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SUNDAY, 28 JUNE 2009
7:45 AM - 8:00 AM Ballroom 2		Business Meeting - Members Only
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Ballroom 2		Welcome
8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Ballroom 2		C Walton Lillehei Award
	C1	Durability Of Porcine Bio-roots In Younger Patients With Aortic Root Pathology: A Propensity Matched Comparison With Composite Mechanical Roots Nimesh Desai; Wilson Szeto; Ahmed Zeeshan; Danielle Brown; Patrick Moeller; Alberto Pochettino; Joseph E. Bavaria Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
	C2	Exercise Testing In Severe Aortic Stenosis Reveals Symptoms In One-third Of Previously Presumed 'Asymptomatic' Patients, Which Has Consequences For Treatment Martijn W. van Geldorp; Tjebbe W. Galema; A. P. Kappetein; Johanna J. Takkenberg; Ad J. Bogers Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
	C3	An Evaluation Of Adipose-derived Stem Cells For Heart Valve Tissue Engineering Francesca Colazzo¹; Padmini Sarathchandra²; Adrian H. Chester²; Basim A. Matti³; Magdi H. Yacoub²; Patricia M. Taylor² ¹IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato, Milan, Italy; ²Heart Science Centre, NHLI, Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom; ³Harley Street Clinic, London, United Kingdom
	C4	Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Anterior Mitral Leaflet Stiffness In The Beating Heart Julia C. Swanson¹; Gaurav Krishnamurthy¹; Akinobu Itoh¹; John-Peder E. Kvitting¹; Wolfgang Bothe¹; D. C. Miller¹; Neil B. Ingels Jr.² ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States; ²Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California, United States
	C5	Overlooked: Right Ventricular Dysfunction In Left-sided Heart Valve Disease Lina M. Vargas Abello; Gosta B. Pettersson; Edward R. Nowicki; Jeevanantham Rajeswaran; Eugene H. Blackstone Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
	C6	Systematic Strategy To Attempt Repair Of All Degenerative Mitral Valves Yields A Near 100% Repair Rate Javier G. Castillo; Anelechi C. Anyanwu; Joanna Chikwe; David H. Adams Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York, United States
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Ballroom 2		Presidential Address
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Grand Ballroom Foyer		Refreshment Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Ballroom 1		Poster Session I
	P1	Aortic Valve Surgery And Treatment Of Atrial Fibrillation Herko Grubitzsch¹; Sven Beholz¹; Pascal M. Dohmen¹; Simon Dushe¹; Michael Sander²; Wolfgang Konertz¹ ¹Klinik für Kardiovaskuläre Chirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ²Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Perioperative Intensivmedizin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
	P2	Question Of Clinical Reliability: Aortic Valve Replacement Observed Vs Euroscore-predicted Mortality Tamer Ghazy; Utz Kappert; Klaus Matschke Department of CardiacSsurgery, Dresden Heart Center University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
	P3	Prosthesis Of Choice For Re-replacement Of Bioprostheses After Structural Valve Deterioration With Concomitant Re-coronary Artery Bypass Graft Charles A. Yankah; Miralem Pasic; Julia Stein; Christine Detschades; Axel Unbehaun; Semih Buz; Yuguo Weng; Roland Hetzer Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
	P4	Long-term Outcomes Of Tricuspid Valve Replacement: Twenty-years Experience Comparing Mechanical And Biological Prostheses Andrea Garatti¹; Giuseppe Bruschi²; Alberto Canziani¹; Tiziano Colombo²; Claudio Russo²; Alessandro Frigiola¹; Luigi Martinelli²; Lorenzo Menicanti¹ ¹Department of Cardiovascular Disease “E. Malan”, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinico S.Donato Hospital, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy; ²“Angelo De Gasperis” Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca’Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
	P5	Concomitant Aortic Valve Replacement With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting For Patients With Chronic Renal Failure On Hemodyalisis Akie Shimada; Hirotaka Inaba; Atsushi Amano Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
	P6	Long-term Regular Exercise Training Prevents Aortic Valve Disease In Mice: Importance Of Exercise Intervention At An Earlier-stage Of Disease Yasuharu Matsumoto; Volker Adams; Axel Linke; Gerhard Schuler University Leipzig – Heart Center Leipzig, Department of Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany
	P7	Optimal Timing Of Mitral Valve Repair In Patients With Severe Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation Takeshi Kitai; Tomoko Tani; Yu Shomura; Shuichiro Kaji; Koichi Tamita; Atsushi Yamamuro; Yutaka Furukawa; Yukikatsu Okada Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
	P8	Results Of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation During Mitral Surgery In Patients With Poor Electro-Anatomical Substrates Antonino S. Rubino¹; Francesco Onorati¹; Giovanni Mariscalco²; Filiberto Serraino¹; Andrea Sala²; Attilio Renzulli¹ ¹Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy; ²Dept. of Surgical Sciences, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Varese University Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
	P9	Does Aortic Valve Replacement Mitigate The Mortality Risk Of Preoperative Heart Failure? Dumbor L. Ngaage; Levent Guvendik Castle Hill Hospital, Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
	P10	Aortic Root Replacement With Aortic Homografts: 12-year Single Center Experience Roberto Favaloro; Alejandro Mendiburu; Pablo Roura; Gerardo Bozovich; Eduardo Dulbecco; Hector Raffaelli; Jose Abud; Juan Rinaldi Favaloro Foundation University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
	P11	Fine Characterization Of Aortic Valve Segments, Edges And Walls, Glycosaminoglycans And Their Modification With Aortic Stenosis Luca Dainese¹; Anna Guarino¹; Gianluca Polvani¹; Paolo Biglioli¹; Francesca Pederzoli²; Francesca Maccari²; Nicola Volpi² ¹Dept. Cardiac Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; ²Dept. of Biologia Animale, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
	P12	Transcriptomic Study Of The Myxomatous Mitral Valve Prolapse (MMVP) Alexia Hulin¹; Charles Lambert¹; Christophe Deroanne¹; Betty Nusgens¹; Alain Colige¹; Marc Radermecker² ¹ Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, liège, Belgium; ²Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
	P13	Creation Of Engineered 3-D In Vitro Models Of Valvular Disease Karien J. Rodriguez; Laura M. Piechura; Kristyn S. Masters University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
	P14	Bone Morphogenic Protein Pathway Activation In Sclerotic Human Aortic Valves Randall F. Ankeny¹; Robert M. Nerem¹; Hanjoong Jo¹ ¹Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States; ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
	P15	Structural Integrity Of Cryopreserved Human Heart Valve Collagen And Elastin Cindy J. Gerson; Steven Goldstein; Albert E. Heacox CryoLife, Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
	P16	Cellular Pathology Of Mitral Valve Prolapse: New Perspective For The Basic Research On Valve Disease inside The Homograft Banking Program Philippe Caimmi; Marco Prunotto; Elena Grossini Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy, Novara, Italy
	P17	Quantitative Analyses Of Stent Elasticity For Commissural Attachments Martins Kalejs¹; Mathieu Vergnat¹; Philippe A. Sayed¹; Peteris Stradins²; Ludwig K. von Segesser¹ ¹Department Of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; ²Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pauls Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
	P18	Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis: Possible Role Of Tissue Factor In Disease Development Joke Breyne¹; Francis Juthier²; Sylvestre Marechaux³; Delphine Corseaux⁵; Christophe Zawadzki⁴; André Vincentelli²; Thierry Le Tourneau³; Brigitte Jude⁴ ¹EA2693, University of Lille II, Lille, France; ²Cardiac Surgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; ³Echocardiography and Physiology Laboratories, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; ⁴Haematology Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; ⁵University of Lille I, Lille, France
	P19	Locally Different Elevation Of Matrixmetalloproteinases In Different Areas Of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm In Bicuspid And Tricuspid Aortic Valve Salah A. Mohamed¹; Kerstin Schoellermann¹; Detlev Schult-Badusche¹; Thorsten Hanke¹; Bjoern E. Wenzel²; Hans H. Sievers¹ ¹UKSH-Campus Luebeck, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Luebeck, Germany; ²UKSH-Campus Luebeck, Department of Medical Medicine I, Luebeck, Germany
	P20	Inflammation Induces Mesenchymal Transformation In Adult And Embryonic Valve Endothelial Cells Which May Be Further Modulated By Hemodynamics Gretchen Mahler; Andrew Recknagel; Jonathan Butcher Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
	P21	TGF-beta Pathway Activation In Surgically Resected Leaflets Of Non Syndromic Mitral Valve Prolapse Stefania Rizzo¹; Elisa Carturan¹; Gino Gerosa²; Adolfo Paolin³; Gaetano Thiene¹; Cristina Basso¹ ¹Department of Medico-diagnostic Sciences, Univeristy of Padua, Padova, Italy; ²Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; ³Ca Foncello Civil Hospital, Treviso, Italy
	P22	Relationship Between Bicuspid Aortic Valve Morphology And Ascending Aorta Disease Claudio F. Russo¹; Aldo Cannata¹; Marco Lanfranconi¹; Corrado Taglieri¹; Luca Botta¹; Edgardo Bonacina²; Luigi Martinelli¹ ¹Dept of Cardiac Surgery - Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy; ²Dept of Pathology - Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
	P23	Bicuspid Aortic Valve Morphology Does Not Affect Pathologic Phenotype Mathieu Vergnat¹; Deepika Thacker²; Martin St. John Sutton³; Paul M. Weinberg²; Theodore Plappert³; Joseph E. Bavaria⁴; Joseph H. Gorman III¹; Robert C. Gorman¹ ¹Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; ²Division of Cardiology, Children Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States; ³Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; ⁴Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
	P24	Regional And Age-related Changes In Sulphated-Glycosaminoglycan Content Of The Aortic Valve: Functional Implications Sophie E. New; Adrian H. Chester; Magdi H. Yacoub; Patricia M. Taylor Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
	P25	Valve Excursion Is Vital For Cardiac Function: 3D-Echocardiographical Approach Koichi Sughimoto¹; Yoshiharu Takahara¹; Kenji Mogi¹; Manabu Sakurai¹; Chikashi Aoki¹; Hao Liu² ¹Department of Cardiovascular surgery Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Funabashi, Japan; ²Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
	P26	Clinical Outcome Of Toronto Stentless Porcine Valve: A Ten Year Follow-up Of 134 Implants Giampaolo Zoffoli; Domenico Mangino; Andrea Venturini; Angiolino Asta; Alberto Terrini; Chiara Zanchettin; Elvio Polesel Venice Cardiac Surgery, Venezia - Mestre, Italy
	P27	Risk Factors For Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch After Aortic Valve Replacement With Current Bioprostheses Alessandro Piccardo; Faouzi Trojette; Benoit Petitprez; Franck Levy; Paul Marticho; Dan Rusinaru; Christophe Tribouilloy; Thierry Caus "Amiens Picardie" University Hospital, Amiens, France
	P28	Mitral Valve Replacement With The Quattro Stentless Pericardial Bioprosthesis: Mid-Term Clinical And Echocardiographic Follow-up Bahaaldin Alsoufi¹; Zohair Al-Halees¹; Cedric Manlhiot²; Charles Canver¹; Mouhamed Al-Amri¹; Brian McCrindle²; Maie Al-Shahid¹ ¹King Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ²Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
	P29	Risk Of Severe Thrombocytopenia After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement With Solo Freedom® Pericardial Bioprosthesis Alessandro Piccardo; Benoit Petitprez; Paul Marticho; Zava Nirina Rakotoarivelo; Jean Paul Remadi; Gilles Touati; Doron Carmi; Thierry Caus Division of Cardiac Surgery, "Amiens - Picardie" University Hospital, Amiens, France
	P30	The Stentless Bioroot For Treatment Of Complex Aortic Valve-ascending Aortic Pathologies: Experience Of 400 Patients Jerry Easo; Philipp Hoelzl; Friedrich Kroenig; Michael Horst; Otto Dapunt Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
	P31	Impact Of Prosthesis-Patient-Mismatch (PPM) On Mortality And Quality Of Life Olaf Stanger; Kaan Akmanlar; Erna Mitloehner; Reinhard Baier; Probal Ghosh; Richard Krausler; Felix Unger University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Salzburg, Austria
	P32	Prospectively Randomized Comparison Of Three Supraannular Stented Aortic Xenografts Sven Lehmann; Thomas Walther; Jörg Kempfert; Sergey Leontyev; Jens Garbade; Ardawan Rastan; Michael Borger; Friedrich Mohr Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
	P33	Aortic Valve Replacement With Mitroflow Bovine Pericardial Valve: Early Experience From Single Canadian Centre John Lee; Li Zhang; Trevor Lee; Ed Pascoe; Keith Warrian; Kenny Kumar University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	P34	Physical Properties And Calcification Potential Of Adapt®-treated Kangaroo Pericardium - an Ideal Tissue Alternative For Percutaneous Heart Valves William M. Neethling¹; Hellmuth Weich²; Ross Glancy³; Andrew J. Hodge⁴ ¹Fremantle Heart Institute, University of Western Australia, Fremantle, Australia; ²Cardiology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa; ³Histopathology Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Fremantle, Australia; ⁴Cardiothoracic Surgery Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia
	P35	Long Term Results Of Aortic Root Replacement: 15 Years Experience Ilker Mataraci¹; Adil Polat¹; Ahmet Caliskan¹; Ahmet Sasmazel¹; Ercan Eren¹; Kaan Kirali¹; Hasan Sunar¹; Cevat Yakut¹ ¹Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ²Military Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
	P36	Clinical Results Of The Medtronic Mosaic Porcine Bioprosthesis Up To 14 Years Friedrich-Christian Rieß; Eva Cramer; Günther Wahl; Lorenz Hansen; Ralf Bader Albertinen Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany
	P37	Five Year Hemodynamic Performance Of ATS 3F Aortic Bioprosthesis Assessed By Valve Energy Loss And Pressure Gradient Xu Yu Jin; Xin Du; Chandi Ratnatunga; Ravi Pillai Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
	P38	Homograft Replacement Of The Mitral Valve: Eight Year Results Aldo Giovannelli; Andrea Perrotti; Francesco Nappi; Cristophe Acar; Alain Pavie; Iradj Gandjibakhch La Pitiè Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
11:15 AM - 12:50 PM Ballroom 2		Devices I *Key Note Lecture – Gaetano Thiene* (tbc)
	C7	In-vitro Comparison Of Different Mechanical Prostheses Suitable For Replacement Of The Systemic Atrioventricular Valve In Children Vincenzo Tarzia; Tomaso Bottio; Jonida Bejko; Giulio Rizzoli; Gino Gerosa Cardiovascular Surgery, Padova, Italy
	C8	St. Jude Medical Epic Porcine Bioprosthesis - Results Of Regulatory Evaluation W R Eric Jamieson¹; Clifton T. Lewis²; Marc P. Sakwa³; Denton A. Cooley⁴; Vibhu R. Kshettry⁵; Kent W. Jones⁶; Tirone E. David⁷; John A. Sullivan⁸ ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida, United States; ³William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States; ⁴St Luke Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States; ⁵Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; ⁶LDS Hospitals, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ⁸QEII Health Science Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	C9	Outcome Predictors Of Concomitant Aortic, Mitral And Tricuspid Heart Valve Operation: A 20-year Experience At A Single Institution Bahaa Fadel; Bahaaldin Alsoufi; Ghassan Siblini; Zohair Al-Halees; Aly Al Sanei; Charles Canver King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	C10	Left Ventricular Midwall Dysfunction In The Context Of Normal Ejection Fraction In Aortic Valve Disease Predicts Major Adverse Cardiac Events Umberto Benedetto¹; Giovanni Melina¹; Simone Refice¹; Emiliano Angeloni¹; Manuel Stefanelli¹; Brenno Fiorani¹; Giuseppino M. Ciavarella²; Riccardo Sinatra¹ ¹Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico S. Andrea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; ²Dept. of Cardiology, Policlinico S. Andrea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
	C11	A Single-center Experience Of Hancock II Bioprosthesis In Double Valve Replacement: Long-term Results Loris Salvador; Giuseppe Minniti; Elena Cavarretta; Paolo Ius; Salvatore Mirone; Raffaele Canola; Carlo Valfre' Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Santa Maria dei Battuti Hospital, Treviso, Italy
11:15 AM - 12:50 PM Ballroom 3		Ross Procedure *Key Note Lecture – Hans-Hinrich Sievers* *(tbc)*
	C12	The Original Subcoronary Technique: Single Centre Results Of The Ross Operation In 501 Patients Thorsten Hanke¹; Efstratios I. Charitos¹; Matthias J. Bechtel¹; Claudia Schmidtke¹; Ernst Kraatz¹; Ulrich Stierle¹; Martin Misfeld¹; Hans-H. Sievers¹ ¹University of Lübeck, Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Lübeck, Germany; ²Helios Kliniken Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
	C13	Twenty-One Year Evolution Of Support Techniques For Root Replacement Ross Procedure Paul Stelzer The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
	C14	Reoperation After The Ross Procedure Gosta B. Pettersson; Michael Flynn; Edward R. Nowicki; Lillian H. Batizy; Sreekumar Subramanian; Lars G. Svensson; Eugene H. Blackstone Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
	C15	More Than 10 Years Follow-up Of Patients Undergoing The Ross Operation. A Single Center Experience Martin Misfeld; Doreen Richardt; Ulrich Stierle; Efstratios I. Charitos; Hans H. Sievers; Thorsten Hanke Depart. of Cardiac- and Vascular Thoracic Surgery, UK-SH, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
	C16	The Ross Full Root Replacement In Adults With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease John W. Brown; Ali P. Shahriari; Mark Ruzmetov; Yousuf Mahomed; Mark W. Turrentine Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
11:15 AM - 12:50 PM Marriott Hotel		Tissue Engineering I *Key Note Lecture – Sir Magdi Yacoub* *(tbc)*
	C17	Effect Of Increasing In-vitro Cyclic Strain On Aortic Valve Interstitial Cell Phenotype And Subsequent Gene Expression Of Extracellular Matrix Constituents Christopher A. Carruthers¹; Christina M. Alfieri²; Katherine E. Yutzey²; Michael S. Sacks¹ ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; ²University of Cinncinati, Cinncinati, OH, United States
	C18	In Vivo Endothelialization Of Heart Valves Using High Specific DNA-Aptamers As Capture Molecules For Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPCS) Martina Schleicher¹; Jan Hansmann²; Petra Kluger²; Bentsian Elkin²; Olaf Fritze¹; Hans-Peter Wendel¹; Heike Mertsching²; Ulrich A. Stock¹ ¹Dept. Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; ²Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Stuttgart, Germany
	C19	Evaluation Of Protein Coating Strategies For Enhanced Re-Endothelialization Of Biological Heart Valve Scaffolds Payam Akhyari²; Heiko Ziegler¹; Patricia Mambou¹; Mareike barth³; Irina Berger⁴; Werner W. Franke³; Matthias Karck¹; Artur Lichtenberg² ¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ²Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; ³Helmholtz Group for Cell Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; ⁴Department of Pathology, Klinikum Kassel, Kassel, Germany
	C20	Investigation And Prediction Of Oxygen Transportation And Distribution In Aortic Valve Leaflets Ling Wang; Sotirios Korossis; John Fisher; Eileen Ingham; Zhongmin Jin Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
	C21	Induction Of Mesenchymal To Endothelial Transformation Of Adipose-derived Stem Cells Francesca Colazzo¹; Adrian H. Chester²; Magdi H. Yacoub²; Patricia M. Taylor² ¹IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato, Milan, Italy; ²Heart Science Centre, NHLI, Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
12:50 PM - 2:20 PM		Lunch Break
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM Ballroom 2		Functional Mitral Regurgitation
	C22	Papillary Displacement : Specific Effects On Anterior And Posterior Leaflet Function Robert W. Frater Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10708, United States
	C23	Determinants Of Evolution And Progression Of Acute Ovine Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Tomasz A. Timek¹; David T. Lai¹; David Liang¹; George T. Daughters²; Neil B. Ingels²; D C. Miller¹ ¹Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States; ²Research Institute of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California, United States
	C24	Contrasting Effect Of Similar Effective Regurgitant Orifice Area In Functional And Organic Mitral Regurgitation Julien Nahum; Mohamed Leye; Eric Brochet; Bernard Iung; Alec Vahanian; David Messika Zeitoun Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
	C25	Mitral Valve, Subvalvular Apparatus And Left Ventricle Geometric Changes In Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: MRI Based Study Piotr Janusiewicz¹; Marek A. Deja¹; Krzysztof S. Golba³; Jolanta Biernat³; Katarzyna Gruszczynska²; Marcin Malinowski¹; Stanislaw Wos¹; Jan Baron² ¹2nd Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; ²Radiology Department, University Hospital of the Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; ³2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM Ballroom 3		Valve Repair I
	C26	Aortic Root Geometry Primarily Determines Long-term Outcome After Valve-preserving Surgery Takashi Kunihara; Diana Aicher; Frank Langer; Hans J. Schäfers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
	C27	Aortic Valve Preservation Surgery Basheer Sheick-Yousif¹; Ami Sheinfield¹; Salis Tager¹; Sergey Priesman²; Alexander Kogan¹; probal Ghosh¹; Ehud Raanani¹ ¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel; ²Department of Anesthesiology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel
	C28	Midterm Results After Valve Sparing Aortic Root Remodeling With Partial Preservation Of The Intact Native Aortic Sinuses Martin Misfeld; Efstratios I. Charitos; Thorsten Hanke; Ulrich Stierle; Hans H. Sievers Depart. of Cardiac- and Thoracic Vascular Surgery,UK-SH, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
	C29	A Standardized Approach Of Aortic Valve Sparing Combining Root Remodeling And Aortic Annuloplasty: Impact Of Additional Cusp Repair? Emmanuel Lansac¹; Isabelle Di Centa²; Didier Chatel⁶; Dominique Blin³; Rachid Hacini³; Olivier Bouchot⁵; Eric Arnaud Crozat⁴; Mathieu Debauchez¹ ¹Cardiac Surgery Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France; ²Vascular Surgery, Montfermeil, France; ³Michallon Hospital CHU Cardiac Surgery, Grenoble, France; ⁴Belledone Clinics Cardiac Surgery, Saint Martin d'Heres, France; ⁵Bocage Hospital CHU Cardiac Surgery, Dijon, France; ⁶Saint Gatien Clinics Cardiac Surgery, Tours, France
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM Marriott Hotel		Novel Technologies
	C30	A Noninvasive Defect Model Of Congenital Heart Defects Via Pulsed Laser Photoablation Huseyin C. Yalcin; Akshay Shekhar; Ajinkya A. Rane; Nozomi Nishimura; Chris Schaffer; Jonathan Butcher Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
	C31	Development Of A Novel Synthetic Leaflet Heart Valve Using A New Nanocomposite Material With Advanced Biomechanical Properties Hossein Ghanbari¹; Constantino Zervides³; Gaetano Burriesci³; Mohan Edirisinghe³; Philipp Bonhoeffer²; Alexander Seifalian¹ ¹Centre for Nanotechnology, Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom; ²Cardiothoracic Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, london, United Kingdom; ³Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
	C32	Reduced Calcification Of Glutaraldehyde Treated Pericardium From Cloned Gal Knockout Pigs: Effects Of Anti-gal Antibody In The Rat Model Christopher G. McGregor; Nermine Lila; Michal Vlasin; John S. Logan; Alain Carpentier; Guerard W. Byrne Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
	C33	Development Of Microfluidics As Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capture Technology For Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering And Diagnostic Medicine Virna L. Sales²; Brian D. Plouffe¹; Tatiana Kniazeva¹; John E. Mayer, Jr²; Shashi K. Murthy¹ ¹Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States; ²Children Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM Grand Ballroom Foyer		Refreshment Break
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM Ballroom 1		Poster Session II
	P39	Planimetric Valve Area Of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves By Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Tarang N. Sheth; Gopal Bhatnagar Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
	P40	Live 3D Imaging Facilitates Percutaneous Paravalvular Repair Stephen H. Little; Neal S. Kleiman; Sasidhar Guthikonda The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX., United States
	P41	Aortic Valve Calcification Measured By Multislice Computed Tomography In Aortic Stenosis - Implication For Patients With Low Ejection Fraction Caroline Cueff; Jean-Michel Serfaty; Claire Cimadevilla; Alec Vahanian; Bernard Iung; David Messika Zeitoun Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
	P42	Size-Adjusted Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Diameter Reference Values - A Safeguard For The Evaluation Of The Severity Of Aortic Stenosis Mohamed Leye; Eric Brochet; Laurent Lepage; Bernard Iung; Alec Vahanian; David Messika Zeitoun Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
	P43	Is The Doppler-Derived Effective Orifice Area Really A Measure Of Prosthetic Valve Hemodynamic Properties? Guido Dohmen¹; Henrik von der Haar¹; Nima Hatam¹; Ulrich Steinseifer²; Rüdiger Autschbach¹; Jan Spillner¹ ¹Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; ²Applied Medical Engineering, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
	P44	Mitral Valve Tenting Index: A 3D Technique To Quantify Subvalvular Remodeling In Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Mathieu Vergnat¹; Benjamin M. Jackson¹; Clayton Brinster¹; Stuart J. Weiss³; Albert T. Cheung³; Michael A. Acker²; Joseph H. Gorman, III¹; Robert C. Gorman¹ ¹Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; ²Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; ³Department of Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
	P45	Direct Measurement Mitral Regurgitant Orifice Area And Morphology In Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Mathieu Vergnat¹; Benjamin M. Jackson¹; Clayton Brinster¹; Stuart J. Weiss³; Albert T. Cheung³; Michael A. Acker²; Joseph H. Gorman¹; Robert C. Gorman¹ ¹Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; ²Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; ³Department of Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
	P46	Determinants Of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction In Patients With Mitral Stenosis: An Echocardiographic Study With The Novel Technique "Speckle Tracking" Mustafa S. Yilmazer; Alper Aydin; Tayfun Gurol; Ahmet Sekban; Bahadir Dagdeviren Maltepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
	P47	Ross Operation 2007 Alexander Weymann; Simon Dushe; Pascal Dohmen; Wolfgang Konertz Charité University Medicine Berlin, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
	P48	Heart Valve Surgery In India And The Netherlands: A World Of Difference? Ameeta Yaksh, MSc¹; Prof. Dr. Arkalgud Sampath Kumar²; Ad J.J.C. Bogers, MD, PhD¹; Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, MD, PhD¹ ¹Dept. of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Dept. of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
	P49	In Vitro Performance Of Fresh And Calcified Porcine And Pericardial Aortic Bioprostheses In Different Hemodynamic Situations Peter Kleine¹; Omer Dzemali¹; Ulrich Steinseifer²; Christof Schmitz²; Farhad Bakhtiary¹; Anton Moritz¹ ¹University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; ²Helmholtz Institution, Aachen, Germany
	P50	Mechanical Heart Valves Classification By Artificial Neural Networks Vincenzo Tarzia¹; Claudia Licciardello²; Elena Pesavento²; Andrea Bagno²; Tomaso Bottio¹; Vittorio Pengo³; Gino Gerosa¹ ¹Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences,University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy; ²Department of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; ³Clinical Cardiology, Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy
	P51	Sutureless Perceval S Aortic Valve Replacement: Multicentric, Prospective, Pilot Trial Thierry A. Folliguet¹; Malakh Shrestha²; Willem j. flameng³; François Laborde¹; Axel Haverich² ¹Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France; ²Medizinsche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany; ³U.Z. Gathuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
	P52	Titanium Coating In Glutaraldehyde-fixed Heart Valve Prostheses For Less Calcification, Reduced Immunologic Reactions And Self-seeding Norbert W. Guldner¹; Britta Girndt²; Inka Jasmund¹; Fabienne Bastian³; Günter Weigel³; Ulrich Steinsefer⁴; Ralf Noel⁵; Hans H. Sievers¹ ¹Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, University of Lübeck,, Lübeck, Germany; ²GfE MedTech, Nürnberg, Germany; ³Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ⁴Cardiovascular Engineering Group, Helmholtz Institute Aachen, Aachen, Germany; ⁵Institute of Animal Care University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
	P53	Determining Local Stresses And Forces In The Heart Valves Through A New Dielectric Electro Active Polymer Based Strain Transducer Peter Johansen¹; Lars Sørensen¹; Joanna Christensen¹; Jonas A. Funder²; Hans Nygaard² ¹Engineering College of Aarhus, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Aarhus, Denmark; ²Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aarhus, Denmark
	P54	Hydrodynamic Pulse Replicator For Real-time Long-term In Vitro Testing Of Biological Heart Valves Using Hypertensive Conditions Martina Schleicher¹; Günther Sammler²; Michael Schmauder³; Olaf Fritze¹; Katja Schenke-Layland⁴; Günther Ditze²; Gerhard Ziemer¹; Ulrich A. Stock¹ ¹Dept. Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; ²Dept. Central Engineering, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany; ³Realtime Imaging, Berlin, Germany; ⁴Dept. of Medicine/Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
	P55	The Trilogy Trilobal, Modular And Sutureless Aortic Valve System - Initial Multicenter Clinical Experience And Midterm Results Wolfgang Harringer¹; Christoph Schmitz²; Jerzy Sadowski³; Boguslaw Kapelak³; Krzysztof Bartus³; Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker⁴; Leo Bockeria⁵; Ravil Muratov⁵ ¹Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; ²Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; ³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Jageillonian University, Krakow, Poland; ⁴Klinik für Herz-Thorax-Chirurgie, Herz- und Gefässzentrum Bad Bevensen, Bad Bevensen, Germany; ⁵Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation
	P56	A Novel In-vitro Tester For The Thrombogenic Potential Of Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses Torsten Linde¹; Kathrin F. Hamilton¹; Daniel L. Timms¹; Bart Meuris²; Thomas Schmitz-Rode¹; Ulrich Steinseifer¹ ¹Dept. of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
	P57	Patient Specific 3D Geometric Reconstruction Of The Normal And Bicuspid Aortic Valve David E. Schmidt¹; Mathieu Vergnat²; Robert C. Gorman²; Joseph R. Gorman²; Michael S. Sacks¹ ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
	P58	Pulmonary Autograft Wall Stress Calculation With Finite Element Modelling Peter B. Matthews; Stephanie Yaung; Ali N. Azadani; Nicolas Jaussaud; Choon-Sik Jhun; Julius M. Guccione; T. Sloane Guy; Elaine E. Tseng University of California at San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
	P59	Early And Mid-term Clinical And Hemodynamic Results After Aortic Valve Replacement With Sorin Freedom Solo Bioprosthesis. An Italian Multicenter Experience Mattia Glauber¹; Uberto Da Col²; Francesco Cesari³; Roberto Di Bartolomeo⁴; Vincenzo Lucchetti⁵; Fabio Miraldi⁶; Manfredo Rambaldini⁷; Eugenio Picano⁸ ¹Ospedale Pasquinucci, Massa, Italy; ²Ospedale Silvestrini, Perugia, Italy; ³Ospedale S.Maria dei Battuti, Treviso, Italy; ⁴Ospedale S.Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; ⁵Casa di Cura Montevergine, Mercogliano, Italy; ⁶Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy; ⁷Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; ⁸Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR, Pisa, Italy
	P60	Suboptimal Geometrical Implantation Of Endovascular Aortic Valves Provokes Functional Deficits Ralf-Uwe Kuehnel¹; Max Otto Wendt²; Manfred Pohl²; Martin Hartrumpf¹; Johannes M. Albes¹ ¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau, Germany; ²Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany
	P61	“Awake” Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation - Early Results Chirojit Mukherjee²; Thomas Walther¹; Eugen Krohmer²; Michael A. Borger²; Friedrich W. Mohr²; Joerg Ender² ¹Heartcenter Leipzig,University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany; ²Heartcenter Leipzig,University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
	P62	Palliative Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty In High Risk Patients Screened For Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Maurizio Taramasso; Francesco Maisano; Enrica Dorigo; Iassen Michev; Remo D. Covello; Alfieri Ottavio; Alberto Zangrillo; Antonio Colombo San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
	P63	Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Is Euroscore Enough For An Appropriate Patients Selection? Santo Ferrarello; Enrica Dorigo; Maurizio Taramasso; Francesco Maisano; Iassen Michev; Ottavio Alfieri; Antonio Colombo San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
	P64	Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation In Patients With Low Euroscore But Presenting With Anatomical Or Technical Contraindications To Conventional Surgery Maurizio Taramasso; Francesco Maisano; Iassen Michev; Paolo Denti; Remo D. Covello; Ottavio Alfieri; Alberto Zangrillo; Antonio Colombo San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
	P65	Transcatheter Aortic Valve Surgery: Evolution And Results Of A Disease Management Program In A New Era Elizabeth K. Walsh; Virginia Blaskovich; Wilson Y. Szeto; Howard C. Herrmann; Joseph E. Bavaria The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
	P66	Transapical Off Pump Valve In A Valve Implantation For Degenerated Xenografts: Clinical Experience Joerg Kempfert; Michael A. Borger; Axel Linke; Chirojit Mukherjee; Sven Lehmann; Gerhard Schuler; Friedrich W. Mohr; Thomas Walther Heartcenter University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
	P67	Altering Intrinsic Biomechanical Properties Of Mitral Valve Leaflets With Radiofrequency Ablation - A Novel Percutaneous Strategy Shawn L. Price; W. D. Merryman University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States;
	P68	First European Experience With The Mitraclip System Olaf Franzen; Stephan Baldus; Thomas Meinertz; Angelika Costard-Jeackle; Hendrik Treede; Jochen Schofer; Sven Meyer; Hermann Reichenspurner University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
	P69	Valve-in-a-valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations In Patients With Degenerated Bioprostheses - A Treatment Option In Selected Patients Hendrik Treede¹; Jochen Schofer²; Olaf Franzen¹; Stephan Baldus¹; Thomas Meinertz¹; Hermann Reichenspurner¹ ¹University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ²University Cardiovascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
	P70	Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation In Very High-risk Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis - Our Initial Experience In 72 Patients Thorsten N. Drews; Miralem Pasic; Buz Semih; Stephan Dreysse; Axel Unbehaun; Marian Kukucka; Alexander Mladenow; Roland Hetzer Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
	P71	Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement By Anterolateral Minithoracotomy? Program Development And Short Term Outcome Elfriede Ruttmann; Alfred Kocher; Orest Chevtchik; Guenther Laufer; Ludwig C. Mueller Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
	P72	Renal Function After Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation Semih Buz; Miralem Pasic; Thorsten Drews; Stefan Dreysse; Axel Unbehaun; Marian Kukucka; Alexander Mladenow; Roland Hetzer Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
4:05 PM - 5:20 PM Ballroom 2		Valve Replacement I
	C34	Outcomes After Xenograft Aortic Root Replacement In 734 Patients: A Multivarate Analysis Sven Lehmann; Thomas Walther; Jörg Kempfert; Sergey Leontyev; Jens Garbade; Ardawan Rastan; Michael Borger; Friedrich W. Mohr Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
	C35	Medtronic Mosaic Porcine Bioprosthesis: Assessment Of 12-year Performance W R Eric Jamieson¹; Friedrich-Christian Riess²; Jacques Metras³; Edward F. Busse⁴; Peter J. Raudkivi⁵; Jacob Goldstein⁶; Guy J. Fradet¹ ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²Albertinen Krankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany; ³Hôpital Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada; ⁴Regina General Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; ⁵Greenlane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; ⁶Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Australia
	C36	Superior Results Following The Ross Procedure In Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Bahaaldin Alsoufi; Zohair Al Halees; Bahaa Fadel; Avedis Kalloghlian; Mohammad Kandeel; Ziad Al Bulbul; Mansour Al Joufan; Charles Canver King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	C37	Enhanced Left Ventricular Mass Regression Following Aortic Valve Replacement Is Associated With Improved Long-term Survival: A 10-year Study Ayyaz Ali; Amit Patel; Yasir Abu-Omar; Ziad Ali; Amber Saeed; Darren Freed; Thanos Athanasiou; John Pepper Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
	C38	Comparison Of Long-term Clinical Outcomes Following AVR With Homografts And Porcine Stentless Valves Ayyaz Ali; Amit Patel; Yasir Abu-Omar; Ziad Ali; Sabine Bleiziffer; Amber Saeed; Thanos Athanasiou; John Pepper Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
4:05 PM - 5:20 PM Ballroom 3		Valve Repair II
	C39	Long-term Outcome Of Aortic Valve Sparing Procedures In Connective Tissue Disorders Hiroshi Tanaka; Hitoshi Ogino; Hitoshi Matsuda; Kenji Minatoya; Hiroaki Sasaki; Junjiro Kobayashi National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
	C40	Reoperation Following Previous Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement Himanshu J. Patel; Yoshikazu Suzuki; G. M. Deeb University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
	C41	Aortic Root Procedures In Marfan Syndrome Claudia Schmidtke; Antje Karluss; Holger Sier; Doreen Richardt; Hans-H. Sievers Klinik fuer Herz- und thorakale Gefaesschirurgie, UKSH, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
	C42	Outcome Of Aortic Valve After Arterial Switch Operation Eva Maria Delmo Walter¹; Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili¹; Michael Huebler¹; Bjoern Sill²; Felix Berger¹; Roland Hetzer¹ ¹Deutsches Herzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ²Childrens Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
	C43	Critical Analysis Of Recurrent Aortic Insufficiency Following Aortic Valve Repair: Incidence, Predictors, And Clinical Impact Munir Boodhwani; Laurent de Kerchove; David Glineur; Jean Rubay; Michel Van Dyck; Jean-louis Vanoverschelde; Phillipe Noirhomme; Gebrine El Khoury Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
4:05 PM - 5:20 PM Marriott Hotel		Tissue Engineering II
	C44	Regulation Of Valvular Interstitial Cell Calcification By Components Of The Extracellular Matrix Environment Xiaoxiao Gu; Kristyn S. Masters University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
	C45	Comparative Evaluation Of Human Immune Responses To Extracellular Matrix Proteins Of Xenogenic And Human Origin In Vitro Martina Seifert¹; Maria Dams¹; Alexandra Bayrak¹; Juliane Ladhoff¹; Ulrich A. Stock²; Hans-Dieter Volk¹ ¹Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Medical Immunology, Berlin, Germany; ²Dept. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospitel Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
	C46	The Effect Of Scaffold Composition On Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Implications For Tissue Engineering A Heart Valve Sophie E. New¹; Adrian H. Chester¹; Yuan-Tsan Tseng²; Jan T. Czernuszka²; Magdi H. Yacoub¹; Patricia M. Taylor¹ ¹Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom; ²University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
	C47	Customizing Future Tissue Engineered Heart Valves Using Adult Progenitor Cells: Single Vs. Sequential Co-seeding And Single Vs. Hybrid Scaffolds Virna L. Sales¹; Grace Kim¹; Brian D. Plouffe²; Yadong Wang³; Eva Maria BJ Delmo Walter¹; David P. Martin⁴; Shashi K. Murthy²; John E. Mayer, Jr¹ ¹Childrens Hospital Boston, Boston, United States; ²Northeastern University, Boston, United States; ³McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States; ⁴Tepha, Inc., Lexington, United States
	C48	Effects Of Mechanical Stimulation On The Matrix Synthesis Of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells In Fibrous Elastomeric Scaffolds John A. Stella; William R. Wagner; Michael S. Sacks University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Ballroom II		ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Members Only

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