2022 Latin America Cardiovascular Surgery Conference – Agenda

General Session I: Aortic Root
Moderators: Jose Luis Pomar, MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain; Rui M.S. Almeida, MD, PhD, Cascavel, Brazil; and Joseph E. Bavaria, MD

• Essentials of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair
  Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD, Homburg/Saar, Germany
• AVSRR–Remodel or Reimplant?
  Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, Washington, DC, USA 
• Ross Procedure–It's the Evidence! 
  Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
• Endo-Bentall and Endo Ascending Procedures: The Future of Aortic Root Surgery
  Eric E. Roselli, MD, Cleveland, OH, USA
• Small Aortic Annulus–Enlarge or Replace the Root? 
  Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD, FRCS
• Initial Experience: Aortic Valve Repair with Internal Geometric Rings^A
  Jose Ignacio Saez de Ibarra, MD, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• The Exciting Journey of Aortic Valve Repair in 3 Centers of Colombia: Short- and Mid-Term Results^A
  Gustavo Prieto Gonzalez, MD, Bucaramanga, Colombia
• Panel Discussion

Break/Visit Exhibits

Parallel Session 1
How I Teach It: Adult Cardiac 
Moderators: Rafael Sabada, MD, PhD, FRCS; Vadim Kotowicz, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Atlanta, GA, USA

• Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair
  Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Minimally Invasive Multiarterial Revascularization 
  Waldo Emerson P. Daniel, MD, Natal, RN, Brazil
• Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy 
  Jose Luis Pomar, MD, PhD
• Aortic Valve-Sparing Root Reimplantation 
  Juan P. Umaña, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Avoiding Circulatory Arrest during Arch Replacement
  Oscar F. Heilbron, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Transseptal Mitral Valve Replacement
  Vinod H. Thourani, MD
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 2
How I Teach It: Congenital
Moderators: John H. Calhoon, MD; Nestor F. Sandoval, MD, Bogota, Columbia; Jolanda Kluin, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, Netherland

• Yasui Operation Post Hybrid Norwood in IAA VSD
  Nestor F. Sandoval, MD
• Arterial Switch Operation
  Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD
• Common AV Canal
  Christian Kreutzer, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Pulmonary Atresia VSD and MAPCAS Repair
  Nestor F. Sandoval, MD
• Norwood Stage I
  Christian Pizarro, MD, Wilmington, DE, USA
• Ross Procedure
  John H. Calhoon, MD
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 3
CABG
Moderators: Patrick O. Myers, MD, Lausanne, Switzerland; Victor Dayan, MD, Montevideo, Uruguay; Thomas A. Schwann, MD, Springfield, MA, USA

• Redo Coronary Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls    
  Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, Cleveland, OH, USA
• Multiarterial Revascularization: Is It for Everyone?    
  Patrick O. Myers, MD
• Hybrid CABG: Simplifying the Procedure    
  Rui M.S. Almeida, MD, PhD
• Ischemia after CABG–How I Deal with It    
  Filip Casselman, MD, PhD, FETCS, Aalst, Belgium
• CABG in Severe LV Dysfunction    
  Victor Dayan, MD
• Construction and Surgical Training of Coronary Anastomosis on a Low-Cost Portable Simulator: Experience in a Peruvian Multicenter Study^A
  Wildor Samir Cubas Llalle, MD, Lima, Peru
• Trends in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery — A 19-Year Analysis^A
  Adnaldo Maia, MD, São Paulo, Brazil
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 4
Heart Failure
Moderators: Ezequiel J. Molina, MD, Atlanta, GA, USA; Carlos Riera-Kinkel, MD, Mexico City, Mexico; Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD, Freiburg, Germany

• The Future of Heart Transplantation    
  Ezequiel J. Molina, MD
• Heart Transplantation: The Latin American Experience    
  Lorena Montes, MD, Cali, Colombia
• Indications and Outcomes of Durable LVAD Therapy  
  Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD
• Soft Robotic Artificial Heart    
  Jolanda Kluin, MD, PhD
• Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy    
  Javier Maldonado, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Heart Transplantation for Chagas Cardiomyopathy: The United States Experience^A
  Amit Iyengar, MD, MS, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Expanding the Donor Pool: Survival Outcomes and Primary Graft Dysfunction^A
  Yashutosh Joshi, MD, Sydney, Australia
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 5
Congenital: Controversies in Management of CHD
Moderators: Christian Pizarro, MD, Christian Kreutzer, MD, and Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD 

• Neonate with Symptomatic Tetralogy: Best Treatment    
  Leonardo A. Mulinari, MD, PhD, Miami, FL, USA
• Borderline LV: 1 or 2V Repair    
  Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD
• TGA/VSD/LVOTO: Rastelli, REV or Nikaidoh?    
  Christian Kreutzer, MD
• Infant with Aortic Valve Stenosis: Ross or AoV Neo?    
  John H. Calhoon, MD
• When Should the Pulmonary Valve Be Replaced?    
  Jolanda Kluin, MD, PhD
• Pathology Management Congenital Mitral: 39 Patients in a Single Center^A
  Eliana Beatriz Yagual Gutiérrez, MD, Mexico City, Mexico
• Transposition of Great Arteries: Latin-American Postoperative Experience^A
  Paula Liliana Torres Gomez, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Panel Discussion

General Session II: Tricuspid Valve
Moderators: Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD; Magaly Arrais Dos Santos, MD, PhD, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Filip Casselman, MD, PhD, FETCS

• Moderate Concomitant TR–Don’t Ignore It
  Vinay Badhwar, MD, Morgantown, WV, USA
• Catheter Management of TV Endocarditis    
  Jacob DeLaRosa, MD, Pocatello, ID, USA
• Robotic TV Repair in Device-Induced TR    
  T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Tricuspid Valve Replacement–When and How?    
  Carlos Riera-Kinkel, MD
• Transcatheter TV Replacement–The Next Frontier    
  Vinod H. Thourani, MD
• Using Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Bicaval Valve System (TricValve®)^A
  Flavio Abrão Neto, MD, São Paulo, Brazil
• Panel Discussion

Networking Reception

General Session III: Mitral Valve
Moderators: Juan P. Umaña, MD, Jose Luis Pomar, MD, PhD, and T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA

• How to Enhance Mitral Repair Rates and Durability in Five Steps    
  T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA
• Second Cross-Clamp and Re-Repair after Degenerative Mitral Repair    
  Ruggero De Paulis, MD, Rome, Italy
• SAM: Don't Fear It–Prevent It!    
  Vadim Kotowicz, MD
• Functional MR Repair: TEER vs Surgery vs TMVR    
  Vinod H. Thourani, MD
• PRIMARY Trial–Are We on the Right Track?    
  Steven F. Bolling, MD, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Posterior Pericardiotomy in Cardiac Valve Surgery: Is It Still Performed or Neglected?^A
  Yasser Mubarak, MD, Minya, Egypt
• Surgical Treatment of Left-Sided Mechanical Valve Thrombosis: Twelve Years’ Experience^A
  Sami Bouchenafa, MD, Oran, Algeria
• Panel Discussion

Break

Parallel Session 6
Aortic Arch Masterclass
Moderators: Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, Hans-Joachim Schafers, MD, Homburg/Saar, Germany, and Eduardo Turner, MD, Santiago, Chile

• Optimal Cannulation Strategy–Axillary vs Aortic    
  Jaime Camacho, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Update on the New 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease   
  Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
• AMDS in ATAAD–Too Good to Be True?    
  Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD
• Endovascular Arch Repair–Are We There Yet?    
  Cledicyon Eloy da Costa, MD, Campinas, Brazil
• Redo Aortic Arch Surgery Simplified    
  Eric E. Roselli, MD
• Ultra Fast-Track Aortic Arch Surgery^A
  TBD
• Proximal-first Repair of Acute Type A Dissection Complicated by Mesenteric Malperfusion Syndrome^A
  Siddharth Yarlagadda, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 7
Atrial Fibrillation Masterclass
Moderators: Vinay Badhwar, MD, Filip Casselman, MD, PhD, FETCS, and Javier Maldonado, MD

• Concomitant Maze: How and When To Do It    
  T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA
• Left Atrial Appendage–The Devil Is in the Details    
  Steven F. Bolling, MD
• Atrial Fibrillation in CABG–How Aggressive Do We Need to Be?
  Joseph F. Sabik III, MD
• Cryomaze in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery    
  Vinay Badhwar, MD
• Is the "Perfect Maze" Cost-Effective? Measuring Outcomes    
  Javier Maldonado, MD
• New Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Not Associated with Neurocognitive Decline^A
  Madigan Stanley, MD, Providence, RI, USA
• MAZE IV: Is It Worth the Effort in Latin America?^A
  Javier Maldonado, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 8
Congenital: Update on Fontan Circulation
Moderators: Jolanda Kluin, MD, PhD, Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, and Leonardo A. Mulinari, MD, PhD

• 50 Years of Fontan-Kreutzer Operation     
  Christian Kreutzer, MD
• How to Get a "Perfect" Fontan Candidate    
  John H. Calhoon, MD
• RV and Fontan: A Bad Marriage?    
  Leonardo A. Mulinari, MD, PhD
• Fontan Everywhere in the World?    
  Nestor F. Sandoval, MD
• Management of Complications after Kawashima Operation  
  Christian Pizarro, MD
• Cardiac Transplantation in the Failing Fontan: Impact of a Prior Norwood^A
  Ryan McQueen, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Miniature Invasive Pulmonary Banding in Neonates (MINIMICS)^A
  Eric Vinck, MD, Medellin, Colombia
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 9
Aortic Dissection
Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD, Filip Casselman, MD, PhD, FETCS, and Cledicyon Eloy da Costa, MD

• Acute Type A Aortic Dissection–Hemiarch Is All You Need    
  Eduardo Turner, MD
• Acute Type A Aortic Dissection–FET Is SOC    
  Eric E. Roselli, MD
• The Middle Road: Zone 1/2 arch with Early Sequential Branched Arch TEVAR    
  Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
• TEVAR Before Central Repair for Malperfusion in AAD    
  Jaime Camacho, MD
• Aortic Valve Preservation in ATAAD    
  Ruggero De Paulis, MD
• Age as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection: A Cohort Study^A
  Nicolas Nuñez-Ordonez, MD, Bogota, Colombia
• Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Can Be Safe in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection^A
  Andrés Felipe Jiménez
• Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 10
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS)
Moderators: Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, Washington, DC, USA, Mateo Marín-Cuartas, MD, Leipzig, Germany, and Daniel T. Engelman, MD, Springfield, MA, USA

• Key Elements of Outcomes in Adult Cardiac Surgery    
  V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, Nashville, TN, USA
• Just Say No: No Blood Transfusions    
  Thomas A. Schwann, MD
• Just Say No: No Opioids    
  Michael C. Grant, MD, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Just Say No: No Mobility Restrictions    
  Vinay Badhwar, MD
• Just Say No: No AKI    
  Daniel T. Engelman, MD
• Improving Patient Outcomes with a Shower and a Cup of Coffee    
  Jacob DeLaRosa, MD
• ERAS Cardiac Protocols without Added Cost    
  Panel

Parallel Session 11
Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) 
Moderators: Leonardo A. Mulinari, MD, PhD, Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD, and Christian Kreutzer, MD

• Patches and Valves in Congenital Cardiac Surgery: What Material to Use  
  Jolanda Kluin, MD, PhD
• Late Complications after Arterial Switch Operation    
  Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD
• Root Reintervention after Repair of Conotruncal Anomalies 
  Christian Pizarro, MD
• End-Stage Heart Failure in ACHD: Role of Transplantation 
  Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD
• End-Stage Heart Failure in ACHD: Role of VADs 
  Ezequiel J. Molina, MD
• Alternative Surgical Repair to ALCAPA in Adulthood^A
  Federico Napoli, MD, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
• Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery in Middle-aged Adults as a Preventable Surgical Cause of Myocardial Ischemia: Report of 8 Cases^A
  Javier Maldonado, MD
• Panel Discussion

General Session IV: Controversies in Cardiac Surgery
Moderators: Juan P. Umaña, MD, and Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD, FRCS

• Optimal Aortic Valve Replacement Strategy for Young Adults
  Magaly Arrais Dos Santos, MD, PhD
• Reintervention after the Ross Procedure: What's the Real Risk?
  John H. Calhoon, MD
• TAVR in the Young
  Leonardo A. Mulinari, MD, PhD
• ECMO vs Impella in Post-Cardiotomy Shock to Improve Clinical Outcomes
  Ezequiel J. Molina, MD
• Role of NOACs Following Cardiac Surgery 
  Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD, FRCS
• Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarian Patients in Uruguay^A
  Victor Dayan, MD
• Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Subcommissural Annuloplasty: Time for a Targeted Reassessment?^A
  John Kelly, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Panel Discussion

Closing Remarks
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, and Rafael Sadaba, MD, PhD, FRCS

Residents Symposium
Moderators: Mateo Marín-Cuartas, MD, Filipe T.K.S. Almeida, MD, Cascavel, Brazil, Paula Liliana Torres Gomez, MD, Raquel Vega-Hernández, MD, Monterrey, Mexico

• Announcement of Fellowship Award    
• How to Write and Publish a Paper 
  Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD
• Problem-Solving in the OR
  Juan P. Umaña, MD
• The Future of CT Surgery 
  Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
• Innovation in CT Surgery
  Steven F. Bolling, MD
• Panel Discussion

Hands-On Workshops

• Workshop 1: Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement
  This wet lab aims to improve patient outcomes by enriching surgeon knowledge in the complete spectrum of the surgical treatment of mitral valve disease. The session is focused on mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement with novel technologies. Cardiac surgeons will broaden their insight into the decision-making process and learn tips and tricks of mitral surgical techniques for repair/replacement.
  Proctors: Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Juan P. Umaña, MD, Oscar Velásquez, MD, Medellin, Colombia, Carlos A. Villa Hincapie, MD, Bogota, Colombia
  Sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences
• Workshop 2: Ross Procedure, Mitral Chords, and Aortic Root Remodeling
  This interactive session seeks to promote and educate cardiac surgeons to provide a comprehensive management of surgical techniques in the treatment of aortic, mitral, and pulmonary autograft procedure diseases. Artivion seeks to offer innovations and new techniques/perspectives within cardiac surgery such as AVR with mechanical valve, mitral repair with artificial chordae prostheses, and replacing a nonfunctioning aortic valve with your pulmonary valve “Ross procedure.” This experience will help enrich your surgical practice with tips and tricks from experts that will result in a new vision of implant techniques.
  Proctors: Steven F. Bolling, MD, John H. Calhoon, MD, Mario Castillo-Sang, MD, Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD, T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, Hans-Joachim Schafers, MD
  Sponsored by Artivion
• Workshop 3: Aortic Hands-on Workshop: Journey through the Aorta
  Terumo Aortic will deliver a comprehensive hands-on workshop on aortic repair including root, arch, and descending addressing a mix of open, hybrid and endovascular solutions.  A true journey through the aorta led by recognized and experienced global faculty.
  Proctors: Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, Ruggero De Paulis, MD, Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, Eric E. Roselli, MD, Alex Valencia, MD
  Sponsored by Terumo Aortic