Boston - American Association for Thoracic Surgery

89 TH ANNUAL MEETING MAY 9–MAY 13, 2009BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSSUNDAY AFTERNOONMAY 10, 20093:00 p.m. C. WALTON LILLEHEI RESIDENT FORUM SESSIONRoom 311, Hynes Convention Center(7 minutes presentation, 8 minutes discussion)Moderators: Gus J. Vlahakes, Ara A. VaporciyanL1. In Vivo Structure and Function of Engineered PulmonaryValvesDanielle Gottlieb 1 , Kunal Tandon 1 , Sitaram Emani 1 , Elena Aikawa 2 ,David W. Brown 1 , Andrew J. Powell 1 , Arthur Nedder 1 , Michael S. Sacks 3 ,John E. Mayer 1*1. Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;2. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,USA; 3. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USAL2. The Graft Imaging to Improve Patency (GRIIP) Trial ResultsSteve Singh, Nimesh Desai, † Genta Chikazawa, Hiroshi Tsuneyoshi,Visal Pen, Jessica Vincent, Jennifer Ku, Fuad Moussa, Gideon Cohen,George Christakis, * Stephen E. Fremes *Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, CanadaL3. Tissue Engineered Pro-Angiogenic Fibroblast Matrix ImprovesMyocardial Perfusion and Function and Limits VentricularRemodeling Following InfarctionJ. Raymond Fitzpatrick, John R. Frederick, Ryan C. McCormick,David A. Harris, Ah-Young Kim, Max J. Smith, Carine M. Laporte,Jeffrey R. Muenzer, Alex J. Gambogi, Y. Joseph Woo *Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, PA, USAL4. Atorvastatin at Reperfusion Reduces Myocardial Infarct Sizein Mice by Activating eNOS of Bone Marrow-Derived CellsZequan Yang, 1 Gorav Ailawadi, 1† Joel Linden, 2 Brent A. French, 3 Irving L. Kron 1*1. Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA;2. Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA;3. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville,VA, USA* AATS Member† Resident Traveling Fellowship 200622