Boston - American Association for Thoracic Surgery

89 TH ANNUAL MEETING MAY 9–MAY 13, 2009BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSF4. 3D Geometry of the Mitral Valve Determines the Success ofSecondary Chordal Cutting in Alleviating Ischemic MitralRegurgitationMuralidhar Padala, 1 Katherine L. Bell, 1 Vinod H. Thourani, 3 David H. Adams, 2*†Ajit P. Yoganathan 11. Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2.Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA; 3. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USAInvited Discussant: Gus J. VlahakesF5. Successful Resuscitation After Prolonged Periods of CardiacArrest – A New Field in Cardiac SurgeryGeorg Trummer, 1 Katharina Foerster, 1 Gerald D. Buckberg, 2* Christoph Benk, 1Claudia Heilmann, 1 Irina Mader, 1 Friedrich Feuerhake, 1 Oliver Liakopoulos, 2Kerstin Brehm, 1 Friedhelm Beyersdorf 1*1. University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2. David Geffen School ofMedicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USAInvited Discussant: Ani AnyanwuF6. Smooth Muscle Phenotypic Modulation Is an Early Event inMurine Aortic Aneurysms and Human AneurysmsGorav Ailawadi, ∞ Sandra P. Walton, Hong Pei, Chris W. Moehle, ZequanYang, Christine Lau, ‡ Mark C. Mochel, Irving L. Kron, * Gary K. OwensTCV Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USAInvited Discussant: John S. IkonomidisF7. Biodegradable Synthetic Small-Calibre Vascular Grafts:Long-Term Results After Replacement of the Rat AortaBeat H. Walpoth, 1 Damiano Mugnai, 1 Jean-Christophe Tille, 2Francesco Innocente, 1 Benjamin Nottelet, 3 Corinne Berthonneche, 4Xavier Montet, 5 Sarra de Valence, 3 Michael Moeller, 3 Robert Gurny, 3Afksendiyos Kalangos 11. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva,Switzerland; 2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Geneva,Geneva, Switzerland; 3. Department of Pharmaceutics & BiopharmaceuticsEPGL, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; 4. Department of Medicine,University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; 5. Department ofRadiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandInvited Discussant: Gorav Ailawadi* AATS Member† Alton Ochsner Research Scholarship 1992∞ Resident Traveling Fellowship 2006‡ John W. Kirklin Research Scholarship 200636