✝ No CME Credits Awarded
* Young Investigator Award Applicant

THURSDAY, 31 May 2012
07.30 - 08.30	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
08.00 - 08.15	Opening & Welcome Remarks
08.15 - 09.40	Cardiac Session 1: Valve - Transcatheter Therapies
C1	Transcatheter Valve Replacement: New Concepts for Microsurgery Inside the Heart Friedrich M.1, Brecht R.1 ,Heinisch P.P.1, Plonien K.1, Akra B.1, Hagl C.1, Bombien R.2 1Clinical of Cardiac Surgery, University of Munich, Grosshadem, Munich, Germany, 2 Department of Surgery - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Munich, Grosshadem, Munich, Germany Discussion (4 minutes)
C2*	Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation at 5 Years Martin Haensig, MD1, Ardawan J. Rastan, MD, PhD1, David Holzhey, MD1, Thomas Walther, MD, PhD2, Jens Garbade, MD, PhD1, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD1, Axel Linke, MD, PhD1, Jörg Ender, MD1, Gerhard Schuler, PhD, MD1, Jörg Kempfert, MD2, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD1 1Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 2Kerkhoff-Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP1	Acute Kidney Injury Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Incidence, Predictive Factors and Prognostic effects Aiman Alassar, Nada Abdulkareem, Oswaldo Valencia, Stephen Brecker, Marjan Jahangiri St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
CMP2	Accuracy of new EuroSCORE II in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation Arnaud Van Linden, Serap Alkaya, Jörg Kempfert, Johannes Blumenstein, Won-Keun Kim, Markus Schönburg, Helge Möllmann, Christian Hamm, Thomas Walther Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany
CMP3	Expanded experience using the Transaortic approach for transcatheter valve implantation using the Edward Sapien valve Rizwan Attia, Michael Sabetai, Martyn Thomas, Simon Redwood, Jane Hancock, Christopher P. Young, Vinnie N. Bapat Guy's and St Thomas NHS foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Discussion (5 minutes)
C3	Transapical aortic valve implantation using the SYMETIS ACURATE TA device - Clinical experience to date Joerg Kempfert1, Hendrik Treede2, Ardawan Rastan3, David Holzhey3, Markus Schönburg1, Matthias Thielmann4, Holger Schroefel5, Arnaud van Linden1, Johannes Blumenstein1, Friedrich W. Mohr3, Thomas Walther1 1Kerckhoff Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 2Heartcenter University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 3Heartcenter University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 4Heartcenter university of Essen, Essen, Germany, 5Clinic for Cardiac Surgery Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP4	Toward Direct Percutaneous LV Access: Healing Study of Porcine Heart Transapical Wounds Closed Using a Remote Automated Suturing Technology Peter A. Knight1, Jude S. Sauer2, James W. Kaufer2, Candice L. Wilshire1 1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA, 2LSI Solutions, Rochester, NY, USA
CMP5	Experimental evaluation of a new apical access and closure device Johannes Blumenstein1, Arnaud Van Linden1, Joerg Kempfert1, Mani Arsalan1, Helge Moellmann2, James Greene3, Jorge H. Jimenez3, Thomas Walther4 1Kerckhoff Heart-Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 2Kerckhoff Heart-Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 3Apica Cardiovascular Limited, National University Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Ireland, 4Kerckhoff Heart-Center, Departement of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP6	How does etiology of mitral regurgitation (MR) influence outcome of interventional mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system in high-surgical-risk patients? Johannes Schirmer, Stephan Baldus, Hendrik Treede, Volker Rudolph, Olaf Franzen, Malgorzata Knap, Lenard Conradi, Moritz Seiffert, Stefan Blankenberg, Hermann Reichenspurner University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
CMP7	Update on Mitral Valved-Stent Implantation with an Apically Tethered Valve Saskia Pokorny1, Katharina Huenges1, Martin Marczynski-Bühlow1, Telse M. Bähr1, Huangdong Dai1, Jan-Paul Gundlach1, Lucian Lozonschi2, Georg Lutter1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, School of Medicine, Kiel, Germany, 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
CMP8	First in man implantation of transapical 29 mm Edwards Sapien aortic valve in a failed mitral valve repair with a 34mm annuloplasty ring Gry Dahle, Arnt Fiane, Hilde Korslund, Kjell Arne Rein Rikshospitalet, OUS, Oslo, Norway Discussion (5 minutes)
09.40 - 10.30	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.30 - 11.00	Introduction of the Presidents
11.00 - 11.45	Presidential Address John L. Knight, MD; Flinders Medical Center, Bedford Park, Australia
11.45 - 14.15	ISMICS International Fellows and Residents Luncheon - Trainees to Consultants✝ Session Director: Francis D. Ferdinand, MD; The Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
11.45 - 13.15	LUNCH SYMPOSIA✝ Luncheon Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
13.15 - 15.00	Cardiac Session 2: Revascularization
C4*	Age Modifies the Comparative Early Outcomes of Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Arman Kilic1, David D. Yuh2, Ashish S. Shah1, William A. Baumgartner1, John V. Conte1 1Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
C5	Superior outcomes in patients undergoing surgery with a minimized extracorporealcirculation compared to off pump revascularization Thorsten Wittwer, Anton Sabashnikov, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Parwis Rahmanian, Mohammed Zeriouh, Thorsten Wahlers Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Discussion (4 minutes)
C6	Hybrid Coronary Revascularization; A Game Changer Francis P. Sutter1, Timothy A. Shapiro1, MaryAnn Wertan1, Francis D. Ferdinand1, Janet L. Reynolds1, Anny Luong1, Vanessa J. Cambria-Mengel1, Li Zhang2 1Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, USA, 2Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
C7	Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Beating Heart Changqing Gao PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China Discussion (4 minutes)
CV1	Minimally invasive direct Right Internal thoracic artery harvesting and multivessel total arterial CABG using BITAS through a left minithoracotomy without robotic or thoracoscopic assistance Pradeep Nambiar, Chandermohan Mittal Dr.B.L.Kapur Hospital, New Delhi, India Discussion (3 minutes)
CMP9	Increasing Surgical Experience With Off-Pump Coronary Surgery Does Not Mitigate the Morbidity of Emergency Conversion to Cardiopulmonary Bypass Jonathan M. Hemli, Nirav C. Patel, Valavanur A. Subramanian Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP10	Application of a Transthoracic Aortic Crossclamp from theLeft for Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Eric Lehr, MD1, Kimberly Schwartz2, Alina Grigore2, Johannes Bonatti2 1Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, Seattle, WA, USA, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
CMP11	Robotic TECAB and PCI in Integrated Coronary Revascularization: Initial Experience using a Planned Staged Approach Husam H. Balkhy1, John Manley1, Richard Wakefield2, Krishna Kumar1, David Ashpole1, Amanda Allen1, Susan Arnsdorf1, Dorothy Krienbring1 1The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2Community Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, USA Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP12	Does Body Mass Index affect intra-operative and post-operative outcomes in Robotic assisted Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass procedures? Nirav Patel, Lincoln Darla, Christopher Panetta, Jonathan Hemli, Joan Jennings, Valavanur A. Subramanian Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP13	RoboticReoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Adam J. Hansen, Robert S. Poston, Michael Simmons The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
CMP14	Continued experience with robotically enhanced minimally invasive bypass surgery (Endo MIDCAB) using the Da Vinci System in Germany Christian Detter, Tobias Deuse, Lenard Conradi, Hermann Reichenspurner, Hendrik Treede University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
CMP15	Endoscopic Vessel Harvest Using Current Techniques: Analysis of Thermal Spread, Conduit Quality and Adverse Events Brian J. deGuzman1, Dixie Patterson1, Lishan Aklog1, J Papson2, J Luber2 1St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoeinx, AZ, USA, 2St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA Discussion (5 minutes)
15.00 - 15.45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.45 - 17.00	Cardiac Session 3: Aortic & Endovascular
C8*	An Endovascular Approach to Stanford Type B Aortic Dissections Mitigates the Adverse Impact of Increasing Age or Comorbidity Burden on Operative Mortality Arman Kilic1, John V. Conte1, Ashish S. Shah1, Duke E. Cameron1, David D. Yuh2. 1Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
C9	Transapical access for endograft treatment of acute type A aortic dissection Tilo Kölbel1, Jens Brickwedel2, Lenard Conradi2, Sabine Wipper1, Eike Sebastian Debus1, Hermann Reichenspurner2 1University Heart Center Hamburg, Department of Vascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany, 2University Heart Center Hamburg, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany Discussion (4 minutes)
C10	Early Clinical Outcomes of the Debranching Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair without Sternotomy nor Thoracotomy in High Risk Patients with Distal Aortic Arch Disease Kazuya Kobayashi, Hideki Ueda, Toshihiro Ohata KKR Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan Discussion (4 minutes)
C11	Frozen or Fixed Elephant Trunk? Mid-Term Results of Two Different Hybrid Approaches to Extensive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Giampiero Esposito, Giangiuseppe Cappabianca, Samuele Bichi, Nicola Troisi Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
CMP16	Hybrid aortic repair using a custom quadfurcated graft: mid-term outcomes Ali Khoynezhad1, Carlos Donayre2, Rod White2 1Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
CMP17	Matrix-based repair of acute Type-A aortic dissections as an alternative to conventional glue repair Tobias Kruger, Milan Lisy, Mahmud Kalhil, Czold Nagy, Ulrich A. Stock, Stephen M. Wildhirt University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
CMP18	Traumatic Aortic Disruptions Managed Endovascularly with Short Abdominal Aortic Cuffs Keith Allen, Michael Borkon, Steve Laster, Sanjeev Aggarwal St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
CMP19	Percutaneous Access for Thoracic Aortic Endografts - no Advantage versus Femoral Artery Cut-Down Burkhart Zipfel, Semih Buz, Robert Hammerschmidt, Volker Düsterhöft, Roland Hetzer Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany Discussion (5 minutes)
17.00 - 18.00	Exhibition Hall Reception
17.00 - 18.00	Poster Competition: Round 1 Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; St. Mary's Hospital, London, England
✝ No CME Credits Awarded * Young Investigator Award Applicant
FRIDAY, 1 June 2012
07.00 - 08.30	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
08.00 - 09.20	Cardiac Session 4: Arrhythmia & Imaging
CMP20	Does Cryomaze Injure The Circumflex Artery? A Preliminary Search For Occult Post-Procedure Stenoses Faisal H. Cheema1, Mohammad B. Pervez2, Mansoor Mahmood2, Muhammad J. Younus2, Mohammad B. Munir2, Gianluigi Bisleri2, Fabio Barili2, Ivan L. Ayala3, Niv Ad4, James L. Cox5, Harold G. Roberts, Jr6 1College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University - New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 2Aegis Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 3Atlantic Coast Radiology, Sunrise, FL, USA, 4Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, USA, 5Washington University School of Medicine, LaGrange, KY, USA, 6Aegis Cardiovascular Research Foundation & Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
CMP21	Completely thoracoscopic ablation of left atrium via left chest for treatment of lone atrial fibrillation JU MEI, Nan Ma, Fangbao Ding, Haibo Xiao Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai, China
CMP22	Plasma Homocysteine levels in patients with and without Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Successfull Minimally Invasive Epicardial Ablation via Right Minithoracotomy Giuseppe Nasso1, Vito Romano1, Khalil Fattouch2, Raffaele Bonifazi1, Giuseppe Visicchio1, Pietro Dioguardi2, Flavio Fiore1, Giuseppe Speziale1 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy, 2Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
CMP23	Role of Video-assisted Thoracoscopy in the Management of Stroke Magdi Ibrahim Ahmad Muhammad King Fahd Hospital, Al Madina Almunawara, Saudi Arabia Discussion (7 minutes)
C12*	Augmented Reality Echocardiographic Navigation and Guidance for Beating Heart Transapical Mitral Valve Repair Michael W. Chu1, John Moore1, Terry Peters1, Daniel Bainbridge1, Pencilla Lang1, Gerard Guiraudon1, Richard Daly2, Bob Kiaii1 1University of Western Ontario, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
C13*	Value of 3d-Real-Time Transesophageal Echocardiography For Guiding Of Transapical Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair Philipp Kiefer, Joerg Seeburger, Thilo Noack, Sergey Leontyev, Michael Höbartner, Heinz Tschernich, Jörg Ender, Michael A. Borger, Friedrich W. Mohr Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Discussion (4 minutes)
C14	Dual-Source Computertomography and Magnetic resonancePerfusion Imaging:How good do we revascularize? Andre Plass, Maximilian Emmert, Robert Goetti, Jurg Grunenfelder, Hatem Alkadhi, Volkmar Falk University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP24	Anatomic Measurements in Preoperative CT Scans Predict Operative Times in Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Brody Wehman, Kian Lahiji, Jeffrey D. Lee, Zachary N. Kon, Patricia Hong, Marc Gibber, Eric J. Lehr, Jean Jeudy, Bartley P. Griffith, Johannes Bonatti University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP25	Ventricular function assessed by MRI after transapical aortic valve implantation: apical trauma or simple and safe access? Joerg Kempfert, Arnaud van Linden, Won-Keun Kim, Johannes Blumenstein, Andreas Rolf, Helge Möllmann, Markus Schönburg, Mani Arsalan, Christian Hamm, Thomas Walther Kerckhoff Clinic Bad Nauheim, Bad Nauheim, Germany
CMP26	A simple method for grading aortic atherosclerosis which has prognostic value in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass Jeffrey D. Lee, MD, Patrick G. Chan, Gregory Bittle, Patricia Y. Hong, Brody Wehman, MD, Bartley Griffith, MD, Johannes Bonatti, MD University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Discussion (5 minutes)
09.20 - 10.00	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.00 - 10.40	Consensus Statement Chair: Gregory Fontana, MD Researcher: Davy Cheng, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS Statistician: Janet Martin, PhD
10.40 - 11.25	Kit V. Arom Lectureship Edward Verrier, MD
11.25 - 12.20	Cardiac Session 6: Innovative Technologies and Techniques
C15	Paving the way to 500 TECAB cases: insights from a comparison of five eras Nikolaos Bonaros1, Thomas Schachner1, Eric Lehr2, Felix Weidinger1, Dominik Wiedemann1, Andreas De Biasi2, Brody Weheman3, Guy Friedrich1, David Zimrin4, Johannes Bonatti4 1Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, 2University of Maryland, Baltirmore, MD, USA, 3University if Maryland, Baltirmore, MD, USA, 4University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
C16*	Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery- A Single Surgeon Series of 335 Patients Mohammed R. Sayeed, DNB( CTh) FRCSEd, MD1, Vivek Jawali2, Dharmesh Agrawal2, Murali Chakravorthy2, TA Patil2 1Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, India, 2Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, India Discussion (4 minutes)
CV2	Endoscopic, Non-robotic U-clip Anastomosis In A Beating Heart Model Hagen Gorki1, Nirav C. Patel2, Andreas Liebold1 1University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, 2Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA Discussion (3 minutes)
CMP27	A New Sutureless Coronary Anastomotic Device - Excimer Laser Assisted Non-occlusive Anastomosis (ELANA) - in an Off-Pump Porcine Bypass Model David Stecher, Gerard Pasterkamp, Lex A. van Herwerden, Marc P. Buijsrogge University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
CMP28	Lessons Learned From Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Risk Factors For Conversion to Median Sternotomy Michael E. Halkos, Kim Baio, Chandan Devireddy, Henry A. Liberman, Aloke Finn, John D. Puskas. Emory, Atlanta, GA, USA.
CMP29	Effects of the novel polymer gel LeGoo on human internal thoracic arteries Bernhard Winkler1, Else Müller Schweinitzer, MD2, Faik Elezi, MD3, Grussenmeyer Thomas, PhD4, Florian Rueter, MD3, Matt Peter, MD3, Konerding Moritz, MD5, Grapow Martin, MD3, Eckstein Friedrich, MD3 1University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2University Hospital Basel DBM Cardiac Surgery, Basel, Switzerland, 3University Hospital Basel Cardiac Surgery, Basel, Switzerland, 4University Hospital Basel DBM, Basel, Switzerland, 5University Mainz Anatomy, Mainz, Germany Discussion (5 minutes)
12.20 - 13.50	LUNCH SYMPOSIA✝ Luncheon Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
13.50 - 14.20	LATE BREAKING NEWS
14.20 - 15.15	Cardiac Session 5: Pediatric/Vascular
C17*	ASD closure surgery by sub-xiphoid approach - as day care procedure ? Arumugam Chandrasekaran, Ranjith Karthikeyan, Mahesh Vakamudi, Shiva Muthukumar, Richard Saldanha , Periyasamy Tangavelu Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Center, Chennai, India Discussion (4 minutes)
C18	Totally Thoracoscopic Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect in Children Zhaoyun Cheng, Wang Feng, Deguang Feng Cardiovascular Surgery,Henan Provincial People Hospital, Zhengzhou,Henan, China Discussion (4 minutes)
C19	Totally endoscopic robotic ventricular septal defect repair in the adult Changqing Gao, Ming Yang, Cangsong Xiao, Gang Wang PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China Discussion (4 minutes)
C20	The Application of Robotic Surgery in Vascular Medicine Petr Stadler, Libor Dvoracek, Petr Vitasek, Pavel Matous Na Homolce Hospital, Praha 5, Czech Republic Discussion (4 minutes)
15:15 - 15.45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.45 - 16.45	Keynote Address Observing the Origin of the Universe Edward Wright, PhD
16.45 - 17.45	Poster Competition Finals Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; St. Mary's Hospital, London, England
18.30 - 20.30	Attendee Reception-
22.00 - 23.30	President's Nightcap - The JW Marriott
✝ No CME Credits Awarded * Young Investigator Award Applicant
SATURDAY, 2 June 2012
07.30 - 08.30	Continental Breakfast
08.00 - 08:30	ISMICS Member Business Meeting
08.30 - 09.50	Cardiac Session 8: Heart Failure
C21	First Clinical Experience with a Novel Percutaneous Short-Term Right Ventricular Assist Device: The Impella RP Anson Cheung1, Pascal Leprince2, Dan Raess3, Darren Freed4 1St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, 3Abiomed Inc, Danvers, MA, USA, 4St. Paul's HospitalSt. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Discussion (4 minutes)
C22	Injectable Matrix Bioscaffolds Improve LV Function and Stimulate Cardiomyocyte Regeneration in Infarcted Hearts W. Douglas Boyd1, Robert G. Matheny2, Anna M. Fallon2, Dongming Hou3, Stephen Frohwein4, Marc Gerdisch5 1University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA, 2CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Atlanta, GA, USA, 3St. Joseph Translational Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA, 4St. Josephs Hospital, Atlanta, CA, USA, 5St. Francis Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
C23	Early in vivo results of the Ax-TideTMVAD Noedir A. G. Stolf1, Alessandro Verona2, Regina Salum2, Rui Barbosa3, Juan Mejia4, Idágene A. Cestari1 1InCor Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, 2Studheart Medical Technologies Inc., Fortaleza, Brazil, 3Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza, Brazil, 4Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Assistance Division, Messejana Hospital, Fortaleza, Brazil Discussion (4 minutes)
C24	Minimally Invasive Off Pump LVAD Explantation Anson Cheung, Jennifer Higgins, John Bowering, Andrew Ignazweski St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada Discussion (4 minutes)
C25	Trans Apical Device Implantation for Diastolic Heart Failure Amir Elami Hebrew University Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP30	Results of the C-Pulse Prospective Feasibility Study for the Treatment of Ambulatory Heart Failure Utilizing A Minimally Invasive Thoracotomy Implantation Technique Sanjeev Aggarwal, Keith B. Allen, Jacqueline Smith, Andrew Kao, Michael Borkon Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
CMP31	Outcome of the Impella Device for Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Anthony Lemaire, George Batsides, Thomas Prendergast, Neil Stockmaster, Amin Medjamia, Ann Marie Lozane, Mark B. Anderson University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Discussion (5 minutes)
10.10 -11.20	Cardiac Session 9: Minimally Invasive Valve
C26	Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery via Right Minithoracotomy: A 8-year, Single Center Experience in 1155 patients. Mattia Glauber, Antonio Miceli, Daniyar Gilmanov, Matteo Ferrarini, Filippo Santarelli, Enkel Kallushi, Alfredo G. Cerillo, Stefano Bevilacqua, Tommaso Gasbarri, Francesca Chiaramonti, Michele Murzi, Giacomo Bianchi, Egidio Varone, Pier A. Farneti, Marco Solinas Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Massa, Italy
C27*	Aortic valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients: two alternative sutureless strategies Giovanni Concistrè1, Steffen Pfeiffer1, Giuseppe Santarpino1, Pierandrea Farneti2, Antonio Miceli2, Francesca Chiaramonti2, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo2, Mattia Glauber2, Theodor Fischlein1 1Klinikum, Nuremberg, Germany, 2Ospedale del cuore G.Pasquinucci - Fondazione Monasterio - CNR Massa Italy Discussion (4 minutes)
CV3	Cardiac Reoperation with da Vinci Surgical System - Repair of Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) Daniel Tai-leung Chan, Hazaim Alwair, Amber Melvin, Evelio Rodriguez, Wiley L. Nifong, Randolph W. Chitwood, Jr. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA Discussion (3 minutes)
C28	Outcomes of Transaortic Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Mitral Valve in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement Christos G. Mihos, Orlando Santana, Juan C. Brenes, M.D, Joseph Lamelas, M.D. Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP32	Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery for severe impaired left ventricular function - experience in 177 patients Jens Garbade, Jörg Seeburger, Markus J. Barten, Bettina Pfannmüller, Sven Lehmann, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr Heart Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Discussion (5 minutes)
11.20	Program Concludes