1. Randomized Trial of Mediastinal Lymph Node Sampling versus Complete Lymphadenectomy during Pulmonary Resection in Patients with N0 or N1 (Less than Hilar) Non-small Cell Carcinoma: Results of the ACOSOG Z0030 Trial
Gail E. Darling¹, Mark S. Allen², Paul Decker³, Karla V. Ballman³, Rodney J. Landreneau⁴, Robert J. McKenna⁵, David R. Jones⁷, Richard I. Inculet⁸, Valerie W. Rusch⁹, Joe B. Putnam⁶
1. Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 3. Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 4. Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 5. Thoracic Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6. Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Memphis TN, USA. 7. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,VA, USA. 8. Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. 9. Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

Invited Discussant: Joseph B. Shrager, MD
 

2. One Slide Fits All: The Versatility of Slide Tracheoplasty Utilizing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support for Airway Reconstruction in Children
Peter B. Manning¹, Michael J. Rutter², Asher Lisec³, Bradley S. Marino³
1. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. 2. Otorhinolaryngology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. 3. Cardiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Invited Discussant: Charles B. Huddleston, MD
 

3. Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation at Three Years
Thomas Walther, Joerg Kempfert, Michael A. Borger, Ardawan J. Rastan, Axel Linke, Gerhard Schuler, Friedrich W. Mohr
Cardiac Surgery,Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

Invited Discussant: Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
 

4. Superior Nationwide Outcomes of Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Compared to Open Repair for Isolated Descending Thoracic Aneurysm in a Cohort of 11,000 Patients
Raja R. Gopaldas¹, ², Joseph Huh¹, ², Tam K. Dao¹, Scott A. LeMaire¹, ², Danny Chu¹, ⁴, Faisal G. Bakaeen¹, ⁴, Joseph Coselli¹, ²
1. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. 2. Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. 3. Department of Education Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. 4. Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Invited Discussant: John A. Kern, MD
 

AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Scientific Achievement Award
Richard D. Weisel, MD
Toronto General Hospital

C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum Award

TSRA McGoon Award

TSFRE Report

5. Identifying Patients at Particular Risk of Injury at Repeat Sternotomy: Analysis of Over 2500 Cardiac Reoperations
Chan B. Park, Rakesh M. Suri, Harold M. Burkhart, Kevin L. Greason, Joseph A. Dearani, Hartzell V. Schaff, Thoralf M. Sundt
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Invited Discussant: Irving L. Kron, MD

6. The Effect of Regionalization on Outcome in Pulmonary Lobectomy: A Canadian National Study
Christian J. Finley¹, Shaf Keshavjee¹, David R. Urbach², Anna Bendzsak¹, George Tomlinson², Gail E. Darling¹
1. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Division of Clinical Decision Making and Health Care, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Invited Discussant: Yolonda L. Colson, MD, PhD
 

7. Hemodynamic Results at 1 Month and Over One Year of Endoventricular Patch Plasty in 117 Ischemic Failing Ventricles Excluded from the STICH Trial
Vincent Dor, Filippo Civaia, Clara Alexandrescu, Michel Sabatier, Françoise Montiglio
Centre Cardio-Thoracique, Monaco Cedex, Monaco.

Invited Discussant: Robert H. Jones,  MD
 

8. Endoscopic Vein Harvest is Associated with Compromised Patency Outcomes: Results from the Prospective Randomized ROOBY Trial
Marco A. Zenati¹, Ali F. Sonel², A. Laurie Shroyer³, Morteza Amidi², Joseph Collins⁴, G. Hossein Almassi⁵, ROOBY Study³, ⁶
1. Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 2. Cardiology, VA Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,USA. 3. VA Northport, Northport, NY, USA. 4. CSP Data Coordinating Center, Perry Point, MD, USA. 5. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 6. ECHS Denver VAMC, Denver, CO, USA.

Invited Discussant: Carlos A. Mestres, MD, PhD
 

9. Impact of Pulmonary Hypertension on Outcomes Following Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Valve Stenosis
Spencer J. Melby, Marci Bailey, Marc R. Moon, Nader Moazami, Jennifer S. Lawton, Brian R. Lindman, Ralph J. Damiano
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Invited Discussant: James S. Gammie, MD
 

10. A Randomized Trial of a Restrictive versus Liberal Blood Transfusion Strategy in Older Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients
Robin Varghese¹, M. Lee Myers¹, L. Ray Guo¹, Neville Suskin²
1. Cardiac Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada. 2. Cardiology London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.

Invited Discussant: Jennifer S. Lawton, MD
 

11. Robotic Mitral Valve Repair versus Conventional Approaches: Potential Realized
Tomislav Mihaljevic, Craig Jarrett, A. Marc Gillinov, Sarah Williams, Pierre DeVilliers, Eugene H. Blackstone
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Invited Discussant: Volkmar  Falk, MD
 

12. Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in High-Risk Percutaneous Transpical Aortic Valve Replacement Candidates
Andrew W. El Bardissi, Prem Shekar, Gregory S. Couper, Ann Maloney, Lawrence H. Cohn
Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Invited Discussant: Craig R. Smith, MD
 

13. The Cox-Maze IV Procedure: Predictors of Late Recurrence
Ralph J. Damiano, Marci Bailey, Forrest H. Schwartz, Nabil A. Munfakh, Jennifer S. Lawton, Richard B. Schuessler, Marc R. Moon
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Invited Discussant: Michael Argenziano, MD
 

14. Long Term Results of the Heller-Dor Operation with Intra Operative Manometry for the Cure of Esophageal Achalasia
Sandro Mattioli¹, Alberto Ruffato¹, Vladimiro Pilotti¹, Beatrice Aramini¹, Frank D’Ovidio²
1. Division of Esophageal and Pulmonary Surgery, Villa Maria Cecilia Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, BO, Italy. 2. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Invited Discussant: Bryan Meyers, MD, MPH
 

15. The Impact of Adjuvant Brachytherapy with Sublobar Resection on Pulmonary Function And Dyspnea; Preliminary Results from ACOSOG Z4032 Trial
Hiran C. Fernando¹, Rodney J. Landreneau², Sumithra Mandrekar⁸, Shauna Hillman⁸, Francis C. Nichols⁴, Bryan Meyers⁵, Thomas Dipetrillo⁶, Dwight E. Heron³, Joe B. Putnam⁷
1. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittburgh, PA, USA. 3. Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittburgh, PA, USA. 4. Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 5. Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. 6. Radiation Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. 7. Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, USA. 8. Health Sciences and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Invited Discussant: Walter Weder, MD

16. Lobectomy Leads To Optimal Survival in Early-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Malcolm M. DeCamp¹, Abram Recht², John C. Flickinger³, Laura N. Medford-Davis⁴, Anne-Marie Dyer⁵, John M. Varlotto⁶
1. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. 3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 5. Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. 6. Division of Radiation Oncology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA,USA.

Invited Discussant: Jessica S. Donington, MD
 

17. Bilateral Lung Transplantation Does Not Improve Survival in Patients 65 and Above
Shekar L. Reddy, Richa Sharma, Shu S. Lin, Scott M. Palmer, David W. Zaas, R. Duane Davis
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Division, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

Invited Discussant: Thomas K. Waddell, MD, MSc,PhD
 

18. Patterns of Recurrence and Incidence of Second Primary Tumors after Lobectomy by VATS versus Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer
Raja M. Flores, Ugonna N. Ihekweazu, Nabil Rizk, Manjit S. Bains, Robert J. Downey, Prasad Adusumilli, David J. Finley, James Huang, Joseph Dycoco, Valerie W. Rusch, Bernard Park
Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, Thoracic Surg, New York, NY, USA

Invited Discussant: Scott J. Swanson, MD
 

19. Respiratory Function after Pneumonectomy. Results of the Pneumonectomy Project
Jean Deslauriers, Steve Provencher, Paula Ugalde, Santiago Miro, Yves Lacasse, Sébastien Bergeron, Sylvie Ferland
Centre de Pneumologie, IUCPQ (Hôpital Laval), Quebec, QC, Canada.

Invited Discussant: David J. Sugarbaker, MD
 

20. Age, Mediastinal Downstaging and Extent of Pulmonary Resection are Independent Predictors of Survival in Clinical Stage IIIA Patients after Induction Therapy
Subroto Paul, Jeffrey L. Port, Brendon M. Stiles, Paul C. Lee, James Saunders, Farooq Mirza, Nasser K. Altorki
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

Invited Discussant: Gail E. Darling, MD
 

21. Application of the Hemi-Mustard/Bidirectional Glenn Atrial Switch in the Double Switch Procedure for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries. Rationale and Midterm Results
Sunil P. Malhotra¹, V. Mohan Reddy², Mary Qiu², Timothy J. Pirolli², Laura Barboza², Olaf Reinhartz², Frank L. Hanley²
1. Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 2. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Invited Discussant: David J. Barron, FRCS
 

22. Aortic Valve Repair by Cusp Extension for Rheumatic Aortic Insufficiency in Children: Long-Term Results and Impact of Extension Material
Patrick O. Myers¹, Cecile Tissot³, Jan T. Christenson², Maurice Beghetti³, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu², Afksendiyos Kalangos²
1. Cardiac Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals & School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. 3. Unit of Pediatric Cardiology, Geneva University Hospitals & School of Medicine, Geneva,Switzerland.

Invited Discussant: Emile A. Bacha, MD
 

23. Atrioventricular Valve Repair in Patients with Single Ventricle Physiology: Impact of Ventricular Function and Morphology, Valve Morphology and Mechanism of Insufficiency on Outcomes
Osami Honjo, Cori Atlin, Luc Mertens, Osman O. Al-Radi, Andrew N. Redington, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen Van Arsdell
The Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON,Canada.

Invited Discussant: Jennifer C. Hirsch, MD
 

24. The Kinetics of the Development of Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Heather Underkofler¹, Michele Frommelt³, Raymond T. Fedderly³, Pippa M. Simpson², Michael E. Mitchell³, James S. Tweddell³, Kimberly L. Gandy³
1. Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 2. Pediatrics, Children’s Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 3. Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin,Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Invited Discussant: Shunji Sano, MD, PhD
 

25. Subsequent Aortic Arch and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Procedures in Patients after Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair: A Multi-Institutional Study
Anusha Jegatheeswaran¹, Marshall L. Jacobs², Gary K. Lofland³, Jeffrey P. Jacobs⁴, Richard A. Jonas⁵, Brian W. McCrindle⁶, Eugene H. Blackstone⁷, Marco Ricci⁸, William G. Williams¹, Christopher A. Caldarone¹, William M. DeCampli⁹
1. Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,USA. 3. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas, MO, USA. 4. Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Cardiac Surgical Associates of Florida (CSAoF), University of South Florida (USF), All Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Tampa, Saint Petersburg and Tampa, FL, USA. 5. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease, Children’s National Medical Center,Washington, DC, USA. 6. Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. 7. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. 8. Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Health Systems, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. 9. Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Congenital Heart Institute at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA.

Invited Discussant: Charles D. Fraser Jr., MD
 

26. Leaflet Suspension to the Contralateral Annulus to Address Mitral and Tricuspid Leaflet Restriction or Tethering
Patrick O. Myers¹, Jan T. Christenson², Mustafa Cikirikcioglu², Yacine O. Aggoun³, Cecile Tissot³, Afksendiyos Kalangos²
1. Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva University Hospital & School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. 3. Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s University Hospital & School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

Invited Discussant: Luca A. Vricella, MD
 

27. Pediatric Heart Re-Transplantation: Patterns of Primary Graft Failure Differ Between Recipients Initially Transplanted in Infancy Compared to Older Children
John M. Karamichalis, Shelley Miyamoto, David N. Campbell, Jilayne Smith, Sydne Clark, Biagio A. Pietra, Max B. Mitchell
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado Denver Health Science Center, Denver, CO, USA.

Invited Discussant: Jonathan Michael Chen, MD
 

Building the Hybrid OR of the Future
Room 201 Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Program Directors:
Raphael Bueno, MD
John Byrne, MD

Supported by Edwards Lifesciences
CME credit not offered for this session