First Scientific Session

Moderators

Hendrick B. Barner, Saint Louis, Missouri
Glenn Pennington, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Introduction of New Members and Invited Guests

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.
1. Total Arterial Revascularization with a Single Internal Thoracic Artery and One Radial Artery
Thoralf M. Sundt, Hendrick B. Barner, Cynthia J. Camillo, William A. Gay
St. Louis, Missouri

1:45 - 2:00 p.m.
2. Depth of Chest Wall Invasion by Lung Cancer Does Not Influence Survival
Robert J. Downey, Nael Martini, Valerie Rusch, Manjit Bains, Robert Ginsberg
New York, New York

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
3. Aortic Root Replacement with the "Freestyle" Stentless Porcine Aortic Root Bioprosthesis
Neal D. Kon, A. Robert Cordell, Sandy M. Adair, John E. Dobbins, Dulane W. Kitzman
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

2:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Special Presentation - Experience with Lung Transplantation
Axel Haverich
Hannover, GERMANY

2:45 - 3:30 p.m.
Break for Exhibits

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
4. Comparison of Omental and Pectoralis Flaps for Poststernotomy Mediastinitis
Carmelo A. Milano, Peter K. Smith, Gregory S. Georgiade, Walter G. Wolfe
Durham, North Carolina

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
5. Laparoscopic Gastroesophageal Valvuloplasty: A New Procedure for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Two Year Followup in 60 Patients
Farid Gharagozloo, Stanley Benjamin, Mohammad Pourshahmir, Karen Deters, Gregory D. Trachiotis, James L. Cox
Washington, DC

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.
6. Risk Neutralization in Cardiac Surgery:  Efficacy and Expense of Detection and Treatment of Associated Carotid Disease
John Parker Gott, Vinod H. Thourani, Carolyn E. Wright, W. Morris Brown III, Andrew Adams, William M. McKinnon, Robert A. Guyton
Atlanta, Georgia

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
7. Outcome Following Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot with Absent Pulmonary Valve
Bryan E. McDonnell, J. William Gaynor, Jack Rychik, Rodolfo I. Godinez, William M. DeCampli, Thomas L. Spray
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
8. The Advantage of Autograft and Homograft Valve Replacement for Complex Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Christopher J. Knott-Craig, Kazuo Niwaya, KathyLee Santangelo, K. Chandrasekaran, Ronald C. Elkins
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
9. Clinical Experience with 104 Thoratec Ventricular Assist Devices
Lawrence R. McBride, Renato Ruggiero, Debbie A. Moroney, Karen A. Powers, Marc T. Swartz
St. Louis, Missouri

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