2008 Program & Abstracts

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SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
8:00 am		AATS/STS ADULT CARDIAC SYMPOSIUM Ballroom 20 A-C, San Diego Convention Center Chairman: R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford University
Session I		Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
8:00am – 8:20 am		Surgical Implications and Indications in MFS and Other Syndromic Patients Duke Cameron Johns Hopkins University
8:20am – 8:40 am		Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: When Is Intervention (Open or Stent-Graft) Indicated? John A. Elefteriades Yale University
8:40am – 9:00 am		Open Surgical Results Today: Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms Joseph S. Coselli Baylor College of Medicine
9:00 am - 9:20 am		Endovascular Stent-Graft Results: Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms Roy K. Greenberg Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9:20 am - 9:40 am		Panel Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am		BREAK
Session II		Aortic Dissections
10:10 am - 10:30 am		Fate of the Dissected “Downstream” Aorta: Are Distal Adjuncts Needed at the Initial Operation? Randall Griepp Mount Sinai Medical Center
10:30 am - 10:50 am		Cerebral Protection During Transverse Aortic Arch Procedures Lars Svensson Cleveland Clinic Foundation
10:50 am - 11:10 am		Total Arch Replacement with Multi-Branched Grafts Teruhisa Kazui Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
11:10 am - 11:30 am		Total Arch and Descending Thoracic Aorta Using the “Arch First” Thoracosternotomy Approach Nicholas Kouchoukos Missouri Baptist Medical Center
11:30 am - 12:00 pm		Panel Discussion
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm		LUNCH
Session III		Mitral Valve Controversies
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm		Spectrum of Degenerative Diseases Affecting the Mitral Valve David H. Adams Mount Sinai Medical Center
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm		Mitral Annuloplasty Rings: Theory and Practice Reality Hugo K.I. Vanermen Aalst, Belgium
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm		Asymptomatic Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to FED: Indications for Repair Hartzell Schaff Mayo Clinic
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm		Mitral Valve Repair (FMR and IMR) in the Myopathic Ventricle Robert A.E. Dion Genk - Leuven, Belgium
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm		Critically Interpreting the Mitral Valve Repair Literature Anelechi Anyanwu Mount Sinai Medical Center
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm		Panel Discussion
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm		BREAK
Session IV		Update on Contemporary Cardiovascular Imaging
3:15 pm - 3:35 pm		MRI/MRA Robert Herfkens Stanford University
3:35 pm - 3:55 pm		CTA Dominik Fleischmann Stanford University
3:55 pm - 4:15 pm		Echocardiography David Liang Stanford University Session V Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement
4:15 pm - 4:35 pm		Update on Percutaneous AVR with Edwards Sapien (retrograde and antegrade) John Webb St. Paul’s Hospital
4:35 pm - 4:55 pm		Update on Percutaneous Redo AVR: CorValve Friedrich W. Mohr Universitat Leipzig
4:55 pm - 5:15 pm		Identification of Appropriate Patients: Who Actually is “Inoperable”? Michael J. Mack CT Surgery Associates of North Texas
5:15 pm		ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
8:00 am - 5:00 pm		AATS/STS GENERAL THORACIC SYMPOSIUM Room 25, San Diego Convention Center Chairman: Richard I. Whyte, Stanford University
8:00 am - 8:05 am		Introduction Chairman: Richard I. Whyte Stanford University
Session I		Surgical Controversies: Open vs. VATS Lobectomy
8:05 am - 8:20 am		The Role of VATS Lobectomy for Cancer Robert J. McKenna, Jr. Cedars Sinai Medical Center
8:20 am - 8:35 am		Open Lobectomy — The Standard Operation for Lung Cancer Douglas J. Mathisen Massachusetts General Hospital
8:35 am - 8:50 am		Panel Discussion
Session II		Lung Cancer Staging
8:50 am - 9:10 am		PET Scans — When Should We Rely On Them Carolyn E. Reed Medical University of South Carolina
9:10 am - 9:25 am		Can Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) and Transesophageal FNA Replace Mediastinoscopy Daniel L. Miller Emory University Clinic
9:25 am - 9:45 am		Panel Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am		BREAK
Session III		Lung Cancer – Management
10:15 am - 10:35 am		Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancoast Tumors Eric Vallieres Swedish Cancer Institute
10:35 am - 11:00 am		Surgical Techniques for Pancoast Tumors Garrett L. Walsh M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
11:00 am - 11:20 am		The Role of Neoadjuvant Therapy for NSCCL — What the Surgeon Needs to Know Jessica S. Donington Stanford University School of Medicine
11:20 am - 11:40 am		Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer Heather Wakelee Stanford Cancer Center
11:40 am - 12:00 pm		Panel Discussion
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm		LUNCH
Session IV		Esophageal Cancer
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm		Esophagectomy: En Bloc, Transhiatal or Ivor Lewis — A Fair and Balanced Perspective Claude Deschamps Mayo Clinic
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm		GE Junction Tumors—Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Therapy? James M. Ford Stanford University School of Medicine
1:50 pm - 3:00 pm		Barrett’s Esophagus with High-Grade Dysplasia
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm		Esophagectomy Mark J. Krasna St. Joseph’s Medical Center
2:05 pm - 2:20 pm		Photodynamic Therapy Hiran C. Fernando Boston Medical Center
2:20 pm - 2:35 pm		Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Radiofrequency Ablation Steven R. DeMeester University of Southern California
2:35 pm - 3:00 pm		Panel Discussion
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm		BREAK
Session V		Evolving Concepts and Techniques
3:30 pm - 3:55 pm		Interventional Bronchoscopy — an Overview Armin Ernst Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
3:55 pm - 4:15 pm		Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum — When to Operate? Kenneth A. Kesler Indiana University
4:15 pm - 4:35 pm		Malignant Mesothelioma — Current Approaches to a Difficult Problem Raja. M. Flores Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
4:35 pm - 5:00 pm		Stereotactic Radiosurgery — An Alternative to Surgery for Small Tumors Jack A. Roth M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
5:00 pm		ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
8:00 am		AATS/STS CONGENITAL HEART SYMPOSIUM Room 28 A-C, San Diego Convention Center Chairman: Frank L. Hanley Stanford University
7:55 am - 8:00 am		Introduction Frank L. Hanley Stanford University
Session I		Congenital Heart Surgery I (20 min each, with 10 min discussion)
8:00 am - 8:30 am		When I Use the Bi-directional Glenn in SeptatableHearts Vaughn A. Starnes University of Southern California
8:30 am - 9:00 am		Fontan or Septation: When I Abandon Septation in Complex Lesions with Two Ventricles Richard A. Jonas Children’s National Medical Center
9:00 am - 9:30 am		How I Approach Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis and Hypoplasia in William’s Syndrome John E. Mayer, Jr. Children’s Hospital
Session II		Cardiology Update I (30 min, no discussion)
9:30 am - 10:00 am		Transcutaneous Pulmonary Valve Placement Phillip Bonhoeffer (TBD) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
10:00 am - 10:30 am		BREAK
10:30 am - 11:00 am		Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Structural Congenital Heart Disease Jeffrey A. Feinstein Stanford University Medical Center
Session III		Congenital Heart Surgery II
11:00 am - 11:30 am		Repair, AVR, Ross: How I Approach the Older Child with Mixed Aortic Stenosis/Aortic Insufficiency Constantine Mavroudis Children’s Memorial Hospital
11:30 am - 12:00 pm		How I Manage the Dilated Aortic Root in Older Patients with Repaired Conotruncal Defects John J. Lamberti Children’s Hospital of San Diego
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm		LUNCH
Session IV		Congenital Heart Surgery III
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm		Isolated Neonatal Aortic Arch Obstruction: When to Go from the Front John W. Brown Indiana University
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm		How I Manage Mitral Stenosis in the Neonate and Infant Thomas L. Spray Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm		How I Manage Neonatal Ebstein’s Anomaly Edward L. Bove University of Michigan Medical Center
Session V		Cardiology Update II
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm		MR and CT Imaging of the Pediatric Patient with Structural Heart Disease Frandics P. Chan Stanford University
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm		BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm		Noncompaction of the Left Ventricle: Recognition, Associations, and How it Affects Surgical Management Jeffrey Towbin Baylor College of Medicine
Session VI		Congenital Heart Surgery IV
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm		DKS or VSD Enlargement: How I Approach the Older Single Ventricle Patient with Systemic Outlet Obstruction Charles D. Fraser, Jr. Texas Children’s Hospital
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm		Rastelli, REV, Nikaido: How I Manage Conotruncal Problems with Pulmonary Stenosis or Atresia V. Mohan Reddy Stanford University
5:00 pm		ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 2008
3:00 pm		C. WALTON LILLEHEI RESIDENT FORUM SESSION Room 23 A/B, San Diego Convention Center (7 minutes presentation, 8 minutes discussion) Moderators: David H. Harpole, Gus J. Vlahakes L1. Is Mitral Valve Hinge Motion Important for Leaflet Closure? Akinobu Itoh1, Daniel B. Ennis1, Wolfgang Bothe1, Julia C. Swanson1, Gaurav Krishnamurthy1, Tom C. Nguyen1, Neil B. Ingels2, D. Craig Miller1 1. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. 2. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA. L2. Lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass is attenuated by adenosine A2A receptor activation Turner C. Lisle1, Lucas G. Fernandez1, Leo M. Gazoni1, Ashish K. Sharma1, Andrew M. Bellizzi2, Joel M. Linden3, Victor E. Laubach1, Irving L. Kron1 1. University of Virginia Department of Surgery, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 2. University of Virginia Department of Pathology, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 3. University of Virginia Department of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. L3. Aprotinin Attenuates Genomic Expression Variability Following Cardiac Surgery Basel Ramlawi2, Hasan Otu1, Sirisha Emani1, Cesario Bianchi1, Frank W. Sellke1 1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 2. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. L4. CD4+ T Lymphocytes Mediate Acute Pulmonary Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Zequan Yang1, Ashish K. Sharma1, Joel Linden2, Victor E. Laubach1, Irving L. Kron1 1. Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 2. Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. L5. Short and Long-Term Efficacy of Aspirin and Clopidogrel for Thromboprophylaxis of Mechanical Heart Valves; An In Vivo Study in Swine Stephen H. McKellar1, Jess L. Thompson1, Raul F. Garcia-Rinaldi2, Ryan J. MacDonald1, Thoralf M. Sundt1, Hartzell V. Schaff1 1. Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 2. Advanced Cardiology Center, Mayaguez, PR, USA. L6. Remote ischemic preconditioning elaborates a transferable blood borne factor which protects mitochondrial structure and function and preserves myocardial performance after neonatal cardioplegic arrest Norihiko Oka, Lixing Wang, Michael Tropek, John Callahan, Gregory Wilson, Andrew Redington, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. L7. Inhibitory kappa B kinase-‚ (IKK‚) is a target for specific NF-ÎBmediated delayed cardioprotection Nancy C. Moss1, Bill Stansfield1, Ruhang Tang1, Monte S. Willis2, Craig H. Selzman1 1. Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. L8. Mechanical Lung Assist Augments Forward Pulmonary Blood Flow in Primary Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt Physiology in Neonatal Pigs Osami Honjo1, Sandra L. Merklinger1, John Poe1, Abdulla A. Alghamdi1, Setsuo Takatani2, Glen S. Van Arsdell1 1. The Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2. Department of Artificial Organs, Institute of Biomaterial and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical Dental University.
5:00 pm		ADJOURN TO WELCOME RECEPTION