Surgery - Poster Session

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 09:05 - 13:00

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital heart disease: a gender differentiated approach
  • Prof Giovanni Stellin, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Italy
Is there an optimal timing for surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants?
  • Giovanni Stellin, Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua, Italy
The Scimitar Syndrome: An Italian Multicentric Study
  • Giovanni Stellin, Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua, Italy
Rastelli repair: impact of a remote ventricular septal defect on outcome
  • Dr Horacio A Capelli, Hospital de pediatría J.P. Garrahan, Argentina
One-stage repair of aortopulmonary window and interrupted aortic arch
  • Dr Francisco De la Hoz, Clínica General del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Proyecto "De Todo Corazón": A Pediatric Heart Program evolves changing paradigms
  • Dr Iván A Machado, Fundación de Todo Corazón Richard Gibson, Venezuela
Transpulmonary Direct Surgical Closure of Restrictive Subarterial Ventricular Septal Defects
  • Dr Carlos E Moreno-Cabral, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, United States
Ventricular Septation for double inlet ventricle patients
  • Lianyi Wang, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, China
Delayed Relief of Tracheal Compression by Innominate Artery Results in Chronic Tracheomalacia
  • Dr Andreas Hoschtitzky, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Performance of Synergraft Decellularized Pulmonary Heart Valve in Patients Undergoing a Ross Procedure: A Single Institution Experience
  • Mark Ruzmetov, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Modifications in surgical technique and protocol improve Norwood outcomes in a low volume institution
  • Jennifier B Newcombe, Loma Linda Univeristy Children's Hospital, United States
Perventricular closure of muscular ventricular septal defects in small infants under echocardiographic guidance only
  • Virginie Fouilloux, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France
Tricuspid valve correction in Ebstein anomaly - early results
  • Jacek Pajak, SILESIAN CENTER FOR HEART, ZABRZE, POLAND, Poland
Isolated Congenital Mitral Valve Regurgitation Presenting in the First Year of Life
  • Dr Tim S Hornung, Starship Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand
The Relation of Nt-proBNP Values with Mortality and Morbidity in Congenital Heart Surgery
  • Dr Ali Kutsal, Dr.Sami Ulus Pediatric Research and Training Hospital,Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey
Long-term outcome of surgery for supravalvar aortic stenosis
  • Andrew D Cochrane, Monash Medical Centre, Australia
End-to-End Anastomosis versus Subclavian Flap Repair for Aortic Coarctation in Infants < 6 Months: Single Centre Experience
  • Dr Giri Dhandayuthadani, Bristol Congenital Heart Centre, University Hospitals Bristol, UK., United Kingdom
Long-term outcomes of total surgical correction for complete atrioventricular septal defect in infants: Alive but well?
  • Prof Shoujun Li, National Heart Center and Fuwai Hospital, China
Congenital Heart Surgery in Hawaii, Outcome Analysis Using the Risk Adjustment Method (RACHS-1)
  • Dr Carlos E Moreno-Cabral, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, United States
Epicardial Echocardiography: A Safe and Accurate Alternative
  • Joseph M Forbess, UT SouthWestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas, USA, United States
A case of truncus arteriosus succesfully operated at the age of 12 years old
  • Prof Funda Oztunc, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Turkey
Repair Of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery on a beating heart
  • Dr Jim Yee Loh, National Heart Centre, Singapore
Results and indications of coronary artery bypass graft operation for coronary artery lesion after Kawasaki disease
  • Masanori Abe, Nippon Medical School, Japan
Early results of indigenous Decellularised Porcine Xenograft for RVOT reconstruction
  • Dr Ravi Agarwal, Frontier Lifeline & Dr. K M Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
Minimally invasive Trans-ventricular pulmonary valve replacement: report of 13 consecutive cases
  • Dr Howaida M O Al Qethamy, Head of Cardiac surgery Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Saudi Arabia
Outcome of surgical treatment Neonatal Aortic Arch Obstruction
  • Dr Abdulraoof AH Al Saeedi, Saudi Arabia
Intra-to-extracardiac Fontan
  • Dr Abdul Raoof AH Alsaeedi, Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Saudi Arabia
Left Atrial Thrombosis Complicating a Prolonged CPR in a Premature Infant
  • Dr Ashraf M Aly, University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
  • Dr Hala M Fouad, University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
Sutureless pericardial repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in patients with asplenia syndrome
  • Masaya Aoki, First Department of Surgery, University of Toyama, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
The Faith of Small Contegra®-Grafts in RVOT
  • Prof Boulos Asfour, Congenital Cardiac Center, Dpt. of Cardiac Surgery, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany, Germany
Median sternotomy – the preferred surgical approach to achieve complete unifocalization in pulmonary atresia with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries
  • Dr Oleksandr Bablyak, Ukrainian Children's Cardiac Center, Ukraine
A twenty year experience of surgery for truncus arteriosus – improved outcomes are not related to younger age at operation
  • Dr Levi Bassin, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney., Australia
Results of aortic arch reconstruction in neonates and infants
  • Dr Lotfi Ben Mime, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Germany
Results of Modified Norwood’s Operation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Chulalongkorn Experience
  • Dr Vichai Benjacholamas, Cardiothoracic Unit, Department of Surgery, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital., Thailand
Complete atrioventricular canal repair less than 1 year with mono- patch techniques in (Australian Technique) chamran open heart center in Isfahan
  • Dr Ali Reza Ahmadi, Medical University Of Isfahan, Iran
Coronary artery translocation with total autogeneous composit tunnel technique
  • Prof Mehmet S Bilal, Medicana Hospitals,Istanbul, Turkey
Double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries: 13 year experience in 11 patients
  • Prof Mehmet S Bilal, Medicana Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey
Arterial switch operation - recent experience of 188 cases from a single institution
  • Dr Lyubomyr Y Bohuta, Ukrainian Children`s Cardiac Center, Ukraine
Is vertical vein patency beneficial after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?
  • Dr Lyubomyr Y Bohuta, Ukrainian Children`s Cardiac Center, Ukraine
The outcome of pulmonary artery banding as used in a staged approach to defer primary definitive biventricular repair in perceived high-risk cases
  • Dr Andre Brooks, Christiaan Barnard Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape Town, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, South Africa
Modification of the Ross Aortic Valve Replacement to Prevent Late Autograft Dilatation
  • John W Brown, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Mitral Valve Replacement with Ross II Technique: Intermediate-Term Outcome and Autograft Function
  • John W Brown, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Transapical Myectomy Provides Effective Relief of Midventricular Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Dr Morgan L Brown, Mayo Clinic, United States
Early experience in surgical treatment of complete atrioventricular septal defect with patient’s own tissue
  • Prof Piotr Burczynski, Cardiothoracic Department, Childrens' Health Memoral Hospital Warsaw, Poland
Modified Nikaidoh procedure for transposition of great arteries: experience at Colombia
  • Dr Victor Raul Castillo, Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia, Colombia
Surgical experience in transposition of great arteries with intact ventricular septum in patients over 21 days of life without left ventricular retraining
  • Dr Victor Raul Castillo, Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia, Colombia
Surgical correction of an anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery branch from the ascending aorta in an infant with sub aortic obstruction
  • Dr Jorge L Cervantes, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
  • Dr Pedro J Curei-Curi, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
Biventricle Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle with Non-Committed Ventricular Septal Defect
  • Prof Chung-I Chang, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with subpulmonary ventricular septal defect (the Taussig-Bing heart): analysis of surgical outcome and predictors of prognosis
  • Prof Chung-I Chang, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Transposition of the Great Arteries with Posterior Aorta
  • Prof Chung-I Chang, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Truncus Arteriosus with intact ventricular septum (Van Praagh Type B1) - delayed presentation and innovative septation without conduit
  • Dr Maitri Chaudhuri, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India
  • Dr N S Devananda, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India
  • Dr M Jarranganth, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India
  • Dr Subash V Chandra, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India
Which is the best approach to repair tetralogy of Fallot -ten years' experience in Shanghai Children Medical Cente
  • Dr Huiwen Chen, Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghaiʌ, China
  • Dr Zhiwei Xu, Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghaiʌ, China
Individual or institutional learning curves : the arterial switch operation in a mid-size center model
  • Caroline Chenu, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France, France
Primary bi-ventricular repair of atrio-ventricular septal defects: An analysis of re-operations
  • Alicia XF Chia, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
Is low weight in congenital cardiac surgery still a risk factor - a retrospective single institution early mortality analysis
  • Mi-Young Cho, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Struempellstr. 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany, Germany
Outcome of single stage total correction of coarctation of aorta with ventricular septal defect
  • Dr SeongHo Cho, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: 12 Years Experience in a Medical Center
  • Dr Tzu-Yao Chuang, Pediatric Cardiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction after the Arterial Switch Operation – can we prevent it?
  • Julie Cleuziou, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
Assisted Fontan procedure
  • Dr Natasha Prior, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Surgical Repair of Congenital Mitral Valve Malformations
  • Dr Pedro J Curi-Curi, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
  • Dr Samuel E Ramirez-Marroquin, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
Early and mid term results of an alternative procedure to homografts in primary repair of Truncus Arteriosus Communis
  • Dr Pedro J Curi-Curi, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
  • Dr Samuel E Ramirez-Marroquin, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
FloWatch®: Anatomical limitations
  • Dr Alessandro D'Alfonso, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ancona, Italy, Italy
  • Dr Marco Pozzi, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ancona, Italy, Italy
End to Side repair for Neonatal Aortic Coarctation: Long and Mid Term Result
  • Dr Joseph Danieli, Department of Congenital Heart Surgery, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Mitral valve grows after stabilization of posterior annulus with untreated autologous pericardial strip in children with congenital mitral malve insufficiency
  • Dr Eva Maria B Delmo Walter, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany
Pulmonary Artery Banding in Atrio-Ventricular Septal Defects
  • Dr Natasha Prior, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
New hybrid strategy for hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact or highly restrictive atrial septum
  • Mr Hironori Ebishima, Department of Cardiovascular surgery, Okayama University, Japan
Outcome of Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement in Children
  • Dr Frank Edwin, National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
Complete Heart Block Following COngenital Heart Repairs - A 16 Year Review
  • Dr Frank Edwin, National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
Outcome of Double Valve Replacement in Children in Ahmed Gasim Cardiac Center
  • Dr Hani Eltayeb Elamin, Ahmed Gasim Cardiac Center,Khartoum North,Sudan,PO Box:992, Sudan
Extended End-To-End Anastomosis: Is It The Ideal Technique For Repair of Coarctation of The Aorta In Babies Less Than Six Months of Age?
  • Prof Mohamed-Adel F Elgamal, Departments of Congenital & Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Mansoura University Children's Hospital, Mansoura University, Mansoura,, Egypt
Simple Division of The Vascular Ring and Dissection of The Arch Is Enough To Relief Tracheosophageal Compression
  • Prof Mohamed-Adel F Elgamal, Departments of Congenital & Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Mansoura University Children's Hospital, Mansour, Egypt
Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary artery: Extended Experience With Surgical Treatment
  • Eldad Erez, Cookchildrens Medical Center, United States
A Comparison of Cerebral Protection using Alpha-Stat and Ph-Stat Strategies in an Animal Model of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Ahmed Farouk, Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, United States
Aortic Root Dilatation after repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: Hemodynamics and Demographics are not the Answer
  • Ahmed Farouk, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, United States
Mentoring Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Developing Countries
  • Dr Kathleen N Fenton, International Children's Heart Foundation, United States
Medium-Term Outcome for Interrupted Aortic Arch: Results of a Selective Single Stage Strategy
  • Mrs Kirsten A Finucane, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand
Cerebral Near Infrared Spectroscopy during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Accurately Predicts Superior Vena Cava Oxygen Saturation
  • Dr Joseph M Forbess, University of Texas Southwestern and Childrens Medical Center Dallas, United States
A Novel Strategy for Flow Control Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Shunt in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
  • Yasuhiro Fujii, Okayama University Hospital, Japan
Early outcome of the arterial switch (Jatene) operation in 173 consecutive patients. A single centre experience in a development country
  • Dr Beatriz H S Furlanetto, Instituto Furlanetto, Brazil
Which is the ideal age to take place the correction of tetralogy of Fallot?
  • Dr Beatriz H S Furlanetto, Instituto Furlanetto, Brazil
Porcine valved pulmonary conduit with potential for biointegration. A new graft option in the reconstruction of the right ventricle outflow. Early results
  • Dr Glaucio Furlanetto, Instituto Furlanetto, Brazil
Unidirectional valve patch provides no survival benefits to ventricular septal defect with severe pulmonary hypertension
  • Huili Gan, Cardiac Surgery Department, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University (BAZH—CMU) 100029 Beijing China, China
Current surgical management of ascending aortic aneurysm in children and young adults
  • Dr Heidi Goerler, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Do we still need routine X-rays after chest drain removal?
  • Ms Rachelle L Griffin, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Aortic Arch Reconstruction Using Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Moderate Hypothermia Without Circulatory Arrest
  • Dr Joseph M Forbess, Children's Medical Center/UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, United States
Case Report : Anomalous Right Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery with Aorto-Pulmonary Window and Ventricular Septal Defect
  • Hariadi Hadibrata, Resident of Indonesian Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Program, Indonesia
Ventricular septal defect repairs in infants with left ventricular noncompaction and severe pulmonary hypertension
  • Dr Masanori Hara, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Japan
Surgical experience with Ebstein anomaly and variants in neonates
  • Yorikazu Harada, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagano Children's Hospital, Japan
Surgical treatment of ectopia cordis
  • Prof István Hartyánszky, Gottsegen György National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
An attempt for prediction of postoperative drainage volume in pediatric cardiac surgery using parameters of preoperative global coagulation test
  • Dr Tamaki Hayashi, Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Japan
Right Ventricular Morphology is a Risk Factor for Patients undergoing Extracardiac Fontan Procedure
  • Dr Hani A Hennein, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, United States
The Status of Pediatric Cardiac Medicine in Africa
  • Dr John P Hewitson, Chris Barnard Division Of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Of Cape Town, South Africa
Neonatal repair of Type C Interrupted Aortic Arch, Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery, Aortic Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect
  • Dr Samantha J Hill, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Canada
Interventions for aortic arch recoarctation after Norwood palliation
  • Dr Keiichi Hirose, Department of cardiovascular surgery, Shizuoka prefectual children's Hospital, Japan
Surgical Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta and Ventricular Septal Defect in Infancy
  • Prof Betau Hwang, Taiwan
Staged right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction and pulmonary valve replacement for patient with congenital heart disease
  • Dr Yujiro Ide, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Japan
Factors That May Improve the Long-Term Outcome of the Ross Prosedure in Children
  • Dr Michel Ilbawi, Heart Institute for Children, United States
Provision of congenital heart surgery ans catheter interventions in Moscow
  • Vladimir N Ilyin, Filatov Children's Hospital, Moscow, Russia
Mid-term results of arterial switch procedure in cases with complex coronary anatomy
  • Vladimir N Ilyin, Filatov Children's Hospital, Russia
Predictors of Redo Mitral Valve Replacement due to Outgrowth of the Valve in Children
  • Dr Takeshi Inoue, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Children’s Hospital, Japan
The long term results of Senning operation
  • Dr Shizuko Iwasa, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
Primary arterial switch beyond 3 weeks of age : What is feasible without ECLS?
  • Dr Krishna S Iyer, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India
Initial clinical experience with double shunt technique for hybrid palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Marcelo B Jatene, Heart Hospital - ASS - São Paulo, Brazil
Aorto pulmonary window: clinical management and surgical repair
  • Marcelo B Jatene, Heart Institute - University of São Paulo - São Paulo - SP, Brazil
Neo-aortic valve function after arterial switch operation for transposition of great arteries
  • Dr Won-Kyoung Jhang, University of Ulsan, Asan medical center, Korea
Outcomes of surgical management in low birth weight neonates and low body weight infants with congenital heart defect
  • Professor, MD Bing Jia, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Surgical repair of aortic coarctation: a single institutional experience of 383 patients
  • Dr Sune B Johansson, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Sweden
Minimally Invasive Surgery through right anterior small thoracotomy (RAST) for Congenital Heart Defects
  • Dr Suresh Joshi, India
Previous bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt may reduce postoperative morbidity after fenestrated extracardiac Fontan procedure
  • Tae-Gook Jun, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return to the Right Atrium
  • Ms Mari Kakita, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki, Japan, Japan
Indication of DKS procedure for Fontan candidate- Simplified anatomical discussion
  • Dr Shingo Kasahara, Dept. of Cardiovascular surgery. Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science., Japan
Stent graft insertion using novel technique for recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction
  • Dr Shingo Kasahara, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
Total Right Ventricular Exclusion Procedure for Neonatal Ebstein anomaly
  • Takuya Kawabata, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Japan
Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight: early and mid-term outcome
  • Dr Piotr A Kazmierczak, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland, Poland
Intravenous Omega-3 pre-operatively protects against cardiopulmonary dysfunction following paediatric cardiac surgery
  • Dr Niamh M Keenan, Department of Surgical Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland., Ireland
Total-Anomalous-Pulmonary-Venous-Connection: Outcome in a developing unit
  • Dr Asim Khan, The Children’s Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan
Surgical Management of Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: A Primary Sutureless Strategy
  • Dr Siho Kim, Dong-A University Medical Center, Korea
Successful repair in multiple muscular VSDs with a sandwich patch technique
  • Dr Siho Kim, Dong-A University Medical Center, Korea
A simple patch technique of VSD with the progression of aortic cusp prolapse or less than mild aortic regurgitation
  • Dr Takashi Kitaichi, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan
Double Valve (aortic and mitral) replacement in Children: Early Outcome
  • Dr Bhagawan Koirala, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal