International Coronary Congress
2016 Program
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11th
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Coffee/Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Welcome to the 2016 AATS ICC
Naresh Trehan*, Kunal Sarkar*, John Puskas*, David Taggart* & Richard Shemin*
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
HANDS ON COURSE: Anastomotic Skill Lab**
9:05 am - 10:30 am
Session I: Evidence Base for Management of Coronary Artery Disease in 2016
Moderators: John Puskas* & R R Kasliwal
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Coronary Artery Disease Management in 2016: The Complete Continuum Naresh Trehan*
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Back to the Future: Surgical Management of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease: A Brief Review
David Taggart*
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Bypass Grafts are Not Enough: Non-Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease in 2016 and Beyond
Samin Sharma*
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Transformers: Major Trials That changed the Face of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Raj Kharbanda
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Updated US and European CABG Guidelines; Survival Benefit of Guidelines-Directed Medical Treatment of CABG Patients
Richard Shemin*
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Trends in PCI and CABG in India in 2016: The Impact of Economics on Cardiovascular Care
Naresh Trehan*
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Moderated Panel Discussion: Heart Team Management of CAD in 2016
10:30 am - 10:55 am
BREAK - Lifetime Achievement Award
10:55 am - 12:00 pm
Session II: Coronary Controversies, Part I: Transition From Guideline-based Generalization to Individualized Case-based Approach
Moderators: Joseph Sabik* & Kirti Punamiya
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Total Arterial Revascularization Is the Holy Grail for CABG
John Puskas*
11:05 am - 11:15 am
When is the Saphenous Vein Graft the Preferred Conduit?
Ki-Bong Kim*
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Radial Arterial Conduits: Where Do They Stand Between IMA and SVG?
Stephen Fremes*
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Diffuse Disease in Small Vessels: Challenges for the Cardiac Surgeon
K. Mammen Cherian*
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Advances in Stent Technology: from DES to BVS
Praveen Chandra
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Moderated Panel Discussion: The Right Conduit for the Right Target in the Right Patient
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Session III : Therapy Selection in the Real World: Who Should Do It? The Role of the Heart Team
Moderators: Naresh Trehan* & M S Hiremath
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Case 1: Multi-vessel Disease with Poor LV Function
Surgeon's View: Michael Halkos*
Cardiologists View: Balbir Singh
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Case 2 : Ostial Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in a 40 Year Old Male
Surgeon's View: Joseph Sabik*
Cardiologists View: Pankaj Goel
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Lunch - Industry-Sponsored Luncheons (Multiple Parallel Sessions)
1:50 pm - 2:55 pm
Session IV A: Moving BITA into the Mainstream
Moderators: Richard Shemin* & Kunal Sarkar*
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
The 2015 STS Guidelines on Arterial Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Joseph Sabik*
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
BITA Grafting: The Evidence in 2016
David Taggart*
2:10 pm - 2:20 pm
Can BITA Adequately Supply the Entire Heart?
Sudhanshu Bhattacharya
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
BITA Grafting: Indian + Global Trends
Lokeswara Rao Sajja*
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm
Deterrents to BITA Grafting: How to Overcome Them and Close the Gap between Common Practice and Best Practices
Vipin Zamvar
2:40 pm - 2:55 pm
Moderated Panel Discussion: Is overuse of Stents an aftereffect of underuse of BITA grafting?
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
HANDS ON COURSE: OPCAB Seminar I**
1:50pm - 2:55 pm
Session IV B: Radial Artery Conduits
Moderators: Prakash Punjabi & Mani Subramanian*
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
Radial Artery: Evidence Base in 2016, Including the RAPS and RAPCO Trials
Stephen Fremes*
2:05 pm - 2:15 pm
Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvest: Techniques and Outcomes
P Chandrasekhar
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm
Best Practices in Using Radial Artery Grafts: Techniques + Pharmacologic Prophylaxis Against Graft Spasm
Stephen Fremes*
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm
Outcomes with RA versus RITA as the Second Arterial Conduit
Joseph Sabik*
2:40 pm - 2:55 pm
Panel Discussion: When and How To Use Radial Artery Conduits and Avoid/Treat Graft Spasm
2:55 pm - 3:45 pm
Session V A: BITA Grafting: How to Harvest and Use BITA Grafts
Moderators: Hakim Tarmizi & Hirokuni Arai
2:55 pm - 3:05 pm
Skeletonized BITA Harvest with the Harmonic Scalpel
John Puskas*
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm
BITA Configurations in All Arterial Grafting
Shuichiro Takanashi*
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm
BITA Configurations: In Situ versus Composite Grafting
Tapas Roychowdhury
3:25 pm - 3:35 pm
The 2015 STS Guidelines for Prevention of Mediastinitis
Richard Shemin*
3:35 pm - 3:45 pm
Panel Discussion: How To Treat Mediastinitis When It Occurs
2:55 pm - 3:45 pm
Session V B: State-of-the-Art Saphenous Vein Grafting in 2016 and Beyond
Moderators: Joseph Sabik* & Sheng-Shou Hu*
2:55 pm - 3:05 pm
Long-term Patency of SVGs Harvested by No-Touch Technique
Pradeep Narayan
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm
SVG patency as composite graft from IMA (SAVERITA)
Ki-Bong Kim*
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm
Open versus Endoscopic Vein Harvest
Anvay Muley
3:25 pm - 3:35 pm
The Effect of Storage Solutions and External Stenting on Vein Graft Patency,
David Taggart*
3:35 pm - 3:45 pm
Panel Discussion: When and How to Use SVG Conduits
3:45 pm - 4:10 pm
BREAK - Visit Exhibits
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
HANDS ON COURSE: OPCAB Seminar II**
4:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Session VI A: Quality Assessment in CABG
Moderators: Michael Halkos* & David Taggart*
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm
Epi-aortic Ultrasound: Standard of Care
Hirokuni Arai
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
A Primer in Transit-Time Flow Measurement: The Physics and the Facts (What Do The Numbers Mean??)
David Taggart*
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
Three Of My Own Cases in Which TTFM Made a Difference
John Puskas*
4:40 pm - 4:50 pm
Recognition and Management of Early Graft Failure after CABG
Kunal Sarkar*
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Quality Control in CABG
4:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Session VI B: Alternative Conduits, Coronary Endarterectomy and Anomalous Coronary Arteries
Moderators: Ramakant Panda & Vipin Zamvar
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm
The Evidence for Gastroepiploic Artery and Lesser Saphenous Conduits in 2016: When to Use Them and When Not to Use Them
Shuichiro Takanashi*
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Indications For and Outcomes of Coronary Endarterectomy
Ajit Bana
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
Techniques for Coronary Endarterectomy (Moderated Video)
Richard Shemin*
4:40 pm - 4:50 pm
Anomalous Coronary Arteries: Indications and Techniques of Surgery in 2016,
Anil Bhan
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Role of the Alternative Conduits and Coronary Endarterectomy

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12th
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Session VII: Abstract Session
(8 abstracts; 5 min presentation, 2 min Q/A each)
Moderators: Naresh Trehan* & Richard Shemin*
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Session VIII: Coronary Controversies, Part II
Moderators: John Puskas* & Praveen Chandra
9:00 am - 9:10 am
SYNTAX, FREEDOM and other pivotal trials: Proving Superiority of CABG
David Taggart*
9:10 am - 9:20 am
It's Too Early to Throw in the Towel: Better Stents and Gadgets Mean PCI is coming back,
Samin Sharma*
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Not So Fast: Better Drugs Will Make both PCI and CABG Irrelevant
Raj Kharbanda
9:30 am - 9:40 am
The Way Forward: The Heart Team
Kunal Sarkar*
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
HANDS ON COURSE: Anastomotic Skill Lab**
9:50 am - 10:50 am
Session IX: Mini Debates, Hot Topics 1
Moderators: Samin Sharma* & Richard Shemin*
9:50 am - 10:20 am
AMI with Multivessel Disease Culprit Vessel PCI Then CABG Now or Later
Vivek Jawali

Total PCI Solution Then and There
Ajith Mullasarai
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Post CABG Patient with Recurrent Angina Redo CABG: Another Decade of Quality of Life
Ramakant Panda

PCI: Easy Solution
V S Narian
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Tea Break - Visit Exhibits
11:20am - 12:30 pm
Session X A: Mini Debates, Hot Topics 2
Moderators: Hirokuni Arai & Praveen Chandra
11:20 am - 11:50 am
CAD with Severe Carotid Stenosis
Surgeons view: It's a Completely Surgical Disease
Prakash Punjabi

Cardiologist view: Stent the Carotids, Then Do CABG or PCI
Atul Mathur
11:50 am - 12:30 pm
Multi-vessel CAD with Poor LV with MR
CABG plus MV Replacement/MV Repair for Ischemic MR
Richard Shemin*

CABG plus medical therapy + Mitra clip for Ischemic MR
Samin Sharma*

Techniques of MV Repair for Ischemic MR
Anil Jain
11:20am - 12:30 pm
Session X B: Key Techniques for Surgical Anastomoses (Moderated Videos)
Moderators: Kunal Sarkar* & Yugal Mishra
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Off-Pump Proximal Anastomotic Techniques to Avoid Atheroembolism
John Puskas
11:30 am - 11:40 am
On-Pump Proximal Anastomotic Techniques to Avoid Atheroembolism,
Joseph Sabik*
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Distal Anastomotic Techniques
S K Naik
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Sequential Distal Anastomotic Techniques
Joseph Sabik*
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Composite Grafting Techniques
Sudhangshu Bhattacharya
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Options for Management of Diffuse Disease
K. Mammen Cherian*
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Take-Home Tips from the Experts
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Session XI A: Mini Debate, Hot Topic 3
Moderators: David Taggart* & Balbir Singh
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Proximal LAD artery stenosis: What is Best Therapy?
Newer generation Stents are as good as IMA graft in proximal LAD: No Need for IMA
Kirti Punamiya

No Stent Beats LIMA-LAD. Not Now, Not Ever
O P Yadav
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Session XI B: On-Pump CABG: State-of-the-Art Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Myocardial Protection
Moderator: Stephen Fremes*
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm
Fundamentals of CPB: Standard and Mini-Circuits
Anand Sancheti
12:40 pm - 12:50 pm
Myocardial Protection Strategies for CABG on CPB and Combined CABG/Valve Procedures
Nirmal Gupta
12:50 pm - 1:00 pm
STS Guidelines for Blood Conservation in CABG: A Comprehensive Blood Conservation Program
Udgeath Dhir
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch - Industry-Sponsored Luncheons (Multiple Parallel Sessions)
2:00 pm- 3:00 pm
Session XII A: OPCAB In 2016
Moderators: John Puskas* & Ajeet Bana
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
How I Teach OPCAB
Paul Sergeant*
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
OPCAB: The Evidence in 2016
David Taggart*
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm
OPCAB in India
Kunal Sarkar*
2:40 pm - 2:50 pm
How I Choose OPCAB vs ONCAB in 2016
Jai Kumar
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Best Practices for OPCAB in 2016
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Session XII B: Reducing Stroke in CABG
Moderators: Lokeswara Sajja* & Joseph Sabik*
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
Stroke in CABG in 2016: An avoidable 'Achilles Heal' of CABG ?
Harinder Bedi
2:10 pm - 2:20 pm
Evidence that a 'No Touch Aortic Technique' Reduces Stroke
Michael Halkos*
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Perioperative Prophylaxis and Treatment of New Postop AF in the CABG Patient
Balbir Singh
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm
What Is The Evidence for AF Ablation in the CABG Patient?
Sethuraman Rajan
2:40 pm - 2:50 pm
Management of Stroke post CABG
Arun Garg
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Avoiding Stroke in CABG
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
HANDS ON COURSE: OPCAB Seminar I**
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Session XIII A: Techniques for Off-Pump CABG Via Median Sternotomy
Moderators: Sheng-Shou Hu* & Shuichiro Takanashi*
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
My 10 Most Important Principles for OPCAB
Naresh Trehan*
3:10 pm - 3:25 pm
How I Do OPCAB
John Puskas*
3:25 pm - 3:35 pm
My 10 Best Tips/Tricks for OPCAB
David Taggart*
3:35 pm - 3:45 pm
Anaesthetic Techniques in OPCAB
Mehta
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Decision Making in OPCAB: Graft Sequence; Shunt Use; Conduit Choice; When to Convert
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Session XIII B: Complication and Disasters
Moderators: Richard Shemin* & K. Mammen Cherian*
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Cath Lab Disasters: Coronary Rupture and Other Events Requiring Emergency Surgery
R Kapoor
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Surgical Disasters During CABG: How to ManageThem When They Occur
Joseph Sabik*
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Cath Lab Disasters: Three Cases Where I Avoided Calling the Surgeons
Samin Sharma*
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Surgical Disasters During CABG: Three Cases from M + M Rounds
Harpreet Wasir
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Session XIV A: Redo CABG
Moderators: Machiraju & Ki-Bong Kim*
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Indications and Evidence for Redo CABG
Gopichand Mannam
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm
Myocardial Protection for Redo CABG On-Pump: Antegrade, Retrograde, Crystalloid, Blood, Del Nido
Stephen Fremes*
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Redo CABG Off-Pump
Ramakant Panda
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
Management of Patent Diseased Grafts During Redo CABG
Machiraju
4:40 pm - 4:50 pm
Graft Selection and Graft "Recycling" During Redo CABG
Joseph Sabik*
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Best Practices in Redo CABG
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Session XIV B: Alternative Access CABG: MIDCAB, Multi-vessel OPCAB via Thoracotomy, Robotic CABG and Hybrid Coronary Revascularization
Moderators: John Puskas* & T Kofridis
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Outcomes with MIDCAB: Why and When to Do It
Mani Subramanian*
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm
Tips and Tricks for MIDCAB: How to Do It
Yugal Mishra
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Multi-vessel CABG Via Thoracotomy: Why and How
T Kofridis
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
Robotic CABG in 2016- Status/Evidence
Michael Halkos*
4:40 pm - 4:50 pm
Hybrid Coronary Revascularization in 2016: Why, How and What's New
Sheng-Shou Hu*
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion: The Future of Minimally Invasive CABG
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
HANDS ON COURSE: OPCAB Seminar II**

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13th
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Session XV: Poster Session
Moderators: John Puskas*, K. Mammen Cherian* & Rajneesh Kapoor
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Session XVI A: End of the Turf War: The Coming together of Cardiac Surgeon and Cardiologist
Moderators: Naresh Trehan* & Ajith Mullasarai
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery working together in the biggest Cardiovascular Program on Earth
Sheng-Shou Hu*
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Heart Team: Are Outcomes Improving?
Maligail Girinath
9:25 am - 9:35 am
TAVI Team: Do We need both Surgeons And Cardiologists doing TAVI?
Sethuraman Rajan
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Robotic or MIDCAB and TAVI: Best of both worlds?
Nagendra Chouhan
9:45 am - 9:55 am
MIDCAB and PCI. Hybrid Coronary Revascularization: The New Beginning, Michael Halkos*
9:55 am - 10:05 am
TAVI, From Inoperable to Low-Risk: World Trends in TAVI Utilization
Praveen Chandra
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Heart Transplant: State of the Art and Unmet Needs
Chaco Perupuram
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Session XVI B: Management of Ischemic MR, Heart Failure and Unbypassable Targets
Moderators: Joseph Sabik* & Hirokuni Arai
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Role of CABG in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Hakim Tarmizi
9:10 am - 9:20 am
Moderate Ischemic MR: CABG or CABG-plus-MV Repair?
John Puskas*
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Severe Ischemic MR: Repair or Replace the MV?
Richard Shemin*
9:30 am - 9:40 am
How To Repair Ischemic MR: Which Ring, Tips and Tricks
Anil Jain
9:40 am - 9:50 am
CABG and Heart Failure: When and How to Reconstruct the LV during CABG
Sanjay Mittal
9:50 am - 10:00 am
The Role of TMR During CABG in 2016: Stand Alone and Concomitant TMR Worldwide
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Panel Discussion
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Break - Visit Exhibits
10:40 am - 12:10 pm
Session XVII: The Great Innovation Pipeline in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Moderators: David Taggart* & Madhukar Shahi
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Robotic CABG: Is it still to be perfected?
Michael Halkos*
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Minimally invasive surgery: MIDCAB vs ThoraCAB
T Kofridis
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Thoracoscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation and LAA Exclusion
John Puskas*
11:10 am - 11:20 am
LAA closure with Percutaneous Devices
Balbir Singh
11:20 am - 11:30 am
LV aneurysm - Interventional and Surgical Innovation in Management
Janaradan Reddy
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Chordae Rupture - Interventional and Surgical Innovations in Management
Amit Chandra
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Extreme High Risk Intervention Assisted by ECMO, Tandem Heart and IMPELLA
Ajith Mullasarai
11:50 AM - 12:00 pm
Mitra Clip for Severe MR: Indications and Results
M S Hiremath
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Minimally Invasive AVR and Sutureless Valves may reduce TAVI Volume
Richard Shemin*
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Adjournment and Invitation to the 2017 AATS International Coronary Congress, New York
John Puskas* & David Taggart*