FINAL PROGRAM

4th Annual Symposium – Walter Sisulu Paediatric

Cardiac Centre for Africa.

March 23rd & 24th 2011, Johannesburg - South Africa.

Netcare Auditorium, 76 Maude Street, Sandton.

Symposium chairman: Robin Kinsley

Organizing committee:

Colsen, Peter
Dansky, Raymond

Edwin, Frank
Govendragaloo, Kenny
Harrisberg, Jeffrey
Kinsley, Robin
Mamorare, Hendrick
Martin, Gregory

Meares, Janine
Milner, Selwyn
Sinyangwe, Greenwood
Schurmann, Erich

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 DAY 1: Wednesday 23rd March, 2011 – 7.00am-6.00pm

7.00am: Registration and Coffee

8.00am: Opening R. Kinsley

Session 1 (8.10am – 10.30am)

Chair: R. Kinsley/J. Lawrenson

8.10 – 8.40 am:

1. Fontan Physiology: immediate postoperative management in the CICU. P. Laussen

8.40 – 9.10 am:

2. Fontan Conversion. C. Fraser

9.10 – 9.20 am:

3. A Case for Fontan Conversion? K. Govendragaloo

9.20 – 9.40 am:

4. The Failed Glenn: when and what to do R. Kinsley

9.40 – 10.30 am: Discussion

10.30 – 11.00 am: Tea Break

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 Session 2 (11.00– 1.00 pm)

Chair: A. Brooks/F. Smit

11.00 – 11.10 am:

1. Where did we go wrong? R. Kinsley

11.10 – 11.15am:

Discussion

11.15 – 11.30 am:

2. ccTGA – Recent WSPCCA experience H. Mamorare

11.30 – 12.00 pm

3. Various approaches to ccTGA C. Fraser

12.00 – 12.30 pm:

4. Restrictive right and left ventricular physiology: management strategies P. Laussen

12.30 – 1.00 pm: Discussion

1.00 – 1.45 pm: Lunch break

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 Session 3 (1.45 – 3.45 pm)

Chair: S. Vosloo/R. Kleinloog/M. Sussman

1.45 – 2.00 pm:

1. Pulmonary Valvotomy and ECMO R. Kinsley

2.00 – 2.30 pm

2. Heart, Lung, and VAD programs C. Fraser

2.30 – 3.00 pm:

3. Mechanical Support of the Circulation: ECMO or VAD P. Laussen

3.00 – 3.20 pm

4. ‘ALCAPA’ – the role of LVAD F. Edwin

3.20 – 3.45 pm: Discussion

3.45 – 4.00 pm: Tea break

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 Session 4 (4.00 – 6.00 pm)

Chair: A. Brooks/C. Fraser

4.00 – 4.15 pm:

1. When is a hypoplast a hypoplast? J. Harrisberg

2. Discussion (5 min)

4.20 – 4.50 pm:

3. HLHS: results of the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial. P. Laussen

4.50 – 5.00 pm:

4. Subaortic stenosis – The hexagonal six-point traction technique F. Edwin

5.00 – 5.20 pm:

5. Third spacing, post op oedema and pleural effusions. What is the mechanism? H.Mamorare

5.20 – 6.00 pm: Discussion & Closing

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 DAY 2: Thursday 24th March, 2011 – 7.30 – 6.00 pm

7.00 am: Coffee

Session 1 (8.00 – 10.30 am)

Chair: A. Celliers/N. Heaver/J. Hewitson

8.00 – 8.20 am:

1. Arch Vessel Isolation F. Edwin

8.20 – 8.50 am:

2. A feeding algorithm to advance enteral nutrition after cardiac surgery in newborns and
infants. P. Laussen

Comment (5 minutes): Surgery in malnourished/infected infants G. Martin

8.55 – 9.05 am:

Discussion

9.05– 9.35 am:

3. Training Paradigms for Congenital Heart Surgeons in the USA. C. Fraser

9.35 – 10.05 am:

4. Quality Assurance in the CICU: optimizing outcomes. P. Laussen

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10.05 – 10.30 am: Discussion

10.30 – 11.00 am: Tea break

Session 2 (11.00 am – 1.15 pm)

Chair: S. Breno/A. Ferreira

11.00 – 11.20 am:

1. Neonatal Truncus: a valve or not? R. Kinsley

11.20 – 11.50

2. Monitoring in the CICU: Interpretation and integration. P. Laussen

11.50 am – 12.20 pm:

3. Neonatal Brain Protection during Cardiac Surgery & the Use of NIRS to guide CPB

C. Fraser

Comment: An interesting case (5 minutes) S. Breno

12.25 – 12.45 pm:

4. Intracardiac mass lesions: The role of central lines. F. Edwin

12.45 – 1.15 pm: Discussion

1.15 – 2.00 pm: Lunch break

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 Session 3 (2.00 – 4.00 pm)

Chair: R. Kinsley/J. Harrisberg.

2.00 – 2.10 pm:

1. Pronged intubation – The hazards S. Ponde

2.10 – 2.40 pm:

2. Paediatric resuscitation and cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery P. Laussen

2.40 – 2.50 pm: Discussion

2.50 – 3.20 pm

3. Growing Funding Challenges in the State of Texas (As it relates to our relationship with Latin
America) C. Fraser

3.20 – 3.50 pm:

4. FRC of the heart and lungs (ventilating the heart) – An approach to mechanical ventilation.

P. Laussen

3.50 – 4.00 pm: Discussion

4.00 – 4.20 pm: Tea break

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 Session 4 (4.20 – 6.00 pm)

Chair: K. Govendrageloo/H. Mamorare

4.20 – 4.30 pm:

1. RV-PA Conduit Replacement – A surgical technique E. Schurmann

4.30 – 5.00 pm:

2. Results with the Arterial Switch Operation C. Fraser

Comment (5 min): Late Arterial Switch Operation F. Edwin

5.05 – 5.35 pm

3. Morbidity in the CICU: preventing organ injury and optimising outcomes. P. Laussen

5.35 – 6.00pm: Discussion

6.00 pm

Closing Remarks:

P. Laussen

C. Fraser

R. Kinsley