2024 STS Coronary Conference Agenda

 

Breakfast (7 – 7:50 a.m.)

 

Welcome & Introduction (7:50 – 8 a.m.)

Presented By: Joseph F. Sabik III, MD (Cleveland, OH, USA) and Marc Ruel, MD, MPH (Ottawa, ON, Canada)

Session 1: Conduit Selection (8 – 9 a.m.)

Moderators: Mario F. L. Gaudino, MD, PhD (New York, NY, USA) and Elaine E. Tseng, MD (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Time	Presentation Title	Presenter	Residing Location
8 – 8:08 a.m.	Who Benefits From the RITA as a Second Conduit?	Joseph F. Sabik III, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
8:08 – 8:16 a.m.	Should All Patients Have a Radial Artery Graft?	James Tatoulis, MD, MBBS, MS	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
8:16 – 8:24 a.m.	Which Patient Should Only Receive LITA and Veins?	Ki-Bong Kim, MD	Gyeong-gi do, Republic of Korea
8:24 – 8:32 a.m.	Who Is the Ideal TAR Patient?	Massimo G. Lemma, MD	Milan, Italy
8:32 – 8:40 a.m.	Is My Conduit Selection Different When the Patient Is a Woman?	Rashmi Yadav, MB, BS	London, United Kingdom
8:40 – 9 a.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Session 2: Conduit Harvesting (9 – 10:10 a.m.)

Moderators: Pierre Voisine, MD (Quebec, QC, Canada) and Sigrid Sandner, MD (Vienna, Austria)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
9 – 9:05 a.m.	Debate: Routine Pedicled Versus Skeletonized ITA Harvesting (The Skeletonized Technique)	Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD	Pamplona, Spain
9:05 – 9:10 a.m.	Debate: Routine Pedicled Versus Skeletonized ITA Harvesting (The Pedicled Technique)	Marc Ruel, MD, MPH	Ottawa, ON, Canada
9:10 – 9:14 a.m.	Skeletonized ITA with Harmonic Scalpel (video)	Kieta Kikuchi, MD, PhD	Chiba, Japan
9:14 – 9:24 a.m.	Panel Discussion
9:24 – 9:28 a.m.	The Radial Artery: Open Harvesting (video)	Chase Brown, MD	Philadelphia, PA, USA
9:28 – 9:32 a.m.	The Radial Artery: Endoscopic Harvesting (video)	Harry Lapierre, MD, FRCSC	Ottawa, ON, Canada
9:32 – 9:38 a.m.	Preoperative Evaluation – Is this RA Suitable for CABG?	Elaine E. Tseng, MD	San Francisco, CA, USA
9:38 – 9:44 a.m.	Anti-Spastic Treatment for the RA and ITA – When and What to Use	Thomas A. Schwann, MD, MBA	Royal Oak, MI, USA
9:44 – 9:54 a.m.	Panel Discussion
9:54 – 9:58 a.m.	Technical Approach to SVG Harvesting Endoscopic: How I Use the SVG (video)	Harry Lapierre, MD, FRCSC	Ottawa, ON, Canada
9:58 – 10:02 a.m.	Technical Approach to SVG Harvesting No Touch Technique: How I Use the SVG (video)	Ki-Bong Kim, MD	Gyeong-gi do, Republic of Korea
10:02 – 10:10 a.m.	Panel Discussion

 

 

Coffee Break (10:10 – 10:40 a.m.)

 

Session 3: Arterial Grafting Strategies (10:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.)

Moderators: Mario F. L. Gaudino, MD, PhD (New York, NY, USA) and Alison F. Ward, MD (Atlanta, GA, USA)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
	The In-Situ Option
10:40 – 10:45 a.m.	RITA to Ramus in the Transverse Sinus - How I Do It (video)	Joseph F. Sabik III, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
10:45 – 10:50 a.m.	RITA to LAD - How I Do It (video)	Sigrid Sandner, MD	Vienna, Austria
10:50 – 11 a.m.	Panel Discussion
	The Composite Option
11 – 11:05 a.m.	How Do I Perform a Composite Anastomosis? Tips and Tricks: Y vs T vs I Technique (video)	Chase Brown, MD	Philadelphia, PA, USA
11:05 – 11:10 a.m.	How do I Perform a Composite Anastomosis? Tips and Tricks: The Baby Y (video)	Christopher Lau, MD	New York, NY, USA
11:10 – 11:15 a.m.	When Should I Avoid Using Composite Grafting?	Pierre Voisine, MD	Quebec, QC, Canada
11:15 – 11:20 a.m.	How Do I Choose the Second Limb Conduit? RITA vs Radial vs SVG?	James Tatoulis, MD, MS, MBBS	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
11:20 – 11:25 a.m.	Is Using the LITA as a Single Inflow Safe?	Massimo G. Lemma, MD	Milan, Italy
11:25 – 11:40 a.m.	Panel Discussion
11:40 – 11:47 a.m.	Should We Use Functional Assessment Before CABG?	David Glineur, MD, PhD	St. John's, NL, Canada
11:47 – 11:54 a.m.	What To Do with Moderate Lesions?	Joseph F. Sabik III, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
11:54 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Lunch (12:10 – 1:55 p.m.)

Industry Symposium hosted by Medistim (non-CME activity)

 

Invited Lecture (1:55 – 2:25 p.m.)

Time	Presentation	Presenter (s)	Residing Location
1:55 – 2:15 p.m.	New Clinical Trial Design	Mario F. L. Gaudino, MD, PhD	New York, NY, USA
2:15 – 2:25 p.m.	Panel Discussion	Patrick O. Myers, MD Marc Ruel, MD, MPH Joseph F. Sabik III, MD	Lausanne, Switzerland Ottawa, ON, Canada Cleveland, OH, USA

 

Session 4: Proximal and No Touch Aortic Technique (2:25 – 3:25 p.m.)

Moderators: David Glineur, MD, PhD (St. John's, NL, Canada) and Thomas A. Schwann, MD, MBA (Royal Oak, MI, USA)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
2:25 – 2:33 p.m.	Side Clamp vs Single Cross Clamp – Is There a Best Option?	Alison F. Ward, MD	Atlanta, GA, USA
2:33 – 2:41 p.m.	Proximal Anastomotic Devices? (video)	Hirokuni Arai, MD	Nagano, Japan
2:41 – 2:46 p.m.	Abstract: Piggyback Proximal Anastomosis Techniques for Coronary Artery Grafting	Massimo Baudo, MD	Wynnewood, PA, USA
2:46 – 2:54 p.m.	No Touch Aortic Technique (video)	Massimo G. Lemma, MD	Milan, Italy
2:54 – 3:02 p.m.	When Coronary Arteries are Difficult to Find	Marc Ruel, MD, MPH	Ottawa, ON, Canada
3:02 – 3:07 p.m.	Case Presentation: Minimally Invasive Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using the Right Gastro-epiploic Artery to Posterior Descending Artery	Chidiebere Peter Echieh, FRCS	Tuscon, AZ, USA
3:07 – 3:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Coffee Break (3:30 – 4 p.m.)

 

Session 5: Off-Pump CABG: How I Do It: Tips and Tricks (4 – 4:45 p.m.)

Moderators: Piroze M. Davierwala, MD, DNB (Toronto, ON, Canada) and Chase Brown, MD (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
4 – 4:07 p.m.	Which Patients Benefit From OPCAB?	Thomas A. Schwann, MD, MBA	Royal Oak, MI, USA
4:07 –4:12 p.m.	How Do I Set Myself Up for an Off-Pump Case? (video)	David Glineur, MD, PhD	St. John's, NL, Canada
4:12 – 4:17 p.m.	How to Expose the Heart Using Multi-Suction Hear Positioner "Tentacles" (video)	Hirokuni Arai, MD	Nagano, Japan
4:17 – 4:22 p.m.	How to Expose the Heart with the Starfish/Crobat-I Technique (video)	Marc Ruel, MD	Ottawa, ON Canada
4:22 – 4:27 p.m.	Video: New Pig-Tail Hooks and Distributed Multi-Directional Heart Positioners Enabled Excellent Long-Term Results of OPCAB	Yuki Endo, MD, PhD	Saitama City, Japan
4:27 – 4:35 p.m.	How to Stay Out of Trouble During OPCABG and MICS CABG: The Anesthesiologist’s Point of View	Adam Dryden, MD	Ottawa, ON, Canada
4:35 – 4:45 p.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Session 6: "How I Do It" Case Presentations (4:45 – 5:30 p.m.)    

Moderator: David Glineur, MD, PhD (St. John's, NL, Canada)

Panelists: Mario F. L. Gaudino, MD, PhD (New York, NY, USA), Joseph F. Sabik III, MD (Cleveland, OH, U.S.), Rashmi Yadav, MB, BS (London, United Kingdom), and Sigrid Sandner, MD (Vienna, Austria)

Time	Case	Presenter	Residing Location
4:45 – 4:57 p.m.	Case 1: On Pump MAG	Christopher Lau, MD	New York, NY, USA
4:57 – 5:09 p.m.	Case 2: Off Pump MAG	Chase Brown, MD	Philadelphia, PA, USA
5:09 – 5:21 p.m.	Case 3: Female Patient MAG	Donna M. Kimmaliardjuk, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
5:21 – 5:25 p.m.	Video: Surgical Management Strategy for Repair of Coronary Artery Aneurysms	Parker Mullen, MD	Jackson, MS, USA
5:25 – 5:30 p.m.	Video: SVG Pseudoaneurysm in a CABG Patient: Surgical Technique	Zhandong Zhou, MD, PhD	Syracuse, NY, USA

 

Networking Reception (5:30 – 6:30 p.m.)

Breakfast (6 - 7 a.m.)

 

Rapid Fire Abstract Session (7 – 8 a.m.)

 Moderators: Chase Brown, MD (Philadelphia, PA, USA) and Milan Milojevic (Belgrade, Serbia)

Time	Presentation Title	Presenter	Residing Location
7 – 7:04 a.m.	Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women with Left-Ventricular Dysfunction	Iryna Skoblenko, MD	Vienna, Austria
7:06 – 7:10 a.m.	Racial Disparities in Mortality Rates Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Evaluation of Reporting Methods and Trends	Tiffany Hsiung	Newark, NJ, USA
7:12 – 7:16 a.m.	Case Presentation: Minimally Invasive Direct Double Vessel CABG Using Radial Artery as a Bridge Graft	George Comas, MD	Pensacola, FL, USA
7:18 - 7:22 a.m.	Gradual Oxygen Reexposure Improves Outcomes After CABG During Acute Myocardial Infarction	Neil Thomas, MD	Boston, MA, USA
7:24 – 7:28 a.m.	A Propensity-Matched Comparison of Robotic Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Conventional Multivessel Sternotony Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	Zhandong Zhou, MD, PhD	Syracuse, NY, USA
7:30 – 7:34 a.m.	Anomalous Right Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery (ARCAPA) Presenting as a Sudden Death Event in an Adult Woman	Theodore Koutlas, MD	Spokane, WA, USA
7:36 – 7:40 a.m.	Life or Limb: Lower Extremity Ischemia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	Giovanna Grigsby-Rocca	Rochester, NY, USA
7:42 – 7:46 a.m.	Surgical Treatment of Myocardial Bridging: A Case Series	Maria Andrea Medina	Bogota, Columbia
7:48 – 7:52 a.m.	Infected Coronary Stent with Cardiac Abscess: A Case of an Unusual Presentation and Successful Surgical Management	Catherine Stauber	Austin, TX, USA
7:54 – 7:58 a.m.	Mini-Thoracotomy versus Median Sternotomy for Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass of the Left Anterior Descending Artery with the Left Internal Thoracic Artery	Saad Salamate, MD	Bonn, Germany

 

Session 7: EACTS @ STS Coronary Conference (8 – 9 a.m.)

Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and Joseph F. Sabik III, MD (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Panelists: Drs. Faisal Bakeen, MD (Cleveland, OH, USA) and Yiannis Chatzizisis (Miami, FL, USA)

Time	Presentation Title	Presenter	Residing Location
8 – 8:12 a.m.	What Are the Differences Between the US and European Revascularization Guidelines?	Patrick O. Myers, MD	Lausanne, Switzerland
8:12 – 8:20 a.m.	Panel Discussion
8:20 – 8:32 a.m.	Mechanistic Differences Between PCI and CABG	Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD	Pamplona, Spain
8:32 – 8:40 a.m.	Panel Discussion
8:40 – 8:52 a.m.	Perioperative Myocardial Infraction After Cardiac Surgery	Milan Milojevic	Belgrade, Serbia
8:52 – 9 a.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Session 8: Perioperative Management (9 – 9:50 a.m.)

Moderators: Elaine E. Tseng, MD (San Francisco, CA, USA) and Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH (Houston, TX, USA)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
9 – 9:08 a.m.	Should Every CABG Patient Receive Posterior Pericardiotomy to Prevent POAF?	Mario F. L. Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE	New York, NY, USA
9:08 – 9:15 a.m.	Should Everyone Be on DAPT After CABG?	Sigrid Sandner, MD	Vienna, Austria
9:15 – 9:22 a.m.	How to Avoid Sternal Wound Complications After CABG	Gianluca Torregrossa, MD	Wynnewood, PA, USA
9:30 – 9: 38 a.m.	How to Prevent AKI After CABG	Daniel T. Engelman, MD	Springfield, MA, USA
9:38 – 9:50 a.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Coffee Break (9:50 – 10:20 a.m.)

 

Session 9: ERAS (10:20 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.)

Moderators: Daniel T. Engelman, MD (Springfield, MA, USA) and Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
10:20 – 10:35 a.m.	ERAS Cardiac/STS Expert Consensus of Perioperative Care Overview	Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC	Cleveland, OH, USA
10:35 – 10:50 a.m.	Which Medications to Hold Before a CABG? A Turn Key Order Set	Amanda Rea, DNP, CRNP	Towson, MD, USA
10:50 – 11:05 a.m.	Frailty Assessments and The STS National Database: What's Coming	Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH	Houston, TX, USA
11:05 – 11:25 a.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Session 10: Minimally Invasive CABG, MIDCABG - How I Do It (11:25 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)

Moderators: Piroze M Davierwala, MCh., DNB, MD (Toronto, ON, Canada) and Husam Balkhy, MD (Chicago, IL, USA)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
11:25 – 11:33 a.m.	The Direct Vision Approach of Minimally Invasive LAD Revascularization: Tips and Tricks (video)	Donna M. Kimmaliardjuk, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
11:33 – 11:41 a.m.	The Robotic Approach of Minimally Invasive LAD Revascularization: Tips and Tricks (video)	Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH	Houston, TX, USA
11:41 – 11:46 a.m.	Abstract: Starting a Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery Program: Initial Results After 200 MIDCAB Cases	Kelsey Gray, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
11:46 – 11:54 a.m.	How to Teach Minimally Invasive CABG (video)	Kieta Kikuchi, MD, PhD	Chiba, Japan
11:54 a.m. – 12:02 p.m.	MIS Technical Consideration in Women (video)	Rashmi Yadav, MB, BS	London, United Kingdom
12:02 – 12:10 p.m.	Combined Procedures Tips and Tricks (video)	Joseph Lamelas, MD	Miami, FL, USA
12:10 – 12:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Lunch (12:30 – 1:30 p.m.)

 

Featured Abstract Session (1:30 – 2 p.m.)

Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH (Ottawa, ON Canada) and Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD (Pamplona, Spain)

Time	Presentation	Presenter (s)	Residing Location
1:30 – 1:35 p.m.	How Soon is Too Soon? Impact of Early Post-Discharge Visit After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Readmission Rates	Michael Dorsey, MD	New York, NY, USA
1:37 – 1:42 p.m.	Sequential Grafting of the LITA to LAD Is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Graft Failure	Jordan Leith	New York, NY, USA
1:44 – 1:49 p.m.	The Impact of Impella 5.5 Use in High-Risk Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	Takashi, Murashita, MD	Saint Louis, MO, USA
1:51 – 1:56 p.m.	External Vein Graft Stenting for Coronary Bypass Grafting: Mid-Term Clinical Follow Up of a Multicentric Cohort	Luca Paolo Weltert, MD	Rome, Italy

 

Session 11: Hybrid Revascularization (2 – 3 p.m.)

Moderators: Rashmi, Yadav, MB, BS (London, United Kingdom) and Massimo G. Lemma, MD (Milan, Italy)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
2 – 2:10 p.m.	How Can We Standardize the Hybrid Procedure? The Surgeon Perspective	Marc Ruel, MD, MPH	Ottawa, ON, Canada
2:10 – 2:20 p.m.	HCR - For Specific Patient Groups or Every Patient?	Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD	Cleveland, OH, USA
2:20 – 2:30 p.m.	How to Build a Successful Hybrid Revascularization Program	Gianluca Torregrossa, MD	Wynnewood, PA, USA
2:30 – 2:40 p.m.	How Can We Standardize the Hybrid Procedure? The Cardiologist Perspective	Yiannis S. Chatzizsis, MD, PhD	Miami, FL, USA
2:40 – 3 p.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Coffee Break (3 – 3:30 p.m.)

 

Session 12: Advance Minimally Invasive CABG, MVST: How I Do It (3:30 – 4:45 p.m.)

Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH (Ottawa, ON, Canada) and David Glineur, MD, PhD (St. John's, NL, Canada)

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Residing Location
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	Multi Vessel Small Thoracotomy: My Technique, Tip and Tricks - The Direct Approach with LITA and Radial (video)	Kieta Kikuchi, MD, PhD	Chiba, Japan
3:45 – 4 p.m.	Multi Vessel Small Thoracotomy: My Technique, Tip and Tricks - The Direct Approach with BITA Composite (video)	Piroze M. Davierwala, MCh, DNB, MD	Toronto, ON, Canada
4 – 4:15 p.m.	Multi Vessel Robotic: My Technique, Tip and Tricks - The Full Endoscopic Approach: TECABG (video)	Husam Balkhy, MD	Chicago, IL, USA
4:15 – 4:20 p.m.	Abstract: Clinical and Hospital Costs Outcomes of Octogenarians Undergoing Robotic-Assisted vs Traditional Sternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	Aleksander Dokollari, MD, PhD	Wynnewood, PA, USA
4:20 – 4:45 p.m.	Panel Discussion

 

Session 13:  MIS "How I Do It" Case Presentations (4:45 – 5:45 p.m.)    

Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD (Chicago IL, USA)

Panelists: Joseph Lamelas, MD (Miami, FL, USA), Marc Ruel, MD, MPH (Ottawa, ON, Canada), Donna M. Kimmaliardjuk, MD (Cleveland, OH, USA), Gianluca Torregrossa, MD (Wynnewood, PA, USA)

Time	Case	Presenter	Residing Location
4:45 – 4:56 p.m.	Case 1: MVST with RAD	Piroze M. Davierwala, MCh, DNB, MD	Toronto, ON, Canada
4:56 – 5:07 p.m.	Case 2: MVST My Approach	Kieta Kikuchi, MD, PhD	Chiba, Japan
5:07 – 5:18 p.m.	Case 3: LITA RITA Robotic Hybrid	Marc Ruel, MD, MPH	Ottawa, ON, Canada
5:18 – 5:23 p.m.	Video: Total Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass	Stephen Waterford, MD	Pittsburgh, PA, USA
5:23 – 5:45 p.m.	Discussion/Final Comments