MONDAY MORNING, January 25, 1999

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8:00 a.m.
BUSINESS MEETING
(members only)

8:05 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS,
GENERAL SCIENTIFIC SESSION

8:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Moderators: Richard P. Anderson, Seattle, WA, and
Peter C. Pairolero, Rochester, MN

1. J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper:
The Influence of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Perfusion Temperature on Neurologic and Hematologic Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Richard M. Engelman, A. Bernard Pleet, John A. Rousou, Joseph E. Flack III, David W. Deaton, Penelope Pekow, and Cheryl Gregory, Springfield, MA

2. Treatment of Isolated Proximal LAD Stenosis: PTCA and Stent Versus Surgery. Early Results of a Prospective Trial
Thierry Carrel, Jean Goy, Michel Hurni, and Urs Kaufmann, Berne, Switzerland

3. The Hemi-Fontan Procedure for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
William I. Douglas, Ralph S. Mosca, Caren S. Goldberg, and Edward L. Bove, Ann Arbor, MI

4. Sleeve Resection and Prosthetic Reconstruction of the Pulmonary Artery for Lung Cancer Functional and Long Term Results
Erino A. Rendina, Federico Venuta, Tiziano De Giacomo, A. Maria Ciccone, Marco Moretti, and G. Furio Coloni, Rome, Italy

Presentation of the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Award

5. Mortality and Paraplegia Following Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Risk Factor Analysis Based on Contemporary Results
Joseph S. Coselli, Scott A. LeMaire, Jose Pagan, Cuneyt Koksoy, Patrick E. Curling, and Charles C. Miller III, Houston, TX

6. Intermediate-Term Results in Pediatric Aortic Valve Replacement
Flavian M. Lupinetti, Brian W. Duncan, Frank Cecchin, Thomas K. Jones, and S. Paul Herndon, Seattle, WA

7. Operative Effects of Collis-Nissen Gastroplasty on Barrett's Esophagus
Longi Chen, Dimitrios Nastos, Chunyan Hu, Talat Chughtai, Raymond Taillefer, Pasquale Ferraro, and Andre Duranceau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon
Presidential Address
Richard P. Anderson, Seattle, WA

MONDAY AFTERNOON, January 25, 1999

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
PARALLEL SURGICAL FORUMS
Research I, Research II, General Thoracic Surgery

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
SURGICAL FORUM I: RESEARCH I
Moderators: David A. Fullerton, Chicago, IL, and Edward D. Verrier, Seattle, WA

8. In Vivo Donor Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer of a Heat Shock Protein 70 Protects Lung Grafts Against Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Masafumi Hiratsuka, Bassem N. Mora, Motoki Yano, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson, St Louis, MO

9. Angiogenic Response to Transmyocardial Revascularization: Laser Versus Mechanical Punctures
Victor Chu, Adel Giaid, Jin-qiang Kuang, Amy McGinn, Carlos Li, Marc Pelletier, and Ray C-J. Chiu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

10. The Role of NF-kB in Activation of Ischemic Preconditioning
Elizabeth N. Morgan, Wang Yun, Edward M. Boyle, Jr., Robert Thomas, Christine Rothnie, Angela E. Farr, Ellen Collins, Peter Morey, Timothy H. Pohlman, and Edward D. Verrier, Seattle, WA

11. Focal Angiogenic Therapy: A Comparison of Intracoronary Versus Intramyocardial Delivery of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Utilizing Adenovirus Vectors
Leonard Y. Lee, Neil R. Hackett, Dean R. Polce, Tarek El-Sawy, O. Wayne Isom, Ronald G. Crystal, and Todd K. Rosengart, New York, NY

12. Autologous Cardiomyocyte Transplantation Improves Cardiac Function After Myocardial Injury
Tetsuro Sakai, Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A.G. Mickle, Eung-Joong Kim, Shinji Tomita, and Zhi-Qiang Jia, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
SURGICAL FORUM II: RESEARCH II
Moderators: Carl L. Backer, Chicago, IL, and Peter B. Manning, Cincinnati, OH

13. Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Antagonism Improves Cerebral Recovery Following Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
Stephen M. Langley, Paul J. Chai, James Jaggers, and Ross M. Ungerleider, Durham, NC

14. The Superiority of Magnesium Cardioplegia in Neonatal Myocardial Protection
Michael Kronon, Bradley S. Allen, Ari O'Halldorsson, Shaikh Rahman, and Tingrong Wang, Chicago, IL

15. Bosentan Prevents the Late Phase of Hypoxia-Reoxygenation Induced Pulmonary Hypertension and Results in Improved Pulmonary Function
Jeffrey M. Pearl, Don Thomas, David Nelson, Connie Wagner, Michelle Saucier, Jennifer Raake, and Scott Wellmann, Cincinnati, OH

16. Lung Function and Nitric Oxide After Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Chronic Cyanotic Neonatal Lambs
Mitsugi Nagashima, Ulrich Stock, Georg Nollert, Jason Sperling, Dominique Shum-Tim, Shinichi Hatsuoka, and John E. Mayer Jr., Boston, MA

17. Bradykinin Pretreatment Preconditions the Heart by Tyrosine Kinase Mediated Pathways
Jun Feng, and Eliot R. Rosenkranz, Buffalo, NY

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
SURGICAL FORUM III:
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Moderators: Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN, and
Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

18. Long Term Outcome of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Different Morphologic Emphysema Types
Walter Weder, Jurg Hamacher, Ralph A. Schmid, Uz Stammberger, Irene Laube, Daniel Ritscher, Otto Schoch, Erich W. Russi, and Konrad E. Bloch, Zurich, Switzerland

19. An Aggressive Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach to Superior Sulcus Tumors With Vertebral Invasion Can Lead to Long-Term Survival
Sunil Gandhi, Garrett L.Walsh, Ritsuko Komaki, Ziya Gokaslan, Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Jack Roth, Kelly Merriman, Ara Vaporciyan, and Stephen Swisher, Houston, TX

20. A Comparison of Outcomes Between Living Lobar and Cadaveric Lung Transplantation in Children
Vaughn A. Starnes, Eithne A. MacLaughlin, Marlyn W. Woo, Monica V. Horn, Pierre C. Wong, Jon Rowland, Winfield J. Wells, and Mark L. Barr, Los Angeles, CA

21. Positron Emission Tomography: 100 Consecutive Scans in Patients With Esophageal Cancer
James D. Luketich, Tracey L. Weigel, David M. Friedman, Ninh T. Nguyen, Mindi Meehan, Robert J. Keenan, Peter F. Ferson, Diana Strollo, David W. Townsend and Carolyn C. Meltzer, Pittsburgh, PA

22. The Role of Sleeve Lobectomy in the Management of Proximal (Stage IIIA-B) Lung Cancer
Giorgio Cavellesco, Tiziano DeGiacomo, Peter Ferson, Robert Keenan, Mark Ferguson, Keith Naunheim, Robin Macherey, Susan Bartley, Robert Weyant, and Rodney Landreneau, Ferrara, Italy, Rome, Italy, Pittsburgh, PA, Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MO

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
BUSINESS MEETING (members only)

8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
SURGICAL MOTION PICTURES