*This program is preliminary, program subject to change.
✝ No CME Credits Awarded

THURSDAY, 4 June 2015
07.30 - 08.30	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
08.00 - 08.15	Opening & Welcome Remarks
08.15 - 10.00	Cardiac Session 1: Valve - Transcatheter Therapies Moderators: Gregory Fontana, MD Sabine Bleizziffer, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C1.	The New Edwards Sapien 3 Balloon Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Thorsten N. Drews, Axel Unbehaun, Semih Buz, Stephan Dreysse, Christoph Klein, Volkmar Falk, Jörg Kempfert Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion))
C2.	Clinical Results with Transapical Mitral Valve Implantation in Native Mitral Valve Anson Cheung, Stefan Verheye, John Webb, Robert Moss, Jonathan Leipsic, Shmuel Banai St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada (4 Minutes Discussion)
C3.	Acute and 30 day results of a multi-center study on a novel apical closure device for transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation - The STASIS trial Hendrik Treede1, Lenard Conradi1, Thomas Walther2, Joerg Kempfert2, Sabine Bleiziffer3, Walther Eichinger4, Oliver Heyn5, Hermann Reichenspurner1, Ruediger Lange3 1University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2Kerckhoff Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 3German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany, 4Bigenhausen Hospital, Munich, Germany, 5Bogenhausen Hospital, Munich, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
C4.	Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation for the Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation - Thirty days Outcomes of First-in-Man Experience with an Apically Tethered Device Cesare Quarto, Alison Duncan, Alistair Lindsay, Neil Moat. Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom (4 Minutes Discussion)
C5.	A new transcatheter aortic valve replacement system for predominant aortic regurgitation Lai Wei, M.D., Huan Liu, M.D., Liming Zhu, M.D., Ye Yang, M.D., Hong Luo, M.D., Kefang Guo, M.D., Xue Yang, M.D., Wei Sun, Ph.D., Weipeng Zhao, M.D., Chunsheng Wang, M.D. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China (4 Minutes Discussion)
C6.	Technical update on transcatheter valve-in-valve therapy: 5 devices, 4 anatomic position Lenard Conradi, Miriam Silaschi, Moritz Seiffert, Edith Lubos, Stefan Blankenberg, Hermann Reichenspurner, Ulrich Schäfer, Hendrik Treede University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
CMP1.	First-In-Man New Approach for Direct Aortic TAVI using a Novel Access System Otto E. Dapunt, MD1, Olev Luha, MD1, Adrian Ebner, MD2, Piotr Sonecki, MD3, Fraser W H Sutherland, MD4 1Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Medicina, Asuncion, Paraguay, 3Western Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
CMP2.	Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Nonagenarians Adam Penkalla, Jörg Kempfert, Axel Unbehaun, Semih Buz, Thorsten Drews, Miralem Pasic, Volkmar Falk. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
CMP3.	Redo aortic valve surgery after TAVI procedure Sergey Leontyev, Philip Kiefer, Norman Mangner, Axel Linke, Friedrich W. Mohr, David Holzhey. Heart centre Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (5 Minutes Discussion)
10.00 - 10.45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.45 - 11.00	Introduction of New Members
11.00 - 11.15	Announcement of 2014 Innovations Manuscript Awards
11.15 - 11.45	Presidential Address Prof. Volkmar Falk, M.D. Medical Director and Chairmen Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
11.45 - 14.15	ISMICS International Fellows and Residents Luncheon - Trainees to Consultants✝
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.
13.30 - 15.15	Cardiac Session 2: Revascularization Moderators: Anson Cheung, MD David Holzhey, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
CMP4.	Evaluation of Robotic Cardiac Surgery Training Modalities Matthew Valdis, Michael Chu, Christopher Schlachta, Bob Kiaii. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
CMP5.	Is Minimally-Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Teachable? Marc Ruel1, Maria L. Rodriguez1, Harry Lapierre1, Benjamin Sohmer1, Bridget Cavanagh2, Eric Meyer2, Dai Une3, Keita Kikuchi3, Masood Shariff4, Joseph McGinn4. 1University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 3Yamato Seiwa Hospital, Yamato City, Japan, 4Staten Island University Hospital, New York, NY, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C7.	Robotic Total Arterial Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: 7-year Single-center Experience and Long-term Follow-up of Graft Patency Changqing Gao, Ming Yang, Huajun Zhang, Yang Wu, Cangsong Xiao, Gang Wang, Jiali Wang. PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (4 Minutes Discussion)
C8.	Long-term Effectiveness of Robotic Assisted Hybrid Revascularization Jorge Catrip, Jeevan Nagendran, Stephanie Fox, Michael Chu, Patrick Teefy, Kumar Sridhar, Shahar Lavi, George Jablonsky, Stuart Swinamer, Jill Gelinas, Pantalis Diamantouros, Bob Kiaii. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada (4 Minutes Discussion)
C9.	Early and Mid-term Results of No-touch Aorta Multi-Vessel Small Thoracotomy CABG versus Conventional Off-pump and On-pump CABG: A Propensity Score Matched Study Aliaksandr Ziankou1, Urij Ostrovskij2. 1Vitebsk State Medical University, Vitebsk, Belarus, 2Republic Research-Practical Center "Cardiology", Minsk, Belarus. (4 Minutes Discussion)
C10.	Hospital and 18-months Results of HREVS (Randomized Trial of the Hybrid Approach for Myocardial Revascularization) Vadim Popov, Kirill Kozyrin, Egor Malyshenko, Vladimir Ganyukov, Olga Barbarash, Leonid Barbarash. Research Institute of Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russian Federation (4 Minutes Discussion)
C11.	Wireless Technology Demonstrates that Physical Capabilities in the Early Phase of Recovery are Enhanced by Less Invasive, Robotic CABG Robert S. Poston, Jr. Northwest medical center, Tucson, AZ, USA (4 Minutes Discussion))
C12.	OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY FOR PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE Takeshi Kinoshita, Tohru Asai, Tomoaki Suzuki. Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan (4 Minutes Discussion)
CMP6.	Predictors and Outcomes Conversion to Sternotomy in Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Maria L. Rodriguez, Harry Lapierre, Benjamin Sohmer, Jean-Philippe Ruel, Dominique Menard, Marc Ruel. University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
CMP7.	Mid-term Outcomes of Left Internal Mammary Artery to Radial Artery or Saphenous Vein Y-Composite Grafts in Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Elderly Patients Ju Mei, Zhao-lei Jiang, Min Tang, Fangbao Ding, Nan Ma, Chunrong Bao, Junwen Zhang, Hao Liu. Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong Univers, Shanghai, China (4 Minutes Discussion)
15.15 - 16.00	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
16.00 - 17.15	Cardiac Session 3: Arrhythmia Moderators: Ralph Damiano, MD Nicolas Doll, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C13.	Staged Hybrid Approach in long-standing persistent AF patients: lessons from over 100 cases Tae Hee Hong, Pyo Won Park, Young Tak Lee, Seung-Jung Park, Kyung Min Park, Young Keun On, Dong Seop Jeong. Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (4 Minutes Discussion))
C14.	Successful Endoscopic Surgical Ablation in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Recovery of Atrial Transport Function Gianluigi Bisleri, Fabrizio Rosati, Ermanna Chiari, Elio Gorga, Claudio Muneretto. University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy (4 Minutes Discussion)
C15.	Long term success rates of endoscopic epicardial ablation of lone AF: 4 years results Nicolas Doll, Daniela Y. Seubert, Timo Weimar. Sana Cardiac Surgery Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
C16.	Minimally invasive lead extraction is safe and effective even in patients with large intracardiac Vegetations ≥ 20 mm Samer Hakmi, Simon Pecha, Hermann Reichenspurner, Hendrik Treede. University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
CMP8.	Single-port thoracoscopic monitoring of laser-assisted lead extraction Patrick Zardo, Bernhard Fleischer, Henning Busk, Ingo Kutschka. Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
C17.	Trans Xyphoid Hybrid Catheter and Surgical Ablation with Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Andy C. Kiser, Paul Mounsey, Sruthi Cherkur, Kelly Garner, Anil Gehi. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C18.	Freezing equals Freezing? Performance of Two Cryoablation Devices in Concomitant Mitral Valve Repair Julia Götte1, Timo Weimar1, Martina Vosseler1, Michael Raab1, Ulrike Walle1, Markus Czesla2, Nicolas Doll1 1Sana Cardiac Surgery Stuttgart GmbH Department of Cardiac Surgery, Stuttgart, Germany, 2Heart Center Passau, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Passau, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
CMP9.	Concomitant surgical atrial fibrillation ablation in patients over 75 years. Worth the effort? Simon Pecha, Teymour Ahmadzade, Stephan Willems, Hermann Reichenspurner, Florian Mathias Wagner. University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
CMP10.	Stand-alone Atrial Fibrillation Surgery by Totally Thoracoscopic Ablation: We are Good, but Why aren't We Better? Soren Schenk, Shigeki Yokoyama, Igor Penicka, Dirk Fritzsche. Sana Heart Center Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
CMP11.	Minimal Invasive Totally Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Using Box Lesion Set Yingqiang Guo, Da Zhu. West China hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. (5 Minutes Discussion)
17.15 - 18.30	Exhibition Hall Reception
17.15 - 18.30	Poster Competition: Round 1 Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
18.00 - 20.00	EVENING SYMPOSIA✝ Evening Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
FRIDAY, 5 June 2015
06.30 - 07.50	BREAKFAST SYMPOSIA✝ Breakfast Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
07.00 - 08.30	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
08.00 - 09.20	Cardiac Session 4: Minimally Invasive Valve Moderators: Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD Hendrik Treede, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C19.	First-In-Man Transcervical SAVR using a Novel Access System Otto E. Dapunt, MD1, Olev Luha, MD1, Adrian Ebner, MD2, Piotr Sonecki, MD3, Fraser W H Sutherland, MD4. 1Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Medicina, Asuncion, Paraguay, 3Western Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom (4 Minutes Discussion)
C20.	Comparison of Clinical Outcomes after Isolated Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement in the Real-World: Full Sternotomy vs. Upper Hemisternotomy vs. Right Anterior Thoracotomy Gunther Laufer1, Alfred Kocher1, Mattia Glauber2, Rainald Seitelberger3, Kim Terp4, Olivier Bouchot5, Francis Duhay6, Christopher Young7. 1Klinisshe Abteiluing Für Herz-thoraxchirurgie, Vienna, Austria, 2G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy, 3Salzburger Universitätsklinikum, Salzburg, Austria, 4Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark, 5CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, 6Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Irvine, CA, USA, 7St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom. (4 Minutes Discussion)
C21.	The Influence of Hospital Culture on the Successful Implementation of Robotic Cardiac Surgery Robert S. Poston, Jr. Northwest medical center, Tucson, AZ, USA (4 Minutes Discussion))
C22.	Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement via minithoracotomy versus minsternotomy in a series of 1130 patients. A multicenter study KHALIL FATTOUCH, MD1, PIETRO DIOGUARDI, MD1, MAURO DEL GIGLIO, MD2, ALBERTO ALBERTINI, MD3, RENATO GREGORINI, MD4, ROBERTO COPPOLA, MD5, GIUSEPPE NASSO, MD6, GIUSEPPE SPEZIALE, MD6. 1GVM Care and Research - Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, Italy, 2GVM Care and Research - Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Italy, 3GVM Care and Research - Maria Cecilia Hospital, cotignola, Italy, 4GVM Care and Research - Citta' di Lecce Hospital, Lecce, Italy, 5GVM Care and Research - ICLAS - Istituto Clinico Ligure di Alta Specialità, RAPALLO, Italy, 6GVM Care and Research - Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy (4 Minutes Discussion)
C23.	Minimal invasive aortic valve replacement: is the sutureless technology a real advantage? Steffen Pfeiffer, Giuseppe Santarpino, Joachim Sirch, Ferdinand Vogt, Theodor Fischlein. Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
C24.	A real-world practice multicenter in-hospital outcomes in 2609 consecutive patients underwent mini- vs full-sternotomy aortic valve replacement: A propensity match analysis Khalil Fattouch, MD1, Pietro Dioguardi, MD1, Alberto Albertini, MD2, Renato Gregorini, MD3, Giuseppe Nasso, MD4, Roberto Coppola, MD5, Giuseppe Speziale, MD6, Mauro Del Giglio, MD2. 1Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, Italy, 2Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Italy, 3Citta' di Lecce Hospital, Lecce, Italy, 4Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy, 5ICLAS - Istituto Clinico Ligure di Alta Specialità, Rapallo, Italy, 6Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy (4 Minutes Discussion)
C25.	A Meta-analysis Examining the Incidence of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Sutureless Aortic Valve Implantation Katie E. O' Sullivan1, Eoghan T. Hurley1, Ricardo Segurado2, John P. Hurley1. 1Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 2CSTAR Centre for Statistical Training and Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (4 Minutes Discussion)
09.20 - 10.00	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.00 - 10.30	Kit V. Arom Lectureship: The Evolution of Modern Cardiac Surgery and the Necessity to Change Hermann Reichen Spurner, MD University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
10.30 - 11.00	Surgery Case Presentation
11.00 - 12.00	Cardiac Session 5: Imaging & Aortic and Endovascular Moderators: Thomas de Kroon, MD Sabine Bleiziffer, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C26.	Modified Frozen Elephant Trunk technique and reduced distal circulatory arrest time give better results in Type A acute aortic dissection Giampiero Esposito, Samuele Bichi, Antonio Massimo Cricco, Claudio Roscitano, Matteo Parrinello, Giovanni Albano. Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy (4 Minutes Discussion))
C27.	ANTEGRADE DESCENDING STENT IMPLANTATION FOR ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION REPAIR IS SAFE AND IMPROVES THE OUTCOME Peter Matt1, Prerana Banerjee1, Ulrich Schurr1, Florian Rueter1, Jens Fassl2, Martin Grapow1, Oliver Reuthebuch1, Friedrich Eckstein1. 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Basel, Switzerland, 2Division of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Basel, Switzerland (4 Minutes Discussion)
C28.	A New Tool in the TEVAR Toolbox: Focal Endovascular Aortic Repair Using Endoanchors Corbin Muetterties, Bill Moser, Yoshi Toyoda, Sloane Guy, Larry Kaiser, Grayson H. Wheatley, III. Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C29.	Functional Anatomy of the Mitral Valve-Left Ventricle Complex in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy as Assessed with Multislice Computed Tomography: Characteristics Associated with Mitral Regurgitation Natalia Solowjowa1, Leyla Musayeva2, Yuriy Hrytsyna3, Christoph Knosalla1, Volkmar Falk1. 1Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2N.Tusa Clinic, Baku, Azerbaijan, 3Charite-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany (4 Minutes Discussion)
C30.	Computer Assisted Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation In Valve-in-valve Procedures Vito Giovanni Ruggieri, Reda Belhaj Soulami, Hung Nguyen-Duc, Miguel Castro, Vincent Auffret, Pascal Haigron, Jean Philippe Verhoye. Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France (4 Minutes Discussion)
12.00 - 13.30	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.
13.30 - 15.00	Cardiac Session 6: Valve Moderator: Hermann Reichenspurner, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C31.	Direct Nonplanar Reduction of septolateral Dimensions by a Curvilinear Transvalvular Mitral bridge: Midterm Clinical Result Valavanur A. Subramanian1, Nirav Patel2, Stepan Cerny3. 1Heart Repair Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 2Lenoxhill Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 3Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic (4 Minutes Discussion)
C32.	Prosthetic Aortic Valve Fixation Study: 48 Replacement Valves Analyzed Using Digital Pressure Mapping Candice Y. Lee1, Ronald E. Ross1, David C. Liu2, Kamal R. Khabbaz2, Angelo J. Martellaro3, Heather R. Gorea3, Jude S. Sauer3, Peter A. Knight1. 1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA, 2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, 3LSI SOLUTIONS, Victor, NY, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C33.	The Benefits of Port Access Mitral Valve Surgery Can Be Safely Offered to Morbidly Obese Patients Pavan Atluri, Ann C. Gaffey, Wilson Y. Szeto, W.Clark Hargrove. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C34.	Minimally Invasive Septal Myectomy is as Effective as Sternotomy in Treating Patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Jeremy E. Leidenfrost, Jennifer M. Bell, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr. Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C35.	Minimally invasive versus conventional aortic valve replacement: A propensity matched study from the UK national data Rizwan Attia1, Graeme Hickey2, Stuart Grant2, Ben Bridgewater2, James Roxburgh1, Pankaj Kumar3, Paul Ridley4, Moninder Bhabra5, Russell Millner6, Thanos Athanasiou7, Roberto Casula7, Andrew Chukwuemka7, Thasee Pillay8, Christopher Young1. 1Guy's and St Thomas NHS foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 2Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, 3Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom, 4North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, 5New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, 6Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, Blackpool, United Kingdom, 7Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 8Freeman Hospital, Freeman Hospital, United Kingdom (4 Minutes Discussion)
C36.	Experimental chronic implants of a novel woven, thin and pliable polymeric prosthetic Heart Valve Amir Basir, Remco Grobben, Gerard Pasterkamp, Jolanda Kluin, Paul Gründeman. University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (4 Minutes Discussion)
CV1.	Evaluation of a New Automated Aortotomy Closure System for Use in Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery Joshua K. Wong, MD, Devang J. Joshi, MD, Peter A. Knight, MD. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA (3 Minute Discussion)
CMP12.	Antegrade Versus Retrograde Arterial Cannulation In Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: A Propensity-score Analysis Of Early Outcomes Claudio Muneretto, Laura Giroletti, Lorenzo Di Bacco, Alberto Repossini, Gianluigi Bisleri. University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy
CMP13.	Robotic Mitral Valve Replacement: 6-year Single Centre Experience and Follow-up Results Changqing Gao, Ming Yang, Huajun Zhang, Cangsong Xiao, Yang Wu, Gang Wang, Yao Wang, Jiali Wang. PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
CMP14.	Non-Rib-Spreading, 3D Fully Endoscopic, Mini Incision Technique vs. Conventional Mini-Thoracotomy for Mitral Valve Repair - a Matched Pair Analysis Fiona S. Westhofen, Lenard Conradi, Christian Detter, Tobias Deuse, Hermann Reichenspurner, Hendrik Treede. University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (5 Minute Discussion)
15.00 - 15.45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.45 - 16.30	Keynote Address Prof. Wendelin Stark ETH Zurich Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Zurich, Switzerland
16.30 - 17.30	Poster Competition Finals Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
18.30 - 20.30	Attendee Reception
22.00 - 23.30	President's Nightcap
SATURDAY, 6 June 2015
07.30 - 08.30	Continental Breakfast
08.30 - 09.00	ISMICS Member Business Meeting
09.00 - 10.30	Cardiac Session 7: Heart Failure, Pediatrics, & Perfusion Moderators: Ramachandra Reddy, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C37.	Benefits of a Novel Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device For Right Heart Failure. The prospective RECOVER RIGHT Study of the Impella RP Device. Mark Anderson, Lynn Morris, Salil Shah, Alexandra Tuluca. Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA (4 Minutes Discussion))
C38.	A NOVEL, ONE-SHOT ANASTOMOTIC DEVICE FOR PROSTHETIC VASCULAR GRAFTS Willem J. Suyker1, Paul T. Suyker2. 1Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands, 2iiTech BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands (4 Minutes Discussion)
C39.	Transaortic Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect without Ventriculotomy Lukasz Tulecki, Jeremi Mizerski, Andrzej Janda, Jaroslaw Bródka, Kacper Wojcik, Konrad Tomkow. John Paul II Hospital, Zamosc, Zamosc, Poland (4 Minutes Discussion)
C40.	Robotic Endoscopic Off Pump Total Pericardiectomy In Constrictive Pericarditis Zewditu Asfaw, MD1, Kimberly Maciolek, BS2, Dorothy Krienbring, BSN1, Susan Arnsdorf, MS1, Husam Balkhy, MD1. 1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 2University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
CMP15.	Minimally invasive transthoracic device closure of isolated ventricular septal defects under transesophageal echocardiography without cardiopulmonary bypass: a 7-year multicenter experience Quansheng Xing1, Qin Wu1, Ping Wen2, Xuming Mo3, Zewei Zhang4. 1Children's Heart Center, Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China, 2Children's Heart Center, Dalian Children's Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, 3Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Nanjing Children's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 4Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
CMP16.	Minimally Invasive Approach for the Warden Procedure in Children: is it Really Safe? Alexey Arkhipov, Alexander Omelchenko, Yuriy Gorbatykh, Alexey Zubritskiy, Timur Khapaev, Alexander Bogachev-Prokophiev, Alexander Karaskov. Academician Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
CMP17.	Experience with Polymer Locking Clips for Thoracoscopic Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure Alexey Arkhipov, Alexander Omelchenko, Yuriy Gorbatykh, Ilya Soynov, Alexander Bogachev-Prokophiev, Alexander Karaskov. Academician Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation (5 Minutes Discussion)
CMP18.	5-Year experience of blood transfusion in patients undergoing isolated Aortic Valve Replacement using Miniaturised Extra Corporeal Circulation Sanjay Asopa, Mark Bennett, Gerry Webb, Clinton Lloyd. Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom
CMP19.	Peripheral Cannulation for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Specific Preoperaory Assessment is Really Necessary? Over 700 Procedures Experience Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Alessandro Favaro, Loris Salvador. Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy
CMP20.	Custodiol cardioplegia for myocardial protection in minimally invasive and open valve surgery Brian Hummel1, Randall Buss1, Paul DiGiorgi1, George Comas1, Lee Lucas2, Nalani Yaeger2, Brittany Hanna2. 1Gulfcoast Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Fort Myers, FL, USA, 2Lee Memorial Hospital System, Fort Myers, FL, USA (5 Minutes Discussion)
CMP21.	HIGH VERSUS LOW PROTAMINE-TO-HEPARIN DOSING RATIO FOLLOWING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL Alexander Vonk, Michael Meesters. VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
CMP22.	New, smaller, wall-less cannulas designed for augmented venous drainage in MICS Ludwig K. von Segesser1, Denis Berdajs2, Saad Abdel-Sayed1, Piergiorgio Tozzi1, Enrico Ferrari1. 1CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2Toronto General Hospital, Lausanne, ON, Canada (4 Minutes Discussion)
10.30 - 11.45	Cardiac Session 8: Revascularization Moderators: Rashmi Yadav, MD Vadim Kotowicz, MD Session Introduction (5 minutes)
C41.	Right Internal Mammary Artery (RIMA) Use in Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass (TECAB) Grafting: Towards Adapting a Multi-arterial Grafting Strategy Husam H. Balkhy, Sandeep Nathan, Dorothy Krienbring, Susan Arnsdorf. University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA (4 Minutes Discussion)
C42.	Coronary artery bypass grafting - Is it time to do away with Sternotomy? PRADEEP NAMBIAR, KAILASH SAKSENA. MOOLCHAND MEDCITY, GURGAON, India (4 Minutes Discussion)
C43.	First in human intramyocardial extracellular matrix implant in patients with low ejection fraction heart failure to restore ventricular viability and function -early and midterm results Piotr Suwalski, Radoslaw Smoczynski, Slawomir Sypula, Mariusz Furmanek, Wojciech Sarnowski, Anna Witkowska, Dominik Drobinski, Jakub Staromlynski, Zygmunt Kalicinski, Jaroslaw Swistowski, Kazimierz Suwalski. Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland (4 Minutes Discussion)
C44.	A Laser-Assisted Anastomotic Technique - Feasibility on Human Diseased Coronary Arteries David Stecher, Aryan Vink, Gerard Pasterkamp, Marc P. Buijsrogge. University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (4 Minutes Discussion)
CV2.	Non-robotic closed chest TECAB in a porcine animal model - a video presentation Hagen Gorki1, Jun Liu1, Frank Poelzing2, Susanne Gorki3, Heidi Pasche2, Guenter Albrecht1, Andreas Liebold1. 1University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, 2Institute of Innovative Medicine, Beichlingen, Germany, 3Zentralklinik Bad Berka GmbH, Bad Berka, Germany (3 Minute Discussion)
C45.	Neurological Sequelae at the Harvest Site Following Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting Gianluigi Bisleri1, Laura Giroletti1, Fabrizio Rosati1, Bruno Guarneri2, Claudio Muneretto1. 1University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 2Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy (4 Minute Discussion)

✝ No CME Credits Awarded