Cardiac Track

Residents and Fellows Hands On Training Session
Focused Hands-on training offered by Atricure
Faculty: Niv Ad, MD and Armin Kiankhooy, MD

How to Do It Movie Session
(5-minute video presentation, followed by a 10-minute discussion)

Moderators:

Abbas Abbas, MD and Christoforos Kotoulas, MD

Cardiac: MIC tricuspid beating heart replacement with Cardioband Explantation
Sabine Bleiziffer, MD
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Thoracic: Anatomic Resections After Neoadjuvant, Chemo-IMMUNO-Therapy
Robert Cerfolio, MD
New York University, New York, NY

Cardiac: Robotic mitral valve repair with a patient who has Cardiac dextroversion.
Arnar Geirsson, MD
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Thoracic: Pulmonary Resection w/ Subcostal Port Placement
Hyun Koo Kim, MD
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Cardiac: Transaxillary Mitral Surgery
Utz Kappert, MD
University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Cardiac: Endoscopic Double valve Aortic plus Mitral
Mattia Glauber, MD
Sant’Ambrogio Clinic, Milan, Italy

Thoracic: Different Techniques to Obtain Proximal Intra-Pericardial for PA Bleeding and or PA Plasty
Michael Zervos, MD
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Cardiac: TMVI using artificial intelligence in procedural planning
Gry Dahle, MD
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Opening & Welcome Remarks
Nikolaos Bonaros, MD

Cardiac Experts Session 1: Aortic
Join this session if you want:

• To appreciate the different access options for minimally invasive aortic valve surgery
• To understand the key features of each access technique
• To know more about advanced aortic/aortic valve surgery through less invasive access routes

Live Surgery Case: Totally Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement
Surgeons: Antonios Pitsis, MD

360° Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery:
(5 minute presentation and 5 minutes of discussion)
*Please note presentation start times may vary due to the live-streaming surgery

Moderators:

Mattia Glauber, MD, Panagiotis Dedeilias, MD and Hermann Reichenspurner, MD

LIAB: Transaxillary Aortic Valve Replacement
Marco Di Eusanio, MD
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ancona, Italy

LIAB: Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement
Danny Ramzy, MD
UT Health, Houston, TX

LIAB: Minimally Invasive Aortic Root and Aortic Arch Surgery
Tomas Holubec, MD, Phd
University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Cardiac Abstract Session 1: Valve - Surgical Valves
(5 minutes of presentation, followed by a 10 minute discussion period for a group of papers.)

Moderators:

Tom Nguyen, MD and Stepan Cerny, MD

Outcomes Of Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery In The Elderly: Results From The Mini Mitral International Registry
Paolo Berretta, Sr.¹, Antonios Pitsis², Joseph Lamelas³, Tom Nguyen⁴, Torsten Doenst⁵, Manuel Wilbring⁶, Marc Gerdisch⁷, Jorg Kempfert⁸, Frank Van Praet⁹, Pietro G. Malvindi¹, Tristan Yan¹⁰, Davide Pacini¹¹, Mauro Rinaldi¹², Loris Salvador¹³, Antonio Fiore¹⁴, Hoang Dinh Nguyen¹⁵, Pierluigi Stefano¹⁶, Nikolaos Bonaros¹⁷, Marco Di Eusanio¹.
¹Cardiac Surgery Unit - Lancisi Cardiovascular Center - Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ²European Interbalkan Medical Center,, Thessaloniki, Greece, ³University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA, ⁴University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX, USA, ⁵Jena University Hospital,, Jena, Germany, ⁶University Heart Center Dresden, Dresden,, Dresden, Germany, ⁷Franciscan Health Heart Center,, Indianapolis, IN, USA, ⁸German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, OLV Clinic Aalst, Aalst, Belgium, ¹⁰The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,, Sydney, Australia, ¹¹Sant'Orsola Mlapighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy, ¹²AO Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹³Division of Cardiac Surgery, S. Bortolo Hospital, vicenza, Italy, ¹⁴Henri Mondor Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁵¹³University of Medicine and Pharmacy, , Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, ¹⁶¹⁴Cardiac Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Utilizing Automated Suture Placement And Securing Technology To Facilitate The Clover Technique - Preclinical Evaluation
Severin Laengle¹, Thomas Poschner¹, Aldo Suria¹, Sahra Tasdelen¹, Shaelyn Cavanaugh², Antonios Pitsis³, Jude S. Sauer⁴, Martin Andreas¹.
¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA, ³European Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁴LSI SOLUTIONS, Rochester, NY, USA.

Computer Tomography Base Sutureless Aortic Valve Recommendation System: Artificial Intelligence For Practical Task Management
Rafik Margaryan, Giovanni Concistre', Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas.
Ospedale Del Cuore Fondazione 'G. Monasterio', Massa, Italy.

New Procedure For Advanced Videoscopic Avr Using Transcervical Approach And Robot-assistance
Fraser W.H. Sutherland¹, Rocco Bilancia¹, Danny Ramzy², Husam H. Balkhy³.
¹Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²UT Health, Houston, TX, USA, ³University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Group Discussion
Abstract Mini Orals
(2 minute Presentations followed by group discussion)

A Single Procedure, Life-long Valve Replacement Strategy: Early Clinical Experience With A Polymer Mitral Valve
Andy C. Kiser¹, Isaac George², Francis L. Shannon³, Kaushal Pandey⁴.
¹St Clair Health, Presto, PA, USA, ²New York Presbyterian/Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, ³Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA, ⁴P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.

The Safety And Feasibility Of Mini-invasive Bentall Surgery Via Right Anterior Mini-thoracotomy
Heping Zhou, Jing Li, Xin He, Yang Yan.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.

Usefulness Of Preoperative Computed Tomography Assessing The Mitral Anatomy And Ring Size Selection In Robotic Mitral Anuloplasty
Yosuke Takahashi, Kenta Nishiya, Takumi Kawase, Yukihiro Nishimoto, Kazuki Noda, Goki Inno, Toshihiko Shibata.
Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement With Concomitant Annular Enlargement: A Promising Update
Shaelyn M. Cavanaugh, Ariana M. Goodman, Peter A. Knight.
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

Right Anterior Thoracotomy Versus Upper Hemisternotomy For Aortic Valve Replacement With Perceval S Valve: Is There Any Difference?
Bogdan Ranko Okiljevic, Tatjana Raickovic, igor Zivkovic, Petar Vukovic, Petar Milacic, Ivan Stojanovic, Slobodan Micovic.
Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia.

300 Mitral Repair Thru Periareolar Incision
Giampaolo Zoffoli, Antonio Maria Cannarella, Lorenzo Longinotti, Raphael Caraffa, Vera Renier, Angiolino Asta, Paolo Magagna, Stefano Cisico, Matteo Nadali, Domenico Mangino.
AULSS3 SERENISSIMA, Mestre Venezia, Italy.

Mechanisms Of Repair Failure After Mitral Valve Repair Using Chordal Replacement
Miriam Lang, Nina Feirer, Bernhard Voss, Keti Vitanova, Markus Krane.
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany.

Subramanian Innovation Award Competition
Judges: Nirav Patel, MD, Anson Cheung, MD, Niv Ad, MD

Finalist 1: Concomitant Transbronchial Microwave Ablation And Same Session Lung Resection As One-stop Treatment For Multifocal Lung Malignancies (293)
Joyce W.Y. Chan, Rainbow W.H. Lau, Aliss T.C. Chang, Ivan C.H. Siu, Cheuk Man Chu, Tony S.K. Mok, Calvin S.H. Ng.
Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Finalist 2: Endo Cavitary Suction Device (442)
Ignazio Condello, Dr. Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.

Finalist 3: Low-cost Tablet Stand Mounted Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Training Unit (292)
Ayush Balaji¹, Rishab Makam², Tania Kumar¹, Natasha Bocchetta¹, Shantanu Bajaj², Mahmoud Loubani¹.
¹Hull York Medical School, Hull, United Kingdom, ²Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust, Hull, United Kingdom.

2023 Award Winner Update

Presidential Introduction
Husam Balkhy, MD

Presidential Address: A Piece is Missing in the Jigsaw
Nikolaos Bonaros, MD
Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck Austria

Cardiac Experts Session 2: Mitral
Join this session if you want:

• To learn how access to the mitral valve can be achieved through the different minimally invasive options
• To know more about different mitral repair techniques
• To hear about options to treat difficult anatomies minimally invasive

Live Surgery Case: Totally Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair
Surgeon: Jörg Kempfert, MD

360° Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery:
(5 minute presentation and 5 minutes of discussion)
*Please note presentation start times may vary due to the live-streaming surgery

Moderators:

Eric Lehr, MD; Teo Kofidis, MD and Gregory Pattakos, MD

LIAB: Robotic Mitral Surgery Update
Sloane Guy
Georgia Heart Institute, Gainesville GA

LIAB: Endoscopic mitral repair - it’s not always loops
Nikolaos Bonaros, MD
Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck Austria

LIAB: Transcatheter mitral valve replacement
Vinod Thourani, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta GA

LIAB: Minimally invasive repair of functional MR - Subvalvular techniques
Evaldas Girdauskas, MD
Augsburg University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany

LIAB: Endoscopic mitral surgery for MAC
Mario Castillo Sang, MD
St Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood KY

Cardiac Abstract Session 2: Aortic and Endovascular Therapies / Valve - Transcatheter Therapies
(5 minutes of presentation, followed by a 10 minute discussion period for a group of papers.)

Moderators:

Anson Cheung, MD and Mattia Glauber, MD

Design And Development Of A Robotically-manufactured Balloon-expandable Polymeric Transcatheter Aortic Valve
James Ryan Stanfield.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Bioprosthetic Valve Remodeling Versus Fracture Of Mosaic Surgical Valves To Facilitate Valve-in-valve Tavr? A Tale Of Two Polymers
Keith B. Allen¹, Adnan K. Chhatriwalla¹, Tom X. Hu¹, John T. Saxon², Chetan P. Huded¹, Anthony J. Hart¹, Elizabeth A. Grier¹, Raj Makkar³, Hasan A. Jilaihawi⁴, Adam Greenbaum⁵, Vasilis C. Babaliaros⁵.
¹St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA, ²University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA, USA, ³Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, MO, USA, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Factors Associated With Incision Length In Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Thomas Edward Rubino, Jr.¹, Martin Winter², Kristian Punu¹, Syed Faaz Ashraf², Keith Dufendach², Nicholas Hess², Rachel Deitz², Stephen D. Waterford², David Kaczorowski², Ibrahim Sultan², Johannes Bonatti².
¹University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

A MONOFLET LOW PROFILE TRANSCATHETER MITRAL PROSTHESIS: KEY PROCEDURAL STEPS OF PRECLINIC AND FIRST IN HUMAN IMPLANTATION
Marco VOLA, Professor¹, Stefano Salizzoni, Professor², Gianluca Alunni, MD³, Antonio Montefusco, MD³, Mauro Rinaldi³.
¹Université de Lyon, BRON, France, ²Università degli Studi di Torino, Città della Salute e della Scienza, TURIN, Italy, ³Università degli Studi di Torino, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.

Clinical Outcomesof Patients With Type B Aortic Dissection Treated With Multilayer Stents: Results From A Prospective Multicenter Pilot Study
Victor S. Costache¹, Andreea Costache¹, Anca Chitic¹, Crina Solomon².
¹Sanador Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ²University Lucian Blaga Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania.

Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure For Acute Aortic Dissection Type A: Early And Long-term Results
Eduard Charchyan, Denis Breshenkov, Yuriy Belov.
Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Mini-thoracotomy Bentall Procedure: Short And Mid-term Outcomes
Andrew Jones, Shaelyn Cavanaugh, Eric Ndikumana, Hossein Amirjamshidi, Sarah Hoffman, Benjamin Houser, Ashwath Elangovan, Peter Knight.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.

Mid-term Follow Up Results Of Smfsg Assisted Tevar For Zone 2 Thoracic Aortic Pathologies
Serkan Mola, Alp Yildirim, Naim Boran Tumer, Levent Mavioglu, Hakki Zafer Iscan.
Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

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

Attendee Reception
Acropolis Museum (ticketed event)

Cardiac Experts Session 3: Coronaries
(5 minute presentation with 5 minutes of discussion)

Moderators:

Niral Patel, MD; Sahin Senay, MD and Sotirios Prapas, MD

360° Coronaries

LIAB: Endoscopic Bilateral IMA Harvesting
Keita Kikuchi, MD
Yuuai Medical Center, Tomishiro, Japan

LIAB: Off-pump MICS CABG
Piroze Davierwala, MD
Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto, Canada

LIAB: Hybrid robotically assisted CABG
Marc Ruel, MD
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Canada

LIAB: Total Coronary Revascularization via left Anterior Thoracotomy (TCRAT)
Oleksandr Babliak, PhD, DD
Medical Network "Dobrobut", Kyiv Ukraine

Deep Dive Coronaries:

LIAB: Endoscopic Multi Vessel CABG
Alaaddin Yilmaz, MD
St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht Netherlands

LIAB: Robotic Multi Vessel TECAB
Husam Balkhy, MD
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago IL

LIAB: MICS CABG with New Generation Anastomotic Devices
Bob Kiaii, MD
University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Cardiac Abstract Session 3: Revascularization
(5 minutes of presentation, followed by a 10 minute discussion period for a group of papers.)

Moderators:

Marc Ruel, MD and John Puskas, MD

Coronary Connector Facilitated TECAB - An Ex-vivo Feasibility Study
Monica Gianoli, MD¹, Anne R. de Jong, MD¹, Matthijs Wassink¹, Bob Kiaii, MD, PhD², Husam Balkhy, MD, PhD³, Willem J. L. Suyker, MD, PhD¹.
¹UMCU, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²University of Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA, ³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Early In-human Clinical Use Of Anastomotic Pedestal For Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Ariana Goodman¹, Shaelyn Cavanaugh¹, Kyle Purrman², Jude Sauer², Peter Knight¹, Bartholomew Simon¹.
¹University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA, ²LSI SOLUTIONS®, Victor, NY, USA.

Acute Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect Repair Through The Left Minithoracotomy
Oleksandr Babliak.
Diagnostic and Treatment Center For Children And Adults Of The Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting In Robotic Beating-heart Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass: Ten Year Outcomes
Sarah Nisivaco, Hiro Kitahara, MD, Riya Bhasin, Brooke Patel, Husam H. Balkhy, MD.
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting - Fully Reusable Technique
Gaetano Di Giovanni, Federico Di Giovanni, Everton Luz Varella, Frederico Jose Di Giovanni.
Hospital Santa Isabel, Blumenau, Brazil.

Double Mammary Artery Harvesting Through A Left Thoracoscopic Approach
Sotirios Marinakis, PhD, Karim Homsy, MD, Badih El Nakadi, MD.
CHU Charleroi, Lodelinsart, Belgium.

A Right Gastro Epiploic Artery Can Be A Standard Graft Strategy In Mics Cabg.
Keita Kikuchi¹, Akihiko Yamauchi², Kazutoshi Tschibana³, Kunihiko Yoshino⁴, Hiroki sakai¹, Yosyun Sai¹, Kaito Masuda¹, Joji Ito⁴.
¹Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Chiba, Japan, ²Yuuai medical Center, Tomishiro, Japan, ³Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital, Hakodate, Japan, ⁴Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Urayasu, Japan.

Minimally Invasive Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Configurations For Complete Myocardial Revascularization: Computed Tomography Data
Vidadi Efendiev¹, Mikhail Snegirev¹, Evgeniy Minin¹, Vladimir Noginov¹, Vladimir Shmyrev¹, Timur Ruzmatov².
¹Mariinsky hospital, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, ²Friendly Society Private Hospital, Bundaberg, Australia.

Late Breaking Trials: DEDICATE trial
Sabine Bleiziffer, MD

Editor’s Choice of 2023 Innovations Publications
Niv Ad, MD and Jörg Kempfert, MD

1. Minimally Invasive Surgical Versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Retrospective Observational Single-Center Study in Japan (Volume 18, Issue 6)
   Presented by Yoshitsugu Nakamura, MD, PhD
2. Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion for Atrial Fibrillation Patients Intolerant to Anticoagulation (Volume 18, Issue 2)
   Presented by Omar M. Sharaf, BS
3. Differences Between Attending and Trainee Surgeon Performance Using Objective Performance Indicators During Robot-Assisted Lobectomy (Volume 18, Issue 5)
   Presented by Daniel S. Oh, MD

Keynote Speaker: Umes Arunagirinathan, MD
Introduction: Nikolaos Bonaros

Cardiac Experts Session 4: Tricuspid

Moderators:

Sloan Guy, MD and Martin Andreas, MD

360° Tricuspid
(10 min talks followed by 10 minute group discussion)

Pro: Concomitant endoscopic tricuspid repair
Antonios Pitsis, MD
European Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

Con: Concomitant endoscopic tricuspid repair
Joseph Zacharias, MD
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK

Group Discussion
Deep Dive: Tricuspid
5 minute presentation with 5 minutes of discussion

LIAB: Endoscopic beating heart tricuspid surgery beyond annuloplasty
Marco Solinas, MD
Monasterio Heart Hospital, Massa Italy

LIAB: Redo tricuspid surgery
Joseph Zacharias, MD
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool UK

Cardiac Abstract Session 4: Potpourri
(5 minutes of presentation, followed by a 10 minute discussion period for a group of papers.)

Moderators:

Piotr Suwalski, MD

Cha2ds2-vasc To Guide Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation during Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Mariusz Kowalewski¹, Lukasz Kuzma², Karol Gostomczyk¹, Radoslaw Litwinowicz³, Emil J. Dabrowski², Michal Swieczkowski², Marek Jasinski⁴, Kazimierz Widenka⁵, Tomasz Hirnle⁶, Marek Deja⁷, Krzysztof Bartus⁸, Zdzislaw Tobota⁹, Bohdan Maruszewski⁹, Piotr Suwalski¹.
¹Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, WARSAW, Poland, ²Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ³Department of Cardiac Surgery, Regional Specialist Hospital, Grudzi?dz, Poland, ⁴Department and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroc?aw, Poland, ⁵Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery, District Hospital No. ², Rzeszów, Poland, ⁶Department of Cardiosurgery, Medical University of Bialystok, Bia?ystok, Poland, ⁷Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, School of Medicine in Katowice,, Katowice, Poland, ⁸Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital,, Kraków, Poland, ⁹Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, WARSAW, Poland.

One-staged Versus Two-staged Hybrid Ablation for Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Propensity-matched Cohort Study
Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang.
Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong Univers, Shanghai, China.

A Novel All Bipolar Clamp Off-pump Surgical Ablation Technique Improves Durable Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation
Federico Sertic¹, Gansevoort Dunnington², Susan Eisenberg², Michaela Daw², Arash Kiankhooy³, Ali Own¹, Aaron Kime², Maureen McMenamy⁴, Armin Kiankhooy¹.
¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ²St Helena Hospital, St Helena, CA, USA, ³George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington D.C., DC, USA, ⁴UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Tampa 2 Maze: Novel Left Heart Lesion Set Using New Isolation Clamp & Cryoablation Lines, Validated With High-resolution Mapping
Kevin J. Makati¹, Andrew J. Sherman², James L. Cox³.
¹Tampa Cardiac Specialists, Tampa, FL, USA, ²BayCare Health Systems, Tampa, FL, USA, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

Peri-areolar Approach for Minimally Invasive Closure of Type 1 Ventricular Septal Defect
Eung Re Kim, MD.
Sejong Hospital, Bucheon-si, Korea, Republic of.

Robotically Assisted Minimally Invasive Left Ventricular Device Implantation
David J. Kaczorowski, Ahmed Sedeek, Michael Massey, Harikesh Subramanian, Ibrahim Sultan, Gavin Hickey, Mary Keebler, Johannes Bonatti.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

A Novel Miniaturized Vad: Corheart 6
Junlong HU¹, Zhaoyun CHENG¹, Shunzhou YU².
¹Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China, ²Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China.

Design and Development of a Transcatheter Mechanical Circulatory Support System for Chronic Right Heart Support
James Ryan Stanfield
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Communications in MICS Award
Judges: Nirav Patel, Husam Balkhy, Gry Dahle, Nikolaos Bonaros

Finalist 1: Redo Robotic Mitral Valve Repair For Management Of Early And Late Mitral Ring Dehiscence
Gokhan Arslanhan¹, Zeynep S?la Ozcan², Sahin Senay¹, Aleks Degirmencioglu³, Muharrem Kocyigit⁴, Cem Alhan¹;
¹Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Istanbul, Turkey

Finalist 2: Lung Resections In Uniportal Vats Our Experience In The Use Of Metallic Spirals
Andrea La Rosa
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

Finalist 3: Initial Experience In Total Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery With Three-dimensional Video-assisted Technology
Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, Elisa Mikus, Antonino Costantino, Diego Sangiorgi, Elena Tenti, Elena Tremoli, Carlo Savini;
Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM, Cotignola, Italy

Finalist 4: Well Being On A Fast Track - Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Huma Akhtar
National Institute of Cradiovascular Diseases, KARACHI, Pakistan

Finalist 5: Mitral Valve Surgery And Coronary Revascularization Via The Left Anterior Minithoracotomy
Dmytro Babliak
Diagnostic and treatment center for children and adults of the Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine

Finalist 6: Using Machine Learning To Predict Mitral Valve Repairability Based On Preoperative Echocardiography
Rosa Hiusti, Rafik Margaryan, Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas;
Ospedale del Cuore, Massa, Italy

Finalist 7: Surgical Approach, Comorbidities, And Myasthenia Gravis Drive Adverse Outcomes Following Thymectomy
Hailey A. Theeuwen, Victoria Yin, Claire Therriault, Scott M. Atay, Sean C. Wightman, Takashi Harano, Graeme M. Rosenberg, Brooks V. Udelsman, Anthony W. Kim
Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Finalist 8: Percutaneous Versus Surgical Femoral Cannulation In Minimally Invasive Cardiac Operations: A Meta-analysis Of Existing Studies
Maria Comanici, Halil I. Bulut, Shahzad G. Raja
Harefield Hospital, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Cardiac Experts Session 5: Congenital and HCM
(10-minute presentation with 5 minutes of discussion)

Moderator:

Marc Gillinov, MD

LIAB: Robotic Myectomy
Husam Balkhy, MD
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

LIAB: Totally Endoscopic Surgery for Repairing Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using Double-Patch Technique on Beating Heart
Huy Q. Dang
Vinmec Times City International Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

LIAB: Totally endoscopic Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defect Repair in Children.
Antonios Pitsis, MD
European Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

Cardiac Experts Session 6: Atrial Fibrillation
(7 minute presentation with 5 minutes of discussion)

Moderators:

Niv AD, MD and Arnar Geirsson, MD

LIAB: Hybrid Afib surgery
Gansevoort H. Dunnington, Jr, MD
St Helena Hospital, St Helena, CA

LIAB: Concomitant Maze with open atria
Piotr Suwalski, MD
Central Teaching Hospital MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland

LIAB: Concomitant and stand alone ablation with closed atria
Niv Ad, MD

LIAB: Future Directions of Afib Surgery
Niv Ad, MD

Kit V. Arom Lectureship:
Introduction: Joe Zacharias, MD
Speaker: Hugo Vanermen
(30 min talk, 15 min questions)

Technical Challenges Abstracts: Pitfalls and Disasters and the Solution Lunch Service
(7 minute presentation and 5 minute discussion)

Moderators:

Gry Dahle MD; Ramachandra C. Reddy MD and Valavanur A. Subramanian MD

Embolized Tavi Valve Lodges "upside-down" In The Proximal Aortic Arch
Nikola Dobrilovic, Sergio Montaño, James Brown, Hyde Russell, Jonathan Rosenberg, Jonathan Somers, Mark Ricciardi.
NorthShore University Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.

Fulminant Hepatic Failure After LIMA Harvesting
André Peres, Hagen Gorki, Andreas Liebold.
University Hospital Of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

Port Access - Minimally Invasive Approach For Concomittant Large ASD And Mitral Cleft, A Case Report
ISMET ONUR TANIYAN, MUSTAFA BAHADIR INAN, MEHMET CAHIT SARICAOGLU, ONUR BUYUKCAKIR, ALI IHSAN HASDE.
Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.

Hybrid Approach For Extraction Of Abandoned Infected Lead Pacemaker - Case Report
Gustavo Armando De La Cerda Belmont, Arturo Garza De La Maza, Maria Goretti Cepeda Flores, Ivan Carrasco Chávez, Claudia Elena González Zúñiga, César Amilcar Morales Marín, Roberto Modesto Vázquez González, Fabiola Buelna Gaxiola, Gerardo Manuel Flores Morin, Eliasib Pedroza Solis.
NOVOCARDIO, MONTERREY, Mexico.

Robotic-assisted Surgical Repair For A Failed Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device
Hiroyuki Tsukui, Mitsugu Ogawa, Michael Culig.
Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, PA, USA.

Minimally Invasive Removal Of The Embolised Contraceptive Implant From Right Pulmonary Artery.
Manoras M. Chengalath, Francis Cheung, Yi Chen.
Victorian Heart Hospital, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement In Situs Inversus Totalis
Taro Kanamori.
Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital, Kawaguchi, saitama, Japan.

The President's Selection: Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery 2030 - What counts is...

Chairs:

Nikolaos Bonaros, MD; Niv Ad, MD and Husam Baklhy, MD

AI and Surgical Imaging
Gry Dahle, MD

Improving surgical techniques is still the future
Hermann Reichenspurner, MD
Hamburg, Germany

Big Data and Digital Medicine
Alexander Meyer / Jörg Kempfert, MD

Real-World Clinical Data
Marc Gilinov, MD
Cleveland, Ohio

Cellular and Molecular Targets for Valvular Heart Disease
Johannes Holfeld
Innsbruck, Austria