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The 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Program
Invited Lecturer
Presidential Address
Special Program
Postgraduate Course
The 13th MICS & CTT
New Technology
Medical Safety Workshop
Hands-on Seminar / Video Session
Plenary Session
Excellent Session (Heart)
Excellent Session (Lung / Mediastinum)
Symposium
Workshop
Luncheon Seminar
Time Table
Invited Lecturers
G. Alexander Patterson (President of AATS)
(Washington University, USA)
Sidney Levitsky (Former-President of STS)
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA)
Tarng-Jenn Yu (President of ASCVTS)
(Cheng-Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, Taiwan)
David H. Adams
(Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA)
Nasser Altorki
(New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell, USA)
Joseph Edward Bavaria
(University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, USA)
Michael A. Borger
(Heart Center Leipzig University, Germany)
Christopher Anthony Caldarone
(The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
Pradistchai Chaiseri
(Chest Disease Institute, Thailand)
Suchart Chaiyaroj
(Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand)
Timothy A. M. Chuter
(University of California San Francisco, USA)
Claude Deschamps
(Mayo Clinic, USA)
Vincent Dor
(Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, Monaco)
Gabriele Di Giammarco
(University G. D'Annunzio Chieti, Italy)
Peter Goldstraw
(Royal Brompton Hospital, UK)
Dominique Grunenwald
(Hopital Tenon, University of Paris VI, France)
Chuen Neng Lee
(National University Health System, Singapore)
Jae-Won Lee
(ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
Richard Lee
(Northwestern University, USA)
David C. McGiffin
(University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
Weerachai Nawarawong
(Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
Hisashi Nikaidoh
(Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, USA)
Yukihiko Nosé
(Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
Jean-Francois Obadia
(Hopital Cardiothoracique Louis Pradel, France)
Christian Pizarro
(A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Nemours Cardiac Center, USA)
Frank Van Praet
(OLV Clinic, Belgium)
John D. Puskas
(Emory University, USA)
Hazim J. Safi
(University of Texas Medical School Houston, USA)
Lars G. Svensson
(The Cleveland Clinic, USA)
David Paul Taggart
(John Radcliffe Hospital, UK)
Andres Varela
(Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Spain)
Winston Bonetti Yoshida
(Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu-Unesp, Brazil)
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Invited Lecture
Invited Lecture 1 Oct.12 (Monday)  8:50 - 9:20  Room1
Moderator: Shuichiro Takanashi (Sakakibara Heart Institute)
IL1 Off-pump coronary artery bypass disproportionately benefits patients with higher society of thoracic surgeons predicted risk of mortality
John D. Puskas  (Emory University, Georgia, USA)
Invited Lecture 2 Oct.12 (Monday)  9:20 - 9:50  Room1
Moderator: Tohru Asai (Shiga University of Medical Science)
IL2 CABG update 2009
David P. Taggart
(University of Oxford / John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK)
Invited Lecture 3 Oct.12 (Monday)  9:50 - 10:20  Room1
Moderator: Masashi Komeda (Nagoya Heart Center)
IL3 Reasons why post myocardial infarct (MI) severe ventricular remodeling is surgically and durably reversible
Vincent Dor
(Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, Monaco)
Invited Lecture 4 Oct.12 (Monday)  10:30 - 11:00  Room1
Moderator: Toshihiko Ueda (Tokai University)
IL4 Aortic root surgery and modified David reimplantation
Lars Georg Svensson
(The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA)
Invited Lecture 5 Oct.12 (Monday)  11:00 - 11:30  Room1
Moderator: Motomi Ando (Fujita Health University)
IL5 The role of fibrin glue in the aortic endoprosthesis fixation. Biomechanical and histologic analysis in pigs
Winston Bonetti Yoshida
(Paulista State University 〈UNESP〉, São Paulo, Brazil)
Invited Lecture 6 Oct.12 (Monday)  11:30 - 12:00  Room1
Moderator: Yasuyuki Hosoda (Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital)
IL6 Intraoperative protection of the myocardium: 2009
Sidney Levitsky
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA)
Invited Lecture 7 Oct.12 (Monday)  15:50 - 16:20  Room1
Moderator: Ryuji Tominaga (Kyushu University)
IL7 Transapical aortic valve implantation: Propensity-matched comparison to conventional aortic valve replacement patients
Michael A. Borger
(Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany)
Invited Lecture 8 Oct.12 (Monday)  16:20 - 16:50  Room1
Moderator: Tadaaki Maehara (National Defense Medical College)
IL8 How to treat complex cases of endocarditis
Jean-François Obadia
(Hospital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Rhone, France)
Invited Lecture 9 Oct.12 (Monday)  16:50 - 17:20  Room1
Moderator: Yukikatsu Okada (Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital)
IL9 A lesion specific approach in complex mitral valve repair
David H. Adams
(Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA)
Invited Lecture 10 Oct.12 (Monday)  9:20 - 9:50  Room2
Moderator: Takashi Kondo (Tohoku University)
IL10 Non heart-beating donation in Spain
Andres Varela
(Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain)
Invited Lecture 11 Oct.12 (Monday)  9:50 - 10:20  Room2
Moderator: Kenji Suzuki (Juntendo University)
IL11 Lobectomy vs. limited resection for clinical T1N0M0 non-small cell lung cancer
Nasser K. Altorki
(New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell, New York, USA)
Invited Lecture 12 Oct.12 (Monday)  16:00 - 16:30  Room3
Moderator: Hideaki Kado (Fukuoka Children's Hospital)
IL12 Aortic translocation operation (Nikaidoh) and variations.
Hisashi Nikaidoh
(Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
Invited Lecture 13 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  10:10 - 10:50  Room2
Moderator: Hideo Adachi (Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University)
IL13 Branched stent grafts
Timothy A. M. Chuter
(University of Calilfornia San Francisco, California, USA)
Invited Lecture 14 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  16:10 - 16:40  Room2
Moderator: Yoshio Kosakai (Senri Central Hospital)
IL14 Lone atrial fibrillation surgery
Richard Lee (Northwestern University, Illinois, USA)
Invited Lecture 15 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  16:40 - 17:10  Room2
Moderator: Shunei Kyo (The University of Tokyo)
IL15 VADs for the bridge to myocardial repair therapy
Yukihiko Nosé (Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA)
Invited Lecture 16 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  10:00 - 10:30  Room3
Moderator: Masahiko Tsurumaru (Juntendo University)
IL16 Quality and safety in the operating room
Claude Deschamps (Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA)
Invited Lecture 17 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  16:40 - 17:10  Room3
Moderator: Hiroshi Date (Kyoto University)
IL17 Lung transplantation
G. Alexander Patterson
(President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery / Washington University, Missouri, USA)
Invited Lecture 18 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  9:00 - 9:30  Room4
Moderator: Ryo Aeba (Keio University)
IL18 Choosing between one- and two-ventricle palliation for neonates with critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Christopher A. Caldarone
(University of Toronto / The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Canada)
Invited Lecture 19 Oct.13 (Tuesday)  9:30 - 10:00  Room4
Moderator: Munetaka Masuda (Yokohama City University)
IL19 Hybrid management for the high-risk newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Christian Pizarro
(Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Delaware, USA)
Invited Lecture 20 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  11:00 - 11:30  Room1
Moderator: Kazutomo Minami (Nihon University)
IL20 Methods and procedures for intraoperative graft patency verification
Gabriele Di Giammarco
(University "G. D'Annunzio" Chieti, Chieti, Italy)
Invited Lecture 21 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  11:30 - 12:00  Room1
Moderator: Haruo Makuuchi (St. Marianna University School of Medicine)
IL21 Hybrid therapy: The intentional combination of robotically enhanced MIDCAB and PCI
Frank Van Praet (OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium)
Invited Lecture 22 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  13:10 - 13:50  Room1
Moderator: Kohei Kawazoe (St. Luke's International Hospital)
IL22 Chronic mitral regurgitation - The effect on myocardial mechanics and biochemistry and the implication for early correction
David C. McGiffin
(University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
Invited Lecture 23 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  13:50 - 14:30  Room1
Moderator: Tsuyoshi Itoh (Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital)
IL23 Distal aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection
Joseph Edward Bavaria
(University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invited Lecture 24 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  14:30 - 15:10  Room1
Moderator: Yutaka Okita (Kobe University)
IL24 Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
Hazim J. Safi
(University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA)
Invited Lecture 25 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  11:00 - 11:30  Room2
Moderator: Kanji Nagai (National Cancer Center Hospital East)
IL25 The IASLC staging result: The 7th and future TNM staging for lung cancer
Peter Goldstraw
(Royal Brompton Hospital / Imperial College, London, UK)
Invited Lecture 26 Oct.14 (Wednesday)  11:30 - 12:00  Room2
Moderator: Shinichiro Miyoshi (Okayama University)
IL26 Surgical morbi-mortality in the context of pre-operative induction therapy for NSCLC
Dominique H. Grunenwald
(Hopital Tenon / University of Paris VI, Paris, France)
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Presidential Address
Presidential Address Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  13:10 - 13:55  Room1
Moderator: Shiaki Kawada  (HIMEDIC Imaging Center at Lake Yamanaka / Professor Emeritus, Keio University)
My Way to seek Art & Science
Ryohei Yozu (Keio University)
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Special Program
Special Program 1 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  10:20 - 12:00  Room1
Moderators:  Weerachai Nawarawong (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
Shinichi Takamoto (Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Japan)
Special Address:  G. Alexander Patterson (Washington University, USA)
SP1  Issues arising in thoracic surgeon training practiced in Asian countries
Questionnaire Result: Ryo Aeba (Keio University)
SP1-1  Issues in planning cardiothoracic surgical training in Singapore
Chuen-Neng Lee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
SP1-2  Thoracic surgeon training practiced in Thailand
Pradistchai Chaiseri (Chest Disease Institute, Thailand)
SP1-3   The Cardiovascular Surgeon Training Program in Taiwan Meets New Challenges
Tarng-Jenn Yu (Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan)
SP1-4   Issues arising in thoracic surgeon training practiced in Asian countries: Korea is facing new challenge in thoracic surgery
Jae-Won Lee (University of Ulsan, Korea)
SP1-5   Issues arising in thoracic surgeon training practiced in Japan
Hiroaki Osada
(Shoh-nan Central Hospital / Professor Emeritus St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan)
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Special Program 2 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  15:10 - 16:10  Room1
Moderator: Hikaru Matsuda (Hyogo University of Health Sciences)
SP2  The Future of the American and Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
SP2-1   The future of the American and Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery -The audacity of hope in the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery-(The audacity of hope: Barack Obama)
Koichi Tabayashi
(President of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery / Tohoku University, Japan)
SP2-2  Research and education: The AATS mission
G. Alexander Patterson
(President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery / Washington University, USA)
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Postgraduate Course  
I. Cardiovascular Surgery Course
I-1.  Valve : Mitral valve repair
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 13 : 00 - 14 : 15
Venue : Room 1 [Main Hall]
Moderators:  Hiromi Kurosawa (Sakakibara Sapia Tower Clinic)
David H. Adams (Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA)
1)  The hemodynamic pathophysiology of mitral regurgitaiton
David C. McGiffin (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
2)  How to start a minimal invasive program as an established valve repair surgeon?
Jean-François Obadia (Hospital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, France)
3)  Minimal invasive MV repair for mitral regurgitation: Results of 1339 consecutive patients
Michael A. Borger (Leipzig Heart Center, Germany)
4) Redo-mitral valve repair
David H. Adams (Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA)
I-2.  Coronary : Surgical left ventricular restoration for ischemic cardiomyopathy
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 15 : 25 - 16 : 40
Venue : Room 1 [Main Hall]
Moderators:  Ryuzo Sataka (Kyoto University)
Hitoshi Yaku (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Special Address:  Soichiro Kitamura (National Cardiovascular Centre)
1)  Basic goals, principles and technical steps of left ventricular reconstruction (LVR), for severe remodelling post myocardial infarct (MI)
Vincent Dor (Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, Monaco)
2) SAVE Operation
Hisayoshi Suma (The Cardiovascular Institute Hospital, Japan)
I-3.  Aorta : Treatment of thoracic and thoracabdominal aortic pathology
Open surgery and TEVAR.
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 13 : 00 - 16 : 15
Venue : Room 2 [301+302]
(i) Moderators: 
Hazim J. Safi  (University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA)
Lars Georg Svensson (The Cleveland Clinic, USA)
1) Ascending and transverse aortic arch repair
Hazim J. Safi (University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA)
2) Surgery for the thoracoabdominal and descending aorta
Yutaka Okita (Kobe University)
3) Hybrid heart procedures
Lars Georg. Svensson (The Cleveland Clinic, USA)
(ii) Moderator: Timothy A. M. Chuter  (University of California San Francisco, USA)
4) Endovascular repair in aortic aneurysm
Masaaki Kato (Morinomiya Hospital)
5)  Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR): Evolution of therapy, patterns of use and results in 450 cases
Joseph Edward Bavaria
(University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, USA)
6) Tips on endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
Timothy A. M. Chuter (University of California San Francisco, USA)
I-4.  Congenital : Left ventricular inflow and outflow obstruction
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 13 : 00 - 16 : 15
Venue : Room 3 [303+304]
Moderators:  Hisashi Nikaidoh (Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, USA)
Shunji Sano (Okayama University)
1) Aortic level obstruction in neonates and children
Christopher Anthony Caldarone
(University of Tronto / The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
2)  Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: Sub valvar and supra valvar stenosis
Christian Pizarro (Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, USA)
3)  How to manage the critical aortic stenosis in neonates and infants?
Shunji Sano (Okayama University)
4) Mitral valve level
Hisashi Nikaidoh (Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, USA)
II.  Topics in Lung Cancer Surgery and Lung Transplantation
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 13 : 00 - 15 : 00
Venue : Room 6 [Small Auditorium]
Moderators:  Takayuki Shirakusa (Fukuseikai Hospital)
Hiroaki Osada (Sho-nann Chu-oh Hospital)
1) VATS lobectomy
Nasser Altorki (New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell, USA)
2)  Lung transplantation in the European Union countries. The Spanish model of organ donation
Andres Varela (Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Spain)
3)  Tracheal resection and carinal reconstruction for malignant disease
Peter Goldstraw (Royal Brompton Hospital / Imperial College, UK)
4)  Extended resection for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Dominique H. Grunenwald (Hopital Tenon / University of Paris VI, France)
III.  Esophageal benign diseases, Esophageal malignant diseases
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 13 : 00 - 14 : 30
Venue : Room 4 [501]
Moderators:  Hiromasa Fujita (Kurume University)
Seiji Udagawa (Toranomon Hospital)
1) Surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma
Claude Deschamps (Mayo Clinic, USA)
2) Surgery for benign esophageal diseases
Soji Ozawa (Tokai University)
3)  Perioperative management of patients undergoing esophagectomy
- Clinical importance of multidisciplinary team approach -
Yoshihiro Kinoshita (Toranomon Hospital)
4) Salvage esophagectomy
Yuji Tachimori (National Cancer Center Hospital)
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The 13th MICS & CTT  
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 14 : 20 - 15 : 20
Venue : Room1 [Main Hall]
Moderators:  Yoshiki Sawa (Osaka University)
Masami Ochi (Nippon Medical School)
1)  Loop technique versus leaflet resection for posterior mitral prolapse
Michael A. Borger (Leipzig Heart Center, Germany)
2)  Intraoperative imaging techniques to assess coronary artery bypass graft patency
David Paul Taggart (University of Oxford / John Radcliffe Hospital, UK)
*This will be the last MICS & CTT course to be held.

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New Technology
Lung / Mediastinum course : New Technology
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 15 : 15 - 16 : 15
Venue : Room 6 [Small Auditorium]
Moderator:  Junichi Ogawa (Akita University)
1)  Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Takahiro Nakajima (Chiba Cancer Center)
2)  Photodynamic therapy for peripheral lung cancer
Jitsuo Usuda (Tokyo Medical University)
Esophagus : New Technology
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 14 : 45 - 15 : 45
Venue : Room 4 [501]
Moderator:  Yuko Kitagawa (Keio University)
1)  Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment for the superficial esophageal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma
Tai Omori (Kawasaki Municipal Hospital)
2)  Thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the supine position
Hirokazu Noshiro (Saga University)
3)  Sentinel node navigation surgery for esophageal cancer
Hiroya Takeuchi (Keio University)
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Medical Safety Workshop
Issues of hospital accident investigation board
Date : Oct. 11 (Sun) 11 : 00 - 12 : 00
Venue : Room 1 [Main Hall]
Moderator:  Akira Furuse (Honorary Director , JR Tokyo General Hospital)
1)  Medical accident investigation report in an organization and false accusation
Kazuki Sato (Ayase Heart Hospital)
2)  The Requirements for medical accident investigation committees in an organization
Takahiro Soma (Tokyo Medical University)
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Hands-on Seminar / Video Session
I. Cardiovascular Surgery Course
A. Valve, Coronary, Aorta, Congenital
1. Date
  Oct. 11 (Sun) 16 : 45 - 19 : 20
2. Registration Fees for Hands-on Seminar
 
・  Please pay 3,000JPY at the general information at the registration desk on the second floor in Pacifico Yokohama.
*  Please note that the pre-registration is required to participate in this program. However, if the courses are not filled to capacity, the on-site registration will be available.
3. Program and Venue
1)  Valve : Up to 20 participants
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama 4F, [411+412]
Instructors:  David H. Adams (Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA)
Michael A. Borger (Leipzig Heart Center, Germany)
Coordinators:  Shigehiko Tokunaga (Kyushu University)
Kouichi Toda (National Cardiovascular Center)
Hiroyuki Tsukui (Tokyo Women’s Medical University)
2)  Coronary : Up to 20 participants
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama 4F, [414+415]
Instructors:  David P. Taggart (University of Oxford / John Radcliffe Hospital, UK)
John D. Puskas (Emory University, USA)
Coordinators:  Shuichiro Takanashi (Sakakibara Heart Institute)
Hiroyasu Misumi (Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital)
Keiji Uchida (Yokohama City University Medical Center)
3)  Aorta : Up to 20 participants
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama 4F, [416+417]
Instructors:  Hazim J. Safi (University of Texas Medical School Houston, USA)
Lars Georg Svensson (The Cleveland Clinic, USA)
Coordinators:  Shin-ichi Suzuki (Yokohama City University)
Cho Yasunori (Hiratsuka City Hospital)
Hirotsugu Hamamoto (Oita University)
4)  Congenital : Up to 18 participants
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama 4F, [413]
Instructors:  Hisashi Nikaidoh (Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, USA)
Christopher A. Caldarone  (University of Toronto / The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
Christian Pizarro (Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, USA)
Coordinator: Takaaki Suzuki  (Saitama Medical University International Medical Center)
5)  Arrhythmia : Up to 10 participants
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama 4F, [419]
Instructors:  Richard Lee (Northwestern University, USA)
Suchart Chaiyaroj (Mahidol University, Thailand)
Coordinators:  Takashi Nitta (Nippon Medical School)
Katsuhiko Imai (Hiroshima University)
Yosuke Ishii (Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital)
Masataka Mitsuno (Hyogo College of Medicine)
B. Cardiopulmonary Bypass : Up to 10 Team
1. Date and Venue
  Venue: Pacifico Yokohama 4F, [418]
2. Registration Fees
  Free
3. Program
Cardiopulmonary bypass for port-access cardiac surgery : Up to 10 Team
 
Instructor: Toru Matayoshi (Keio University Medical Engineering Center)
Supervisor: Yasuko Tomizawa (Tokyo Women’s Medical University)
II. Respiratory Surgery Course
1. Date and Venue
  Oct. 12 (Mon) 16 : 50 - 18 : 10 Room 2 [301+302]
2. Registration Fees
  Free
3. Program
[Video Session: Lung / Mediastinum]
Segmentectomy, how to do it?
 
Moderator: Ken Nakagawa (Cancer Institute Hospital)
Speakers: Hiroaki Nomori (Keio University)
Morihito Okada (Hiroshima University)
CoSponsored: Covidien Japan
III. Esophageal Surgery Course
1. Date and Venue
  Oct. 12 (Mon) 16 : 10 - 17 : 40 Room 5 [502]
2. Registration Fees
  Free
3. Program
[Video Session: Esophagus]
Thoracoscopic esophagectomy
- lessons from the non-edited videodemontration -
 
Moderator: Hisahiro Matsubara (Chiba University)
Speaker:  Harushi Osugi (Osaka City University)
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Plenary Session
Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  14:00 - 15:00  Room1
Moderators:  Yasunaru Kawashima (National Cardiovascular Center)
Hiromi Wada (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University)
Hitoshi Shiozaki (Kinki University)
PS1   Long-term result of anatomical repair for atrioventricular discordant patients: Comparison of anatomical and physiological repair
Takeshi Konuma (Tokyo Women's Medical University)
Discussant: Shunji Sano (Okayama University)
PS2   Producing tissue-engineered human tracheal graft and the first clinical transplantation in man
Tetsuhiko Go (University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)
Discussant: Hiroshi Date (Kyoto University)
PS3   Significance of extranodal invasion (ENI) of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Makoto Sakai (Gunma University)
Discussant: Hideaki Shimada (Chiba Cancer Center)
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Excellent Session (Heart)
Oct. 12 (Monday)  8:00 - 8:36  Room1
Moderators: 
Hitoshi Koyanagi  (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Women's Medical University)
Haruo Makuuchi (St. Marianna University School of Medicine)
E1-1   Spinal cord injury after TEVAR for lower descending aorta
Hitoshi Matsuda (National Cardiovascular Center)
Discussant: Shin Ishimaru (Toda Chuo General Hospital)
E1-2   Development of an in vivo tissue-engineered valved conduit "Biovalve" with the sinus of valsalva: Preparation and preliminary pulmonary valve replacement in beagle model
Masashi Yamanami (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Discussant: Shigeyuki Ozaki (Toho University Ohashi Medical Center)
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Excellent Session (Lung / Mediastinum)
Oct. 12 (Monday)  10:30 - 11:06  Room2
Moderators: 
Kosei Yasumoto  (University of Occupational and Environmental Health)
Katsunobu Kawahara (Oita University)
E2-1   A clinical trial identifying the adjacent lung segments using infrared thoracoscopy with indocianin green
Noriyuki Misaki (Kagawa University)
Discussant: Noriaki Tsubota (Hyogo College of Medicine)
E2-2   Current strategy for severe chest trauma
Noriyoshi Kutsukata (Nippon Medical School Chibahokusoh Hospital)
Discussant: Keigo Takagi (Toho University Omori Medical Center)
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Symposium
Symposium 1 Oct. 12 (Monday)  14:00 - 15:40  Room1
Moderators:  Hitoshi Kasegawa (Sakakibara Heart Institute)
Kiyoyuki Eishi (Nagasaki University)
Special Address:  David H. Adams (Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA)
SY1   Mitral valve repair for broad-range prolapse and complicated lesion.
Mikihiko Kudo (Keio University)
Yu Shomura (Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital)
Tetsuya Higami (Sapporo Medical University)
Tatsuhiko Komiya (Kurashiki Central Hospital)
Shuji Fukunaga (Kurume University)
Yoshimasa Sakamoto (Jikei University)
Symposium 2 Oct. 12 (Monday)  15:00 - 16:40  Room2
Moderators:  Hiroaki Nomori (Keio University)
Morihito Okada (Hiroshima University)
SY2   Radical segmentectomy for small peripheral lung cancer
Yasushi Yamato (Niigata Cancer Center Hospital)
Takeshi Mori (Kumamoto University)
Takeshi Shiraishi (Fukuoka University)
Masayuki Tanahashi (Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital)
Kazuhiro Ueda (Yamaguchi University)
Koichi Yoshikawa (Sumitomo Hospital)
Symposium 3 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  8:30 - 10:10  Room1
Moderators:  Ryosuke Tsuchiya (National Cancer Center Hospital)
Yasushi Nagata (Department of Radiology, Hiroshima University)
SY3   Nonsurgical treatment for small lung cancer
Katsuyuki Karasawa  (Department of Radiology, Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital)
Hiroshi Onishi (Department of Radiology, Yamanashi University)
Naoyoshi Yamamoto  (National Institute of Radiological Sciences Research Center Hospital for Charged Particle Therapy)
Yoshifumi Sano (Okayama University)
Masafumi Kawamura (Keio University)
Junji Yoshida (National Cancer Center Hospital East)
Hirozo Sakaguchi  (Saitama Medical University International Medical Center)
Symposium 4 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  8:30 - 10:10  Room2
Moderators:  Yuichi Ueda (Nagoya University)
Hitoshi Ogino (National Cardiovascular Center)
SY4   Recent developments in thoracoabdominal aoric repair
Yoshikatsu Saiki (Tohoku University)
Kenji Minatoya (National Cardiovascular Center)
Atsushi Omura (Kobe University)
Keitaro Nakagiri (Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji)
Toru Kuratani (Osaka University)
Hiroshi Ohtake (Kanazawa University)
Symposium 5 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  8:30 - 10:00  Room3
Moderators:  Nobutoshi Ando (Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital)
Hiroyuki Kuwano (Gunma University)
SY5   What is "curative and safe" salvage esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy?
Mitsuyo Nishimura (National Cancer Center Hospital East)
Yosuke Izumi (Komagome Hospital)
Makoto Yamasaki (Osaka University)
Takashi Kamei (Tohoku University)
Hiroya Takeuchi (Keio University)
Tsutomu Nakamura (Tokyo Women's Medical University)
Symposium 6 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  8:30 - 10:10  Room1
Moderators:  Tadashi Tashiro (Fukuoka University)
Junjiro Kobayashi (National Cardiovascular Center)
SY6   CABG for elderly patients with LV dysfunction
Toshihiro Fukui (Sakakibara Heart Institute)
Kazuyuki Daitoku (Hirosaki University)
Akira Marui (Kyoto University)
Aya Saito (The University of Tokyo)
Naoto Morimoto (Himeji Cardiovascular Center)
Tadashi Isomura (Hayama Heart Center)
Symposium 7 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  8:30 - 10:10  Room2
Moderators: 
Toshiyuki Katogi  (Saitama Medical University International Medical Center)
Kisaburo Sakamoto (Shizuoka Children's Hospital)
Special Address: Toshikatsu Yagihara (National Cardiovascular Center)
SY7   Pulmonary valve function after biventricular repair for congenital heart disease
Takayoshi Ueno (Osaka University)
Shingo Kasahara (Okayama University)
Makoto Ando (Sakakibara Heart Institute)
Toshihide Nakano (Fukuoka Children's Hospital)
Takako Miyazaki  (Children's Research Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Hajime Ichikawa (National Cardiovascular Center)
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Workshop
Workshop 1 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  9:20-10:50  Room2
Moderator:  Tohru Asai (Shiga University of Medical Science)
Special Address:  Yukihiko Nosé (Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA)
Winston Bonetti Yoshida  (Paulista State University<UNESP>, São Paulo, Brazil)
W1   Challenges by young thoracic surgeons for "Art and Science"
Shin Takabayashi (Mie University / Fukuoka Children's Hospital)
Akihiro Yoshitake  (Tokyo Medical Center / Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
Noritaka Ota  (Shizuoka Children's Hospital / Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada)
Minoru Tabata  (Sakakibara Heart Institute / Harvard School of Public Health, USA)
Fengshi Chen (Kyoto University / Toronto General Hospital, Canada)
Iki Adachi (Osaka University / Royal Brompton Hospital, UK)
Kazuma Okamoto  (Keio University / OLV clinic, Belgium / Policlinico San Donato, Italy)
Workshop 2 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  9:20-10:50  Room3
Moderator:  Takashi Nitta (Nippon Medical School)
Special Address:  Suchart Chaiyaroj (Mahidol University, Thailand)
W2   The RF ablation devices in AF surgery
Katsuhiko Imai (Hiroshima University)
Yosuke Ishii (Nippon Medical School Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital)
Masataka Mitsuno (Hyogo College of Medicine)
CoSponsored: Century Medical, Inc.
Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.
St. Jude Medical Japan Co., Ltd.
Workshop 3 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  9:50-10:50  Room4
Moderator:  Noboru Motomura (The University of Tokyo)
W3   Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database: Tips for Data Entry and Daily Use
Katsuhiko Oda (Tohoku University)
Koji Takai (Department of Clinical Engineering, Komaki City Hospital)
Workshop 4 Oct. 12 (Monday)  17:20 - 18:40  Room4
Moderators:  Makoto Akaishi (Kitasato Institute Hospital, Kitasato University)
Yuichi Ueda (Nagoya University)
W4   Strategy of Mitral Valve Repair: How to Manage or How to Repair
Hiroyuki Watanabe  (Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute)
Hitoshi Kasegawa  (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute)
Shiro Iwanaga (Cardiology, Keio University)
Mikihiko Kudo (Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University)
CoSponsored: MEDICUS SHUPPAN, Publisher Co., Ltd.
Workshop 5 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  17:10-18:40  Room2
Moderator:  Masaaki Toyama (Kameda Medical Center)
W5   From On Pump to Off Pump CABG - How I came up to the present -
Masaaki Toyama (Kameda Medical Center)
Hirosato Doi (Cardio-vascular Center Hokkaido Ohno Hospital)
Atsushi Yamaguchi (Saitama Medical Center Jichi Medical University)
Hirokuni Arai (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Tadashi Tashiro (Fukuoka University)
CoSponsored: A.S.T. Co., Ltd.
Workshop 6 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  17:10-18:40  Room3
Moderators:  Shigeharu Moriyama (Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital)
Tadasu Kohno (Toranomon Hospital)
W6   VATS lobectomy, how to do it?
Tadasu Kohno (Toranomon Hospital)
Shigeharu Moriyama (Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital)
CoSponsored: ohnson & Johnson K. K.
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Luncheon Seminar
Luncheon Seminar 1 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  12:00-12:50  Room2
Moderator:  Tsuyoshi Itoh (Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital)
LS1   Long-term results and proper usage of GRF Glue
Hideyuki Shimizu (Keio University)
Masaki Aota (Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center)
CoSponsored: Nippon BXI Inc.
Senko Medical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Luncheon Seminar 2 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  12:00-12:50  Room3
Moderator:  Hirokuni Arai (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
LS2   Surgery for atrial fibrillation: current options and the future direction
John D. Puskas (Emory University, USA)
Richard Lee (Northwestern University, USA)
CoSponsored: Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.
Luncheon Seminar 3 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  12:00-12:50  Room4
Moderator:  Norihiko Shiiya (Hamamatsu University)
LS3   Thoracic Stent Graft
Timothy A. M. Chuter (University of California San Francisco, USA)
CoSponsored: MEDICO'S HIRATA INC.
COOK JAPAN INC.

Luncheon Seminar 4 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  12:00-12:50  Room5
Moderator:  Hiroki Yamaguchi (Shin-Tokyo Hospital)
LS4   Video-Assisted Mitral Valve Surgery - Which method for a safe Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery?
Jean-François Obadia  (Hospital Cardiologique et Pnewmologique Louis Pradel, France)
CoSponsored: Delacroix Chevalier
VITAL Corporation
Luncheon Seminar 5 Oct. 11 (Sunday)  12:00-12:50  Room6
Moderator:  Takeshi Nagayasu (Nagasaki University)
LS5   Perioperative chemotherapy of lung cancer: induction, adjuvant and personalized
Norihiko Ikeda (Tokyo Medical University)
CoSponsored: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Luncheon Seminar 6 Oct. 12 (Monday)  12:10-13:00  Room1
Moderator:  Shigeki Morita (Saga University)
Special Address:  Michael A. Borger (Heart Center Leipzig, Germany)
LS6   - Revisit Tricuspid Repair: What you know and what you will know -
Yukikatsu Okada (Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital)
Kiyoshi Yoshida (Kawasaki Medical School)
CoSponsored: St. Jude Medical Japan Co., Ltd.
Luncheon Seminar 7 Oct. 12 (Monday)  12:10-13:00  Room2
Moderator:  Akinori Iwasaki (Fukuoka University)
LS7   VATS lobectomy: technical approach and tips for safer stapling
Shunsuke Endo (Jichi Medical University)
Mingyon Mun (Cancer Institute Hospital)
CoSponsored: Johnson & Johnson K.K.
Luncheon Seminar 8 Oct. 12 (Monday)  12:10-13:00  Room3
Moderator:  Shigeaki Aoyagi (Kurume University)
LS8   Effective Treatment for Ischemic MR - Etiology based thinking -
David H. Adams (Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA)
CoSponsored: Edwards Lifesciences
Luncheon Seminar 9 Oct. 12 (Monday)  12:10-13:00  Room4
Moderator:  Kiyotaka Imoto (Yokohama City University Medical Center)
LS9   Recent Progress in Aortic Surgery
Hazim J. Safi (Memorial Hermann Hospital, USA)
CoSponsored: TERUMO CORPORATION
Luncheon Seminar 10 Oct. 12 (Monday)  12:10-13:00  Room5
Moderator:  Atsushi Amano (Juntendo University)
LS10   Postoperative diagnosis utilizing next generation color imaging system as supplement to flow measurements during CABG surgery
Gabriele Di Giammarco (University of Chieti, Italy)
Hirofumi Takemura (Gifu University)
CoSponsored: Nippon BXI Inc.
Luncheon Seminar 11 Oct. 12 (Monday)  12:10-13:00  Room6
Moderator:  Yoshitaka Okamura (Wakayama Medical University)
LS11   Left ventricular restoration (LVR) for ischemic cardiomyopathy
1 Study on late outcome based on the indication for LVR and operative procedures
2 The STICH trial unraveled
Tadashi Isomura (Hayama Heart Center)
CoSponsored: Covidien Japan
Luncheon Seminar 12 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  12:10-13:00  Room1
Moderator:  Tadashi Tashiro (Fukuoka University)
LS12   Cardiovasculer Surgery and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
- New Evidence -
Kazuki Hisatomi (Nagasaki University)
Kenji Yamazaki (Tokyo Women's Medical University)
CoSponsored: Daiichi-Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Luncheon Seminar 13 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  12:10-13:00  Room2
Moderator:  Hiroaki Nomori (Keio University)
LS13   Surgical Management of Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
G. Alexander Patterson (Washington University, USA)
CoSponsored: Maquet Japan K.K.
Luncheon Seminar 14 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  12:10-13:00  Room3
Moderator:  Koshiro Watanabe (Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital)
LS14   Irinotecan (CPT-11) - How do we use it properly? -
Noriyuki Masuda (Kitasato University)
CoSponsored: Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd
Luncheon Seminar 15 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  12:10-13:00  Room4
Moderator:  Masashi Komeda (Nagoya Heart Center)
LS15   Prevention and Management of Bleeding in Aortic Surgery
Norihiko Shiiya (Hamamatsu University)
Takeshi Shimamoto (Kurashiki Central Hospital)
CoSponsored: CSL Behring K.K.
Luncheon Seminar 16 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  12:10-13:00  Room5
Moderator:  Yoshiki Sawa (Osaka University)
LS16   TEVAR Experience at University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Edward Bavaria (University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, USA)
CoSponsored: JAPAN GORE-TEX INC.
Luncheon Seminar 17 Oct. 13 (Tuesday)  12:10-13:00  Room6
Moderator:  Yuko Kitagawa (Keio University)
LS17   Current Therapy for Sepsis - Surviving Sepsis Campaign 08 -
Hiroya Takeuchi (Keio University)
CoSponsored: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.
Luncheon Seminar 18 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  12:10-13:00  Room1
Moderator:  Yutaka Ohkita (Kobe University)
LS18   The Use of BioGlue to Augment Hemostasis in Cardiothoracic Surgery
David C. McGiffin (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
CoSponsored: Century Medical, Inc.
Luncheon Seminar 19 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  12:10-13:00  Room2
Moderator:  Ichiro Yoshino (Chiba University)
LS19   Troubleshooting in VATS
Takeshi Shiraishi (Fukuoka University)
Tadasu Kohno (Toranomon Hospital)
CoSponsored: CSL Behring K.K.
Luncheon Seminar 20 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  12:10-13:00  Room3
Moderator:  Ryuji Tominaga (Kyushu University)
LS20   Endoscopic valve surgery
Frank Van Praet (OLV Clinic, Belgium)
CoSponsored: Edwards Lifesciences
Luncheon Seminar 21 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  12:10-13:00  Room4
Moderator:  Hajime Hirose (Professor Emeritus at Gifu University)
LS21   Innovation to refractory bleeding in cardiovasucular surgery
Yoshikatsu Saiki (Tohoku University)
Tohru Kuratani (Osaka University)
CoSponsored: The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute
TEIJIN PHARMA LIMITED
Astellas Pharma Inc
Luncheon Seminar22 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  12:10-13:00  Room5
Moderator:  Isao Yada (Suzuka University of Medical Science / Mie University)
LS22   New daybreak of the hybrid operation system
Takeshi Miyairi (Mitsui Memorial Hospital)
CoSponsored: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
Luncheon Seminar 23 Oct. 14 (Wednesday)  12:10-13:00  Room6
Moderator:  Ken-ichi Kosuga (Munakata General Hospital Fukuoka)
LS23   Efficacy of ultra-short-acting β blocker in cardiac surgery
- New evidence obtained from PASCAL trial -
Akira Sezai (Nihon University)
CoSponsored: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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