Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Symposium:
Outcomes, Innovations and Future Directions
Sunday May 28, 2000
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Featured Presentations

Innovative Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Coronary Revascularization in the High Risk Patient William E. Cohn, MD Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA		Contemporary and Evolving Robotic Techniques in Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
OPCAB: Minimally Invasive Revascularization in Patients with Multi-vessel CAD Robert Matheny, MD St. Josephs Hospital of Atlanta		OPCAB 2000: New Techniques and Evolving Techniques Michael Mack, MD Director of Research and Heart/Lung Transplantation, Columbia Hospital, Medical City, Dallas, Texas
Tips and Pitfalls in OPCAB Surgery Jacob Bergsland, MD Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Heart Surgery, Buffalo General Hospital and State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo New York		CNS monitoring in High-risk OPCAB Patients Dimitri Novitzky, MD James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, University of South Florida, School of Medicine, Tampa, FL
Neurological Outcomes After OPCAB: How much better is it? John M. Murkin, MD, FRCPC University Hospital Campus, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario		Retaining the Aortic Fat Pad During CABG Decreases Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation Z. Davis, MD Cardiac Surgery Associates, The Edward Cardiovascular Institute, Edward Hospital, Naperville Il., and The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Il.
Results of Endoscopic Redo Sternotomy R.G. Carrillo, MD Mount Sinai Medical Center		Beating Heart Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass in Diabetic Patients Mercedes K.C. Dullum, MD Division of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass in Octogenarians R.G. Carlson, MD Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL		The Octopus Stabilizer: Preliminary Biochemical and Neuropsychological Outcomes From a Prospective Randomised Trial RA Baker, PhD Cardiac Surgical Research Group, Flinders Medical Center, Adelaide, South Australia
Coronary Revascularization of the Circumflex System: Different Approaches and Long-Term Outcome Mercedes K.C. Dullum, MD Division of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC		Cardiopulmonary Bypass as an Independent Predictor of Cerebral Events in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting AP Nierich, MD Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Beating Heart Surgery in Octogenarians: Perioperative Outcome and Comparison with Younger Age Groups Mercedes K.C. Dullum, MD Division of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC		Alternative Approaches in Off-Pump Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr., MD Pensacola Heart Institute
Computer Enhanced Mitral Valve Surgery: An Animal Model L. Wiley Nifong, MD Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University

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