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Monthly Newsletter - June 2007
"Surgical Repair of Mixed Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage" by Mahesh S. Sharma, MD, Victor T. Tsang, MD, Muhammad Nuri, MD, and Martin Kostolny, MD, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
"The Advent of VATS" by Ralph J. Lewis, MD, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA.
Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - First Quarter 2007
The Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - First Quarter 2007 - is available. These citations are selected and compiled by Editors Eric J. Okum, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, USA, and Domenico Pagano, M.D., Birmingham, UK.
March-April 2007 Thoracic Survey
The results of the March-April Thoracic Survey "Management of Initial Spontaneous Pneumothorax" are now posted, with an analysis by Editor Mark Ferguson. Also a new survey is available, entitled "Attitudes regarding surgeon performance and operating room environment." Please take the survey and add your opinions to the total. The results will be analyzed by Editor Mark Ferguson, and published in July.
AATS Webcast of 2007 Meeting Now Available
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has posted the webcast of the 2007 Annual meeting held May 5-9, 2007 in Washington, DC.
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Announcements
SESATS IX:
Applications for the 2007 Recertification process will be mailed to all eligible Diplomates in 2007. Eligible Diplomates are those individuals who certified in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
New Certification Pathways and Operative Requirements:
In response to current practice patterns in Thoracic Surgery and to insure adequate preparation for contemporary Thoracic Surgery practice, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery has revised the standards required of individuals to qualify for entrance into its certification process. Starting in July 2007, the Board will establish 2 primary pathways to certification, a Cardiothoracic Surgery Pathway and a General Thoracic Surgery Pathway. For more information on the new pathways and operative requirements, Click Here.
New Congenital Heart Surgery Certificate:
An additional special certificate pathway will be established for candidates who complete the Cardiothoracic Surgery Track and plan to perform congenital heart surgery. For more information on the new Certificate of Added Qualifications in Congenital Heart Surgery, Click Here.
Maintenance of Certification Initiative:
In response to an initiative by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the ABTS along with the other medical certifying boards has begun the transition towards a Maintenance of Certification Program® (MOC), to replace the current Recertification process. For more information on MOC, Click Here.
Certification Categories:
As recommended by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the ABTS has recently redefined its clinically active and clinically inactive status. For a full description of these two categories, Click Here.
New CTS Bookstore Featured Volume
"Heart Surgery in Canada: Memoirs, Anecdotes, History and Perspective" by Bernard S. Goldman, MD, FRCS (C) Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
New Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA) Officers Elected at the General Session, May 5, 2007:
President: John W. Brown, MD (2009)
President Elect: John H. Calhoon, MD (2009)
Secretary-Treasurer: George L. Hicks, MD (2009)
Councilors:
Walter H. Merrill, MD (2010)
Scott J. Swanson, MD (2009)
Cynthia S. Herrington, MD (2008)
EACTS Early Registration Deadline
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY (EACTS) 21st Annual Meeting will be held 15-19 September, 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. To meet the early registration deadline of 29th JUNE, please register here now.
William M. Novick Nominated for Passion Award
William Novick, MD, Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon from the University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, and Director of the International Children's Heart Foundation, has been nominated and short listed for the Passion Award. The award, given yearly by Frederique Constant of Geneva, recognizes a commitment to and success in one's field. The winner, from 10 finalists representing 7 countries, will be announced at the annual ceremony, June 28, 2007. For more details.
William S. Pierce, MD, receives the ACS 2007 Jacobson Award
William S. Pierce, MD, thoracic surgeon and chemical engineer from Hershey, Pennsylvania, is the recipient of the 2007 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Dr. Pierce was honored with the award in recognition of his pioneering work in the conception and development of mechanical circulatory support and the total artificial mechanical heart and his contributions to surgical bioengineering and patient care. His contributions to science, medicine, and education have benefited countless surgical patients with heart failure. Dr. Pierce is the Evan Pugh Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
The 13th Jacobson Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Pierce at a dinner on June 8, 2007, at the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the award is to honor living surgeons who have been innovators of a new development or technique in any field of surgery. The award is made possible through a gift from Julius H. Jacobson II, MD, FACS, and his wife Joan. Dr. Jacobson is a general vascular surgeon known for his pioneering work in the development of microsurgery.
At the recent ESTS 15th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery held in Leuven, Belgium, 3-6 June 2007, the following Officers and Councilors were elected:
COUNCIL OFFICERS 2007-8
President
Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy
Past President
Richard G. Berrisford, Exeter, UK
President-Elect
Laureano Molins, Barcelona, Spain
Treasurer
Michael R. Mueller, Vienna, Austria
Secretary
Dirk E. M. Van Raemdonck, Leuven, Belgium
Editor-in-Charge
Erino Rendina, Rome, Italy
COUNCILLORS 2007-8
Past-Past President
Semih H. Halezeroglu, Istanbul, Turkey
Jozsef Furak, Szeged, Hungary
Mariano Garcia Yuste, Valladolid, Spain
Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, Zakopane, Poland
Gunda Leschber, Berlin, Germany
Sandro Mattioli, Bologna, Italy
Pavel Pafko, Prague, Czech Republic
Danail Borisov Petrov, Sofia, Bulgaria
Pascal A. Thomas, Marseille, France
The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) is delighted to announce that a European School of Thoracic Surgery has been established. The aim is to provide high quality educational opportunities for thoracic surgeons including interactive case presentations, operative video, and lectures written by invited experts. The ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery will be held 14-18 November 2007 at the Kremlin Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey. For information and registration.
ESTS announces the Directory of Thoracic Surgery in Europe. ESTS has established the largest online resource of thoracic surgeons in Europe. For information and to enter your unit into the Directory.
The 16th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery will be held 8-11 June 2008 in Bologna, Italy. DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS 1 FEBRUARY, 2008. Early registration deadline 30 April 2008. Download the first announcement.
The French Society has a Newly Designed Home Page
The French Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (FSTCVS) has adopted a new home page design. Check it out!
Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery Officers
The new Executive Committee elected at the last General Assembly of the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery follows:
Honorary President
Aydin Aytac - Istanbul
President
Isa Durmaz - Izmir
Vice-President
Erol Sener - Ankara
Secretary-General
Serap Aykut Aka - Istanbul
Treasurer
Fuat Bilgen - Istanbul
Accountant
Cem H. Alhan - Istanbul
Council Members
Ahmet Ruchan Akar - Ankara
Atif Akcevin - Istanbul
Sertac M. Cicek - Istanbul
Ali Gurbuz - Izmir
The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) Winter Workshop/ 3rd Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery will be held 28 November - 2 December, 2007, at the Sungate Port Royal Resort in Antalya, Turkey. THE ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30. The abstracts will be published in the Heart Surgery Forum. For more information about the meeting.
MEDTRONIC EDGE UPDATE
We are excited to bring to you two newly developed EDGE courses:
- EDGE Advanced Endosurgical Training for Cardiac Surgery Teams
- EDGE Basic Minimally Invasive Hands-on and Cadaver Training for Cardiac Surgeons
Advanced Endosurgical Training for Cardiac Surgery Teams Course
The course is designed for both cardiac surgeons and their surgical team members to include perfusionists, scrub techs, PAs and other OR personnel. The surgeons will participate in hands-on training via advanced simulation as well as procedural complication management and advanced endosurgical device study.
The surgery team member will be participating in a simultaneous track on the basics of endosurgery. The two tracks will then be brought together near the end of the course to work as a team on simulation. The simulation packages included for this course are Transapical Aortic, Retrograde Aortic and TAA.
*** This course is specifically design for the cardiac surgeon who has completed the EDGE Basic Guidewire, Catheter and Imaging Skills Course or has significant experience in endosurgical procedures as the primary operator. Significant experience would include> 15 endograft cases or other interventional experience. For more details contact Melanie Anderson at 763-391-9908.
Basic Minimally Invasive Hands-on and Cadaver Training for Cardiac Surgeons
The course is designed for cardiac surgeons. Surgeons will operate on cadavers under the instruction of distinguished faculty. Surgeons will be trained on minimally invasive approaches to direct vision valve surgery and port-access surgical ablation. The surgeons will be exposed and will be able to try new instruments and techniques that will improve their skills and capabilities as minimally invasive surgeons. For more information, please contact Brenda Mely at 763-526-7814.
General information on these two new EDGE Courses
- MICS Hands-On Course Information
- MICS Hands-On Course Registration Card
- Medtronic EDGE Advanced Endosurgical Training course for Cardiac Surgery Teams
- Medtronic EDGE Advanced Endosurgical Training Course for Cardiac Surgery Teams Registration Card
Disclaimer: These courses offer skills-based training and case analysis only and do not provide training on any specific Medtronic product or related therapy.
Medical Symposium: "Interviews With Experts: A Collaborative Approach to Resolving Atrial Fibrillation"
Faculty:
Marc Gillinov, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Adam E. Saltman, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
A video presentation with emphasis on problem areas, plus a Post-test and Evaluation form. CME credit available.
Jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Imprint Science.
Supported by an educational grant from Boston Scientific.
New Book Featured in CTSNet Bookstore
A new book available through the CTSNet Bookstore is titled: Cardiothoracic Surgery in China: Past, Present and Future, by Doctors Song Wan and Anthony P. C. Yim, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
- "How Can Morbidity and Mortality Conference Contribute to QA?" by Doctor Vincent A. Gaudiani, Pacific Coast Cardiac & Vascular Surgeons, Redwood City, California, USA.
- "Modified Senning and Rastelli Procedures with Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis for Complex Heterotaxy with Pulmonary Atresia Following Multiple Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunts" by Doctors Kristine J. Guleserian, Reenu S. Eapen, Michael Spann, William A. Scott, and Joseph M. Forbess, all of the Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA), Tucson, Arizona, November 8, 2006.
- Thoracic Literature Watch Q1 2007 is now available. This feature is compiled and edited by Dr. Mark K. Ferguson, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Congenital Literature Watch Q1 2007 is now available. This feature is compiled and edited by Doctors Carl L. Backer, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and Aditya K. Kaza, Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Thoracic
This month CTSNet reintroduces survey tools on the Thoracic Portal. Surveys were initially introduced on the Thoracic Portal in August 2006, and surveys have been used sporadically on the CTSNet home page since its inception. However, we have found that, although results have been interesting and potentially informative, the response rate hasn't been sufficiently high to permit use of these surveys to importantly influence thought or behavior.
Surveys, although used informally in our setting, have substantial potential value to the leadership of CTSNet. Our initial survey asked members about what they like on the Thoracic Portal and what changes might be desirable. This information, combined with data regarding page reads for various content on the portal, provides useful insight into how we can tailor the content of the portal to the needs of the readership. Our aim is to be as responsive to CTSNet members as possible, providing them with the information that they need to optimize their professional lives.
Surveys also can benefit CTSNet members in more immediate clinical ways. Thus far we have posted results of four clinical surveys, and a fifth clinical survey is available for members to complete. The four completed surveys focus on clinical management of lung and esophageal cancer. The current survey explores management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax. In each of the surveys published to date we found surprising variations in management of common clinical problems. Such results are bound to give the readership insight into alternative methods for approaching conditions that they may see nearly every day.
In addition to learning results of survey questions posed by others, the survey tool offers the CTSNet readership the opportunity to develop surveys of their own. Perhaps you, the reader, are curious about how different surgeons might manage a specific clinical entity that you and others have found challenging. Simply provide a clinical scenario and suggested survey questions that address the issue, and the survey will be considered for posting during one of our updates.
For the future, surveys will be posted every four to six weeks. The posting of a new survey will be announced on the CTSNet home page and on the Thoracic Portal main page. The survey tool link will be highlighted with a flashing reminder on the Thoracic Portal main page. After each survey is completed, the results will be tabulated and posted within two weeks along with a brief summary and commentary to help contextualize the outcomes.
The results of competed surveys to date can be found in the right gutter of the Thoracic Portal Home Page.
This updated survey content is designed to provide additional value to your CTSNet membership. As always, we welcome comments and suggestions regarding it and all elements of the Thoracic Portal experience.
Mark K. Ferguson, MD
Editor, Thoracic Portal
CTSNet.org
- "Visualization of Lung Sounds With Vibration Response Imaging (VRI?): Technical And Clinical Aspects" by Devanand Anantham, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, Heinrich D. Becker, MD, Thoraxklinik at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Germany, and Armin Ernst, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
21st EACTS ANNUAL MEETING and TECHNO-COLLEGE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 15-19 SEPTEMBER 2007.
New for 2007 - Wednesday Re-Do Symposium: EACTS is pleased to introduce a new session at this year's meeting entitled Towards Safer Repeat Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. The programme of this session is available here.
You are encouraged to register for the meeting by June 29th, and reserve your hotel accommodation as soon as possible. General information about the meeting is available on the EACTS website.
New Feature - CTSNET IMAGE LIBRARY
CTSNET IMAGE LIBRARY: The explosion in digital images and video in the past decade has provided a great opportunity for cardiothoracic surgeons to create and share spectacular images of surgical techniques. CTSNet is seeking contributions to build an online Image Library. The library will be a collection of still and videos of the highest quality that comprehensive illustrate cardiothoracic surgery. CTSNet invites contributions from all professionals in cardiothoracic surgery who wish to make images and videos available for educational use by the public. CTSNet will request a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish and distribute images through the CTSNet Web site. Contributors will maintain copyright and will be permitted to use their contributions elsewhere. Individual images and videos should be under 10 megabytes, and users can upload up to 100 megabytes per session. Individual user albums have a 1 gigabyte storage limit. For additional information contact Rob Oberteuffer at 410-385-1949 ext 100.
We encourage you to take advantage of the early bird rate and register now for Valvular Heart Disease 2007: Advanced Surgical and Interventional Therapies, to be held September 7-9, 2007, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sponsored by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), this postgraduate course is designed to foster collaboration among cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists and echocardiographers.
The course is also designed for medical practitioners involved in cardiac surgery, such as perfusionists and physician assistants, as well as nurses and technicians working in cardiac surgery, interventional cardiovascular medicine and echocardiography. Cardiothoracic residents and fellows are encouraged to attend.
Preview the Program Outline
Note the sessions most important to you; here is a partial sampling of topics:
Aortic Valve-Stenosis, Ross Procedure, Anatomy & Pathology, Echocardiographic Selection of Patients, Repair for Aortic Insufficiency or Aortic Root Aneurysm, Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Mitral Valve-Pathophysiology of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation, Echocardiographic Selection of Patients, Combined Treatment of AF and Mitral Valve Disease, Endocarditis, What Now-It's Not Repairable? Trans-catheter Mitral Valve Therapies.
Tricuspid & Pulmonary Valves-Management of Isolated Tricuspid Insufficiency, Always a Mechanical Valve-Other Choices? Trans-catheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation.
EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award
The Techno-College invites surgeons and individuals from companies active in the field of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery to apply for this new award. Deadline for application is 1st July 2007.
Vascular Surgical Society International Traveling Fellowship
The Edward B. Diethrich Vascular Surgical Society (EBDVSS) International Traveling Fellowship was established to broaden the educational experience of a cardiac or vascular surgical resident interested in endovascular surgery during their final year of training by providing an opportunity for travel to one or more established Centers of Excellence in the applicant's field of interest. One award will be granted to a North American resident to support research and/or enhancement of endovascular skills at a host institution abroad in hopes of stimulating academic inspiration, promoting international exchange and fostering fraternal fellowship. A second award will be granted to an International (non-North American) resident for travel to a North American Center of Excellence
The grant of $10,000 will be provided to the successful applicants to underwrite their travel and living expenses incurred during a maximum of three weeks of training at one or more Endovascular Centers of Excellence. The funds are also intended to provide for roundtrip travel and accommodations at the International Congress XXI on Endovascular Interventions scheduled for February 10-14, 2008 in Scottsdale, AZ. Registration for the Congress and all related events will be covered by the EBDVSS. Fellowship travel must be completed prior to January 1, 2008.
Applicants must have approval from their home and prospective host institutions. The application consists of a one-page proposal summarizing what the applicant hopes to accomplish during their training, a current curriculum vitae and a cover letter outlining their career goals. Additionally, award recipients must agree to present a summary of their experience at the International Congress.
THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS AUGUST 7, 2007. Notification of successful applicants will take place no later than September 1, 2007.
Please send the completed form, one-page proposal, current curriculum vitae, and a cover letter outlining career goals to:
David J. Caparrelli, M.D.
Co-Chairman, Fellowship Committee
c/o Erika Scott; EBDVSS Administrator
The Arizona Heart Institute
2632 N. 20th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
"Mentors are Needed" A useful and informative dialog between Dr. Benson R. Wilcox and Ashok Venkataraman, 4th-year medical student, National University of Singapore. Dr. Wilcox is Professor Emeritus of Surgery and former Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is currently a member, and former President of the Board, of the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). There is also a forward by Dr. Walter H. Merrill, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, and Editor of the New Horizons Section of CTSNet.
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery CORE Curriculum Review
The Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery CORE Curriculum Review Course will be held September 8-11, 2007, at the Doty Family Education Center at Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. For registration and additional information, contact the Intermountain CME office at 1-800-842-5498 or visit the website.
ICVTS - June issue 6/3 is available: http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org/content/vol6/issue3/. Join-in the ICVTS on-line discussion and see your citable comments published in the print journal: http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org/papbyrecent.dtl
EJCTS - 2006 Impact factor has risen to 2.106. June issue is live http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/content/vol31/issue6/ including 3 CME activities.
MMCTS - 95 surgical procedures on-line: http://mmcts.ctsnetjournals.org/misc/contentsbydate.shtml
CME Articles
Surgery for General Thoracic Surgery
Robert J. Downey, Timothy Akhurst, Mithat Gonen, Bernard Park, and Valerie Rusch.
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic maximal standardized uptake value predicts survival independent of clinical but not pathologic TNM staging of resected non?small cell lung cancer.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1419-1427.
Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
Eric E. Roselli, Roy K. Greenberg, Kathryn Pfaff, Catherine Francis, Lars G. Svensson, and Bruce W. Lytle.
Endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1474-1482.
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Anne Sarajuuri, Eero Jokinen, Riina Puosi, Marianne Eronen, Leena Mildh, Ilkka Mattila, Leena Valanne, and Tuula Lönnqvist.
Neurodevelopmental and neuroradiologic outcomes in patients with univentricular heart aged 5 to 7 years: Related risk factor analysis.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1524-1532.
Selected Articles of Interest
Lam, et al, consider the impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on late outcomes after mitral valve replacement. Pibarot and Dumesnil, in a timely editorial, define prosthesis-patient mismatch and discuss why it is important and how to prevent it. Tardif, et al, evaluate the potential cardioprotective and neuroprotective effects of pyridoxal-5-phosphate in patients undergoing high-risk coronary artery bypass surgery (the MEND-CABG study). Edward Verrier, in an accompanying editorial, emphasizes the importance of looking beyond the technology to understand the science involved in this complex clinical challenge. Lederer, et al, discuss the improvement in body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity (BODE) index after 1 year in patients with pulmonary emphysema who underwent lung-volume reduction surgery. Keith Naunheim puts the results in perspective by looking at the advantages and limitations of applying the BODE index to predicting long-term outcomes in these patients.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery - June Issue
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Ungerleider RM.
Whom Does the Grail Serve? A Vision of Transformation in Thoracic Surgery.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1927-1933.
THE STATISTICIAN'S PAGE
Grunkemeier GL, Jin R.
Power and Sample Size: How Many Patients Do I Need?
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1934-1939.
CME
Steger V, Mika U, Toomes H, Walker T, Engel C, Kyriss T, Ziemer G, Friedel G.
Who Gains Most? A 10-Year Experience With 611 Thoracoscopic Talc Pleurodeses.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1940-1945.
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Parolari A, Naliato M, Loardi C, Denti P, Trezzi M, Zanobini M, Porqueddu M, Roberto M, Kassem S, Alamanni F, Tremoli E, Biglioli P.
Surgery of Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Meta-Analysis of Early Outcomes Following Different Reconstruction Techniques.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2009-2016.
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Hörer J, Schreiber C, Dworak E, Cleuziou J, Prodan Z, Vogt M, Holper K, Lange R.
Long-Term Results After the Rastelli Repair for Transposition of the Great Arteries.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2169-2175.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY DISCUSSION PAPER - JUNE 2007
In the June 2007 issue of The Annals, Zhang and associates report their unique experience with a new type of valved VSD patch, and the abstract is excerpted herein. Severe pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of congenital cardiac defects with large left to right shunt, and the closure of a large ventricular septal defect (VSD) with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A unidirectional monovalve homologous aortic patch was designed to close the large VSD with severe pulmonary hypertension in an effort to decrease the morbidity and mortality. Twenty-seven patients (mean age, 15.0 +/- 5.6 years) with large VSD with severe pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary vascular resistance, 15.2 +/- 3.8 Wood units) were repaired with this technique. According to body surface area and the preoperative arterial oxygen saturation, the monovalve homologous aortic patches were fenestrated on the aortic wall with a diameter of 4 to 8 mm. Two patients died of pulmonary hypertensive crisis and cardiac arrest postoperatively. At 5 months to 10 years follow-up, all of the surviving patients were improved with no late death. Obvious opening and closing of the monovalve was detected by early postoperative echocardiography in seven patients. A small amount of right to left shunt was detected in three patients three months after operation, and in two of them the shunt still existed three years after operation. The authors conclude that closure of a large VSD in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension could be performed with low morbidity and mortality when a unidirectional monovalve homologous aortic patch was used and the long-term result was satisfactory.
This technique is novel, although other types of valve patches have been used in the past. The important point is that the results may challenge our traditional beliefs about operability of VSD patients in the current era.
Please read the article and add your comments and experience to this Dilemma in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in the CTSNet Discussion Forum. We are especially interested in comments from other groups with similar strategies for high-risk septation cases.
The monthly articles for discussion are selected and summarized by Dr. Tom Karl, University of California at San Francisco, UCSF Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA. Dr. Karl is Editor of the ATS Discussion Section.
The June Issue of the Asian Annals is now available. There are many excellent and thought-provoking articles in this issue. A representative sampling follows:
EDITORIAL
New Strategy for Cardiac Repair: Genetically Modified Skeletal Myoblasts.
Eugene KW Sim, Lei Ye, and Husnain Kh Haider.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:183-184.
Omental Transposition: the Final Solution for Major Sternal Wound Infection.
Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Nick Theakos, Georgios Benakis, Stamatis Kakaris, and Ion Skottis.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:200-203.
Definitive Management of Advanced Empyema by Two-Window Video-Assisted Surgery.
Andrew J Drain, Jonathon I Ferguson, Rana Sayeed, Sharon Wilkinson, and Andy Ritchie.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:238-239.
Ellis L. Jones, MD, 68, a world renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, died from lung cancer February 6, 2007, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Read the tribute to Dr. Jones by Dr. Kamal A. Mansour, his pupil and colleague for many years.
AATS Officers 2007-2008
At the recently concluded Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) in Washington, DC, the following slate of Officers and Councillors for 2007-2008 was elected:
Officers:
D. Craig Miller, President
Thomas L. Spray, President-Elect
G. Alexander Patterson, Vice-President
Irving L. Kron, Secretary
Thoralf M. Sundt, Secretary-Elect
David J. Sugarbaker, Treasurer
Councillors:
Walter Klepetko
Bruce Lytle
John D. Puskas
Hartzell V. Schaff
Craig R. Smith
Valerie W. Rusch
CTSNet Officers
At the Board of Directors Meeting held in Washington, DC, at the time of the AATS meeting, the following slate of officers was elected:
President Richard P. Anderson 2007 - 2008
Secretary G. Alexander Patterson 2007 - 2008
Treasurer Paul T. Sergeant 2007 - 2008
Members of the Board
David H. Adams
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.
Raffaele De Simone
Jeffrey P. Gold
Bruce E. Keogh
Mark B. Orringer
Thoralf M. Sundt
- June 28,2007: VIII ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING AORTIC DISEASES - JOINT SYMPOSIUM WITH THE 15TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR AORTIC SURGERY, Tokyo, Japan.
- June 30, 2007: ISMICS WINTER WORKSHOP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEART AND HEALTH FOUNDATION OF TURKEY, Antalya, Turkey.
- July 1, 2007: EIGHTH BIENNIAL CONGRESS OF THE SYRIAN CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATION, Damascus, Syria.
- July 15, 2007: XVI ARGENTINE CONGRESS OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGEONS, II CONGRESS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- July 22, 2007; AmSECT BEST PRACTICES IN PERFUSION 2007, Montreal, Canada.
- July 31, 2007: AMSECT 15TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEW ADVANCES IN BLOOD MANAGEMENT, Kansas City, Missouri.
- August 1, 2007: 12th CONGRESS ON CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY for THE BELGIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY, Brussels, Belgium.
- August 6, 2007: AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIAC & THORACIC SURGEONS, Queensland, Australia.
- August 31, 2007: THE 4TH MEETING OF ASIAN THORACIC SURGICAL CLUB, Taipei, Taiwan.
- September 1, 2007: 16th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIAN SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, Singapore.
- September 1, 2007: 18th BIENNIAL CONGRESS - ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC & CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS OF ASIA, Bali, Indonesia.
- September 15, 2007: SWEDISH ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, Orebro, Sweden.
- September 30, 2007: THE 54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGEONS, Pune, India.
- October 1, 2007: 18th WORLD SOCIETY OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGEONS WORLD CONGRESS, Kos Island, Greece.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2007: SOCIETY FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (SCTS)
- November 11, 2007: 11th ANNUAL NEWERA CARDIAC CARE: INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, North San Diego, California.
- December 31, 2007: 28th ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY SYMPOSIUM, San Diego, California.
- January 10, 2008: THE 26th INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM, Zurs/Arlberg, Austria.
- February 1, 2008: EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THORACIC SURGEONS, Bologna, Italy.
- February 22, 2008: THE HOUSTON AORTIC SYMPOSIUM - FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, Houston, Texas.
- April 1, 2008: 22nd EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY ANNUAL MEETING, Lisbon, Portugal.
- April 4, 2008: FIFTY-FIFTH SOUTHERN THORACIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, Austin, Texas.
More meeting abstract deadlines are available.
2nd Polish-Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery Congress
2nd Polish-Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery Congress will be held 28 - 30 June 2007 in Lublin, Poland. For information, contact: Biuro Kongresów i Turystyki SKOLAMED, 20-070 Lublin, ul. Boczna Lubomelskiej 4; Phone: +48 (0)81 534 43 87; Fax: +48 (0)81 534 71 50; Email: kongres@paiz.com.pl Additional information: http://www.kchir.paiz.com.pl/
JULY-SEPTEMBER
The 17th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons
The 17th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons will be held 11 - 13 July 2007, in Kyoto, Japan at the Kyoto International Conference Hall. For information, contact: WSCTS 2007 Secretariat, c/o Congress Corporation, 3-6-13 Awaji-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0047 Japan; Email: wscts2007@congre.co.jp
AmSECT Pediatric Perfusion 2007
AmSECT's Pediatric Perfusion 2007 meeting will be held July 12-15, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. More information can be obtained from mejakb@ohu.edu or by clicking here.
The Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery 7th Annual Summer Educational Meeting
The Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery 7th Annual Summer Educational Meeting will be held 20 - 22 July 2007 at the Marriott Washington, Washington, DC, USA. For information, contact: Lindsay McConeghy, APACVS, O Box 4834, Englewood, CO 80155; Phone: 1 877 221-5651; Fax: 1 303 771-2550; Email: lindsay@goddardassociates.com; Additional information.
Rocky XVII - 2007 - Shoot Out In The Rockies - Repair Techniques For Mitral Valve Disease
Rocky XVII - 2007 - Shoot Out in the Rockies - Repair Techniques for Mitral Valve Disease will be held 26 - 27 July, 2007 at Missoula, Montana, USA. For information, contact: The International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation, 500 W Broadway, Suite 350, Missoula, MT 59802, USA; Phone: 1 406 329-5668; Fax: 1 406 329-5880; Email: rocky@ihimontana.org Additional information
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY
The INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY will hold its 13th WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE July 28-31, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. To register for the Congress. To view the complete program. For further information.
55th Annual Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand
The 55th Annual
Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand will be
held 9 - 12 August, 2007, at Christchurch, New Zealand. Abstract submission is closed. For information, contact: The
Conference Company Ltd, PO Box 90-040, Auckland, New Zealand; Phone:
+64 9 3601240; Fax: +64 9 3601242; Email: csanz2007@tcc.co.nz
The 56th Annual Meeting of Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery and the 27th Annual Meeting of Scandinavian Society for Extracorporeal Technology will be held 16 - 18 August, 2007, in Helsinki Finland. The final programme is available. For information, contact: CONGRESZON; Itälahdenkatu 22A, FI-00210 Helsinki, Finland; Phone: +358 9 5840 9351; Fax: +358 9 5840 9555; Email: sats-scansect2007@congreszon.fi
13th Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance
The 13th Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance, which will be organized by Prof. Dr. H. Scharfetter, Graz, will be held in Graz, Austria, from August 29 to September 2, 2007. Besides biophysical, technical and clinical topics, one session about "Organ Monitoring" is devoted to ischemia, reperfusion and transplantation.
AATS Postgraduate Course:Valvular Heart Disease 2007
The AATS Valvular Heart Disease 2007 course will be held on September 7-9, 2007 in Chicago, IL, USA. This postgraduate course is designed for practicing cardiac surgeons and cardiologists. It will cover all aspects of medical, interventional and surgical management of patients with heart valve disease. This unique course will bring together the world's leading interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to share the latest progress made on percutaneous/transventricular interventional and surgical therapies on heart valve disease. By combining cutting-edge surgical techniques with state of the art interventional strategies, the program will afford participants the opportunity to network and share lessons learned in a focused and intimate setting. For more information, contact Stacy Gijsbers: Phone: 978-927-8330; Fax: 978-524-0498; E-Mail: sgijsbers@prri.com.
7th European Conference on Perfusion Education and Training
The 7th European Conference on Perfusion Education and Training will be held 15 September, 2007, at the Crowne Plaza Geneva, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland. For information, contact: Mrs. Carole Hamilton/Mr. Heinz Weitkemper; Email: carole.hamilton@gmx.net/HWeitkemper@t-online.de Additional information
AmSECT 15th Annual Symposium on New Advances in Blood Management
AmSECT 15th Annual Symposium on New Advances in Blood Management will be held at Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, MO, September 19-23, 2007. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS is now open through JULY 31, 2007. For more information, contact astammers@aol.com, or this website.
VIVA 07 - Vascular Interventional Advances - The National Education Course for Peripheral Vascular Interventions will be held 25 - 28 September, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For information, contact: MMC, 6133 N. River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018; Phone: 1 866-511-VIVA; Fax: 1 847 292-5801; Email: viva@medicalmedia.net Additional information
Cardiac Insufficiency 2007 (Herzinsuffizienz 2007 - Das Dreiländertreffen)
Cardiac Insufficiency 2007 (Herzinsuffizienz 2007 - Das Dreiländertreffen) will be held 27 - 29 September, 2007, in Nürnberg, Germany. For additional information, contact: E&E PCO, Nobilegasse 23-25, 1150 Vienna, Austria; Telephone: + 43 (1) 867 49 44 0; Fax: + 43 (1) 867 49 44 9; Email: office@ee-pco.com; Website information
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2007
Cleveland Clinic Innovations 2007 Medical Innovation Summit
Cleveland Clinic Innovations 2007 Medical Innovation Summit State of the Heart: Cardiovascular Technologies will be held October 1-3, 2007 at the InterContinental Hotel & Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Join Kerry Clark, Cardinal Health; Sidney Taurel, Eli Lilly; Tony Zook, AstraZeneca; and many other top CEOs, venture investors, medical leaders and journalists as they highlight new technologies, economics and trends in cardiovascular technologies. Also featured will be the Cleveland Clinic's annual selection of the "Top 10" health care innovations, interactive surgeries and in-depth debates on industry challenges. 900 top-level senior industry executives, entrepreneurs, investors and clinicians will attend the 5th annual Medical Innovation Summit on the Cleveland Clinic campus.
The summit is geared toward:
-Senior executives at medical device firms
-Clinical, medical affairs, regulatory and business development executives and their teams
-Venture capitalists and angel investor groups
-Investment bankers
-Buy-side and sell-side researchers
-Consulting, legal and other service providers
To register, or call 1-800-884-9951.
Joint Meetings of the XVI Argentine Congress of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgeons and the II Congress of the Latin American Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery will be held October 3-5, 2007 at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Av. Leandro N. Alem 1151, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abstract submission deadline: 15 July 2007. For information, contact: Pilar Ponce de León, Tinogasta 4151 (C1417EIQ), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Telephone: +54 911 4422-4410; Fax: +54 11 4567-4481; Email: pilarponcedeleon.ppl@gmail.com; Additional information.
POSTINTERVENTIONAL BLOOD-RELATED COMPLICATIONS IN CARDIAC SURGERY AND PCI
POSTINTERVENTIONAL BLOOD-RELATED COMPLICATIONS IN CARDIAC SURGERY AND PCI will be held October 3-5, 2007 in Lund, Sweden.
AmSECT Best Practices in Perfusion Meeting
AmSECT's Best Practices in Perfusion meeting will be held October 4-6, 2007 at the Delta Centre-Ville on University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW OPEN THROUGH JULY 22. For more information and to submit an application. For more information about the meeting, or contact jeffrey.riley@osumc.edu.
The Joint meeting of the GERMAN SOCIETY FOR THORACIC SURGERY, the SWISS SOCIETY FOR THORACIC SURGERY and the AUSTRIAN SOCIETY FOR THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY will be held October 4-7, 2007 in Konstanz, Germany. For information, contact: Medizinische Congress-organisation Nürnberg, Zerzabelhofstr. 29, 90478 Nürnberg, Germany; Tel. +49(0) 911/39 31 60; Fax: +49 (0) 911/33 12 04; www.mcn-nuernberg.de. Scientific organiser: Thomas Kiefer, MD, Dep. of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum Offenburg, Ebertplatz 12, 77654 Offenburg, Germany; E-mail: tagung@tc2007.de
The Failing Heart: a Paradigm for Multidisciplinary Approach
The Failing Heart: a Paradigm for Multidisciplinary Approach will be held 13 October, 2007, at the Palzaao dei Congressi (Piazza Indipendenza 4) in Lugano, Switzerland. This is a Lugano Cardiosurgical Postgraduate Course. For information, contact: Annapaola Sürder-Boschet, Congress Manager, Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900 Lugano; Phone: 0041/91/805.31.92; Fax: 1/91/805.31.67; Email: annapaola@cardiocentro.org
VIII Annual International Symposium On Advances In Understanding Aortic Diseases
The VIII Annual International Symposium on Advances in Understanding Aortic Diseases - Joint Symposium with the 15th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Aortic Surgery - will be held 13 - 14 October, 2007, at the Kieo Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan. For information, contact: Secretary General: Tetsuro Morota, M.D., Ph.D.; Phone: +81 3 5800 9155; Fax: +81 3 5800 9156; Email: office@8auad.com Additional information
5th INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE
The 5th INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE will be held October 14-16, 2007, in Tel Aviv, Israel. For information, contact ISAS International Seminars, P.O. Box 574, Jerusalem 91004, Israel. Tel: 972-2-6520574; Fax: 972-2-6520558; e-mail: meetings@isas.co.il
2007 Australasian Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
The 2007 Australasian Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting will be held Monday 15 - Sunday 21 October, 2007 at the Sheraton Noosa Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 06 AUGUST, 2007. For information, contact: Lauren Born, Taylored Images, PO Box 247 Ashgrove, Queensland 4060 Australia; Phone: +61 7 3366 2205; Fax: +61 7 3366 5170; Email: 2007ascts@tayloredimages.com.au Additional information.
Contemporary General Thoracic Surgery
Contemporary General Thoracic Surgery will be held 18 - 19 October, 2007, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. For information, contact: Washington University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education, CME - WUSM, Campus Box 8063, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Phone: 1 314 362-6891; Fax: 1 314 362-1087; Email: cme@wustl.edu Additional information
Swedish Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Swedish Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery will have its next annual meeting October 18-20, 2007 in Örebro, Sweden. ABSTRACT DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2007. For more information.
Applied Cardiothoracic Basic Sciences Course
Applied Cardiothoracic Basic Sciences Course will be held 25-26 October, 2007, at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Adamson Centre, 3 Hill Place, Edinburgh , Scotland, UK, EH8 9DS. For information contact: Laura McQuade; Phone: 44 (0)131 668 9238; Fax: 44 (0)131 668 9241; Email:l.mcquade@rcsed.ac.uk
Additional information.
Eighth Biennial Congress of the Syrian Cardiovascular Association
Eighth Biennial Congress of the Syrian Cardiovascular Association will be held in Damascus, Syria, November 1-3, 2007. Information: Prof. Sami Kabbani, P.O. Box: 8487, Damascus, Syria; Tel/Fax: 00963 94 27 27 55; E-mail: scva@scs-net.org; More information.
AmSECT Meeting Announcments
The Program Committee for NNJAECT & I-SECT's 16th International Symposium, CARDIAC SURGERY, BEYOND, is now accepting abstracts and/or case studies for the meeting to be held November 7 - 11, 2007, at the Naples Grande Resort & Club, Naples, Florida USA. Symposium information will soon be posted at www.i-sect.cjb.net. Anyone needing immediate information, please contact Paul Cappola, Craig Vocelka or Travel Unlimited New Jersey USA, (Official coordinator for registration & accommodations). The travel center will also assist you with any travel needs.
Program Contacts: Paul Cappola: ecmoinc@aol.com or 1.401.455-0618; Craig Vocelka: vocelka@u.washington.edu or 1.206.685-3677. Travel Unlimited, New Jersey USA, (Alan or Anne): 800.228-1502 or e-mail info@travelunlimited.com or 1.973-228-1500.
The 54th Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Annual Meeting
The 54th Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Annual Meeting will be held 8 - 10 November, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency, Bonita Springs, Florida, USA. For information, contact: Katie McAuliff, 633 North Saint Clair, Suite 2320, Chicago, IL 60611; Phone: 1 800 685-7872; Fax: 1 312 202-5801; Email: stsa@stsa.org
12th Annual Perspectives in Thoracic Oncology
The 12th Annual Perspectives in Thoracic Oncology Meeting will be held NOVEMBER 16-17, 2007, at the Westin New York Times Square hotel, New York, New York, USA. The Chair is Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. For more information. including program and speakers, click here.
Congress - Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA)
18th Biennial Congress - Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) will be held November 25-28, 2007, at the Bali Convention Centre, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Abstract submission deadline: 1 SEPTEMBER 2007. For information, contact: Indonesian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita, Main Building, 4th Floor, Jl. Let. Jend. S. Parman Kav. 87, Slipi, Jakarta 11420 Indonesia; Phone: 62.21.569.44.08; Fax: 62.21.566.5993; Email: aditya_kusuma_w@yahoo.com.au
The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) Winter Workshop/ 3rd Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery will be held 28 November - 2 December, 2007, at the Sungate Port Royal Resort in Antalya, Turkey. THE ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30. The abstracts will be published in the Heart Surgery Forum. For more information about the meeting.
The 4th Meeting of the Asian Thoracic Surgical Club will be held 1-2 December, 2007 at the Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31 AUGUST, 2007. For information, contact: Jin-Shing Chen, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan; Phone: 886-2-23123456 Ext. 5070; Fax: +886-2-33933989; Email: chenjs@ntu.edu.tw; For additional information
Ultrasonography: Fundamentals in Critical Care
Ultrasonography: Fundamentals in Critical Care - A meeting sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) - will be held December 7-10, 2007, at the Hyatt Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. CME approved. For more information, contact ACCP Customer Relations, 800-343-2227, e-mail accp@chestnet.org, or visit the ACCP website.
JANUARY - MARCH 2008
11th Annual NewEra Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology
The 11th Annual NewEra Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology meeting, co-chaired by W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD and Robert C. Robbins, MD, will be held January 10-13, 2008, at the Four Seasons Aviara Resort & Spa in North San Diego, California. The DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOVEMBER 11,2007. For further information, please click here, or email Susan Westwood at s.westwood@amainc.com.
4th Asian Pacific Congress of Heart Failure
The 4th Asian Pacific Congress of Heart Failure will be held January 31 - February 3, 2008, at the Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
For information, contact: Congress Managers, GPO Box 128, Sydney Australia 2001; Telephone: +61 2 9265 0700; Fax: +61 2 9265 5443; Email: apchf@tourhosts.com.au; Additional Information
28th Annual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium
The 28th Annual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, chaired by Julie A. Swain MD, will be held February 14-17, 2008, at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California. THE ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 30, 2007. For further information, please visit here or email Susan Westwood at s.westwood@amainc.com
26th International Cardiovascular Surgical Symposium
The 26th International Cardiovascular Surgical Symposium will be held 1 - 8 March, 2008, at Zurs/Arlberg, Austria. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 10 JANUARY, 2008. For information, contact: Secretary General: M. Deutsch, M.D., European Heart Institute of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Monchsberg 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; Phone: +43 662 841345; Fax: +43 662 841343; Email: congress@herzchirurgie.at Additional information
Florida Valve 2008 will be held 7 - 9 March, 2008, at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort, St. Petersburg,
Florida, USA. For information, contact: Carole Erickson, Program Administrator, 6006 49th Street North, Suite 320, St. Petersburg, Florida 33709. Phone: 1 406 370-8555; Email: siestavc@aol.com Additional information
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS)
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) will be held March 9 - 12, 2008 at the Edinburgh International Convention Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland. ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 5 NOVEMBER, 2007. For further details, contact sctsadmin@scts.org or +44 (0)20 7869 6893, and check the website periodically.
Asian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
The 16th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery will be held 13-16 March, 2008, at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Stamford Ballroom, Singapore, Singapore. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 SEPTEMBER, 2007. For information, contact: ASCVS Congress Secretariat c/o The Meeting Lab Pte Ltd, 176 B Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427447. Phone: +65 63464402 Fax: +65 63464403 Email: mice@themeetinglab.com Additional information
APRIL - MAY 2008
The Houston Aortic Symposium - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases
The Houston Aortic Symposium - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases will be held 4 - 6 April, 2008, at The Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas, USA. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 22 FEBRUARY, 2008. For information, contact: Laura Steigerwald, Promedica International CME, a California Corporation, 2333 State Street, Suite 203, Carlsbad, California 92008; Phone: 1 760 720-2263; Fax: 1 760 720-6263; Email: lsteigerwald@promedicacme.com Additional information
European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
The 57th International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery (ESCVS) will be held April 24-27, 2008, in Barcelona, Spain. For more information, contact: ESCVS General Secretariat, Prof. Claudio Muneretto , ESCVS Secretary General, UDA Cardiochirurgia, Spedali Civili P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia (Italy); Phone: + 39 030 3996401; Fax: + 39 030 3996096; E-mail: munerett@med.unibs.it; And consult the website.
18th WSCTS World Congress - World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons
18th WSCTS World Congress - World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons will be held 30 April-3 May, 2008 at the Kos International Convention Centre, Kos Island, Greece. For information, contact: 18th WSCTS Congress Secretariat, 29 Sinopis Str. 115 27, Athens, Greece; Phone: +30 210 7799261;Fax: +30 210 7711768; Email: secretariat@wscts2008.com; Additional information
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