Opening & Welcome Remarks
Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Administration and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Cardiac Masters Session 1A - Aortic Valve and Endovascular
Moderators: Tom C. Nguyen and Marco Di Eusanio

Live in the Box
Mini Arch
Joseph Lamelas
University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL

Live in the Box
Minimally Invasive David Procedure
Malakh L. Shrestha
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Aortic Root Replacement And Valve Aortic Sparing Through Mini Partial Sternotomy. Single Center Experience
Jakub P. Staromlynski, Mariusz Kowalewski, Radoslaw Smoczynski, Wojciech Sarnowski, Anna Witkowska, Maciej Bartczak, Dominik Drobinski, Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland

Group Discussion

Live in the Box
Video-Assisted Minimally Invasice Aortic Valve Replacement Though Right Anterior Mini-thoracotomy Using INSPIRIS RESILIA Aortic Valve Prosthesis
Farhad Bakhtiary
University of Bonn Heart Center, Bonn, Germany

Live in the Box
Right Lateral Minithoracotomy AVR (Sutureless)
Mattia Glauber
Sant'Ambrogio Cardiothoracic Center, Milan, Italy

Tips and Tools for MIS AVR
Michael A. Borger
Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany

Group Discussion

CONCURRENT INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA†
Industry Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.

Advances in Image-Guided Lung Interventions

Moderator: Maik Bittner, PhD, Global Marketing Manager, Cancer Therapy, Siemens Healthineers

The Combined Power of Robotics and Mobile 3D Imaging in Transbronchial Interventions
Janani Reisenauer, MD
Thoracic Surgeon, Interventional Pulmonologist
Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA

Mobile 3D C-Arms for Image-Guided VATS
Yin-Kai Chao, MD
Thoracic Surgeon
Chan Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Supported by Siemens Healthineers

Patient Selection for TendyneTM Transcather Mitral Valve Implantation System
Alison Duncan
The Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

Supported by Abbott

Cardiac Masters Session 1B: Aortic Valve and Endovascular
Moderators: Keith B. Allen and Vinod H. Thourani

Roundtable Discussion with the Experts...Future of Surgical (MIS) AVR - Implications of Low Risk TAVR
Expert Panelists:

US Perspective
Basel Ramlawi
Lenkenaou Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

European Perspective
Thomas Walther
Kerckhoff- KliniK, Heartcenter, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Asian Perspective
Tohru Asai
Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Live in the Box
TAVI Valve-in-Valve and Techniques to Avoid Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch
Axel Unbehaun
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Stretching the Limits of TAVR Valves

Successful Transcathether Implantation Of Self-expandable Prosthesis In A Patient With Existing Mechanical Mitral Valve
Jan Rychter¹, Michal Hawranek², Tomasz Niklewski¹, Mariusz Gasior², Tomasz Hrapkowicz¹, Michal Oskar Zembala^1
1Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, ²3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Successful Transcathether Treatment Of A Detoriated Sutureless Valve Using Self-expandable Prosthesis
Jan Rychter¹, Michal Hawranek², Tomasz Niklewski¹, Mariusz Gasior², Tomasz Hrapkowicz¹, Michal Oskar Zembala^1
1Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, ²3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Severe Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency- "no Touch Valve Technique"
Kristen Walker, Michael Massoomi, Calvin Choi, Thomas Beaver
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

A Solution To MAC: Mitralring As Landing Zone For Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation
Nikolaos Bonaros¹, Daniel Hoefer¹, Adel Sakic¹, Peter Mair¹, Guy Friedrich¹, Silvana Müller¹, Michael Grimm¹, Jörg Kempfert², Ludwig Müller^1
1Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, ²German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Group Discussion

Live in a Box
New Arch Stenting
Martin Czerny
University Heart Center Freiburg, Berne, Switzerland

The Transatrial Cannulation Of The Left Ventricle For Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A 10-year Experience With 235 Patient
Assad Haneya, Mohamed Salem, Julia Zollenkopf, Michael Salib, Veronika Walter, Christine Friedrich, Bernd Panholzer, Thomas Puehler, Georg Lutter, Jan Schoettler, Felix Schoeneich, Jochen Cremer
University Hospital of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Group Discussion

Remarks from Tomasz Grodzki, Thoracic Surgeon and Polish Senator

Introduction of President
Bob B. Kiaii
University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Presidential Address
Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Administration and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Announcement of Subramanian Innovation Award
Moderators: Niv Ad, Anson Cheung, and Nirav Patel

A Short-term Evaluation Of A Novel No-touch Technique For Harvesting Saphenous Veins With A Long-shafted Harmonic Scalpel
Hironobu Sakurai, Takeshi Someya, Hidehito Kuroki, Toshizumi Shirai
Ome Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Totally Thoracoscopic Trans-mitral Extended Myectomy Guided By 3D Modeling and Printing
Peijian Wei, Jian Liu, Huiming Guo
Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China

Virtual Reality Simulation for Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Skeletonized In-situ Arterial Grafts
Kazutoshi Tachibana, Akihito Okawa, Yu Iwashiro
Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital, Hakodate, Japan

2020 Update From Two Award Winners

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA†
Industry Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.

MICS Valve Procedures in 2021 – Global Trends and Perspectives Introduction and Keynote "Minimally Invasive Valve Procedures – The Global Perspective"
Theodoros Kofidis
National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Minimally Invasive AVR by Right Anterior Minithoracotomy– The Dijon Experience
Olivier Bouchot
University Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair – the Chicago Experience
Husam H. Balkhy
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Panel Discussion

Supported by Medtronic

Cardiac Abstract Session 1: Aortic and Endovascular Therapies / Valve - Transcather Valve / Other
(5 Minute Abstract Presentations, followed by 5 Minutes of Group Discussion)
Moderators: Bob B. Kiaii and Francis D. Ferdinand

Harpoon Beating Heart Artificial Cord Mitral Valve Implantation
Krzyszof Bartus¹, Andrzej Gackowski¹, Jolanta Rzucidlo-Resil², Michael N D'Ambra³, Jammie S Gammie³, Radoslaw Litwinowicz¹, Jerzy Sadowski¹, Boguslaw Kapelak^1
1Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland, ²John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland, ³Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Ministernotomy Vs. Conventional Sternotomy For Aortic Root Repair: A Propensity-matched Comparison
Eduard Charchyan, Denis Breshenkov, Yuriy Belov
Petrovsky Russian Research Centre of Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation

Feasibility and Safety of Transcarotid Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Data from Multicenter Polish Registry
Radoslaw Wilimski¹, Zenon Huczek², Kajetan Grodecki², Janusz Kochman², Bartosz Rymuza², Wojciech Wojakowski³, Damian Hudziak⁴, Dariusz Jagielak⁵, Jerzy Sacha⁶, Marek Grygier⁷, Andrzej Walczak⁸, Piotr Hendzel¹, Romuald Cichon¹, Krzysztof J. Filipiak², Grzegorz Opolski^2
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ²1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ³Division of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, ⁴Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, ⁵Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, ⁶Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole, Opole, Poland, ⁷1st Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, ⁸Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Mid-term Outcomes and Durability of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at A Federal Facility
Rachel Yang¹, Vimala Ponna¹, Joshua Gustafson¹, Kendrick Shunk¹, Jeffrey Zimmet¹, Liang Ge¹, Elanie Tseng².
¹San Francisco Veteran's Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, ²San Francisco Veteran's Administration Medical Center, San Franciscooo, CA, USA

Group Discussion

Comparison of Different Surgical Techniques for Ascending Aortic Surgery With or Without Aortic Valve Involvement
Fatih Gumus, Mustafa Serkan Durdu
Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Vascular Access Site Complications After Complete Percutaneous Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Jan Rychter¹, Ryszard Leszek Walas¹, Leszek Kukulski¹, Michal Hawranek², Mariusz Gasior², Tomasz Hrapkowicz¹, Michal Oskar Zembala¹.
¹Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland, ²3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.

Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Sparing Versus Transannular Patch With Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Incision In Tetralogy Of Fallot Repair
Jinyang Liu, Xianchao Jiang, Qiang Wang
Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China

Conceptualization And Prototyping Of A Stent-based Endovascular Approach To Generate Large-bore Vascular Access To Central Thoracic Vessels
Janina Emunds¹, Felix Vorwold¹, Dana Rizk¹, Koray Durak¹, Sebastian Kalverkamp¹, Flutura Hima¹, Lasse Strudthoff², Ulrich Steinseifer², Valentine Gesché³, Jan Spillner¹.
¹Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany, ²Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany, ³PerAGraft GmbH, Aachen, Germany.

A New Model For The Study Of Heart Regeneration
Lincai Ye
Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China

Group Discussion

ADJOURN

Opening & Welcome Remarks
Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Administration and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Cardiac Masters Session 2A: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve
Moderators: Daniel M. Bethencourt and Joerg Kempfert

Live in the Box
Robotic Tricuspid Valve
Clifton T.P. Lewis
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Live in the Box
Mitral Valve Repair with Neochord
Andrea Colli
Hospital Germans Trias, Padova, Italy

How I Do It: Robotic Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair Video
Caroline M. Komlo, BS¹, Brigitte Anderson, BS¹, Nkosi H. Alvarez, MD¹, Regina E. Linganna, MD², Jordan E. Goldhammer, MD², T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA^1
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ²Department of Anesthesia, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Group Discussion

Minially Invasive Soluitions in Heart Failure

NuPulseCV IVAS – Serving a Population Beyond LVADs
Valluvan Jeevanandam
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

ECMELLA 2.0 Single Arterial Access
Evgenij Potapov
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Minimally Invasive LVAD
Pia Lanmüller
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

ECMO in COVID
Danny Ramzy
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Group Discussion

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA†
Industry Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.

Heart Team Approaches for Challenging AF Patients: Key Evidence and Procedural Learnings
Chair:
Piotr Suwalski, MD
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Administration and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Speakers:
Andy Kiser, MD
St. Clair Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Aziz Momin, MD
St. George's Hospital, London, UK

Supported by Atricure

Cardiac Masters Session 2B: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve
Moderators: Sahin Senay and Nikolaos Bonaros

Live in the Box
Minimally Invasive On-Pump Beating-Heart Surgical Triscupid Valve Repair in a Redo Setting
Joerg Kempfert
German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Live in the Box
TMVI Tendyne in MAC
Lenrard Conradi
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Minimally Invasive Surgery Versus Sternotomy Approach In Mitral Valve Redo
Erik Cura Stura, Claudia Calia, Cristina Barbero, Giovanni Marchetto, Marco Pocar, Massimo Boffini, Mauro Rinaldi
Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino - Molinette, Torino, Italy

Group Discussion

How to do MitraClip Step by Step
Simon Sündermann
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Update on TMVI Devices in Clinical Use
Anson Cheung
Univiersity of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement Devices Update: VDyne Valve
Lucian Lozonschi
University of South Florida & Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

Group Discussion

Late Breaking News
Long-Term Follow-Up of Thoracoscopic Ablation for Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Supported by Medtronic

Award Presentations
Moderators: Husam H. Balkhy and Paul F. Grundeman

Presentation of the Grundeman Award
Presentation of the Cardiac Robotic Investigator Award

Structured Team Training Improves Efficiency Of Robot-assisted Mitral Valve Surgery
Anna H. Xue¹, Ala Z. Jamal¹, Alison L. Ranade¹, Kimberly M. Smith¹, Peter P. Carnegie², Bob B. Kiaii¹.
¹University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA, ²Minimally Invasive Solutions LLC, Ocoee, FL, USA.

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Keynote Speaker
Lech Walesa
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA†
Industry Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.

New Opportunities in Cardiac Surgery using pMCS support
Chair: Prof. Hermann Reichenspurner

Extended Bridge to Strategies with pMCS
Prof. Payam Akhyari

Extended OPCAB opportunities with pMCS support
Prof. Hendrik Treede

Panel Discussion

Closing
Prof. Hermann Reichenspurner

Supported by Abiomed

Cardiac Abstract Session 2- Valve Surgical Valves
(5 Minute Abstract Presentations, followed by 5 Minutes of Group Discussion)
Moderators: Eric J. Lehr and Kazimierz Widenka

Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Does Disease Complexity Affect Short and Long-term Outcomes?
Ali Hage, Fadi Hage, Nikolaos Tzemos, Michael W. A. Chu
Western University, London, ON, Canada

Minimally Invasive Treatment Of Multiple Valve Disease: 4-years Experience
Antonio Lio, Federico Ranocchi, Andrea Montalto, Marcello Bergonzini, Antonio G. Cammardella, Marco Russo, Gugliemo Saitto, Ilaria Chirichilli, Francesca Nicolò, Francesco Musumeci.
Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy.

A Transvalvular Bridge Implantation Effectively Eliminates Tricuspid Regurgitation in a Nonstructural Tricuspid Valve Disease
Stepan Cerny¹, Valavanur A. Subramanian², Miroslava Benesova¹, Ivo Skalsky^1
1Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ²HRT - Heart Repair Technologies Inc., Morgan Hill, CA, USA

Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair of Mild-to-moderate Tricuspid Regurgitation in the Minimally Invasive Mitral Patient
Mark R. Helmers¹, Samuel T. Kim², Benjamin Smood¹, Jason J. Han¹, Amit Iyengar¹, D Alan Herbst¹, John Kelly¹, Peter Altshuler¹, W. Clark Hargrove¹, Pavan Atluri^1
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ²University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Comparison of 2d and 3d Totally Thoracoscopic Periareolar Mitral Valve Surgery
Radoslaw Smoczynski, Jakub Staromlynski, Michal Pasierski, Anna Witkowska, Mariusz Kowalewski, Maciej Bartczak, Dominik Drobinski, Wojciech Sarnowski, Piotr Suwalski
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland

Group Discussion

Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Adolescents
Sameh M. Said, Massimo Griselli
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Ministernotomy is Superior to the Right Anterior Minithoracotomy for Aortic Valve Surgery Regarding the Early and Long-term Outcomes
Massimo Bonacchi, MD¹, Aleksander Dokollari, MD², Orlando Parise, MSc³, Edvin Prifti, MD⁴, Gianluigi Bisleri, MD⁵, Giulia Chiuselli, MD¹, Sandro Gelsominno, MD^6
1Cardiac Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ²Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada, Canada, ON, Canada, ³CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center of Tirana, Albania, Tirana, Albania, ⁵Kingston General Hospital, Queen University, Kingston, ON, Canada, ⁶Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht - CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

Four Approaches to Avoid Sternotomy in Concomitant Coronary Artery Grafting and Mitral Valve Surgery
Volodymyr Demianenko, Oleksandr Babliak, Dmytro Babliak
Diagnostic and Treatment Center For Children And Adults Of The Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery For Congenital Heart Diseases: The Experience Single Institute
Do A. Tien, Le Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Ba Phong, Le Ngoc Minh
Cardiovascular center - Ehospital. Hanoi. Vietnam, Ha noi, Viet Nam

3D Hologram Virtual Reality Evaluation In Cardiovascular Surgery
Takeo Tedoriya, Tadamasa Miyauchi, Masaomi Fukuzumi, Yuji Ohtake, Yuko Gatate.
Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Saitama, Japan.

Group Discussion

ADJOURN

Opening & Welcome Remarks
Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Administration and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Cardiac Masters Session 3A: Afib and Revascularization
Moderators: Marc Ruel and Yugal K. Mishra

Live in the Box
Concomitant Endoscopic MIDCAB and LAAO
Piotr Suwalski
Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior and Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

Live in the Box
Double Mammary MICS CABG
Piroze Davierwala
Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany

Live in the Box
Multi Vessel TECAB with Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafts
Husam H. Balkhy
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Group Discussion

What I Would like My Cardiac Surgeon to do in CAD? (Hybrid)
Robert Gil

What I Would Like My Interventional Cardiologist To Do CAD? (Hybrid)
Nirav C. Patel
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY

Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Epicardial Clipping for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation - Long Term Follow-up
Anna Witkowska¹, Grzegorz Suwalski², Maciej Bartczak¹, Radoslaw Smoczynski¹, Dominik Drobinski¹, Mariusz Kowalewski¹, Jakub Staromlynski¹, Dariusz Kosior¹, Piotr Suwalski^1
1Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ²Militari Institute of Medicin, Warsaw, Poland

Group Discussion

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA†
Industry Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.

Off-pump Surgery: Techniques Utilizing the Herc Flex Stabilizer Arm
James Martin, M.D., P.C., Vice President and Executive Director, Center for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Detroit, United States

Sealing the Ceiling – Control Aortic Bleedings with AQUABRID® Surgical Sealant
Prof. Dr. Sahin Senay , Cardiovascular Surgeon, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

Supported by Terumo Cardiovascular

Cardiac Masters Session 3B: Afib and Revasculaization
Moderators: Niv Ad and Nicolas Doll

Live in the Box
Convergent Endocardial & Epicardial Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Michael Oscar Zembala and Piotr Buchta
Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

How I Treat Afib - Perspective of a Surgeon Who is Also an Electrophysiologist
Amiran Revishvili
A.V Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery in Moscow, Russia

The Role of the Surgeon in Non Afib Arrhythmia Ablations
Mark La Meir
UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Surgical Treatment Of Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Maze-v Or Thoracoscopic Ablation?
Giorgiy Edzhibiya, Vadim Popov, Amiran Revishvili, Egor Malyshenko, Valentin Vaskovskiy, Irina Taymasova, Elizaveta Strebkova
A.V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation

Group Discussion

We Did It So Can You - Initiating a Robotic Program All Around the World
Moderators: Husam H. Balkhy, Stepan Cerny, and L. Wiley Nifong

Challenges in Starting a Robotic Cardiac Program in Europe - How I Did it Within the NHS
Paul Modi
Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Young Surgeons and Robots - Is it a Good idea?
Gianluca Torregrossa
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Learning Curve In Robot Assisted Mitral Valve Repair
Daiki Yoshiyama, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Yuto Yasumoto, Shuhei Nishijima, Miho Kuroda, Taisuke Nakayama, Ryo Tsuruta, Yujiro Ito
Chiba-Nishi General Hospital, 107-1 Kanagasaku-cyo Matsuyoshi Chiba-ken 270-2251, Japan

Initial Experience in Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Elena Sandoval, Maria Ascaso, Anna Muro, Eduard Quintana, Jorge Alcocer, Manuel Castella, Daniel Pereda
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Establishment of Robotic Cardiac Surgery-the First 150 Cases
Franziska Hüther, Adrian Ursulescu, Nora Göbel, Melisa Ortega-Gaviria, Mihnea Ghinescu, Gernot Hipp, Dominik Bierbaum, Ulrich Franke
Robert- Bosch- Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany

Robotic Assisted Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization; Program Establishment And Early Experience In The Middle East
Uthman Aluthman, Salman Bafageeh, Mohammed Ashour, Abdulbadee Bogis, Rawan Alamri, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk, Ahmed Jamjoom
King Faisal Specialist hospital and research center, JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia

Group Discussion

CARDIAC VIDEO SESSION
Moderators: Pavan Atluri and Marek A. Deja

Technical Aspects of Non-Atriotomy Concomitant Maze
Ali Khoynezhad
Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Robotic-assisted Excision of a Left Ventricular Hemangioma
Charles Lutz, Samuel Martin, Courtney Maxey-Jones, Ahmad Nazem, Karikehalli Dilip, Zhandong Zhou
St Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA

Group Discussion

Extending the Boundaries of Coronary Revascularization through the Minithoracotomy
Volodymyr Demianenko, Oleksandr Babliak, Dmytro Babliak
Diagnostic and Treatment Center for Children and Adults of the Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine

Complete Revascularization in Mics Cabg - Is It Possible and Acessible Anywhere?
Waldo E. P. Daniel, Sr., Prof¹, Fabiano André Pereira, Sir, Prof¹, Ricardo J. Queiroz e Silva, Sir, Prof², Waldo E. P. Daniel Filho, Sir¹.
¹Federal University of RN-UFRN, Natal, Brazil, ²HUOL- UFRN, Natal, Brazil.

Reoperation for Bleeding of Left Internal Mammary Artery through Thoracoscopy After Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass
Sotirios Marinakis, Serge Cappeliez, Karim Homsy, Yasmine De Bruyne, Claire Viste, Badih El Nakadi
CHU Charleroi, Lodelinsart, Belgium

The Multicurve Suture Needle Is a Clever Tool For Off-pump Cabg: Many Facets Explained
Vijit K. Cherian, Gopal Murugesan, Ravi Shivdasani
MIOT International Hospital, Chennai, India

Group Discussion

Debate Session: Wire Vs. Mini Incision
Moderators: Volkmar Falk and John D. Puskas

Team Wire:

Michael Zembala
Adam Witkowski
Thomas Walther

Team Mini Incision:

W. Randolph Chitwood
Friedrich W. Mohr
Ralph J. Damiano,Jr.
Johannes Bonatti

Cardiac Abstract Session 3 - Revascularization
(5 Minute Abstract Presentations, followed by 5 Minutes of Group Discussion)
Moderators: Nirav C. Patel and Hirokuni Arai

Bypass or Stents with Coronary Artery Disease? Patient Perceptions Determine The Choice Of Revascularization
Jason J. Han, Akhil Rao, Max Shin, Mark R. Helmers, Amit Iyengar, Benjamin Smood, William L. Patrick, John J. Kelly, Peter Altschuler, Alan Herbst, Pavan Atluri
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

20-year Single-center Experience Of Robotic-assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Long-term Follow-up And Graft Patency
Yehia Moharrem¹, Alireza Jalali¹, Jonathan Hu¹, Stephanie Fox¹, Stuart Swinamer¹, Reiza Rayman¹, Kim Chai Chua¹, Christopher Harle¹, Phillip Jones¹, Wojciech Dobkowski¹, Jonathan Romsa¹, William Vezina¹, Michael Chu¹, Patrick Teefy¹, Alan Menkis², W Douglas Boyd³, Bob Kiaii^4
1London Health Science Research Center, London, ON, Canada, ²St. Bonafice General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA, ⁴UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA

Hybrid Revascularization Is Not Associated With Increased Macce And Bleeding Complications Compared To Isolated Midcab
Luna Snelders¹, Jef Van den Eynde¹, Herbert De Praetere¹, Mark Coosemans², Nick Hiltrop³, Johan Bennett¹, Steven Jacobs¹, Wouter Oosterlinck¹.
¹KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²AZ Turnhout, Turnhout, Belgium, ³AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium.

Robotic Coronary Revascularization Versus Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Comparative Effectiveness Analysis
Fadi Hage¹, Ali Hage¹, Bob Kiaii^2
1Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

Minimally Invasive Approach To Re-operative Cabg Surgery Utilizing The Davinci Robot
Arthur T. Martella, III, Jane Cichelli
Virtua Health System, Camden, NJ, USA

Group Discussion

Hybrid Coronary Revascularization: Early Outcomes and 7 Year Follow-up In Patients Undergoing Single Or Multivessel Robotic Tecab And Pci
Sarah Nisivaco, Hiroto Kitahara, Gianluca Torregrossa, Sandeep Nathan, Husam H. Balkhy
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Clinical Outcomes of Robotic Assisted Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization With Graft Patency At 10 Years
Kim Chai Chua¹, Yehia Moharrem¹, Alireza Jalali¹, Stephanie Fox¹, Christopher Harle¹, Phillip Jones¹, Ivan Iglesias¹, Shahar Lavi¹, Patrick Teefy¹, Bob Kiaii^2
1London Health Science Research Center, London, ON, Canada, ²UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA

Transit Time Flow Measurement in Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass (tecab): What Do The Numbers Mean?
Benjamin Yang, Sarah Nisivaco, Gianluca Torregrossa, Husam Balkhy
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Off-pump Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients with Low Ejection Fraction
Miroslav P. Peev, Sarah Nisivaco, Gianluca Torregrossa, Sajid Shahul, Husam H. Balkhy
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

A 13-year Experience of Tentacles
Eiki Nagaoka, Hirokuni Arai, Tomohiro Mizuno, Keiji Oi, Tatsuki Fujiwara, Kiyotoshi Oishi
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Group Discussion

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