11th International Congress of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
 
Scientific 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
  Chair: Scott Reeves, USA
Experts: Willehad Boemke, Germany / Joachim Erb, Germany / Christian v. Heymann, Germany / Michael Sander, Germany / Robert N. Sladen, USA/ Manfred D. Seeberger, Schweiz / Thomas Volk, Germany / Vera v. Dossow, Germany
  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
  Colloids for perioperative plasma volume expansion: which is better?
Martin Westphal, Germany
  Age of red cells: does shelf life matter?
Jerrold H. Levy, USA
  Lowest haemoglobin accepatable as a trigger for transfusion?
Peter Rosseel, Netherlands
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
  Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in Europe
Rob Feneck, UK
  Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in Australia
Colin Royse, Australia
  Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia in Asia
Weipeng Wang, China
10:00 am- 10:15 am Coffee Break
  Location: Audimax
10:15 am- 12:40 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
  Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Where are we in 2008?
Solomon Aronson, USA
  Diastolic Dysfunction: What to measure in the OR?
Joachim Erb, Germany
  TEE for transcatheter implantation of the aortic valve
Jack S. Shanewise, USA
  TEE for percutaneous mitral valve Procedure: Experiences from applications in animals
Daniel T. Bainbridge, Canada
  TEE assessment for pediatric cardiac surgery
Minoru Nomura, Japan
  Location: Auditorium 1
10:15 am- 12:15 pm Session C: Advances in Cardiac Anesthesia monitoring and management
  Moderators: Karel Cvachovec, Czech Rebublic / Wolfgang Buhre, Germany
  Neurological monitoring in Cardiac Surgery: What makes a difference?
Hilary Grocott, Canada
  Hematological monitoring and management in Cardiac Surgery
Karel Cvachovec, Czech Republic
  SvO2 or ScvO2 monitoring in Cardiac Anesthesia - What is the target to treat?
Michael Sander, Germany
  Non-Invasive monitors of Cardiac Output
Yatin Mehta, India
  Location: Lecture Room 3
10:15 am- 12:30 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
  Antiinflammatory effects of iloprost in CPB-Surgery
Michael Flondor, Germany
  Comparison of inhaled iloprost and nitric oxide in cardiovascular surgery
Michael Winterhalter, Germany
  Iloprost for bridging to transplant - a retrospective analysis
Uwe Schulz, Germany
  Coffee and refreshments will be served
  Supported by an educational grant from Bayer Schering Pharma AG
  Sponsored Symposium - Special Interest Lunch
  Location: Audimax
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
  b. From Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist
Christina Mora Mangano, USA
  I.II New paradigms in Reversal
  a. From Anesthesiologist Critical Care
Jerrold H. Levy, USA
  Panel Q&A
  II. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Session
  II.I HIT and alternative anticoagulants in special patient populations
Andreas Koster, Germany
  II.II Pro-Con Debate on the preemptive use of alternative Anticoagulants following Cardiac Surgery
  a. For
Marco Ranucci, Italy
  b. Against
David Royston, UK
  Panel Q&A
  Lunch will be served for the participants of the Organon Lunch Symposium
  Supported by an educational grant from Organon International, Inc.
  Location: Auditorium 2
13:30 pm- 15:30 pm Best Abstract Price Competition
ORAL Presentations of selected Posters
  The following five abstracts will compete in the Best Abstract Prize com-petition session at ICCVA 2008. Each nominee will give a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation followed by a 5 minute discussion of the abstract. Davy Cheng (SCA), Robert N. Sladen (SCA) and Uwe Schirmer (EACTA) will chair the session and judge who of the five nominees will win first, second and third prize: awards will be presented to the winners during the Closing Ceremony. Posters of the five nominated abstracts are on display in the Poster Hall.
  Chair: Robert N. Sladen, USA / U. Schirmer, Germany / Davy Cheng, Canada
  Abstract No. 10: The Surgical Procedure Assessment (SPA) Score Predicts ICU Length of Stay after Cardiac Surgery
Gebhard Wagener, USA
  Abstract No. 32: sildenail prevents secondary pulmonary hypertension in chronic heart failure
Julia Hoffmann, Germany
  Abstract No. 33: strain echocardiography forquantification of intraoperative regional myocardial function
M. Kuckucka, Germany
  Abstract No. 49: why patients with coronary artery stents are at increased risk for mortality after cardiac surgery
Adriaan Van Rensburg, Canada
  Abstarct No. 61: Reduction of blood transfusion rate by thrombelastometry and impedance aggregometry based point-of-care coagulation management in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Matthias Hartmann, Germany
  Each 10-minute oral presentation will be followed by a 5-minute question period
 
September 14th - 18th, 2008, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany