Scientific Program

Techno-Academy

Techno-Academy Mitral

October 4 (Thu.) 8:00 - 12:10 Room A

(I) MV Repair: Degenerative

1)Lecture
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  David H. Adams Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital, USA
  Robert J.M. Klautz Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Discussant: Randolph P. Martin Emory University School of Medicine, USA
  Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
  Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco
  Taweesak Chotivatanapong Bangkok Heart Hospital/National Cardiovascular and Thoracic Disease Ministry of Public Health/International Academic Institute Program of Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Thailand

Speakers:

Guideline & Patient Selection
Randolph P. Martin Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Anterior leaflet
Rüdiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
Posterior leaflet & Commissural lesion
Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco
Ring Selection
Song Wan The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
Ring Selection
Hitoshi Yaku Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
SAM
Robert J.M. Klautz Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Functional Prolapse
Robert J.M. Klautz Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
2)LIVE IN A BOX: How I Repair
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  David H. Adams Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital, USA
  Robert J.M. Klautz Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Discussant: Randolph P. Martin Emory University School of Medicine, USA
  Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
  Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco
  Taweesak Chotivatanapong Bangkok Heart Hospital/National Cardiovascular and Thoracic Disease Ministry of Public Health/International Academic Institute Program of Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Thailand

Speakers:

Restoration Technique
Kiyoyuki Eishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University
Loop Technique
Kazuma Okamoto Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
Butterfly Technique
Tohru Asai Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science
Mt. Fuji Technique
Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

(II)

Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Taweesak Chotivatanapong Bangkok Heart Hospital/National Cardiovascular and Thoracic Disease Ministry of Public Health/International Academic Institute Program of Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Thailand

Speakers:

Rheumatic
Taweesak Chotivatanapong Bangkok Heart Hospital/National Cardiovascular and Thoracic Disease Ministry of Public Health/International Academic Institute Program of Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Thailand
Active IE
Kiyoyuki Eishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University
Re-do MV Repair
David H. Adams Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital, USA

(Ⅲ) Functional MR

Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco

Speakers:

Mechanism and New Insights
Yutaka Otsuji Second Department of InternalMedicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
Restrictive MAP
Robert J.M. Klautz Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Papillary Muscle Relocation
Khalil Fattouch Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, Italy
Patch Augmentation
Hiroki Yamaguchi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine Showa University
Papillary Muscle Approximation and MVR
Yoshiro Matsui Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Tailor Made Approach
Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Techno-Academy Coronary

October 4 (Thu.) 13:30 - 16:00 Room A

Moderators: Hitoshi Yaku Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
  David P. Taggart Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Oxford / Department Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK

Speakers:

Which is the optimal coronary anastomosis: end-to-side or side-to-side?
From CFD study

Hitoshi Yaku Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Reconsideration about the distal end-to-side and side-to-side anastomosis
Hirofumi Takemura Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery of Kanazawa University
Quantitative Assessment of Coronary Artery Anastomosis by Computational Fluid Dynamics for Effective Off-the-job Training
Hitoshi Yokoyama Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical Univerisity, School of Medicine
Intra-operative Ultrasonic Quality Assessment and Surgical Guidance
Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Lessons Learned from the REQUEST Multicenter Registry
David P. Taggart Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Oxford / Department Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
Routine Intraoperative Graft Validation using both TTFM and SPY Imaging System
Masao Takahashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiratsuka Kyosai Heart Center, Hiratsuka, Japan
Surgical technique for LAD endarterectomy
Shuichiro Takanashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute
CABG in advanced diffuse coronary artery disease
-Strategy for bypass grafting to small or diffuse calcified coronary artery-

Hiroyuki Tanaka Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicice
Evolution of Infarct Exclusion Surgery for Post-infarct VSD --- when the approach via LV tomy has advantages
Masashi Komeda Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iseikai Hospital
left ventricular endocardial patch closure for post infarction ventricular septal rupture
Toshiaki Ito Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital
Ultra-acute(<2d) sandwich repair via RV with surgical glue for post-infarct VSD provided 3% 30-day-mortality
Susumu Isoda Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujisawa City University, Kanagawa, Japan
“Extended sandwich patch method” via RV makes a paradigm shift of VSP repair
Tohru Asai Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science
Graft Harvesting Technique for Minimally Invasive CABG: Robotic or Non-Robotic?
Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada
MICS-CABG with ITA harvesting under direct vision.
Taichi Sakaguchi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Techno-Academy Aorta

October 4 (Thu.) 17:00 - 19:30 Room A

Moderators: Hideyuki Shimizu Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University
  Tomohiro Mizuno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Speakers:

Knack and Pitfall in Aortic Arch Replacement
Yutaka Okita Takatsuki General Hospital, Cardio-Aortic Center
Knack and pitfall of aortic arch replacement for aortic dissection
Norihiko Shiiya 1st Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Aortic arch replacement with a stepwise distal anastomosis
Hitoshi Ogino Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
Total arch replacement in patients with shaggy aorta syndrome
Tomoki Shimokawa Teikyo University School of Medicine
Variable re-do surgeries after aortic replacement for root up to arch lesions
Yoshikatsu Saiki Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Surgical technique and pitfall of Frozen Elephant trunk procedure
Roberto Di Bartolomeo Department of Cardiac and Heart Transplantation of the Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi - University of Bologna, Italy
One-stage hybrid surgery for extended arch and descending aortic disease
Tomohiro Mizuno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Staged hybrid surgery for aortic arch aneurysms
Hideyuki Shimizu Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University
Hybrid aortic arch debranching repair
Kiyofumi Morishita Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hakodate Municipal Hospital
In-situ fenestration TEVAR for arch aneurysms under complete isolation of cerebral perfusion
Shinji Miyamoto Department of cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University
Fenestrated TEVAR of aortic arch using the Najuta stent graft
Naoki Toya Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital
Total endovascular arch repair with branch device
Toru Kuratani Department of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Techno-Academy Aortic Valve Repair

October 5 (Fri.) 13:00 - 16:00 Room A+B

Session I: Type Ib

Moderators: Yutaka Okita Takatsuki General Hospital, Cardio-Aortic Center
  Hans-Joachim Schafers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany

Keynote Lecture:

Remodeling
Hans-Joachim Schafers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany
Reimplantation
Duke Edward Cameron Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Speakers:

Simple and easy annuloplasty for remodeling
Shuichiro Takanashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute
Tips and pitfalls of the Valsalva-graft
Roberto Di Bartolomeo Department of Cardiac and Heart Transplantation of the Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi - University of Bologna, Italy
Should the tube graft be abandoned for reimplantation?
Norihiko Shiiya 1st Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Session Ⅱ: Type Ⅱ

Moderators: Yutaka Okita Takatsuki General Hospital, Cardio-Aortic Center
  Hans-Joachim Schafers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany

Keynote Lecture:

How and how far should effective height be arranged?
Hans-Joachim Schafers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany

Speakers:

Should double annuloplasty be always necessary?
Khalil Fattouch Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, Italy
Precise aortic annuloplasty mathod - Internal fixation using ePTFE ring
Kohei Abe St. Luke's International Hospital
Optimal assessment of the root configuration
Takashi Kunihara Department of Cardiac Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine

Session Ⅲ: Bicuspid aortic valve

Moderators: Yutaka Okita Takatsuki General Hospital, Cardio-Aortic Center
  Hans-Joachim Schafers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany

Keynote Lecture:

How should commissure angle and annulus be arranged?
Hans-Joachim Schafers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany

Speakers:

When tricuspid repair should be considered?
Tatsuhiko Komiya Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital
Is aggressive root replacement justified?
Yutaka Okita Takatsuki General Hospital, Cardio-Aortic Center

Techno-Academy MICS・Robotic

October 6 (Sat.) 10:00 - 12:30 Room A

(I) MICS AVR

Moderators: Taichi Sakaguchi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan
  Otto Dapunt Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Speakers:

Toshiaki Ito Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital
Tristan D. Yan Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Macquarie University Hospital /Surgery at the University of Sydney/Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia
Otto Dapunt Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria

(Ⅱ) MICS Mitral:My Technique and My Vision

Moderators: Hirofumi Takemura Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery of Kanazawa University
  Joseph Woo Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
  Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany

Speakers:

Direct vision
Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
2D-4K Endoscope
Minoru Tabata Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center
3D Endoscope
Toshiaki Ito Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital
Microscope
Kiyoyuki Eishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University

(Ⅲ) LIVE IN A BOX

MICS: Tips and Pitfalls
Moderators: Hirofumi Takemura Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery of Kanazawa University
  Joseph Woo Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
  Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany

Speakers:

Joseph Woo Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Khalil Fattouch Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, Italy
Hugo Baron Vanerman UZ--Brussels, Belgium / European Hospital, Roma, Italia

(Ⅳ) Robotic Mitral

Moderators: Hirofumi Takemura Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery of Kanazawa University
  Joseph Woo Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
  Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany

Speakers:

Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada
Nai-Hsin Chi Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco

Techno-Academy Emerging Technologies in Valve Therapy

October 6 (Sat.) 13:50 - 15:50 Room A

(I) Sutureless Value

1)Lecture
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Speakers:

Intuity
Alfred Kocher Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Perceval
Otto Dapunt Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2)Debate: Sutureless Valve vs TAVI (in relatively low risk patient)
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Speakers:

Sutureless Valve
Otto Dapunt Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria
TAVI
Anson Cheung Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada

(Ⅱ) Neochord

Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Speakers:

David H. Adams Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital, USA

(Ⅲ) Trans-catheter Valve Therapy

1)Mitral Clip: Real World Experience
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Speakers:

Cardiologist's view
Yohei Ohno Department of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Surgeon's view
Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
Surgeon's view
Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco
2)Lecture
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre/Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Speakers:

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: Lessons from a Journey into Enterprenourship
Lucian Lozonschi Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Future of Trans-catheter Valve Therapy
Anson Cheung Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada

Techno-Academy Heart Failure

October 6 (Sat.) 8:00 - 10:30 Room B

Moderators: Yoshiki Sawa Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  Minoru Ono Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo

Speakers:

gical approach to severely deteriorated heart failure with functional mitral regurgitation for non-candidate/refusal of VAD/HTx
Yoshiro Matsui Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Paracorporeal ventricular assist device implantation for acute heart failure
Tomohiro Mizuno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Technical tips of continuous-flow VAD implantation as bridge to transplantation
Minoru Ono Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo
Implantable ventricular assist device in systemic morphologic right ventricle.
Akira Shiose Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University
Small VAD for small patients?
Koichi Toda Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
New surgical techniques and management in HeartMate including less invasive implant procedure
Ivan Netuka Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Current Status of Destination Therapy in USA
Yoshifumi Naka Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University
Hystoty of Heart transplantation in Stanford University (50th year aniversary of heart transplantation) and heart transplantation technique
Joseph Woo Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Techno-Academy Congenital-1 Repair of atrioventricular septal defect

October 4 (Thu.) 8:00 - 10:00 Room G

Moderators: Masaaki Yamagishi Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural Univercity of Medicine
  Takaaki Suzuki Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center

Keynote Lecture:

Biventricular repair using two-patch method for patients with common atrioventricular defect.
Kisaburo Sakamoto Mt.Fuji Shizuoka Children Hospital

Speakers:

Two patch repair for complete atrio-ventricular septal defect
Takayoshi Ueno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University
A selective approach for complete atrioventricular septal defect repair based on Scoop index.
Yoshihiro Oshima Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital
Surgical experiences of modified single patch repair for AVSD
Shingo Kasahara Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama Univerity, Okayama, Japan
Surgical Correction of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Sanae Yamauchi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Osaka Japan
Complete type AVSD repair
Victor Tsang Great Ormond Street and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals / University College London, UK

Techno-Academy Congenital-2 Techniques for repair of aortic arch in
  congenital heart disease

October 5 (Fri.) 13:00 - 15:00 Room G

Moderators: Takayoshi Ueno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University
  Toshihide Nakano Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital

Keynote Lecture:

Aortic arch repair for CoA/IAA
Victor Tsang Great Ormond Street and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals / University College London, UK

Speakers:

Selective approach and procedure for repair of coarctation of the aorta
Takaaki Suzuki Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Midline aortic arch repair for the prevention of re-coarctation and compression of the left main bronchus in patient with coarctation of the aorta or interruption of the aortic arch.
Akio Ikai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mt.Fuji Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka,Japan
ong-term outcomes of interrupted aortic arch repair using the carotid swing down procedure
Yoshie Ochiai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, JCHO Kyushu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Aortic arch reconstruction for interrupted aortic arch type B with pulmonary autograft patch and additional procedure
Tomonori Higuma Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe children's Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Evolution of aortic arch repair, from side to midline, direct to patch
Takahisa Sakurai artment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Techno-Academy Cone Procedure for Ebstein’s Anomaly

October 5 (Fri.) 15:00 - 16:00 Room G

Moderators: Takayoshi Ueno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University
  Toshihide Nakano Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital

Speakers:

Cone Procedure for Ebstein's Anomaly
Rudiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany
Cone Procedure for Ebstein's Anomaly
Shuji Sano University of Calfornia, San Francisco, USA

Techno-Academy Congenital-3 Knacks & Pitfalls:
  Surgery for extra cardiac type Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

October 6 (Sat.) 8:00 - 10:00 Room G

Moderators: Kisaburo Sakamoto Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children Hospital
  Victor Tsang Great Ormond Street and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals / University College London, UK

Keynote Lecture:

Extra cardiac type TAPVR repair
Victor Tsang Great Ormond Street and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals / University College London, UK

Speakers:

Repair of extra-cardiac type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with heterotaxy syndrome
Takaya Hoashi National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Research Center
Surgical repair of extra-cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous
Connection

Toshihide Nakano Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital
Knack & Pitfall in operation for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
Naoki Yoshimura Departement of Surgery 1, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama
3DCT-based surgical strategy for extracardiac TAPVC
Hironori Matsuhisa Department of Cardovascular Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Operative results after surgery for extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Hajime Sakurai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Techno-Academy Thoracic-1 Minimal invasive and robot-assisted thoracic
  surgery

October 4 (Thu.) 8:00 - 10:30 Room C

Moderators: Ichiro Yoshino Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University Hospital
  Toru Bando Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital

Speakers:

Extended robotic resections for lung cancer
Alper Toker Istanbul University / Istanbul School of Medicine / Department of Thoracic Surgery at Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Turkey
Advance in minimal invasive mediastinal surgery: VAMLA and TOEMS (Video-assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy and Transoral endoscopic mediastinal surgery)
Gunda Leschber Department of Thoracic Surgery at ELK Berlin Chest Hospital, Germany
Technical essences for complete VATS sleeve lobectomy
Shinjiro Nagai Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center, Himeji, Japan
Needlescopic Thoracic Surgery : 
Less invasive thoracic surgery using fine scope and forceps

Michihiko Tajiri Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan
The perspective on uniportal-VATS(U-VATS) in thoracic surgery
Kyoji Hirai Division of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital
Technical aspects and its theory of robotic thoracic surgery
Hiroshige Nakamura Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University
Robotic Assisted Lobectomy for Lung Cancer Patients
Shota Nakamura Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Techno-Academy Thoracic-2 Tracheobronchial reconstruction

October 5 (Fri.) 13:00 - 15:30 Room C

Moderators: Masayuki Chida Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University
  Hiroshi Date Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University

Speakers:

Tracheal resection: Indications, technique and results
Cameron Dorrans Wright Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Complex resections in airway problems
Alper Toker Istanbul University / Istanbul School of Medicine / Department of Thoracic Surgery at Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Turkey
Is a cut line on the bronchus during a bronchoplasty necessary to make a vertical plane to the bronchus axis?
Masayuki Chida Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University
Various bronchial anastomoses in lung transplantation
Toyofumi Chen Yoshitaka Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Tracheobronchial reconstruction after an induction therapy for thoracic malignancy
Hironori Ishibashi Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Clinical outcomes of bronchoplasty for lung cancer in relation to suture technique and use of preoperative therapy
Sung Soo Chang Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kagawa University
Carinal Resection or Bronchovasucular Sleeve Resection for following Chemoradiotherapy or Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
Kenji Suzuki Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University

Techno-Academy Esophagus

October 6 (Sat.) 8:00 - 10:30 Room H

Moderators: Harushi Udagawa Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hopital
  Harushi Osugi Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University

Speakers:

Four-arm robotic esophagectomy & lymph node dissection for esophageal cancer
Dae Joon Kim Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
Biventricular repair using two-patch method for patients with common atrioventricular defect.
Hisahiro Matsubara Department of Frontier Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Dissection procedure of lymph nodes around left recurrent laryngeal nerve by thoracoscopic surgery in the left lateral position
Itasu Ninomiya Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Microanatomy-based left upper mediastinal lymph node dissection using the concept of sheath and layer
Yasuhiro Shirakawa Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University
Dissection along the left recurrent laryngeal nerve during esophageal cancer surgery by da Vinci
Hirokazu Noshiro Department of Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine
Continuous intraoperative nerve monitoring (CIONM)-based lymphadenectomy along the left recurrent laryngeal nerve with single-port mediastinoscopy
Hitoshi Fujiwara Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Joint Symposium

Joint Symposium

October 5 (Fri.) 17:00 - 18:45 Room A+B

Work Style Reforms in Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon

Moderators: Koichi Tabayashi Sendai Seiyo Gakuin College
  Kisaburo Sakamoto Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children Hospital

Speakers:

Work-style Reforms in Japan;Medical field
Masami Sakoi Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Japanese Problems to be solved in Cardio-thoracic surgery
Overview and team approach

Kisaburo Sakamoto Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children Hospital
Japanese Problems to be solved in Cardio-thoracic surgery
Women's activity

Takeshi Nagayasu Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University
Japanese Problems to be solved in Cardio-thoracic surgery
Development of the next generation

Hitoshi Ogino Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
Professionalism
Duke Edward Cameron Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Team approach, women's activity and development of the next generation in cardio-thoracic surgery of USA
Joseph Woo Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Women's activities in thoracic surgery in Germany and Europe
Gunda Leschber Department of Thoracic Surgery at ELK Berlin Chest Hospital, Germany
Team approach, women's activity and development of the next generation in cardio-thoracic surgery of Thailand
Suchart Chaiyaroj Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Issues in USA and Japan:From the viewpoint of Japanese surgeon working in USA
Shunji Sano University of Calfornia, San Francisco, USA

Symposium

Symposium 1

October 4 (Thu.) 10:00 - 12:00 Room B

How should we maximally utilize bilateral internal thoracic arteries?

Moderators: Hirofumi Takemura Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery of Kanazawa University
  Bob B. Kiaii Division of Cardiac Surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre / Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Keynote Lecture:

BITA Grafting:ART and the Evidence in 2018
David P. Taggart Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Oxford / Department Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK

Speakers:

A study for the graft design of bilateral thoracic arteries based on the long-term outcomes after CABG
Michihito Nonaka Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital
Usefulness of free RITA for complete revascularization using bilateral internal thoracic artery
Takahiro Ozeki Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya 1st Red-Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Free right internal thoracic artery maximizes the effectiveness of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery
Kosaku Nishigawa Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Effectiveness of free right internal thoracic artery and its growth potential
Tadashi Isomura Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Heart Center, Tokyo, Japan
Comparison of bilateral and single internal thoracic artery use as inflow graft in total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Yusuke Shimahara National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Does use of bilateral internal thoracic artery reduce mortality in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy?
Satoshi Kainuma Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Symposium 2

October 4 (Thu.) 17:00 - 19:30 Room B

Reconsideration of mitral valve repair technique from long-term outcomes

Moderators: Kiyoyuki Eishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University
  Tatsuhiko Komiya Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital

Keynote Lecture:

Raising our Standards
David H. Adams Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital, USA

Speakers:

Validity of Valvuloplasty Procedure for Organic Mitral Valve Insufficiency and the Selection of Surgical procedure for Reccurrent Mitral Valve Regurgitation after Mitral Valve Plasty
Hidehito Kuroki Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Surgical technique for mitral valve plasty with good long term outcome in organic mitral lesion
Tadashi Isomura Deapartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Heart Center, Tokyo, Japan
Long-term outcomes of mitral valve repair with loop technique
Akimasa Morisaki Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Comparison between Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement in Active Infective Endocarditis
Thitipong Tepsuwan Cardiothoracic Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Impact of the Lesion Localization on the Durability of Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Infective Endocarditis
Takashi Miura Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
Short posterior leaflet of mitral valve tends to make a reccurence after mitral Annuloplasty for Atrial mitral regurgitation
Yoshimasa Furuichi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Long-term outcome of mitral valve repair using "Edge to Edge technique"
Kazuyoshi Takagi Department of Surgery, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Symposium 3

October 4 (Thu.) 10:30 - 12:10 Room C

Extended resection for Pancoast tumor and/or vertebra-invading lung cancer

Moderators: Koichi Kaneko Department of Genaral Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
  Jun Nakajima Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo

Speakers:

En-bloc resection of NSCLC invading the thoracic inlet with or without spinal involvement:technique and long-term outcome
Elie Fadel Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Heart Lung Transplantation Marie Lannelongue Hospital / Paris-Sud University, France
Treatment outcome and strategy for Pancoast lung cancer
Eriko Suzuki Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
Treatment strategy and surgical outcome for Superior sulcus tumor
Masashi Kobayashi Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Trimodality therapy for superior sulcus tumour:The experience of a single institution over 18 years
Shinsuke Uchida Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Surgical Outcomes of En Bloc Resection for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Invading the Spine
Shintaro Tarumi Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
The improvements in the surgery for primary lung cancer involving vertebral resection
Isao Matsumoto Department of Thoracic, Cardiothoracic and General Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Symposium 4

October 4 (Thu.) 17:00 - 19:00 Room C

Lung cancer surgery after chemoradiation therapy

Moderators: Masafumi Kawamura Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine
  Yukitoshi Satoh Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital

Speakers:

Surgery after induction chemoradiotherapy for stage IIIA N2 lung cancer
Cameron Dorrans Wright Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for stage III A NSCLC
Raphael Bueno Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA
The outcomes of induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for clinical T3-4 non-small cell lung cancer
Ryu Kanzaki Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
Induction chemoradiotherapy by histologic subtypes for cN2 lung cancer
Hironori Ishibashi Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Outcome of surgical treatment for locally advanced lung cancer after induction chemoradiotherapy
Masayuki Tanahashi Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Yukio Watanabe Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Yasuhiro Hida Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Symposium 5

October 5(Fri.) 13:00 - 15:00 Room H

The current status and future vision of the esophageal carcinoma surgery from the view of the approach to the mediastinum

Moderators: Hiroyuki Kuwano Fukuoka City Hospital
  Yasuyuki Seto Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The University of Tokyo

Speakers:

Idea for development of surgical field of view at thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the left lateral decubitus position
Yasuhiro Tsubosa Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
The technique and outcomes of thoracoscopic esophagectomy by the left decubitus position under artificial pneumothorax
Hiroshi Sato Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Ingenuity for performance of thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the left lateral position
Itasu Ninomiya Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Advantages and disadvantages of thoracoscopic radical eophagectomy in the left lateral decubitus position
Shigeru Lee Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Evaluation of thoracoscopic esophagectomy between prone and left decubitus position
Yusuke Taniyama Department of Surgery, Tohoku University
Introduction of Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in prone positionand its current result
Makoto Sohda Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
Superiority of thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the hybrid position to the prone position
Hirotoshi Kikuchi Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicien, Hamamatsu, Japan
Hybrid approach by mediastinoscope and thoracoscope can be a preceding step to the mediastinoscopic radical strategy for esophageal cancer
Takeshi Nishino Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
Current status and perspective of transmediastinal radical esophagectomy
Atsushi Shiozaki Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Symposium 6

October 6(Sat.) 10:30 - 12:30 Room B

Mechanical circulatory support for acute heart failure -Exploring the best strategy-

Moderators: Akira Shiose Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University
  Koichi Toda Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

Speakers:

Surgical Conversion from Peripheral ECMO to Central Support in Acute Congestive Cardiac Failure
Satsuki Fukushima Department of Cardiac Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
What is necessary to improve salvage rates from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to acute deteriorated heart failure? -Verification of risk factors on VAD implantation
Tomohiro Mizuno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
External VAD therapy for acute heart failure
Masato Mutsuga Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
The result of mechanical circulatory support for acute heart failure in our institution
Michiko Watanabe Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Treatment strategy for mechanical circulatory support using a centrifugal pump
Yosihisa Tanoue Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Failure, Kyushu University
Strategy and Outcome for LV venting in children on ECMO with low cardiac function
Hideyuki Okawa Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, Obu, Japan
New strategy for cardiogenic shock using percutaneous left ventricular assist device Impella
Shohei Yoshida Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Pump catheter for assisted circulation in cardiogenic shock and extracorporeal oxigenation
Tomohiro Nakajima Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Symposium 7

October 6(Sat.) 10:00 - 12:30 Room C

The best surgical strategy for acute type A aortic dissection:Still replacement of the ascending aorta, or extended ascending and arch replacement? -A re-consideration based on long-term results and the results of additional surgery after the first surgery

Moderators: Akihiko Usui Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University
  Norihiko Shiiya 1st Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Current Results and Trend in Central Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Tomonobu Abe Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University
Surgical outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection for life-saving
Shigeru Sakurai Kawasaki Aortic Center, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
The selection of the optimal procedure for acute type A aortic dissection
Tomonori Koga Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
Surgical results of ascending aortic replacement and total arch replacement for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection
Keiji Uchida Cardiovascular Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Strategy of surgical procedure for acute type A aortic dissection
Yoshinori Nakahara Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, IMS Katsushika Heart Center, Tokyo, Japan
Extended aortic replacement in acute type A aortic dissection
Kentaro Tamura The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Surgical strategy for acute type A aortic dssection
Yosuke Inoue Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Ascending aorta replacement vs Ascending and partial aortic arch replacement in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection
Hidenobu Takaki Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Tochigi, Japan

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion 1

October 4 (Thu.) 13:30 - 16:00 Room B

Surgical strategy for extended thoracic aortic disease(from the ascending aorta(Zone 0)to thoracic descending aorta which needs reconstruction of three arch vessels)

Moderators: Kenji Okada Cardiovascular Surgery, Shinshu University
  Yoshikatsu Saiki Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

Speakers:

Surgical strategy for extended arch aneurysms. "Single stage graft replacement vs Hybrid arch repair"
Yasuhisa Oishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Excellent acute and mid-term results of one-stage extended hybrid aortic repair for total arch and descending aortic disease
Tomohiro Mizuno Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Our strategy for the long thoracic aortic aneurysm mainly by hybrid surgical therapy
Tomoyuki Wada Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Oita University, Oita, Japan
open surgery strategy for extensive arch aneurysm
Yasuhiko Terai Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
Staged Repair of Extensive Aortic Aneurysms:Comparison of Open Surgery and Endovascular repair
Tomoya Uchimuro Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Staged Operation for Extended Aortic Aneurysm with Total Arch Replacement
Masaaki Ryomoto Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Surgical strategy for extended aortic arch aneurysm
Tsutomu Ito Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Outcomes of total endovascular arch repair for the extensive aortic arch aneurysm with branched device
Keiwa Kin Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Panel Discussion 2

October 4 (Thu.) 13:30 - 16:00 Room C

Troubleshooting in thoracic surgery

Moderators: Norihiko Ikeda Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
  Shunsuke Endo Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University

Speakers:

Pulmonary artery plasty for mechanical stenosis post-left upper sleeve lobectomy
Daisuke Nakajima Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
The preservation of middle lobe by using plasty technique after cutting vessel or bronchus in error in right lobectomy
Hidemi Suzuki Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Causes and Prevention of Reoperation for Bleeding after Thoracoscopic Lobectomy
Mingyon Mun Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Tokyo, Japan
Management of unexpected intraoperative bleeding during thoracoscopic surgery
Souichiro Suzuki Department of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Novel method for clamping pulmonary artery―double looping technique―
Masahiro Miyajima Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
Trouble shooting for intraoperative air leaks
Shuhei Yoshida Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
Advantage of our modified circuit of ECMO for lung transplantation―Trouble shooting for massive air contamination in ECMO circuit―
Ryuichi Waseda Department of General Thoracic, Breast and Pediatric Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine

Panel Discussion 3

October 4 (Thu.) 17:00 - 19:00 Room G

Feedback from the long-term results for the ideal Jatene procedure

Moderators: Yutaka Imoto Cardiovascular and Gastoenterological Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  Masaaki Kawada Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi

Speakers:

Long term result of Arterial Switch Operation of Transposition of Great Arteries
Masaki Taira Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Long-term Outcomes of the Arterial Switch Operation
Yu Murakami Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Reinterventions and residual legions long after the Arterial switch operations
Kenta Imai Cardiovascular Surgery, Mt.Fuji Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
Late result and problems in late phase of arterial switch operation
Hisayuki Hongu Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Fate of Neoaortic Root and Reimplanted Coronary Arteries After Arterial Switch Operation
Shinichiro Oda Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
Surgical intervention to the neo-aortic valve after arterial switch operation
Yuki Nakayama Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Panel Discussion 4

October 5 (Fri.) 17:00 - 19:00 Room C

Multimodality treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Moderators: Kohei Yokoi Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  Kenichi Okubo Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Speakers:

Prognostic biomarker for mesothelioma surgery
Raphael Bueno Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA
Immuno-checkpoint blockade in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Nobukazu Fujimoto Department of Medical Oncology, Okayama Rosai Hospital
Outcomes of multimodality therapy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Koji Kawaguchi Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Interim Results of Pleurectomy/decortication-based Multimodality Treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Akifumi Nakamura Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
The Results of Multimodal Treatment with Extrapleural Pneumonectomy or Pleurectomy/Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Kazunori Okabe Division of Thoracic Surgery, Yamaguchi Ube Medical Center, Ube, Japan
Treatments for recurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma after surgery-based multimodality therapy
Masashi Kobayashi Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Panel Discussion 5

October 5 (Fri.) 13:00 - 15:00 Room D

Saphenous vein graft revisited

Moderators: Hiroyuki Tanaka Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
  Ki-Bong Kim Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Keynote Lecture:

Saphenous vein graft revisited
Ki-Bong Kim Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Speakers:

Coronary artery vein graft failure -Pathogenesis and prevention-
Hiroyuki Tanaka Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine
Short-term results of no touch SVG, and perspectives based on the optical/electron microscopic and optical coherence tomographic findings
Akira Sugaya Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
The potential of saphenous vein graft with no touch technique
Kenji Wada Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute
Experimental consideration on the effectiveness of saphenous vein graft preserving perivascular adipose tissue in coronary artery bypass surgery
Toshiyuki Yamada Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Saphenous vein graft revisited―Is there a patient group which shows a good long-term outcome?
Keiji Oi Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
The impact of sequential saphenous vein outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting
Noritoshi Minematsu Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine
Comparison between Sequential anastomosis and Composite Y graft of the Saphenous vein in CABG
Onichi Furuya The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kishiwada Tokusyukai Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Panel Discussion 6

October 5 (Fri.) 17:00 - 19:00 Room D

How should we treat functional tricuspid regurgitation?:Surgical strategy according to TR grade

Moderators: Takashi Kunihara Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine
  Shuichiro Takanashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute

Keynote Lecture:

How should we treat functional tricuspid regurgitation?:Surgical strategy according to TR grade
Gilles Dreyfus Cardio-Thoracic Centre Principality of Monaco, Monaco

Speakers:

What is the valid operative indication for functional tricuspid valve regurgitation?
Wataru Tatsuishi Department of General Surgical Science, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan
Impact of Tricuspid Valve repair for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation on Long-term Survival―Indication of Preventive Surgery for Mild-less Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation―
Ryo Suzuki The Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Surgical strategy by grade of tricuspid regurgitation for functional tricuspid regurgitation
Masahiro Tanji Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Reconsideration of the annular dilation of the functional tricuspid valve regurgitation based on the methodology of standerdized annular measurement
Noriyasu Kawada Department of Cardiac Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Impact of Clover Technique for severe TR
Masanao Nakai Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
Effect of Spiral Suspension for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation with Tethered Leaflet
Kikuko Obase Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
Early and Long Term Results of Tricuspid Anterior Leaflet Augmentation for Severe Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation without Leaflet Coaptation
Yoshiaki Fukumura Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross, Tokushima Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Panel Discussion 7

October 5 (Fri.) 17:00 - 19:00 Room H

The best reconstruction method after esophageactomy for thoracic esophageal carcinoma

Moderators: Masahiko Yano Department of Gastroenteral Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute
  Masaru Morita Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center

Speakers:

The comparison of the reconstruction route after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer:posterior mediastinal route and retrosternal route
Makoto Yamasaki Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
The Efforts in the Preoperative Risk Assessment and the Esophageal Reconstruction to Avoid Reconstruction-related Complications in Esophageal Cancer Surgery
Koichi Okamoto Department of Gastroenterlogical Surgery, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography for reconstructed gastric tube
Youichi Kumagai Department of Digestive and General Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Dynamic assessment of the gastric roll perfusion after esophagectomy by using indocyanine green fluorescence angiography
Kinji Kamiya Second Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
Development of real-time organ blood flow evaluation in esophageal reconstruction surgery and its clinical application
Hiroshi Saeki Department of Surgery and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Safe reconstruction of gastric conduit and jejunum based on evaluation of visualized blood blow in esophagectomy
Kazuhiro Noma Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
Randomized phase 2 trial of gastric tube with roux-en-Y reconstruction compared with gastric tube reconstruction after esophagectomy
Keijiro Sugimura Department of Gastroenteological Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute
The outcome of stomach preserving ileocolic reconstruction for esophagectomy
Masaki Ueno Department of Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Panel Discussion 8

October 6 (Sat.) 8:00 - 10:00 Room A

Pursuit of quality and safety in MICS

Moderators: Kiyoyuki Eishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University
  Toshiaki Ito Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital

Keynote Lecture:

Pursuit of quality and safety in MICS
Rüdiger Lange Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Centre Munich, Germany

Speakers:

The Efficacy of MICS-mitral valve repailr:comparison with median sternotomy
Yasushi Yoshikawa Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Totally Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery:Propensity-Matched Comparison with Conventional Sternotomy Approach
Masayoshi Tokoro Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital
Establishment of safety and quality in mitral valve repair via right minithoracotomy
Kazuma Okamoto Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
MICS-MVP;for Quality and Safety
Takaki Uchida Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Improvement for Ensuring the Quality and Safety of MICS
Ichiro Matsumaru Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
Procedural quality and safety of minimally invasive cardiac surgery:Discussion based on our experience of 792 cases
Toshinori Totsugawa Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Appropriate patient selection using risk calculator for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in Japan
Hiroyuki Nishi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Panel Discussion 9

October 6 (Sat.) 13:50 - 15:50 Room B

Pursuing the best long-term management for implantable ventricular assist devices

Moderators: Goro Matsumiya Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba University Hospital
  Kenji Yamazaki Advanced Medical Research Institute, Hokkaido Cardiovascular Hospital

Speakers:

Risk analysis of cerebrovascular accident after left ventricular assist device implantation
Daisuke Yoshioka Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Challenges to reduce long-term complications with implantable LVAD
Yorihiko Matsumoto Department of Cardiac Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Could cardioplumonary exercise prevent aortic inssuficiency in the patients supported with a left ventricular assist device?
Yuichiro Kishimoto Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
Problems and solutions for the long-term management of patients with an implantable ventricular assist device
Yuki Ichihara Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Single-center experience of cases with HeartMate II driveline fracture
Shogo Shimada Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Long term management of implantable VAD patients based on patient education
Jun Hayashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Gastrointestinal bleeding after LVAD implantation and introduction of small intestine endoscopy
Ko Sakatsume Devision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Integrated management for the driveline infection of the implantable ventricular assist device―including prophylactic omental transfer at the exit of the driveline
Tomonori Ooka Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan