| 11th International Congress of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia |
| Preliminary Program: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | |
| Location: Audimax | |
| 8:00 am- 10:00 am | Session A: Meet the Experts – Discussion Group |
| Everything you wanted to ask about Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia | |
| This symposium provides a unique opportunity to interact and explore current research and clinical problems with leading experts in the field of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia | |
| 10:00 am- 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| Location: Lecture Room 3 | |
| 8:00 am- 10:00 am | Session B: Advances in Volume Replacement and Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery |
| Moderators: Rebecca Cain, USA / Hugo Van Aken, Germany | |
| New insights into anemia in Cardiac Surgery Marco Ranucci, Milano |
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| Colloids for perioperative plasma volume expansion:
which is better? Martin Westphal, Germany |
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| Age of red cells: does shelf life matter? Bruce D. Spiess, USA |
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| Lowest haemoglobin accepatable as a trigger for
transfusion? Peter Rosseel, Netherlands |
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| 10:00 am- 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| Location: Auditorium 1 | |
| 8:00 am- 10:00 am | Session C: Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia techniques and recovery: the same in all countries? |
| Moderators: Davy C. H. Cheng, Canada / Rob Feneck, UK | |
| Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in North America Davy C.H. Cheng, Canada |
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| Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in Europe Rob Feneck, UK |
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| Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in Australia Colin Royse, Australia |
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| Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in Asia Weipeng Wang, China |
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| 10:00 am- 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| Location: Audimax | |
| 10:15 am- 12:20 pm | Session A: Advances in Echocardiography |
| Moderators: Joachim Erb, Germany / Jack S. Shanewise USA | |
| Real-time 3-Dimensional TEE in the OR: what is the
additional value? Jörg Ender, Germany |
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| Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Where are we in 2008? Solomon Aronson, USA |
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| Diastolic Dysfunction: What to measure in the OR? Joachim Erb, Germany |
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| TEE for transcatheter implantation of the aortic valve Jack S. Shanewise, USA |
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| TEE for percutaneous mitral valve Procedure:
Experiences from applications in animals Daniel T. Bainbridge, Canada |
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| TEE assessment for pediatric cardiac surgery Minoru Nomura, Japan |
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| Location: Auditorium 1 | |
| 10:15 am- 12:15 pm | Session C: Advances in Cardiac Anesthesia monitoring and management |
| Moderators: N.N. / Wolfgang Buhre, Germany | |
| Neurological monitoring in Cardiac Surgery: What
makes a difference? Hilary Grocott, Canada |
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| Hematological monitoring and management in Cardiac
Surgery Karel Cvachovec, Czech Republic |
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| SvO2 or ScvO2 monitoring in Cardiac Anesthesia -
What is the target to treat ? Michael Sander, Germany |
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| Non-Invasive monitors of Cardiac Output Yatin Mehta, India |
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| Location: Lecture Room 3 | |
| Sponsored Symposium | |
| 10:00 am- 12:15 pm | The Role of Iloprost in Cardiac Surgery |
| Moderators: Eckhard Mayer, Germany / Bernhard Zwissler, Germany | |
| Introduction | |
| Iloprost: Perioperative use in cardiac surgery Frank Langer, Germany |
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| Antiinflammatory effects of iloprost in CPB-Surgery Michael Flondor, Germany |
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| Comparison of inhaled iloprost and nitric oxide in
cardiovascular surgery Michael Winterhalter, Germany |
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| Iloprost for bridging to transplant - a retrospective
analysis Uwe Schulz, Germany |
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| Coffee and refreshments will be served | |
| Supported by an educational grant from Bayer Schering Pharma AG | |
| 12:15 pm- 13:00 pm | Lunch |
| Location: Audimax | |
| Sponsored Symposium - Special Interest Lunch | |
| Desserts, coffee and refreshments will be served | |
| 13:00 am- 15:30 pm | Three Common Clinical Complication Conundrums following Cardiac Surgery/ICU |
| Moderators: Wulf Dietrich, Germany / George Silvay, USA | |
| Ischemic/Reperfusion Injury & Reversal Session | |
| I/. Clinical perspectives on the prevention and treatment of: | |
| I.I Ischaemia/Reperfusion injury | |
| a. From Cardiac Surgeon Hartmuth Bittner, Germany |
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| b. From Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist Christina Mora Mangano, USA |
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| I.II New paradigms in Reversal | |
| a. From Anesthesiologist Critical Care Jerrold H. Levy, USA |
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| Panel Q&A | |
| II/. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Session | |
| 1. HIT and alternative anticoagulants in special patient populations Andreas Koster, Germany |
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| 2. Pro-Con Debate on the preemptive use of alternative Anticoagulants following Cardiac Surgery | |
| 2a. For Marco Ranucci, Italy |
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| 2b. Against David Royston, UK |
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| Panel Q&A | |
| Supported by an educational grant from Organon International, Inc. | |
| Location: Auditorium 2 | |
| 13:30 pm- 15:30 pm | ORAL Presentations of selected Posters |
| Each 10-minute oral presentation will be followed by a 5-minute question period | |
| September 14th - 18th, 2008, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany |
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