TABLE OF CONTENTS AATS Annual Meeting Committees ............................................................................. 2 Accreditation ......................................................................................................................... 5 Scientific Program ...............................................................................................................8 Abstracts ............................................................................................................................108 C. Walton Lillehei Abstracts ..................................................................................341 Case Video Abstracts ..............................................................................................350 PROGRAM BOOK 101st Annual Meeting Share your Annual Meeting experience on Twitter: Featuring Aortic Symposium @AATSHQ and Mitral Conclave #AATS2021 A Virtual Learning Experience April 30-May 2, 2021 This program book went to ePrint on April 29, 2021. Any program changes made after this date are available at aats.org/annualmeeting. President Marc R. Moon *AATS Member ◆AATS New Member 1 101st Annual Meeting AMERICAN ASSOCIATION April 30 – May 2, 2021 | A Virtual Learning Experience FOR THORACIC SURGERY AORTIC SYMPOSIUM AATS – PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP IN Co-Chairs THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY *Joseph S. Coselli *Steven L. Lansman Since 1917, when it was founded as the first organization dedicated to thoracic surgery, the Committee Members American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has evolved significantly. Today, it is an *Joseph E. Bavaria, Jr. *G. Chad Hughes *David Spielvogel international organization consisting of more than 1,500 of the world’s foremost cardio- *Edward P. Chen *Ourania Preventza *Thoralf M. Sundt, III thoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. Its members are selected based on their *Leonard N. Girardi *Eric E. Roselli proven records of distinction within the cardiothoracic surgical field and their meritorious *Thomas G. Gleason *Malakh Shrestha contributions to the existing knowledge of cardiothoracic disease and its surgical treat- LILLEHEI RESIDENTS FORUM ment. AATS continues to strengthen its commitment to science, education, and research through the Annual Meeting, research grants and awards, educational symposia and Co-Chairs *Nahush A. Mokadam courses, and the AATS official journal, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. *Arjun Pennathur Committee Members AATS ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEES *Bryan M. Burt *Mario F.L. Gaudino *Gabriel Loor *David Tom Cooke *Ravi K. Ghanta *Ram Kumar Subramanyan PRESIDENT *Ralph J. Damiano, Jr. *Jeffrey S. Heinle *Marc R. Moon *Elizabeth A. David *Sunjay Kaushal Co-Chairs *Christopher A. Caldarone Abstract Reviewers *Robert J. Cerfolio *Kevin D. Accola *Alessandro Brunelli *Abe DeAnda, Jr. *Sudish C. Murthy *Michael A. Acker *Raphael Bueno *Joseph A. Dearani *Vinod H. Thourani *David H. Adams *Harold M. Burkhart *Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr. *Y. Joseph Woo *Gabriel S. Aldea *Paulo F.G. Cardoso *Chadrick E. Denlinger *Ottavio R. Alfieri *Andrea J. Carpenter *James M. Donahue Committee Members *Nasser K. Altorki *Thierry-Pierre Carrel *Jessica S. Donington *Niv Ad *Pirooz Eghtesady *Daniela Molena *Martin Andreas *Filip P. Casselman *Daniel H. Drake *Anelechi C. Anyanwu *Stephanie Fuller *Richard G. Ohye *Masaki Anraku *DuyKhanh Pham Ceppa *Gilles D. Dreyfus *Pavan Atluri *Mario F.L. Gaudino *Varun Puri *Mara B. Antonoff *Paul J. Chai *James R. Edgerton *Leah Backhus ◆Lauren C. Kane *John D. Puskas *Hirokuni Arai *Andrew C. Chang *Gébrine El Khoury *Ko Bando *Benjamin D. Kozower *Matthew A. Romano *Emile A. Bacha *Haiquan Chen *Ahmed Mahmoud El-Eshmawi *Clifford W. Barlow *Richard Lee *Robert M. Sade *Vinay Badhwar *Jonathan M. Chen *Sitaram M. Emani *Shanda H. Blackmon *Hersh Maniar *Scott C. Silvestry *Faisal G. Bakaeen *Ke-Neng Chen *John W. Entwistle, III *Ross M. Bremner *Nahush A. Mokadam *Thoralf M. Sundt, III *Leora B. Balsam *Xin Chen *Anthony L. Estrera *Victor Bautista Hernandez *Joanna Chikwe *Nathaniel R. Evans, III PERIOPERATIVE AND TEAM BASED CARE *Pedro Antonio Becker *Taweesak Chotivatanapong *Gloria Faerber Co-Chairs *Friedhelm Beyersdorf *Shiv Kumar K. Choudhary *Volkmar Falk *Rakesh C. Arora *Faiz Y. Bhora *Joseph B. Clark *Farzan Filsoufi Marci S. Damiano *Eugene H. Blackstone *Andrea Colli *Anders Franco-Cereceda Committee Members *Percy Boateng *Yolonda L. Colson *Stephen E. Fremes Sean van Diepen *J.W. Awori Hayanga Bo Soo Kim *Daniel J. Boffa *Mark Cunningham *Aubrey C. Galloway Andra E. Duncan Bradley Horvath *Yoan Lamarche *Steven F. Bolling *David A. D’Alessandro, Jr. *J. William Gaynor HelenMari M. Genore Lynelle Joliff Donald S. Likosky *Pramod Bonde *Gail E. Darling *Arnar Geirsson *Michael A. Borger *Hiroshi Date *Isaac George *Walter Douglas Boyd James Davies *Marc W. Gerdisch *Lisa Brown *Ruggero De Paulis *Marc Gillinov *AATS Member ◆AATS New Member *AATS Member ◆AATS New Member 2 3 *Donald D. Glower, Jr. *Brian E. Louie *David S. Schrump *Daniel Goldstein *Richard Mainwaring *Christopher W. Seder ACCREDITATION *Diego Gonzalez Rivas *S. Chris Malaisrie *Frank W. Sellke *Eric L. Grogan *Linda W. Martin *Craig H. Selzman *Shawn S. Groth *Christopher E. Mascio Boris Sepesi Learning Objectives *Amy E. Hackmann *Patrick M. McCarthy *Yaron Shargall *Jonathan W. Haft *Allison Joan McLarty *Richard J. Shemin At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: *Masatsugu Hamaji *Spencer J. Melby *Joseph Ben Shrager ❑ Identify the latest techniques and current research specifically related to adult William S. Harmsen *Olaf Mercier *Ming Si cardiac surgery, congenital heart disease, general thoracic surgery, and perioperative *Narutoshi Hibino *Robert E. Merritt *Pranava Sinha *Chuong D. Hoang *Carlos M. Mery *Nicholas G. Smedira care; *Osami Honjo *Bart Meuris *Edward G. Soltesz ❑ Select appropriate surgical procedures and other interventions for their own *Charles W. Hoopes *Thomas Modine *Joshua R. Sonett patients based upon results presented; *Michael K. Hsin *Laureano Molins *Harmik J. Soukiasian *Charles Burford *Marc R. Moon *James D. St. Louis ❑ Incorporate the basic science developments and emerging technologies and Huddleston *David L. Morales *Sandra L. Starnes techniques across the spectrum of cardiothoracic surgery; *S. Adil Husain *Victor Morell *Vaughn A. Starnes *Mohsen Ibrahim *Pradeep Narayan Melanie Subramanian ❑ Communicate current practice management necessary for the effective and safe *Norihiko Ikeda *Thomas Ng *Rakesh M. Suri delivery of patient care; *John S. Ikonomidis *Tom C. Nguyen *Lars G. Svensson Alexander Iribarne *Daniel S. Oh *Wilson Y. Szeto ❑ Translate expanded knowledge into practice for the improvement of patient James Isbell *Ikenna Okereke *Hiroo Takayama outcomes and satisfaction. *James Jaggers *Yutaka Okita *Lijie Tan *Robert D.B. Jaquiss *Mark Onaitis *Kazuo Tanemoto ACCME Accreditation Statement *Douglas R. Johnston *Yoshio Otaki *James Tatoulis Lynelle Jolliff *Maral Ouzounian *Patricia A. Thistlethwaite The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation *David R. Jones *Jay D. Pal *George Tolis, Jr. Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical *David James Kaczorowski *Bernard J. Park *Betty C. Tong education for physicians. ◆David Kalfa *Himanshu J. Patel *Masanori Tsuchida *Aditya K. Kaza *Patrick Perier *Joseph W. Turek *Rosemary F. Kelly *Louis P. Perrault *James S. Tweddell AMA Credit Designation Statement *Shaf Keshavjee *Sunil Prasad *Paula A. Ugalde The American Association for Thoracic Surgery designates this other activity (live and *Kenneth A. Kesler *Siva Raja *Victor H. van Berkel recorded sessions) for a maximum of 166.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Biniam Kidane Vignesh Raman *Song Wan *Anthony W. Kim *Vivek Rao *Jon O. Wee Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation *Richard W. Kim *Michael J. Reardon *Michael J. Weyant in the activity. *Young Tae Kim *Rishindra M. Reddy *Bryan A. Whitson *Walter Klepetko *T. Brett Reece *David Scott Winlaw *Martin Kostolny *Hermann Reichenspurner *Andrea S. Wolf AAPA Credit Designation Statement *Daniel Kreisel *R. Taylor Ripley *Ronald K. Woods NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by *Joseph Lamelas *Gaetano Rocco *Hiroshi Yamamoto ACCME or a recognized state medical society. *Michael Lanuti *Mark D. Rodefeld *Bo Yang ◆Damien J. LaPar *Todd K. Rosengart *Fan Yang *Jennifer S. Lawton *Marc Ruel *Kazuhiro Yasufuku *Harold L. Lazar Enrico Ruffini *Sai Yendamuri *Jang-Ming Lee *Shunji Sano *Tae-Jin Yun *Scott A. LeMaire *Peyman Sardari Nia *Marco A. Zenati *Moishe Abraham Liberman *Inderpal S. Sarkaria *Haibo Zhang Peter Licht *Toshihiko Sato *Daniel Zimpfer Donald Likosky *Hans-Joachim Schäfers *Jules Lin *Joseph D. Schmoker *Virginia R. Litle *Florian Schoenhoff *AATS Member ◆AATS New Member *AATS Member ◆AATS New Member 4 5 Instructions for Claiming CME AATS would like to thank the following companies for their marketing support: To claim credit for this event: Premier Platinum Level Gold Level AtriCure AstraZeneca ❑ Attend the sessions in full for which credit is sought; Abbott Terumo Cardiovascular and Aortic ❑ Complete the post-activity evaluation; Edwards Lifesciences Silver Level Medtronic ❑ A certificate of completion will be available once the evaluation is submitted. Baxter Platinum Following the event, attendees