AATS: 2009 Program: Monday, May 11

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MONDAY, May 11, 2009 \| Plenary Scientific Session
7:30 am		Business Session (AATS Members Only)
7:45 am		PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION (8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion) Ballroom A-C, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: Thomas L. Spray, MD Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD 1. A Formidable Task: Population Analysis Predicts a Deficit of 2,000 Cardiothoracic Surgeons by 2030 Thomas E. Williams, Benjamin Sun, Patrick Ross, Andrew M. Thomas Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA 2. Single Center Experience in Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock of any Etiology in Children by Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices Roland Hetzer, Evgenij V. Potapov, Oliver Miera, Yu-Guo Weng, Michael Hübler, Felix Berger DHZB, Berlin, Germany 3. Long-term Results of Aortic Valve Sparing Operations in Patients with Marfan Syndrome Tirone E. David, Susan Armstrong, Manjula Maganti, Jack Colman, Timothy Bradley Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada 4. Outcomes After Laparoscopic Giant Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in 636 Patients James D. Luketich, Katie S. Nason, Rodney J. Landreneau, Samuel Keeley, Omar Awais, Manisha Shende, Matthew J. Schuchert, Ghulam Abbas, Blair A. Jobe, Arjun Pennathur The Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
9:05 am		AWARD PRESENTATIONS
9:20 am		INTERMISSION – Visit Exhibits Exhibit Hall C-D, Hynes Convention Center
10:00 am		BASIC SCIENCE LECTURE Ballroom A-C, Hynes Convention Center "Insights from Developmental and Stem Cell Biology" Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, William Wikoff Smith Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Scientific Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Founding Co-Director, Penn Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Introduced By: Thomas L. Spray, MD
10:40 am		PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION Moderators: G. Alexander Patterson, MD Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD 5. The Relationship Between Hospital CABG Volume and Multiple Dimensions of CABG Quality David M. Shahian,¹ Sean O’Brien,² Sharon-Lise Normand,³ Eric Peterson,² Fred Edwards⁴ 1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 2. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA 3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 4. University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA 6. Survival after Transapical and Transarterial Aortic Valve Implantation: Talking About Two Different Patient Populations Sabine Bleiziffer, Hendrik Ruge, Domenico Mazzitelli, Christian Schreiber, Andrea Hutter, Robert Bauernschmitt, Ruediger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany
11:25 am		PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS "The Quality Conundrum" Thomas L. Spray, MD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Introduced by: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
12:15 pm		LUNCH Visit Exhibits Exhibit Hall C-D, Hynes Convention Center
12:15 pm		CARDIOTHORACIC RESIDENTS’ LUNCHEON Hynes Convention Center Hosted by Immediate Past President, D. Craig Miller, the 32^nd Annual Cardiothoracic Residents’ Luncheon will be held at 12:15 pm on Monday, May 11^th at the Hynes Convention Center. During lunch, residents and medical students will have the opportunity to engage in discussion with the group leader seated at their table. Following the luncheon, the group leaders will respond to questions from the floor. Although cardiothoracic residents will be guests of the Association, they must still pre-register. All attendees who register for the luncheon will receive a ticket with their registration materials. This ticket must be presented for admittance to the luncheon. Tickets for this luncheon are limited and reserved seating will be on a first come, first serve basis.
ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
2:00 pm		SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION (8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion) Ballroom A-C, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: R. Duane Davis, Jr, MD Chuen-Neng Lee, MD 7. Outcomes of Reoperative Aortic Valve Replacement Following Previous Sternotomy Damien J. LaPar, Zequan Yang, R. Ramesh Singh, T. Brett Reece, Cory D. Maxwell, Benjamin B. Peeler, John A. Kern, Irving L. Kron, Gorav Ailawadi Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA 8. Apical Myectomy: A New Surgical Technique for the Management of Severely Symptomatic Patients With Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Hartzell V. Schaff,¹ Morgan L. Brown,¹ Steve R. Ommen,¹ Joseph A. Dearani,¹ Martin D. Abel,¹ A. J. Tajik,² Rick A. Nishimura1 1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 2. Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA 9. Where Does AF Surgery Fail? Implications for Increasing AF Surgical Ablation Effectiveness: Patrick M. McCarthy, Jane Kruse, Shanaz Shalli, Leonard Ilkhanoff, Jeffrey Goldberger, Alan Kadish, Rishi Arora, Richard Lee Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northwestern University; Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
3:00 pm		INTERMISSION Visit Exhibits Exhibit Hall C-D, Hynes Convention Center
3:45 pm		SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION Ballroom A-C, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: R. Duane Davis, Jr. MD Chuen-Neng Lee, MD 10. Have Hybrid Procedures Replaced Open Aortic Arch Reconstruction in High Risk Patients: A Comparative Study of Open Arch Debranching with Endovascular Stent Graft Placement and Conventional Open Total and Distal Aortic Arch Reconstruction Rita K. Milewski, Wilson Y. Szeto, Alberto Pochettino, G. William Moser, Patrick Moeller, Joseph E. Bavaria Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 11. Effect of Partial Thrombosis on Distal Aorta after Repair of Acute DeBakey Type I Aortic Dissection Suk-Won Song,¹ Byung-Chul Chang,² Bum-Koo Cho,² Kyung-Jong Yoo² 1. Yondong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea 2. Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea 12. Staged Repair Significantly Reduces Paraplegia Rate after Extensive Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Christian D. Etz, Stefano Zoli, Christoph S. Mueller, Carol A. Bodian, Gabriele Di Luozzo, Ricardo Lazalla, Konstadinos A. Plestis, Randall B. Griepp Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA 13. Preoperative Very Short Term High Dose Erythropoietin Administration Diminishes Blood Transfusion Rate in Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass. A Randomized Blind Controlled Study Luca Weltert, Stefano D’Alessandro, Saverio Nardella, Fabiana Girola, Alessandro Bellisario, Daniele Maselli, Ruggero De Paulis European Hospital, Rome, Italy
5:05 pm		NHLBI STICH Trial Debate: Coronary Bypass with Ventricular Reconstruction Does Not Improve Survival Compared to Coronary Bypass Surgery Ballroom A-C Hynes Convention Center Moderator: Andrew S. Wechsler, MD Drexel University College of Medicine PRO: Robert H. Jones, MD Duke University Medical Center CON: Gerald D. Buckberg, MD UCLA Medical Center
6:00 pm		ADJOURN
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
2:00 pm		SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION (8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion) Room 302-306, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: James D. Luketich, MD Bryan F. Meyers, MD 14. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy is Associated with Lower Morbidity than Open Lobectomy: A Propensity-Matched Analysis from the STS Database Subroto Paul,¹ Nasser K. Altorki,¹ Shubin Sheng,² Paul C. Lee,¹ David H. Harpole,² Mark W. Onaitis,² Brendon M. Stiles,¹ Jeffrey L. Port,¹ Thomas A. D’Amico² 1. Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA 2. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA 15. Learning Curves for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Hyun-Sung Lee, Byung-Ho Nam, Jae Ill Zo Center for Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea 16. Propensity Matched Comparison of Surgery vs. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Early Stage Lung Cancer Chadrick Denlinger, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Issam M. El Naqa, Jennifer B. Zoole, Bryan F. Meyers, Alec Patterson, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander S. Krupnick, Traves Crabtree Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA 17. NETT REDUX (Accentuating the Positive) Pablo G. Sanchez, John C. Kucharczuk, Stacey Su, Larry R. Kaiser, Joel D. Cooper Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3:20 pm		INTERMISSION Visit Exhibits Exhibit Hall C-D, Hynes Convention Center
3:55 pm		SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION Room 302-306, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: James D. Luketich, MD Bryan F. Meyers, MD 18. Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum: 10-Year Appraisal with 1,170 Patients Hyung Joo Park, Jongho Cho, Kwang Taik Kim, Young Ho Choi Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea 19. Aggressive Surgical Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in the Extensive Drug Resistance Era Yuji Shiraishi, Naoya Katsuragi, Hidefumi Kita, Yoshiaki Tominaga, Kota Kariatsumari, Takahito Onda Chest Surgery, Fukujuji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 20. Reconstruction of the Pulmonary Artery for Lung Cancer: Long Term Results Federico Venuta,¹ Anna Maria Ciccone,² Marco Anile,¹ Mohsen Ibrahim,² Francesco Pugliese,¹ Domenico Massullo,² Tiziano De Giacomo,¹ Giorgio F. Coloni,¹ Erino A. Rendina² 1. University Sapienza of Rome– Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy 2. University Sapienza of Rome– Ospedale S. Andrea, Rome, Italy 21. Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer After Induction Chemotherapy Domenico Galetta, Piergiorgio Solli, Giulia Veronesi, Alessandro Borri, Roberto Gasparri, Francesco Petrella, Lorenzo Spaggiari Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
5:15 pm		ADJOURN
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
2:00 pm		SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION (8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion) Room 312, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: James S. Tweddell, MD Vaughn A. Starnes, MD 22. Is Cardiac Diagnosis a Predictor of Neurodevelopmental Outcome after Cardiac Surgery in Infancy? J. W. Gaynor,¹ Marsha Gerdes,¹ Alex S. Nord,² Judy Bernbaum,¹ Elaine H. Zackai,¹ Gil Wernovsky,¹ Robert R. Clancy,¹ Patrick J. Heagerty,² Cynthia B. Solot,¹ Jo Ann D’Agostino,¹ Nancy B. Burnham,¹ Donna McDonald- McGinn,¹ Susan C. Nicolson,¹ Thomas L. Spray,¹ Gail P. Jarvik² 1. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 23. Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphism and Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Congenital Heart Diseases Tsvetomir S. Loukanov,1 Christian Sebening,1 Nina Hoss,2 Pencho Tonchev,2 Matthias Karck, Matthias Gorenflo 1. Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 2. Pediatric Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 24. Left Ventricular Rehabilitation is Effective in Maintaining Two-Ventricle Physiology in the Borderline Left Heart Sitaram Emani, Emile A. Bacha, Doff McElhinney, Gerald Marx, Wayne Tworetsky, Frank A. Pigula, Pedro J. del Nido Childrens Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA 25. A Contemporary Comparison of the Effect of Shunt Type in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome on the Hemodynamics and Outcome at Fontan Completion Jean A. Ballweg,¹ Troy E. Dominguez,¹ Chitra Ravishankar,¹ Peter J. Gruber,¹ Gil Wernovsky,¹ J. W. Gaynor,¹ Susan C. Nicolson,¹ Thomas L. Spray,¹ Sarah Tabbutt² 1. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2. University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
3:20 pm		INTERMISSION Visit Exhibits Exhibit Hall C-D, Hynes Convention Center
4:00 pm		SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION Room 312, Hynes Convention Center Moderators: James S. Tweddell, MD Vaughn A. Starnes, MD 26. Chronological Changes in P-wave Characteristics after the Fontan Procedure: Impact of Surgical Modification Masahiro Koh,¹ Hideki Uemura,² Akiko Kada,¹ Koji Kagisaki,¹ Ikuo Hagino,¹ Toshikatsu Yagihara¹ 1. National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan 2. Royal Brompton Hospital, London,United Kingdom 27. Depth of Ventricular Septal Defect and Impact on Reoperation for Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction after Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Does Double Patch Technique Decrease the Incidence of Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction? Anatomical and Clinical Correlation Anastasios C. Polimenakos,¹ Shyam K. Sathanandam,² Soraia Bharati,² Vivian Cui,² David Roberson,² Mary Jane Barth,² Chawki ElZein,² Robert S.D. S. Higgins,¹ Michel Ilbawi² 1. Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease/Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA 2. The Heart Institute for Children at Hope Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA 28. Fenestration During Fontan Palliation: Now the Exception Instead of the Rule Jorge D. Salazar, Kashif Siddiqui, Farhan Zafar, Ryan Coleman, David L. Morales, Jeffrey Heinle, Charles D. Fraser Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
5:00 pm		ADJOURN

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