Department clinical and research expertise showcased at AATS 103rd Annual Meeting

May 16, 2023

The Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery showcased its clinical and research expertise at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 103rd Annual Meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif., May 6 - 9, 2023.

Over four days, this meeting brought together surgeons in-person to learn about the latest advances in clinical care across the fields of adult cardiac, general thoracic, congenital, and transplant surgery. With a record number of abstracts submitted this year, including several abstract submissions from the department, participants had the opportunity to engage in discussions, hear new perspectives, and build on each other’s work.

View the agenda for department presentations at the AATS Annual Meeting.

Saturday, May 6

•  Screening for Thoracic Aortic Disease with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic: A sub-Analysis of the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial
Poster Presenter: Shernaz Dossabhoy

•  Regionalization of Acute Type A Dissection: Who Benefits?
Speaker: Michael Fischbein

•  The Revised Heart Allocation Policy Improved Waitlist Mortality and Waiting Time with Maintained Outcome on En-bloc Heart-Lung Transplant Candidates and Recipients
Abstract Presenter: Yasuhiro Shudo

•  Mesothelioma: Science and Advances
Co-Moderator: Leah Backhus

•  Prospective, Single Center Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of a Novel Allogenic Mesenchymal Precursor Cell Therapy in Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Invited Discussant: Michael Ma 

•  Neochords: How Long, How Many, Too Many?
Speaker: Joseph Woo

•  Strategies for the Failing Ventricle
Co-Moderator: Michael Ma

Sunday, May 7

•  Long-Term Outcomes of Frozen Elephant Trunk for Acute Type I Dissection in Marfan Syndrome
Invited Discussant: D. Craig Miller

•  Neochordal Goldilocks: Analyzing the Biomechanical Impact of Neochord Length on Hemodynamics and Papillary Muscle Forces Suggests Higher Tolerance to Shorter Neochordae
Abstract Presenter: Matthew Park

•  Congenital Poster Session I
Co-Moderator: Elisabeth Martin

•  Establishment of the AATS Tetralogy Of Fallot Inception Cohort Registry
Poster Presenter: Michael Ma

•  Large Animal Translational Validation of Three Mitral Valve Repair Operations for Mitral Regurgitation Using A Mitral Valve Prolapse Model – A Comprehensive Biomechanical Engineering Analysis
Abstract Presenter: Yuanjia Zhu

•  Force Profiles on the Anterior Primary and Secondary Chords Post Neochord Repair for Anterior Valve Prolapse - Ex Vivo Biomechanical Analysis
Poster Presenter: Shin Yajima

•  Rapid Fire: Challenges in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
Co-Panelist: Frank Hanley

•  Incidence and Outcomes of Emergent Intraprocedural Surgical Conversion during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Insights from a Multicentric Germany-Wide Analysis
Invited Discussant: Joseph Woo

•  Diversifying Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Models: Successful Example of an Operating Surgeon-led Unit
Abstract Presenter: Perry Choi

Monday, May 8

•  Impact of Myocardial Viability on Outcomes After Surgical Coronary Revascularization in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Invited Discussant: William Hiesinger

•  Integrating Augmented Reality in Surgery for Medical Education and Telesurgery
Poster Presenter: Cyril Zakka

•  Interview with Bruce Reitz and Bill Baumgartner on the first Heart Lung Transplant
Speaker: Bruce Reitz

•  Surgical Resection after Definitive Non-Operative Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Invited Discussant: Mark Berry

•  Four Decades of Progress in Heart-Lung Transplantation: Lessons Learned From 300 Cases at a Single Institution
Abstract Presenter: Stefan Elde

•  Mitral Valve Replacement for Extensive Mitral Annular Calcification; Surgical Strategies and Outcomes
Invited Discussant: Joseph Woo

•  Tracheal Resection for COVID 19
Invited Discussant: Natalie Lui

Tuesday, May 9

•  Subsolid Nodules: Take it or Leave it! Case Scenarios and Panel Discussion
Co-Moderator and Speaker: Joseph Shrager

•  Trans-Septal Left Atrial HeartMate 3 Implant for Patients with Small LV Cavity -Surgical Video of 2 Cases
Invited Discussant: William Hiesinger

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