Cardiac Session 1: Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve & Atrial Fibrillation
(5 Minute Presentations, 8 Minute Group Discussion)
Moderators: Niv Ad & Sahin Senay

Session Overview
Tom C. Nguyen
UTHSC Houston, Houston, TX

Live in a Box Presentation (5 Minutes)
LAA Closure After Watchman Device - Thorascopic
Matthew A. Romano
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Comparison Of Direct Vision Mini Thoracotomy And 3D Fully Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery
Daniel Hoefer, Herbert Hangler, Christoph Krapf, Nikos Bonaros, Johannes Holfeld, Cenk Özpeker, Michael Grimm, Ludwig Mueller.
Cardiac Surgery Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Long-term Outcomes Of Right Mini-thoracotomy Versus Hemi-sternotomy For Mitral Valve Repair
Edward Percy, Sameer Hirji, Farhang Yazdchi, Siobhan McGurk, Spencer Kiehm, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Prem Shekar, Marc Pelletier.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Is Associated With A Lower Incidence Of Acute Kidney Injury
Amine Mazine¹, Gabriela Esperanza Arias-Vezina¹, Ismail Bouhout¹, Sina Maftoon¹, Louis-Mathieu Stevens², Philippe Demers¹, Michel Pellerin¹, Denis Bouchard¹.
¹Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Discussion (8 Minutes)

Minimalist Method For Explantation Of Percutaneous Large- Caliber Venous Cannulas: Horizontal- Cutaneous Mattress Stitch
Anas Sassi, Nicolas Murith, Raphael Giraud, Damiano Mugnai, Burak Depboylu, Stephane Noble, Christoph Huber, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu.
University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Novel Transvalvular Mitral Bridge As An Adjunct To Leaflet Repair For Mitral Valve Prolapse Without A Conventional Annuloplasty Ring
Stepan Cerny¹, Valavanur A. Subramanian², Miroslava Benesova¹, Ivo Skalsky¹.
¹Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Heart Repair Technologies Inc, Morgan Hill, CA, USA.

Automated Suturing Technology For Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement
Victor Costache, MD¹, Peter Knight, MD², Andreea Costache, MD³, Crina Solomon¹, Tatiana Melnic¹, Jude Sauer, MD⁴, Grayson Wheatley, III, MD⁵.
¹NextCARDIO Research Institute, Sibiu, Romania, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA, ³NextCardio Research Institute, Sibiu, Romania, ⁴Josephs Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA, ⁵Siragusa Vascular, Nashville, TN, USA.

Discussion (8 Minutes)

Live in a Box Presentation (5 Minutes)
Percutaneous Peripheral Cannulation for Bypass
Tom C. Nguyen
UTHSC Houston, Houston, TX

Mitral Repair Simulation With Dynamic Patient-specific Valve Models
Olivia K. Ginty¹, John T. Moore², Patrick K. Carnahan¹, Terry M. Peters², Bob B. Kiaii¹, Dan B. Bainbridge¹, Michael W.A. Chu¹.
¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.

Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy: A Novel Technique
Michael M. Madani, Jill R. Higgins.
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Discussion (8 Minutes)

What Is The Electrophysiological Mechanism Of De-novo Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation? Does It Impact Long-term Recurrence?
Marek Ehrlich¹, Tandis Aref¹, Iuliana Coti¹, Martin Andreas¹, Günther Laufer¹, Niv Ad².
¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Totally Thoracoscopic Ablation In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation After Failed Catheter Ablation
Joo Yeon Kim, Young Keun On, Dong Seop Jeong.
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.

The Outcomes Of Hybrid Minimally Invasive Surgical And Transcatheter Ablation For Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang, Nan Ma, Min Tang, Hao Liu.
Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

Discussion (8 Minutes)

Live in a Box Presentation (5 Minutes)
Cor Knot
Joseph W. Turek
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Subramanian Innovation Award Presentations

Intercostal Space Prediction Using Deep Learning in Fully Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery
Rafik Margaryan, Daniele Della Latta, Giacomo Bianchi, Nicola Martini, Gianmarco Santini, Dante Chiappino, Marco Solinas.
Ospedale Del Cuore Fondazione 'G. Monasterio', Massa, Italy.

Carbon Dioxide Field Flooding: Seeing (and Measuring) Is Understanding
Stefanos Demertzis, Stijn Vandenberghe
Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.

Simulation and Navigation For Aortic Aneurysm With Extreme Atheroma By Three Dimensional Printing Model
Kazutoshi Tachibana, Shuichi Naraoka.
Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital, Hakodate, Japan.

Voting

2018 Award Winner Update

Presidential Address

Original Thinkers and Progress
Niv Ad, MD
Washington Adventist and University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Cardiac Session 2: Aortic Valve & TAVR
(5 Minute Presentations, 10 Minute Group Discussion)
Moderators: Vinod H. Thourani & Grayson H. Wheatley, III

Session Overview
Vinod H. Thourani
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute & Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement With Sutureless Valve: Results From An International Prospective Registry
Mattia Glauber¹, Jose Cuenca², Roberto Di Bartolomeo³, Max Baghai⁴, Daniela Zakova⁵, Theodor Fischlein⁶, Giovanni Troise⁷, Giorgio Viganò⁸, Marco Solinas⁹.
¹Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, ²CHUAC Hospital Juan Canalejo, Coruna, Spain, ³Policlinico Sant'Orsola, Bologna, Italy, ⁴King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁵CKTCH, Brno, Czech Republic, ⁶Klinikum, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁷Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy, ⁸UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁹Ospedale del Cuore G. Pasquinucci, Massa, Italy.

Transcatheter Vs. Mini-sternotomy For Native Aortic Valve Replacement In Patients With Prior Cabg: A Propensity-matched Study.
Oleg Orlov¹, Vishal Shah¹, Cinthia Orlov¹, Diamantis Tsilimigras¹, Roseline Atchori¹, Vivian Tran¹, Meghan Buckley², Scott Goldman¹, Konstadinos Plestis¹.
¹Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ²Lankenau Institute for Medical Resarch, Wynnewood, PA, USA.

Decision Making for Severe Aortic Stenosis in Era of Universal TAVR Risk Approval: Which Low/Intermediate Risk Patients Should We Preferentially Recommend Surgery?
Martin Andreas¹, Günther Laufer¹, Paolo Berretta², Marco Solinas³, Giuseppe Santarpino⁴, Utz Kappert⁵, Thierry Folliguet⁶, Antonio Miceli⁷, Martin Misfeld⁸, Carlo Savini⁹, Elisa Mikus¹⁰, Emmanuel Villa¹¹, Kevin Phan¹², Theodor Fischlein¹³, Bart Meuris¹⁴, Gianluca Martinelli¹⁵, Kevin Teoh¹⁶, Carmelo Mignosa¹⁷, Malak Shrestha¹⁸, Thierry P. Carrel¹⁹, Tristan Yan²⁰, Marco Di Eusanio²¹.
¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Cardiac Surgery Unit - Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy, ³Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy, ⁴Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM care&research, Lecce, Italy, ⁵Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dresden Heart Center, Dresden, Germany, ⁶Henri Mondor Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France, ⁷Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milano, Italy, ⁸University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ⁹Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ¹⁰Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy, ¹¹Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy, ¹²The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia, ¹³Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁴Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁵Cardiovascular Department, Clinica San Gaudenzio, Novara, Italy, ¹⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Ontario, ON, Canada, ¹⁷ISMETT/UPMC, Palermo, Italy, ¹⁸Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁹Hospital Universitaire de Berne, Berne, Switzerland, ²⁰Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, ²¹Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti,, Ancona, Italy.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

How Did the Design of the Commercial TAVR/SAVR Trials Set the Outcome
Anelechi C. Anyanwu
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

"Redo" Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: Data From The Sutureless And Rapid Deployment International Registry
Theodor Fischlein¹, Paolo Berretta², Giuseppe Santarpino¹, Utz Kappert³, Kevin Teoh⁴, Carmelo Mignosa⁵, Bart Meuris⁶, Giovanni Troise⁷, Alberto Albertini⁸, Thierry P. Carrel⁹, Martin Misfeld¹⁰, Gianluca Martinelli¹¹, Kevin Phan¹², Antonio Miceli¹³, Thierry Folliguet¹⁴, Malak Shrestha¹⁵, Marco Solinas¹⁶, Martin Andreas¹⁷, Carlo Savini¹⁸, Tristan Yan¹⁹, Marco Di Eusanio²⁰.
¹Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany, ²Cardiac Surgery Unit - Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy, ³Dresden Heart Center, Department of cardiac surgery, Dresden, Germany, ⁴⁵Southlake Regional Health Centre, Ontario, ON, Canada, ⁵ISMETT/UPMC, palermo, Italy, ⁶Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium, ⁷Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy, ⁸Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy, ⁹Hospital Universitaire de Berne, Berne, Switzerland, ¹⁰University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ¹¹Cardiovascular Department, Clinica San Gaudenzio, Novara, Italy, ¹²The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia, ¹³Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milano, Italy, ¹⁴Henri Mondor Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁵Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁶Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁸Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ¹⁹Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, ²⁰Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.

Minimally Invasive Versus Standard Extracorporeal Circulation System In Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery: Results From 232 Patients
Paolo Berretta¹, Luca Montecchiani¹, Hossein M. Zahedi², Mariano Cefarelli¹, Armando Petrini³, Carlo Zingaro¹, Alessandro D'alfonso¹, Christopher Munch², Marco Di Eusanio⁴.
¹Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ²Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy, ³Perfusion Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy, ⁴Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Results Of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation By Trans-carotid Approach Under Loco-regional Anaesthesia. Single Center Experience
Maud-Emmanuelle OLIVIER, Jr.
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Robert Debré University Hospital, Reims, France, REIMS, France.

Impact Of Postoperative Annular Diameter On Mid-term Outcomes After Minimally-invasive Aortic Valve Repair
Johannes Petersen, Theresa Holst, Sarah Krohm, Niklas Neumann, Hermann Reichenspurner, Evaldas Girdauskas.
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Totally Endoscopic Trans-axillary Aortic Valve Replacement
Masayoshi Tokoro, Toshiaki Ito, Atsuo Maekawa.
Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya City, Aich Pref., Japan.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Cardiac Session 3: Cross Fire Session in Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
CROSS FIRE SESSION
(3 Minutes Presentations with 5 Minutes of Discussion)
Moderators: Husam H. Balkhy & Marc Ruel

Three-dimensional Video Assistance Improves Early Results In Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Eilon Ram¹, Yaron Moshkovitz², Ami Shinfeld¹, Eyal Nahum¹, Alexander Kogan¹, Elchanan Zuroff¹, Ehud Raanani¹.
¹Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Do Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Being At High-risk For Stroke Benefit From Concomitant Left Atrial Appendix Closure During Cardiac Surgery?
Tomas Kozmik¹, Julia Pisarenko², Wilko Weissenberger¹, Fanar Mourad¹, Sharaf Shehada¹, Daniel Wendt¹, Konstantinos Tsagakis¹, Omar Abou Issa¹, Ilir Balaj¹, Mohammed El-Gabry¹, Heinz Jakob¹, Markus Neuhäuser², Matthias Thielmann¹.
¹West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, ²Department of Mathematics and Technique, Koblenz University of Applied Science, Remagen, Germany.

Discussion (5 Minutes)

Comparative Efficacy Of Surgical Ablation During Mitral Valve Surgery: Minimally Invasive Versus Full-sternotomy Approach
Ho Jin Kim, Joon Bum Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Suk Jung Choo, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee.
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Does A Single Endoscopic Access For Aortic Valve Replacement Preclude Concomitant Procedures?
Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Massimo Sella, Loris Salvador.
Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Endoscopic Cardiac Approach For Aortic Valve Surgery
Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Massimo Sella, Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Loris Salvador.
San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Virtual Implantation Using 3d Ct Image Fusion For Preoperative Sizing Of Sutureless Aortic Valves
Priya R. Kothapalli, Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Ponraj Chinnadurai, Mahesh K. Ramchandani.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Facilitating Complex Procedures In Off Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting
Pascal Starinieri¹, Silke Van Genechten¹, Boris Robic², Alaaddin Yilmaz¹.
¹Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium, ²University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Redo Sternal-sparing Minimally Invasive Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Doosang Kim, Bou Sung Lee, Hee Jung Jeon, Hong-Gook Lim.
Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.

Discussion (5 minutes)

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

Cardiac Session 4: CABG
(5 Minute Presentations, 10 Minute Group Discussion)
Moderators: Bob B. Kiaii & Sathyaki Nambala

Session Overview
Bob B. Kiaii
University Hospital/LHSC/UWO, London, Canada

Live in a Box Presentation (5 Minutes)
Thoracoscopic Take Down of the Internal Mammary Artery
Joseph T. McGinn
Carolinas Healthcare, Charlotte, NC

Does Intolerance Of Single Lung Ventilation Preclude Robotic Beating Heart Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass Surgery?
Husam H. Balkhy, Sarah Nisivaco, Avery Tung, Sachin Mehta.
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Individually Tailored Training To Improve Less Invasive Coronary Surgery
Shota Yasuda, Wouter Oosterlinck.
Department of cardiovascular disease, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Minimally Invasive Multivessel Coronary Bypass Surgery: Angiographic Patency Data
Mikhail Snegirev, Artem Paivin, Dmitriy Denisyuk, Nikolai Khvan, Andranik Tatoyan, Lana Sichinava, Vladimir Sharafutdinov, Oleg Paivin.
City Hospital 40, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Live in a Box Presentation (5 Minutes)
Proximal Anastomosis Strategies for Minimally Invasive CABG : Arterial and Venous
Michael E. Halkos
Emory University at Midtown, Atlanta, GA

Total Coronary Revascularization Via Left Anterior Thoracotomy : Technical Aspects
Volodymyr Demianenko, Oleksandr Babliak.
Diagnostic and Treatment Center For Children And Adults Of The Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Reasons For Conversion And Adverse Intra-operative Events In Robotically-enhanced Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Revascularization
Johan van der Merwe, Filip Casselman, Bernard Stockman, Ivan Degrieck, Yvette Vermeulen, Frank Van Praet.
OLV-Clinic, Aalst, Belgium.

Ten-year Clinical Outcomes And Graft Patency After Robotic Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Rong Wang, Huajun Zhang, Changqing Gao.
PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Cardiac Session 5: Cross Fire Session in Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
CROSS FIRE SESSION
(3 Minutes Presentations with 5 Minutes of Discussion)
Moderators: Tom C. Nguyen & Piotr Suwalski

3 Dimensional Image Fusion Of Cardiac Cta And Fluoroscopy For Real Time Guidance During Minimally Invasive Lima To Lad Bypass Grafting
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Ponraj Chinnadurai, Priya R. Kothapalli, Mahesh K. Ramchandani.
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Hyperspectral Imaging: A New Tool In Weaning And Surveillance Of Patients On Ecls
Martin Oberhoffer, Romina Roesch, Andres Beiras Fernandez, Angela Kornberger, Christian Vahl.
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery; University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Total Coronary Revascularization Via Left Anterior Thoracotomy
Volodymyr Demianenko, Oleksandr Babliak.
Diagnostic and Treatment Center For Children And Adults Of The Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Mini Aortic Valve Replacement Followed By Percutaneous Coronary Intervention For Combined Coronary And Aortic Valve Disease
Alessandro Vivacqua¹, Morgan Vonasek², Jeffrey Altshuler¹, Francis Shannon¹, Marc Sakwa¹.
¹Beaumont Hospital, royal oak, MI, USA, ²Oakland University, royal oak, MI, USA.

Outcomes Of Beating-heart Totally Endoscopic Tricuspid Valvuloplasty In Reoperative Cardiac Surgery
Huanlei Huang, Zerui Chen, Huiming Guo, Yingjie Ke, Qingshi Zeng, Biaochuan He, Qian Yan, Jing Liu, Cong Lu, Jingsong Huang, Jimei Chen.
Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Minimally Invasive Isolated Redo Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Cagdas Baran, Ali Ihsan Hasde, Evren Ozcinar, Mehmet Cakici, Bahadir Inan, Serkan Durdu, Mustafa Sirlak, Levent Yazicioglu, Sadik Eryilmaz, Ruchan Akar, Kemalettin Ucanok.
Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Robotic Repair Of The Posterior Commissure In The Setting Of Bacterial Endocarditis
Neel K. Ranganath, MD, Didier F. Loulmet, MD, Travis C. Geraci, MD, Hamza S. Sadhra, MD, Mark V. Galstyan, Nieca Goldberg, MD, Peter J. Neuberger, MD, Eugene A. Grossi, MD.
NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.

Discussion (5 minutes)

Consensus Statement
Low and Intermediate Risk SAVR or TAVR: Does the Data Match Perception? An ISMICS Metanalysis

Keynote Speaker
Out of the Box-The Journey from Initial Idea to a Successful Product
Amir Belson, MD

Cardiac Session 6: Heart Failure and Video Session
(5 Minute Presentations, 10 Minute Group Discussion)
Moderators: Joerg Kempfert & Robinson Poffo

Session Overview
Keshava Rajagopal
University of Texas, Houston, TX

Minimally Invasive Exchange Of The Heartmate 2 Left Ventricular Assist Device To Intrapericardial Heartware Or Heartmate 3 Device
Imad Aljabban¹, Brandon Hendriksen², John Conte³, Behzad Soleimani³.
¹Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA, ²Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA, ³Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.

Simple Technique Of Artificial Chordae Implantation In Robotic Cardiac Surgery Using Cordarizer Tz
Takeo Tedoriya, MD, PhD.
Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Saitama, Japan.

Surgical Removal Of TAVR Valves
J. James Edelman, MBBS(Hons) PhD, Christian Shults, MD, Lowell Satler, MD, Vinod Thourani, MD.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.

(Discussion 10 minutes)

Minimally Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation System And Ultra Fast Track Anaesthesia: A 360° Minimally Invasive Approach For Avr
Paolo Berretta, Sr., MD¹, Mariano Cefarelli¹, Walter Vessella², Filippo Capestro¹, Roberto Carozza³, Carlo Zingaro¹, Michele D. Pierri¹, Christopher Munch², Marco Di Eusanio¹.
¹Cardiac Surgery Unit - Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ²Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ospedali Riuniti,, Ancona, Italy, ³Perfusion Unit- Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.

Is Obesity Associated With Poorer Outcomes In Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair?
Firas Al. Aljanadi, Thomas Theologou, Matthew Shaw, Paul Modi.
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Robotic Mitral Annular Calcification Excision And Patch Repair Of Atrioventricular Groove
Michael S. Koeckert, MD, Neel K. Ranganath, MD, Hamza S. Sadhra, Mark V. Galstyan, Robert G. Nampiaparampil, MD, Didier F. Loulmet, MD, Aubrey C. Galloway, MD, Eugene A. Grossi, MD.
NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Kit V. Arom Lectureship
Live Interview with Dr. Mihaljevic on Innovations in Healthcare
Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Niv Ad, MD
Washington Adventist and University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

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

Cardiac Session 7: Mitral Aortic Valve
(5 Minute Presentations, 10 Minute Group Discussion)
Moderators: Gry Dahle & Bobby Yanagawa

Session Overview
Bobby Yanagawa
St Michael's Hospital, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Live in a Box Presentation (5 Minutes)
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Debridement and Suture Placement
Raja Gopaldas
Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants - The Doctors of Prairie, Springfield, IL

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Repair Using Geometric Ring Annuloplasty
Antonio Miceli¹, Mattia Glauber¹, Scott J. Rankin², Diana Acher³, Tomislav Klokocovnic⁴, Roberto Rodriguez⁵, Vinay Badhwar², Lawrence M. Wei², Steffen Pfeiffer⁶, Theodor Fischlein⁶.
¹Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Italy, ²WVU Heart & Vascular Institute, Morgantown, WV, USA, ³Herz- und Gefäßzentrum, Bad Bevensen, Germany, ⁴University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁵Lankenau Medical Center/Thomas Jefferson University, Wynnewood, PA, USA, ⁶Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, Nuremberg, Germany.

Endoscopic Approach Is A Safe Alternative To Redo Sternotomy For Mitral And Tricuspid Valve Re-operations
Gunaratnam Niranjan, Charlene Tennyson, Ahmed Habib, Palaniqumar Saravanan, Andrew Knowles, Grzegorz Laskawski, Joseph Zacharias.
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom.

J Sternotomyavr. Standard Versus Rapid Deploymant Aortic Valve Bioprostheses
Elchanan Zuroff, Eilon Ram, Ahmad Abu Jama, Boris Orlov, Alexander Lipey, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani.
Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Minimally Invasive Surgery For Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy With Mitral Regurgitation Through A Single Transaortic Approach
Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang, Min Tang, Hao Liu, Nan Ma, Fangbao Ding, Chunrong Bao, Jianbing Huang.
Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

Redo Mitral Valve Surgery: Simplified Valve Re-replacement Using A Novel Leaflet Exchange System For Both Mechanical And Biological Prostheses.
Serghei Cebotari, Tobias Goecke, Anatol Ciubotaru, Christoph Bara, Klaus Hoeffler, Igor Tudorache, Axel Haverich.
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Protective Efficacy Of Minimally Invasive Techniques On Endothelial Glycocalyx In Aortic Valve Surgery
Serdar Gunaydin¹, Kevin McCusker².
¹Numune Training & Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ²New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

Discussion (10 Minutes)

Back to High School: Debate Team
Moderator: Niv Ad & Martin Oberhoffer

1. SAVR vs. TAVR

Team SAVR
Anelechi C. Anyanwu, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Marc Ruel, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Team TAVR
Vinod Thourani, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, Washington, DC
Isaac George, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Gilbert Tang, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

2. Mitral Valve Repair Minimally Invasive vs. Sternotomy

Team Mitral Valve Repair Minimally Invasive
Tom C. Nguyen, UTHSC Houston, Houston, TX
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Joseph Lamelas, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL

Team Sternotomy
Thierry Mesana, Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Eric Lehr, Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, Seattle, WA
Joanna Chikwe, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY

3. Minimally Invasive Sternal-Sparing CABG: Conventional or Robotic?

Team Conventional
Joseph T. McGinn, Carolinas Healthcare, Charlotte, NC
Marc Ruel, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, CA
Sathyaki Nambala, Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, India

Team Robotic
Husam H. Balkhy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Johannes Bonattii, Innsbruck, Austria
Bob B. Kiaii, University Hospital/LHSC/UWO, London, Canada