentation, 7 minutes discussion)
Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Valerie W. Rusch
Shaf Keshavjee
F11. Promoter Hypermethylation of the hMLH1 Gene, Protein Expression of hMLH1 and MSH2 Genes in Resected Esophageal Carcinoma
Ching Tzao*, Han-Hsuei Hsu*, Yi-Ching Wang*; Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Discussant: Stephen C. Yang

F12. Selective Decrease in the DNA Base Excision Repair Pathway in Squamous Cell Cancer of the Esophagus
Pramod N Bonde*, Daquing Gao*, Lei Chen*, Apoorv Broor*, Guy Marti*, Mark Ferguson, Mark Duncan, John W Harmon*, Chiming Wei*; Baltimore, MD

Discussant: David H. Harpole, Jr.

F13. WNT Inhibitory Factor-1 is Silenced by Promoter Methylation in Human Lung Cancer
Julien Mazieres*, Biao He*, Zhidong Xu*, Liang You*, David Jablons; San Francisco, CA

Discussant: Thomas A. D'Amico

F14. A Novel Technique for Resection of Subcentimeter Pulmonary Nodules Combining Radiotracer Localization with 1318-nm Nd:YAG Laser Excision
Brendon M Stiles*, Talissa A Altes*, Patrice K Rehm*, Brian M Trotta*, Anthony J Herring*, Juan Olazagasti*, Bijoy Kundu*, Mark B Williams*, Thomas M Daniel; Charlottesville, VA

Discussant: Robert J. McKenna

F15. New Clinically Relevant Model of Gastroesophageal Reflux Leading to Barrett's Metaplasia and Malignant Transformation in Lower Esophagus
Pramod N Bonde*, Carlos Menezes*, Zarina Bell*, Christine Swarbrick*, James Sloan*, Sidney Mirvish*, Tracy Robson*, Stephanie McKeown*, Charles Campbell*, James A McGuigan*; Belfast, UK, Omaha, NE, Baltimore, MD

Discussant: Nasser K. Altorki

F16. Depletion of DNA Methyltransferase (DNMT)1, and/or DNMT3b Mediates Growth Arrest and Apoptosis in Cultured Thoracic Malignancies
Edmund S Kassis*, Ming Zhao*, Julie A Hong*, G Aaron Chen*, Dao M Nguyen*, David S Schrump*; Bethesda, MD

Discussant: David R. Jones

F17. Prognostic Implication of Aberrant Promoter Hypermethylation of CpG Islands in Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
Young T Kim*, Sun J Park*, Seung H Lee*, Hee J Kang*, Curi Ann*, Chang H Kang*, Sook W Sung*, Joo H Kim*; Seoul, South Korea, Gyenggi-do, South Korea

Discussant: David S. Schrump

F18. Chronic Aspiration of Gastric Contents Contributes to Accelerated Pulmonary Allograft Dysfunction in a Model of Rat Lung Transplantation
Matthew G Hartwig*, Bin Li*, James Z Appel III*, Chong-Chao Hsieh*, Shu S Lin, William Parker*, R Duane Davis; Durham, NC

Discussant: Raphael Bueno

F19. Inhibition of PI3K/Akt and Histone Deacetylase Activity Induces Apoptosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo
Brian K Rundall*, Chadrick E Denlinger*, David R Jones; Charlottesville, VA

Discussant: David H. Harpole, Jr.

F20. Patency of Airway Bypass Stents is Prolonged With Use of Drug Eluting Stents
Cliff K Choong*, Loc Phan*, Patrick Massetti*, Fabio J Haddad*, Edmund J Roschak*, Joel D Cooper; St Louis, MO, Mountain View, CA

Discussant: Steven J. Mentzer

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 2005
9:00 a.m. SCIENTIFIC SESSION
(8 minute presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Tirone E. David
Irving L. Kron
30. The Fate of the Distal Aorta after Repair of Acute Type A Dissection
James C Halstead*, Matthias Meier*, David Spielvogel*, Carol Bodian*, Michael Wurm*, Rohit Shahani*, Randall B Griepp*; New York, NY

Discussant: Axel Haverich

31. Aspirin Resistance Provokes Early Graft Failure in Veins with Poor Endothelial Integrity After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Robert S Poston, Jr.*, Junyan Gu*, Charles White*, Marc Gibber*, Jeffrey Manchio*, Eric Christenson*, Bartley P Griffith; Baltimore, MD

Discussant: Steven F. Bolling

32. The Extracardiac Conduit Fontan Operation Using Minimal Approach Extracorporeal Circulation: Short and Long Term Outcomes
Ed Petrossian*, V. Mohan Reddy, Kathryn K. Collins*, Casey B. Culbertson*, Malcolm J. MacDonald*, John J. Lamberti, Olaf Reinhartz*, Richard D. Mainwaring, Sunil P. Malhotra*, Sam Suleman*, Frank L. Hanley; Stanford, CA

Discussant: Marshall L. Jacobs

10:00 a.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall
10:45 a.m.

SCIENTIFIC SESSION

Moderators: Tirone E. David
Irving L. Kron
10:45 a.m. 33. Effect of Patient and Prosthesis Size on Operative Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement
Charles R Bridges*, Joseph C Cleveland*, Edward B Savage*, James S Gammie*, Sean M O'Brien*, Fred H Edwards, Elizabeth R Delong*, Eric D Peterson*, Frederick L Grover; Philadelphia, PA, Denver, CO, Chicago, IL, Baltimore, MD, Durham, NC, Jacksonville, FL

Discussant: George T. Christakis

34. Predictors of Operative Morbidity and Mortality in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial
Keith S Naunheim, Douglas E Wood, Mark J Krasna, Mark E Ginsburg*, Malcolm M DeCamp*, Robert J McKenna, Gerard J Criner*, Eric A Hoffman*, Alice Sternberg*, Claude Deschamps; St. Louis, MO, Seattle, WA, Baltimore, MD, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Iowa City, IA, Rochester, MN

Discussant: Joel D. Cooper

11:25 a.m. C. WALTON LILLEHEI RESIDENT FORUM AWARD PRESENTATION
TSRA AWARD PRESENTATION
THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
John R. Benfield
11:45 a.m. ADDRESS BY HONORED SPEAKER
Cardiac Regeneration
Richard D. Weisel, M.D.
Introduced By: Tirone E. David
12:20 p.m. ADJOURN FOR LUNCH - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center

CARDIOTHORACIC RESIDENTS' LUNCHEON
Room 3022/3024, Moscone West Convention Center

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 2005
2:00 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: R. Scott Mitchell
John D. Puskas
35. Influence of Patient Characteristics and Arterial Grafting on Freedom from Coronary Reoperation
Joseph F Sabik III, Eugene H Blackstone, A Marc Gillinov, Michael K Banbury, Nicholas G Smedira, Bruce W Lytle; Cleveland, OH

Discussant: Craig R. Smith

36. Trial Application of a New Modality to Reduce Neurocognitive Dysfunction Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Results of a Prospective Randomised Double-Blind Study
Joseph Alex*, Gerard Laden*, Kenneth Flowers*, Alex RJ Cale*, Sean Bennett*, Levent Guvendik*, Peter T McCollum*, Steven C Griffin*; Hull, UK

Discussant: William A. Baumgartner

37. A Comparison of Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair for Anterior and Posterior Leaflet Prolapse Due to Degenerative Disease
Tirone E David, Joan Ivanov*, Susan Armstrong*, Debbie Christie*; Toronto, ON, Canada

Discussant: Friedrich W. Mohr

3:00 p.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
3:35 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: R. Scott Mitchell
John D. Puskas
38. Surgical Ventricular Remodeling For Multi-Territory Myocardial Infarction: Defining A New Patient Population
Nishant D Patel*, Christopher J Barreiro*, Michele Waldron*, Torin P Fitton*, Jason A Williams*, Pramod Bonde*, John V Conte; Baltimore, MD

Discussant: Lorenzo A. Menicanti

39. The Cox-Maze Procedure in Mitral Valve Disease: Predictors of Failure
A Marc Gillinov, Patrick M McCarthy, Eugene H Blackstone, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran*, Jon Sirak*, Gosta Pettersson, Joseph F Sabik III, Lars G Svensson, Delos M Cosgrove; Cleveland, OH

Discussant: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.

40. Single Cross Clamp Improves Six Month Cognitive Outcome in High Risk Coronary Bypass Patients
John W Hammon, David A Stump*, John E Butterworth*, Kashemi Rorie*, Dwight D Deal*, Edward A Kincaid*, Neal D Kon*; Winston-Salem, NC

Discussant: Antonio M. Calafiore

41. Edwards Perimount Magna Bioprosthesis: A Stented Valve with Stentless Performance?
Pasquale Totaro*, Nello Degno*, Afzal Zaidi*, Aprim Youhana*, Vincenzo Argano*; Swansea, UK

Discussant: Neal D. Kon

5:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Members Only)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 2005
2:00 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Alec Patterson
David J. Sugarbaker
42. Modified Reperfusion in Clinical Lung Transplantation: The Result of 100 Consecutive Cases
Gabriel T Schnickel*, David J Ross*, Ali Shefizadeh*, Hillel Laks*, Ramin Beygui*, Joseph Lynch*, Abbas Ardehali; Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Wickii T. Vigneswaran

43. Recurrence Prediction in Thymic Tumors: Importance of Invasion, WHO Histology and Size
Cameron D Wright, John C Wain, Daniel R Wong*, Dean M Donahue*, Henning A Gaissert*, Hermes C Grillo, Douglas J Mathisen; Boston, MA

Discussant: Frank C. Detterback

44. Long-Term Results After Carinal Resection for Carcinoma: Does the Benefit Warrant the Risk?
Marc de Perrot*, Elie Fadel*, Olaf Mercier*, Sacha Mussot*, Alain Chapelier*, Philippe Dartevelle; Le Plessis-Robinson, Paris, France

Discussant: Douglas Mathisen

45. Surgical Treatment of Tumors of the Proximal Stomach with Involvement of the Distal Esophagus: a 26-Year Experience with Siewert Type III Tumors
K Robert Shen*, Stephen D Cassivi*, Claude Deschamps, Mark S Allen, Francis C Nichols III, Peter C Pairolero; Rochester, MN

Discussant: Nasser K. Altorki

3:40 p.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
4:15 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Alec Patterson
David J. Sugarbaker
46. Surgical Results for Bronchiectasis Based on Hemodynamic and Morphological Classifications
Khaled M al-Kattan*, Waseem M Hajjar*, Mohamed A Essa*, Mahmoud H Ashour*; Riyadh,, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Discussant: L. Penfield Faber

47. Short-Term and Long-Term Results of Pneumonectomy for Lung cancer in the Elderly
Andrea Zuin*, Federico Rea*, Giuseppe Marulli*, Tobia Gobbi*, Monica Loy*, Paolo Feltracco*, Francesco Sartori*; Padua, Italy

Discussant: Eric Vallieres

48. The Pattern of Lymph Node Involvement Influences Outcome After Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
John G Edwards*, Duncan Stewart*, Antonio Martin-Ucar*, Salli Muller*, Cathy Richards*, David Waller*; Leicester, UK

Discussant: Raja M. Flores

5:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Members Only)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 2005
2:00 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Scott M. Bradley
J. Willam Gaynor
49. The Left Ventricle that Requires Training by Pulmonary Artery Banding Prior to Double Switch Procedure for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries is at Risk of Late Dysfunction
David W Quinn*, Simon P McGuirk*, Oliver Stumper*, Joseph V de Giovanni*, Paul Miller*, Rami Dhillon*, John G Wright*, David J Barron*, William J Brawn*; Birmingham, UK

Discussant: Roger B. B. Mee

50. Parental Assessment of Intermediate Outcomes Following Fontan in the Current Era
Michael E Mitchell*, Richard F Ittenbach*, J William Gaynor, Gil Wernovsky*, Susan Nicolson*, Thomas L Spray; Louisville, KY, Philadelphia, PA

Discussant: William G. Williams

51. Early Failure of the Freestyle Porcine Valve in the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract of Children with Congenital Heart Disease
Jeff L Myers*, Jamie Dorotan*, Matthew Harper*, Robert J Ascuitto*, Nancy J Ross-Ascuitto*, Serafin Y Deleon; New Orleans, LA

Discussant: Kirk R. Kanter

52. Capillary Leak Syndrome after Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Newborns: Does It Exist?
Peter Tassani*, Hubert Schad*, Christian Schreiber*, Francesco Zaccaria*, Felix Haas*, Hansjörg Mössinger*, Marie - Christine Seghaye*, Rüdiger Lange*; München, Germany, Utrecht, Netherlands, Aachen, Germany

Discussant: Jeffrey M. Pearl

3:20 p.m. INTERMISSION - VISIT EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall, Moscone West Convention Center
3:55 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION – CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: Scott M. Bradley
J. Willam Gaynor
53. Single Ventricle Palliation for High-Risk Neonates: The Emergence of an Alternative Hybrid Stage I Strategy
Emile A Bacha*, Suanne Daves*, Joanne P Starr*, Ra-id Abdulla*, Mehmet Gulecyuz*, Peter Koenig*, Ermerio Alboliras*, Qi-Ling Cao*, Satinder Sandhu*, Ziyad M Hijazi*; Chicago, IL

Discussant: Tom R. Karl

54. Elective Rapid Re-Training of the Deconditioned Left Ventricle After the Arterial Switch Operation with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Nelson Alphonso*, Rohayati Taib*, Rafael Guerrero*, David Michael McMullan, Yves d'Udekem*, Dan Penny*, Christian Brizard*; Melbourne, Australia

Discussant: Brian W. Duncan

55. Surgical Management of Coronary Artery Arising from the Wrong Coronary Sinus, Using Standard and Novel Approaches
Rajeev Gulati*, Vadiyala Mohan Reddy*, Casey Culbertson*, Gregory Helton*, Sam Suleman*, Frank L Hanley; Stanford and Oakland, CA

Discussant: James Jaggers

5:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Members Only)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 2005
7:00 a.m. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FORUM
(7 Minutes Presentation, 8 Minutes Discussion)
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center
Moderators: John D. Puskas
Richard D. Weisel
T1. Should the "Elephant Trunk" Be Skeletonized? Total Arch Replacement Combined with Stented Elephant Trunk Implantation for Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection
Zhi-Gang Liu*, Li-Zhong Sun*, Qian Chang*, Jun-Ming Zhu*; Beijing, China

Discussant: R. Scott Mitchell

T2. Reforming LV geometry in CHF with MR: A Unique Valvular Solution for a Ventricular Problem
Steven F Bolling, Ottavio Alfieri*, Marsha G Jessup*, David S Bach*; Ann Arbor, MI

Discussant: Nicholas G. Smedira

T3. An Artificial Lung in a Large Animal Model - Using Gastric and Peritoneal Perfusion with Oxygenated Perfluorocarbons
Joshua P Cantor*, Shamus R Carr*, Atul S Rao*, Joshua E Collins*, Joseph S Friedberg; Philadelphia, PA

Discussant: Joseph B. Zwischenberger

T4. Modified Nuss Techniques with Multi-Target Approach via Terrain Contour Matching: A Procedure for Complex Pectus Excavatum
Hyung Joo Park*, Seung Jin Lee*, Seock Yeol Lee*, Cheol Sae Lee*, Wook Youm*, Kihl Roh Lee*; Chunan, South Korea

Discussant: Charles B. Huddleston

T5. Robotic Assisted Perventricular Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects: Initial Experience in Yucatan Pigs
Zahid Amin*, Russel Woo*, David A Danford*, Stacey E Froemming*, Vadiala M Reddy, David Overman*; Omaha, NE, Palo Alto, CA, Minneapolis, MN

Discussant: Richard G. Ohye

T6. A Prospective Study Validating a Blood-Conserving Modified Perfusion Strategy In Cardiac Surgery
Vladimir Birjiniuk*, Patrick R Treanor*, Nancy A Healey*, Michael D Crittenden*, Kunda S Biswas*, C Robert Valeri*, Shukri F Khuri; West Roxbury, MA, Boston, MA

Discussant: Robert S. D. Higgins

T7. Is Surgery for Multiple Lung Metastases Reasonable? (328 Consecutive Cases of Multiple Laser Metastasectomies with a New 1318 NM ND: YAG Laser)
Axel Rolle*, Arpad Pereszlenyi*, Rainer Koch*, Alfred Richard*, Barbara Baier*; Coswig, Germany, Dresden, Germany

Discussant: David R. Jones

T8. Tracheal Replacement with an Aortic Autograft in a Human Patient
Jacques F Azorin*, Francois J Bertin*, Emmanuel Martinod*, Francois Vincent*, Boris Melloni*, Marc J Laskar*; Bobigny, France, Limoges, France

Discussant: Douglas Mathisen

T9. The Cardia C-Port System: A New Tool for Automated Distal Anastomoses in CABG Surgery: 6 Month Clinical Results
Klaus Matschke*, Stefanos Demertzis*, Hermann Reichenspurner*, Jan F Gummert*, Christian Detter*, Utz Kappert*, Marcel B Anssar*, Francesco P A Siclari*, Volkmar Falk*, E Alderman*, Wolfgang Harringer*; Dresden, Germany, Lugano, Switzerland, Hamburg, Germany, Leipzig, Germany, Hannover, Germany, Stanford, CA, Braunschweig, Germany

Discussant: Thierry P. Carrel

T10. 3-Dimensional Echo Guided Beating-Heart Surgery without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Atrial Septum Defect Closure in Swine Model
Yoshihiro Suematsu*, Joseph F Martinez*, Benjamin K Wolf*, Gerald R Marx*, Jeffrey A Stoll*, Pierre E Dupont*, John K Triedman*, Robert D Howe*, Pedro J del Nido; Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA

Discussant: Ludwig K. vonSegesser

WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 2005
7:00 a.m. GLOBAL THORACIC SURGERY SESSION
Room 2000, Moscone West Convention Center
Co-Chairmen: James L. Cox
Lucio Parenzan
Bum Koo-Cho
1) Perspectives on Cardiac Surgery in the World’s Developing
Countries

Lucio Parenzan - Bergamo, Italy
2) The Interactive Humanitarian Roles of CTSNet and the World
Heart Foundation
Donald C. Watson - Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3) Humanitarian Roles of Korean Cardiac Surgeons
Bum-Koo Cho - Seoul, Korea
4) Visa and License Challenges Facing Foreign Medical Graduates
Coming to the U.S. for Advanced Training
Richard A. Jonas - Washington, DC, USA
5) Transfer of Knowledge to Developing Countries:
Humanitarian Paradigm or Economic Investment?
Alain Carpentier - Paris, France
9:30 a.m. CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
PLENARY SESSION

Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center

Therapeutic Cloning Should be Supported to Provide Stem Cells for CT Research And Treatment

Moderator: Robert A. Guyton
Pro: Paul Berg, Ph.D.*
Con: Eric Cohen*

CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY ACQUIRED CARDIAC CONTROVERSIES
Suite 3002, Moscone West Convention Center

10:30 a.m. Pulmonary Artery Vein Isolation is an Adequate Operation for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Moderator: Hartzell V. Schaff
Pro: Randall K. Wolf
Con: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.
11:15 a.m. Surgery Will Play a Minimal Role in Heart Failure
Moderator: O. Howard Frazier
Pro: James Young
Con: Patrick M. McCarthy
12:00 noon ADJOURN
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 2005
CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
GENERAL THORACIC CONTROVERSIES

Suite 2002, Moscone West Convention Center
10:30 a.m. Subcentimeter Ground Glass Opacity; Limited vs. Anatomic Resection: What's the Appropriate Therapy?
Moderator: Richard I. Whyte
Pro: Hisao Asamura
Con: Robert Korst
11:15 a.m. Should PET Scans Be Done Before Resection of All Thoracic Malignancies?
Moderator: Kemp Kernstein
Pro: Robert Downy
Con: R. Sudhir Sundaresan
12:00 noon ADJOURN
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 2005
CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
CONGENITAL HEART CONTROVERSIES

Suite 2003, Moscone West Convention Center
10:30 a.m. The Practice of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Should be Limited and Performed Only by Those Who are Full-Time Congenital Heart Surgeons
Moderator: Constantine Mavroudis
Pro: Charles Fraser
Con: Hillel Laks
11:15 a.m. Normothermia is Preferable to Hypothermia for Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infants
Moderator: Francois Lacour-Gayet
Pro: Alain Serraf
Con: Thomas L. Spray
12:00 noon ADJOURN
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