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Day 1: Friday, June 7, 2024

 

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.)

Day 2: Saturday, June 8, 2024

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