Fourth Biennial Meeting of The Society for Heart Valve Disease
June 15, 2007-June 18, 2007
New York NY United States


 

Saturday, 16 June, 2007

Sunday, 17 June, 2007

Monday, 18 June, 2007

Plenary Session

Lillehei Presentations

Outcome Following Surgery II

Issues in Valve Replacement '07

Determinants of Outcome After Valve Surgery I  

Functional Mitral Regurgitation I

Valve Repair I

Rheumatic/Trials/Valve Repair

Valve Biology III

Outcome Following Surgery I

Determinants of Outcome After Valve Surgery II

Timing of Surgery

Tissue Engineering I

Ross Procedure

Functional Mitral Regurgitation II

Valve Repair II

Valve Biology I

Valve Biology IV

Anticoagulation & Valve Degeneration

Devices

Poster Session III

Tissue Engineering & Valve Biology

Valve Repair III

 

Poster Session I

Valve Biology II

 

Poster Session II

 

 

***

 

 

Saturday, 16 June, 2007

8:15 AM  -  8:30 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Business Meeting (members only)

 

 

8:30 AM  -  8:40 AM
Penntop Ballroom

THIS YEARS PROGRAM - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

 

 

8:40 AM  -  10:10 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Plenary Session

 

1

(30195) Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Single Center Experience
Michael A. Borger;   Thomas Walther;   Volkmar Falk;   Joerg Kempfert;   Sven Lehmann;   Axel Linke;   Gerhard Schuler;   * Friedrich W. Mohr
Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, , Germany

 

2

(30281) Influence Of Concomitant Mitral Valve Dysfunction On Survival After Aortic Valve Replacement
Anelechi C. Anyanwu;   Farzan Filsoufi;   Parwis B. Rahmanian;   Javier G. Castillo;   David H. Adams
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

 

3

(30012) Effects Of Aortic Valve Elasticity On Leaflet Stresses
Reetu Singh;   * Joel A. Strom;   Leo Ondrovic;   Babu Joseph;   Michael D. VanAuker
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

 

4

(30133) The Fate Of The Preserved Aortic Valve And Aortic Root In Patients After Surgery With The Yacoub And David Technique
Thorsten Hanke;   Ulrich Stierle;   Katrin Meyer;   Armin Erasmi;   * Hans-Hinrich Sievers;   * Misfeld Martin
Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery University Clinic Schleswig Holstein Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, , Germany

 

5

(30228) A Novel Role Of Beta 2-adrenergic Receptor Agonists In Regulating Valve Calcification
Lana Osman;   Adrian H. Chester;   Najma Latif;   Padmini Sarathchandra;   Wenfang Meng;   Patricia M. Taylor;   Magdi H. Yacoub
Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

6

(30097) The Digital Leaflet: Quantitative Image Analysis And 3d Digital Reconstruction Of The Aortic Valve Leaflet
John Stella;   * Michael S. Sacks
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

 

 

10:10 AM  -  10:45 AM
Penn Top Foyer

Break

 

 

10:45 AM  -  11:45 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Issues in Valve Replacement '07

 

7

(30256) Standard And Logistic Euroscore Risk Evaluation In Isolated Aortic And Mitral Valve Surgery. – Is It Time For Review ?
Piotr Olszowka;   Adam Szafranek;   Peter A. O'Keefe
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

 

8

(29949) Postoperative Outcome In Low-gradient Aortic Stenosis: Impact Of Left Ventricular Contractile Reserve And Prosthesis-patient Mismatch.
Matthias Kirsch1;   Jean Luc Monin1;   Mehran Monchi5;   Serge Baleynaud4;   Christophe Tribouilloy3;   Hélène Petit-Eisenmann2;   Daniel Y. Loisance1
1Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, , France;   2CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, , France;   3CHU Amiens, Amiens, , France;   4Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Sud, Lorient, , France;   5Institut Jacques Cartier, Massy, , France

 

9

(30119) Surgical Treatment Of Active Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis With Homografts And Mechanical Prostheses
Loes M. Klieverik1;   * Magdi H. Yacoub2;   Sue Edwards2;   * Jos A. Bekkers1;   A. P. Kappetein1;   * Ad J. Bogers1;   * Johanna J. Takkenberg1
1Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, , Netherlands;   2Harefield Heart Science Centre, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

10

(30080) Long Term Results Of 1002 Carpentier Edwards Supra Annular Bioprosthesis. Incidence For A Pragmatic Choice Of Valvular Substitute
Erwan Flecher;   Jean P. Verhoye;   Herve Corbineau;   Issam Abouliatim;   Vito G. Ruggieri;   Anne Ingels;   Thierry Langanay;   Alain Leguerrier
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Rennes, , France

 

 

11:45 AM  -  12:30 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Presidential Address

Friedrich W. Mohr – Innovations in Cardiac Surgery – to make “the impossible” possible

 

 

12:30 PM  -  1:45 PM

Break

 

 

1:45 PM  -  3:15 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Valve Repair I

 

 11

(29360) Results Of Mitral Valve Repair For Active Infective Endocarditis: 19-year Single Centre Experience
Michele Musci;   Emanuel Schultz;   Miralem Pasic;   Henryk Siniawski;   Yuguo Weng;   Rudolf Meyer;   Charles Yankah;   Roland Hetzer
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

 12

(29481) Mitral Valve Repair For Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation - Long Term echo Results
* Hitoshi Kasegawa;   Tomoki Shimokawa;   Tetsuya Horai;   Shin Takeuchi;   Shin Takeuchi;   Kenji Nishimura;   Naomi Ozawa;   Shinichiro Takanashi
The Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, , Japan

 

 13

(29755) In Vivo Motion Of Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Devices
Jerald Redmond1;   Dean Christiansen1;   Cathy Bergin1;   Tim Ryan1;   Nancy Rakow1;   Noah Barka1;   John St. Cyr2;   Eugene Grossi3
1Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, United States;   2Jacqmar, Minneapolis, MN, United States;   3New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

 

 14

(29891) Surgical Reconstruction Of Congenital Cleft Mitral Valve: Effect Of Late Annular Dilatation On Repair Durability
Muralidhar Padala1;   Nikolay Vasilyev2;   James W. Owen Jr1;   Rachmadian Wulandana1;   Jorge H. Jimenez1;   * Ajit P. Yoganathan1;   Pedro J. delNido2
1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Childrens Hospital at Boston, Boston, MA, United States

 

 15

(29926) Is Anterior Leaflet 3-d Geometry Affected By Semi-rigid Or Flexible Mitral Ring Annuloplasty?
Tomasz A. Timek1;   George T. Daughters2;   David Liang1;   Neil B. Ingels2;   * D C. Miller1
1Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States;   2Research Institute of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States

 

 16

(30027) Direct Measurement Of Mitral Regurgitation Area By Real-time Transthoracic 3d Colour Doppler Echocardiography
Daisy Pavoni;   Luigi P. Badano;   Norma Pezzuto;   Margherita Cinello;   Riccarda Marinigh;   Pasquale Gianfagna;   Paolo M. Fioretti
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Udine, Italy

 

 

1:45 PM  -  3:15 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Outcome Following Surgery I

 

17

(29456) The Risk Of Valve Surgery For Endocarditis In Dialysis-dependent Renal Failure
* J. S. Rankin;   Sarah Milford-Beland;   Sean M. O?Brien;   Fred H. Edwards;   Eric D. Peterson;   Donald D. Glower;   T. Ferguson;   Charles Stratton IV
STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, Durham, NC, United States

 

 18

(29489) Risk Of Reoperation For Failed Aortic Bioprosthesis
Nicolas Jaussaud;   Vlad Gariboldi;   Dominique Grisoli;   Alberto Riberi;   Annick Mouly-Bandini;   * Dominique Metras;   * Frederic Collart
Centre Hospitalier De La Timone, Marseille, , France

 

 19

(29667) Prosthesis Dependant Left Ventricular Mass Regression After Aortic Valve Replacement.a Prospective Randomized Trial.
Mirko Doss;   Heinz Deschka;   Petar Risteski;   Gerhard Wimmer Greinecker;   Anton Moritz
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

 

 20

(30165) Survival And Quality Of Life Are Not Related To Valve Size After Aortic Valve Replacement
Benjamin Medalion;   Alexander Lipey;   Erez Sharoni;   Alon Stamler;   Eitan Snir;   Bernardo A. Vidne;   Eyal Porat
Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tiqva, , Israel

 

 21

(30180) Impact Of Small Aortic Prosthesis On Early And Late Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement
Nimesh D. Desai;   Gideon N. Cohen;   George T. Christakis;   Stephen E. Fremes;   Bernard S. Goldman
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

 22

(30258) The Impact Of Calculated Patient Prosthetic Mismatch On Morbidity, Mortality And Quality Of Life After Aortic Valve Replacement
Dan Loberman;   Ram Sharony;   Amir Kramer;   Dmitri Pevni;   Yosef Paz;   Nehama Sheinberg;   Rafael Mohr;   Gideon Uretzky
The departement of cardiothoracic surgery Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical center, Tel-Aviv, , Israel

 

 

1:45 PM  -  3:15 PM
Gold Ballroom

Tissue Engineering I

 

25

(30072) Are Cryopreserved Fetal Stem Cells An Adequate Cell Source For Heart Valve Tissue Engineering?
Doerthe Schmidt1;   Josef Achermann2;   Christian Breymann1;   Bernhard Odermatt1;   Michele Genoni1;   Gregor Zund1;   * Simon P. Hoestrup1
1University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland;   2Human Genetics Laboratory Genetica AG, Zurich, , Switzerland

 

24

(29488) “fresh” Cell-free Valvular Scaffolds For Surgical Correction Of Congenital Heart Diseases In Pediatric Patients.
Serghei Cebotari1;   Igor Tudorache1;   Artur Lichtenberg1;   Andres Hilfiker1;   Eduard Cheptanaru2;   Sergiu Barnaciuc2;   Anatol Ciubotaru2;   Axel Haverich1
1Hannover Medical School Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover, , Germany;   2Heart Surgery Center, Chisinau, , Moldova

 

25

(29539) Does Sodium Dodecylsulphate Wash Out Of Detergent-treated Bovine Pericardium At Cytotoxic Concentrations?
Samira Caamaño;   Shiori Arai;   Steven Strauss;   E. C. Orton
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States

 

26

(29937) Ross Operation With Decellularized Xenogenic Heart Valve For Rvot Reconstruction
Pascal M. Dohmen1;   Davide Gabbieri1;   Simon Dushe1;   Alexander Lembcke3;   Sebastian Holinski1;   Christian von Heymann2;   Wolfgang Konertz1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   2Department of Anesthesiology Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   3Department of Radiology Charite Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

 

27

(29950) Enhanced Durability And Biocompatibility Of Decellularised Bovine Pericardium, Crosslinked With An Ultra Low Concentration Monomeric Aldehyde And Treated With Adapt.
William M. Neethling1;   Sumit Yadav2;   Andrew J. Hodge2;   Ross Glancy3
1Fremantle Heart Institute University of Western Australia, Fremantle, , Australia;   2Cardiothoracic Surgery Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, , Australia;   3Histopathology Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, , Australia

 

28

(30160) 52 Months Of Follow-up Of The Synergraft, A Decellularized Pulmonary Allograft, Used For Rvot-reconstruction During The Ross-procedure In Adults
* J.F. M. Bechtel;   Ulrich Stierle;   * Hans H. Sievers
Department for Cardiac Surgery, Luebeck, , Germany

 

 

 

 

3:15 PM  -  4:00 PM
Penn Plaza

Break

 

 

4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Valve Repair II

 

 29

(29942) Repair Of Congenital Mitral Valve Dysplasia In The First Year Of Life
Guido Oppido;   Ben Davies;   Michael D. McMullan;   Andrew D. Cochrane;   Yves d’Udekem;   Christian P. Brizard
Cardiac Surgical Unit Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 

 30

(30003) Posterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse: Towards A Physiologic Repair
Ayyaz Ali;   Eric Lim;   Yasir Abu-Omar;   Ziad Ali;   Francis C. Wells
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, , United Kingdom

 

31

(30042) Accuracy Of Real-time 3d Echocardiography In Assessing Pre-operative Anatomy Of Mitral Valve In Patients With Severe Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Daisy Pavoni;   Luigi P. Badano;   Norma Pezzuto;   Margherita Cinello;   Riccarda Marinigh;   Pasquale Gianfagna;   Paolo M. Fioretti;   Ugolino Livi
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, , Italy

 

 32

(30074) Quantitative Description Of Three-dimensional Mitral Valve Geometry In Vivo
Liam P. Ryan;   Benjamin M. Jacktson;   Theodore J. Plappert;   Martin G. St. John-Sutton;   * Robert C. Gorman;   * Joseph H. Gorman, III
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

 33

(30233) Reliability Of Chordal Reconstruction Using Gore-tex Sutures For Anterior Leaflet Prolapse In Mitral Valve Repair
Yu Shomura;   Michihiro nasu;   * Yukikatsu Okada
Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, , Japan

 

 34

(30277) Simplication Techniques For Repair Of The Myxomatous Degenerated Valve Increases The Reparability Index
Frederick Y. Chen;   Narendren Narayanasamy;   * Lawrence H. Cohn
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

 

 

4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Anticoagulation & Valve Degeneration

 

 35

(29661) Reduction Of Calcification In Glutaraldehyde Tanned Bovine Pericardia By Sodium Bisulfate
Jianye Zhou;   Hong Jiang;   * Shengshou Hu
Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, , China

 

 36

(29694) An Improved Crosslinking Method To Inhibit Glycosaminoglycan Degradation In Bioprosthetic Heart Valves
* Naren R. Vyavahare;   Sagar R. Shah;   Devanathan Raghavan
Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States

 

 37

(29897) Successful Long-term Prevention Of Bioprosthetic Calcification With Triglycidylamine- 2-(2-mercaptoethyl)aminoethylidene-1,1-bisphosphonate
Jeanne M. Connolly1;   H S. Rapoport1;   Ivan S. Alferiev1;   Robert C. Gorman2;   Joseph H. Gorman2;   * Robert J. Levy1
1The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States;   2University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

 38

(30100) Patient Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement With Mechanical Or Bioprostheses: Weighing Lifetime Anticoagulant-related Event Risk Against Reoperation Risk
Martijn W. van Geldorp1;   * W.R. E. Jamieson2;   * Jian Ye2;   * Guy J. Fradet2;   * A. P. Kappetein1;   * Johanna J. Takkenberg1;   * Ad J. Bogers1
1Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, , Netherlands;   2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, , Canada

 

 39

(30124) Surgery Superior To Thrombolytic Therapy In Treatment Of Obstructed Mechanical Cardiac Valves
Hesham Hegazy2;   Maie Al Shahid1;   Walid Hassan1;   Mohammed Al Amri1;   Bahaa Michel Fadel1;   Nathem Akhras1;   * Zohair Yousef Al Halees1
1King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia;   2Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center, Dammam, , Saudi Arabia

 

 40

(30152) Early Anticoagulation Regimen After Mechanical Valve Implantation And related Complications
Deepak Puri;   Varinder Sarwal;   Ambuj Choudhary;   Manoranjan Sahoo;   T.S. Mahant
Fortis Hospital Mohali, Mohali, Punjab, India

 

 

4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
Gold Ballroom

Tissue Engineering & Valve Biology

 

 41

(29992) Site-specific Biological Responses Of Porcine Aortic Valves To Cyclic Stretch
Brian R. Giles1;   Kartik Balachandran2;   Philippe Sucosky2;   Ajit P. Yoganathan2
1Georgia Tech and Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Wallace H Coulter School of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

 42

(29995) The Role Of Hyaluronan In Mitral Valve Disease
David D. Allison1;   Thomas N. Wight2;   * K. Jane Grande-Allen1
1Rice Univesrity, Houston, TX, United States;   2Benayora Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, United States

 

 43

(30021) Effect Of Cyclic Mechanical Strain And Frequency On Glycosaminoglycan And Proteoglycan Synthesis By Heart Valve Cells
Vishal Gupta1;   Brian D. Lawrence2;   * K. Grande-Allen1
1Rice University, Houston, TX, United States;   2University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States

 

 44

(30057) Boec Seeded, Lipid Modified Polyurethane Heart Valve Leaflets: In Vitro And In Vivo Studies
Stanley J. Stachelek1;   Ivan Alferiev1;   Jeanne M. Connolly1;   Richard Bianco2;   Robert P. Hebbel2;   * Robert J. Levy1
1Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States;   2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

 

 45

(30104) Role Of Cell Phenotype And The Addition Of Ecm Protein On The Mechanical Properties Of Tissue-engineered Mitral Valve Chordae
Ramakrishnan Iyer;   Yaling Shi;   Ivan Vesely
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States

 

 46

(30293) Cellular Micro-integrated Elastomeric Electrospun Scaffolds Under Heart Valve Tissue Engineering
* Michael S. Sacks1;   William R. Wagner1;   * John E. Mayer2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States;   2Childrens Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA, United States

 

9:30 AM  -  5:30 PM
Penn Plaza

Poster Session I

 

P1

(30088) Anti-adhesion Coatings For Rapidly Exchangeable Bioprosthetic Valve
* Ivan Vesely;   Todd Campbell
ValveXchange Inc, Aurora, Colorado, United States

 

P2

(30241) In Vitro Model To Evaluate “the Balloon Plug Concept” For Repair Of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Pietro Bajona;   * Kenton J. Zehr;   Giovanni Speziali
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery HLESI University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

 

P3

(30323) Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement Using Real-time Mri Guidance
* Keith A. Horvath2;   Michael Guttman2;   Ming Li2;   Robert L. Lederman2;   Dunitru Mazilu2;   Ozgur Kocaturk2;   Parag V. Karmarkar2;   Elliot R. McVeigh2
1National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States;   2National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States

 

P4

(29372) 1000 Carpentier-edwards Pericardial Valves In Aortic Position: Determinants Of Non Cardiac Hospital Complications
* Wilhelm P. Mistiaen1;   Philip Van Cauwelaert2;   Philip Muylaert2;   Erik De Worm2
1University of Antwerp, Antwerp, , Belgium;   2General Hospital ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, , Belgium

 

P5

(29522) Are Valve Operations In Octogenarians Still High Risk In The Current Era?
Dumbor L. Ngaage;   Steven Griffin;   Michael E. Cowen;   Levant Guvendik;   Alexander R. Cale
Castle Hill Hospital, Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

P6

(29676) Echocardiographic Prediction Of Preservation Of Left Ventricular Function After Aortic Valve Replacement For Aortic Regurgitation
Kazuaki Tanabe;   Ayako Yoneyama;   Kazuto Yamaguchi;   Toshikazu Yagi;   Tomoko Tani;   Shigefumi Morioka;   Yasuki Kihara;   Yukikatsu Okada
Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, , Japan

 

P7

(29918) Long Term Survival Of Dialysis Patients Requiring Valve Surgery Independent Of Type Of Prosthesis Implanted
* Jerry Easo;   Philipp Hoelzl;   Ehsan Natour;   Otto Dapunt
Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

 

P8

(29968) Surgical And Mid-term Outcome After Heart Valve Surgery Due To Infective Endocarditis. A Single-center 11-year Experience.
* Kyriakos Spiliopoulos;   Ayman Haschemi;   Gabriel Fink;   Maria Costi;   Joseph S. Weingartner;   Bernhard M. Kemkes
Heart Center Krankenhaus Muenchen Bogenhausen GmbH, Munich, , Germany

 

P9

(29994) Single Center Experience With The Toronto Root Bioprosthesis In 147 Patients
Sven Lehmann;   * Thomas Walther;   Ardawan Rastan;   Nicolas Doll;   Sergey Leontjev;   Jörg Kempfert;   Volkmar Falk;   Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr
Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, , Germany

 

P10

(30040) Long-term Survival After Valve Replacement For Active Infective Endocarditis: Comparison Between Native And Prosthetic Valve Disease
Daisy Pavoni;   Enzo Mazzaro;   Gianluca Masullo;   Igor Vendramin;   Giorgio Guzzi;   Vincenzo Tursi;   Ugolino Livi
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine, Udine, , Italy

 

P11

(30145) Aortic Valve Surgery In The Elderly Patient: A Retrospective Review
Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo;   Massimiliano Mariani;   Filippo Santarelli;   Pier Andrea Farneti;   Marco Solinas;   Matteo Ferrarini;   Stefano Bevilacqua;   Mattia Glauber
G Pasquinucci Hospital IFCCNR, Massa, , Italy

 

P12

(30147) Determinants Of Outcome After Repeated Isolated Valvular Surgery
Nicola Luciani;   Amedeo Anselmi;   Mario Gaudino;   Franco Glieca;   Giuseppe Nasso;   Mariantonietta Piscitelli;   Gianfederico Possati
Division of Cardiac Surgery Catholic University, Rome, , Italy

 

P13

(30154) Correlation Between Late Mortality And Pre-operative Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone(raa) System And Atrial Natriuretic Factor(anp) Activities In Patients After Avr. 5 Years Follow-up.
* A Szafranek1;   MJ Jasinski2;   R Gocol2;   * M Kolowca2;   H Luckraz1;   J Gawrychowski1;   S Wos2
1University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, , United Kingdom;   2II Department of Cardiac Surgery, Katowice, , Poland

 

P14

(30266) Annular Dilatation And Aortic Insuffuciency After The Ross Procedure In Children
Kirk R. Kanter1;   William T. Mahle2;   Paul M. Kirshbom1;   Brian E. Kogon1
1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

P15

(29129) Valve Preservation In Acute Type A Aortic Dissection : 12 – Year Experience
Pasquale Mastroroberto;   Antonio di Virgilio;   Francesco Onorati;   Francesco Pezzo;   Attilio Renzulli
Cardiovascular Surgery University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, , Italy

 

P16

(29171) Mitral Valve Repair For Ischemic And Non-ischemic Regurgitation: is A Semi-rigid Partial Ring Adequate?
Vaughn A. Starnes;   Eric J. Yavrouian;   Becky M. Lopez;   Megan Moody;   Mark J. Cunningham
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States

 

P17

(29350) Aortic Valve Repair In Surgery Of Laubry-pezzi Syndrome
Muslim Mustaev;   Kalandar Babadjanov;   Otabek Karimov;   Khakim Abrolov
Vakhidov Republican Specialized Centre of Surgery, Tashkent city, , Uzbekistan

 

P18

(29399) Aortic And Mitral Valve Repair In Patients With Rheumatic Heart Disease
Sachin Talwar;   Ankit Mathur;   * Arkalgud S. Kumar
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, , India

 

P19

(29546) Attempt To Precisely Locate The Mitral Valve Prolapse By Transthoracic Echocardiography
Jiong Wang1;   Zhi-An Li1;   Chun Zhang1;   Yong-Qiang Lai1;   Guo Li1;   Xuan Zhang2;   Li Fang2;   Xu Meng1
1Capital University of Medical Sciences Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, , China;   2University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States

 

P20

(29585) Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Through Partial Upper Sternotomy In 182 Patients
Thomas Wittlinger;   * Petar Risteski;   Selami Dogan;   Sven Martens;   Peter Kleine;   Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker;   Anton Moritz
Dep of Thoracic and Cardiovasc Surgery University Hospital, Frankfurt, , Germany

 

P21

(29617) Treatment Of Anterior Leaflet Prolapse : Do We Need Artificial Chordae For Rheumatic Mitral Valve Incompetence ?
Phan v. Nguyen
Heart Institute, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam

 

P22

(29678) Outcome Of Mitral Valve Repair Combined To Coronary Revascularization In Patients With Advanced Ischemic Cardiomyopathy And Moderate-severe Mitral Regurgitation.
Bruno Chiappini;   Ugo Minuti;   Renato Gregorini;   Licia Petrella;   Franco De Remigis;   Marco Ciocca;   Mauro Di Eusanio;   Alessandro Mazzola
Division of Cardiac surgery and Cardiology Department of high specialization for the treatment of the cardiovascular diseases Giuseppe Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, , Italy

 

P23

(29706) Clinical Evaluation Of Quadrangular Resection With Double Teflon No Ring Technique. 12 Year Results.
* Pablo M. Pomerantzeff;   Carlos M. Brandao;   Marco A. Guedes;   Marcos F. Silva;   Marcelo A. Vieira;   Noedir A. Stolf
Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

 

P24

(29711) Mitral Annulus Force
Zhaoming He;   Shamik Bhattacharya
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States

 

P25

(29850) Quality Of Mitral Valve Repair: Median Sternotomy Versus Port-access Approach
Dan Spiegelstein;   Probal Ghosh;   Ateret Malachy;   Leonid Sternik;   Amihai Shinfeld;   * Ehud Raanani
Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, , Israel

 

P26

(29916) Perioperative Dynamic Morphologic Changes Of The Aortic Annulus In Aortic Root Remodeling With Aortic Annuloplasty During Systole And Diastole
Toshinobu Kazui1;   Hajime Kin1;   Jyunichi Tsuboi1;   Kunihiro Yoshioka1;   Hitoshi Okabayashi1;   Kohei Kawazoe1
1Memorial Heart Center Iwate Medical University, Morioka, , Japan;   2Kusatsu General Hospital, Kusatsu, , Japan

 

P27

(29936) Two-dimensional Strain Rate Imaging: Pre- And Postoperative Myocardial Function In Patients With Aortic Regurgitation
Smita R. Jategaonkar1;   Thomas Butz1;   Werner Scholtz1;   Lothar Faber1;   Georg Koenig1;   Reiner Koerfer2;   * Dieter Horstkotte1
1Department of Cardiology Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany;   2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany

 

P28

(29948) Development Of Decellularized Mitral Chordae And Leaflet Scaffolds For Mitral Valve Repair
Sotirios A. Korossis;   Robin Knight;   Richard Knight;   * John Fisher;   Eileen Ingham
University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

P29

(29955) Does Preoperative Degree Of Aortic Insufficiency Influence The Outcomes Of Sparing Surgery?
Davide Pacini1;   Luca Botta1;   Giovanni Brachetti2;   Massimo Baiocchi3;   Sofia Martin Suarez1;   Alessandro Armaro1;   Iolter Cattabriga3;   Roberto Di Bartolomeo1
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bologna, , Italy;   2Department of Cardiology, Bologna, , Italy;   3Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Bologna, , Italy

 

P30

(29956) Ten-year Results Of The Ats Open Pivot Bileaflet Heart Valve.
Yoshikatsu Hanzawa;   Junjiro Kobayashi;   Hiroyuki Nakajima;   Osamu Tagusari;   Toshihiro Funatsu;   Toshikatsu Yagihara;   Soichiro Kitamura
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, , Japan