ECTAS 2024 Scientific Program 

Thursday 8 February, 2024

Hall A
11:00 – 11:30 Opening Ceremony
11:30 – 13:35 Session I: Cardiac Panel Session: Updates and Challenges in Cardiac Anesthesia

Modertors: Fawzia Aboulfetouh – Amr Abdelmonem

11:30 – 11:55 The Emerging Role of Telemedicine in Cardiac Anesthesia Practice Fawzia Aboulfetouh
11:55 – 12:20 Anesthesia Patient Safety in Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Overview Mohamed El-Shorbagy
12:20 – 12:45 Cardiac Arrest after Induction of Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery: Proceed or Postopne Islam Mohammad
12:45 – 13:10 Optimizing Nutrition for ECMO Dina Soliman
13:10 – 13:35 How TEE Can Prevent Disasters Negmeldeen Mamoun
13:35 – 14:00 Coffee Break & Visiting the Exhibition 
14:00 – 16:05 Session II: Back to Basics: Things We Should Know about Thoracic Anesthesia

Moderators: Mohamed Hamed – Amr Hashem

14:00 – 14:25 Physiology for Thoracic Anesthesia and One-lung Ventilation (Pre-recorded) Mohamed El-Tahan
14:25 –  14:50 How to Interpret Pulmonary Function Tests Abdelazeem Aldawlatly
14:50 – 15:15 Cardiopulmonary Interactions Amr Hashem
15:15 – 15:40 ICU Admission after Thoracic Surgical Procedures Hisham Hosny
15:40 – 16:05 Anesthetic Challenges in Mediastinal Mass Resection Mohamed Hamed
16:05 – 17:00 Lunch Break
17:00 – 19:05 Session III: Back to Basics: Things We Should Know about Cardiac Electrophysiology and Acid-base Disturbance

Modertors: Hossam El-Ashmawi – Negmeldeen Mamoun

17:00 – 17:25 The Cardiac Cycle: Introduction to Electrophysiology Ahmed Galal
17:25 – 17:50 Abnormalities in Cardiac Conduction and Cardiac Rhythm Hossam El-Ashmawi
17:50 – 18:15 Case Study of Post-bypass Arrhythmia Nejmeldeem Mamoun
18:15 – 18:40 Hormesis Theory! Can We Apply it on Acid-base Disturbance? Amr Abdelmonem
18:40 – 19:05 Potassium and Magnesium: Taming the Two Monsters Maged Salah

Friday 9 February, 2024

10:00 – 12:05 Session IV: Thoracic Panel Session: Updates on Thoracic Anesthesia

Moderators: Hisham Hosny – Mostafa Eladawy

10:00 – 10:25 Opioid Free Thoracic Anesthesia  

Federico Piccioni

 

10:25 – 10:50 Tubeless Thoracic Surgery Laszlo Szegedi
10:50 – 11:15 Frailty in Thoracic Surgery Patients Nandor Marczin
11:15 – 11:40 Truncal Interfacial Blocks for Thoracic Surgery: Where Does the Evidence Stand? Mert Senturk
11:40 – 12:05 Protective Low Tidal One-lung Ventilation: A Grown Piece of Evidence-based Mohamed El-Tahan
12:05 – 13:00 Coffee Break and Friday Prayers
13:00 – 15:05 Session V: Cardiac Panel Session: Perioperative Challenges and Decision-making

Moderators: Essam Abdel-Hakim – Maged Salah

13:00 – 13:25 Neuroprognostication Algorithm Enhances Decision-making Following Cardiac Arrest in Patients Admitted to Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Maria Macaroni
13:25 – 13:50 Can Subclavian Tavi Approach Ease the Pressure on ICU? Mostafa Eladawy
13:50 – 14:15 Brain Protection in Aortic Surgery: Are We Doing it Right? Hossam El-Ashmawi
14:15 – 14:40 Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery and its Controversies Essam Abdel-Hakim
14:40 – 15:05 Challenges of Combined CABG and Cesarian Section Mahdy Ahmed Abdelhady
15:05 – 16:00 Lunch Break
16:00 – 18:00 Session VI: Pediatric Panel Session: Caring for the Young at Heart

Moderators: Dina Soliman – Ahmed Karim

16:00 – 16:25 TEE for Congenital Heart Disease Mohamed El-Gohary
16:25 – 16:50 Ultrasound: A Magic Wand in the Hands of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist Sara Abdelsalam
16:50 – 17:15 Trending Strategies for Myocardial Protection in Pediatric Patients Ahmed Elhadad
17:15 – 17:40 Neonates in Cardiac Surgery Considerations for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Hani Dessouki
17:40 – 18:05 Comparison Between the Effect of Different Strategies of Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Arterial Oxygenation and Postoperative Pulmonary Dysfunction In pediatric patients with congenital non-cyanotic heart diseases” Meryhan Mohamed
18:05 – 18:30 Closing Remarks