Evalution of patients: different diagnostic modalities

• Dr Lee Benson, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Stent Implantation: Technical Considerations - Choice of stents and delivery systems

• Dr James Lock, Children's Hospital of Boston, United States

Surgical techniques and outcome

• Dr Mark Galantowicz, Columbus Children's hospital, United States

Understanding Hemodynamics and Calculations

• Dr Sharon Hill, Nationwide Children's Hospital, United States

Complications and Other Hazards

• Kathleen Nolan

ECMO in the Cath Lab - How to Get Patients In and Out Safely?

• Dr Stephen Horton, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Who would benefit from this therapy? Indications and Evaulation for eligible patients

• Dr James Lock, Children's Hospital of Boston, United States

Edwards Sapien^TM THV: Technical Considerations and Outcome

• Dr Ziyad Hijazi, Rush University Medical Centre, United States

How to Interrograte the Atrial Septum in Patients with ASDs/PFOs

• Dr Zahid Amin, Rush University Medical Center, United States

Do Trans-septal puncture

• Dr John Cheatham, Nationwide Children's Hospital, United States

Perform Transhepatic Cardiac Catheterization

• Dr Makram Ebeid, University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States

Anatomic correlation

• Dr Paul Weinberg, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Erosions: Every Interventional Cardiologist's Nightmare!

• Dr Zahid Amin, Rush University Medical Center, United States

The BioStar/BioTrek

• Dr Joseph De Giovanni, Birmingham Children’s Hospital-NHS Trust,, United Kingdom

The Helex Device

• Dr Thomas Jones, Children's hospital for Seattle, United States

The PFM Device

• Dr Miguel Granja, Hospital italiano, Bs. Aires, Argentina

Long-term outcome of ASD device closure

• Dr Jozef Masura, Children's Cardiac Centre, Slovak Republic

Minimising the inflammatory response to CPB

• Dr Sasha Agati, San Vincenzo Hospital, Italy

Ischaemic preconditioning to reduce organ injury after CPB

• Dr Igor Konstantinov, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, RCH, Australia

Anticoagulation Monitoring during CPB

• Ms Colleen Gruenwald, Hospital For Sick Children, Canada

Vacuum assisted suction during CPB: the GOS experience

• Mr Nigel Cross, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Discussion

Training 1 - Aus / NZ perspective

• Dr Ian McKenzie, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Training 2 - USA perspective

• Dr Jim DiNardo, Children’s Hospital of Boston, United States

Training 3 - UK perspective

• Dr Monica Stokes, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom

Training 4 - German perspective

• Dr Ehrenfried Schindler, German Paediatric Heart Centre (DKHZ), Germany

Why wait beyond 40mm for surgery?

• Dr Timothy Bradley, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Drug therapies: What and when?

• Dr Ron Lacro, Children's Hospital Boston, United States

Neo-aortic Regurgitation in Congenital Heart Disease: The Extent of the Problem

• Dr Koichiro Niwa, Department of Adult Congenital Heart Diease and Pediatrics Cardiology, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Japan

Surgical management

• Dr Glen Van Arsdell, The Hospital for Sick Children's, Canada

Growth and development of the fetal heart - normal and abnormal anatomy

• Dr Andrew Cook, The Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom

First Trimester Imaging

• Dr Lisa Hornberger, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Canada

Strategies to improve prenatal detection rates

• Dr Jeffrey Smallhorn, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Canada

Role of the nurse after a fetal diagnosis

• Ms Lorrie Cender, BC Children’s Hospital, Canada

The sick neonate without a fetal diagnosis

• Ms Rebecca Tracey, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Clinical care of the sick neonate… what the nurse needs to know.

• Ms Pat O'Brien, Boston Childrens Hospital, United States

Care Management

• Ms Swee Kum Ho, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Tribute to Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes

• Alan Kerr, Nil, New Zealand

Stella Van Praagh Memorial Lecture: Anatomy of common atrioventricular junction

• Prof Robert Anderson, Institue of Child Health, United Kingdom

Cardiomyopathy and the rhythmonome are inseparable

• Dr Jeff Towbin, Texas Children’s Hospital, United States

Genetics of cardiomyopathy; intellectual process or clinically useful?

• Dr Chris Semsarian, Centenary Institute, Australia

Investigating the PM negative young sudden death- integrating the genetic & family Iinks

• Dr Jon Skinner, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand

The application of Selective Cerebral Perfusion during CPB

• Dr Frank Pigula, Children’s Hospital of Boston, United States

Monitoring Cerebral Oximetry During infant CPB

• Dr George Hoffman, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, United States

Acute Renal Failure following paediatric cardiac surgery

• Mr Martin Gill, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Perfusion strategies for the arterial switch

• Ms Jude Clark, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Steroids: Which and When?

Inotropes: choice of inotrope. Routine and rescue

Antifibrinolytics: Which is best, and is there a role for aprotinin?

Debate: In children & teenagers CRT for DCM should always come with a Defibrillator

• Dr Frank Cecchin, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
• Dr Richard Friedman, Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Question Time

Question Time

Drug management

• Dr Graham Stuart, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Ablation in Mustards / Fontans

• Dr Jonathan Kalman, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

SN function after Maze

• Dr Tim Hornung, Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand

Fontans: Why not convert all?

• Dr Barbara Deal, Children’s Memorial Hospital, United States

Discussion

The Obstetriciens View

• Dr Greg Kesby, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Novel methods of evaulating fetal cardiac function/Cardiac and vascular implications for SGA

• Dr Megan Sherwood, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Fetal Interventions

• Dr Wayne Tworetzky, Children's Hospital of Boston, United States

Planning management of difficult fetal heart disease

• Dr Jack Rychik, Fetal Heart Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Prenatal counselling - Hard talk

• Dr Richard Jonas, Children’s National Heart Institute, United States
• Dr Jack Rychik, Fetal Heart Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Ethical Issues in multidisciplinary decision-making

• Prof Abraham Steinberg, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Israel

Fast-tracking… Does he really need an ICU bed?

• Mrs Vanessa Garside, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, United Kingdom

The Long Stay patient, nursing, family and system stresses

• Mr Martin Elliott, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, United Kingdom

A parent's experience… what it's really like

• Mr Damien Atkinson, Eldon Chambers, Australia
• Mrs Marilyn Trad

Discussion

Diagnostic evaluation: Echocardiography and the role of Catheterization

• Dr Rodney Franklin, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom

Intensive care and perioperative management

• Dr David Cooper, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, United States

Role of Surgical Palliation

• Dr Marcelo Jatene, Hospital do Coracao, Brazil

The diagnostic workup of children with cardiomyopathy

• Dr Jeff Towbin, Texas Children’s Hospital, United States

What have we learned from registries - PCMR

• Dr Steve Lipshultz, University of Miami, United States

What have we learned from registries - NACCS

• Dr Piers Daubeney, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom

Anthracycline cardiomyopathy

• Dr Steve Lipshultz, University of Miami, United States

Discussion

Leadership under duress: Lessons from the field

• General Jim Molan

Mayhem in the ICU

• Dr Allan Goldman, Great Ormond St Hospital for Chidren, United Kingdom

Response under crisis 2: lessons from the Bushfires

• Lew Short

Percutaneous Aortic Valve Therapies: State of the art overview?

• Dr Eric Horlick, Toronto General Hospital, Canada

Heart Failure Monitoring Devices: Where are we? Where are we heading?

• Dr Saibal Kar, Cedar Sinai Medical Centre, United States

Indications for CRT

• Dr David Rosenthal, Stanford University, United States

Assessing synchrony : how to do it and what's important

• Dr Jan Janousek, Heart Center Leipzig, Germany

CRT for the LV

• Dr Elizabeth Stephenson, Sick Kids, Canada

CRT for the RV and the single V

• Dr Anne Dubin, Stanford University, United States

Physiology and Risk Stratification

• Dr Judith Therrien, Jewish General Hospital, Canada

Management of the Cyanotic Patient

• Dr Candice Silversides, Toronto General Hospital, Canada

Anticoagulation

• Dr Carole Warnes, Mayo Clinic, United States

Selecting Contraception

• Dr Judith Therrien, Jewish General Hospital, Canada

Cardiac Mechanics - from structure to function

• A/Prof Ian Le Grice, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Cardiac Mechanics - translation to congenital heart disease

• Prof Yiu-fai Cheung, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Transitioning the fragile neonate to the community

• Dr Nancy Ghanayam, Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

Adaptation of the child and family to life with a chronic illness.

• Ms Kathy Mussatto, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, United States

The Independent Family...cutting the apron strings

• Ms Mary Tallon, Princess Margaret Hospital, Australia

Specialist care and the community...chronic pulmonary hypertension.

• Ms Michelle Rose, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Unresolved controversies in repair of atrioventricular canal

• Dr Giovanni Stellin, University of Padova Medical School, Italy

Single-Patch repair of atrioventricular canal

• Dr Richard Jonas, Children’s National Heart Institute, United States

Challenging AV valve in atrioventricular canal

• Dr Christian Brizard, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia

Medical Management of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children

• Dr Jack Price, Texas Children's Hospital, United States

Pediatric cardiac transplantation: indications, contraindications, results

• Dr Daphne Hsu, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, NY, United States

Managing the high risk recipient

• Dr Linda Addonizio, Columbia University, United States

Developing and measuring resilience in a high performing team

• Prof Paul Barach, NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, Australia

Communication and authority gradients

• Dr Patricia Hickey, Children's Hospital Boston, United States

Lessons learned, and moving forward

• General Jim Molan

Optimal sites for single ventricular lead placement; endocardial and epicardial

• Dr Peter Karpawich, CHM Cardiology, United States

Tuning AV and VV interval post CRT implant; methods and importance

• Suleman Kamberi, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Debate: QRS duration has become irrelevant in prescribing CRT

• Dr Mark Alexander, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
• Dr Karen McLeod, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, United Kingdom

When to refer the Ebsteins patient to the surgeons: Should we refer earlier?

• Dr Joe Dearani, Mayo Clinic: Medical Education and Research, United States

Ebsteins Surgery in the real world

• Dr William Brawn, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, United Kingdom

Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

• Dr Halkawt Nuri, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy, Italy

Diastolic Ventricular Interaction in Patients after Atrial Switch for Transposition of the Great Arteries

• Dr Pak-cheong Chow, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Univeristy of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dysynchrony - prognostic implications

• Prof Tom Marwick, University of Queensland, Australia

Dysynchrony and congenital heart disease

• Dr Anne Dubin, Stanford University, United States

Ventricular vascular interaction

• Prof Dan Penny, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Assessment of endothelial function - where are we in 2009

• Prof David Celermajer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

Heartbeads; the creation of a child's journey

• Lexi Dengler, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Cross-cultural care

• Ms Heather Spinetto, Starship Children’s Health, New Zealand

Care at a distance...the remote patient

• Ms Karen Eagleson, Mater Adult Hospital, Australia

The other side of the fence. What we really want.

• Mrs Karinna McCormack, Australia

Discussion

Anatomy of common atrioventricular junction with complex associated lesions

• Prof Robert Anderson, Institue of Child Health, United Kingdom

Repair of atrioventricular canal with double outlet right ventricle, transposition or truncus arteriosus

• Dr Christo Tchervenkov, The Montreal Children's Hospita, Canada

Atrioventricular canal and aortic arch obstruction

• Prof Victor Hraska, Congenital Cardiac Center, Dpt. of Cardiac Surgery, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany, Germany

Mechanical support

• Dr Jack Price, Texas Children's Hospital, United States

Dealing with late complications of heart transplantation

• Dr Linda Addonizio, Columbia University, United States

Discussion

Anatomic correlation

• Dr Paul Weinberg, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Debate: PMVSD: Surgical closure should be the standard

• Dr Michel Ilbawi, Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, United States

Rebuttal and Questions

Perventricular Device Closure of VSD

• Dr Jozef Masura, Children's Cardiac Centre, Slovak Republic

Embolization Therapy for Pumonary AVM's and Aorto-pulmonary Collaterals

• Dr Shakeel Qureshi, Evelena Children's Hospital, United Kingdom

Retrieval of Embolized Foreign Bodies!

• Dr John Moore, San Diego Children's Hospital, United States

Anatomy for the paediatric electrophysiologist; normal heart and CHD pre surgery

• Prof Robert Anderson, Institue of Child Health, United Kingdom

EP anatomy: post surgical; knowledge is everything!

• Dr Ron Kanter, Duke University, United States

Practical lessons from basic science; RF, Cryo and new energy sources

• Dr Ronn Tanel, UCSF Medical Center, United States

Children and their ablation toys; Robots and 4D; do we need them?

• Dr Andreas Pflaumer, Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen, Germany

Where’s the thin red line between benefit and non-benefit left-to-right shunt closure

• Dr Supaporn Roymanee, Prince of Songkla University, Had Yai, Songkla, Thailand

Mortality and serious morbidity associated with Fontan revision surgery

• Dr Zaheer Ahmad, Congenital Cardiac Centre, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, United Kingdom
• Dr Gruschen Veldtman, Congenital Cardiac Centre, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Influence of Interventional Cardiology on the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

• Dr Jaspal Dua, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy, Italy

Novel Methods for RV echo assessment

• Dr David Sahn, Oregon Health and Science University, United States

What can MRI add in complex ACHD

• Dr Marina Hughes, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

3D echocardiography now

• Dr Megan Sherwood, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

3D imaging-clinical utility

• TBA

3D echocardiography in the operating room and guiding catheter interventions.

• Dr Gerald Marx, Children’s Hospital Boston, United States

3D assessment of AV valve. Form and function

• Dr Jeffrey Smallhorn, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Canada

Gen Y and their genes: Cardiac genetic counselling with adolescents

• Mr Ivan Macciocca, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia

Improving Compliance in the rebellious teenager.

• Ms Fiona Newall, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Community Palliative Care

• Dr Karen Bycroft, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand

Who should care for adults with CHD Anyway?

• Prof Andrew Redington, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Four decades of ECMO. What have we learnt?

• Dr Desmond Bohn, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Berlin heart in Children

• Dr Dean Andropoulos, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, United States

ECMO or VAD: which is best.

• Dr Tom Karl, Mater Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Rapid-deployment ECLS: Boston Experience

• Dr Peter Laussen, Children’s Hospital of Boston, United States

Late Presentation of atrioventricular canal and role of pulmonary artery banding

• Dr Howaida Al Qethamy, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia

Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension in atrioventricular canal

• Boris Lowe, McGill University Health Centre, Canada

Lessons learned from the STS Database

• Dr Jeffrey Jacobs, All Children's Hospital / University of South Florida College of Medicine, United States

Ethical Challenges Faced

• Dr Dietmar Schranz, UniversitatKlinikum Gissen, Germany

Ethical Challenges to be Faced

• Dr Krishna Iyer, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, India

How Relevant are the Ethical Principles of Autonomy, Beneficience, No Harm & Justice to the Management of complex CHD

• Prof Abraham Steinberg, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Israel

Case Presentations for Panel & Audience Discussion

• Prof Samuel Menahem, Monash Medical Centre, Australia

Epidemiology, Classification and Pathology of Pulmonary Hypertension

• Dr Trevor Williams, Alfred Hospital, Australia

Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension

• Dr Glennis Haworth, Bushwood, United Kingdom

From bench to bedside

• Prof Dan Penny, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Diagnosis and assessment

• Dr Robyn Barst, United States

10 years experience of left subclavian flap aortoplasty in coarctation of aorta less than 1 years in chamran open heart center in Isfahan

• Dr Hamid Bigdelian, CHAMRAN OPEN HEART CENTER ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY, Iran

Brain Immaturity on MRI is Associated with Pre- and Postoperative Brain Injury in Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

• Dr Dean Andropoulos, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Anesthesiologist Administered Propofol Sedation for Children Undergoing Echocardiography

• Dr Craig Fleishman, Congenital Heart Institute, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, United States

Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe May Impede Cerebral Blood Flow

• Dr Samantha Hill, Montreal Children's Hopsital, McGill University, Canada

Blood Conservation Techniques for cardiac surgery in a child of Jehovah's Witness: A case report

• Dr Jagdish Shahani, KK Hospital for Women and Children, Singapore

Combined central venous catheter versus single-lumen catheter for monitoring left atrial pressure following pediatric cardiac surgery

• Dr Fuxia Yan, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
• Dr Rong Wang, Cardiovascular institute and Fu Wai hospital, China
• Dr Lin Lin, Cardiovascular institute and Fu Wai hospital, China

The Development of a CDROM: An Aide to Fetal Cardiac Counseling

• Prof Samuel Menahem, Fetal Cardiac Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Australia

Spectrum of Primary Cardiac Tumors Diagnosed by Fetal Echocardiography

• Dr Nawal AlAbdulkarim, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia

Prenatal diagnosis of anomalous systemic venous return: a case series

• Dr Catherine Barrea, University Clinic Saint Luc, Belgium

The prevalence of dextrocardia and dextroposition of the heart in fetuses

• Maria Dangel, Student's Scietific Club Perinatal Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Does normal and IUGR fetuse had diferences in ejection characteristics of the fetal ventricles

• Drasko Dimeski, Special Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology Sistina, Mala Bogorodica, Macedonia

Premature fetal closure of the arterial duct : clinical presentations and outcome

• Marc Gewillig, UZ Leuven, Belgium

Screening of prolonged AV interval in the fetus by Doppler echocardiography

• Dr Akiko Hirose, Department of Pediatrics,Kurume University school of medicine, Japan

Antenatal cardiac screening practice within Northwest of England and North Wales – detection rates for simple Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA)

• Dr Caroline Jones, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, United Kingdom

Prenatal echocardiography of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC)

• Dr Hye-Sung Won, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Korea

Clinical and imaging characteristics of primary fetal cardiac tumors

• Dr Maria Kiaffas, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece

Fetal inappropriate sinus tachycardia

• Valenzuela, NJMB Nathalie Magioli Bravo-valenzuela, University of Taubaté (UNITAU), Brazil

Fetal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease by Telemedicine

• Dr Andrew Sands, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, United Kingdom

Cardiovascular profile score in fetal right heart defects

• Dr Ana Neves, Hospital S. João, Portugal

Comprasion of Prevalance and Distribution of Structural Heart Defects in High and Low Risk Pregnancies

• Nazan Ozbarlas, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana Turkey, Turkey

Prenatal Diagnosis of Bilateral Ventriculo-Coronary-Arterial Fistula with Hypoplasia of Left Ventricle

• Dr Kazim Oztarhan, Istanbul Bakirkoy Maternity and Children Diseases Hospital, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Turkey

Does the prenatal diagnosis of severe heart disease facilitate the developing mother-infant relationship following surgery for congenital heart disease?: Two months assessment

• Ms Jennifer Re, School of Psychology,Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia

Relationship between left and right ventricular performance during fetal life assessed by tissue Doppler imaging

• Dr Masamichi Tamura, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan

Nation-wide Prenatal Ultrasound Screening of Congenital Heart Defects in an Unselected Population: 22-year experience

• Dr Viktor Tomek, Kardiocentrum and Cardiovascular research center, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Fetal heart anomalies detected during the first trimester screening examination – what we cannot assess?

• Dr Pawel Wlasienko, Perinatology and Perinatal Cardiology Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Does the left ventricle of a fetus twist ?

• Dr Satoshi Yasukochi, Nagano Children's Hospital, Japan

Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Trunk: Transthoracic and Subsequent Intra-operative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Finding

• Dr LiPing Yao, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China

Assessment of Ventricular Function with Conventional Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) in Obese Children

• Dr Valeria Acevedo, CLINICA ALEMANA/ HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RIO, Chile

Supracardiac Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return of Right Pulmonary Veins in a 11-year-old Boy: Multidetector CT Appearance

• Kadir Babaoglu, Turkey

Pathophysiology of Coronary Blood Flow in Congenital Heart Disease

• Prof Erkki Pesonen, Department of Paediatrics, Section of Paediatric Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden

Echocardiographic study of superior inferior ventricles and criss-cross hearts

• Prof Dursun Alehan, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

Relation of Mean Right Atrial Pressure to Doppler Parameters of Right Atrial and Hepatic Venous Flow in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

• Dr Hamid Amoozgar, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Impact of vascular rings on tracheal geometry: multidetector computed tomography study

• Dr Oleksandr Bablyak, Ukrainian Children's Cardiac Center, Ukraine

Assessment of left and right ventricular function with Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in patients late after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: reproducibility and comparaison to Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Dr Younes Boudjemline, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, France

Device closure of atrial septal defects with Amplatzer septal occluder devices in patients where interatrial septum is not in its usual plane

• Dr Kothandam Sivakumar, MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India, India

Implications of Restrictive Right Ventricular Physiology in Right Ventricular Adaptation to Chronic Pulmonary Regurgitation in Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Assessment with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Tissue Doppler Imaging

• Dr Chun-An Chen, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Three dimensional echocardiography used for evaluation of the structure of tricuspid valve in hypoplastic right ventricle

• Dr Sun Chen, Shanghai Children's medical center,Medical school of Jiaotong university, China
• Dr Kun Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China
• Dr Shubao Chen, Shanghai Children's medical center,Medical school of Jiaotong university

Results of PDA occlusion with device in ISFAHAN,IRAN

• Dr Ali Reza Ahmadi, Medical University Of Isfahan, Israel

Strain Rate imaging in assessment of left ventricular function in exercise-induced hypertensive and normotensive children after the aortic coarctation repair

• Dr Tomasz Florianczyk, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics. The Medical University of Warsaw., Poland

Assessment of systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease using multidetector-row computed tomography: Comparison with conventional angiography

• Dr Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Department of Paediatrics, University of Tokushima, Japan

How and where to measure? Comparing contemporary noninvasive assessment of pulmonary artery size in children with congenital heart disease

• Dr Marina Hughes, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Insight Into the Interventricular Communication and Surrounding Structures in the Double Outlet Right Ventricle by Real-time Transthoracic Three-dimensional Echocardiography

• Akio Inage, University of Alberta and Stollery Children`s Hospital, Canada

The Relationship Between Cardiac Events and Diastolic Function in Adolescents With Severe Coronary Involvements After Kawasaki Disease

• Hiroshi Kanamaru, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan

Remote analysis of 3 Dimensional Echocardiography Datasets against the 2D echocardiography for diagnosis of structural heart defects: A unique alternative

• Dr Varvara Karagkiozaki, Congenital cardiothoracic centre, Southampton University Hospital UK, United Kingdom
• Dr Zek Lim, Congenital cardiothoracic centre, Southampton University Hospital UK, United Kingdom
• Dr Zaheer Ahmad, Congenital cardiothoracic centre, Southampton University Hospital UK, United Kingdom

The clinical utility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in patients with congenital heart disease: structural and volume study

• Dr Sumito Kimura, Kitasato univ. department of pediatrics, Japan

Relationship between central pulmonary arteries sizes and differential perfusion of the lungs in conotruncal heart defects: magnetic resonance imaging study

• Oleksandr Kondrachuk, Ukrainian Children's Cardiac Center, Ukraine

Peri operative transoesophageal echo guidance in the arterial switch-high impact and safe

• Vikram Kudumula, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Various evaluation methods for the conjugated heart of the Conjoined twins

• Hao-Chuan Liu, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C, Taiwan

Methodological Study on Volumetric Views of Three-dimensional Echocardiography and Its Applications in Diagnosing Tetralogy of Fallot

• Dr Xiao-jing Ma, Pediatric Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Value of the magnetic resonance imaging for the early brain injury define in term neonates with transposition of great arteries on the preoperative study

• Dr Andrey Maksimenko, Children’s cardiac centre, Ukraine

Exercise echocardiography in adolescents with aortic coarctation

• Mr Thomas Möller, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Norway

Improved synchronicity of left ventricular contraction after transcatheter ASD closure

• Dr Masaki Nii, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Japan

Assessment of left ventricular cardiac dysfunction by tissue Doppler imaging in the time-course of Kawasaki disease

• Dr Kenichi Okumura, department of pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki City, Osaka, Japan
• Dr Kanta Kishi, Japan
• Dr Yasuhiko Mori, Department of pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki City, Osaka, Japan
• Dr Naohisa Kawamura, Department of pediatrics, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
• Dr Hiroshi Tamai, Department of pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki City, Osaka, Japan

Echocardiography in Ligation of Coronary Fistulae in Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum

• Dr Lee Pyles, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, United States

Tissue Doppler Imaging in Evaluating Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA)

• Prof Anita Saxena, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Novel applications of non-ECG-gated multi-slice CT angiography in the diagnosis of complicated congenital heart disease

• Isao Shiraishi, National Cardiovascular Center (Osaka), Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

A New Scoring System for the Prediction of Spontaneous Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect in Children

• Dr Jing Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, China
• Dr Kun Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China

Assesment of Left Ventricle Wall Motion Beforre and After Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defect Using 2-D Speckle-tracking Analysis

• Kohta Takei, Nagano Children's Hospital, Japan

Unusual causes of Left ventricle (LV) preparedness in complete transposition of great vessels (TGA) beyond 1 month of life

• Dr Munesh Tomar, escorts heart institute & research Centre New Delhi, India

The first experience with the high-resolution multi-slice CT-angiography in pediatric cardiology in Slovakia

• Zuzana Venczelova, Slovak Republic

Diagnosis Accuracy of Ebstein’s Anomaly by Echocardiography

• Lianyi Wang, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, China

Assessment of patent ductus arteriosus among adult patients with multi-slice computed tomography angiography before transcatheter closure

• Martin Wong, Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia

Three Dimensional Shape and Motion Analysis of Mitral Annulus in Children with Mitral Valve Regurgitation

• Lili Xi, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China

The MRI findings in Hypereosinophilic syndrome

• Eiichi Yamamoto, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime,, Japan

Tetralogy of Fallot: any correlation between echocardiographic measures, radionuclide angiography and (gold standard) MRI?

• Dr D Zentner, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

Diagnosis of Congenital Pulmonary Venous stenosis by Color Doppler Echocardiography

• Zhi-fang Zhang, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Yu-qi Zhang, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Dr Kun Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China
• Yi-qing Liu, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Rong Shen, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

The relationship between plasma ionized concentration of calcium and magnesium with cardiac energetics and systemic oxygen transport in neonates after the Norwood procedure

• Dr Jia Li, Department of Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Canada

Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes from Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Congenital Heart Disease

• Dr Venkatesan Sivarajan, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Peripheral Venous Pressure as a Predictor of Central Venous Pressure in Continues Monitoring, in Children

• Dr Hamid Amoozgar, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation experience in Colombia

• Dr Victor Castillo, Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia, Colombia

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation(ECMO) As Rescue Therapy for severe enterovirus 71 infection with cardiogenic shock

• Dr Jeng-Sheng Chang, Dpt. of Ped., Div. of Ped. Cardiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

Interrelationships between plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide ( Nt-proBNP), troponin I ( TnI), and high sensitivity C -Reactive Protein (hs- CRP) in children and adolescent submitted to surgical repair of atrial septal defect ( ASD)

• Massimo Colaneri, Cardiochirurgia e Cardiologia Pediatrica e Congenita - Ospedali Riuniti - Ancona, Italy

Load of Case-mix Distribution & Impact of Specialized Pediatric Cardiovascular ICU on Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcome

• Dr Mahmoud Elbarbary, Abdulaziz Cardiac Center (KACC), National Guard Health Affairs P.O. Box 22490 Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia,, Saudi Arabia
• Dr Riyadh Abu Sulaiman, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center (KACC), National Guard Health Affairs P.O. Box 22490 Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia,
• Dr Hani Najm, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center (KACC), Saudi Arabia

The risk factors of VAP following pediatric cardiac operation

• Ms Li Fu, Heart Center of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China
• Mr Jun Li, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Nursing, China
• Ms Zhou Xu, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China
• Ms Jun Bian, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China

Multi Facetted Circulation Monitoring During The First 72 Hours after Switch Operation

• Dr Oswin Grollmuss, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France, France

Therapeutic mild hypothermia on pediatric patients with low cardiac output syndrome after open heart surgery

• Tatsuo Iwasaki, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Japan

Evaluation of Bridge to Heart Transplant Program in a Tertiary Referral Centre

• Dr Ann Karimova, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, United Kingdom

How much is the sufficient pressure for arterial-line flushing system?

• Dr Ming-Chih Lin, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Perioperative lactate levels as a prognosticator of outcome – Can we utilize it?

• Aggarwal Dr Naresh Naresh, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India, India

Right atrial thrombus successfully treated with tissue plasminogen activator and heparin in two neonates

• Ji-Ae Park, Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Children’s Hospital, Korea

Renal insufficiency in young children is uncommon after cardiac surgery despite aggressive administration of nephrotoxic drugs

• Christina Phelps, The Children's Hospital of Denver, United States
• Jennifer Eshelman, The Children's Hospital of Denver, United States

A Pilot study to assess the safety and efficacy of stem cell therapy in paediatric population with cardiac problems refractory to conventional surgical or medical management

• Dr Premsekar Rajasekaran, Frontier Lifeline Hospital (Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation), India

Methylprednisolone in neonates following cardiac surgery ~ Potent rapid vasopressor ?

• Kazuyoshi Shimizu, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan

Hybrid neonatal stage I management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in India, a developing economy

• Dr Hariprakash Suriyanarayanapillai, MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India, India

Acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery in children -application of pRIFLE-

• Yuichiro Toda, Department of Anesthesia, Okayama University Medical School, Japan

Response to Bosentan in Children with Functional Single Ventricle

• Zhuoming Xu, Department of cardiovascular surgery, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Medical college of Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Post-cardiac Surgery Handover: A Simple Tool Improves Quality by Reducing Omissions in Information Exchanged

• Dr Samara Zavalkoff, Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada

The Advancement of Nursing Care for Children with HLHS in Western Canada

• Ms Marie Penner, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada

Growth and nutritional intervention in infants and young children with congenital heart disease: a snapshot of the Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service population

• Ms Claire Costello, QLD Paediatric Cardiac Service, Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, Australia

Research of family-centered care to children with congenital heart disease during peri-operative period

• ying Gu, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China

The Expert Congenital Cardiac Nursing Model: The Advancement of Borderless Expertise

• Ms Jeanette Guimond, Hospital For Sick Children, Canada

Transition to Adult Care in the Pediatric McMaster Lipid Clinic

• Mrs Liz Helden, McMaster Children's Hospital, Canada

The Healthy Hearts Study: Recruitment and Consenting Issues in a School-based Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Study

• Heather Kellas, KidzFirst Public Health Nursing, Counties Manukau District Health Board, New Zealand
• Rachel Webb, Starship Children's Hospital and the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Development of specialist Adult Congenital Heart Unit at The Prince Charles Hospital– trialling a unique Queensland model of Transition care

• Ms Theresa Malpas, The Prince Charles Hospital Chermside Brisbane, Australia
• Mrs Jillian Kaisar, The Prince Charles Hospital Chermside Brisbane, Australia

Predictors of oral feeding difficulty in cardiac surgical infants in Korea

• Ju Ryoung Moon, Cardiac & Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Korea

The Creation and Use of a Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Database to Improve Efficiency of Patient Flow

• Heather Shockley RN, BSN, CCRN, The Children's Hospital Aurora, Colorado, United States

A New Nursing Challenge ( Non medical prescribing in an acute paediatric tertiary referral centre )

• Miss Elisabeth Smith, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK, United Kingdom

Novalung: A Bridge to Transplantation for Paediatric End Stage Pulmonary Hypertension

• Cecilia St George-Hyslop, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada, Canada

Pulmonary physiotherapy of infants with congenital heart diseases – a pilot study

• A/Prof Bozena Werner, Department of Children’s Cardiology and General Pediatrics in Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Employing rotation thromboelastometry to analyse coagulation disturbances in congenital heart surgery

• Prof Gerhard Ziemer, Germany

Predictive Model Applied to ECMO Support for Neonates and Infants

• Dr Yolanda Ballestero, Pediatric Heart Institute., Spain

Outcome of cardiac Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation

• Ms Rebecca Hill, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest increases Permeability of Blood Brain Barrier in Watershed Area

• Toru Okamura, Cardiac Surgery, Children’s National Heart Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, United States

Platelet reactivity in paediatric cardiac surgery: Should pharmacological platelet protection be performed during cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in young infants?

• Dr Andreas Straub, Dept. of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany

The Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Hemostasis in Pediatric Cyanotic Cardiac Surgery

• De Ming Zhu, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Medical College, Shanghai Jiao tong University, China

Assessment of the general knowledge of congenital cardiac defects in parents of first nations children in Saskatchewan

• Edwin Bolster, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

The impact of cardiac surgery on infants’ emotional development and the infant parent relationship

• Dr Candice Franich Ray, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia

Biopsychosocial Determinants of Quality of Life in Adolescents and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

• Mrs Yu-Chuan Hua, Cardiac Children’s Foundation, Taiwan, Taiwan

Establishment of a European parent- and patient-oriented information and communication platform on Congenital Heart Defects

• Mrs Marte Jystad, Norwegian association for children with congenital heart disease, Norway

Quality of life in children with congenital heart disease after surgery

• Dr Signe Larsen, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital -Skejby, Denmark

Attachment, Parenting Style, Coping and Self-Esteem: A comparison between mothers with and without congenital heart disease (CHD)

• Prof Samuel Menahem, Fetal diagnostic unit, Monahs Medical center, Melbourne Australia, Australia

Psychological problems of adults with congenital heart disease

• Takeaki Shirai, Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Japan

Adolescents’ Knowledge and Understanding of Their Cardiac Abnormality and Their Influence on Their Quality of Life

• Dr Qi Feng Wang, Monash University, Australia

Imaging of the Aortic Arch

• Dr Andrew Taylor, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Stent Implantation: Technique and Long-term Outcome

• Dr Horst Sievert, CardioVascular Centre Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Germany

New Stent technologies

• Peter Zartner, German Paediatric Heart Center, Germany

VT ablation in paediatrics and congenital heart disease

• Dr Jim Morwood, Mater Adult Hospital, Australia

Tips and tricks for the unexpected difficult ablation/unusual substrate

• Dr Frank Cecchin, Children's Hospital Boston, United States

Debate: In 2009 any child/ teenager having ablation for AVNRT should have initial modification with cryo-energy

• Dr Joel Kirsh, Sick Kids, Canada
• Dr Mitch Cohen, Phoenix Children's Hospital, United States

Adults With Congenital Heart Disease – Chennai Experience

• Dr K Cherian, Frontier Lifeline & the Dr K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation, India

ACHD care in the USA: Lessons learned

• Dr Craig Broberg, Oregon Health Sciences University, United States

ACHD in Asia-Pacific

• Dr Heung Jae Lee, Samsung Medical Centre, Korea

Development of programs for Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease - The UK experience

• Dr Jane Somerville, United Kingdom

Discussion

Principles and pitfalls in paediatric CMRI

• Dr Shi Joon Yoo, Hospital of Sick Children, Canada

Structure, function and paediatric heart disease

• Dr Andrew Taylor, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

MRI and heart failure

• Dr Chris Occleshaw, Department of Radiology, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand

So what should we use?

• Dr Michael Cheung, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Discussion

Preparing the patient for transition to adult services

• Miss Geraldine Cullen-Dean, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Logistical issues in transitioning to adult services.

• Ms Felicity Sloman, Private Consultant, Australia

Insights into Transition from the Patient's Perspective

• Mr Michael Toon, Australia

Optimising systemic oxygen delivery during ECLS

• Dr Francis Fynn-Thompson, Children's Hospital of Boston, United States

Clots and bleeds. Have we got any better?

• Dr Johnny Millar, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Mobile on ECLS

• Dr Lara Shekerdemian, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Newer indications and techniques for ECLS

• Dr Warwick Butt, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia
• Dr Graeme MacLaren, National University Hospital, Singapore

Long-term Result of Anatomical Repair for Discordant Atrioventricular Connections: Comparison of Anatomical and Physiological Repair

• Takeshi Konuma, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Divisions of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan

Morphologic variation in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

• Dr Douglas Wall, The Prince Charles Hospital/Birmingham Childrens Hospital, Australia

Introduction of the President

• Dr Giovanni Stellin, University of Padova Medical School, Italy

Introduction of Honoured Guest Speaker

• Dr Richard Jonas, Children’s National Heart Institute, United States

The Anguish of Parents of an Infant with serious CHD

• Ms Jenny Re, Monash University and Royal Children's Hospital, Australia

Relevance to Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis

• Dr Joanna Dangel, Perinatology and Perinatal Cardiology Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Relevance to clinical practice - the patient and caregiver

• Prof Samuel Menahem, Monash Medical Centre, Australia

The Nursing & Allied Health contribution to the Management of Patients and their Families

• Ms Kathy Mussatto, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, United States

Discussion

Current therapies

• Dr Robyn Barst, United States

Assessing the efficacy of therapy

• Prof Anne Keogh, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Emerging therapies

• Dr Lewis Rubin, University of California, San Diego, United States

Neonatal pulmonary hypertension, the role of the cardiologist

• Prof Dan Penny, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Discussion

Evaulation of the Sick Neonate Pre and Post Cardiac Intervention: Intensivist Perspectives

• Prof Gil Wernovsky, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

The Surgeon's Role in the above

• Dr Michel Ilbawi, Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, United States

Coils including pfm Nit Occlud

• Dr Alejandro Peirone, Children's Hospital of Cardoba, Argentina

SQT/LQT: is gene specific therapy now a reality?

• Dr Michael Ackerman, Mayo Clinic, United States

Cardiac sodium channel disease

• Dr Jon Skinner, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand

Brugada syndrome: Management and ICD indications in Children

• Dr Gil Gross, Hospital For Sick Children, Canada

Case Study 1: Toronto

Case Study 2: Green Lane

Case Study 3: Philadelphia

Case Study 4: Portland

Tailored cardiovascular CT to minimise radiation dose in children

• Dr Hyun Woo Goo, Asan Medical Centre, Korea

Fusion/future directions

• Dr David Sahn, Oregon Health and Science University, United States

Discussion - Fusion technology - is it the future?

The Outcomes Matter: Measuring Excellence in Nursing Practice

• Dr Patricia Hickey, Children's Hospital Boston, United States

Multiskilling vs Jack of all trades, The Specialist Cardiac Nurse

• Ms Elisabeth Smith, Great Ormond Street Hospital, United Kingdom

The role of the nurse practitioner in a Paediatric cardiac program.

• Ms Ana Kennedy, Starship Children’s Health, New Zealand

Why should we monitor systemic oxygen delivery? The Brain Matters.

• Dr Dean Andropoulos, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Monitoring end organ oxygen delivery. When to intervene?

• Prof Gil Wernovsky, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

How good was the surgery? Peri-operative cardiac assessment

• Prof Andrew Redington, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Monitoring oxygen delivery after ICU discharge.

• Dr Nancy Ghanayam, Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

Impairment in brain maturation on magnetic resonance imaging is common in infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease

• Dr Julia Gunn, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

A New Surgical Technique for Biventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction__Double Root Translocation Procedure in 48 consecutive patients

• Prof Sheng Shou Hu, Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, The National Cardiovascular Center and Fu Wai Hospital Beijing, China

Homograft Performance in 84 Pediatric Ross Patients - Results from the German-Dutch Ross Registry

• Julie Cleuziou, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Munich, Germany, Germany

Nursing considerations in the management of pulmonary hypertension

• Ms Michelle Rose, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Pulmonary hypertension in the ICU

• Dr Maurice Beghetti, Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Switzerland

Pulmonary hypertension in developing countries: India

• Dr Glennis Haworth, Bushwood, United Kingdom

TOPP registry: design, implementation and enrolment

• Dr Maurice Beghetti, Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Switzerland

Diagnostic Evaluation Before Treatment: Decision Making

• Dr Craig Fleishman, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women, United States

Indications and Interventional Management: PA/IAS

• Dr Shakeel Qureshi, Evelena Children's Hospital, United Kingdom

Pathology Demonstration

• Dr Paul Weinberg, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Geographical Approach and Outcome: Giessen

• Dr Dietmar Schranz, UniversitatKlinikum Gissen, Germany

HYPOTHETICAL: Barbie almost drowns in a pool...

• Dr Michael Ackerman, Mayo Clinic, United States
• Ms Vanessa Connell, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia
• Dr Jo Duflou, SSWAHS, Australia
• Mr Ivan Macciocca, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia
• Dr Jon Skinner, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand
• Dr Andrew Davis, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia
• Dr Graham Stuart, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Should all Eisenmenger patients be treated with pulmonary vasodilators?

• Prof David Celermajer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

Drug Treatment of PHT in ACHD: New and Combination Therapies

• Dr Maurice Beghetti, Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Switzerland

Lessons from Basic Science

• Dr Lewis Rubin, University of California, San Diego, United States

Raised Resistance in Fontans: Do pulmonary vasodilators help?

• Dr Mike Landzberg, Boston Children's Hospital, United States

Discussion

Debate: 3D assessment of the AV valve is mandatory prior to mitral valve surgery

• Dr Richard Jonas, Children’s National Heart Institute, United States
• Dr Christian Brizard, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia

How to Build a Nursing Leadership team around patient needs

• Ms Stephanie Hlohovsky, Starship Children’s Health, New Zealand

Developing nurses in the brain drain

• Dr Parvathi Iyer, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, India

The nurse as a research leader

• Ms Kathy Mussatto, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, United States

Giving over power, what the doctor has to lose.

• Mr Martin Elliott, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Discussion

Manipulating systemic oxygen delivery: minimising the inflammatory response

• Dr David Nelson, Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children's Hospital, United States

Manipulation of afterload: the old and the new

• Dr Sarah Tabbutt, UCSF Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, United States

Electrophysiology and CRT in the ICU.

• Dr Mitch Cohen, Phoenix Children's Hospital, United States

Future techniques: Ischaemic preconditioning

• Dr Michael Cheung, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Discussion

Angiographic Assessment of the coronary arteries

• Dr Clifford Kavinsky, Rush University Medical Centre, United States

Introduction: We've come a long way baby!

• Dr Evan Zahn, Miami Children's Hospital, United States

Initial Experience with a combined Cardiac Cath Lab/MRI Suite: Is there a role?

• Dr Lee Benson, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

3D angiography: What is it and how can it help us?

• Dr Evan Zahn, Miami Children's Hospital, United States

How I repair a hypoplastic neonatal arch

• Dr Stephen Langley, Oregon Health and Science University, United States

How I reconstruct the aorta in HLHS

• Dr Glen Van Arsdell, The Hospital for Sick Children's, Canada

How I do an RV to PA (Sano) connection

• Dr Shingo Kasahara, Okayama University Hospital, Japan

Managing Intramural Coronaries during the arterial switch operation

• Dr Kirsten Finucane, Starship Hospital, New Zealand

Tracheal stenosis in neonates with cardiac disease

• Dr Nick Pigott, Sydney Children's Hospital, Australia

My treatment algorithm for PA/IVS as a neonate

• A/Prof Yves D'Udekem, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

How I do a Senning

• Prof Pascal Vouhe, Hosp. Necker Paris, France

How I manage aortic interruption

• Prof Shunji Sano, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Japan

Cardiac Anaesthesia for Cardiac Surgeons and Cardiologists

• Dr Neil Street, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Characteristics of the neonatal circulation - implications for inotrope selection

• Dr Nancy Ghanayam, Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

Mechanical assist in neonates and infants

• Dr Jeffrey Jacobs, All Children's Hospital / University of South Florida College of Medicine, United States

Essentials for safety in the operating room

• Prof Paul Barach, NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, Australia

Echocardiographic Assessment of PFOs

• Dr Simone Fontes - Pedra, Danta Pazzanese Instituto de Cardiologia, Brazil

Available PFO Devices: Update - Coherex Flatstent

• Peter Ruygrok

Available PFO Devices: Update - NMT

• Dr Joseph De Giovanni, Birmingham Children’s Hospital-NHS Trust,, United Kingdom

Available PFO Devices: Update - Pfm

• Dr Trong-Phi Le, University of Hamburg, Germany

Technical Steps in Closing Straightforward and Complex PFOs

• Gianfranco Butera, Policlinico San Donato IRCCS, Italy

Randomized Trials for Stroke and Migraine: Where are we?

• Dr John Rhodes, The Cleveland Clininc Foundation, United States

Prevention and treatment of recurrent subaortic obstruction

• Dr Richard Jonas, Children’s National Heart Institute, United States

The Nikaidoh as part of a double switch

• Dr Christian Brizard, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia

Essential Elements of a successful neonatal program

• Dr James Tweddell, Children’s Hospital Wisconsin, United States

Identifying the 'at risk' neonate

• Dr Tom Gentles, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand

Electrical seizures are common during the peri-operative period in young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease

• Dr Julia Gunn, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Acceptable Survival for Children with Single Ventricle Physiology after Mechanical Support

• Kimberly Gandy, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, United States

Childhood Origins of Atherosclerosis

• Prof John Deanfield, The Heart Hospital, United Kingdom

Familial Hypercholesterolaemia

• Prof Ian Hamilton-Craig, Griffith University, Australia

Arterial intima-media thickness, endothelial function and apolipoproteins in adolescents frequently exposed to tobacco smoke

• Dr Eero Jokinen, Department of Pediatrics, University of Helsinki, Finland, Finland

Determining Vascular Risk Profiles for Early Atherosclerosis in Paediatric Rheumatic Disease

• Dr Timothy Bradley, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

ARF: Global burden of RHD. Guidelines for diagnosis of ARF in high prevalence regions

• Dr Jonathan Carapetis, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia

Primary and secondary prophylaxis in Africa

• Prof Bongani Mayosi, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Population-based echocardiographic screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in high-risk New Zealand children

• Rachel Webb, Starship Children's Hospital & the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Rheumatic Fever Prophylactic Programme: analysis of the pattern of presentation and evolution after the control of recurrences

• Prof Cleonice Mota, Division of Paediatric and Foetal Cardiology/Department of Paediatrics/Hospital das Clínicas-Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

TEE guided minimally invasive perventricular device occlusion of ventricular septal defects without cardiopulmonary bypass: multi-center results and experience

• Dr Quansheng Xing, Children’s Heart Center, Qingdao Children’s Hospital, China

Right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt in Norwood procedure for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome - 200 cases results

• Katarzyna Januszewska, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Recoarctation After the Norwood Stage 1 Procedure

• Dr Douglas Wall, The Prince Charles Hospital/Birmingham Childrens Hospital, Australia

Differential effects of the permanent epicardial pacing site on left ventricular synchrony and function in the young: Implications for lead placement

• Jan Janousek, Heart Center Leipzig, Germany

Are Findings Of Dual Atrioventricular Nodal Physiology in Children Predictive Of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia?

• Dr Anthony McCanta, University of Colorado, United States

Effect Of Changes In Ventilation On Arterial Carbon Dioxide Levels And Cerebral And Somatic Tissue Oxygenation In Infants Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass And Cardiac Surgery

• Dr Marino Festa, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Effect of Ischemic Postconditioning in Infant with Tetralogy of Fallot

• Wanjun Luo, Xiangya Hospital, China

Different organ injury mechanisms following cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest in a paediatric model

• Dr Jonathan McGuinness, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland., Ireland

Unique detection of SCN5A deletion by MLPA in teenager with Brugada Syndrome

• Dr Lucas Eastaugh, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Fetal diastolic ventricular function after cardioversion of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and atrial flutter (AF)

• Dr Joanna Szymkiewicz - Dangel, Perinatal Cardiology Department, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Protein S deficiency associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and cardiac sudden cardiac death (SCD) in adolescents: description of cases in a family

• Dr Rogerio Andalaft, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Brazil
• Dr Danielle Lima, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Brazil
• Dr Ricardo Habib, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Brazil
• Dr Dalmo Moreira, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Brazil

Maternal complication after sotalol treatment for fetal supraventricular tachycardia: case report

• Merna Atiyah, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia

Extraction of nonfunctional endocardial leads in children

• A/Prof Katarzyna Bieganowska, Department of Cardiology The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

RF ablation of incessant atrioventricular tachycardia after Carpentier operation with Kalangos ring due to Ebstein anomaly

• Prof Waldemar Bobkowski, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Medical Sciences, Poland

The Evaluation of Ventricular Hypertrophy in Right Ventricular Pressure Overload Rat Model by Electrocardiogram

• Young Kuk Cho, Korea

The diagnostic protocol in children and adolescents with syncope: a multi-centre prospective study

• Prof Junbao Du, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China, China

PJRT - a rare but potentially life threatening arrhythmia

• Dr Anita Hiippala, Pediatric Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Finland

Prevention of thrombotic complications in children undergoing radiofrequency procedures in the left heart

• Michal Kantoch, University of Alberta, Canada

Long QT interval – Implantable cardioverter defibrillator in infant – case report

• Dr Hrvoje Kniewald, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Children

• Bo Sang Kwon, Korea

The Electrophysiologic Characteristics and Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Children

• Pi-Chang Lee, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Postnatal course and long-term prognosis of fetal tachycardia

• Dr Yasuki Maeno, Department of Pediatrics, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan

Problems with ablation treatment for fascicular tachycardia in young patients

• Dr Maria Miszczak-Knecht, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

HAV pattern in Pediatric Patients with Typical AV Node Reentry

• Dr Jose Moltedo, IntraMed, Argentina

Cryo ablation of congenital Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia with medium term follow up

• Mohammed Numan, University of Texas, United States

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy for Life-Threatening Arrhythmias in children: experiencie in a single center

• Dr Katty Quezada, HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RIO, Chile

Treatment of junctional ectopic tachycardia(JET) before and during TCPC procedure in Asplenic heart

• Dr Shigeru Tateno, Department of Adult Congenital Heart Diease and Pediatrics Cardiology, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Japan

Radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia in children : single center experience

• Yoko Yoshida, Japan

The treatment and follow-up studies of arrhythmia after transcatheter closure of membranous ventricular septal defects

• Miss Lifeng Zhang, Cardiovascular center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, China

Comparison of Bruce treadmill test and Dobutamnine test in follow-up examination of children after surgical repair of the aorta coarctation in children

• Dr Malgorzata Szkutnik, Poland

Cardiac diastolic dysfunction in cardiovascular asymptomatic HIV-infected children

• M Zadinello, Joana de Gusmao Children´s Hospital, Florianopolis, Brazil

Poor vitamin C status is associated with delayed myocardial repolarization, increased carotid intima-media thickness, and decreased microvascular function in young patients with type 1 diabetes

• Dr Petru Liuba, Department of Paediatrics, Section of Paediatric Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden

Body image perception, dietary habits and physical activity of middle school children

• Dr Bobby Kumar, PENN STATE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, United States

Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome

• Dr Manojkumar Rohit, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research - chandigarh India, India

parental awareness of endocarditis prophylaxis in children with congenital heart disease in Korea

• Dr Sin Ae Park, Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Medical Center, Joenju, Korea, Korea

Register of CHD, population and hospital – Prospective Croatian study 2002-2007

• Dr Hrvoje Kniewald, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia

Diagnosis and management of symptomatic congenital ductus arteriosus aneurysm in neonates

• Dr Vasudevan Kanchi, CARE Hospital, The Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Deceleration and acceleration capacity in children with mitral valve prolapse

• Prof Waldemar Bobkowski, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, Poland

Non-Invasive Assessment of the Biophysical Properties of the Aorta and Ventricular-Vascular Coupling in the Fontan Circulation

• Dr James Potts, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and The University of British Columbia, Canada

Clinical findings and diagnosis of Myocarditis in children

• Dr Saeed Abtahi, Shiraz University Of medical Sciences, Iran

Brain Abscess in 200 patients: Congenital Heart Disease as the main Predisposing Factor in children a Report From South of Iran

• Dr Gholamhossein Ajami, Division of pediatric cardiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Iran

Does the size of pulmonary artery (PA) still affect the Fontan circulation after completion of the procedure?

• Dr Tatsuya Ando, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
• Dr Takashi Urashima, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
• Dr Masako Fujiwara, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan

Brain Abscess In Congenital Heart Disease: A Curebale Reality

• Dr Neeraj Awasthy, Escorts Heart Institute and Reserach Center, New Delhi, India

Kawasaki Disease: Cardiovascular Involvement and Outcome in the British Midlands

• Dr Abhay Bhoyar, Department of Cardiac Services, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK, United Kingdom

Hepatopulmonary syndrome and intrapulmonary vasodilatation in children with chronic liver diseases

• Dr Mohammad Borzouee, shiraz university of medical sciences, Iran
• Dr Gholamhosein Ajami, Iran

Evaluation of a Humanitarian Cardiovascular Screening Program – Use of Clinical Parameters and Non-Ccardiologist in the Screening Process

• Dr David Bush, San Antonio Military Medical Center, United States

Effect of digoxin in Neonates with Ventricular Septal Defect and Congestive Heart Failure using Tissue Velocity Imaging

• Dr Jia-Kan Chang, Department of Pediatrics, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery Causes Esophageal Compression in Children As Severe As Complete Vascular Rings and Can be Restored by Aortopexy : An Esogaphageal Manometry Study

• Fong-Lin Chen, Chung Shan Medical Unversity Hospital, Taiwan

Early Surgical Management of Anatomically Complete Vascular Rings: Screening for Anatomically Complete Vascular Rings

• Fong-Lin Chen, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

Differential Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing on Three-Dimensional Global Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Children and Young Adults with Congenital and Acquired Heart Block

• Prof Yiu-Fai Cheung, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong., Hong Kong

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in a Sibling

• Woo-Yeon Choi, Department of pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwang-Ju, Korea, Korea

Excercise Induced Chest Pain In Pediatric Patients

• Dr Devyani Chowdhury, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, United States

Estimation of left ventricular filling pressure

• Milan Djukic, University Childrens Hospital Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Spontaneous closure of fistula between right coronary artery and right ventricle in infant

• Dr Sanja Dorner, Department od Pediatrics, University Hospital Osijek, Croatia

Serum levels of natriuretic peptides decrease during treatment protocol for univentricular heart (UVH)

• Dr Anneli Eerola, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Tampere, Finland

Evaluation of Myocardial Function with Cardiothoracic Ratio of X-ray in Children’s Chest Pain : by Tissue Doppler Imaging

• Lucy Eun, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Myongji Hospital Cardiac Center, Korea

Use of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents with Vasovagal Syncope

• Dr Nai Chung Fong, Department of Paediatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

Evaluation of congenital cardiac care in disadvantaged healthcare systems: A database for developing nations

• Aubyn Marath, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Oregon Health & Sciences University, United States

Congenital Heart Block and Dilated Ascending Aorta

• Dr Swati Garekar, Wockhardt Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center, India

A new category of VSD -- Silent VSD !

• Dr Tiow Goh, MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE, MELBOURNE, Australia

B-type Natriuretic Peptide in Japanese Obese Children

• Hisanori Haniu, Division of Pediatrics,Niigata Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences., Japan
• Hiroshi Suzuki, Division of Pediatrics,Niigata Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences., Japan

First Database of Arterial Function (Aix, PWVao, SBPao) from healthy children and adolescents

• Dr Erzsébet Hidvégi, Dr. Jakab Ltd., Outpatient Dept. of Paediatric Cardiology, Szolnok, Hungary

Cardiac related tbx1, tbx5 and tbx20 gene expression are down-regulated during heart development in raldh2 knock-down zebrafish embryos

• Dr Jia Hou, Children`s Hospital of Fudan University, China

Cardiovascular malformations in Down Syndrome: spectrum, management and survival over 22 years

• Claire Irving, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Effects of Carvedilol for Heart Failure in Patients with Functionally Univentricular Heart

• Dr Naoko Ishibashi, Department of Pediatrics and Cardiovascular Surgery Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan

Intermediate-term follow-up after end-to-end operation for coarctationof the aorta - one centre experience

• Dorota Jagiellowicz, Poland

Aspirin response in patients with total cavopulmonary anastomosis - early experience

• Renate Kaulitz, University Hospital, Germany

Influence of the Fontan modification on systemic venous and pulmonary arterial flow pattern according to the respiratory cycle - assessment by intravascular Doppler echocardiography

• Yuria Kim, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Korea

The Incidence of the 22q.11.2 Deletion Syndrome in children in Cape Town, South Africa

• Dr John Lawrenson, Western Cape Paediatric Cardiac Services, South Africa

Long-term Survival in Children born 1973 – 1997 with Complex AVSD in Sweden

• Dr Bo Lundell, Pediatric Cardiology, Dept. of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Evaluation of cardiac changes in children with pneumonia

• Magdy Mahmoud, El-Minia UNiversity Hospital, Egypt

Nationwide Prospective Study of a Contemporary Cohort of Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot – Analysis of 407 patients correlating imaging to exercise tolerance and quality of life

• Thomas Mir, Pediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital heart disease: a gender differentiated approach

• Prof Giovanni Stellin, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Italy

The Scimitar Syndrome: An Italian Multicentric Study

• Giovanni Stellin, Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua, Italy

One-stage repair of aortopulmonary window and interrupted aortic arch

• Dr Francisco De la Hoz, Clínica General del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Transpulmonary Direct Surgical Closure of Restrictive Subarterial Ventricular Septal Defects

• Dr Carlos Moreno-Cabral, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, United States

Delayed Relief of Tracheal Compression by Innominate Artery Results in Chronic Tracheomalacia

• Dr Andreas Hoschtitzky, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Modifications in surgical technique and protocol improve Norwood outcomes in a low volume institution

• Jennifier Newcombe, Loma Linda Univeristy Children's Hospital, United States

Tricuspid valve correction in Ebstein anomaly - early results

• Jacek Pajak, SILESIAN CENTER FOR HEART, ZABRZE, POLAND, Poland

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

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

Congenital Heart Surgery in Hawaii, Outcome Analysis Using the Risk Adjustment Method (RACHS-1)

• Dr Carlos Moreno-Cabral, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, 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

Results and indications of coronary artery bypass graft operation for coronary artery lesion after Kawasaki disease

• Masanori Abe, Nippon Medical School, Japan

Minimally invasive Trans-ventricular pulmonary valve replacement: report of 13 consecutive cases

• Dr Howaida Al Qethamy, Head of Cardiac surgery Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Saudi Arabia

Intra-to-extracardiac Fontan

• Dr Abdul Raoof Alsaeedi, Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Saudi Arabia

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

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

Results of aortic arch reconstruction in neonates and infants

• Dr Lotfi Ben Mime, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Germany

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

Double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries: 13 year experience in 11 patients

• Prof Mehmet Bilal, Medicana Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey

Is vertical vein patency beneficial after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?

• Dr Lyubomyr Bohuta, Ukrainian Children`s Cardiac Center, Ukraine

Modification of the Ross Aortic Valve Replacement to Prevent Late Autograft Dilatation

• John Brown, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Transapical Myectomy Provides Effective Relief of Midventricular Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

• Dr Morgan Brown, Mayo Clinic, United States

Modified Nikaidoh procedure for transposition of great arteries: experience at Colombia

• Dr Victor 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 Cervantes, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
• Dr Pedro Curei-Curi, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico

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

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 Devananda, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India
• Dr M Jarranganth, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India
• Dr Subash Chandra, WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, BANGALORE,INDIA, India

Individual or institutional learning curves : the arterial switch operation in a mid-size center model

• Caroline Chenu, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France, France

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

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

Assisted Fontan procedure

• Dr Natasha Prior, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Early and mid term results of an alternative procedure to homografts in primary repair of Truncus Arteriosus Communis

• Dr Pedro Curi-Curi, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
• Dr Samuel Ramirez-Marroquin, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico

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

Pulmonary Artery Banding in Atrio-Ventricular Septal Defects

• Dr Natasha Prior, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Outcome of Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement in Children

• 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 Elamin, Ahmed Gasim Cardiac Center,Khartoum North,Sudan,PO Box:992, Sudan

Simple Division of The Vascular Ring and Dissection of The Arch Is Enough To Relief Tracheosophageal Compression

• Prof Mohamed-Adel Elgamal, Departments of Congenital & Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Mansoura University Children's Hospital, Mansour, Egypt

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

Mentoring Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Developing Countries

• Dr Kathleen Fenton, International Children's Heart Foundation, United States

Cerebral Near Infrared Spectroscopy during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Accurately Predicts Superior Vena Cava Oxygen Saturation

• Dr Joseph Forbess, University of Texas Southwestern and Childrens Medical Center Dallas, United States

Early outcome of the arterial switch (Jatene) operation in 173 consecutive patients. A single centre experience in a development country

• Dr Beatriz 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

Current surgical management of ascending aortic aneurysm in children and young adults

• Dr Heidi Goerler, Hannover Medical School, Germany

Aortic Arch Reconstruction Using Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Moderate Hypothermia Without Circulatory Arrest

• Dr Joseph Forbess, Children's Medical Center/UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, United States

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 treatment of ectopia cordis

• Prof István Hartyánszky, Gottsegen György National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary

Right Ventricular Morphology is a Risk Factor for Patients undergoing Extracardiac Fontan Procedure

• Dr Hani Hennein, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, United States

Neonatal repair of Type C Interrupted Aortic Arch, Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery, Aortic Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect

• Dr Samantha Hill, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Canada

Surgical Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta and Ventricular Septal Defect in Infancy

• Prof Betau Hwang, Taiwan

Factors That May Improve the Long-Term Outcome of the Ross Prosedure in Children

• Dr Michel Ilbawi, Heart Institute for Children, United States

Mid-term results of arterial switch procedure in cases with complex coronary anatomy

• Vladimir Ilyin, Filatov Children's Hospital, Russia

The long term results of Senning operation

• Dr Shizuko Iwasa, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan

Initial clinical experience with double shunt technique for hybrid palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome

• Marcelo Jatene, Heart Hospital - ASS - São Paulo, 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

Surgical repair of aortic coarctation: a single institutional experience of 383 patients

• Dr Sune Johansson, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Sweden

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

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

Total Right Ventricular Exclusion Procedure for Neonatal Ebstein anomaly

• Takuya Kawabata, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Japan

Intravenous Omega-3 pre-operatively protects against cardiopulmonary dysfunction following paediatric cardiac surgery

• Dr Niamh Keenan, Department of Surgical Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland., Ireland

Surgical Management of Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: A Primary Sutureless Strategy

• 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

Toward better imaging to refine the operative plan

• Dr Leo Lopez, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, NY, United States

Is preoperative brain imaging indicated for all neonates?

• Dr Tom Karl, Mater Hospital, Queensland, Australia

The impact of prematurity and low birth weight in surgical decision making

• Dr Glen Van Arsdell, The Hospital for Sick Children's, Canada

Strategies to progress the most precarious neonates through intensive care

• Dr David Cooper, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, United States

Discussion

Obesity in Children

• Dr Kate Steinbeck, SSWAHS, Australia

Salt, a neglected risk factor

• Dr Bruce Neal, Australia

How to detect arterial change in vivo

• Prof David Celermajer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

Discussion

Standardisation of echocardiographic criteria for RHD

• Dr Nigel Wilson, New Zealand

School screening for RHD. Implications for vaccines

• Dr Jonathan Carapetis, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia

How Echocardiography assists in the timing of surgery and suitability for mitral valve repair

• Dr Tom Gentles, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand

Outcomes after valve repair in rheumatic heart disease

• Dr Christian Brizard, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia

Global approaches to decreasing morbidity and mortality from RHD

• Dr Krishna Kumar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Exercise induces significant biventricular intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in children with TOF

• Dr Lucy Roche, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Serial NT-proBNP in Acute Decompensated Pediatric Heart Failure

• Dr Paul Kantor, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Canada
• Dr Derek Wong, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Canada

Ethnic Group Differences in the Perinatal Antecedents of Early Childhood Obesity: A Population-Based Analysis

• Dr Sarah Messiah, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States

Heterotaxy Patients with Congenital Heart Disease and Increased Postoperative Respiratory Complications

• Dr Linda Leatherbury, Childrens National Medical Center and National Institutes of Health, United States

Pulmonary venous anatomy and incidence of obstruction in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) associated with heterotaxia syndrome

• Dr Makoto Ando, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan
• Dr Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan
• Dr Naoki Wada, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan

Excellent Surgical Results of Extra-Cardiac Conduit Total Cavopulmonary Connection: Analysis of Consecutive 364 Cases

• Toshihide Nakano, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Japan

An integrated model for interpreting missense variants/mutations in the Long QT syndrome genes in families at risk of sudden cardiac death

• Dr Paul James, Genetic Health Services Victoria, Australia

Radiofrequency ablation procedures in children under 2 years of age

• Michal Kantoch, University of Alberta, Canada

Chronic dual chamber pacing improves relative aortic dilation in complete congenital heart block

• Dr Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, Hospital Sainte-Justine, Canada

Aetiology

• Prof Nigel Curtis, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia

Surgical Management of Kawasaki Disease

• Dr Toskikatsu Yagihara

Defining anatomy and natural history in ccTGA

• Dr Glen Van Arsdell, The Hospital for Sick Children's, Canada

Long term outcomes after conventional and anatomic repair

• Dr Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo Womens Hospital, Japan

Looking forward - expectations of survival

• Dr Frank Hanley, Stanford University, United States

Looking backwards - lessons from the ACHD clinic

• Dr Carole Warnes, Mayo Clinic, United States

Assessing functional outcomes in the physical domain

• Dr Erwin Oechslin, Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network/Toronto General Hospital, Canada

Long-term effect of exercise-induced hypertension in patients with successfully repaired coarctation of the aorta

• Dr Asle Hirth, Haukeland University Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Bergen, Norway

Quality of outcome for patients with double inlet left ventricle and similar morphologies – impact of coexisting aortic arch obstruction

• A/Prof David Winlaw, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney., Australia

Balancing cardiac care with other child health priorities: context matters

• Dr Trevor Duke, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

What does it mean for a family in the developing world to have a child with CHD?

• Dr Parvathi Iyer, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, India

Cardiac Surgery for children from developing countries: program evaluation and outcomes

• Michael Weidenbach, Heart Center Leipzig, Germany

Difficulties and possible solutions in establishing pediatric cardiac care in a developing country

• Dr Masood Sadiq, The Children’s Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan
• Dr Asim Khan, The Children’s Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan

The impact of fetal diagnosis of HLHS on outcome

• Dr Jack Rychik, Fetal Heart Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Fetal intervention for HLHS

• Dr Audrey Marshall, Children's Hospital Boston, United States

Therapeutic ultrasound for IAS in HLHS

• Dr Achi Ludomirsky, NYU Medical Centre, United States

Outcomes for the Fetus with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS): A Stratification Scheme for Prenatal Counseling

• Dr Jack Rychik, Fetal Heart Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Fetal aortic valvuloplasty may reverse hydrops and enable postnatal biventricular circulation in selected fetuses with critical aortic stenosis

• Dr Gerald Tulzer, Children's Heart Centre Linz, Austria

Mid-term Result of Surgical Repair in Patients with Double Outlet Right Ventricle

• Dr Eun Young Choi, Sejong General Hospital, Korea, Democratic People's Rep

Long term outcome of ventricular septation for single left ventricle

• Dr Yusuke Iwata, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan

Surgical treatment of the transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary stenosis: Mid-term results

• Dr med Katrin Weyand, Germany

Relationship between Administration of Intravenous Immune-Globulin and Cardiac/Coronary Artery Leision in patients with Kawasaki Disease

• Dr Guo-Ying Huang, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

In Vivo Plaque Composition and Morphology in Coronary Artery Lesions in The Adolescents and Young Adults Long After Kawasaki Disease: A Virtual Histology-Intravascular Ultrasound Study

• Dr Yoshihide Mitani, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

CRP-286 Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to coronary arterial sequelae in Kawasaki Disease

• Xiao-qin Liu, Center of cardiovascular disease, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, China

Morphology of ventricular scoop in atrioventricular septal defect: relevance to “simplified” single-patch method

• Dr Iki Adachi, Cardiac Morphology Unit, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Phenotypic features, cardiovascular manifestations and natural history in a unique cohort of infants with Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome

• Dr Mahesh Kappanayil, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi, India, India

Mean platelet volume is a predictor of 22q11.2 deletion in congenital heart disease

• Dr Nitha Naqvi, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Establishing a Rheumatic Heart Disease Biorepository for Multidisciplinary Research

• Dr Liesl Zühlke, Red Cross Children's Hospital, South Africa

Carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) as a vascular subclinical marker of cardiovascular risk

• Dr Maja Batinica, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Department of Pediatrics, Cardiology Unit, Klaiceva 16, Zagreb, Croatia

Can a trans-thoracic echocardiographic study predict mitral restenosis in patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease submitted to mitral balloon valvuloplasty?

• MSc, PhD Vitor Manuel Azevedo, National Institute of Cardiology, Brazil

When are the ECG changes significant in Kawasaki Disease?

• Dr Hak Lee Ang, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Dr Liang Choo Hung, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Efficacy of echocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of carditis in acute rheumatic fever

• Dr Vijayalakshmi Balekundri, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Severe Cardiac Infections in Infancy - a Reason to Suspect Immunodeficiency?

• Dr Jonathan Choo, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

Recurrence and rare complications with medium term outcome of Kawasaki Disease: unusual case report

• Dr Gomes de Fátima Gonçalves, Division of Pediatric Cardiology of the Federal University of Uberlândia, Clinic’s Hospital of Faculty of Medicine (UFU-FAMED), Brazil

Fit or Unfit: Are overweight and obese children and adolescents really unfit or are we using the wrong assessment tools?

• Miss Astrid De Souza, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Canada

Hidden Systemic Diseases With Pericardial Effusion

• Dr Rasmia Feituri, Libya

Kawasaki Disease In Infants. Experience In Mexico

• Dr Luis Garrido-Garcia, Mexico

Epidemiologic Research of Kawasaki Disease in Shanghai From 2003 Through 2007

• Dr Guo-ying Huang, Pediatric Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Long-term Follow-up Results of Percutaneous Catheter Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Kawasaki Disease in Japan

• Dr Masahiro Ishii, Dept. of Pediatrics Kitasato Universirt, Japan

External validation of a risk score to predict intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in patients with Kawasaki disease

• Tohru Kobayashi, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula and Kawasaki Disease

• Bo Sang Kwon, Korea

The tendency toward atopic diseases among children with past history of Kawasaki disease

• Dr Ming-Chih Lin, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Morganella morganii pericarditis in a child with X-linked agammaglobulinemia

• Jae-Sook Ma, Korea

The spectrum of presentation and long term evaluation of valvar lesions in 1066 acute episodes of rheumatic fever in children and adolescents

• Prof Cleonice Mota, Division of Paediatric and Foetal Cardiology / Department of Paediatrics/ Hospital das Clínicas- Federal University of Minas Ge, Brazil

Transcultural Adaptation of the World Heart Federation Rheumatic Heart Disease Register Database in Brazil

• Dr Regina Müller, National Institute of Cardiology - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, Brazil

Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Geographic area of origin, referral rate, disease severity and outcome in patients presenting at CH Baragwanath Hospital in South Africa

• Dr Hopewell Ntsinjana, CH Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Cardiovascular profile in childhood obesity

• Doctor Nikhil Patankar, B.J.Wadia Hospital For Children ,Mumbai , India, India
• Doctor Shakuntala Prabhu, B.J.Wadia Hospital For Children ,Mumbai , India, India

S100 proteins could not be suppressed by infliximab treatment in refractory Kawasaki disease

• Kazuyoshi Saito, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Japan

Delayed Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease

• Dr Rekwan Sittiwangkul, Department of Pediatrics, Chiang Mai University,Thailand, 50200, Thailand

Delayed Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease and Outcomes after Treatment with IVIGMemorial hospital

• Kanyalak Vithessonthi, King Chulalongkorn memorial Hospital, Thailand

Analysis of the echocardiographic features in patients with ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction

• Dr Guang-yi Wang, Department of cardiology , Chinese PLA general hospital, China
• Dr Hai-jun Hou, China
• Dr Zhi-feng Wang, China

TRPC7 Gene Polymorphism as a Pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease in Korean Population

• Kyung-Lim Yoon, Department of Pediatrics, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyunghee University, Korea

An Iceberg in Africa: Rheumatic Heart Disease requiring Surgery in Children

• Dr Liesl Zuhlke, Western Cape Pediatric Cardiac Services, Red Cross and Tygerberg Hospitals, South Africa

Submitral left ventrcular aneurysms in a paediatric population

• Dr Firoza Motara, University of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa

Three cases of multiple coronary arterial fistulae

• Dr Hiromichi Nakajima, Chiba children’s Hospital, Japan

Benign heart tumors present with a large spectrum of clinical features

• Dr Susanne Navarini-Meury, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland

Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Diagnosed in Childhood in Hungary

• Dr Agnes Nemeth, Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary

Effects of chronic Fluorosis on cardiovascular system in children

• Deniz Oguz, Gazi University Medical Faculty Pediatric Cardiology Department, Turkey

Congenital cyanotic cardiac diseases and R78W polymorphism frequency of CFC1 gene in patients with situs anomaly

• Prof Rana Olguntürk, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

Retroapective Evaluation of the Patients with Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion

• Rana Olguntürk, Gazi University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Turkey

Double orifice tricuspid valve: rare or frequently missed?

• Dr Ramesh Parmar, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Usefulness of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker of right ventricular function in children after tetralogy of Fallot total repair

• Dr Radoslaw Pietrzak, Department of Children’s Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw., Poland

Motivating Forces for Parenting Infants with a Complex Congenital Heart Defect and Feeding Interaction

• Dr Karen Pridham, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, United States

Constrictive pericarditis in children

• Prof Swee Chye Quek, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Monocyte yeast cell phagocytosis and serum opsonic activity in children with rheumatic heart disease

• Mohammed Ragab, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

Do Rural Indian Children have Higher Risk of Obesity related Hypertension?

• Dr Manu Raj, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India, India

Congenital Heart Disease in Children in Fiji

• Ms Kerrie Richardson, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Is the long-term outcome of the one & one half physiology superior to the Fontan physiology in patients with hypoplastic right heart?

• Koichi Sagawa, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Japan

effect of schizandra and 2-methyl-2-buteno-carbonic acid

• Mr Tahir Shah, osh medical institute, Kyrgyzstan

Ventricular Function Following Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Closure

• Dr Savitri Shrivastava, Escorts Heart Institute and Research center, New Delhi, India
• Dr Neeraj Awasthy, Escorts Heart Institute and Research center, New Delhi, India

Marfan síndrome in 106 children. Prevalence of clinical manifestations, cardiovascular impact and survival

• Ms Sc M Elena Soto, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico

High R'/R in V1-2 leads represents right ventricular pressure and volume overload in ASD

• Mr Motoki Takamuro, Department of Cardiology, Hokkaido Medical Center for Child Health and Rehabilitation, Japan

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from pulmonary artery: Ten years experiences in diagnosis and surgical repair

• Xiao Tan, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Dr Kun Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China

What determines nutritional recovery in malnourished children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects?

• Dr Balu Vaidyanathan, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara P.O, Kochi, Kerala, India, India

Role of Creatine Kinase(CK) and Creatine Kinase-Muscle brain fraction(CKMB) in retrospective diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia and their correlation with cardiovascular dysfunction

• Prof Yogesh Varma, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal., India

An Overview of Heart Rhythm Disturbances in Children with Palpitations or Syncope

• Lidija Vucajnk, General Hospital Celje, Slovenia

Quality of life in children with mitral valve prolapse

• A/Prof Bozena Werner, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, Poland

The assessment of blood pressure variability in children with vasovagal syncopes using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

• MPhD Barbara Wójcicka-Urbanska, Depatment of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
• MPhD Tomasz Florianczyk, Depatment of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
• A/Prof Bozena Werner, Depatment of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Incidence of Congenital Heart Disease in General Population of an Asian Country, Taiwan, from 2000 to 2006

• Prof Mei-Hwan Wu, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Analysis of the clinical phenotype and pathogenesis in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

• Prof Xiaoyun Wu, Children’s hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China

Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous syndrome: First report of 2 cases with aortic stenosis

• Dr Keyhan Zanjani, Children’s Medical Center, Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Iran

Risk factors predicting homograft stenosis after Ross operation- single center 12 year experience

• Dr Marek Kopala, Polish Mothers' Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland

Comparison of arrhythmia incidence after the intracardiac lateral tunnel Fontan completion versus the extracardiac conduit

• Dr Markus Kruessell, Germany

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in chidren weghing less than 5 kg

• Dr Snehal Kulkarni, India

Outcome of Biventricular Outflow Tract Recontructions with Rastelli Procedure

• Dr Ali Kutsal, Dr.Sami Ulus Pediatric Research and Training Hospital,Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey

The clinical results of one stage and staged total cavopulmonary anastomosis in pediatric populations over three years old in china

• Shoujun Li, Surgical department , FUWAI Hospital, Peiking Union Medical College, China

A New Reconstructive Operation for the Tricuspid Valve of Ebstein's Anomaly

• Pro Jinfen Liu, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China

Coronary flow and myocardial repolarization after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children

• Petru Liuba, Pediatric Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Sweden

Ross surgery in a pediatric patient without blood transfusion

• Dr Pier Lombardi, Clínica General del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Reparative surgery of the pulmonary autograft: experience with Ross reoperations

• Prof Giovanni Battista Luciani, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Italy

The Possible and Extended Indication of Bilateral Pulmonary Banding for the Neonates with HLHS Compatible, Especially with Small for date

• Yoshito Maehata, Division of Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Japan

Right ventricle remodeling surgery in congenital heart disease, using porcine Pulmonary Prosthesis

• Prof Miguel Maluf, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

Lecompte procedure for correction of the transposition of the great arteries associated with ventricular septal defect and left ventricle outflow tract obstruction

• Prof Miguel Maluf, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

Use of ACE inhibitors for reduction of pulmonary artery pressure in patients with univentricular physiology

• Dr Ashutosh Marwah, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre New Delhi, India

A retrospective analysis of the presentations and outcomes of pediatric patients treated for vascular ring malformations

• Dr Dennis Mello, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, United States

Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adult Animals: Conventional versus Intermittent Adjustable Pulmonary Artery Banding

• Dr Leonardo Miana, Heart Institute - University of São Paulo, Brazil

Anatomical Repair for Pseudo-sequestration of the Lung: a Case Report

• Dr Yoshinori Miyahara, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan

Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement in Children: single center experience

• Dr Murtada Mohamed, University of Khartoum, Sudan

Reoperation for left atrioventricular valve regurgitation after repair of atrioventricular septal defect

• Prof Jacek Moll, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, Poland

Transatrial approach for operative repair of tetralogy of Fallot does not reduce but delays the need for secondary pulmonary valve replacement

• Zsolt Nagy, Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany

Use of Temporary Left Ventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support after Repair of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery

• Dr Boris Nasseri, Deutsche Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany

Video-Assisted Ductal Closure With New Modifications; Minimallay Invasive, Maximally Effective, 1700 Cases

• Dr Mohammad Nezafati, Imam Reza Hospital, Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Surgery for rheumatic valvulopathy in children: what we learned from the experience of a public hospital in a developing country

• Dr Vinicius Nina, University Hospital of The Federal University of Maranhão, São Luis-MA, Brazil, Brazil

Cor triatriatum sinister with persistent left superior vena cava and dilated coronary sinus: a novel surgical approach

• Mohammed Numan, United States

Type B Dissection complicating Aortic valve-sparing root replacement: Review of single centre results

• Brian Nyawo, United Kingdom

Staged surgical repair for single ventricle with systemic outflow tract obstruction

• Shinichiro Oda, Department of cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction using the Freestyle Porcine Aortic Root Stentless Bioprosthesis in adult and paediatric patients

• Dr Yishay Orr, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

Management of pulmonary artery sling associated with tracheal stenosis or intracardiac anomalies

• Dr Yoshihiro Oshima, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan, Japan

Longterm Results of Downsizing Valve Allografts in the Pulmonary Position

• Dr Jun-Yen Pan, Cardiovascular Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

A 28 year experience with surgical repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: risk analysis for mortality or late reintervention

• Dr Andrzej Pastuszko, Poland

Phrenic Nerve Injury after Cardiac Surgeries for Congenital Heart Disease: A Review of 10 years experience

• Dr Yi Peng, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan

Neurohormonal profile predicts outcome following single ventricle palliation

• Jacek Kolcz, Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, United States

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Feasibility study for patients undergoing completion Fontan at or prior to 2 years of age

• Anastasios Polimenakos, Heart Institute for Children at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital / Rush University Medical Center, United States

Outcomes of Contegra valved conduit in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Dr Natasha Prior, Alder Hey Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

The treatment of aortic valve disease

• Dr Marco Pozzi, Azienda Ospedaliera, ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Repair of the atrio-ventricular valves

• Dr Marco Pozzi, Azienda Ospedaliera, ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Long term outcome after Fontan Procedure at the altitude of Mexico city

• Dr Samuel Ramirez-Marroquin, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico
• Dr Jorge Cervantes, “Ignacio Chávez” National Cardiology Institute of Mexico, Mexico

Mid-term outcome of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction using a handmade GoreTex tri-leaflet conduit

• Dr Oleksandr Romaniuk, Ukrainian Children`s Cardiac Center, Ukraine

Comparison of Contegra and Homograft Pulmonary Conduits in Children Less Than Age 2

• Mark Ruzmetov, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Long term results and surgical outcome of conventional Fontan operation

• Sadahiro Sai, Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyagi children's hospital, Japan

Impact of our novel surgical procedure for tetralogy of Fallot with an absent pulmonary valve using an in-situ mono cusp valve

• Dr Shigeru Sakurai, Department of cardiovascular surgery,Okayama university hospital, Japan

Surgical aortic valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis in neonates and small infants

• Dr Shunji Sano, Okayama University Hospital, Japan

Arterial Switch Operation in Late Presenters with Transposition of Great Arteries and Intact Ventricular Septum: How Late is Late?

• Prof Anita Saxena, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, India

Management of stented Patent Ductus arteriosus-our experience

• Dr Prashantkumar Shah, Miot hospitals,chennai,india, India

Preoperative Autologous Donations of Blood in Children Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

• Dr Fumiaki Shikata, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan, Japan

Correcting mediastinum left displacement improves the imbalance in the pulmonary vascular bed and lung volume in children with pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure

• Dr Shinya Shimoyama, Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan / Maebashi Saiseikai Hospital, Japan, Japan

Does the Kalangos biodegradable ring promote annular remodelling and preserve the growth potential following mitral valve repair for congenital mitral regurgitation?

• Dr Sivakumar Sivalingam, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Repair Of Coarctation Of The Aorta In Neonates And Infants

• Dr Senthil Subbian, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Long-term survival after pediatric cardiac surgery during 10 years (1994-2003); Experience from one institution in Sweden

• A/Prof Jan Sunnegårdh, The Queen Silvia Children´s Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

Modified surgical procedures in the first stage bilateral pulmonary artery banding strategy

• Dr Shin Takabayashi, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Myocardial contractility after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest vs. mild hypothermic cardiac arrest in a neonatal piglet model

• Theodor Tirilomis, Dept. for Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, University Goettingen, Germany

Long-term results after repair of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCA) by reimplantation and Takeuchi operation

• Prof Tomas Tlaskal, Kardiocentrum, University Hospital Motol, Czech Republic

Postoperative changes of coagulability and fibrinolytic function in Fontan circulation : Possibility of the conversion of anticoagulation therapy

• Dr Yoshimasa Uno, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan

Impact Of Antegrade Pulmonary Flow On The Outcome Of Bidirectonal Cavopulmonary Shunt

• Dr Roy Varghese, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India

The switch back Ross operation: Report of two cases

• Dr Walter Vicente, Hospital das Clinicas of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Mid-term evaluation of prosthetic valves in the pulmonary position

• Gruschen Veldtman, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Prevention of adhesions In Redo Paeiatrci Cardiac Surgey Using a Synthetic Hydrogel

• Mr Nihal Weerasena, Leeds general Infirmary. Leeds, United Kingdom

Strategy for Bi-ventricular repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries with Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary Stenosis -Nikaidoh’s or Rastelli’s and Modified REV procedure?

• Dr Zhi wei Xu, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center,Medical College, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, China

Influencing factors of in the early outcome of one stage or two stages Fontan operation

• Dr Qin Yan, Shanghai Children's Medical Center,Medical College, Shanghai Jiao tong University, China

Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrioventricular Septal Defect in Children: Results of 239 cases from Shanghai Children’s Medical Center

• Miss Kaihua Yang, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, China
• Mr Kun Sun, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, China

Surgical management of multiple ventricular septal defects

• Naoki Yoshimura, First Department of Surgery,University of Toyama, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Staged and “One-Stop” Hybrid Approach for Treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot with Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries

• Dr Zhe Zheng, Fu Wai Hospital, China
• Dr Shoujun Li, Fu Wai Hospital, China

The mid-term results of total cavopulmonary connection with use of an autologous lateral tunnel

• Dr Tohru Okamura, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan

Conventional surgery for HLHS - what's next?

• Dr James Tweddell, Children’s Hospital Wisconsin, United States

Hybrid approaches to intervention

• Dr John Cheatham, Nationwide Children's Hospital, United States

Tailoring management options

• Dr Peter Laussen, Children’s Hospital of Boston, United States

Outcomes late after surgery for HLHS

• Dr Hedwig Hövels-Gürich, Aachen University of Technology, Germany

The neurodevelopmental signature of congenital heart disease in children

• Prof Gil Wernovsky, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Brain Outcomes after Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: Patient and Peri-operative Factors

• Dr Lara Shekerdemian, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

Results of early intervention in children with neurodevelopmental problems

• Dr Rodney Hunt, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Surgical strategies to minimize morbidity in the operating room and intensive care

• A/Prof David Winlaw, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Discussion

Paediatric cardiac care in Papua New Guinea

• A/Prof Nakapi Tefuarani, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Papua New Guinea

Paediatric Cardiac Care in India. Where we've come from and where we're going?

• Dr Krishna Kumar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Paediatric Cardiac Care in The Middle East. What more needs to be done?

• Dr Mohammed Omar Galal, King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia

The Global Organization for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: Its time has come!

• Dr Christo Tchervenkov, The Montreal Children's Hospita, Canada

Panel Discussion: Looking to the Future

• Dr Trevor Duke, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

The proposed founder mutation Y111C-KCNQ1- a substantial cause of LQT1 in Sweden

• PhD stud Annika Winbo, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University Hospital, Sweden

A case control study of neurodevelopmental outcome in infants undergoing cardiac vs non cardiac surgery

• Ms Karen Walker, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney., Australia

Establishing a congenital cardiac surgery program in a developing country. The impact of International, Regional and National collaboration

• Dr Muneer Amanullah, The Aga Khan University Hospital - Karachi, Pakistan

Neoaortic valve function 10 - 18 years after arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA). One centre experience

• Dr Krzysztof Michalak, Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lódz, Poland
• Prof Jadwiga Moll, Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lódz, Poland
• Dr Marek Kopala, Department of Cardiosurgery, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lódz, Poland

Surgical repair for congenital mitral valve dysplasia: a single center 36 years experience

• Prof Giovanni Stellin, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Italy

Congenital Left-to-right Shunts with Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension: Comparison of Outcomes of Surgical or Non-surgical Treatment Adjusted by Propensity Score

• Huili Gan, Cardiac Surgery Department, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University (BAZH—CMU) 100029 Beijing China, China

Improved outcome of fetuses with congenital heart disease. Multicentre study

• Dr Vlasta Fesslova, Centre of Fetal Cardiology, Policlinico San Donato, IRCSS, Milano, Italy

Effect of a regional training programme in fetal echocardiography on antenatal detection of major congenital heart disease

• Dr Angela McBrien, United Kingdom

Quantifying the Spectrum of Cardiovascular Findings in the Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: The CHOP TTTS Cardiovascular Score

• Zhiyun Tian, Fetal Heart Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Best technical strategy for the Fontan

• Dr James Tweddell, Children’s Hospital Wisconsin, United States

Management of PA and intracardiac problems at the time of the Fontan

• Dr Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo Womens Hospital, Japan

Timing and indications for Fontan

• Dr Thomas Gentles, Green Lane Paediatric & Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children's Hospital, New Zealand

When has the Fontan failed, and what can be done about it?

• Dr William Brawn, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, United Kingdom

Addressing inadequate benchmarks

• Dr Jeffrey Jacobs, All Children's Hospital / University of South Florida College of Medicine, United States

Biostatistics for outcomes other than mortality

• Prof Pippa Simpson, Translational and Biomedical Center, Children's Research Institute, United States

IMPACT Registry: Improving Pediatric and Adult Congenital Treatment

• Dr Jonathan Rome, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Milestones in the Surgical Approach

• Pascal Vouhé, Centre de Reference M3C, Université Paris Descartes, Necker Enfants Malades Paris, France, France

Have the 10 Commandments doubled or halved?

• Prof James Wilkinson, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Pathophysiology - concepts ventricular volume load vs. pulmonary artery growth

• Dr Marc Gewillig, Kindercardiologie, Belgium

Quantification of Aortopulmonary Collateral Flow In Single Ventricle Patients With Cavopulmonary Connections Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Velocity Mapping

• Dr Kevin Whitehead, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

Extracardiac Fontan: Comparison of Fenestrated with non Fenestrated Patients

• Andrew Fiore, St.Louis University School of Medicine, United States

Spectrum of autopsy findings in sudden unexpected death in the young

• Dr Jo Duflou, SSWAHS, Australia

The molecular autopsy

• Dr Michael Ackerman, Mayo Clinic, United States

Sudden death in childhood Cardiomyopathies - lessons from the Australian Childhood Cardiomyopathy Survey

• Dr Andrew Davis, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Australia

Posthumous diagnosis of long QT syndrome from the neonatal screening card

• A/Prof Jonathan Skinner, Starship Childrens Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Pump Function

• Prof Andrew Redington, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Vascular Function

• Prof Dan Penny, The Royal Children's Hopsital, Melbourne, Australia

The Relationship Between The Heart and End-organ metabolism

• Dr David Nelson, Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children's Hospital, United States

Fetal pulmonary wave generation augments mid-systolic forward flow across the ductus arteriosus

• A/Prof Joseph Smolich, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia

Novel strategies to improve myocardial performance and diminish capillary leak after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass in children utilising P188

• Dr Jonathan Egan, Kids Heart Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, Australia

The clinician, researcher, administrator … Balancing competing demands

• Mr Martin Elliott, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, United Kingdom

The importance of mentorship in program improvement

• Dr Jeffrey Jacobs, University of South Florida, United States

Use of Forensic Interview Techniques To Identify Important Handover Information In Post-Operative Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients

• Dr Marino Festa, Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia

The value of telemedicine in the remote diagnosis of congenital heart disease

• Dr Brian McCrossan, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, United Kingdom

Does a new ultrasound flow modality improve visualisation of neonatal pulmonary veins?

• Dr Siri Nyrnes, Norway

Restrictive right ventricular physiology after tetralogy of Fallot repair is associated with fibrosis of the right ventricular outflow tract visualized on MRI

• Dr Peter Munkhammar, Dep of Pediatric Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden

Coronary flow dynamics in children after repair of Tetrology of Fallot by Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

• Prof Erkki Pesonen, Lund University Hospital, Department of Peadiatrics, Section of Paediatric Cradiology, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden, Sweden

Patient specific finite element analysis: a new device for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation

• Dr Silvia Schievano, UCL Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, United Kingdom

Pulmonary Artery Growth After Palliation Of Congenital Heart Disease With Duct-Dependent Pulmonary Flow: Arterial Duct Stenting Vs Surgical Shunt

• Dr Giuseppe Santoro, Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy

Long Term Single Centre experience with the Amplatzer Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Occluder

• Dr Lucas Eastaugh, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Protecting the lung and the heart in experimental acute lung injury: Low tidal voulme ventilation in combination with intravenous ET-1 receptor blockade by tezosentan

• Ralf Geiger, Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria, Austria

Role of caveolin-1 in pulmonary hypertension

• Dr Rajamma Mathew, New York Medical College, United States

Vasoreactivity test in pulmonary arterial hypertension due to congenital heart disease (Eisenmenger syndrome): significance and impact on long term prognosis

• Michele D'Alto, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Paola Argiento, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Emanuele Romeo, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Giuliano D'Alterio, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Berardo Sarubbi, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Giuseppe Santoro, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Dr Maria Giovanna Russo, Italy
• Raffaele Calabrò, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy

Outcome of Infants and Children with Acute Heart Muscle Disease: Results from Centers with no Pediatric Heart Transplantation

• Dr Amiram Nir, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Acute myocarditis or idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy? A six-month-follow up of NT-proBNP and left ventricular diameters in children presenting with left ventricular dilatation and dysfunction

• Dr Doris Luckner, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Serum cardiovascular growth factors during doxorubicin chemotherapy in children with leukemia

• Dr Tracie Miller, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States

Treatment of drug refractory ventricular tachycardia by omega-3 fatty acid supplementation

• Dr Saeed Abtahi, Shiraz University Of medical Sciences, Iran

Parents experiences of having an asymptomatic child diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy through family-screening

• Ewa-Lena Bratt, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, University of Gothenburg., Sweden

A single center experience of intracardiac thrombosis in children with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

• Dr Soo Han Choi, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea
• Dr Soo In Jeong, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea
• Dr Ji-Hyuk Yang, Department of Thoraxic surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea
• Dr I-Seok Kang, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea
• Dr Tae-Gook Jun, Department of Thoraxic surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea
• Dr Heung-Jae Lee, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea
• Dr June Huh, Korea

Clinical features of left ventricular noncompaction in infants and children

• Fukiko Ichida, Dept of Pediatrics, University of Toyama, Japan

Effects of Prednisolone Treatment on Cardiac Functions in Patients with Duchenne Type Muscular Dystrophy

• Dr Osman Kucukosmanoglu, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana Turkey, Turkey

Utility of Tissue Doppler in Diagnosis of Myocardial Compromise in Duchenne Disease

• Dr Juan Miranda, HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RIO, Chile

Endomyocardial biopsy in children on cardiac extracorporeal support

• Dr Nitha Naqvi, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children, London, United Kingdom

Long-term mechanical circulatory support in children

• Boris Nasseri, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany

Impact of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Paediatric Human Immuno-deficiency Virus Associated Left Ventricular Dysfunction within the Johannesburg Teaching Hospital Complex

• Dr Lungile Pepeta, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

Cardiac status in hypocalcemic infants

• Doctor Shakuntala Prabhu, B.J.Wadia Hospital For Children, India
• Doctor Sumitra Venkatesh, India

Dobutamine stress echocardiography and tissue/flow myocardial performence indexes for early detection of the anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in asymptomatic children

• Sedef Tunaoglu, Gazi University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Cardiology , Ankara, Turkey

Are Cardiac Biomarkers Useful in Assessing Cardiac Structure and Function in Children Exposed to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus In Utero?

• Dr James Wilkinson, University of Miami, United States

Study on longitudinal myocardial function of left ventricle in children with dilated cardiomyopathy using velocity vector imaging

• Shu-wen Zhong, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center,Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Yu-qi Zhang, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center,Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Dr Kun Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China
• Li-jun Chen, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center,Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Post surgical recoartation in patients with age less than 1 year

• Dr Stefano Marianeschi, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Niguarda Hospital. Milan, Italy

Transcatheter Closure of Systemic to Pulmonary Collateral Vessels and Shunts in Children: An Early Clinical Experience

• Ms Shirley Anggriawan, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia

Serial Troponin as an Early Indicator for Need to Re-intervene After the Hybrid Procedure

• John Moore, Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

Percutaneous balloon valvotomy in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum in a neonate

• Dr Ali Kutsal, Sami Ulus Pediatric Research and Traning Hospital, Turkey

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) guided by transthoracic echocardiography in children and adults

• Dr Cenap Zeybek, Dr. Siyami Ersek Hospital for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey

Intrasept occluder (Cardia) in transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASD): Early results

• Dr Turkay Saritas, Dr. Siyami Ersek Hospital for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey

Innovative approach for Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty in Critical Valvar Pulmonary Stenosis

• Dr Biswajit Bandyopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, India

Safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects under transthoracic echocardiographic guidance in cardiac catheterization laboratory

• Boonhock Choo, Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia

Experience in atrioseptostomy using radiofrequency perforation and stenting of the atrial septum

• Jose Zunzunegui, Gregorio Marñón Hospital. Madrid., Spain

Is there a genetic predisposition to the occurrence of atrioventricular block after atrial septal percutaneous closure?

• Dr Sylvia Abadir, Sainte Justine Hospital, Canada

Outcomes of transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa: review of 15 years experience

• Dr Paul Adams, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital,The University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Non-Ionic Contrast Media Nephrotoxicity During Pediatric Cardiac Angiography

• Dr Gholamhossein Ajami, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Balloon valvuloplasty of aortic valve stenosis in childhood

• Prof Hala AlMarsafawy, Cardiology Unit, Children Hospital, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt

Experience of Transcathetr Completion of Fontan In Prince Sultan Cardiac Center (Saudi Arabia)

• Dr Mashail Alobaidan, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia

Clinical Profile and Outcome of Percutaneus Transcatheter Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty in Indonesia

• Ms Shirley Anggriawan, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta- Indonesia, Indonesia

Fetal Atrial Septostomy for Hypoplastic left heart Syndrome: Postnatal Outcome and late Pulmonary Vascular Morphological Assessment

• Renato Assad, Hospital Samaritano Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil

Theraputic occlusion of the right subclavian artery to control repeated pulmonary hemorrhage, in a patient with VSD with pulmonary atresia and MAPCAS

• Dr Neeraj Aawasthi, Escorts heart institute and research centre, new delhi, India
• Dr Ashutosh Marwah, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India

Incidence of device embolization and novel techniques of retrieval

• Dr Vijayalakshmi Balekundri, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Symptomatic tachy- and bradyarhythmias after transcatheter closure of interatrial communications with Amplatzer devices

• Jacek Bialkowski, Silesian Center fort Heart Diseaes, Poland

Cryo-balloon Angioplasty of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Successful Therapy or “Freezer Burn”

• Dr Michael Bingler, The Children's Hospital Denver, United States

Hybrid Approach As Bridge To Biventricular Repair In A Neonate With Critical Aortic Stenosis And Borderline Left Ventricle

• Dr Ruth Heying, Dept. Paed. Cardiol., UZ - KU Leuven ; B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Belgium

Cardiac catheterisation in infants and children on Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support

• Dr Frances Bu'Lock, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Long-term follow-up of percutaneous closure of secudnum atrial septal defect

• Gianfranco Butera, Policlinico San Donato IRCCS, Italy

Transcatheter closure of congenital ventricular septal defects (VSD) with various devices and coils; early and mid-term results

• Prof MD Ahmet Celebi, Turkey

Transcatheter closure of distal aortopulmonary window with Amplatzer duct occluder devices

• Dr Kothandam Sivakumar, MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India, India

Transcatheter Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect: an Early Experience

• Dr Mulyadi Djer, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Interventional treatment of aortic coarctation in newborns and neonates-one centre results

• Dr Pawel Dryzek, Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Poland
• Dr Tomasz Moszura, Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Poland

Spectrum of Management in Coronary Artery Fistula: Single Centre Experience

• Dr Jaspal Dua, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy, Italy

Initial study for transcatheter closure of PDA with Amplatzer Duct Occluder II

• Prof MD Sonia El Saiedi, Cairo University Children Hospital, Egypt

Transcatheter Closure of Large Coronary Artery Fistula Using Shape-memory Alloy Occluder

• Mr Yuan Feng, Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China

Clinical Outcomes of a Surgical Closure and a Device closure of Atrial Septal Defects in Adult Patients More Than 40 Years of Age

• Yasuhiro Fujii, Okayama University Hospital, Japan

Stent implantation in the residual pulmonary artery stenosis in 5 children with congenital heart disease

• Wei Gao, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center ,School of Medicine, Shanghai ,Jiao Tong University,, China

Coa Stenting - a single operator experience

• Dr Tiow Goh, MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE, MELBOURNE, Australia

Interventional Ductus closure with a new device: Clinical study at 3600m

• Dr Alexandra Heath, Kradiozentrum, La Paz, Bolivia

Fetal Cardiac Intervention With Tiny Uterus Incision

• Dr Haifa Hong, The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China

Leaflet entrapment causing acute myocardial ischemia after balloon aortic valvuloplasty

• Dr Hye Sun Hyun, Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, SungKyunKwan University School of Medicine, Seoul,, Korea

Pericardiocentesis using the left lateral approach in children and infants

• Dr Frank Ing, Texas Children's Hospital, United States

Transcatheter closure of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm using the Amplatzer duct occluder: Immediate and intermediate-term results

• Prof Prafulla Kerkar, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel. Mumbai 400 012, India

Patent foramen ovale; the only culprit for systemic embolization?

• Dr Maria Kiaffas, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece

Transcatheter closure of large pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in 7 children – single centre experience

• Prof Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys, The Children`s Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Occlusion of Fontan fenestrations using the Amplatzer septal occluder

• Amira Al-Hay, Chest Hospital, Kuwait

Estimation of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance: Correlation between Echocardiography and Catheterization Data In Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

• Dr Manojkumar Rohit, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research - chandigarh India, India

Efficacy of Bosentan Treatment in Children with Eisenmenger Syndrome and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

• Prof Kemal Baysal, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology Department, Turkey

Impact on clinical parameters using new farmacological therapies in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension due to congenital heart disease

• Paola Argiento, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Michele D'Alto, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Emanuele Romeo, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Giuliano D'Alterio, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Berardo Sarubbi, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Giuseppe Santoro, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, Italy
• Dr Maria Giovanna Russo, Italy
• Raffaele Calabrò, Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy

Cardiac function in pulmonary hypertension: the usefulness of biochemical markers and echo in management of CDH infants

• Dr Maria Baptista, Pediatric Cardiology, H. S. João, Porto; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Minho University, Portugal

The Impact of Current Therapies on Survival in Children with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

• Dr Tara Bharucha, Australia

Inhaled iloprost In Control Of Postoperative Inhaled iloprost In Control Of Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery:A One Year, Single Center, Open Label Pilot Trial

• Xiaoman Cai, Department of cardiovascular surgery, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Medical college of Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Selection of muscular ventricular septal occluders versus duct occluders to close large patent arterial ducts with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

• Dr Ramyashri Chandrasekaran, MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India, India

The role of Rho A/Rho-kinase pathway on the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension secondary to left ventricular dysfunction

• Dr Zen-Kong Dai, Dept. of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)

• Aldo Gamez Schroeder, Hospital "Dr. Pablo Soria" San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina, Argentina

Hypoventilation easily leads to severe pulmonary hypertension in Down syndrome patients with congenital heart disease

• Yuji Hamamichi, OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, Japan

Gene Expression of Endothelin-1 and Endothelin Receptor A on Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats after Bosentan Treatment

• Young Hong, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Hospital, Korea

Adverse effect of Estrogen on Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor signal pathway in pulmonary arterial endothelial cells

• Hiroaki Ichimori, Department of Pediatrics, Osaka university graduated school og medicine, Japan

Effect of hydrogen sulfide on the apoptosis of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell in rats with pulmonary hypertension induced by high pulmonary blood flow

• Dr Hongfang Jin, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital,Beijing, China

Decline in Arterial pO2 after Exercise can Help Stratify Patients with Large Atrial Septal Defect and Pulmonary Hypertension

• Raman Kumar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India