OPCAB Masterclass
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Medtronic OPCAB Masterclass Chairman:
David Taggart, MD (United Kingdom), John Puskas, MD (United States)
Medtronic OPCAB Masterclass Japan Course Directors:
Hitoshi Yaku, MD, Shuichiro Takanashi, MD, Hirokuni Arai, MD, Hiroshi Niinami, MD, Taichi Sakaguchi, MD, and Toshihiro Fukui, MD
Thursday, 18th February 2021
17:50 Welcome Address
Welcome from OPCAB Masterclass David Taggart, MD & John Puskas, MD
Welcome from Japan Course Hirokuni Arai, MD
17:55 Global Overview of OPCAB: Background and Rationale
Moderator Hitoshi Yaku, MD
Evidence from the World: OPCAB 2021 David Taggart, MD
18:10 Japanese Overview of OPCAB
Moderators John Puskas, MD & David Taggart, MD
Japanese OPCAB Development and Experience Hirokuni Arai, MD
Comment David Taggart, MD & John Puskas, MD
18:40 My techniques: Graft Selection
Moderators John Puskas, MD & Hirokuni Arai, MD
Evidence of Total Arterial Revascularization David Taggart, MD
5 Live-in-box presentations
My Technique 1:
Composite Graft Toshihiro Fukui, MD
My Technique 2:
LITA Sequential Graft Hitoshi Yaku, MD
My Technique 3:
GEA Sequential Graft Hiroshi Niinami, MD
My Technique 4:
Endarterectomy Shuichiro Takanashi, MD
My Technique 5:
Composite Grafting in MICS Taichi Sakaguchi, MD
19:50 End of the Day
Friday, 19th February 2021
17:50 Basic Principles and Techniques of OPCAB
Moderators David Taggart, MD & Toshihiro Fukui, MD
Keynote Lecture John Puskas, MD
Keynote Lecture Hiroshi Niinami, MD
18:30 OPCAB the trainee perspective: Question and Discussion from Challengers' Live Demonstrations Finalist
Moderators John Puskas, MD, David Taggart, MD & Hitoshi Yaku, MD
Challengers Live Demonstrations Finalist
Yuya Kobayashi, MD ; IMS Tokyo Katsushika General Hospital
Naoki Tadokoro, MD ; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Toshihiko Nishi, MD ; Kainan Hospital
Kunihiko Yoshino, MD ; St. Luke's International Hospital
19:00 Case Discussion: Difficult cases and how I saved the day
Moderators Shuichiro Takanashi, MD & Hirokuni Arai, MD
Panelists All Faculty
Case and Discussion 1 Taichi Sakaguchi, MD
Case and Discussion 2 Toshihiro Fukui, MD
Case and Discussion 3 Satoshi Numata, MD
Overall Discussion
19:50 Closing Remarks
Hitoshi Yaku, MD, John Puskas, MD, & David Taggart, MD