SURGERY (20 July, 2017 Thursday / 10:00 - 12:00)

Surgery: Surgical Issues Related to Tetralogy of Fallot

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Symposium at The World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

10:00 – 10:20 Surgical approaches to Palliation: Systemic to pulmonary artery shunt, transannular patch only
Robert Jaquiss, US
10:20 – 10:40 Tetralogy of Fallot: What Operations are ACTUALLY Most Commonly Performed in Europe and North America and what are their outcomes? Lessons Learned from the ECHSA/EACTS Congenital Heart Surgery Database and the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Jeffrey Jacobs, US
10:40 – 11:00 Repair of tetralogy with a valve preserving trans-annular patch
Tom Karl, US
11:00 – 11:20 Management of the Pulmonary Valve in Adults with tetralogy of Fallot
Jim Jaggers, US
11:20 – 11:40 What is the best prosthetic valve for the adult with tetralogy?
Frank Pigula, US
11:40 – 12:00 Discussion