28th Annual Meeting & Workshops

April 29 - May 3, 2006

Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
San Diego, California

Program

Sunday, April 30, 2006
   
6:45 – 8:00 am Problem-based Learning Discussions
 Separate Registration Required
   
7:00 – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
   
8:00 – 10:15 am Critical Perioperative Issues in Valvular Heart Disease
Moderators: Stanton K. Shernan, MD/Marc S. Kanchuger, MD
Management of Asymptomatic Valvular Heart Disease: When to operate? - David S. Rubenson, MD
Should Mitral Valve Surgery be Performed for Mitral Regurgitation with a Low Ejection Fraction? - John Elefteriades, MD
Intraoperative Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Patient with Persistent Valve Dysfunction Following Valve Surgery - Robert M. Savage, MD
Long-term Clinical Outcomes after Valve Surgery: Is there room for improvement? - Ralph Morton Bolman, MD
Questions & Answers
   
10:15 – 11:00 am Coffee Break
   
11:00 – 12 noon ASA Update
Orin F. Guidry, MD, President, ASA
   
12 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on own
   
1:30 – 3:30 pm Session A: Advanced Topics in Valvular Heart Disease
Moderator: Jack S. Shanewise, MD
Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Function - David S. Rubenson, MD
Quantification of Mitral Stenosis - Colleen G. Koch, MD
Dynamic Outflow Tract Obstruction - Jonathan B. Mark, MD
Infective Endocarditis - Nikolaos J. Skubas, MD
   
  Vascular TrackSession B: Challenges in Hemostasis
Moderators: Linda Shore-Lesserson, MD/Karel Cvachovec, MD
Update on Safety of Antifibrinolytics - C. David Mazer, MD
Optimal Hematocrit on CPB - Glenn P. Gravlee, MD
Point-of-Care Testing of Platelet Function - Gregory A. Nuttall, MD
Case Presentation (recent intracoronary stent presenting for lung surgery) - Andrew D. Maslow, MD

Session C: Poster Discussion III – Coagulation
Moderators: Bruce D. Spiess, MD, FAHA/C. David Mazer, MD, FRCPC

   
3:30 – 4:15 pm Coffee Break with Exhibitors
   
4:15 – 5:30 pm

Session A: DHCA: Are Adults and Children Really Different? Hct and Acid-base Management
Moderator: James A. DiNardo, MD
DHCA in the Adult - David L. Reich, MD
DHCA in the Infant/Child - Barry Kussman, MBBS
Panel Discussion

Vascular TrackSession B: Vascular I: Optimal Perioperative Management of the High-risk Patient
Moderator: Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD
With Beta Blockade, Is Pre-operative Testing Necessary at All? - Arthur W. Wallace, MD
The Role of Statins in the Management of the High-risk Patient - Judy Kersten, MD
   
5:30 – 7:30 pm

Evening Sessions
Separate Registration Required

  • Professional Development: Managing the business of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology
  • Thoracic Anesthesia
   

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