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THURSDAY, 8 June 2017
08.00 - 08.15	Opening & Welcome Remarks
08.15 - 09.45	Cardiac Session 1: Valve - Minimally Invasive Approaches, Technologies and Techniques Moderators: W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD Robert W. Emery, MD
C1	Who Benefits Most From Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery?: A Review Of 2800+ Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery Jennifer J. Chung, Carol W. Chen, Ann C. Gaffey, W. Clark Hargrove, III, Michael A. Acker, Pavan Atluri. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
C2	Analysis Of 628 Consecutive Robotic Mitral Valve Repair: When Are We Out of the Learning Curve? Danny Ramzy, Michele De Robertis, James Mirocha, Wen Cheng, Joshua Chung, Alfredo Trento. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
C3	Morbid Obesity Does Not Increase Morbidity Or Mortality in Robotic Cardiac Surgery Hiroto Kitahara, Brooke Patel, Mackenzie McCrorey, Sarah Nisivaco, Husam H. Balkhy. The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP1	Comparison Of Video-assisted Minithoracotomy And Totally Thoracoscopic Periareolar Approach For Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Radoslaw Smoczynski1, Grzegorz Suwalski2, Jakub Staromly?ski1, Anna Witkowska1, Dominik Drobinski1, Wojciech Sarnowski1, Irena Walecka1, Piotr Suwalski1. 1Central Teaching Hospital MSW, Warsaw, Poland, 2Military Institute of Medicine Central Clinical Hospital Ministry of National Defence, Warsaw, Poland.
CMP2	Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Reoperations in Patients with Previous Right Minithoracotomy: First Experience Antonio Lio, Antonio Miceli, Matteo Ferrarini, Mattia Glauber. Cardiothoracic Center, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy.
CMP3	First Two Mitral Valve Replacements via Right Lateral Mini Thoracotomy using New Automated Annular Suturing Technology Victor S. Costache1, Juan A. Siordia, Jr. 2, Charles J. Lutz3, Jude S. Sauer4, Peter A. Knight2. 1LB University of Sibiu, Next Cardio Project, Sibiu, Romania, 2University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA, 3St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA, 4LSI Solutions, Victor, NY, USA. Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP4	How To Reduce Postoperative Pacemaker Implantation After Sutureless Valve Implantation? A Single Center Experience Antonio Lio, Antonio Miceli, Matteo Ferrarini, Mattia Glauber. Cardiothoracic Center, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy.
C4	Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement: How to Reduce the Risk of Postoperative Conduction Disorders and Pacemaker Implants Ferdinand Vogt, Giuseppe Santarpino, Joachim Sirch, Steffen Pfeiffer, Theodor Fischlein. Klinikum Nürnberg - Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany. Discussion (5 minutes)
C5	Trans-right Axillary Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity Score-matched Analysis Masayoshi Tokoro, Toshiaki Ito, Atsuo Maekawa, Sadanari Sawaki, Junji Yanagisawa, Takahiro Ozeki, Mamoru Orii, Toshiyuki Saiga. Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiich Hospital, Nagoya City, Aich Pref., Japan. Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP5	Aortic Valve Replacement with Sutureless Perceval Bioprosthesis in Minithoracotomy Approach: Single Center Experience with 400 Implants Giovanni Concistrè, Francesca Chiaramonti, Giacomo Bianchi, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Michele Murzi, Rafik Margaryan, Pierandrea Farneti, Marco Solinas. Ospedale del cuore, Massa, Italy.
CMP6	Titanium Fasteners During Aortic Valve Replacements: Assessment of Safety and Efficacy Joshua K. Wong, Vishnu Kadiyala, Allison Forrest, Hannah DeSelms, Devang J. Joshi, Amber L. Melvin, Juan Siordia, George L. Hicks, Sunil M. Prasad, Peter A. Knight. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA. Discussion (5 minutes)
C6	Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery: Aortic Valve Replacement in a Completely Thoracoscopic Fashion: Early Results Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Massimo Sella, Olivera Rasovic, Alessandro Favaro, Caterina Piccin, Nicola Lamascese, Loris Salvador. Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy. Discussion (4 minutes)
09.45 - 10.45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.45 - 11.15	Announcement of Subramanian Innovation Award Subramanian Innovation Award Finalists who will be presenting their work: A Leaflet Extending Device for Easier Repair of Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Minimally Invasive Techniques Muralidhar Padala, Emory University Lima-to-lad Without Sternotomy or Thoracotomy: Does the Trans-xiphoid Approach Add Value? Andy Kiser, ECHI Greenville Percutaneous Closed-chest Transapical Valve Procedures: First Tests in Animals Enrico Ferrari, University Hospital Zurich
11.15 – 11.20	First Announcement of Paul Grundeman Scientific Research Award
11.20 - 11.30	Introduction of New Members
11.30- 12.15	Presidential Address Pathways to Innovation in Cardiothoracic Surgery Johannes Bonatti, MD
12.15 - 13.45	ISMICS International Fellows and Residents Luncheon - Trainees to Consultants†
12.15 - 13.45	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.
13.45 - 15.00	Cardiac Session 2: Innovative and Minimally Invasive Arrhythmia Surgery Moderators: Randall K. Wolf, MD Ralph J. Damiano, MD
C7	Bilateral VATS Cervicothoracic Sympathectomy- A Novel Adjunct to Catheter Ablation for Treatment of Refractory Ventricular Tacchyarrythmias Hari Tandri, Todd Crawford, Hugh Calkins, Ronald Berger, Kaushik Mandal. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP7	Automated Suturing for Pacemaker Lead Placement via Video Guided Minimally Invasive Surgical Access Joseph W. Turek1, Juan A. Siordia, Jr. 2, Jude S. Sauer3, Peter A. Knight2. 1University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, USA, 2University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA, 3LSI Solutions, Victor, NY, USA.
CMP8	Hybrid Management of Pacemaker-dependent Patients undergoing Leads Extraction for Device Related Infection Fabrizio Rosati1, Claudio Muneretto1, Alberto Repossini1, Laura Giroletti1, Lorenzo Di Bacco1, Manuel Cerini2, Francesca Vassanelli2, Lorenza2, Francesca Salghetti2, Antonio Curnis2, Gianluigi Bisleri3. 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 2Division of Cardiology, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 3Division of Cardiac Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
CMP9	Minimally Invasive Extraction of Superfluous Leads: Worth the Effort? Samer Hakmi, Simon Pecha, Nils Gosau, Stephan Willems, Hermann Reichenspurner. University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP10	Superior Outcome of Thoracoscopic Ablation Compared to Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Single Center Experience Maria Cannoletta, Shouvik Haldar, Toufan Bahrami, Habib Khan, Rashmi Yadav, Tom Wong, Anthony De Souza. Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
CMP11	The Effect of Modified Box Lesion via the Left Chest for Atrial Fibrillation Patients with LAD less than 45 MM Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang, Nan Ma, Hao Liu, Min Tang, Yi Si. Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Discussion (5 minutes)
C8	Atrial Fibrillation Patients Have Low Embolism Rates After Minimally Invasive Surgical Ablation Regardless Of Stroke History Buqing Ni, Jiaxi Gu, Junjie Du, Weidong Gu, Xiaohu Lu, Yongfeng Shao. The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Discussion (4 minutes)
CV1	Bilateral Clamp Ablation of Pulmonary Veins During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement via a Right Minithoracotomy Toshinori Totsugawa, Arudo Hiraoka, Kentaro Tamura, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Taichi Sakaguchi. The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan. Discussion (3 minutes)
C9	A New Technique in Thoracoscopic Surgery For Stand-alone Atrial Fibrillation: En Bloc Isolation of the Left Pulmonary Veins and Appendage Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka, Motoyuki Hisagi. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. Discussion (4 minutes)
C10	Trans-xiphoid Simultaneous Endocardial and Epicardial Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Initial Hybrid Outcomes Andy Kiser1, Thomas Caranasos2, J. Paul Mounse2, Eugene Chung2, James Hummel2, Murrium Sadaf2, Amith Mandavilli2, Anil Gehv2. 1ECHI, Greenville, NC, USA, 2UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
15.00 - 15.45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.45 - 17.00	Cardiac Session 3: Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery Moderators: John L. Knight, MD Francis D. Ferdinand, MD
C11	Minimally Invasive Coronary Revascularization for Single and Multivessel Disease: 15 Years Experience and Follow-up Alberto Repossini1, Lorenzo Di Bacco1, Fabrizio Rosati1, Laura Giroletti1, Maurizio Tespili2, Antonio2, Davide Personeni2, Claudio Muneretto2, Gianluigi Bisleri3. 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 2Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Bolognini, Seriate, Bergamo, Italy, 3Division of Cardiac Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Discussion (4 minutes)
C12	Long-term Outcome of Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Single Center Experience Shakil Farid, Jason Ali, Victoria Stohlner, Ruhina Alam, Peter Schofield, Samer Nashef, Ravi De Silva. Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Discussion (4 minutes)
C13	Robotic-assisted Coronary Bypass Grafting Surgery: An 18-year Single Centre Experience with Long-term Follow-up Vincenzo Giambruno, Feras Khaliel, Philip Jones, Michael Chu, Patrick Teefy, Kumar Sridhar, Daniel Bainbridge, Christopher Harle, Bob Kiaii. London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, ON, Canada. Discussion (4 minutes)
C14	11-Year Experience with Robotic Assisted Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Francis P. Sutter, MaryAnn Wertan, Konstadinos A. Plestis, Roberto Rodriguez, Scott M. Goldman, MD. Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
C15	Robotic Beating Heart TECAB in Higher Risk Patients: Can it be done safely? Husam H. Balkhy, Sarah Nisivaco, Hiroto Kitahara, Mackenzie McCrory, Brooke Patel. University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP12	Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Versus Standard Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Comparative Analysis with Long-term Follow-up Vincenzo Giambruno, Feras Khaliel, Philip Jones, Michael Chu, Patrick Teefy, Kumar Sridhar, Daniel Bainbridge, Christopher Harle, Bob Kiaii. London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, ON, Canada.
CMP13	Mid-term Result in Endoscopically versus Open Radial Artery Harvesting Technique a Randomised Trail Muhammed Tamim, Sr. 1, Yaser Al Kadi2, Donia AL Hassan1. 1King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Discussion (5 minutes)
CV2	Simultaneous Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass and Robotic Left Lower Lobectomy for Lung Cancer Diego Avella, MD, Wickii Vigneswaran, MD, Husam H. Balkhy, MD. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
17.00 - 18.15	Exhibition Hall Reception
17.00 - 18.15	Poster Competition: Round 1 Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; St. Mary's 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, 9 June 2017
08.00 - 09.00	Cardiac Session 4: Minimally Invasive Aortic Surgery Moderators: Hermann Reichenspurner, MD Tohru Asai, MD, PhD
C16	The Minimally Invasive Robotic Vascular Surgery Petr Stadler, Libor Dvoracek, Petr Vitasek, Pavel Matous. Na Homolce Hospital, Praha 5, Czech Republic. Discussion (4 minutes)
C17	Current Trends in Aortic Root Surgery: The Mini-Bentall Approach Djamila Abjigitova, Georgia Panagopoulos, Konstadinos A. Plestis. Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
CV3	Anastomosis Technique for Mini-total Arch Replacement via Partial Sternotomy Yosuke Takahashi, Takashi Murakami, Hiromichi Fujii, Masanori Sakaguchi, Shinsuke Nishimura, Daisuke Yasumizu, Yoshito Sakon, Toshihiko Shibata. Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. Discussion (3 minutes)
CMP14	Minimally Invasive Approach for Frozen Elephant Trunk Surgery Micaela De Palo, Manuela Conte, Antonio Massimo Cricco, Claudio Roscitano, Massimiliano Conte, Vincenzo Pastrichella, Gaetano Contegiacomo, Giampiero Esposito. Mater Dei Hospital C.B.H., Bari, Italy.
CMP15	Comparison of Different Femoral Closure Techniques in Minimally ?nvasive Cardiovascular Interventions Mehmet Çakici, Mustafa Bahadir Inan, Alper Özgür, Evren Özçinar, Çagdas Baran, Levent Yazicioglu, Sadik Eryilmaz, Bülent Kaya, Ahmet Rüçhan Akar. Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP16	A New Suturing Device for Aortic Surgery: Towards Minimally Invasive Aortic Surgery Takahiro Matsuoka, Yoshifumi Itoda, Ryoichi Kondo, Ichiro Sakuma, Minoru Ono. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
CMP17	Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Increases Aortic Stiffness and Central Aortic Pressure Tohru Takaseya1, Seiji Onitsuka1, Hiroyuki Otsuka1, Hiroyuki Tanaka1, Hisashi Kai2, Hiroki Aoki3. 1The Department of Surgery, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, 2Kurume Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, 3Cardiovascular research Institute, Kurume University of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. Discussion (5 minutes)
09.00 - 10.00	Cardiac Session 5: Imaging & Innovative Coronary Surgery Moderators: Naresh Trehan, MD John Puskas, MD
C18	Patient-specific Dynamic 3d Mitral Valve Models for Surgical Planning and Simulation Olivia Ginty1, John Moore1, Yuanwei Xu1, Wenyao Xia1, Satoru Fujii, MD2, Dan Bainbridge, MD2, Terry Peters, PhD1, Bob Kiaii, MD, FRCSC2, Michael W. A. Chu, MD, FRCSC2. 1Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada, 2Western University, London, ON, Canada. Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP18	In Vivo Identifying the Relationship of the Circumflex Artery to the Mitral Valve Annulus with a Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Vincenzo Caruso, Antonio Bivona, Jessica Dada, Swamy Gedela, Ben Middleton, Walter Serino, Inderpaul Birdi. Basildon Hospital Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon, United Kingdom.
CMP19	Using CT Angiograms to Predict Sternotomy or Complicated Anastomosis in Patients Undergoing Robotically-assisted MIDCAB Edward Percy, MD, Richard Cook, MD, Anthony Fung, MD, John Mayo, MD. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Discussion (5 minutes)
C19	Early Outcome of 3D Endoscopic Harvesting of Internal Mammaly Arteries for Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Grafting Takahiro Takemura, Takahito Yokoyama, Hirokazu Niitsu, Gentaku Hama, Yasuyuki Toyota, Yasutoshi Tsuda. Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center, Saku, Japan. Discussion (4 minutes)
C20	Clinical and CT Angiographic Long-term Followup of Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Markus Kofler1, Lukas Stastny1, Julia Dumfarth1, Gudrun Feuchtner1, Guy Friedrich1, Thomas Schachner1, Johannes Bonatti2, Nikolaos Bonaros2. 1Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 2Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Discussion (4 minutes)
CV4	Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Safely and easily done using only Vessel Stabilizer, without Heart Positioner Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, MD. Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
10.00 - 10.30	Panel: Catheters and Wires 1.0
10.00 - 10.15	Wires and Angiography Positions Thomas Bartel, MD
10.15 - 10.30	Catheters and Balloons Hendrik Treede, MD
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
11.00 – 11.20	LATE BREAKING NEWS
11.20 - 12.20	Kit V. Arom Lectureship "What Cardiothoracic Surgeons Can Learn from Vascular Surgery" Experience from Development of Endovascular Techniques by Surgeons - for Surgeons Alan B. Lumsden, MD
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 - 14.50	Cardiac Session 6: Transcatheter Valve Moderators: Volkmar Falk, MD Gregory P. Fontana, MD
C21	Prosthetic Surgical Tissue Valve Fracturing Using A High-pressure Balloon to Facilitate Transcatheter Valve-in-valve Implantation Keith Allen1, Adnan Chhatriwalla1, David Cohen1, John Saxon1, Sanjeev Aggarwal1, Anthony Hart1, Suzanne Baron1, Anthony Bavry2, Thomas Beaver2, Ashkan Karimi2, Michael Lim3, Richard Lee3, Joshua Rovin4, A. Michael Borkon1. 1St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA, 2University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA, 3Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA, 4Morton Plant Hospital, Tampa Bay, FL, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
C22	Transcatheter Versus Rapid Deployment Sutureless Bioprosthesis: Real World Outcomes in Octogenarians at Intermediate Risk Claudio Muneretto1, Lorenzo Di Bacco1, Fabrizio Rosati1, Roberto Di Bartolomeo2, Manfredo Rambaldini3, Francois Laborde4, Maurizio Tespili5, Alberto Repossini1, Thierry Folliguet6, Alexandre Metras7, Louis Labrousse7, Gianluigi Bisleri8. 1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, 2Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bologna Medical School, Bologna, Italy, 3Division of Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Carlo Poma, Mantova, Italy, 4Division of Cardiac Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France, 5Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Bolognini, Seriate, Bergamo, Italy, 6Division of Cardiac Surgery, CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France, 7Division of Cardiac Surgery, CHU Bordeaux, Hopital Haut-Leveque, Pessac - Bordeaux, France, 8Division of Cardiac Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Discussion (4 minutes)
C23	Pre-clinical Evaluation of a Non-occlusive TAVI Deployment System for Non-calcific Aortic Valve Disease: A Proof of Concept Animal Study Jacques Scherman1, Chima Ofoegbu1, Giuseppe Geldenhuys2, Pete Haw2, Fourie Gildenhuys2, Braden van Breda2, Grant Nelson2, Peter Zilla1. 1University of Cape town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2Strait Access Technologies, Cape Town, South Africa. Discussion (4 minutes)
CMP20	Supra-sternal Aortic Valve Implantation for Patients with Marginal Femoral Access Andy Kiser1, Thomas Caranasos2, Mark Peterson3, Christopher Buller3, David Holzhey4, Philipp Kiefer4, Michael Borger5. 1ECHI, Greenville, NC, USA, 2UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 3St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University of Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany, 5Colombia University Department of Surgery, New York, NY, USA.
CMP21	Brachiocephalic Trunk and Right Carotid Access for TAVI: Same Artery Different Approaches Maude-Emmanuelle Olivier1, Chadi Aludaat1, Thomas Levasseur2, Laurent Faroux2, Pierre-Frédérique Torossian1, Sophie Tassan-Mangina2, Benoit Herce2, Alain Deschildre2, Damien Metz2, Vito-Giovanni Ruggieri1. 1Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de REIMS, France, 2Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de REIMS, France. Discussion (5 minutes)
CMP22	Long Term Outcome of Hybrid Revascularization in Multi Vessels Coronary Artery Disease in a Single Institution Study Maria Cannoletta1, Alan Soo2, Rashmi Yadav1, Richard Trimlett1, Anthony De Souza1. 1Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland.
CMP23	Mitral Valve-in-valve and Valve-in-ring Implantation using a Fully Repositionable Transcatheter Valve System Arnaud Van Linden, Won-Keun Kim, Mani Arsalan, Matthias Renker, Christoph Liebetrau, Florian Hecker, Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat, Thomas Walther. Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany. Discussion (5 minutes)
14.50 - 15.15	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.15 - 16.15	Keynote Address Creativity Principles: How to Challenge the State of the Art Giovanni E. Corazza, Professor
16.15 - 17.15	Poster Competition Finals Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; St. Mary's Hospital, London, England
18.30 - 21.30	ISMICS 20th Birthday Celebration (ticket required)
21.30 - 22.30	President's Nightcap
SATURDAY, 10 June 2017
08.30 - 09.00	ISMICS Member Business Meeting
09.00 - 11.00	Cardiac Session 7: Highly Innovative Approaches to MICS Moderators: James D. Fonger, MD Paul F. Grundeman, MD, PhD
C24	A Phase 1 Study of a Novel Bidirectional Femoral Arterial Cannula for the Prevention of Leg Ischaemia during Cardiac Surgery Silvana F. Marasco1, Elli Tutungi2, Vincent A. Pellegrino1, Shirley A. Vallance1, Randall A. Moshinsky3. 1Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 2Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 3Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia. Discussion (4 minutes)
C25	Beyond Small Incision: Where Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery meets Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation Pascal Starinieri, Boris Robic, Alaaddin Yilmaz. Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium. Discussion (4 minutes)
CV5	Ultrasonic Decalcification in Cardiac Surgery Alina Stan, Ragi Nagib, Hardy Baumbach, Adrian Ursulescu, Samir Ahad, Nora Goebel, Ulrich F.W. Franke. Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany. Discussion (3 minutes)
C26	Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Interruption for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates Kagami Miyaji, Kohichi Sughimoto, Norihiko Oka, Mamika Motokawa, Tadashi Kitamura, Kensuke Kobayashi. Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan. Discussion (4 minutes)
CV6	Minimal Invasive Approach for Intracardiac Repair of Tetrology of Fallot Chirag Doshi, MBBS, MS, MCh CTVS, Manish K. Hinduja, MBBS, MS, MCh CTVS, DNB CTVS. UNMICRC, Ahmedabad, India. Discussion (3 minutes)
C27	Totally Endoscopic Atrial Septal Defect Repair on the Beating Heart without Robotic Assistance: Initial Results in 25 Patients Huy Q. Dang, Le Ngoc Thanh, MD, PhD. Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam. Discussion (4 minutes)
C28	A Preclinical Model For Assessing Novel Bioabsorbable Polymers for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Gregory Fontana1, Christophe Naz2, Susana Lopes2, Oleg Svanidze2, Martijn Cox2, Nicolas Borenstein3, Christian Spaulding4. 1Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, 2Xeltis, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 3IMM Recherche, Paris, France, 4Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Discussion (4 minutes)
C29	The use of Intravascular Ultrasound For Contrast Agent Free Transcatheter Valve Implantation - The Ivus TAVI Project Christoph Krapf, Judith Martini, Gabriel Putzer, Daniel Pehböck, Niklas Altaner, Benjamin Rudolf, Michael Grimm, Guy Friedrich, Nikolaos Bonaros. Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Discussion (4 minutes)
C30	Is it Possible to Implant Heartmate 3 Less Invasively? New Pump, New Approach Sinan Sabit Kocabeyoglu1, Umit Kervan1, Dogan Emre Sert1, Burcu Demirkan2, Yesim Akin2, Emre Aygun1, Osman Fehmi Beyazal1, Mehmet Karahan1, Mustafa Pac1. 1Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara, Turkey, 2Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. Discussion (4 minutes)
C31	Bi-caval Dual Lumen vs Single Site Cannulation For ECLS Bryan A. Whitson, Shayln Bennett, Ahmet Kilic, Antolin Flores, Thomas Papadimos, Don Hayes, Jr., Ravi Tripathi. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
C32	Minimally Invasive Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy: A Safe and Effective Alternative to Conventional Sternotomy Chetan Pasrija, Aakash Shah, Michael Rouse, Mehrdad Ghoreishi, Gregory J. Bittle, Francesca Boulos, Bartley P. Griffith, Zachary N. Kon. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
11.00	Program Concludes

† - No CME Credits Awarded
* - Young Investigator Award Applicant