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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting, January 26–28, 2009, Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California

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	Introduction

 
The Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) will be held at the Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California, January 26–28, 2009, preceded by STS/AATS Tech-Con 2009 on Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25. The meeting is open to all physicians, residents, fellows, engineers, perfusionists, physician assistants, nurses, or other interested individuals. Both members and nonmembers are urged to register in advance. Meeting attendees will be provided with the latest scientific information for practicing cardiothoracic surgeons.

The Workforce on Annual Meeting Program Task Force was pleased with the response to this year's abstract call, receiving 818 abstract and surgical video submissions. The high quality of the abstract submissions made it possible for the Workforce to develop a program that represents all aspects of adult and congenital cardiac and general thoracic surgery.

On Monday afternoon, there will be five Parallel Surgical Forums titled "Adult Cardiac," "General Thoracic," "Congenital Cardiac," "Practice Management Symposium," and "Patient Safety Symposium." These Forums will run from 1:30 PM–3:30 PM.

On Tuesday afternoon, there will be five Parallel Surgical Forums that will run from 1:45 PM–5:30 PM. The five Parallel Surgical Forums will be "Adult Cardiac I," "Adult Cardiac II," "General Thoracic I," "General Thoracic II," and "Congenital."

The popular Breakfast Sessions will be held Tuesday morning. The topics include STS National Database: Adult Cardiac; STS National Database: General Thoracic; STS National Database: Congenital; Update on Mechanical Circulatory Support in Children Encompassing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO); Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy; Image Guided Intervention for Thoracic Surgery; "Valve on a Stick"—Endovascular Valve for Use on the Aortic Side of the Heart Which is Presently Being Marketed in Europe; Stent Grafting—Descending Stent Graft for Descending Dissections. At the Present Time This Type of Grafting is in Flux; Thoracic Abdominal Stent Grafting; . . . [Full Text of this Article]