Scientific Programme

Wed, 14 May 2025

Thu, 15 May 2025

Fri, 16 May 2025

Sat, 17 May 2025

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0800 onwards	Registration
0900 – 1000	Session 1: Coronary Artery Disease Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
0900 – 1000	Session 2: Thoracic – Understanding Lung Cancer: Updates in Staging and Treatment Modalities Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
0900 – 1000	Session 3: Congenital – Aortic Valve Repair Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1000 – 1030	Coffee/Tea Break & Posters Presentations
1030 – 1130	Session 4: Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
1030 – 1130	Session 5: Thoracic – UVATS and RATS: From Sub-Lobar Resection to Sleeve Lobectomy Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1030 – 1130	Session 6: Congenital – Coronaries and Complex Anomalies Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1130 – 1230	Lunch & Posters Presentations
1230 – 1430	Session 7: Aortic Valve, Aorta Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
1230 – 1330	Session 8: Thoracic – Advanced Lung CA 1: How to manage them Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1230 – 1330	Session 9: Congenital – Valves Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1330 – 1430	Session 10: Thoracic – Advanced Lung CA 2: Advances in Prognosis and Therapy Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1330 – 1430	Session 11: Congenital – Outcomes Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1430 – 1500	Coffee/Tea Break & Posters Presentations
1500 – 1600	Session 12: Arrhythmia Surgery Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
1500 – 1600	Session 13: Thoracic – Leadership and Innovations in Thoracic Surgeries Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1500 – 1600	Session 14: Congenital – Tetralogy of Fallot, PA-VSD-MAPCAs Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1500 – 1700	ASCVTS Council Meeting Location: Level 3, Room 333
1600 – 1700	Posters Presentations
1600 – 1700	Session 15: Thoracic – Beyond Lung Cancer: Other Thoracic Malignancies Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1800 – 2000	ASCVTS 2025 Welcome Reception Location: Level 4, Exhibition Hall – 405

For Poster Presentations, please refer to Accepted Abstracts.
The programme is subject to change. Accurate at time of publishing.

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The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
14 – 17 May 2025
Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre

CONTACT

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info@ascvts2025.org

Meet-the-Expert session by Johnson & Johnson: For Every Heart Opened: Advancing Hemostatic Strategies to reduce surgical complications in Complex CABG & Sternotomy
Venue	Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
Date & Time	Friday, 16 May 2025 (1600 – 1645)
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Faculty	Prof. Hiroshi Niinami, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital, Japan Dr Chang Guohao, National University Heart Centre Singapore (NUHCS), Singapore

1329 – 1330	Welcome and Opening Remarks
1330 – 1340	Coming Soon!
1340 – 1345	Q&A
1345 – 1355	TEER vs Surgery in primary MR – Clinical Trials Update Invited Speaker: Dr Edgar Tay, Singapore
1355 – 1400	Q&A
1400 – 1410	Surgical options after TEER failure Invited Speaker: Prof Minoru Tabata, Japan
1410 – 1415	Q&A
1415 – 1425	Where are we now and heading with transcatheter mitral valve replacement? Invited Speaker: Dr Gilbert HL Tang, United States
1425 – 1430	Q&A
1430 – 1440	Innovations beyond TEER and TMVR: what are other pipeline technologies? Invited Speaker: Prof Anson Cheung, Canada
1440 – 1445	Q&A
1445 – 1455	Trans-septal puncture for mitral procedures – step by step approach Invited Speaker: Dr Gilbert HL Tang, United States
1455 – 1500	Q&A
1500 – 1510	Severe mitral annular calcification – how I deal with it Invited Speaker: Dr Lee Yung Tsai, Taiwan
1510 – 1515	Q&A
1515 – 1525	Coming Soon!
1525 – 1530	Q&A
1530 – 1531	Summary and Closing Remarks
After each presentation	Panelist: Prof Anson Cheung, Canada Panelist: Prof Kenny Sin, Singapore Panelist: Prof Minoru Tabata, Japan Panelist: Dr Wang Shou Zheng, China

0900 – 0920	Advanced techniques in Mitral Repair Invited Speaker: Dr Taweesak Chotivatanapong, Thailand
0920 – 0940	MIS MV Repair New Techniques Invited Speaker: Prof Theodoros Kofidis, Singapore
0940 – 0950	Simple annuloplasty for symmetric Barlow 50 patients treated Invited Speaker: Prof Konstantinos Zannis, France
0950 – 1000	Panel Discussion and Q&A Panelist: Prof Chua Yeow Leng, Singapore Panelist: Prof Kenny Sin, Singapore Panelist: Dr Avenilo L. Aventura Jr., Philippines Panelist: Dr Shu Chen, China

1030 – 1045	OR-0120: Retrograde autologous priming in CPB: A single-centre retrospective observational study Abstract Presenter: Dr Vita Minutoli, Australia
1045 – 1100	OR-0178: The method of “ex-vivo” ultrafiltration after CPB in small children Abstract Presenter: Dr Olga Melnikova, Russia
1100 – 1115	OR-0232: When less is more Abstract Presenter: Dr Michael Tom Quilaquil, Singapore
1115 – 1130	OR-0252: Percutaneous vs surgical cannulation for vascular complicatiob in VA-ECMO: a multi-centre retrospective study Abstract Presenter: Dr Guanhua Li, China
1130 – 1145	Coming Soon!
1145 – 1200	Coming Soon!
1200 – 1215	Coming Soon!
1215 – 1230	PS-0003: Efficacy of FFP administration during CPB on hemostasis in acute aortic dissection surgery Abstract Presenter: Dr Yushi Okumura, Japan

1614 – 1615	Welcome and Opening Remarks
1615 – 1625	Indications for isolated tricuspid valve intervention: what role does surgery play now? Invited Speaker: A/Prof Jimmy Hon Kim Fatt, Singapore
1625 – 1630	Q&A
1630 – 1640	Coming Soon!
1640 – 1645	Q&A
1645 – 1700	Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement – clinical update and device parade Invited Speaker: Prof Wilson Szeto, United States
1700 – 1705	Q&A
1705 – 1720	Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions for surgeons – Basic imaging and procedural steps Invited Speaker: Dr Gilbert HL Tang, United States
1720 – 1725	Q&A
1725 – 1740	Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement – Vancouver experience & live in a box Invited Speaker: Prof Anson Cheung, Canada
1740 – 1745	Q&A
1745 – 1755	T-TEER vs TTVR: how do we choose for our patients? Invited Speaker: Dr Gilbert HL Tang, United States
1755 – 1800	Q&A
1800 – 1810	MR and TR: How to manage? Combined surgery vs stages or concomitant transcatheter intervention? Invited Speaker: A/Prof Daniel Tai-Leung Chan, Hong Kong SAR
1810 – 1815	Q&A
After each presentation	Panel Discussion and Q&A Panelist: Prof Anson Cheung, Canada Panelist: Prof Wilson Szeto, United States Panelist: Dr Wang Shou Zheng, China Panelist: Dr William Kong, Singapore

1615 – 1625	OR-0032: The Game-Changing Role of Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation in Open-Heart Surgery: Our 10-Year Experience with Retrospective Observational Data Abstract Presenter: Dr Faizus Sazzad, Singapore
1625 – 1635	OR-0215: Intercostal nerve cryoablation in patients with minimally invasive mitral valve surgery Abstract Presenter: Dr Anastasiia Guseva, Russia
1635 – 1645	OR-0241: Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation in elderly patients without atrial fibrillation during open heart surgery Abstract Presenter: Dr Guanhua Li, China
1645 – 1655	OR-0249: Robotic Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Pectus Excavatum: Safety and Efficacy Abstract Presenter: Dr Satoru Tomita, Japan
1655 – 1705	OR-0250: Robotic mitral valve repair for active infective endocarditis Abstract Presenter: Dr Satoru Tomita, Japan
1705 – 1715	OR-0262: Mitral valve regurgitation after postinfarction aneurysm repair Abstract Presenter: Dr Artur Mikulyak, Russia
1715 – 1725	OR-0264: Long-Term Survival Advantage of Reoperative Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement Over Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve: Insights from a Multicenter Cohort Abstract Presenter: Mr Daniel Won, United States
1725 – 1735	OR-0272: Surgical approach to the prevention of cardioembolic stroke: usefulness of totally thoracoscopic left atrial appendage closure and ablation (Wolf-Ohtsuka procedure) Abstract Presenter: Dr Hiroshi Ito, Japan
1735 – 1745	OR-0275: The outcomes of off-pump minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 120 consecutive patients. Abstract Presenter: Dr Shota Yamanaka, Japan
1745 – 1755	OR-0280: Efficacy of Impella-supported off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction; comparison study with on-pump beating strategy Abstract Presenter: Dr Atomu Hino, Japan
1755 – 1805	OR-0282: Prediction of Graft Patency using Preoperative Hyperemic and Non-hyperemic Intracoronary Pressure Indices in CABG Abstract Presenter: Dr Ryo Nakamura, Japan
1805 – 1815	OR-0287: Surgical treatment of aortic valve prosthesis endocarditis Abstract Presenter: Dr Ravil Sharifulin, Russia
1815 – 1825	OR-0293: 14 years of single-center experience in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right thoracotomy Abstract Presenter: Dr Anton Zalesov, Russia

1400 – 1410	PS-0018: IDH2 L-lactylation modification alternates enzyme activity promoting myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and reshaping energy metabolism reprogramming Abstract Presenter: Dr Yijie Tang, China
1410 – 1420	PS-0023: Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveals the pulmonary artery cell heterogeneity and ecosystems in patient with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease Abstract Presenter: Dr Wenhui Huang, China
1420 – 1430	PS-0026: Exploratory analysis of microplastics detection in ascending aorta: based on pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) Abstract Presenter: Dr Yucheng Hou, China
1430 – 1440	PS-0042: Genomic Insights into Type A Aortic Dissection: Results from a Pilot Whole Genome Sequencing Study Abstract Presenter: Dr Eunice Lo, Hong Kong SAR
1440 – 1450	PS-0070: Mechanism of LncRNA34962 regulation of miRNA-3575/c-Myc in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease Abstract Presenter: Dr Xueying Wang, China
1450 – 1500	Coming Soon!
1500 – 1510	OR-0166: AI-Based Automated Segmentation and Measurement of the Aorta from CT Plain Scans Abstract Presenter: Dr Sisi Chen, Hong Kong SAR
1510 – 1520	OR-0213: Reducing Neointimal Hyperplasia in Vascular Surgery Using a Bivalirudin-Infused Carbopol 940 Gel Abstract Presenter: Dr Tzu-Yen Huang, Taiwan
1520 – 1530	OR-0258: Cardiac Surgery Without a Visible Scar: The Endoscopic Periareolar Approach Abstract Presenter: Dr Paradorn Jetwanna, Thailand
1530 – 1540	PS-0043: Preoperative Planning for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Integrating Computational Fluid Dynamics with Spatial Assessment Based on Four-dimensional Computed Tomography Angiography Abstract Presenter: Dr Shu Chen, China

1140 – 1150	OR-0062: Very long-term outcome of AVR with mechanical valve for under the age of sixty Abstract Presenter: Dr Shuhei Sakaguchi, Japan
1150 – 1200	OR-0227: Indispensable Structural Complications after Aortic Valve and/or Root Surgeries for Takayasu Arteritis Abstract Presenter: Dr Yuki Tadokoro, Japan
1200 – 1210	OR-0251: Comparison of the results of aortic valve neocuspidalization (Ozaki procedure) with aortic valve bioprosthetics in patients with a narrow aortic annulus: a multicenter retrospective study Abstract Presenter: Dr Bakytbek Kadyraliev, Russia
1210 – 1220	OR-0259: Sutureless aortic valve replacement in small annular type 0 bicuspid aortic valve: Short-term results Abstract Presenter: Dr Baiyu Tian, China
1220 – 1230	OR-0260: Ozaki procedure – second experience in the world Abstract Presenter: Dr Artur Mikulyak, Russia

1030 – 1040	OR-0026: Ferroptosis-Induced SUMO2 Lactylation Counteracts Ferroptosis by Enhancing ACSL4 Degradation in Lung Adenocarcinoma Abstract Presenter: Dr Guangyao Shan, China
1040 – 1050	OR-0089: Gut Microbiota Impacts Cardiac Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Postnatal Mouse Hearts Abstract Presenter: Dr Ruyue Zhang, China
1050 – 1100	OR-0097: Overexpressing GATA-4-BMSC-derived exosome suppresses H/R-induced cardiomyocyte ferroptosis through miR-330-3p/BAP1/SLC7A11/IP3R axis and mPTP opening Abstract Presenter: Dr Jigang He, China
1100 – 1110	OR-0102: Mannose inhibits NSCLC growth and the inflammatory microenvironment by regulating the gut microbiota and targeting the OGT/hnRNP R/JUN/IL-8 axis Abstract Presenter: Dr Haoyi Jin, China
1110 – 1120	OR-0157: Exploring Chitin-Architected 3D Culture Microenvironments: Effects on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Characteristics and Functions Abstract Presenter: Dr Dehua Chang, Japan
1120 – 1130	OR-0168: Identification of potential breath biomarkers for utilizing breath analysis as a screening tool in clinical diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma: A pilot study Abstract Presenter: Dr Hyungkeun Bahn, South Korea
1130 – 1140	OR-0185: ZNF146 Accelerates Lung Adenocarcinoma Progression through MDM2/p53 and PHGDH/ferroptosis Abstract Presenter: Dr Junkan Zhu, China
1140 – 1150	PS-0004: The use of Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM) in Adult Cardiac Surgeries Abstract Presenter: Dr Isabel Rodriguez Martin, Spain

Scientific Programme

Countdown to ASCVTS 2025

NAVIGATION

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Meet-the-Expert session by Johnson & Johnson: For Every Heart Opened: Advancing Hemostatic Strategies to reduce surgical complications in Complex CABG & Sternotomy

Programme

Faculty Biography

Symposium 38: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy for Surgeons 3

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Symposium 28: Advances in Mitral Surgery Part 2

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Oral Presentation 6: Perfusion

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Symposium 9: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy for Surgeons 1

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Oral Presentation 3: Adult Cardiac

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Oral Presentation 8: Basic Research 2

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Oral Presentation 7: Adult Cardiac

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Oral Presentation 5: Basic Research and Innovation 1

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Symposium 14: Surgeon’s role in Aortic Valve

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Oral Presentation 4: Aortic

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Oral Presentation 2: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy

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Oral Presentation 1: Adult Cardiac

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Symposium 4: Congenital 1

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Symposium 16: Congenital 2

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Symposium 18: Congenital 3

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Siemens Healthineers Industry Symposium (Meet the Expert): New frontiers in image-guided thoracic surgery

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Faculty Biography

ASCVTS – EACTS Joint Session: Enhancing cooperation between Asia and Europe in Thoracic Surgery

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Session 15: Thoracic – Beyond Lung Cancer: Other Thoracic Malignancies

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Session 14: Congenital – Tetralogy of Fallot, PA-VSD-MAPCAs

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Session 13: Thoracic – Leadership and Innovations in Thoracic Surgeries

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Session 11: Congenital – Outcomes

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Session 12: Arrhythmia Surgery

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Session 10: Thoracic – Advanced Lung CA 2: Advances in Prognosis and Therapy

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Session 9: Congenital – Valves

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Session 8: Thoracic – Advanced Lung CA 1: How to manage them

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Session 7: Aortic Valve, Aorta

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Session 6: Congenital – Coronaries and Complex Anomalies

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Session 5: Thoracic – UVATS and RATS: From Sub-Lobar Resection to Sleeve Lobectomy

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Session 3: Congenital – Master Class: Aortic valve repair strategies

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STS-EACTS Workshop @ ASCVTS Session 3 : Mastering AV – Aortic Regurgitation

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Symposium 37: Innovation

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Symposium 36: The forgotten Tricuspid Valve

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Symposium 35: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Symposium 33: Thoracic 6 – Evolving robotic landscape in thoracic surgery

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Symposium 32: Transplant & Mechanical Support 2

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Symposium 31: The Era of Advanced Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

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