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| Saturday, May 5, 2007 |
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| DAS Symposium |
   | 13:00:00 | Introduction  |
| 13:15:00 | Cardiac Surgical Research: Basic, Clinical, Or Both? |
| 13:35:00 | Clinical Trial Design: Basic Concepts and Concrete Examples |
| 13:55:00 | Cardiothoracic Surgery and the NIH: Where Do We Stand? |
| 14:15:00 | Models of Academic Thoracic Surgery I |
| 14:30:00 | Models of Academic Thoracic Surgery II |
 | 15:00:00 | From Innovation to Application |
| 15:20:00 | Working with Industry |
| 15:40:00 | Training for the Future – A Program Director’s Perspective |
| 16:00:00 | Training for the Future – Reduced to Practice |
| 16:00:00 | Training for the Future – Reduced to Practice |
| 16:00:00 | Training for the Future – Reduced to Practice |
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| Sunday, May 6, 2007 |
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| ADULT Symposium |
| 8:00:00 | Indications, Imaging and Timing of Mitral Valve Repair |
| 8:30:00 | Posterior Leaflet Prolapse: Quadrangular Resection with and without Sliding Valvuloplasty |
| 8:50:00 | Posterior Leaflet Prolapse: Triangular Resection without Sliding Valvuloplasty |
| 9:10:00 | Posterior Leaflet Prolapse: Posterior Leaflet Rotation (NYU Repair) |
| 10:20:00 | Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Chordal Transfer |
| 10:40:00 | Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Artificial Chords as a Primary Approach to Leaflet Prolapse |
| 11:00:00 | Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Artificial Chords When Other Techniques Fail |
| 11:20:00 | Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Edge to Edge Repair |
| 13:00:00 | Advantages and Limitations of Cardiac CT and MRI: What the Cardiac Surgeon Needs to Know |
| 13:30:00 | Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Multivessel Revascularization Via a Mini-Thoracotomy |
| 13:50:00 | Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Totally Endoscopic Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting |
| 14:10:00 | Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Imaging in Coronary Surgery and Hybrid Procedure |
| 14:30:00 | Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Anastomotic Connectors |
| 15:30:00 | Less Invasive Valve Surgery: Upper and Lower Hemisternotomy |
| 15:50:00 | Less Invasive Valve Surgery: Right Thoracotomy – Direct |
| 16:10:00 | Less Invasive Valve Surgery: Right Thoractomy – Thorascopic |
| 16:30:00 | Mitral Valve Repair Surgery with Robotic Technology |
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| CONGENITAL Symposium |
| 8:00:00 | Congenital Heart Surgery in Developing Countries |
| 8:20:00 | Birth of a New Program – The Kardias Experience |
| 9:00:00 | Valve-Sparing Root Replacement in Children |
| 9:20:00 | One-Stage Repair Coarctation/VSD |
| 9:40 AM | Reconstructive Methods for Complex Systemic Venous Return |
| 10:40:00 | Intracardiac Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle |
| 11:00:00 | Transatrial/Transpulomary Repairs of TOF |
| 11:20:00 | Maze Procedure in Single V Patients |
| 13:00:00 | Strategy for Physiologic Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion |
| 13:20:00 | Perioperative Neuroprotection |
| 13:40:00 | Training and Outcome of the Low Pressure Morphologic Left Ventricle in CCTGA and Atrially Corrected DTGA |
| 14:20:00 | Pediatric Lung Transplantation: A Therapy in its Adolescence |
| 15:00:00 | Recent North American Experience – Berlin Heart |
| 15:40:00 | ABTS Perspective on the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery Education |
  | 16:10:00 | Perspective on Success in Congenital Heart Surgery |
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| GT Symposium |
| 8:05:00 | Limited Resection |
| 8:15:00 | Lobectomy |
| 8:35:00 | Chemoradiation as Primary Treatment |
| 8:45:00 | Induction Therapy Followed by Surgery |
| 9:05:00 | Endoscopic Management |
| 9:15:00 | Esophagectomy Versus Esophageal Preservation |
| 9:35:00 | En Bloc Resection |
| 9:45:00 | Induction Therapy Followed by Resection |
| 10:20:00 | Protracted Air Leak Following Pulmonary Resection |
| 10:35:00 | Bronchopleural Fistula and Empyema |
| 10:50:00 | Vocal Fold Immobility and Paralysis |
| 11:05:00 | Iatrogenic Chylothorax |
| 11:20:00 | Anastomotic Leak and Stricture Post Esophagectomy |
| 11:35:00 | The Prevention and Treatment of Post-Thoracotomy Pain |
| 13:05:00 | VATS Lobectomy |
| 13:25:00 | Transhiatal Esophagectomy |
| 13:45:00 | Cervical Tracheal Resection |
| 14:05:00 | Pancoast Resection |
| 14:25:00 | Left Thoracoabdominal Esophagectomy |
| 14:45:00 | Lung Volume Reduction Surgery |
| 15:25:00 | High Frequency Radio Ablation |
| 15:45:00 | Robotic Approaches in Thoracic Surgery |
| 16:05:00 | Endobronchial Lung Volume Reduction |
| 16:25:00 | Endoscopic Anti-Reflux Procedures |
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| Lillehei Forum Session |
| 15:00:00 | Effect of Induction Regimen on Acute Rejection, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, and Survival Following Lung Transplantation |
| 15:15:00 | Dual Agent Immunosuppression Synergistically Inhibits Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Homeostasis |
| 15:30:00 | Transmyocardial Revascularization Enhances Myocardial Vasculogenesis and Hemodynamic Function |
| 15:45:00 | Timing Is Everything. Pretreatment of Donor Lungs with the Adenosine 2A Receptor Agonist ATL-313 Results in Superior Protection From Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Versus Administration During Reperfusion. |
| 16:00:00 | Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase G894T Polymorphism Impacts Vascular Resistance and Long-Term Outcome for Single Ventricle Patients |
| 16:15:00 | Impact of Tumor-Infiltrating T-Cells on Survival in Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma |
| 16:30:00 | Insulin Treatment Enhances the Myocardial Angiogenic Response in Diabetes |
| 16:45:00 | Therapeutic Induction of Heme-Oxygenase-1 in the Heart Using a Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier |
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| Monday, May 7, 2007 |
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| Adult SS |
| 13:45:00 | Sustained Mild Hypothermia and Neurocognitive Function Following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study |
| 14:05:00 | Adverse Events During Reoperative Cardiac Surgery: Frequency, Impact, and Rescue |
| 14:25:00 | Left Atrial Volume Reduction (LA-VR) Helps Restore Atrial Booster and Reservoir Functions After the Cox-Maze Procedure (MAZE) – A Study by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
| 14:45:00 | Port-Access Surgery as Elective Approach for Mitral Valve Operation in Redo Procedure: A Single Center Experience |
| 15:40:00 | Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Therapies |
| 16:00:00 | Transplant Should Not Be Delayed While Awaiting Functional Recovery in Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support |
| 16:20:00 | When Should Valve Replacement Be Performed in Patients with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis? |
| 16:40:00 | Treatment of Type II Endoleaks Associated with Left Subclavian Artery Coverage During Thoracic Aortic Stent Grafting |
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| Congenital SS |
| 13:45:00 | Case-Mix Complexity Adjustment Using Both RACHS-1 and Aristotle Applied to 45635 Operations in the STS Congenital Database |
| 14:05:00 | Surgical Treatment of Congenital Mitral Valve Disease: Mid-Term Results of a Repair-Orientated Policy |
| 14:25:00 | A New Procedure for Ebstein’s Anomaly |
| 15:20:00 | Fate of the Right Ventricle After Fenestrated Right Ventricular Exclusion for Severe Neonatal Ebstein’s |
| 15:40:00 | The Modified Ross-Konno Procedure for the Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease associated with Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction and/or Annular Hypoplasia |
| 16:00:00 | Strategy for Biventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction: Rastelli, REV, Or Nikaidoh Procedure? |
| 16:20:00 | Durability of Hand Sewn Valves in the Right Ventricular Outlet |
| 16:40:00 | Aprotinin is Safe in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery |
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| General Thoracic SS |
| 13:45:00 | The Impact of Lymph Node Station on Survival in 348 Surgically Resected Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Patients: Implications for Revision of the AJCC Staging System |
| 14:05:00 | Feasibility of Multimodality Therapy Including Extended Resections in Stage IVA Thymoma |
| 14:25:00 | Is Palpation of the Non-Resected Lobe(s) Required for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? A Prospective Study |
| 14:45:00 | Surgical Treatment of Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: Outcome and Long-Term Prognosis |
| 15:05:00 | Stereotactic Radio Surgery for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients |
| 16:00:00 | Lung Transplantation in Older Patients? |
| 16:20:00 | The Impact of the Lung Allocation Score on Short-Term Transplantation Outcomes: A Multicenter Review |
| 16:40:00 | Postpneumonectomy Syndrome: Surgical Management and Long-Term Results |
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| Plenary |
| 8:00:00 | Survival After Aortic Valve Replacement: A Complex Interplay of Age; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction, Structure, and Function; and Prosthesis Size |
| 8:20:00 | One Or Two Ventricles in Critical Aortic Stenosis? The Disproportionate Impact of Pursuing Biventricular Repair in Borderline Cases |
| 8:40:00 | Data From the STS General Thoracic Database: The Surgical Management of Primary Lung Tumors |
| 9:00:00 | Long-Term Results of the Open Stent Grafting Technique for Extended Aortic Arch Disease |
| 10:05:00 | Nanotechnology – Impact on Cardiovascular Medicine |
| 10:45:00 | Cusp Repair In Aortic Valve Reconstruction; Does the Technique Affect Stability? |
| 11:05:00 | The Role of TEG in Directing Blood Product Usage in Infant Open-Heart Surgery |
| 11:25:00 | Who We Are, Who We Will Be |
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| Tuesday, May 8, 2007 |
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| Adult SS |
| 14:00:00 | Is Recurrence of Mitral Valve Regurgitation More Frequent in Barlow Disease Than in Fibroelastic Deficiency Postrepair? |
| 14:20:00 | The Occasional Open Heart Surgeon Revisited |
| 14:40:00 | Development of Collateral Blood Supply for Spinal Cord Immediately After Descending Or Thoracoabdominal Repair with Selective Reconstruction of Adamkiewicz Artery |
| 15:00:00 | Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Level Is More Predictive Than Diagnosis of Diabetes for Adverse Events Following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery |
| 15:55:00 | Reliability of Risk Algorithms in Predicting Early and Late Operative Outcomes in High Risk Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement |
| 16:15:00 | Mid-Term Angiographic Follow-Up After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass; Serial Comparisons Using the Early, One-year, and Five-year Postoperative Angiographies |
| 16:35:00 | Surgical Outcomes Following the Cox-Maze Procedure: The Importance of Isolating the Posterior Left Atrium |
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| Cardiac Forum Session |
| 7:00:00 | Regional Remodeling Strain and Its Association with Myocardial Apoptosis Post-Myocardial Infarction in Ovine Model |
| 7:12:00 | Aprotinin Confers Neuroprotection by Reducing Excitotoxic Cell Death |
| 7:24:00 | Concomitant Treatment with Oral L-Arginine Improves the Efficacy of Surgical Angiogenesis in Patients with End-Stage Coronary Artery Disease: The Endothelial Modulation in Angiogenic Therapy (EMAT) Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 7:36:00 | Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass – A Word of Caution Implicated by a Five-Year Follow Up |
| 7:48:00 | The Effects of “Pure” Mitral Regurgitation on Mitral Annular Dynamics |
| 8:00:00 | RIFLE Criteria for Renal Dysfunction in Arch Aortic Surgery |
| 8:12:00 | New Insights in the Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis in Ascending Aortic Dilatation with Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis: Possible Key-Role of Cell-Matrix Interactions |
| 8:24:00 | MRI Assessment of Reverse Left Ventricular Remodeling Late After Restrictive Mitral Annuloplasty in Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| 8:36:00 | Gene Array Analysis of a Rat Model of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations After Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis |
| 8:48:00 | Improved Management of Systemic Venous Anomalies in Single Ventricle: New Rationale |
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| Congenital SS |
| 14:00:00 | Cardiac Surgery in Infants with Low Weight Is Associated with Increased Mortality: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database |
| 14:20:00 | Long-Term Results of Definitive Repair for Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries – Late Outcome of the Unifocalized Pulmonary Vasculature; More Than 10 Years Evaluation |
| 14:40:00 | Myocardial Revascularization in Infants and Children: Coronary Artery Proximal Patch Arterioplasty and Coronary Artery Bypass – A Single Institution Experience |
| 15:35:00 | Moderate Versus Deep Hypothermia for the Arterial Switch Operation – Experience with 100 Consecutive Patients |
| 15:55:00 | Diaphragm Plication Does Not Correct Splanchnic Venous Flow in Fontan Patients with a Paralyzed Diaphragm |
| 16:15:00 | An Analysis of a Modification of the Norwood Procedure Using a Right Ventricle – Pulmonary Artery (RV-PA) Conduit Routed to the Right of the Neoarta |
| 16:35:00 | Surgical Outcome for Patients with the Aortic Atresia-Mitral Stenosis Variant of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome |
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| Cardiac Forum Session |
| 7:00:00 | Surgical Resection Normalizes the Hemangiogenic Profile in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| 7:12:00 | Proteomic Analysis of Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Potential Markers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Screening |
| 7:24:00 | Extracorporeal Lung Membrane Enables Superior Lung Protection for Post-Pneumonectomy Non-Cardiogenic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| 7:36:00 | Antigen-Specific CD8+ Cell Responses in Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma |
| 7:48:00 | MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Esophageal Cancer |
| 8:00:00 | Inhaled Prostacyclin Can Improve Pulmonary Hypertension in Acutely Decompensated Patients |
| 8:12:00 | A Simple Two-Gene Molecular Prognostic Model for Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
| 8:24:00 | Evaluating the Effects of a Dual Inhibitor of COX-1/COX-2 Versus a Selective COX-2 Inhibitor on Benzo[a]pyrene-Induced Neoplasia of the Forestomach and Lung |
| 8:36:00 | The Effects of Bone Wax and Ostene®, a Newly Available Water-Soluble Synthetic Bone Hemostasis Material, on Sternal Healing Following Median Sternotomy in an Animal Model |
| 8:48:00 | A Novel Vascularized Graft for Replacement of Long Tracheal Defects |
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| General Thoracic SS |
| 14:00:00 | Quality of Life Outcomes Are Equivalent After Lobectomy in the Elderly |
| 14:20:00 | Multifocal Neoplasia in T1 Esophageal Carcinoma: Implications for Endoscopic Treatment |
| 14:40:00 | The Effect of Combined Modality Therapy on Quality of Life in Esophageal Cancer |
| 15:35:00 | Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: The Influence of Associated Injuries on Mortality |
| 15:55:00 | Thoracoscopic Sympathetic Clipping for Hyperhidrosis: Long-Term Results and Reversibility |
| 16:15:00 | The Effect of Volume on Esophageal Cancer Resections: What Constitutes Acceptable Resection Volumes for Centers of Excellence? |
| 16:35:00 | Accelerated Treatment of Postpneumonectomy Empyema: A Bi-National Long-Term Study |
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| Plenary |
| 9:00:00 | Is Survival Always Better After Valve Repair Than After Valve Replacement for Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease? |
| 9:20:00 | Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP) Versus Pleurectomy/Decortication (P/D) in the Surgical Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM): Results in 663 Patients |
| 9:40:00 | EBUS-TBNA for Mediastinal Restaging |
| 10:00:00 | Evolving Arch Surgery Using Integrated Antegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion; Impact of Axillary Artery Perfusion |
| 10:20:00 | Long-Term Outcome of Operation for Ebstein’s Anomaly |
| 11:40:00 | Address by Honored Speaker |
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| Wednesday, May 9, 2007 |
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| ADULT Controversy |
| 10:30:00 | Aprotinin Should Be Taken Off the Market |
| 10:45:00 | Aprotinin Should Be Taken Off the Market |
| 11:15:00 | Stentless Heart Valves Increase Risk Without Benefit |
| 11:15:00 | Stentless Heart Valves Increase Risk Without Benefit |
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| CONGENITAL Controversy |
| 10:30:00 | International Databases are Valuable for Benchmarking, Quality Assurance and Pay-for-Performance in Congenital Heart Surgery |
| 10:30:00 | International Databases are Valuable for Benchmarking, Quality Assurance and Pay-for-Performance in Congenital Heart Surgery |
| 11:15:00 | Asymptomatic Child with a Coronary Artery from the Wrong Sinus Should have Surgery |
| 11:30:00 | Asymptomatic Child with a Coronary Artery from the Wrong Sinus Should have Surgery |
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| Emerging Technology Session |
| 7:00:00 | Simultaneous Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Reduces Postoperative Morbidity Compared to Procedures Utilizing Only Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting |
| 7:15:00 | Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Ablation Provides Mid Term Freedom From Intermittent Atrial Fibrillation |
| 7:30:00 | A Novel Bio-Engineered Small Caliber Vascular Graft Incorporating Heparin and Sirolimus: Excellent 6 Month Patency |
| 7:45:00 | Worldwide Experience with the Paracor HeartNet™ Cardiac Restraint Device |
| 8:00:00 | FLOWATCH® Versus Conventional Pulmonary Artery Banding |
| 8:15:00 | Chronic Ambulatory Counterpulsation Reverses End Stage Heart Failure |
| 8:30:00 | Heparin Reduces Residual Clot Within the Lumen of Endoscopically Harvested Saphenous Veins |
| 8:45:00 | Accuracy of the New Dual-Source CT Coronary Angiography: Evaluation in a Standardized Protocol for Cardiac Surgeons |
| 9:00:00 | Novel Surgical Approach to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Repair |
| 9:15:00 | Endograft Repair of Blunt Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Tears-First Line Therapy? |
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| Global Thoracic Symposium |
| 8:00:00 | CTSnet as the Information Standard in the 3rd Millennium |
| 8:20:00 | Providing Second Opinion for CTS Colleagues and Patients |
| 8:40:00 | The Multimedia Manual of the Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| 9:00:00 | Telesurgery: How Far Have We Come? |
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| GT Controversy |
| 10:30:00 | Interventional Procedures by Thoracic Surgeons: The Time Has Come |
| 10:45:00 | Interventional Procedures by Thoracic Surgeons: The Time Has Come |
| 11:15:00 | Optimal Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions |
| 11:15:00 | Optimal Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions |
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| PLENARY Controversy |
| 9:30:00 | General Surgical Training is a Waste of Time for The Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
| 9:45:00 | General Surgical Training is a Waste of Time for The Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
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