E-Poster Presentations

EP1	Minimally invasive transfusion: Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) based coagulation management in cardiovascular surgery. Masahito Minakawa, Takashi Ogasawara, Ikuo Fukuda, Yasuyuki Suzuki. Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
EP2	If MIAVR Is So Good, Why Aren't We All Doing It? A UK Perspective Justin Smyth, Gwyn Beattie, OC Nzewi. Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom.
EP3	Which Surgical Approach is better for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement ? : A Comparison of Outcomes beween Right Anterior Minithoracotomy and Ministernotomy. KAZUHIRO HISAMOTO, Marc P. Sakwa, Francis L. Shannon. William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
EP4	Enhancing Departmental Quality Control in Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery: a Single Institution Experience Michele Murzi, Alfredo G. Cerillo, Antonio Miceli, Stefano Bevilacqua, Marco Solinas, Pierandrea Farneti, Mattia Glauber. G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy.
EP5	Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in Jenovah’s witness patients Chan-Young Na. Dong-san Medical Center, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
EP6	A single center propensity analysis of minimally invasive versus sternotomy approach for mitral valve surgery Marian Urban, Tomas Martinca, Ivo Skalsky, Ondrej Szarszoi, PhD. Institute for Clinical and Expertimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
EP7	Robotic Ligation of Thoracic Duct Pleurectomy for Chylothorax Ali Zamir Khan, MS, FRCS (Glasg), FRCS(CTh), Shaiwal Khandelwal, MS, FIAGES, Sangeeta Khanna, MD, Tarun Piplani, MD, Dheeraj Gautum, MD, Rajnish Kumar, MBBS. Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India.
EP8	Learning Curve of Robotic Anatomic Lung Resection in a VATS Center Jennifer Hanna, Kimberly Howard, Mark Berry, Mark Onaitis. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
EP9	Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (MIAVR) Using St. Jude Medical Trifecta Aortic Bioprosthesis - An Assessment of Midterm Haemodynamic Function David J. McCormack, Amir H. Sepehripour, Kulvinder S. Lall. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
EP10	Starting & evaluating a Robot-assisted VATS programme: pilot phase. Sandra M. Gelvez-Zapata, Priya Sastry, Aman S. Coonar. Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
EP11	Tracheobronchial Stenting Under Local Anesthesia For Acute Airway Emergencies Mariam J. Almarashda, Mohammed A. Numairy, Anfal J. Almajidi, Amgad E. Elsherif. Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
EP12	The Incidence of Postoperative Neurocognitive Deficits after Valve Surgery Paul M. MENU, Sr., Laurent M. SOUBIRON, Jamil H. Hajj-Chahine, Hassan M. Houmaida, Pierre J. Corbi. CHU de POITIERS, Poitiers, France.
EP13	Fibrin Sealant Patch For Temporary Intraoperative Hemostatic Control Of Large Vessel Wounds - Feasibility Study Scott Wadsworth1, Pullen Shnoda1, Julia Joyce2, Jerome Riebman1, Richard Hutchinson1. 1Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA, 2Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA, USA.
EP14	Surgery of primary spontaneous pneumothorax via single incision Eun gu HWANG, Sun Kyung Min, Yong In Kim. Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
EP15	Unanticipated troubles in video-assisted thoracic surgery Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Hitoshi Igai, Takashi Ibe, Natsuko Kawatani, Seshiru Nakazawa, Jun Atsumi, Yoichi Otak, Kai Obayashi, Toshiteru Nagahima, Seiichi Kakegawa, Masayuki Sugano, Osamu Kakegawa, Kimihiro Shimizu, Izumi Takeyoshi. Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
EP16	Peri-Xyphoid Process Minimal Incision for Surgical Repair of Simple Congenital Heart Diseases under One Year of Age Zhongdong Hua, Shoujun Li, Shengshou Hu. Fuwai Hospital Beijing, Bejing, China.
EP17	OPCAB without transfusion Weon-Yong Lee1, Ho-Hyun Ko1, Sung Jun Kim1, Kun-Il Kim1, Hyoung-Soo Kim2, Sung-Woo Cho3. 1Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 2Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chin-cheon, Kang-won do, Korea, Republic of, 3Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
EP18	New mediastinal drain after cardiac porcedures Francisco T. Nobre1, Vera Lucia2, Marcelo Pochini2, José Menegolli1, Marcos CÉSAR2, Carlos Gonelli2, Mauro Machado3, Noedir Stolf2. 1Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa São Paulo e São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, 2Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa São Paulo l, São Paulo, Brazil.
EP19	Elective Implementation of Pump Assisted CABG With 0r Without Arrested Heart as an Alternative to OPCABG Reduces Complications and the Incidence of Emergency Conversions: A Retrospective Review Of 1319 Consecutive Cases. Alex Zapolanski1, Christopher K. Johnson1, Giovanni Ferrari2, Mariano E. Brizzio1, Richard E. Shaw1, Jason S. Sperling1, Juan B. Grau1. 1Valley-Columbia Heart Center, Ridgewood, NJ, USA, 2University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Glenolden, PA, USA.
EP20	Endovascular repair versus open repair for blunt traumatic aortic injury Ohchoon Kwon1, Sub Lee1, Jun Woo Cho1, Nam Hee Park2, Keun Jik Kim3. 1Daegu catholic univ. hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, 2Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, 3Kyungbuk National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
EP21	Hybrid and Endovascular Management of Complex Aortic Arch and Descending Thoracic Aortic Pathology Vasilios D. Kollias, Vasilios Lozos, Dimitrios Angouras, John Toumpoulis, Christos Rokkas. University Hospital of Athens "Attikon", Athens, Greece.
EP22	MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOSCOPIC GRAFT HARVESTING PROCEDURE WITH RE-USABLE DEVICES Toshimi UJIIE, Hisato Ito. Shi-Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, Japan.
EP23	Single-vessel revascularization using robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (ENDO-MIDCAB) compared to open off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) Christian Detter, Katarina Felkel, Tobias Deuse, Hermann Reichenspurner, Hendrik Treede. University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
EP24	RIGHT LATERAL MINITHORACOTOMY THORACOTOMY APPROACH FOR ASD CLOSURE Durgaprasad B. reddy. vydehi institute of medical sciences, bangalore, India.
EP25	MODIFIED CABROL SHUNT AFTER COMPLEX REDO- AORTIC ROOT SURGERY Chan-Young Na. Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
EP26	Minimally invasive repair for pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure) - 5-year experience Constantin Grozavu, Sr., Mihai Ilias, Dragos Marin, Daniel Pantile. Spitalul Universitar de Urgenta Militar Central, Bucharest, Romania.
EP27	The role of LeGoo polymer in Thoracoscopic pulmonary hydatid cyst surgery fadhil Ghaly Al-amran, Sr.. kufa medical college, najaf, Iraq.
EP28	WHETHER OFF OR ON-PUMP, ARTERIES ARE NOT IN VAIN: MID-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF TOTAL ARTERIAL OFF VS ON-PUMP SURGERY IN 899 CONSECUTIVE "ALL-COMER" PATIENTS Teresa M. Kieser, M. Sarah Rose, Mouhieddin Traboulsi, Kishan narine. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
EP29	Previous Coronary Stents Do Not Increase Early and Mid-term Adverse Outcomes in PatientsUndergoing Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Toshihiro Fukui, Minoru Tabata, Shuichiro Takanashi. Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
EP30	A New Method Of a Totally Endoscopic Repair of Pectus Excavatum (T.E.R.P.E). A VATS approach using the Ravitch Principles MICHAEL KLIMATSIDAS. 424 MILITARY HOSPITAL GREECE / THORACIC SURGERY DEPARTMENT, THESSALONIKI, Greece.
EP31	Graft Patency on Symptom Directed Cardiac Catheterization and Leg Complicatrions in Patients with "No Touch" (NT) versus endoscopically harvested saphenous veins (endo-vein) after CABG. John D. Mannion, Daniel Marelli, Jeffrey Cirks, Debbie Warshawsky, Todd Brandt, Megan Stallings. Bayhealth Medcal Center, Dover, DE, USA.
EP32	Antegrade Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair via the Ascending Aorta Kosuke Fujii, Toshihiko Saga, Hitoshi Kitayama. Kinki University, Osaka, Japan.
EP33	The Safety and Cost Effectiveness of Low Dose Recombinant Activated Factor VII in High-risk Cardiac Surgery Aman Garsa, MD1, Clint R. Irvin, PhD1, David M. Haybron, MD2, Darrell J. Triulzi, MD2, Margaret Kennedy, MD, MSc1. 1West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
EP34	Anterograde thoracic endovascular aortic repair with mini-thoracotomy Yun ChiHyeong, Jr., Oh SangGi. Chonnam National University Hospital, GwangJu, Korea, Republic of.
EP35	Efficacy of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with chronic kidney disease Masahito Minakawa, Norihiro Kondo, Kazuyuki Daitoku, Wakako Fukuda, Kaoru Hattori, Yoshiaki Saito, Anan Nomura, Takashi Ogasawara, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kozo Fukui, Ikuo Fukuda. Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
EP36	Graft patency of saphenous vein grafts in the prosperity of arterial grafts on coronary revascularization Akitoshi Takazawa, Jr.1, Hiroyuki Nakajima1, Satoshi Osawa2, Kozo Morita1, Hiroyuki Koike1, Masaru Kambe1, Ken Takahashi1, Kazuhiko Uwabe1, Toshihisa Asakura1, Atsushi Iguchi1, Hiroshi Niinami1. 1Saitama medical university International medical center, Hidaka city, Japan; 2Fukaya Red Cross Hospital , Fukaya city, Japan.
EP37	An economic training tool for teaching VATS: Sheep carcus Shaiwal Khandelwal, Ali Zamir Khan. Medanta The Medicity, GURGAON, India.
EP38	Robotic assisted CABG: a single surgeon experience Atiq Rehman. Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL, USA.
EP39	Operative outcomes of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in hemodialysis patients Tae SIk Kim, Sam Sae Oh, Gwang Ree Cho, Gil Soo Yie. Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of.
EP40	Mortality Meetings: Analysis of 12 years of Functioning in an Intensive Care Unit of Cardiac Surgery Paul M. MENU, Sr., Jamil H. Hajj-Chahine, Hassan M. Houmaida, Hassan M. Houmaida, Laurent SOUBIRON, Claire Biderman, Pierre J. Corbi. CHU de POITIERS, Poitiers, France.
EP41	EARLY OUTCOMES OF OFF AND ON-PUMP TOTAL ARTERIAL BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: ANALYSIS OF 937 CONSECUTIVE "ALL-COMER" PATIENTS Teresa Kieser1, M Sarah Rose1, Mouhieddin Traboulsi2, Kishan Narine1. 1University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Llibin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
EP42	Efficacy of Cox-maze IV Procedure Using Argon-Based Cryoablation: Comparative Study with N₂O-Based Cryoablation Kyung-Hwan Kim1, Ho Young Hwang1, Jun Sung Kim2, Kyung Hak Lee1. 1Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of.
EP43	Comparison of Lower Ministernotomy with Limited Skin Incision and Conventional Sternotomy Approach for Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect in Children. Rudolf Poruban, Michal Chalupka, Pavel Valentík, Matej Nosáľ. National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Bratislava, Slovakia.
EP44	Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Very High Risk Acute Coronary Syndromes Lakshmi Srinivasan, Adam Lea, Lognathen Balacumaraswami. University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-trent, United Kingdom.
EP45	A POTENTIAL UTILIZATION OF HUMAN THYMUS FAT IN CORONORY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING Julian Salas1, Rajaa El Bekay2, Sergio Gonzalez1, Jose Valderrama1, Julio Gutierrez1, Leticia Coin2, Wilfredo Oliva2, Francisco Tinahones2. 1Hospital Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain, 2Fundacion Imabis, Malaga, Spain.
EP46	Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of postoperative chylothorax Sang Gi Oh1, Ju Sik Yun1, Kook Joo Na2, Sang Yun Song2. 1Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of, 2Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Jeollanamdo, Korea, Republic of.
EP47	Endoscopic Epicardial Lead Implantation as a Primary Alternative for Repeated Failure of Endovascular Insertion for Cardiac Pacing and Re-Synchronization Therapy. Nachum Nesher, Yosef Paz. Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
EP48	Is the outcome of ventricular assist device or heart transplantation after initial coronary artery bypass graft and mitral valve surgery in patients with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy a feasible option in well selected patients? Jens Garbade, Rahel Kluttig, Joerg Seeburger, Markus J. Barten, Sven Lehmann, Denis R. Merk, Michael A. Borger, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr. Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
EP49	The Role of VATS in Treatment of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax reza bagheri, Sr.1, Seyed Ziaollah Haghi1, Davood Attaran2, Fatemeh Ebadi1. 1Cardio- Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza hospital, Faculty of medicine, Ma, mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2Cardio- Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza hospital, Faculty of medicine, Mashhad, mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
EP50	Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation with the Wolf Mini-Maze Procedure: Intermediate Term Results Leonardo S. Canale, Inderjit Gill, Lon Castle, Christine Tanaka-Esposito, Allison Kocsis. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
EP51	Influence of cardiac surgery on electromagnetic QRS fragmentation index in patients undergoing elective on-pump cardiac surgery due to Aortic Valve or Coronary Artery disease? Inna Kammerer, Helena Garcia Jordan, Thomas Kleemann, Ralf Zahn, Falk-Udo Sack. Academic City Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwisghafen, Germany.
EP52	Endoscopically unilateral left atrial ablation technology is the surgical therapy of choice for patients with isolated persistent atrial fibrillation Ralf Krakor, Pavol Kopriva, Ingolf Eichler. Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Dortmund, Germany.
EP53	Thymectomy between video-assisted thoracoscopy and different open surgical techniques magdi Ibrahim Ahmad muhammad. king fahd hosp, Al madina Almunawara, Saudi Arabia.
EP54	Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy In Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of 20 Cases reza bagheri, Dr1, Seyed Ziaollah Haghi, dr2, Nazanin Hazrati2. 1Cardio- Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza hospital, Faculty of medicine, Ma, mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2Cardio- Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza hospital, Faculty of medicine,, mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
EP55	An interdisciplinary approach for minimal invasive pacemaker lead extraction and epicardial pacemaker implantation Hassina Baraki, Thomas Rodt, Bernhard Meyer, Axel Haverich, Ingo Kutschka. Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
EP56	INETRVENTIONAL PROCEDURES FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Zan Mitrev, Anguseva N. Tanja, IV. Spec.Hospital for Cardiosurgery, Skopje, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of.
EP57	Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass with Robotically Assisted Intra-Mammary Artery Harvesting Tomoyuki Fujita, Hiroki Hata, Yusuke Shimahara, Shunsuke Sato, Junjiro Kobayashi. National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.
EP58	Urgent Thoracic EndoVascular Aortic Repair of Acute Aortic Syndrome in Patients with Comorbidities Mitsuhiro Kawata1, Tsuyoshi Taketani2, Sei Morizumi1, Yoshihiro Suematsu1. 1Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
EP59	A Safe Strategy for Peripheral Cannulation in Minimally Invasive Valve Surgeries without Pre Operative CT Angiogram Zhandong Zhou, Michael Hodell, Ahmad Nazem, Gary R. Green, Joel Rosenberg, Feng Gao. St. Joseph Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA.