Program
| Please note that this is a tentative program. This will be fine-tuned as we make progress. Click to download program. | |
| DAY 1: Wednesday 27 August 2008 | |
| 1200: | Registration |
| 1400 - 1515: | Opening Ceremony |
| 1400 - 1410: | Welcome Address by Dr Dang Hanh De / Dr Nguyen Van Phan President, Vietnam Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons |
| 1410 - 1420: | Speech and Official Opening: Ms Nong Thi Ngoc Minh, Vice-Chairman, The Peoples Committee of Danang City |
| 1420 - 1445: | Plenary Lecture: 50 Years of Mitral Valve Surgery: by Dr John Relland |
| 1445 - 1515: | Tea Reception |
| 1530 - 1730: | Scientific Session I: Industry Updates · Edwards Lifesciences: What tissue valves mean to us by Mr Bruce Van Demon · Ethicon J&J: Latest innovations in cardiovascular surgery, Exclusively Ethicon: by Mr Barry Inamoto · 3M: Infection Control - The end of surgical scrub as we know it by Ms Karen Seak · St Jude Medical: More control, less risk by Ms Chia Seow Fong · Medtronic A review of Medtronic heart valves by Mr Ashok Kumar · Sorin: What is Sorin Biomedica, Carbomedics, Mitroflo flow and Solo, and what Asia means to us by Mr Christophe Jaffuel |
| 1730 - 1930: | Scientific Session II: Updates in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery · Concomitant AF intervention with valvular surgery by Dr Li Poa · Our approach to AF in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery by Dr Isham Jaafar · Modified biatrial Maze procedure in AF associated with mitral valve disease by Dr Choosak Kasemsarn · The status of adjunct AF ablation by Dr Prashant Joshi · Atrial volume reduction maze for “inoperable” AF by Dr Masashi Komeda · Making sense out of the numerous energy sources and lesion sets for AF ablation by Dr Chua Yeow Leng |
| 2000-2200: | Welcome Dinner Venue: Sandy Beach Resort |
| DAY 2: Thursday 28 August 2008 | |
| 0800-1030: | Scientific Session III: STATUS OF MITRAL VALVE SURGERY · Where are we with mitral valve repair in rheumatics by Dr Nguyen Van Phan · A segmental approach to the repair of rheumatic mitral valves by Dr Taweesak Chotivatanapong · Our experience with mitral valve repair by Dr Zhang Haibo · My approach to ischaemic mitral regurgitation by Dr Kaushal Pandey · New surgery for functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure by Dr Masashi Komeda · Do we need so many annuloplasty rings by Dr Matthew Maxwell · How I optimize the outcome of mitral valve repair sugary with continuous End-diastolic Volume (EDV) measurement by Dr Naman Shastri · Interpreting the mitral valve repair literature by Dr Anelechi Anyanwu |
| 1030-1050: | Coffee Break |
| 1050-1200: | Scientific Session IV: MANAGING TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE · How aggressive should surgeons be with concomitant tricuspid regurgitation by Dr Nguyen Van Phan · Tricuspid valve management after left side valve surgery by Dr Park Pyo-won · What tricuspid valve pathology needs fixing and what are the options by Dr Matthew Maxwell |
| 1200-1330: | Scientific Session V: HEART VALVE DISEASE IN CHILDREN · Our approach to valvular heart disease in children by Dr Zohair Al Halees · Mitral valve repair in children by Dr Nguyen Van Phan · In praise of biodegradable annuloplasty rings in children by Dr Prashant Joshi · Is there a place for valve replacement surgery in children by Dr Jeswant Dillon |
| 1330 - 1415: | Lunch |
| 1415-1600: | Scientific Session VI: STATUS OF AORTIC VALVE SURGERY · How I deal with the aortic valve when operating on the aortic root by Dr Yutaka Okita · Status of Aortic Valve Repair by Dr Matthew Maxwell · Echo indices in patients with VSD and concomitant aortic regurgitation by Dr Prashant Joshi · How big a place is there for the stentless aortic valve by Dr Joel Rosenberg |
| 1600 - 1620: | Tea Break |
| 1620-1830: | Scientific Session VII: MANAGING THE MULTI-VALVE DISEASE PATIENT · The role of echocardiography in decision making by Dr Maie Al Shahid · Pitfalls and tricks in multiple valve replacement by Dr Kaushal Pandey · The role of autologous pericardium in bacterial endocarditis by Dr Taweesak Chotivatanapong · Dealing with rare and unusual valve surgery by Dr Kaushal Pandey · Optimizing outcomes in valve replacement surgery through haemodynamic monitoring by Dr Laurie Doolan |
| 2000-2200: | Hoi An Theme Dinner (with Vietnamese Cultural Show) Venue: Palm Garden Resort Attire: Vietnamese farmer's costume (will be provided) |
DAY 3: Friday 29 August 2008 |
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| Today we return to history, nature and culture. First Stop: Marble Mountain - herein lies Vietnam’s historical Buddhist caves. Visit the caves in your own time. No 2 caves or the artefacts within are alike. Enjoy the panoramic view of China Beach coastline from atop the mountain. Second Stop: Take a 20 seater boat out to the sea-coconut palm paradise. On arrival, you will be transferred onto round-bottom basket boats (3 to a basket) and be rowed around the palm groves. Here you will hear first hand from your boat man how the Vietcongs won the war against the west. Following basketting around, you will be returned to your 20 seater boat for lunch onboard. Third Stop: After lunch, you will boat along to the local fishing village where you will have the opportunity to pull in your own net - hopefully you will be lucky enough to haul in your dinner. Following this, those less faint-hearted will be allowed to race each other in a basket boat race organized by the locals. There will be prizes, so give it a go. Fourth Stop: No trip to Danang is complete without a visit to Hoi An, a town where time stood still. It is a walk-about town where no automated vehicles are permitted. Each participant will be provided with his own personalized cyclos. The “pilot”will show you around town and take you to where you want to go - be this for sightseeing, photography or shopping for local artefacts. Fifth Stop: By now, you should be bushed and famished. So to end the day, you can unwind over a cold cuppa and a sumptuous dinner at the Hoi An Beach Club before we head back to Sandy Beach Resort for a good night’s rest. |
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| DAY 4: Saturday 30 August 2008 | |
| 0800-1000: | How I Do It · Repeat mitral valve repair by Dr Nguyen Van Phan · Technique of aortic root replacement by Dr Suresh Joshi · Robotic heart valve surgery - Is there a place for it in Asia? by Dr Tan Teing Ee · Self-home monitoring of INR for safer anticoagulation therapy by Dr Clifford Hughes · Mitral valve repair of the posterior leaflet with Goretex sutures without leaflet resection by Dr Hirofumi Takemara · Chordal transfer techniques by Dr Ahmed Fahmy El-Watidy · Chordal replacement for both leaflet prolapse by Dr Hitoshi Kasegawa (in absentia) · Refining the techniques of chord transfer and neo-chord replacement by Dr Matthew Maxwell |
| 1000-1020: | Coffee Break |
| 1020-1320: | WET LAB: (a) Aortic annulus enlargement - using the Manougian Technique (b) Implantation of prosthesis of choice |
| 1320 - 1415: | Lunch |
| 1415 - 1630: | Contemporary Contentious Issues · Are patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to heart valve disease inoperable by Dr Masashi Komeda · Extra-anatomic mitral valve repair - will they ever be mainstream options by Dr Li Poa · Anticoagulating the pregnant patient by Dr Maie Al Shahid · Should we learn the minimally invasive approach for mitral valve surgery by Dr Weerachai Nawarawong · When is it too early to operate on the heart valve patient by Dr Chee Tek Siong · Dilemma over choice of prostheses - what to do with so many xenografts by Dr Saw Huat Seong · Dilemma over choice of prostheses - what to do with so many mechanical valves by Dr Antonio Calafiore · Do we need an Asian heart valve registry by Dr Lim See Lim/Dr Ooi Oon Cheong · Status Report: Will transcatheter aortic valve replacement replace conventional surgery? by Dr Jorg Kempfert |
| 1630-1700: | CLOSING LECTURE Evolving Standards in Asian Heart Valve Surgery: What have we learned? Where are we headed by Dr Zohair Al Halees |
| 2000-2200: | Farewell Dinner with the Pirates Venue: Furama Beach Resort Attire: Pirate Costumes (will be provided) |