Advisory Committee
Co-Chair: Zohair Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Local Host
Co-Chair: Christo I. Tchervenkov, WSPCHS Executive Director
- Abdulhameed Aljassim, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Abdullah Alfarqani, Muscat, Oman
- Adel Khayati, Tunis, Tunisia
- Ahmad Alkamali, Dubai, UAE
- Ahmed Jamjoon, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Amjad Kouatli, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Emile Bacha, New York, USA
- Essam Rasi, Beirut, Lebanon
- Frank Edwin, Accra, Ghana
- Hala Hamza, Mansoura, Egypt
- Haytham AlHashmi, Dubai, UAE
- Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA
- James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, USA
- Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, USA
- Jose Fragata, Lisbon, Portugal
- Kirsten Finucane, Auckland, New Zealand
- Krishna Iyer, New Delhi, India
- Mahmoud Elbarbary, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mansour Aljoufan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Marcelo B. Jatene, Sao Paolo, Brazil
- Marshall L. Jacobs, Baltimore, USA
- Mashail Alobaidan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Moaz Almallah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mohammed Hamdan, Dubai, UAE
- Mouna Kanaan, Damascus, Syria
- Mustafa Alqabandi, Kuwait
- Naser Ammash, Rochester, USA
- Nestor Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia
- Qing-Yu Wu, Beijing, China
- Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA
- Rima Badr, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh Abusulaiman, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saud Aloufi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sertac Cicek, Istanbul, Turkey
- Soha Eman, Cairo, Egypt
- Sulafa Ali, Khartoum, Sudan
- Tarek ElKhouly, Cairo, Egypt
- Tarek Momenah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Wael Abdelaal, Egypt, Cairo
- Wael Kashkari, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Ziyad Hijazi, Doha, Qatar
Program Committee (Abstract Reviewers)
Chair: Zohair Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Hafil Abdulgani, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Obaid Aljassim, Dubai, UAE
- Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Wael Al Mahmeed, Dubai, UAE
- Howaida Al-Qethamy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Osman Al-Radi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Naser Ammash, Rochester, USA
- Miguel Arboleda, Lima, Peru
- Erle Austin, Louisville, USA
- Carl L. Backer, Chicago, USA
- Pedro A. Becker, Santiago, Chile
- Drissi Boumzebra, Marrakesh, Morocco
- John W. Brown, Indianapolis, USA
- Victor Caicedo, Bogota, Colombia
- Luiz F. Caneo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Jorge Cervantes, Mexico City, Mexico
- Sertac Cicek, Istanbul, Turkey
- Chung-I Chang, Taipei, Taiwan
- Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, USA
- Roberto Di Donato, Dubai, UAE
- Tjark Ebels, Groningen, Netherlands
- Frank Edwin, Accra, Ghana
- Adel Elgamal, Mansoura, Egypt
- Kirsten Finucane, Auckland, New Zealand
- Jose Fragata, Lisbon, Portugal
- Beatriz Furlanetto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Yasutaka Hirata, Tokyo, Japan
- Jennifer Hirsch-Romano, Ann Arbor, USA
- Viktor Hraska, Sankt Augustine, Germany
- Hajime Ichikawa, Osaka, Japan
- Vladimir Ilyin, Moscow, Russia
- Krishna S. Iyer, New Delhi, India
- Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA
- Marshall L. Jacobs, Baltimore, USA
- Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA
- Tae-Gook Jun, Seoul, Korea
- Tom R. Karl, St. Petersburg, USA
- François Lacour-Gayet, Muscat, Oman
- Hendrick Mamorare, Johannesburg, South Africa
- James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, USA
- Martin Kostolny, London, United Kingdom
- Bernard Kreitman, Marseilles, France
- Christian Kreutzer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Stojan Lazarov, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Jinfen Liu, Shanghai, China
- Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland
- Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, USA
- James Munene, Nairobi, Kenya
- Arata Murakami, Tokyo, Japan
- Hani Najm, Cleveland, USA
- Christian Pizzarro, Wilmington, USA
- E. Samuel Ramirez-Marroquin, Mexico City, Mexico
- Heikki I. Sairanen, Helsinki, Finland
- Kisaburo Sakamoto, Shizuoka, Japan
- Piya Samankatiwat, Bangkok, Thailand
- Eduardo Sancho, Campinas, Brazil
- Nestor F. Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia
- Shunji Sano, Okayama, Japan
- George E. Sarris, Athens, Greece
- Rajesh Sharma, New Delhi, India
- Ayman Shoeb, Cairo, Egypt
- Giovanni Stellin, Padova, Italy
- James St. Louis, Kansas City, USA
- Si Chan Sung, Pusan, Korea
- Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada
- James S. Tweddell, Cincinnati, USA
- Susan Vosloo, Cape Town, South Africa
- Henry Walters, Detroit, USA
- Qing-Yu Wu, Beijing, China
- Masaaki Yamagishi, Kyoto, Japan
- Gerhard Ziemer, Chicago, USA
Wednesday October 26, 2016
Governing Council Meeting – 19:00 to 22:00
Thursday, October 27, 2016
8:00 to 16:00 Pre-meeting simultaneous workshops
Right Ventricle, Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Pulmonary Valve
Chairmen: Ziyad M. Hijazi, Doha, Qatar John W. Brown, Indianapolis, USA Mansour AlJufan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Perinatal Cardiology: An Update
Chairmen: Norman Silverman, Palo Alto, USA Rima Bader, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Research Tips for the Young Clinicians
Chairmen: Mahmoud Elbarbary, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA
Cardiovascular Nursing: Achieving Excellence in Patient Care
Chairmen: James St. Louis, Kansas City, USA Hani Al Dalati, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Cecile Valencia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Program Structure Simultaneous Pre-meeting Workshops
- Session 1: 8:00 – 10:00
- Break: 10:00 – 10:30
- Session 2: 10:30 – 12:30
- Lunch Break and Prayer: 12:30 – 14:00
- Session 3: 13:30 – 15:30
- Break and Prayer: 15:30 – 16:00
- Session 4: 16:00 – 18:00
Presidential/Faculty Dinner Reception (By invitation) 19:00 – 21:30
Friday, October 28, 2016 – 8:00 to 18:30
Postgraduate Course
SYMPOSIUM ON ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Dedicated to Gordon K. Danielson, Rochester, USA
Postgraduate Course Program Committee
Co-Chairs: Zohair Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, USA James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, USA Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada
Obaid Aljassim, Dubai, UAE
Naser Ammash, Rochester, USA
Carl L. Backer, Chicago, USA
Pedro A. Becker, Santiago, Chile
John W. Brown, Indianapolis, USA
Sertac M. Cicek, Istanbul, Turkey
Roberto Di Donato, Dubai, UAE
Tjark Ebels, Groningen, Netherlands
Frank Edwin, Accra, Ghana
Kirsten Finucane, Auckland, New Zealand
Jose Fragata, Lisbon, Portugal
Krishna Iyer, New Delhi, India
Marcelo B. Jatene, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA
Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA
Tae-Gook Jun, Seoul, Korea
Susan Vosloo, Cape Town, South Africa
Christian Kreutzer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nestor Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia
George Sarris, Athens, Greece
James St. Louis, Kansas City, USA
Qing-Yu Wu, Beijing, China
Session 1: 8:00 – 10:30 Adult Congenital Heart Disease: General Aspects
Chairmen: Zohair Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Joseph Dearani, Rochester, USA James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, USA Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada
8:00 Welcome from Local Host & Chairman, Program Committee
Zohair Al-Halees Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
8:05 Welcome from President Hiromi Kurosawa Tokyo, Japan
8:10 Welcome from Executive Director & Founding President Christo I. Tchervenkov Montreal, Canada
8:15 Epidemiology and Global Burden of Adult Congenital Heart Disease Ariane Marelli Montreal, Canada
8:30 Optimal Organization and Team Composition for the Care of Adult Congenital Heart Disease: a North American Perspective Naser Ammash Rochester, USA
8:45 Status and Challenges of Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Europe Bohdan Maruszewski Warsaw, Poland
9:00 Status and Challenges of Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Asia Koichiro Niwa Tokyo, Japan
9:15 Status and Challenges of Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Africa Frank Edwin Accra, Ghana
9:30 Status and Challenges of Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Latin America Nestor Sandoval Bogota, Colombia
9:45 Panel Discussion
5th Stella Van Praagh Lecture (10:00 – 10:30)
Gaetano Thiene, Padova, Italy
Title: “Eisenmenger Syndrome Revisited” Introduced by Giovanni Stellin, Padova, Italy
Break: 10:30 – 11:00
Session 2: 11:00 – 13:00
Chairmen: Osman Al-Radi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Eduardo Sancho, Campinas, Brazil; James Munene, Nairobi, Kenya
Oral Abstract 1 (11:00 – 12:30)
2nd “Adib D. Jatene” Lecture on Surgical Innovation (12:30 – 13:00)
Speaker: Devi Prasad Shetty, Bangalore, India
Title: “Process Innovation in the Delivery of Cardiac Care in the Developing World versus the Developed World”
Introduced by Krishna Iyer, New Delhi, India
Lunch & Prayer 13:00 – 14:00
Session 3: 14:00 – 16:00
Chairmen: Nasser Ammash, Rochester, USA Mouaz Al-Mallah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al Sehly, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Cardiac Imaging Session 14:00
Role of Echocardiography for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Girish Shirali, Kansas City, USA
14:20 Role of CT Angiography and MRI for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Mouaz Al-Mallah Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
14:40 Role of Cardiac Catheterization for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Donald J. Hagler Rochester, USA
15:00 Cardiac Imaging for Vascular Structures: Arterial and Venous Anomalies Valeria Moreira Sao Paulo, Brazil
15:20 The Role Imaging during Intervention for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Joseph Maalouf Rochester, USA
15:40 Multimodality imaging for Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Consensus Position from the European Association for Cardiovascular Imaging Giovanni Di Salvo Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Break & Prayer: 16:00 – 16:30
Session 4: 16:30 – 18:30
Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Right Heart Lesions
Chairmen: Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan Hafil Abdulgani, Jakarta, Indonesia Pedro Becker, Santiago, Chile
16:30 Long-term Outcome following Childhood Repair for Ebstein’s Malformation Qingyu Wu Beijing, China
16:45 Similarity and Differences for Ebstein’s Repair between Children and Adults Joseph A. Dearani Rochester, USA
17:00 Is There a Role for One and a Half Ventricle Repair in the Adult? Thomas L. Spray Philadelphia, USA
17:15 Surgical Challenges in Adults with Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot Krishna Iyer New Delhi, India
17:30 Adults with Double Chambered Right Ventricle Omar Galal, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
17:45 Rhythm Issues in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Mark G. Hazekamp Leiden, Netherlands
18:00 Panel Discussion: How Best we can Preserve the Right Ventricle? Moderator: Pedro Del Nido, Boston, USA
Official Opening Ceremony 19:00 – 20:00
Dinner 20:00 – 22:00
Saturday October 29, 2016
Session 5: 08:00 – 10:00
Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Left Heart & Aorta
Chairmen: Roberto Di Donato, Dubai, UAE James S. Tweddell, Cincinnati, USA Stojan Lazarov, Sofia, Bulgaria
8:00 Spectrum and Challenges for Recurrent Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in the Adult Marshall L. Jacobs Baltimore, USA
8:15 Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Carlos A. Mestres Abu Dhabi, UAE
8:30 Mitral Valve Surgery in the Adult following CAVC Repair Viktor Hraska Milwaukee, USA
8:45 Challenges in Primary Coarctation of the Aorta in the Adult Jose Fragata Lisbon, Portugal
9:00 Challenges in Recurrent Aortic Arch Obstruction in the Adult Kisaburo Sakamoto Shizuoka, Japan
9:15 Dilated Aortas in the Adult: When and What to Do? Christian Pizarro Wilmington, USA
9:30 Panel discussion
Break: 10:00 – 10:30
Session 6: 10:30 – 11:45
World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: A Tool for the Global Improvement of Quality of Care
Chairmen: James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, USA James St. Louis, Kansas City, USA Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA Nestor Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia
10:30 The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery James K. Kirklin Birmingham, USA
10:45 Potential Impact of the World Database for Members of the WSPCHS: Quality Improvement and Global Outcomes Research James D. St. Louis Kansas City, USA
11:00 Collaboration with other International Databases Jeffrey P. Jacobs St. Petersburg, USA
11:15 World Database Demonstration & Panel Discussion James K. Kirklin Birmingham, USA
Special Session: 11:45 – 13:00
Chairmen: Giovanni Stellin, Padova, Italy Immediate Past President Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada Executive Director & Founding President
Farewell & Introduction of New President
11:45 – 12:00
Outgoing President: Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan
Presidential Address
12:00 – 12:30
New President: Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA
5th Aldo R. Castañeda Lecture
12:30 – 13:00
Magdi Yacoub, London, UK
Title: “Transposition of the Great Arteries: from Developmental Biology to Surgical Treatment”
Introduced by Zohair Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lunch 13:00 – 14:00
Session 7: 14:00 – 16:00
Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Long-term problems in dTGA & ccTGA
Chairmen: François Lacour-Gayet, Muscat, Oman Tae-Gook Jun, Seoul, Korea Martin Kostolny, London, United Kingdom
14:00 Surveillance and Management of Coronary Artery Problems following the Arterial Switch Operation Emile Bacha New York, USA
14:15 Late Reoperations following the Arterial Switch Operation Marcelo B. Jatene Sao Paulo, Brazil
14:30 Surgical Strategies for the Failing Atrial Switch Sertac Cicek Istanbul, Turkey
14:45 Late Outcomes and Natural History for ccTGA in the Adult Carole A. Warnes Rochester, USA
15:00 Surgical Options for the Adult with ccTGA Hiromi Kurosawa Tokyo, Japan
15:15 When is too Late for a Double Switch? Rajesh Sharma New Delhi, India
15:30 How to approach the Atrial Switch Patient with Baffle Leak or Stenosis? John Cheatham Columbus, USA
15:45 Transplantation for complex CHD: Challenges & Outcomes Kirk R. Kanter Atlanta, USA
16:00 Surgical Management Strategies for Residual Lesions in Adults with CHD
Charles D. Fraser Houston, USA
16:15 Panel Discussion
Break & Prayer: 16:30 – 17:00
Annual Business Meeting (WSPCHS Members only) 17:00 – 18:00
Chairmen: Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA Nestor Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada
Gala Dinner 20:00
Sunday October 30, 2016
Town Hall Meeting: 07:30 – 8:50
“Global Standards of Competence for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery”
(Meeting open to all members)
Chairmen: Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA Tom R. Karl, St. Petersburg, USA Howaida Al-Qethamy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tjark Ebels, Groningen, Netherlands Frank Edwin, Accra, Ghana Krishna Iyer, New Delhi, India Nestor Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, CAnada Susan Vosloo, Cape Town, South Africa
7:30 Welcome Richard A. Jonas Washington, USA
7:35 Global Standards of Competence for Congenital Heart Surgery Tom R. Karl St. Petersburg, USA
7:45 Competence and Certification for Congenital Heart Surgery in USA James S. Tweddell Cincinnati, USA
7:55 Competence and Certification for Congenital Heart Surgery in Europe George E. Sarris Athens, Greece
8:05 Competence and Certification for Congenital Heart Surgery in Asia Howaida Al-Qethamy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
8:15 Competence and Certification for Congenital Heart Surgery in Latin America Pedro A. Becker Santiago, Chile
8:25Competence and Certification for Congenital Heart Surgery in Africa Susan Vosloo Cape Town, South Africa
8:35 Panel Discussion
Session 8: 09:00 – 10:30
Chairmen: Adel Elgamal, Mansoura, Egypt Ericka Perez Albrecht, La Paz, Bolivia Drissi Boumzebra, Marrakesh, Morocco
Oral Abstract 3
Break: 10:30 – 11:00
Session 9: 11:00 – 13:00
Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Failing Fontan
Chairmen: Christian Kreutzer, Buenos Aires, Argentina Shunji Sano, Okayama, Japan Wayel Kashkari, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
11:00 Long-term Outcome Following the Fontan Operation Kirsten Finucane Auckland, New Zealand
11:15 Medical Problems and Management of Failing Fontan Michael Landzberg Boston USA
11:30 The Role of the Interventional Cardiologist for the Failing Fontan Shakeel Qureshi London, United Kingdom
11:45 Role of Fontan Revision Carl Backer Chicago, USA
12:00 Role of Mechanical Support for the Failing Fontan Mark Rodefeld Indiannapolis, USA
12:15 Role of Transplantation for the Failing Fontan James K. Kirklin Birmingham, USA
12:30 European Experience with Failing Fontan: Comparison of Revision versus Transplantation Joost van Melle Groningen, Netherlands
12:45 Panel Discussion
Lunch & Prayer 13:00 – 14:00
Session 10: 14:00 – 16:00
Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Miscellaneous issues
Chairmen: Mamdouh Al Ahmadi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Richard A. Jonas, Washington, USA Jorge Cervantes, Mexico City, Mexico
14:00 Unrepaired Functionally Univentricular Heart: Surgical Strategies Sachin Talwar New Delhi, India
14:15 Conventional Surgical Strategies for Congenital Heart Disease with Pulmonary Hypertension Sheng-Shou Hu Beijing, China
14:30 Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Arteries Julie Brothers Philadelphia, USA
14:45 Pregnancy in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Maie Shahid Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
15:00 Assessment of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients for Non-Cardiac Surgery Khalid Najashi Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
15:15 Psychological problems in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Maria Giovanna Russo Naples, Italy
15:30 Congenital Heart International Professionals (CHIP) Network and the Adult Cardiac Learning Center Gary Webb Cincinnati, USA
15:45 Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Lessons Learned from Multi-institutional Registries and Collaboration across Continents and Databases Jeffrey P. Jacobs St. Petersburg, USA
Conclusion
16:00 Farewell remarks WSPCHS 5th Scientific Meeting Abu Dhabi, UAE Zohair Al-Halees
16:05 Invitation to 6th Scientific Meeting WSPCHS
Orlando, Florida, USA July 23-26, 2018
Jeffrey P. Jacobs & Marshall L. Jacobs
16:10 Concluding remarks Richard A. Jonas
16:15 Meeting Adjourned
