| Thursday, April 3, 2014 | 
        	
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            	| AATS-ASCVTS POSTGRADUATE COURSE ADULT
 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCEDURES IN ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
 | AATS-ASCVTS POSTGRADUATE COURSE CONGENITAL
 VALVE DISEASE IN CHILDREN
 | AATS-ASCVTS POSTGRADUATE COURSE THORACIC
 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCEDURES IN LUNG CANCER
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                        	| CORONARY DISEASE |  
                        	| Moderators: Joseph Sabik, USA & David Fullerton, USA |  
                        	| 08:30 - 08:50 | Hybrid revascularization:  Is this the new frontier?  Michael Halkos, USA |  
                        	| 08:50 - 09:15 | Left main stenting should be the standard of care. Pro: İlke Sipahi, Turkey
 Con: Joseph Sabik, USA
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                        	| 09:15 - 09:30 | Choice of conduits:  Best in Practice. David Fullerton, USA |  
                        	| 09:30 - 09:45 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| PULMONARY VALVE |  
                        	| Moderators: Carl Backer, USA & Sertaç Çiçek, Turkey |  
                        	| 08:30 - 08:50 | Valve sparing and reconstructive techniques. Carl Backer, USA |  
                        	| 08:50 - 09:10 | Pulmonary valve replacement: Timing and techniques. Winfield Wells, USA |  
                        	| 09:10 - 09:30 | Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: Conduit options. Sertaç Çiçek, Turkey
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                        	| 09:30 - 09:45 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING |  
                        	| Moderators: Hasan Batırel,Turkey  &  Douglas E. Wood,USA |  
                        	| 08:30 - 08:50 | Tobacco and Surgery. Çağlar Çuhadaroğlu, Turkey |  
                        	| 08:50 - 09:10 | Screening for Lung Cancer (What has been done and is being done in different countries). Hasan Batırel, Turkey |  
                        	| 09:10 - 09:30 | Current role of EBUS/EUS (EBUS/EUS versus Mediastinoscopy) John Tam, Singapore |  
                        	| 09:30 - 09:45 | Discussion |  | 
        	
            	| COFFEE BREAK  09:45 - 10:15 | 
            
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                        	| MITRAL VALVE THERAPIES |  
                        	| Moderators: W. Randolph Chitwood, USA & Tomislav Mihaljevic, UAE |  
                        	| 10.15 – 10.35 | Management of ischemic mitral valve disease.  W. Randolph Chitwood, USA |  
                        	| 10.35 – 11.00 | All isolated MV surgery should be done minimally invasive Pro: Theo Kofidis, Singapore
 Con: Kenton Zehr, USA
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                        	| 11.00 – 11.15 | Transcatheter mitral valve therapies: from sternotomy to percutaneous approach-a paradigm shift? Jean-François Obadia, France |  
                        	| 11.15 – 11.35 | Techniques in mitral valve repair:  from Barlow’s to degenerative. Tomislav Mihaljevic, UAE |  
                        	| 11.35 – 11.50 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| MITRAL VALVE |  
                        	| Moderators:Winfield Wells, USA  & Shunji Sano, Japan |  
                        	| 10:15 - 10:35 | Congenital mitral stenosis: Morphology and  surgical approaches. Emre Belli, France |  
                        	| 10:35 - 10:55 | Mitral regurgitation in children: Repair techniques. Zohair Y. Al Halees, Saudi Arabia
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                        	| 10:55 - 11:15 | Rheumatic mitral  disease in children: Is repair  feasible? Afksendyios Kalangos, Switzerland
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                        	| 11:15 - 11:35 | Reflections from adult repair techniques. Robert Dion, Belgium |  
                        	| 11:35 - 11:55 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| SURGICAL CONTROVERSIES |  
                        	| Moderators: Ilgaz Dogusoy,Turkey  &  Joshua Sonett,USA |  
                        	| 10:15 - 10:35 | VAMLA versus mediastinoscopy. Akif Turna, Turkey |  
                        	| 10:35 - 10:55 | Open versus VATS resections in lung cancer. Joshua Sonett, USA |  
                        	| 10:55 - 11:15 | Lobar versus sublobar resection in early stage lung cancer. Ilgaz Doğusoy, Turkey
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                        	| 11:15 - 11:35 | Lymph node dissection (dissection versus sampling). Alper Toker, Turkey
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                        	| 11:35 - 11:50 | Discussion |  | 
            
            	| LUNCH BREAK 12:00 - 13:30 | 
            
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                        	| AORTIC VALVE THERAPIES |  
                        	| Moderators: Vinod H. Thourani, USA & Vinayak Bapat, UK |  
                        	| 13.30 – 13.50 | Minimalist transfemoral AVR:  the new standard of care. Vinod H. Thourani, USA |  
                        	| 13.50 – 14.10 | Techniques in non-transfemoral AVR. Vinayak Bapat, UK |  
                        	| 14.10 – 14.30 | All patients with aortic stenosis regardless of their risk should have TAVR. Pro: Alain Cribier, France
 Con: Carlos-A  Mestres, Spain
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                        	| 14.30 – 14.50 | Sutureless AVR:  benefits and technique. Pascal Dohmen, Germany |  
                        	| 14.50 – 15.10 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| AORTIC VALVE |  
                        	| Moderators: Christian Pizarro, USA & A. Sampath Kumar, India |  
                        	| 13:30 - 13:50 | Aortic regurgitation in children: Repair techniques. Yves D'Udekem, Australia |  
                        	| 13:50 - 14:10 | Critical aortic stenosis in neonates and infants. Shunji Sano, Japan |  
                        	| 14:10 - 14:30 | Ross procedure: Ideal technique and  candidate?  John H. Calhoon, USA |  
                        	| 14:30 - 14:50 | When all else fails: Options for valve replacement. A. Sampath Kumar, India
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                        	| 14:50 - 15:10 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| SURGERY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED NSCLC |  
                        	| Moderators: Kamil Kaynak,Turkey &  Walter Weder,Switzerland |  
                        	| 13:30 - 13:50 | Neoadjuvant therapy for NSCLC. Yeşim Eralp, Turkey
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                        	| 13:50 - 14:10 | Restaging after Induction therapy in 3A – B Disease. Cengiz Gebitekin, Turkey
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                        	| 14:10 - 14:30 | Pulmonary arterioplasty and vena cava reconstruction as part of lung cancer resection. Douglas E. Wood, USA |  
                        	| 14:30 - 14:50 | En-Bloc vertebrectomy and lung resection for lung cancer. Keith S. Naunheim, USA
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                        	| 14:50 - 15:10 | Discussion |  | 
            
            	| COFFEE BREAK 15:10 - 15:30 | 
            
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                        	| POTPOURRI |  
                        	| Moderators: Ufuk Demirkılıç, Turkey & Duke Cameron, USA |  
                        	| 15.30 – 15.50 | Techniques in valve sparing root replacement. Duke Cameron, USA |  
                        	| 15.50 – 16.10 | TEVAR and Hybrid Thoracic Stenting:  Use in aneurysmal and Type B dissections. Toru Kuratani, Japan |  
                        	| 16.10 – 16.30 | Hybrid atrial fibrillation surgery:  Techniques and Outcomes, is this the best of both worlds?  Gorav  Ailawadi, USA |  
                        	| 16.30 – 16.50 | Techniques in atrial fibrillation surgery. Timo Weimar, Germany |  
                        	| 16.50 – 17.00 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| TRICUSPID VALVE |  
                        	| Moderators:  Afksendyios Kalangos, Switzerland & John H. Calhoon, USA
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                        	| 15:30 - 15:50 | Tricuspid repair in Ebstein’s  anomaly:  Is there a superior technique? Christian Pizarro, USA
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                        	| 15:50 - 16:10 | Congenital Non-Ebstein tricuspid regurgitation: Surgical techniques. Gilles Dreyfus, Monaco |  
                        	| 16:10 - 16:30 | Atrioventricular valve repair in single ventricle. Victor Tsang, UK |  
                        	| 16:30 - 16:50 | Individualizing surgical strategy for the Patient with Ebstein’s Malformation. Qingyu Wu, China
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                        	| 16:50 - 17:00 | Discussion |  | 
                    	
                        	| MANAGING SMALL PERIPHERAL TUMORS |  
                        	| Moderators: Jun Nakajima,Japan &  Keith Naunheim,USA |  
                        	| 15:30 - 15:50 | Role of thoracoscopic segmentectomy for early stage lung carcinomas. Dominique Gossot,France |  
                        	| 15:50 - 16:10 | Surgery for GGO. Jun Nakajima, Japan |  
                        	| 16:10 - 16:30 | SBRT – for whom. Kayıhan Engin, Turkey |  
                        	| 16:30 - 16:50 | The role of NCCN guidelines and the future of evidence based thoracic surgery. Robbin G. Cohen, USA |  
                        	| 16:50 - 17:00 | Discussion |  | 
            
            	| WELCOME RECEPTION (CONGRESS CENTER)  17:30 - 19:00 |