AATS: 2008 Program - Wednesday, May 14

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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 2008
7:00 am		EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FORUM (7 Minutes Presentation, 6 Minutes Discussion) Room 25, San Diego Convention Center Moderators: Michael A. Acker Lars G. Svensson T1. Inflammation is reduced using the Resting Heart Mini-Cardiopulmonary Bypass System in a Prospective Randomized Study Bob Kiaii, Kelly Summers, Stephanie Fox, Stuart A. Swinamer, Reiza Rayman, Andrew Cleland, Philip Fernandes, James MacDonald, Wojciech Dobkowski, Richard J. Novick London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada. T2. Is transcatheter based aortic valve implantation really less invasive than minimal invasive aortic valve replacement? Mirko Doss, Sven Martens, Stephan Fichtelscherer, Thomas Trepels, Gerhard Wimmer Greinecker, Anton Moritz, Volker Schächinger Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, J.W.Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. T3. SUTURELESS PERCEVAL S AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: Multicentric, Prospective, Pilot Trial Malakh Shrestha¹, Thierry Folliguet², Paul Herijgers³, Alain Debie², Christoph Bara¹, Marie-Christin Herregods³, Nawid Khaladj¹, Christian Hagl¹, Willem Flameng³, Franscois Laborde², Axel Haverich¹ 1. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. 2. Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France. 3. U.Z. Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. T4. Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Angiogenic Cell Precursors for Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Case Match Study Kitipan V. Arom, Permyos Ruengsakulrach, Vibul Jotisakulratana Cardiovascular Surgery, Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. T5. Radiofrequency ablation for cure in medically inoperable stage I lung cancer: A single institution experience Michael Lanuti, Amita Sharma, Subba R. Digumarthy, Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Douglas J. Mathisen, JoAnne O. Shepard Thoracic Surgery, MGH, Boston, MA, USA. T6. Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation One Year Follow-Up in 19 Patients Jian Ye, Anson Cheung, John G. Webb, Daniel R. Wong, Ronald G. Carere, Christopher R. Thompson, Samuel V. Lichtenstein Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. T7. A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Trial of a 2nd Generation Anastomotic Device in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Lars Wiklund³, Marek Setina², Robert J. Cusimano¹, Katherine Tsang¹, Terrence M. Yau¹ 1. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. University Hospital FN Motol, Prague, Czech Republic. 3. Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. T8. Minimally Invasive Surgical Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Multicenter Experience James R. Edgerton¹, James McClelland², David Duke², Marc Gerdisch³, Bryan Steinberg⁴, Scott H. Bronleewe⁵, Tara A. Weaver⁶, Syma L. Prince⁶, Michael J. Mack¹ 1. Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA. 2. Endovascular Research, Eugene, OR, USA. 3. Central Dupage Hospital, Winfield, IL, USA. 4. Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD, USA. 5. University Community Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA. 6. CRSTI, Dallas, TX, USA.
8:45 am		CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY PLENARY SESSION Ballroom 20 A-C, San Diego Convention Center Live Surgery at National and Regional Cardiothoracic Surgical Meetings Should Be Outlawed Invited Moderator: D. Craig Miller Invited Pro: Duke Cameron Invited Con: Hugo K.I. Vanermen CONTROVERSIES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY PLENARY SESSION Ballroom 20 A-C, San Diego Convention Center Should the Certifying Authority Provide Two Certificates: One for Cardiac Surgery and One for Thoracic Surgery? Invited Moderator: Bruce W. Lytle Invited Pro: Walter Klepetko Invited Con: Douglas J. Mathisen
10:45 am		ADJOURN