26th Annual Meeting & Workshops

Moderator: Stanton K. Shernan, MD

Panelists: Solomon Aronson, MD; Michael Banbury, MD; John C. Chen, MD; Michael H. Picard, MD; Patrick Whitlow, MD

• Intraoperative Evaluation of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation - Solomon Aronson, MD
• Persistent Mitral Valve Dysfunction Post Repair: When to Return to Cardiopulmonary Bypass? - John C. Chen, MD
• Unexpected Aortic Stenosis in a Patient Scheduled for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Michael H. Picard, MD
• Options for Coronary Artery Revascularization: Angioplasty/ Coated Stent vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Patrick Whitlow, MD

Moderators: Manuel Fontes, MD/Robert N. Sladen, MD

• Markers and Predictors of Renal Outcome - Mark Stafford-Smith, MD
• Mechanisms of Perioperative Acute Renal Failure - Stuart Saal, MD
• Pharmacologic Renal Protection - Susan Garwood, MD

Session B: Case Presentations in Thoracic Anesthesia

Moderator: Edmond Cohen, MD

• Lung Separation and the Difficult Airway: Should we insist on DLT? - Edmond Cohen, MD
• Severe Hypoxia during One Lung Ventilation: Beyond PEEP and CPAP - Jay B. Brodsky, MD
• Resection of Carinal Tumor: Sharing the Airway - Martin D. Abel, MB
• Lung Volume Reduction: A Roller Coaster Story - Charles W. Hogue, MD

Session C: Poster Discussion IV

Moderator: Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD/Linda Shore-Lesserson, MD

Case 1: Use of combined antifibrinolytic therapy. Is it recommended? - C. David Mazer, MD

Case 2: Perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass: How should it be managed? - Hilary P. Grocott, MD

Case 3: Incidental patent foramen ovale during off-pump cardiac surgery. - Albert T.W. Cheung, MD

Session B: Bioterrorism

Moderator: Manuel Fontes, MD

• Biotoxins: Biological and Chemical Agents - Their Clinical Manifestations and Treatment - Ronald J. Poblete, MD
• Medical Preparedness for Bioterrorism: A Military Perspective - James Helman, MD