AATS: American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
Watch the AATS Leadership Video
 
2011 Preliminary Program -  Monday, May 9, 2011
< Program Index
7:30 a.m.   Business Session
(AATS Members Only)
7:45 a.m.   PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Moderators: Irving L. Kron, MD
Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD

1.   Late Breaking Clinical Trial: Frequency and Severity of Neurologic Events after Aortic Valve Replacement or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in High Surgical Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis: The PARTNER Trial Stroke Substudy
D. Craig Miller on behalf of the PARTNER Trial Investigators.

Invited Discussant: John G. Byrne, M.D.
2.   A Prospective Controlled Trial of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Compared to Mediastinoscopy for Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging of Lung Cancer
Kazuhiro Yasufuku1, Andrew Pierre1, Gail E. Darling1, Marc de Perrot1, Thomas K. Waddell1, Michael R. Johnston1, Gilda D. Santos2, William R. Geddie2, Scott Boerner2, Shaf Keshavjee1

1. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Invited Discussant: Joel D. Cooper, MD
3.   Intra-Operative Adverse Events Can Be Compensated in Infants After Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Study
Meena Nathan1, John M. Karamichalis1, Hua Liu1, Pedro J. del Nido1, Frank A. Pigula1, Ravi Thiagarajan1, Emile A. Bacha2

1. Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, United States. 2. Cardiac Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York, New York, NY, United States.

Invited Discussant: Marc R. de Leval, MD
4.   On-Pump vs. Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in High-Risk Patients: Operative Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial (On-Off Study)
Massimo Lemma1, Enrico Coscioni2, Francesco P. Tritto3, Paolo Centofanti4, Corrado Fondacone5, Andrea Salica6, Monica Contino1, Agnese Rossi7, Tiziana De Santo7, Giuseppe Di Benedetto2, Luigi Piazza3, Mauro Rinaldi4, Luigi De Luca Tupputi Schinosa5, Ruggero De Paulis6, Michele Genoni8

1. Cardiac Surgery, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy. 2. Cardiac Surgery, S. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona General University Hospital, Salerno, Italy. 3. Cardiac Surgery, S. Anna e S. Sebastiano Hospital, Caserta, Italy. 4. Cardiac Surgery, S. Giovanni Battista University General hospital, Torino, Italy. 5. Cardiac Surgery, Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy. 6. Cardiac Surgery, European Hospital, Roma, Italy. 7. Cardiovascular, Medtronic Inc., Milano, Italy. 8. Cardiac Surgery, City Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Invited Discussant: Bruce W. Lytle, MD
9:05 a.m.   AWARD PRESENTATIONS
9:20 a.m.   INTERMISSION – VISIT EXHIBITS/COFFEE BREAK
10:00 a.m.   BASIC SCIENCE LECTURE
“Public Support of Biomedical Research”
Susan B. Shurin, MD
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
Introduced By: Irving L. Kron, MD
10:40 a.m.   PLENARY SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Moderators: Craig R. Smith, MD
Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD
5.   Institutional Volume Modifies the Effect of Recipient Risk on Short-Term Mortality for Patients Receiving Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
George J. Arnaoutakis1, Timothy J. George1, Stuart D. Russell2, Ashish S. Shah1, John V. Conte1, Eric S. Weiss1

1. Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Invited Discussant: R. Duane Davis, Jr., MD
6.   Expanding the Indications for Septal Myectomy in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results of Operation in Patients with Latent Obstruction
Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Steve R. Ommen, Paul Sorajja, Rick A. Nishimura
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.

Invited Discussant: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
11:25 a.m.   PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
“Surgical Mentoring” Irving L. Kron, MD
University of Virginia

Introduced By: Craig R. Smith, MD
12:15 p.m.   ADJOURN FOR LUNCH – VISIT EXHIBITS
12:15 p.m. Cardiothoracic Residents’ Luncheon*
12:15 p.m. Ethics Forum Luncheon:
Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Should Be Rationed*
Chair: Robert M. Sade, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Pro: John Mayer, MD
Children’s Hospital Boston
Con: Grayson Wheatley, III, MD
Arizona Heart Institute
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 2011 | SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
2:00 p.m.   ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Moderators: Ottavio R. Alfieri, MD
R. Morton Bolman, III, MD

7.   Angiographic Predictors of Three Years Patency of Bypass Grafts Implanted to the Right Coronary Artery: A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Gastroepiploïc Artery, Saphenous Vein Grafts and Right ITA
David Glineur, William D’hoore, Claude Hanet, Laurent de Kerchove, Parla Astarci, Philipe Noirhomme, Gebrine El Khoury

Cliniques Universitaire St-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Invited Discussant: Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD
8.   Mitral Valve Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Mitral Regurgitation: The Impact of Repair vs. Replacement
Simon Maltais, Hartzell V. Schaff, Richard C. Daly, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph A. Dearani, Rakesh M. Suri, Harold M. Burkhart, Kevin L. Greason, Yan Topilsky, Soon J. Park

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States.

Invited Discussant: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
9.   Prophylactic Tricuspid Annuloplasty in Patients with Dilated Tricuspid Annulus Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery
Umberto Benedetto, Giovanni Melina, Emiliano Angeloni, Antonino Roscitano, Riccardo Sinatra

Cardiac Surgery, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Invited Discussant: W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD
3:00 p.m.   INTERMISSION – VISIT EXHIBITS/COFFEE BREAK
3:35 p.m.   ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION –
Moderators: Ottavio R. Alfieri, MD
R. Morton Bolman, III, MD

10.   Trends in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
Andrew W. ElBardissi, James S. Gammie, Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Caprice Greenberg, Sary F. Aranki

Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

Invited Discussant: T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr., MD
11.   Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for All Prolapse Subsets Using Techniques Identical to Open Valvuloplasty: Establishing the Benchmark Against Which Percutaneous Interventions Should Be Judged
Rakesh M. Suri, Harold M. Burkhart, Richard C. Daly, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph A. Dearani, Soon J. Park, Zhuo Li, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Hartzell V. Schaff

Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.

Invited Discussant: Lawrence H. Cohn, MD
12.   Continue Biatrial Pacing to Prevent Early Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Maze Procedure
William Wang1, Donald Buehler1, Xiao Dong Feng2, ChuiYe Zhang2

1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA, United States. 2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Invited Discussant: Michael Argenziano, MD
13.   Effect of Sensitization in U.S. Bridge to Transplant Patients: Update in a Modern Cohort
George J. Arnaoutakis1, Timothy J. George1, Arman Kilic1, Stuart D. Russell2, John V. Conte1, Ashish S. Shah1

1. Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Invited Discussant: Carmelo A. Milano, MD
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 2011 | SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
2:00 p.m.   CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION –
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Moderators: Emile A. Bacha, MD
V. Mohan Reddy, MD

14.   Anatomical Repair for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: Mid-Term Results of a Single Institution, 18-Year Experience
Bari Murtuza1, Donna Eaton1, Oliver Stumper2, John Stickley1, Timothy J. Jones1, David J. Barron1, William J. Brawn1

1. Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2. Cardiology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Invited Discussant: Richard A Jonas, MD
15.   Effect of Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Renal Injury in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Massimo Caputo1,2, Nishith N. Patel1, Chris Rogers1, Paolo de Siena2, Serban Stoica2, Gianni D. Angelini1, Andrew Parry2

1. Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom. 2. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Invited Discussant: Richard G. Ohye, MD
16.   Arterial Switch Operation in the First Hours of Life Using Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood
K. Chasovskyi1, O. Fedevych2, G. Vorobiova3, V. Zhovnir4, A. Maksimenko2, O. Boychenko5, J. Lysak1, G. Cohen6, I. Yemets2 1. Perfusiology, Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center, Kyiv. 2. Surgery,

Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center, Kyiv. 3. Immunology, Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center, Kyiv. 4. Intensive Care, Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center, Kyiv. 5. Anesthesiology, Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center, Kyiv. 6. Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital, USA.

Invited Discussant: Ralph S. Mosca, MD
17.   Outcome of Size Disparity of Transplanted Hearts on Cardiac Growth in Infants and Children
Eva Maria Delmo Walter, Roland Hetzer

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Invited Discussant: Charles B. Huddleston, MD
3:20 p.m.   INTERMISSION – VISIT EXHIBITS/COFFEE BREAK
3:55 p.m.   CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Moderators: Emile A. Bacha, MD
V. Mohan Reddy, MD

18.   Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Congenital Cardiac Lesions: Is There Merit in Delaying Intervention to Permit Growth and Maturation?
Edward J. Hickey1, Yaroslavna Nosikova1, Hargen Zhang1, Alyssa Parpia1, Johann Lue1, Christopher A. Caldarone1, Lee Benson2, Andrew N. Redington2, Glen Van Arsdell1

1. Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Invited Discussant: Scott M. Bradley, MD
19.   Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart Surgery: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Christopher E. Mascio1, Sara K. Pasquali2, Jeffrey P. Jacobs3, Gregory Shook2, Marshall L. Jacobs4, Erle H. Austin1

1. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States. 2. Duke University, Durham, NC, United States. 3. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States. 4. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States.

Invited Discussant: Joseph A. Dearani, MD
20.   The Effect of Morphology on Outcomes Following the Sano-Norwood Procedure: A Comparative Study of 264 Patients
Bari Murtuza1, Douglas Wall1, Oliver Stumper2, John Stickley1, Timothy J. Jones1, David J. Barron1, William J. Brawn1

1. Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2. Cardiology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Invited Discussant: Emile A. Bacha, MD
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 2011 | SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
2:00 p.m.   GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION
(8 minutes presentation, 12 minutes discussion)
Moderators: Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH
Joseph B. Shrager, MD

21.   Randomized Comparison of Awake Nonresectional vs. Nonawake Resectional Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Eugenio Pompeo1, Federico Tacconi1, Mario Dauri2, Paola Rogliani3, Cesare Saltini3, Giuseppe Novelli4, Tommaso C. Mineo1

1. Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica, Policlinico Universitario Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. 2. Anesthesiology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. 3. Pneumology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. 4. Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.

Invited Discussant: Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH
22.   A Phase II Trial of Surgical Resection Following Neoadjuvant Concurrent Chemotherapy and High Dose Radiotherapy for Stage III NSCLC:RTOG 0229
Mark J. Krasna1, Rebecca Paulus3, Mohan Suntharalingam2, Martin Edelman2, Whitney Burrows2, Elizabeth Gore5, Sue S. Yom6, Hok Choy4

1. St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Towson, MD, United States. 2. Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States. 3. RTOG Statistical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 4. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, United States. 5. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States. 6.University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Invited Discussant: Marc de Perrot, MD, MSc
23.   Outcome of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Referred for Lung Transplantation – A 14-Year Single-Center Experience
Marc de Perrot1,2, John Granton2,3, Karen McRae2, Andrew Pierre1,2, Lianne Singer2, Thomas K. Waddell1,2, Shaf Keshavjee1,2

1. Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Toronto Lung Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 3.Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Invited Discussant: Kenneth R. McCurry, MD
24.   Efficacy of Low-Dose Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide on Postoperative Cardio-Pulmonary Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer
Takashi Nojiri1, Masayoshi Inoue1, Masato Minami1, Noriyoshi Sawabata1, Yoshihisa Kadota1, Yasushi Shintani1, Tomoyuki Nakagiri1, Kazuhiro Yamamoto2, Hajime Maeda3, Yukiyasu Takeuchi3, Yasunobu Funakoshi3, Meinoshin Okumura1

1. General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita-City, Osaka, Japan. 2. Cardiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita-City, Osaka, Japan. 3. General Thoracic Surgery, National Toneyama Hospital, Toyonaka-City, Osaka, Japan.

Invited Discussant: Mark K. Ferguson, MD
3:20 p.m.   INTERMISSION – VISIT EXHIBITS/COFFEE BREAK
3:55 p.m.   GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
SIMULTANEOUS SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Moderators: Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH
Joseph B. Shrager, MD

25.   The Optimization of Mediastinal Staging in Potential Candidates for Stereotactic Radiosurgery of the Chest
Devadatta Sarwate2, Constantine M. Burgan2, William S. Krimsky1,2, Kalpesh Patel2, Saiyad Sarkar1,2, Daniel P. Harley1

1. Thoracic Surgery, Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Pulmonary Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Invited Discussant: Richard I. Whyte, MD
26.   Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction for Lung Cancer: Surgical Techniques and Long-Term Results
Domenico Galetta, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandro Borri, Roberto I. Gasparri, Francesco Petrella, Lorenzo Spaggiari

Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

Invited Discussant: Scott J. Swanson, MD
27.   Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Followed by Surgery for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Significance of Microscopically Positive Circumferential Margins
John A. Harvin, Guy Lahat, Arlene M. Correa, Jared J. Lee, Dipen Maru, Jaffer A. Ajani, Edith M. Marom, James Welsh, Garrett L. Walsh, Jack A. Roth, Reza J. Mehran, Ara A. Vaporciyan, David C. Rice, Stephen G. Swisher, Wayne L. Hofstetter

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.

Invited Discussant: Gail E. Darling, MD
5:00 p.m. Coronary Artery Disease in 2011 and Beyond-
What The Surgeon Needs To Know About Three Year Syntax Outcomes, Other Randomized Controlled Trials in CAD and the New CABG Guidelines
Ballroom AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Moderator: John D. Puskas, MD
Emory University
5:00 p.m.   The Syntax Trial 3-Year Outcomes: Cardiologist’s Perspective
Martin B. Leon, MD
Columbia University Medical Center/Cardiovascular Research Foundation
5:10 p.m.   Questions
5:15 p.m.   The Syntax Trial 3-Year Outcomes: Surgeon’s Perspective
Michael J. Mack, MD
Baylor Health Care System
5:25 p.m.   Questions
5:30 p.m.   Why Randomized Trials in CAD Are Important to Surgeons and How to Discuss Them with Your Cardiologists
John D. Puskas, MD
Emory University
5:40 p.m.   Questions
5:45 p.m.   Why the New European Guidelines for the Management of Coronary Artery Disease Are Important to All Cardiac Surgeons
A. Pieter Kappetein, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC
5:55 p.m.   Questions
6:00 p.m.   The EXCEL Trial—The Natural Extension of the Syntax Trial
Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD
Cleveland Clinic
6:10 p.m.   Questions
6:15 p.m.   ADJOURN
    *Pre-registration required

 
Policies | Find a Surgeon | About | Contact
We Model Excellence
 Follow AATS on Facebook
Copyright © 2012 American Association for Thoracic Surgery
All rights reserved. IMPORTANT REMINDER: The preceding information is intended only to provide
general guidance and not as a definitive basis for diagnosis or treatment in any particular case.
It is very important that you consult a doctor about any specific medical problem or question.