| 10:45 - 12:00 | Leopold IIa |
| Poster Session 1 | Chairmen: P Vouhe - J Stark |
| P111 | MIDSTERNOTOMY SINGLE STAGE COMPLETE UNIFOCALISATION AND REPAIR FOR VSD, PULMONARY ATRESIA AND MAPCAS -- EARLY RESULTS
K.S. Murthy , S.G. Rao , K. ShivaPrakash , C. Robert , P. Anil , K.M. Cherian ICVD, Madras medical Mission, Mogappair, Chennai, India |
| P112 | DECISION-MAKING FOR VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT MANAGEMENT IN COMPLEX TETRALOGY OF FALLOT BY INTRAOPERATIVE PULMONARY FLOW-STUDY
A. Carotti , C. Squitieri , E. Rossi , P. Guccione , L. Ballerini , R.M. Di Donato D.M.C.C.P., Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy |
| P113 | RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CAVAL VENOUS CHANNEL OR THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT USING A PEDICLED AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL FLAP
H. Uemura , T. Yagihara , Y. Kawahira , T. Ishizaka , K. Yoshizumi , S. Kitamura Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan |
| P114 | RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT ANEURYSM FORMATION AFTER CORRECTION OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
M. Kostelka , B. Hucín , T. Tláskal , V. Chaloupecký , T. Matejka , J. Skovránek Kardiocentrum, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic |
| P115 | HOMOGRAFT VALVE INSERTION FOR PULMONARY REGURGITATION LATE AFTER VALVELESS REPAIR OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION
S. Conte , R. Jashari , B. Eyskens , M. Gewillig , M. Dumoulin , W. Daenen Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium |
| P116 | RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT RECONSTRUCTION WITH ALLOGRAFTS. 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL
Homayoun Jalali , Peter Pohlner , Gregory E. Stafford , Mark F. O'Brien The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside 4032 Queensland, Australia |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Leopold IIc |
| Poster Session 2 | Chairmen: A Thorpe - P Fuentes |
| P117 | MKP-1 OVEREXPRESSION AND PROGNOSIS IN BARRETT'S ASSOCIATED ADENOCARCINOMA
K. Szigeti , G. Thomas , F.H. Ellis, Jr , M. Loda Departments of Pathology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
| P118 | OPERATIVE MORTALITY AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING RESECTION FOR OESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA. PRESERVATION OF THE SPLEEN IS IMPORTANT
M.J.R. Dalrymple-Hay , K.E. Evans , R.E. Lea Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton, UK |
| P119 | A 20-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH THE USE OF INTESTINAL CONDUITS FOR ESOPHAGEAL RECONSTRUCTION
M.K. Ferguson The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| P120 | ROLE OF Nd (YAG) LASER IN CORROSIVE ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
S. Keshk , K. Karara , A. Ramadan , E. El Sahwi Cardio-thoracic surgery unit, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt |
| P121 | SURGERY OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA WITH CHEST WALL INVASION
Khaled Karara , Mustafa El-Hamami , Emad El-Nashar Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Alexandria Main University Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt |
| P122 | THE ROLE OF CRYOSURGERY IN PALLIATION OF TRACHEO BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA
M.O. Maiwand Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middx, UK |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Leopold IIa |
| Poster Session 3 | Chairmen: J Benfield - D Grunenwald |
| P123 | DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS: A RETROSPECTIVE SURGICAL STUDY
L.M.M. Sancho , H. Minamoto , A. Fernandez , L.U. Sennes , F.B. Jatene Dept Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surg University of São Paulo, Medical School, Brazil |
| P124 | PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION: EVALUATION OF IMAGING AND RESECTION
S. Elia , G. Massard , A. Gangi , X. Ducrocq , J.F. Hervé , J.M. Wihlm Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, F-67091 Strasbourg, France |
| P125 | SURGICAL TACTIC FOR 'SHORT STUMP' BRONCHIAL FISTULLAE
V. Porhanov , I. Poliakov , V. Mova , V. Kononenko , V. Bodnia , Semendiaev S. Krasnodar Thoracic Surgery Center, Russia |
| P126 | PROGNOSTIC RELEVANCE OF MASAOKA AND MUELLER-HERMELINK-CLASSIFICATION IN PATIENTS WITH THYMIC TUMORS
D. Lardinois Departments of 1Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; 2Pathology, University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne 3010, Switzerland |
| P127 | BLUNT DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE
K. Athanassiadi , G. Kalavrouziotis , M. Athanassiou Departments of Thoracic & Vascular Surgery; 1General Surgery, 'Evangelismos' General Hospital, Athens, Hellas, Greece |
| P128 | EXTENDED CANCER RESECTION BY TRANSMANUBRIAL OSTEMUSCOLAR SPARING APPROACH
L. Spaggiari , P. Carbognani , P. Solli , G. Tincani , A. Galimberti , M. Rusca Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Leopold IIc |
| Poster Session 4 | Chairmen: D Birnbaum - P Menasche |
| P129 | ENDOCARDIAL LASER TREATMENT REDUCES LEFT VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILITY IN AN ACUTE PORCINE MODEL OF REGIONAL HYPOPERFUSION
G.K. Kanellopoulos , A. Hebekk , A. Svindland , K. Kvernebo Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway |
| P130 | CORONARY OXYGEN PERSUFFLATION FOR HEART PRESERVATION
F. Kuhn-Régnier , J. H. Fischer , S. Jeschkeit , R. Switkowski , R. Sobottke , Ö. Bardakcioglu , E.R. de Vivie Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Institute for Experimental Medicine, University of Cologne, Joseph Stelzmannstr. 9, 50924 Cologne, Germany |
| P131 | DO NATURAL HIBERNATION AND ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING ACT VIA SIMILAR PATHWAY?
M. Karck , S. Tanaka , P.R. Oeltgen Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany1University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA |
| P132 | A NOVEL AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, YM90K, HAS A POTENTIAL TO PROTECT THE BRAIN DURING MODERATELY HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST IN PIGLETS
T. Yoshimatsu , T. Hadama , Y. Mori , O. Shigemitsu , S. Miyamoto , T. Soeda , S. Yanai Department of Cardiovascular surgery; 1Physiology, Oita medical university, Oita, Japan |
| P133 | COMPARISON OF 3 DIFFERENT LASER TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMYOCARDIAL REVASCULARISATION IN THE PIG
B.H. Walpoth , I. Genyk , B. Aeschbacher , M. Frenz , Th. Schaffner , U. Althaus , T. Carrel Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, Pathology and Institute of Applied Physics, University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland |
| P134 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MYOCARDIAL COLLAGEN AND FIBRONECTIN EXPRESSION IN HUMAN TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
T.H.F. Peters , H.S. Sharma , E. Yilmaz , A.J.J.C. Bogers Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| P135 | GLIBENCLAMIDE INHIBITS VASOCONSTRICTION OF HUMAN RADIAL AND INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY
A.J. Richie , M.W.J. Grossebner , A.E. Crosbie , A. Vuylsteke , B. Callingham , R.D. Latimer Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK |
| 15:45 - 17:00 | Leopold IIa |
| Poster Session 5 | Chairmen: P Noirhomme - O Alfieri |
| P136 | WHAT NECESSITATES SURGERY FOR TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION EARLIER DURING THE CHRONIC PHASE?
A. Marui , N. Mitsui , T. Koyama , T. Mochizuki Akane-Foundation Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan |
| P137 | EMERGENCY REPAIR OF ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION: FACTORS INFLUENCING SURGICAL RESULTS IN THE CURRENT ERA
R. Pessotto , S. Restivo , F. Santini , G. Montalbano , P. Pugliese , A. Mazzucco Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy |
| P138 | INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA OF THE THORACIC AORTA
J. Vaage , E. Rasmussen , U. Lockowandt , A. Ericsson , J. Liska , K. Rådegran Thoracic Clinics, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden |
| P139 | CURRENT INDICATIONS FOR MYECTOMY AND LONG-TERM RESULTS IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY AFTER SURGERY
H.D. Schulte , H. Gramsch-Zabel , M. Klein , B. Loesse , B. Schwartzkopff , E. Gams Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Heart Center, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| P140 | POSTOPERATIVE PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING CABG IS PREDICTABLE BY PREOPERATIVE TRACHEAL ASPIRATES BUT CANNOT BE PREVENTED BY PROLONGED ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
T. Carrel , E. Eislinger , M. Vogt , J. Wuest , S. Geroulanos , M. Turina University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland |
| P141 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF DIGITAL IMAGE DATA FOR OPERATION PLANNING IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J. Albers , M.H. Makabe , A. Schroeder , R. De Simone , G. Weisser , J. Gaa , E.F. Vahl , S. Hagl University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 15:45 - 17:00 | Leopold IIc |
| Poster Session 1 | Chairmen: F Beyersdorf - W Flameng |
| P142 | IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION OF COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX AND SUBCLINICAL ISCHAEMIA IN DONOR HEARTS
J.A.J. Hyde , S.J. Rooney , M.P.I. Pitt , I.C. Wilson , A.J. Howie , R.S. Bonser Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK |
| P143 | STUDY OF OPTIMAL CONDITIONS OF LUNG PRESERVATION BY PERFUSION WITH MODIFIED EURO-COLLINS SOLUTION
G.V. Nicolaev , L.N. Danilov , B.G. Lisochkin , S.M. Cherny State Research Centre for Pulmonology, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia |
| P144 | LUNG PRESERVATION WITH CELSIOR® SOLUTION IN THE ISOLATED RAT LUNG: INFLUENCE OF PROSTACYCLIN AND PERFUSATE TEMPERATURE
Th. Wittwer , Th. Wahlers , J.F. Cornelius , S. Elki , A. Haverich Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical School Hannover, Germany |
| P145 | THE VALUE OF LAZAROIDS FOR THE REDUCTION OF POSTTRANSPLANT LUNG ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY
S. Hillinger , R.A. Schmid , U. Stammberger , A. Zollinger , W. Weder University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland |
| P146 | AMELIORATION OF LUNG REPERFUSION INJURY BY L- AND E-SELECTIN BLOCKADE
S. Demertzis , F. Langer , T. Graeter , M. Jutila Dpt. Thorac. & Cardiovasc. Surgery, Univ. Hosp. Homburg, Homburg/Saar, Germany1Veterinary Molecular Biology Laboratory, Montana State University, USA |
| P147 | COMPARISON OF LOW POTASSIUM EURO-COLLINS SOLUTION AND STANDARD EURO-COLLINS SOLUTION IN A CANINE SINGLE-LUNG TRANSPLANT MODEL
R. Sipavicius 1Heart Surgery Clinic; 3Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine; 4Center of Social Medicine, Vilnius University, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; 2Laboratory of Pathomorphology, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| P148 | CORONARY VASOSPASMS INDUCED BY SEROTONIN MIGHT EXPLAIN THE MYOCARDIAL HISTOLOGICAL DAMAGE SEEN AFTER BRAIN DEATH
P. Herijgers , Y. Nishimura , S. Ozaki , P. Dohmen , W. Flameng Center for Experimental Surgery and Anaesthesiology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium |
