2025 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts

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WELCOME
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH, Program Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
Moderators: David M. Kalfa, MD, PhD & Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD

PRESIDENT'S AWARD PAPER
+A01. Human Stem Cell-engineered 3d-bioprinted Fontan Conduits Remodel Into Neo-tissue And Sustain Pulsatile Function In Vivo In Mice
Syed Faaz Ashraf, MD¹, Jaci M. Bliley, PhD², Tai Yi, MD³, Joseph Leland³, Anne Behre, PhD², Amanda Kang², Alec Kramer², Maria Stang, PhD², Caner Dikyol, PhD², Edith Tzeng¹, Tain-Yen Hsia, MD⁴, Christopher Breuer, MD³, Adam W. Feinberg, PhD^2
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL
Invited Discussant: Mark D. Rodefeld, MD

+A02. Tacrolimus Monotherapy Is Sufficient For Partial Heart Transplantation
Herra Javed, MBBS, Mohammed Ahmed Zaghw, M.D, Amna Qasim, M.D, Meagan Rogers, NP, Tori Beach, DNP, Simon Chung, B.S, Rodolfo Henrich-Lobo, M.D, Brian Reemtsen, M.D, Taufiek Konrad Rajab, MD
Arkansas Children Hospital, Little Rock, AR

A03. Novel Methodology To Create Autologous Umbilical Cord Patches For Congenital Heart Defect Reconstruction
Ioannis Zoupas, MD, Jared M. Covell, MD, Theodor Seist, MD, Nayelli Martinez, MS, Brijesh S. Gill, MD, Scott D. Olson, PhD, Charles S. Cox, MD, Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc
University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Houston, TX

+A04. 3D Reconstruction And Holographic Visualization For Preoperative And Intraoperative Planning Of Surgical Unifocalization In TOF/PA/MAPCAS
Francesco Bertelli, MD, Brandon Peel, Hannah Seatle, Shi-Joon Yoo, Christoph Haller, David Barron, Osami Honjo, Israel Valverde
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

A05. Gone In 90 Seconds: Open Atrial Septectomy On Placental Support For Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With Intact Atrial Septum
Sameh M. Said, MD, MBA, Ali H. Mashadi, BA, Yasin Essa, MD
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

+A06. A Technique To Mitigate Ethical And Logistical Concerns With DCD NRP Heart Transplant
John Kucera, MD, Seth Wolf, MD, Douglas Overbey, MD, MPH, Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD, MBA
Duke University, Durham, NC

SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: VALVES OR NOT
Moderators: Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD & Paul J. Chai, MD

A07. Mid-term Impact Of Circumferential Suture Annuloplasty On Aortic Root Growth And Valve Durability In Pediatric Aortic Valve Repair
Alexa von Mueffling, BA, Dominic P. Recco, MD, Shannen Kizilski, PhD, Aravinth Karunanandaa, MD, Kimberlee Gauvreau, ScD, John E. Mayer, Jr, MD, David Hoganson, MD, Pedro Del Nido, MD, Sitaram Emani, MD, Christopher W. Baird, MD
Boston Childrens Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Invited Discussant: Glen Van Arsdell, MD

A08. Mid-term Outcomes Of The Ross Procedure In Pediatric Patients After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Horacio Carvajal, MD¹, Reilly Hobbs¹, Eric Griffiths¹, John Doty², Adil Husain^1
1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

A09. The Secret Sauce To Early Discharge After Pediatric Heart Surgery At A High Performing Medium Volume Program
Kathryn Wheller, APRN, Kristen Breedlove, PA-C, Fran Feesler, APRN, Ari Gartenberg, MD, Colleen Handwork, APRN, Greg Padrutt, PA-C, Robert D. Stewart, MD, Tara B. Karamlou, MD, MSc
Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH

A10. Novel Insights Into The Longitudinal Healthcare Burden In Children With Congenital Pulmonary Valve Disease
Chantal M. Sanchez, BA¹, Sarah Crook, PhD¹, Pengfei Jiang, MS¹, Kacie Dragan, PhD², Joyce L. Woo, MD MS³, Stephen Cook, MD⁴, Jane W. Newburger, MD MPH⁵, Marshall L. Jacobs, MD⁶, Andrew B. Goldstone, MD PhD⁷, Rebecca Epstein, MD⁸, Alexandra Linder, MD⁹, Kathleen Walsh- Spoonhower, MD¹⁰, Ralph Mosca, MD¹¹, Susheel Kumar, MD¹¹, Neil Devejian, MD¹², George M. Alfieris, MD⁴, Michael F. Swartz, PhD⁴, David Meyer, MD¹³, Erin A. Paul, MD¹, John Billings, JD², Brett R. Anderson, MD MBA MS^1
1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²New York University, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York, NY, ³Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chigao, IL, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center & Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁸NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Westchester Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁰Stony Brook Children's Hospital, New York, NY, ¹¹New York University, New York, NY, ¹²Albany Medical College, New York, NY, ¹³Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine, New York, NY

A11. Multi-Institutional Outcomes of Caudal Analgesia In Neonatal and Infant Heart Surgery
Bushray Almiqlash, MBBS, MSc, Muhammad Faateh, MBBS, Hosam F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Arpa Chutipongtanate, MD, David Morales, MD, Awais Ashafq, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

A12. 25-30 Year Follow-up Of Neonatal Bi-ventricular Repair For Ebstein Anomaly
Christopher J. Knott-Craig¹, Kent E. Ward, MD², Edward D. Overholt, MD², Harold Burkhart, MD², Jason Johnson, MD^1
1Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, ²Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

SCIENTIFIC SESSION III: VIDEOS
Moderators: Charles D. Fraser, Jr, MD & Tara Karamlou, MD

PRESIDENT'S AWARD PAPER
V01. Berlin Bivad In A Total Artificial Heart Configuration In An Infant
David Blitzer, MD¹, Gerardo Ramos Lemos, BS², Elizabeth Cordoves, BA², Isaac Wenger, MD¹, John Karamichalis, MD, PhD¹, David Kalfa, MD, PhD^1
1Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Invited Discussant: Michael E. Mitchell, MD

V02. Operative Techniques For Autus Valve Implantation
Luke Wiggins, MD¹, Christopher Baird, MD², Darren Berman¹, Diego Porras, MD², Mark Galantowicz, MD³, Aimee Armstrong, MD³, Oliver Barry, MD⁴, Emile Bacha, MD^4
1Children's Hospital Los Angeles, los angeles, CA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

V03. Biventricular Conversion In A Patient With PA/IVS And Severely Dysplastic Tricuspid Valve Following Starnes Palliation
Amine Mazine, MD, PhD, Osami Honjo, MD, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

V04. Impella 5.5 As A Bridge To Transplant Through Suprasternal Incision In The Congenital Heart Disease Population
Zachary W. Sollie, MD, Kenichi Okamura, MD, Katerina Boucek, MD, Minoo Kavarana, MD, Lloyd M. Felmly, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

V05. Reimplantation Of The Left Main Coronary Artery And Mitral Valve Repair
Muhammed Ikbal Aydin, MD, Sofia Hanabergh, MS, Manan Desai, MD, Aybala Tongut, MD, Syed M. Bukhari, MD, Yves d'Udekem, MD, PhD
Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC

V06. Single Sinus Coronary Arteries With Interarterial Course In TGA
Bastien Provost, MD^{1, Viktoria Weixler, MD2, Emre Belli1
1Hopital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France, 2Sickkids, Toronto, ON, Canada}

SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV: NIGHTMARES AND MOVIES
Moderators: S. Adil Husain, MD & Jennifer C. Romano, MD

A13. Innominate Artery Compression Syndrome Resulting From A Vascular Stent: Management Of A Teenager With Tracheoinnominate Fistula
Kolapo Dairo, BA, Monirah Albathi, MD, Jonathan Grischkan, MD, Sergio A. Carrillo, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

A14. First Heart And Lung Transplantation Utilizing Dual Organ Care Systems In Single Patient
Alan O'Donnell, PA-C, David Morales, MD, Marco Ricci, MD, David Lehenbauer, MD, Awais Ashfaq, MD, Kyle Riggs
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

A15. Ross-Konno Cabrol With A Quadricuspid Pulmonary Valve
Raghav Murthy, MBBS, DABS, FACS, FACC, Jane Kao, MD, Kristine Guleserian, MD
Medical City Children's Hospital, Dallas, TX

A16. When Is Corrective Surgery Too Much
Marcus P. Haw, MBBS MS FRCS FECTS, Osama Eltayeb, MBBS, Tayaba Miah, MD, Asad Qadir, MD, Kurt Bjorkman, MD
Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

A17. Myocardial Ischemia Following Routine VSD Closure Due To Undiagnosed Anomalous Coronary Artery
William J. Wallen, MD, PhD, Carl L. Backer, MD
UK Healthcare/Kentucky Children's Hospital, Lexington, KY

WELCOME
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH, Program Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

SCIENTIFIC SESSION V: DILEMMAS & CHALLENGES
Moderators: Robert D. Jaquiss, MD & Carlos M. Mery, MD

~ John A. Hawkins Top Scoring Abstract Award ~
A18. Artificial Chords For Mitral Valve Repair In The Pediatric Population: Technique Matters
Gianna Dafflisio, BS, Alexa Von Mueffling, BS, Aditya Suryakumar, BS, Eric Feins, MD, David Hoganson, MD, Christopher Baird, MD, Pedro del Nido, MD, Sitaram M. Emani, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Invited Discussant: Emile Bacha, MD

A19. Extra-cardiac Conduit Restriction Is Associated With Increased Liver Fibrosis In Adolescent Fontan Patients
Matteo Ponzoni, MD, Jamal Saleh, MD, Rajiv Chaturvedi, MD, PhD, Anne Dipchand, MD, Israel Valverde, MD, PhD, Mike Seed, MD, Shi-Joon Yoo, MD, John Coles, MD, Osami Honjo, MD, PhD, Christopher Lam, MD
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

A20. Atrioventricular Septal Defect And Aortic Arch Obstruction - A Challenging Combination
Santiago Villar, MD, Tam T. Doan, MD, Sarah K. Clunie, BSN, RN, Jeffrey S. Heinle, MD, Yishay Orr, MD, FRACS, PhD
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

SALLY CAI AWARD
+A21. Individualized Treatment Modeling For Infants With Complete AVSD: A Virtual Twin Study By The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
Justin A. Robinson, MD¹, Eugene Blackstone, MD¹, Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc², Hani Najm, MD, MSc¹, John Ehrlinger, PhD¹, Xiaowen Li, MSc¹, William G. Williams, MD³, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD, PhD⁴, Jeffery P. Jacobs, MD⁵, William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD⁶, Marshall L. Jacobs, MD⁷, James K. Kirklin, MD⁸, Christopher A. Caldarone, MD⁹, Karl F. Welke, MD¹⁰, Osami Honjo, MD, PhD¹¹, Marcus P. Haw, MD¹², Jeremy L. Herrmann, MD¹³, Kamal K. Pourmoghadam, MD¹⁴, Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD¹⁵, David M. Kalfa, MD, PhD¹⁶, Additional AVSD Working Group Members: Joseph Turek, MD, PhD, MBA;T.K Susheel Kumar, MD¹⁷, Additional AVSD Working Group Members: John M. Karamichalis MD,PhD; Ashok Muralidaran, MD¹⁸, Additional AVSD Working Group Members: Anastasios Polimenakos, MD, MBA; Luc Mertens, MD¹⁹, Additional AVSD Working Group Members: Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD; Aaron W. Eckhauser, MD;, MD²⁰, David M. Overman, MD^21
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Akron Childrens/Cincinnati Childrens, Akron/Cincinnati, OH, ³Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁶Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ¹⁰Levine Children's Hospital/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, ¹¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, ¹³Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Saint Petersburg, FL, ¹⁵St Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁶Morgan Stanley Children Hospital, New York, NY, ¹⁷Duke University Medical Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, Durham, New York, NC, ¹⁸Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, New York, Portland, NY, ¹⁹Children's Hospital of Georgia Heart Center, The Hospital for Sick Children, Augusta, Toronto, GA, ²⁰University of Louisville School of Medicine; University of Utah, Louisville, Salt Lake City, KY, ²¹Mayo Clinic-Children's Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN
Invited Discussant: Sitaram M. Emani, MD

A22. Heart Transplantation In Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Single Center 38 Year Experience With 73 Achd Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation
Mark S. Bleiweis, Giles J. Peek, MD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

SCIENTIFIC SESSION VI: CRQ REPORT

1. Introduction by the CHSS President
   Robert Jaquiss, MD
2. Memorial for Sally Cai
   Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD, PhD, Tara Karamlou, MD
3. Introduction: A fork in the road
   Osami Honjo, MD, PhD
4. Re-evaluating research priorities and designs
   William DeCampli, MD, PhD
5. A hard look at the inception cohorts
   Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD, PhD
6. A novel methodology for longitudinal f/u
   Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc
7. The importance of multi-organizational collaboration
   Jeffrey Jacobs, MD
8. Contemporizing data management
   Cedric Manlhiot , PhD
9. The emerging importance of imaging data
   Alison Howell, MD
10. New outlook for the institutional data coordinators
    Linda Lambert, MSN, CFNP
11. Future of the Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship
    Eugene Blackstone, MD
12. What, exactly, is the “Hub-and-Spoke” model?
    William DeCampli, MD, PhD
13. Fresh homograft valve transplant registry
    Hani Najm, MD, MSc
14. RC Report: Formalizing proposal evaluation and funding
    Bahaa Alsoufi, MD
15. Committee on Quality & Outcomes Report
    Ram Subramanyan, MD, PhD
16. Final remarks
    Hani Najm, MD, MSc

KEYNOTE LECTURE: LEONARD BAILEY MEMORIAL LECTURE
How Do We Safely Innovate In Congenital Heart Surgery
Sitaram M. Emani, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Supported by PECA Labs
Moderator: Dr. Arush Kalra, MBBS, MS

So You Put What? An Interventionalists Look at PECA Graft
Dr. Gregory A. Fleming, MD, MSCI - Duke

Cath Interventions on PECA Grafts
Dr. Tharakanatha R. Yarabalu, MD - Driscoll

End Remarks on MASA Valve Clinical Trial
Dr. David Morales, MD - Cincinnati Children's

CHSS MEMBER BUSINESS MEETING
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Jennifer C. Romano MD, Secretary-Treasurer

SCIENTIFIC SESSION VII: WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS
Moderators: Minoo N. Kavarana, MD & David L. Morales, MD

A23. The Use Of Ventricular Assist Devices In Stage 1 Single Ventricle Patients
Ryan R. Davies, Jodie Lantz, APN, Ryan J. Butts, MD, Robert D. B. Jaquiss
UTSW/Children's Health Dallas, Dallas, TX

A24. Comparison Of Outcomes Of Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Transplanted As Unos Status 1a With Impella Bridge To Transplantation Versus Other Mechanical Circulatory Support And No Support.
Rohit Ganduboina, MBBS¹John M Karamichalis, MD, PhD⁵, Omar Abdel Kerim, MPH², Gayatri Muley, MBBS, MS³, Sandeep Sainathan, MD⁴.
¹NRI Institute of Medical Sciences, Visakhapatnam, India, ²University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA, ³Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India, ⁴Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Miami., Miami, FL, USA, ⁵Section of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

A25. Pulmonary Artery Banding During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support In The Pediatric Setting: An Adjunct To Left Ventricular Recovery Allowing Explantation?
Thai Duy Nguyen, MD, Ali Dodge-Khatami, MD, PhD, Blaz Kosmac, MD, Stefan Ostermayer, MD, Majed Kanaan, MD, Ulrike Herberg, MD, PhD, Andre Ruffer, MD, PhD.
University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Invited Discussant: Iki Adachi

A26. Left Atrial Appendiceal Cannulation With Ringed PTFE Graft In Patients With Preserved LV Size Or Function
Michael C. Monge, MD, Anna Joong, MD, Nora Hammond, APRN-NP, David Winlaw, MD
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

CHSS STANDARDS 2.0: NEXT STEPS
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
David M. Overman, MD, Past President

PRESENTATION OF THE BEST RESIDENT PAPER AWARD & BEST

POSTER AWARD

CONCLUDING REMARKS
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President

Patch-Free Techniques Of Repair For Bicuspid Aortic Valve In Children
Bastien Provost, MD¹, Viktoria Weixler, MD², Emre Belli, MD^1
1Hopital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France, ²Sickkids, Toronto, ON, Canada

Robotic Repair Of An Ebsteinoid-like Tricuspid Valve
Gerardo Ramos Lemos, BS¹, David Blitzer, MD², Stephanie Nguyen, MD², Michael Lalonde, PA-C², Emile Bacha, MD³, Arnar Geirsson, MD^2
1Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, ³New York Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement In 18 Month-old With Loeys-dietz And Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
Alan O'Donnell, Awais Ashfaq, David Morales
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Resection Of Left Ventricle Fibroma
Chawki Elzein, MD, Lucas Collazo, MD, Ilias Iliopoulos, MD
L.J. Murphy Inova Children's Hospital, Falls Church, VA