Cardiac Session 1: Transcatheter Therapies
Moderators: Rashmi Yadav, MD, PhD, Jimmy Hon, MD, Joerg Kempfert, MD, & Vinod H. Thourani, MD

Live Surgery / Live in a Box: Transcatheter Mitral Intervention Case

Treatment Of Pure Aortic Regurgitation Using A Novel Second Generation Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation System Real World Experience
Yingqiang Guo¹, Da Zhu¹, Lai Wei², Chunsheng Wang², Wei Wang³, Xin Wang³.
¹West China hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ²Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Chengdu, China, ³Fuwai Hospital, Chengdu, China.

Transcatheter Vs. Ministernotomy For Aortic Valve Replacement After Prosthetic Valve Failure
Vishal Shah, Oleg Orlov, Cinthia Orlov, Matthew Thomas, Roberto Rodriguez, Scott Goldman, Konstadinos Plestis.
Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Which Prosthesis For Valve-in-valve-in-valve Therapy?
Doreen Richardt, Franziska Halm, Sina Stock, Michael Scharfschwerdt, Hans-Hinrich Sievers.
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.

Single Centre Experience Of Two Novel Transventricular Neochord Systems For Beating-Heart Repair Of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Rashmi Yadav, Alison Duncan, Mindaugus Norkunas, Ricky Vaja, Neil Moat.
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Transcatheter Annuloplasty For Mitral Regurgitation With The Iris Ring
W. Douglas Boyd¹, Jason H. Rogers¹, Thomas W. R. Smith¹, Steven F. Bolling².
¹University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation Using the Mi-thos Valve: Preclinical Results
Jian Yang¹, Jiayou Tang¹, Yang Liu, ¹, Lai Wei².
¹Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China, ²Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.

Trans-atrial Mitral Valve-in-valve Implantation: Experimental Feasibility Study In A Short-term Survival Porcine Model
Thang Duc Vu, Duc Viet Nguyen, Min Zin Oo, Ervin Marquez Ocampo, Hannah Qi-Hui Tan, Rachel En-Hui Cheong, Mohamed Alaa, Maria Tsopanomichalou Gklotsou, Lian Kah Ti, Theodoros Kofidis.
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

The Importance Of Pre-operative Imaging And 3-d Printing In Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-valve Replacement
Luigi Pirelli, MD, Dillon Weiss, Nirav C. Patel, MD, Derek R. Brinster, MD, Jonathan M. Hemli, MD, Jacob S. Scheinerman, MD, Chad A. Kliger, MD.
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Presidential Address
It's about Time
Anson Cheung, MD

Cardiac Session 2: Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve
Moderators: Malakh L. Shrestha, MD, Konstadinos A. Plestis MD, & Keith B. Allen MD

Live Surgery / Live in a Box (Trans-Femoral TAVR ViV with Cracking of Annulus)

Totally Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement
Silke Van Genechten¹, Alaaddin Yilmaz¹, Pascal Starinieri¹, Miha Antonic².
¹Jessa hospital, Hasselt, Belgium, ²University medical center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.

Ministernotomy Aortic Valve Surgery In Patients With Prior Patent Mammary Artery Grafts After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Vasily Kaleda¹, Oleg Orlov², Vishal Shah², Cinthia Orlov², Konstadinos Plestis².
¹Central Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russian Federation, ²Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

New Flexible Internal Annular Fixation Rings For Tricuspid Aortic Valves
Kohei Abe, Kohei Kawazoe, Hiroyasu Misumi, Manabu Yamasaki, Kunihiko Yoshino.
St. Luke's international hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Standardized Aortic Valve Repair Using A Minimally-Invasive Approach A Single Center Experience
Johannes Petersen, Theresa Holst, Niklas Schofer, Christoph Sinning, Hermann Reichenspurner, Evaldas Girdauskas.
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Discussion (5 Minutes)

Outcomes Of Valve-invalve Versus Redo Aortic Valve Replacement For Degenerated Externally Mounted Aortic Bioprostheses (432)
Philipp Kiefer¹, Philine von Wilcke¹, Alexandro Hoyer¹, Thilo Noack¹, Thomas Schröter¹, Norman Mangner¹, Axel Linke², Joerg Seeburger¹, David Holzhey¹, Michael Borger¹.
¹Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ²Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Early Outcomes Of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement With Rapid Deployment Bioprostheses: Insights From A National Registry
Chiara Tessari¹, Augusto D'Onofrio¹, Lorenzo Bagozzi¹, Marco Diena², Francesco Alamanni³, Mauro Rinaldi⁴, Massimo Massetti⁵, Ugolino Livi⁶, Marco Di Eusanio⁷, Carmelo Mignosa⁸, Claudio Russo⁹, Roberto Di Bartolomeo¹⁰, Carlo Antona¹¹, Loris Salvador¹², Daniele Maselli¹³, Ruggero De Paulis¹⁴, Giampaolo Luzi¹⁵, Ottavio Alfieri¹⁶, Carlo Maria De Filippo¹⁷, Marcello Portoghese¹⁸, Uberto Bortolotti¹⁹, Francesco Musumeci²⁰, Gino Gerosa¹.
¹Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ²Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy, ³Monzino Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁴Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy, ⁵Catholic University, Rome, Italy, ⁶Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy, ⁷Ancona Hospitals, Ancona, Italy, ⁸Morgagni Hospital, Catania, Italy, ⁹Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ¹¹Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy, ¹²San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy, ¹³S.Anna Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy, ¹⁴European Hospital, Rome, Italy, ¹⁵San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy, ¹⁶San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Giovanni Paolo II Foundation, Campobasso, Italy, ¹⁸Santissima Annunziata Hospital, Sassari, Italy, ¹⁹University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²⁰San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Cardiac Session 3: Mitral Valve
Moderators: Joseph Lamelas, MD, Robinson Poffo, MD, Neelan S. Doolabh, MD, & Francis D. Ferdinand

Minimally Invasive MVR/repair- All Comers Approach- How I Do It
Joseph Lamelas, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Transvalvular Mitral Bridge Implantation Results In Persistent And Predictable Reduction Of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation At 2 Years
Stepan Cerny¹, Valavanur A. Subramanian², Nirav Patel³, Miroslava Benesova¹, Ivo Skalsky¹, Katerina Mzourkova¹.
¹Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ²HRT - Repair Technologies Inc, Morgan Hill, CA, USA, ³Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

3D Total Endoscopic Vs. Direct Vision Approach In Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: A Propensity Score Matched Comparison
Alexander Meyer, Karel Van Praet, Matteo Montagner, Stephan Jacobs, Simon Sündermann, Volkmar Falk, Jörg Kempfert.
German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Three Port Totally Endscopic Mitral Valve Surgery: Propensity Matched Comparison With Conventional Sternotomyapproach
Masayoshi Tokoro, Toshiaki Ito, Atsuo Maekawa, Sadanari Sawaki, Junji Yanagisawa, Takahiro Ozeki, Mamoru Orii, Toshiyuki Saiga.
Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya City, Aich Pref., Japan.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Minimally Invasive Video Assisted Concomitant Multiple Valve Surgery Through Right Anterior Mini-thoracotomy
Serkan Durdu, cagdas baran, Fatih Gumus, mehmet cakici, evren ozcinar, ali ihsan hasde, mustafa sirlak, ahmet ruchan akar.
Ankara University, ankara, Turkey

Totally Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Mitral Valve Replacement: A Comparative Study Of 3d High-definition And 2d High-definition Video Systems
Xin Zang, Huiming Guo.
Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

3d Thoracoscopy Correlates With Shorter Cross-clamp Time Among Patients Undergoing Periareolar Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
Radoslaw Smoczynski, Jakub Staromlynski, Anna Witkowska, Dominik Drobinski, Wojciech Sarnowski, Irena Walecka, Dariusz Kosior, Piotr Suwalski.
Central Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland.

3D Enabled Totally Endoscopic Surgery In Training Of Mitral Valve Repair
Daniel Hoefer, Herbert Hangler, Christoph Krapf, Bastian Schneider, Juliane Kilo, Michael Grimm, Ludwig Mueller.
Cardiac Surgery Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Tri-port Chest Thoracoscopic Cardiac Surgery For Cardiac Myxoma Resection On Perfused Beating Hearts
Zengshan Ma, Sr., professor.
Qilu Hospital of Shandong Unversity, Ji'nan, China.

Minimally Invasive Mitral And Tricuspid Repair In Situs Inversus Totalis
Toshihiko Shibata, Takashi Murakami, MD, PhD, Yosuke Takahashi, MD, phD, Hiromichi Fujii, MD, PhD, Akimasa Morisaki, MD, phD, Shunsuke Nishimura, Kokoro Yamane.
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Poster Competition: Round 1
Chief Moderator: Simon C. Moten, MD; Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Australia

Cardiac Session 4: Developing a Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgical Program

Moderators:	Harold G. Roberts, Jr., MD & Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD
Panel:	Mattia Glauber, MD Tom C. Nguyen, MD Emmanuel Moss, MD T. Sloane Guy, MD Theodoros Kofidis, MD

Training Continent to Continent - Ingredients for Success
L. Wiley Nifong, MD
East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Early Warning Systems and Course Correction - How Can Statistics Help You?
Mattia Glauber, MD
Sant'Ambrogio Clinic, Milan, Italy

Starting A Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program At The End Of Training: The First Ten Years
Hugues Jeanmart, Pierre Demondion, John Aoun, Eliza Calin, Carole Sirois, Pierre Pagé.
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, montreal, QC, Canada.

Learning Curve Analysis Of Full Endoscopic Non-rib Spreading Mitral Valve Surgery
Giacomo Bianchi, MD, PhD, Rafik Margaryan, MD, PhD, Marco Solinas, MD, PhD.
Ospedale del Cuore - Fondazione Toscana, Massa, Italy.

Simulation in Training for Minimally Invasive Mitral Surgery
Peyman Sardari – Nia, MD
Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

Dynamic Patient Specific Three Dimensional Simulation of Mitral Repair
Bob B. Kiaii, MD
University Hospital/LHSC/UWO, London, Canada

Panel Discussion

• Minimally invasive training - when to train?
• Training residents MICS - does it compromise patient safety?
• In an established program or an independent program?
• How long does it take to develop?
• What are the biggest challenges?
• Who is your team, the big 5?
• The role of simulation

Cardiac Session 5: Arrhythmia
Moderators: Niv Ad, MD, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, & Sahin Senay, MD

Management of Atrial Fibrillation- What Do the Guidelines Tell Us?
Niv Ad, MD
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV & Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD

The Impact Of Left Atrial Appendage Ablation And Exclusion On Left Atrial Function
Ali J. Khiabani, Alessandro Montecalvo, Joshua L. Manghelli, Marc R. Moon, Richard B. Schuessler, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Ganglion Plexus Ablation For Advanced Atrial Fibrillation: 2-years Results Of The Afact Study
Jolien Neefs¹, Wouter R. Berger¹, Sebastien P.J Krul¹, Elise M. Praag¹, Nicoline W.E van den Berg¹, Femke Piersma¹, Jonas S.S.G de Jong², WimJan P. van Boven¹, Antoine H.G Driessen¹, Joris R. de Groot¹.
¹Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Simultaneous Hybrid Ablation Of Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Advanced Mapping Technologies To Guide Surgical Ablation
Gianluigi Bisleri¹, Malak Elbatarny¹, Sanoj Chacko¹, Adrian Baranchuk¹, Kathryn Hong¹, Michael Kahn¹, Gary Tse², Benedict Glover¹.
¹Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, ²Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Do We Need To Open The Left Atrium For Surgical Af Ablation In Paroxysmal Af Concomitant To Cabg Or Avr?
Simon Pecha, Johannes Petersen, Florian Wagner, Hermann Reichenspurner.
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Robotic Mitral Respectful Resection For Repair Of Diffuse Degenerative Posterior Leaflet Disease
Harold G. Roberts, M.D., Lawrence M. Wei, M.D., Christopher C. Cook, M.D., Takashi Murashita, M.D., J. Scott Rankin, M.D., Vinay Badhwar, M.D.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Keynote Address
MedTech Innovation on the Rise: A Wall Street Perspective
Larry Biegelsen
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, New York, NY

Cardiac Session 6: Revascularization
Moderators: Johannes Bonatti, MD & Francis Ferdinand, MD

Outcomes Of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries In Minimally Invasive Cabg With Analogy To The Syntax Trial
Pradeep Nambiar¹, Sanjay Kumar².
¹National Heart Institute, New Delhi, India, ²Benares Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Endoscopic Approach
Alaaddin Yilmaz, Silke Van Genechten, Boris Robic, Pascal Starinieri.
Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.

Development Of A Heart Positioner For Mics Cabg: Tentacles Neo
Tomohiro Mizuno, Tatsuki Fujiwara, Hidehito Kuroki, Hirokuni Arai.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo, Japan

Reason And Timing For Conversion To Sternotomy In Robotic-assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting And Patient Outcomes
Nickolas Christidis, Stephanie Fox, Stuart Swinamer, Rodrigo Bagur, Kumar Sridher, Shahar Lavi, Ivan Iglesius, Daniel Bainbridge, Philip Jones, Christopher Harle, Michael Chu, Patrick Teefy, Bob Kiaii.
London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Mid Term Angiographic And Long Term Clinical Follow-up After Robotic Beating Heart Connector Tecab
Husam H. Balkhy, Sarah Nisivaco, Hiroto Kitahara, Mackenzie McCrorey, Brook Patel.
The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Hybrid Coronary Revascularization, Robotic-assisted Surgical Approach - Long Term Follow Up In 565 Patients.
Francis P. Sutter, Mary A. Wertan, Konstadinos Plestis, Daniel M. Cohen, Christina Spino-Oleck, Scott M. Goldman.
Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, USA.

Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization, 5 Year Patency And Clinical Follow-up
Roos Jong¹,², Stephanie Fox¹, Nikolas Christidis¹, Rodrigo Bagur¹, Kumar Sridhar¹, Shahar Lavi¹, Ivan Iglesius¹, Daniel Bainbridge¹, Philip Jones¹, Christopher Harle¹, Marc Buijsrogge², Michael Chu¹, Patrick Teefy¹, Bob Kiaii¹.
¹London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada, ²University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Surgical Results Of Multi Vessel Off Pump Mics Cabg Under Direct Vision
Keita Kikuchi.
Ichinomiya-Nishi Hospital, Ichinomiya-Nishi, Japan.

Prospective Randomized Comparison Of Two Different Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting Devices
Arnaud Van Linden¹, Florian Hecker¹, Mani Arsalan², Manfred Richter¹, Brigitte Matzke³, Julius Beckers¹, Tomas Holubec¹, Serap Van Linden¹, Thomas Walther².
¹Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Max-Planck Institut, Bad Nauheim, Germany.

Redo Minimally Invasive Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery In Off-pump Era
Doosang Kim.
Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Kit V. Arom Lectureship
How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci
Eva Selhub, MD
Resilience Experts, LLC., Waltham, MA

Poster Competition Finals
Chief Moderator: Simon Moten, MD; Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Australia

Cardiac Session 7: Perfusion and Imaging
Moderator: Phillipp Blanke, MD & Ramachandra C. Reddy, MD

CT Imaging for the Surgeon- What you Absolutely Need to Know
Phillipp Blanke, MD
St. Paul's Hospital, British Columbia, Canada

3d Hologram Evaluation For Cardiovascular Surgery Using A New Workstation Visalius3d
Takeo Tedoriya, Kenichi Kamiya, Tadamasa Miyauchi, Masaomi Fukuzumi, Ryoi Okano, Yuko Gatate.
Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Saitama, Japan.

Cinematic Rendering - Evaluation Of A New Imaging Technique For Midcab Planning
Arnaud Van Linden¹, Tomas Holubec¹, Mani Arsalan², Florian Hecker¹, Julius Beckers¹, Maik Bittner³, Matthias John³, Serap Van Linden¹, Thomas Walther².
¹Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Siemens Healthineers, Forchheim, Germany.

A New Concept In The Development Of A Cardiac Assist Device Utilizing Nanotechnology
Mahmood Mirhoseini, Mary M. Cayton, Aria Manasherry.
Heart & Lung Institute of Wisconsin, Germantown, WI, USA.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Clinical Experience With A Self-expandable Venous Cannula During Cardiopulmonary Bypass In Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Karel M. Van Praet, Gregor Richter, Simon Sündermann, Alexander Meyer, Christoph Starck, Christof Stamm, Matteo Montagner, Axel Unbehaun, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Jörg Kempfert.
German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Using Htk Solution Vs Blood Cardioplegia; A Retrospective Comparison In 581 Patients
David Heimansohn, Peter Walts, Chris Salerno, Sina Moainie, Karen Roberts, Meghan Honerlaw-Tooman, Anita Fries.
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Late Efficacy Of Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate, Del Nido And St. Thomas Protocols In Minimally Invasive Mitral Surgery
Steve Singh¹, Kevin McCusker², Serdar Gunaydin³.
¹Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, ²New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA, ³Numune Training & Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Cardiac Session 8: Aortic and Endovascular
Moderators: Christian Shults, MD & Marco Vola MD, PhD

TEVAR: Tips, Trick and Complications
Christian Shults, MD
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, Washington, DC

Mini-Total Aortic Arch Repair
Takashi Murakami, MD, PhD, Hiromichi Fujii, Yosuke Takahashi, Akimasa Morisaki, Shinsuke Nishimura, Yoshito Sakon, Kokoro Yamane, Toshihiko Shibata.
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

Aortic Root Replacement And Aortic Valve Sparing Through Mini Partial Sternotomy.
Jakub P. Staromlynski¹, Anna Witkowska¹, Radoslaw Smoczynski¹, Pawel Stachurski¹, Maciej Bartczak¹, Wojciech Sarnowski¹, Dominik Drobinski¹, Janusz Sierdzinski², Piotr Suwalski¹.
¹Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland, ²Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Novel Nitinol Endovascular Stent Graft System For Thoracic Aortic Pathologies: A Comparative Study
SZE YUEN Peter YU, Chi Ying Simon Chow, Yan Kit Jacky Ho, Wai Ting Micky Kwok, Yuk Pui Innes Wan, Cheuk Man Chu, Chun Ho Simon Yu, Malcolm John Underwood, Hung Leung Randolph Wong.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Early Outcome Of The Treatment Of Complicated Stanford B Dissection With Surgeon-modified Endografts
Minxin Wei, Zanxin Wang, Rong Ren, Junmin Wen, Weixin Chen.
Shenzhen Sun Yat-sun Cardiovascular Hospital, Shenzhen, China.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)

Open Repair Following Failed Tevar Of An Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD¹, Corbin Muetterties, MD².
¹TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA, ²UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Minimally Invasive Ozaki Procedure in Aortic Valve Disease: The Preliminary Results
Dinh Nguyen, Anh T. Vo, Khoi Le, Thanh Vu, Trang Nguyen, Thien Vu, Chuong Pham, Tuan Anh Pham.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

DISCUSSION (5 minutes)