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AATS

Postgraduate Course

Congenital Heart Disease

Sunday, April 25, 1993

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Hotel

Chicago, Illinois

Objectives

The 1993 Postgraduate Course on Congenital Heart Disease will address the following three topics: Systemic Outflow Tract Obstruction in the Neonate, Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and Aortopulmonary Systemic Collaterals, and Allografts and Autografts. This course will provide attendees with the opportunity to interact with recognized experts involved in the research and development of new techniques and procedures in congenital heart disease. The format of the course will include lectures on current issues within each of the three topic areas, with ample time provided during each session for discussion of specific questions from the audience.

Registration

Enrollment in this course will be by preregistration until March 26, 1993. Registration forms will be processed in the order in which they are received and must be accompanied by payment in full. After March 26, 1993, participants may register on site. The registration fee is $35.00 and includes the PG course, coffee break, and lunch.

Accreditation

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery designates this continuing medical education activity for 6 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physicians Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.


SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1993

Program - Grand Ballroom B

I. SYSTEMIC OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION IN THE NEONATE

Moderators:Edward L. Bove, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robert M. Sade, M.D., Charleston, South Carolina

8:00 a.m. PREOPERATIVE DETERMINATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SIZE: WHEN IS THE LEFT HEART TOO SMALL?

Robert H. Beekman HI, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan

8:15 a.m. SUBAORTIC STENOSIS WITH INTERRUPTED ARCH OR COARCTATION

Michel N. Ilbawi, M.D., Chicago, Illinois

8:30 a.m. TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES WITH OUTLET CHAMBER

Aldo R. Castaneda, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts

8:45 a.m. STAGED RECONSTRUCTION FOR HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME

Edward L. Bove, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan

9:00 a.m. CRITICAL AORTIC STENOSIS IN THE NEONATE

Lee Benson, M.D., Toronto, Ontario

9:15 a.m. DISCUSSION

10:00 a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK

II. TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA AND AORTOPULMONARY SYSTEMIC COLLATERALS

Moderators:Constantine Mavroudis, M.D., Chicago, Illinois

Gary Lofland, M.D., Richmond, Virginia

10:30 a.m. ANATOMY OF SYSTEMIC COLLATERALS AND PULMONARY ARTERIES

Marlene Rabinovitch, M.D., Toronto, Ontario

10:45 a.m. INITIAL SURGICAL MANAGEMENT

Richard A. Jonas, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts

11:00 a.m. ROLE OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Larry A. Latson, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio

11:15 a.m. RESULTS OF COMPLETE REPAIR

John W. Kirklin, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama

11:30 a.m. DISCUSSION

12:00 noon LUNCHEON

III. ALLOGRAFTS AND AUTOGRAFTS/MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

Moderators:David R. Clarke, M.D., Denver, Colorado

Thomas Spray, M.D., St. Louis, Missouri

1:30 p.m. CELLULAR AND IMMUNOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ALLOGRAFTS

Flavian M. Lupinetti, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan

1:45 p.m. AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH AUTOGRAFTS

Ronald C. Elkins, M.D., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2:00 p.m. FATE OF ALLOGRAFTS IN THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION

David R. Clarke, Denver, Colorado

2:15 p.m. DISCUSSION

2:45 p.m. STRESS RESPONSE IN INFANTS DURING AND AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY Paul Hickey, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts

3:00 p.m. INTERRUPTED AORTIC ARCH AND COARCTATION: CHSS UPDATE

John W. Kirklin, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama

3:15 p.m. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?

Robert M. Sade, M.D., Charleston, South Carolina

3:30 p.m. DISCUSSION

4:00 p.m. MEETING ADJOURNS

 
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