| EP1 | Applying The Concept Of Door To Balloon To The Management Of Ascending Aortic Dissections. Introducing The Notion Of Door To CT To OR As A New Strategy To Improve Surgical Outcomes Alex Zapolanski, Andrew W.C. Mack, Beth Bosticco, Richard Shaw, Mariano E. Brizzio, Benjamin Pressly, Jason B. Sperling, Juan B. Grau The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ, USA |
| EP2 | TEVAR is Superior to Open Thoractomy for Repair of Blunt Aortic Injury Royce Calhoun, Stephanie Mayberg, William Pevec, Lisa Mu, Danh Nguyen, J. Nilas Young, John Laird UCDMC, Sacramento, CA, USA |
| EP3 | Full Median Sternotomy versus the Minimal Invasive Approach in Aortic Surgery Sven Lehmann, Ingo Noehring, Sergey Leontyev, Jens Garbade, Joerg Seeburger, Markus J. Barten, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Friedrich W. Mohr Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| EP4 | The Minimally Invasive Proximal Thoracic Aortic Operations: Early And Mid-Term Results In 199 Patients Sergey Leontyev, Joana Estacio Pinto, Sreekumar Subramanian, Sven Lehmann, Joerg Seeburger, David M. Holzhey, Michael A. Borger, Friedrich W. Mohr Heart Centre Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| EP5 | Surgical Procedures For Complicated Chronic Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection Michal Nozdrzykowski, Jens Garbade, Christian Etz, Ardawan Rastan, Martin Misfeld, Michael Borger, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| EP6 | Mid-Term Results Of Hybrid Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repairs For Thoracic Aortic Disease Hyun-Chul Joo, MD, Seung-Joon Song, MD, Sak Lee, MD, PhD, Young Nam Youn, MD, PhD Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| EP7 | A Stent Graft For Patent Ductus Arteriosus With Aneurysmal Changes In Adult Patients Kosuke Fujii, Toshihiko Saga, Hitoshi Kitayama Kinki University, Osaka, Japan |
| EP8 | Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Of Adult Patent Ductus Arteriosus Toshihiro Ohata1, Hideki Ueda1, Kazuya Kobayashi1, Yoshihiko Kurimoto2 1KKR Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan, 2Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan |
| EP9 | Computational and Anatomic Analysis of TEVAR for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection; Technical Drawbacks of Available Commercial Devices Sam Chitsaz, Nicolas Jaussaud, Alison Meadows, Max Wintermark, Neil Cambronero, Ali N. Azadani, Andrew Wisneski, Timothy A. Chuter, Liang Ge, Elaine E. Tseng University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| EP10 | TEE Guided Optimal Epicardial Left Ventricular Lead Placement by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) in Non Responders to Biventricular Pacing and Prior Chest Surgery Carsten Schroeder, Judith Mackall, Ivan Cakulev, Brian Hoit, Jayakumar Sahadevan Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| EP11 | An Unique Case of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia Treated with Hybrid Approach of Left Thoracotomy/ Dor Procedure and Staged Catheter Ablation Jang Wen Su, Jiang Ming Fam, Yeong Phang Lim, Chi Keong Ching National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore |
| EP12 | Mini-maze for Patient with Past Heart Surgery and Complex Venous Return Anomalies Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka, Motoyuki Hisagi Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan |
| EP13 | Closure of left Atrial Appendage: Survival Benefit for Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery Michael Knaut, C. Weber, Stefan Brose, Friedrich Jung, Klaus Matschke Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
| EP14 | Off-pump Placement of CentriMag Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) in Multiple Minimal Access Configurations for Either Right or Left Ventricular Support David J. Kaczorowski, Y. Joseph Woo University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| EP15 | Femoro-Femoral vs. Atrio-Aortic Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Which Cannulation Technique is Better? Diyar Saeed, Hanna Stosik, Merima Islamovic, Alexander Albert, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Artur Lichtenberg Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany |
| EP16 | Long-Term Outcome of CABG Patients Supported Preoperatively with IABP Rephael Mohr1, Eli Hemo1, Yosef Paz1, Amir Kramer1, Nachum Nesher1, Gideon Uretzky1, Dmitri Pevni1, Benjamin Medalion2 1Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel |
| EP17 | Left Thoracotomy For Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using The Electrode Myopore Suturless Myocardial Pacing Fabrizio Ceresa1, Fabrizio Sansone1, Giuseppe Calvagna2, Maria Paola Maiorana3, Giuseppe Busà4, Rosario Evola2, Francesco Patanè1 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Papardo-Piemonte Hospital, Messina, Italy, Messina, Italy, 2Division of Cardiology, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy, Taormina, Italy, 3Division of Anesthesiology, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy, Taormina, Italy, 4Division of Cardiology, Papardo-Piemonte Hospital, Messina, Italy, Messina, Italy |
| EP18 | Surgical Repair Of Post Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect And Acute Tricuspid Regurgitation With Cardiogenic Shock Through Right Atrial Approach Sanjay Kumar, MCh,FRCS1, Lavanya Bellumkonda, MD2, Abeel A. Mangi, MD3 1Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, 2Section of Cardiology,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, 3Section of Cardiac Surgery,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
| EP19 | BIVAD And ECMO For bridge to recovery in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Sanjay Kumar1, Daniel Jacoby2, Abeel A. Mangi1 1Section of Cardiac Surgery,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, 2Section of Cardiology,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
| EP20 | Acute Ventricular Septal Rupture Repair Via Left Anterior Thoracotomy Jang Wen Su, Ing Xiang Soo, Jiang Ming Fam, Yeong Phang Lim National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore |
| EP21 | Outcomes Of LVAD Insertion in Ischemic versus Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients Sanjay Kumar1, Charisse Ward1, Sharven Taghavi2, Lynn Wilson1, Abeel A. Mangi1 1Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New haven, Connecticut, CT, USA, 2Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| EP22 | What are the Effects of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegic Arrest on Coronary Artery Flow? Nikolaos Tsirikos Karapanos, Scott H. Suddendorf, Zhuo Li, Marianne Huebner, Richard C. Daly, Lyle D. Joyce, Soon J. Park Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
| EP23 | Amplatzer Septal Occluder Migration Into The Pulmonary Trunk: Surgical Removal Through A Portaccess Video-Thoracoscopic Approach Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Stefano Auriemma, Loris Salvador San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy |
| EP24 | Use Of Head-Mounted Display During Endoscopic Graft Harvesting: Expensive Toy Or Sophisticated Tool To Optimize Hand-Eye Coordination Mani Arsalan, Mark Tackenberg, Arnaud Van Linden, Johannes Blumenstein, Hassan Elmubarak, Tibor Ziegelhöffe, Thomas Walther, Jörg Kempfert. Kerckhoff Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany |
| EP25 | Model Based Heart Motion Estimation for Robotic Surgery Gábor Szabó1, Kathrin Roberts2, Szabolcs Pali1, Uwe Hanebeck2 1University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 2University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| EP26 | The Use Of New Generation Mobile C-Arm For Major Diagnostic And Therapeutic Procedures In Cardiac Surgery. An Alternative To The Hybrid Room? Nikolaos Bonaros, Guy Friedrich, Thomas Bartel, Silvana Mueller, Felix Weidinger, Dominik Wiedemann, Ludwig Mueller, Michael Grimm, Thomas Schachner Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria |
| EP27 | Long Term Results of Partial Lower Sternotomy Versus Full Sternotomy for OPCAB Surgery Helmut Mair, Ralf Sodian, Christoph Schmitz University of Munich, Munich, Germany |
| EP28 | Impella RP Circulatory Support System, a Novel Percutaneous Right Heart Circulatory Assist Device: Preclinical Study in a Bovine Model Dan Raess1, Ioana Ghiu1, James Fonger2, David Price1, Dion Mraz1, Scott Corbett1, Irina Brants2, Karim Benali1, Thorsten Siess1 1Abiomed, Danvers, MA, USA, 2Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| EP29 | Extracardiac Off-Pump Fontan Completion For Single Ventricle With Dextrocardia Onur Selcuk Goksel, Emre Gok, Sr., Zuhal Torlak, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey |
| EP30 | Impact Of Mucopolysaccharidosis On Cardiac Contraction In Skinned Muscle Fibers Of Human Myocytes Constanze Bening, Helge Weiler, Ahmad Abugameh, Christian Friedrich Vahl Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Mainz, Germany |
| EP31 | Behaviour Of Organspecific Po2 And Pco2 Metabolisms Of A Novel, Closed, Extracorporeal Mini-Perfusion Circuit In A Pediatric Animal Model Pero Curcic1, Ismar Ovcina1, Drago Dacar1, Jakub Krumnikl2, Wolfgang Marte2, Thomas Marko2, Igor Knez1, Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg1 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria |
| EP32 | Totally Thoracoscopic Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect in Children Feng Wang, Zhaoyun Cheng, Deguang Feng Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Henan Provincial People Hospital, Henan, China |
| EP33 | Outcomes of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients with Respiratory Failure Tae-Hun Kim, Il Park, Dong Jin Kim, Cheong Lim, Kay-Hyun Park Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea |
| EP34 | Long Term Follow Up On Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Using An Endo Aortic Occlusion System Arndt H. Kiessling, Philipp Kisker, Mirko Doss, Aleksandra Miskovic, Anton Moritz Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| EP35 | How Many Trees Does One Cardiac Surgeon Need To Plant In Order To Neutralise CO2 Emissions During CABG. Comparison Of OPCAB To Conventional CABG Adam Szafranek, Rachel Andrews, Dheeraj Mehta University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
| EP36 | Early and mid-term Outcomes of Off-pump Composite Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery bypass grafting Meeranghani M. Yusuf, Ajit Venkatapathy, Kirk Bowling, Dheeraj Mehta University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
| EP37 | Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization(Tmr) - Does Laser Type Impact Results Of Tmr? Leo A. Bokeria, Ilia I. Berishvili, Marat Ch. Semenov, Maia T. Kozaeva, Peter V. Gusev Bakoulev Cardiovascular Scientific Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation |
| EP38 | Early Experience of Beating Heart Coronary Arterial Bypass Grafting with Mechanical Devices : Emergency Bypass System versus Cardiopulmonary Bypass Jun Sung Kim1, Cheong Lim2, Tae-Hun Kim2, Jae-Sung Choi1, Hyeon Jong Moon1, Kay-Hyun Park2 1SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, SeongNam, Republic of Korea |
| EP39 | Tension To Arterial Anastomoses: 7.0 Vs 8.0 Suture In CT And REM Imaging Rene Bombien1, Katharina Plonien2, Maximilian Friedrich2, Paul Philipp Heinisch2, Ralf Brecht1, Bassil Akra1 1Clinic of Surgery, LMU, Munich, Munich, Germany, 2Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, LMU, Munich, Munich, Germany |
| EP40 | Gender Differences In Secretion Of Adipokines Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery (OPCAB) Helen Loeblein, Omer Dzemali, Kirk Graves, Christoph Meier, Dragan Odavic, Giuseppe Siniscalchi, Ulrich Schurr, Michele Genoni Stadtspital Triemli Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| EP41 | The Preoperative Characteristics And Postoperative Outcome Of Women Undergoing Off Pump Aortocoronary Bypass(OPCAB) In Compared To Men In Switzerland Helen Loeblein, Omer Dzemali, Dragan Odavic, Michele Genoni Stadtspital Triemli Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| EP42 | Quality Of Life After Off-Pump Total Arterial Myocardial Revascularization In Diabetic Patients Adrian Ursulescu, Marc Albert, Hardy Baumbach, Murat Cavdar, Ioana Giurgiu, Ragi Nagib, Ulrich Franke Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany |
| EP43 | Wish for Psychological Support in Cardiac Surgical Patients Katharina Tigges-Limmer1, Jenny Rosendahl2, Bernhard Strauss2, Johannes Albes3, Ralf Dziewas3, Jan F. Gummert1 1Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, 2Institute of Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Jena, Germany, 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau, Germany |
| EP44 | Does Dual Anti Platelet Agents Affect Postoperative Blood Loss And Blood Product Usage In Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Nirav Patel, Lincoln Darla, Christopher Panetta, Jonathan Hemli, Joan Jennings, Valavanur A. Subramanian Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA |
| EP45 | Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Improves Outcomes Compared To Conventional Sternotomy Mahesh H. Ramchandani, Kareem Bedeir, Luis Garcia-Morales, Wade Fischer, Matthias Loebe, Michael Reardon, Basel Ramlawi The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA |
| EP46 | The Effect of r-CABG Surgery on HCAHPS Scores and its Impact on Reimbursement for Medicare DRG’s until Financial Year 2017 (FY2017) Sugam A. Bhatnagar, Robert S. Poston University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| EP48 | Long-Term Results Of Using Composite Graft (IMA+SVG) In MIDCAB Patients Tsung-Po Tsai, Shoo-Chay Huang, Su-Chin Tsao, Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Yi-Liang Wu, Jung-Ming Yu Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan |
| EP49 | Robotic-Assisted Resection Of A Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma Benjamin D. Sadowitz, MD, Keri A. Seymour, DO, Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, DO, MSc, Kara C. Kort-Glowaki, MD, FACS, Charles J. Lutz, MD, FACS Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA |
| EP50 | Cardiact Haemangioma- To Operate Or Not To Operate Mohammad Y. Beebeejaun, Ranjit Deshpande King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom |
| EP50 | Mini-Sternotomy for Necrotizing Mediastinitis Anantha Madhavan, Gunaratnam Niranjan, Stephen C. Clark Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon tyne, United Kingdom |
| EP51 | Anesthetic Challenges In Robotic Thoracic Surgery Ali Zamir Khan, Sangeeta Khanna, Ranvir Singh, jyotirmoy Das, Bijaya Kumar, Shaiwal Khandelwal, Rajnish Kumar Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India |
| EP52 | Successful Repeat Pulmonary RFA after Initial Near Fatal Complication Edo Wijtenburg, Grégoire Assenmacher, Manuel Mignon, Thierry Delaunoit, Michel Lismonde, Thierry Thomas, Patrick Van Ruyssevelt INDC, Haine Saint Paul, Belgium |
| EP53 | Ex-vivo Pneumostasis Evaluation of a Variable Height Staple Design Elizabeth M. Contini, Jennifer M. Whiffen, Dwight G. Bronson Covidien, Surgical Solutions, North Haven, CT, USA |
| EP54 | Response of Diseased Lung Tissue to Compression Jennifer Whiffen, MS, Jennifer Mangum, Thomas A. D'Amico, MD, Jennifer Broom, MS, Elizabeth Contini, Andrew Miesse, MS, Dwight Bronson, MS Covidien, Surgical Solutions, North Haven, CT, USA |
| EP55 | The Nature And Modern Surgery Of Extrapleural Hematoma After Carotid Artery Injury Moheb A. Rashid. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| EP56 | Resection of Benign Rib Tumor with Preservation of Overlying Periosteum by Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Soon-Ho D. Chon, Chul Burm Lee. Hanyang University, Guri, Republic of Korea |
| EP57 | Robotic Subcarinal Nodal Exenteration Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP58 | Robotic Laparoscopic Division of the Median Arcuate Ligament in a Patient with Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP59 | Subpleural Infusion of Local Anesthetic for Pain Control After Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Eric Strother, Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP60 | Robotic Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection for Paget-Schroetter Disease: A Case Series of the Early Experience Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Marc Margolis, Srini Tummala, Richard Neville, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP61 | Robotic Thoracoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia Barbara Tempesta, Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP62 | Robotic Selective Thoracic Sympathectomy for Upper Extremity Hyperhidrosis Hans Coveliers1, Mark Meyer2, Barbara Tempesta2, Eric Strother2, Marc Margolis2, Farid Gharagozloo2 1VU Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP63 | Robotic Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer of a Right Upper Lobectomy Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP67 | Robotic Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer of A Left Lower Lobectomy Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo. Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP65 | Robotic Resection of Bronchogenic Cysts Barbara Tempesta, Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP66 | Robotics Enables A Single Minimally Invasive Approach to the Right Sided Epiphrenic Diverticulum Barbara Tempesta, Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP67 | Robotics Enables a Laparoscopic Approach to the Dissection of the Hiatus and Primary Hiatal Closure in Patients with Giant Hiatal Hernias Barbara Tempesta, Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP68 | Robotic Pulmonary Decortication Marc Margolis, Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP69 | Robotic Laparoscopic Gastroesophageal Valvuloplasty: An Alternative Anti-Reflux Procedure Which More Closely Replicates the Normal Anti-Reflux Barrier Eric Strother, Mark Meyer, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Farid Gharagozloo Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The GW University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| EP70 | Left Atrial Myxoma Excision Through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy Carlo Savini, Roberto Di Bartolomeo Azieda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy |
| EP71 | Early Clinical Experience with a Rapid-Deployment Valve System for Aortic Valve Replacement - A new treatment for Aortic Valve Failure in the Era of Catheterbased Valves Thorsten C. Wahlers1, Parvis Rahmanian1, Jens Wippermann1, Georg Langebartels1, Hamid Naragi1, Axel Haverich2 1Heartcenter University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 2Heartcenter University Hospitaln Hannover, Hannover, Germany |
| EP72 | Case Series Of Two Different Types Of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias Presenting In Adults And Repaired With Minimally Invasive Robotic Techniques Charles A. Anderson Tacoma Heart Hospital, Tacoma, WA, USA |
| EP73 | Simplified Minimally Invasive Technique For Mitral Repair Reduces Complication Rate Marco Diena, Ugo Filippo Tesler, Levan Karazanishvili, Bogdan Adrian Popa, Eugenio Novelli, Gheorghe Cerin San Gaudenzio Clinic, Novara, Italy |
| EP74 | Robotic Mitral Valve Repair - Papillary Muscle Shortening In Extensive Prolapse Daniel Tai-leung Chan, Hazaim Alwair, James Aitken, Evelio Rodriguez, Wiley L. Nifong, Randolph W. Chitwood, Jr. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA |
| EP75 | Minimally Invasive Repair of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Prolapse Keri A. Seymour, Castigliano Bhamidiphati, Karikehalli Dilip, Thomas Antonini, Charles J. Lutz SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA |
| EP76 | Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Orlando Santana, M.D, Javier Reyna, M.D, Alexandre M. Benjo, M.D, Gervasio Lamas, M.D, Joseph Lamelas, M.D Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| EP77 | Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery versus Median Sternotomy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Gerson Valdez, M.D, Orlando Santana, M.D, Christos Mihos, D.O, Gervasio Lamas, M.D, Joseph Lamelas, M.D. Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| EP78 | Percutaneous Pulmonary Polyurethane Valved Stent Implantation: 6-Month Follow-Up Anja Metzner1, Judith Pohanke1, Jessica Boldt1, Gunther Fischer2, Ulrich Steinseifer3, Jochen Cremer1, Georg Lutter1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 3Department of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany |
| EP79 | Minimally Invasive Intra-atrial Placement of a Mitral Valve Prosthesis in a Patient with Severe Mitral Annular Calcification Christos Mihos, D.O, Orlando Santana, M.D, Joseph Lamelas, M.D. Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| EP80 | Outcomes of Minimally Invasive versus Median Sternotomy in Patients Undergoing Double Valve Surgery Orlando Santana, M.D, Maria Salas, M.D, Javier Reyna, M.D, Gervasio Lamas, M.D, Joseph Lamelas, M.D. Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| EP81 | Papillary Muscle Sling Placement For Functional Mitral Regurgitation During Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery. Alexandre Benjo, Orlando Santana, Joseph Lamelas Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| EP82 | Extended Indications Of Operative Spectrum Via Right Lateral Mini-Thoracotomy: Feasibility Of Procedures Apart From Mitral Valve Surgery Udo Boeken, Jan-Philipp Minol, Tobias Weinreich, Arash Mehdiani, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Hildegard Gramsch-Zabel, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany |
| EP83 | Transcutaneous Cannulation In Case Of Upper Sternotomy Fabrizio Ceresa, Fabrizio Sansone, Francesco Patanè Division of Cardiac Surgery, Papardo-Piemonte Hospital, Messina, Italy, Messina, Italy |
| EP84 | Low Volume Cristalloid Cardioplegia Is Safe For Aortic Valve Replacement Peter Matt, Emilio Arbelaez, Florian Rueter, Martin Grapow, Oliver Reuthebuch, Thomas Doebele, Friedrich Eckstein Division of Cardiac Surgery Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
| EP85 | Reoperative Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement With Aortic Root Enlargement Sreekumar Subramanian, Christopher Piercecchi, Samata Paidy, John P. Duffy, Robert S. Poston University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| EP86 | Quality Of Mitral And Tricuspid Valve Procedures In Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Comparison With Conventional Surgery Takeo Tedoriya Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan |
| EP87 | Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement via Right Minitoracotomy with Perceval Sutureless Valve Mattia Glauber, Antonio Miceli, Stefano Bevilacqua, Matteo Ferrarini, Marco Solinas, Pier A. Farneti Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Massa, Italy |
| EP88 | Long-Term Follow-Up After Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery - A Retrospective Analysis Jens Brickwedel, Hendrik Treede, Tobias Deuse, Christian Detter, Hermann Reichenspurner University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| EP89 | Transapical Tricuspid Valved-Stent Implantation: Hemodynamic Evaluation of an Acute Animal Study Jan-Paul Gundlach, Saskia Pokorny, Martin Marczynski-Bühlow, Telse M. BÄhr, Katharina Huenges, Huangdong Dai, Kenji Iino, Georg Lutter Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, School of Medicine, Kiel, Germany |
| EP90 | Experience with a Minimally Invasive Approach to Combined Valve Surgery and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Through Bilateral Thoracotomies Joseph T. Mcginn, Jr, Pieter JS Smit, Masood A. Shariff, Robert Carlucci, Scott Sadel, John P. Nabagiez Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA |
| EP91 | Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement via Right Mini-Thoracotomy versus Median Sternotomy in Patients with Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Andres M. Pineda, M.D, Orlando Santana, M.D, Javier Reyna, M.D, Alejandro Sarria, M.D, Gervasio Lamas, M.D, Joseph Lamelas, M.D. Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| EP92 | Minimally Invasive Isolated Aortic Valve Surgery- Does Valve Type Make a Difference in Outcomes? Alan Speir, Linda Henry, Anthony Rongione, Sharon Hunt, Linda Halpin, Niv Ad Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, USA |
| EP93 | Cost Effectiveness Analysis Of Minimally Invasive Versus Classic Aortic Valve Replacement Nermir Granov, MD1, Antonio Miceli, MD2, Daniyar Gilmanov, MD2, Pier A. Farneti, MD2, Michele Murtzi, MD2, Marko Solinas, MD2, Stefano Bevilaqua, MD2, Enkel Kallushi, MD2, Alfredo Cerillo, MD2, Tommaso Gasbarri, MD2, Matteo Ferrarini, MD2, Francesca Chiaramonti, MD2, Giacomo Bianchi, MD2, Fillipo Santarelli, MD2, Mattia Glauber, MD2 1University Clinical Centre Sarajevo, Heart Centre Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital Fondazione CNR-G. Monasterio, Massa, Italy |
| EP94 | Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: Single Centre Experience In 163 Patients Jan-Philiip Minol, Udo Boeken, Tobias Weinreich, Arash Mehdiani, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Hildegard Gramsch-Zabel, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany |
| EP95 | Mechanical Properties and Biological Interaction of Aortic Clamps: Are All Minimally Invasive? Giacomo Bianchi1, Angela Pucci2, Marco Matteucci3, Egidio Varone1, Simone L. Romano3, Vincenzo Lionetti3, Mattia Glauber1 1Hospital & Research Institute CREAS IFC CNR - Massa - G.Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy, 2Cardiovascular Pathology Section - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 3Sector of Medicine, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy |
| EP96 | Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Porcelain Aorta:Improved Neurological Outcome after Cross-Clamping with an Open Aortic Root-Technique? Marc Hartert, ömer Senbaklavaci, Lars Oliver Conzelmann, Nalan Schnelle, Uwe Mehlhorn, Christian-Friedrich Vahl University Medical Centre, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany |
| EP97 | Minimal Access Median Sternotomy for Aortic Valve Replacement Yalin Yildirim, Simon Pecha, Yousuf Alassar, Hermann Reichenspurner University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| EP98 | First Experiences With Late Stage Activation In Patients With Ischemic MR Markus Czesla, Julia Götte, Timo Weimar, Nicolas Doll Sana Herzchirurgie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany |
| EP99 | Minimal Capital Investment Required To Start a Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Program: Early Experience From a Single Centre Gwyn Beattie, Darren Scroggie, Colin Menagh, Onyekwelu Nzewi Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom |
| EP100 | Loop-in-loop' Technique as a Key Innovation in Mitral Valve Repair Through Minithoracotomy Kazuma Okamoto, Mikihiko Kudo, Ryohei Yozu Keio University, Tokyo, Japan |
| EP101 | Cost Savings in Less Invasive Valve Surgery Mark Anderson, Neil Stockmaster, Anthony Lemaire, George Batsides UMDNJ / RWJUH, New Brunswick, NJ, USA |
| EP102 | Tangencial Triangular Resection for Correction of Giant Left Atrium Pablo MA Pomerantzeff, Professor Heart Institute of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| EP103 | Totally Endoscopic Robotic Assisted Repair Of a Sinous Venosus ASD with PAPVR and Persistent LSVC Clifton T. Lewis, MD, Parvez K. Sultan, MD, Richard Stephens, PA-C, Jennifer Cline, PhD St. Vincent's Health System, Birmingham, AL, USA |
| EP104 | Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement (mini-AVR) and Coronary Artery Bypass via limited Anterior Right Thoracotomy Parvez K. Sultan, Clifton T. Lewis, Richard Stephens, PA-C St. Vincent's Health System, Birmingham, AL, USA |
| EP105 | Aortic Valve Replacement With Sutureless Valve Technology Facilitates Right Minithoracotomy Approach Jurg Grunenfelder, Diana Reser, Sacha Salzberg, Andre Plass, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, Zurich, Switzerland |
| EP106 | Cost-Effective Development Of A Robotic-Assisted Surgical Program In A Modern University Hospital Pasquale Totaro1, Marco Paris1, Cristian Monterosso1, Barbara Cattadori1, Andrea Maria D'Armini2, Mario Viganò1 1IRCCS Foundation San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, 2University School of Medicine, Pavia, Italy |
| EP107 | Aortic Valve Replacement Through Ministernotomy Approach. A Real Challenge! Georgios Dimitrakakis, Peter A. O'Keefe University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
| EP108 | Anterolateral Thoracotomy for Mitral Valve Surgery Daniel Watson, Melissa McDonald, Peter Hoy Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA |
| EP109 | Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass via Bilateral Mini-thoracotomies: Report of a Small Series Mark Anderson, Neil Stockmaster, George Batsides, Anthony Lemaire UMDNJ / Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, USA |
| EP110 | One Year Mortality Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Incidence, Predictive Factors And Causes Of Deaths Aiman Alassar, Jonathan Davey, Stephen Brecker, Marjan Jahangiri St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom |
| EP111 | Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation in Patients with Degenerated Bioprostheses in Mitral Position Moritz Seiffert, Lenard Conradi, Stephan Baldus, Johannes Schirmer, Patrick Diemert, Malgorzata Knap, Renate Schnabel, Stefan Blankenberg, Hermann Reichenspurner, Hendrik Treede. University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| EP112 | Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Usefulness Of An Accurate Preoperative Plans Enrico Ferrari, Ludwig von Segesser University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| EP113 | Reducing Complications in Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement by Using Selective Axillary Cardiopulmonary Bypass Alessandro Montecalvo, MD, Alan Zajarias, MD, John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, Brian R. Lindman, MD, Sunil M. Prasad, MD, Jennifer M. Bell, BSN, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, Hersh S. Maniar, MD Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| EP114 | Hybrid Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and TransAortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Esther M.A. Wiegerinck, MD, Riccardo Cocchieri, MD, Petr Symersky, MD, Karel T. Koch, MD, PhD, Ze-Yie Yong, MD, Jan Baan, MD, PhD, Bas A.J.M de Mol, MD, PhD Academical Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| EP115 | Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation- 4 Years Experience With The Edwards Sapien Expandable Bioprosthesis Marie-Elisabeth Stelzmueller1, Bruno Mora2, Marie-Theres Kasimir1, Sigrid Sandner1, Paul Simon3, Eva Base2, Günther Laufer1, Wilfried Wisser1 1Medical University Vienna/Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna, Austria, 2Medical University Vienna/Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vienna, Austria, 3Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi/Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nairobi, Kenya |
| EP116 | Valve-In-Mitral Valve Implantation - An Open Approach For Degenerated Biological Mitral Valve Prosthesis Marie-Elisabeth Stelzmueller, Sigrid Sandner, Wilfried Wisser Medical University Vienna/Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna, Austria |
| EP117 | Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Following Open Heart Surgery Helmut Mair, Ralf Sodian, Christian Kupatt, Christoph Schmitz University of Munich, Munich, Germany |
30 May – 2 June, 2012
JW Marriott Los Angeles
at LA Live
