ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Organizing Chairman: Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

Organizing Co-Chairman: Azlan Patrick Leong Kin Seng

Organizing Secretary: John Chan Kok Meng

Treasurer: Sivakumar Sivalingam

Scientific Committee: Afiq Amin

Ashvin Nair
Maheswaran Menon
Muhammad Ibrahim Azmi
Sivakumar Krishnasamy
Syed Nasir
Zhafri Zulkifli

Local Committee: Chow Hong Keong

Eng Ji Bah
Ho Whye Choon
Lee Yew Ming

Scientific Reviewers: Abdul Rahman Ismail

Alwi Yunus
Farouk Musa
Lam Hong Yoong
Mohd Fikri Abdullah
Mohd Hamzah Kamarulzaman
Mohd Ziyadi Ghazali

Indonesia representatives: Achmad Faisal

Alfa Ferry
Ito Puruhito
Paul Tahalele

Thailand representatives: Peenutchanee Chartiburus

Pranya Sakiyalak
Punnarerk Thongcharoen
Weerachai Nawarawong

RCS Edin representatives: Geoff Tsang

Pala Rajesh

Secretariat: Irene Lourdes

Margaret Choo
Mariette Naud-Betteridge
Melvin Raj
Molly Kong
Shidah Abd Lah
 INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Achmad Faisal (Indonesia)
Adrian Levine (United Kingdom)
Ito Puruhito (Indonesia)
Jacob Jamesraj (India)
Jimmy Hon Kim Fatt (Singapore)
Jorge Mascaro (United Kingdom)
Lester Wong (Singapore)
Lim Chong Hee (Singapore)
Lognathen Balacumaraswami (United Kingdom)
Manoj Kuduvalli (United Kingdom)
Pala Rajesh (United Kingdom)
Paul Tahalele (Indonesia)
Peenutchanee Chartiburus (Thailand)
Pranya Sakiyalak (Thailand)
Punnarerk Thongchareon (Thailand)
Sun Lizhong (China)
Tarmizi Hakim (Indonesia)
Timmy Au (Hong Kong)
Tirone David (Canada)
Vishwas Sathe (India)
Weerachai Nawarawong (Thailand)
Young-Kwang Park (South Korea)

LOCAL FACULTY
Abdul Rahman Ismail John Chan Kok Meng Rohaizat Yon
Anand Sachithanandan Jong Yuan Hsun Shahrul Amry
Azhari Yakub Lam Hong Yoong Sivakumar Krishnasamy
Basheer Ahamed Mohamed Ezani Sivakumar Sivalingam
Faisal Ismail Mohd Hamzah Soon Sing Yang
Farouk Musa Muhammad Abid Amir Tho Lye Mun
Hamdan Leman Paneer Selvam Venugopal Balchand
Hanafiah Harunarashid Pau Kiew Kong Zamrin Dimon
Jeswant Dillon Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

MATCVS COUNCIL 2017-2019

President: Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar
Vice President: Alwi Yunus
Honorary Secretary: John Chan Kok Meng
Honorary Treasurer: Sivakumar Sivalingam
Immediate Past President: Hamdan Leman

Council Members: Jong Yuan Hsun

Mohd Hamzah Kamarulzaman
Paneer Selvam
Zamrin Dimon
 PROGRAMME

DAY 1: Friday, 20th September 2019

CORONARY ANASTOMOSIS & OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY WORKSHOP
(Pre-registration required)
LOCATION: STRAITS 1

Time Topic Lecturers / Facilitators

08:00 Welcome and Introduction Raja Amin Mokhtar

08:10 Constructing a Coronary Anastomosis: An illustrated introductory lecture Jacob Jamesraj

08:30 Live demonstration of a distal Coronary Anastomosis Jacob Jamesraj

08:50 Live demonstration of a proximal Coronary Anastomosis Jacob Jamesraj

09:10 Sequencing the Coronaries: An illustrated introductory lecture Jacob Jamesraj

09:30 Live demonstration of a sequential Coronary Anastomosis Jacob Jamesraj

10:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30 Lecture: Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery – Jacob Jamesraj
State of the Art and Evidence for it

11:30 Use of the OPCAB simulator Young-Kwang Park

LUNCH
12:00
Briefing for Facilitators for the Dry Labs Young-Kwang Park
Demonstrator:
13:30 Dry Lab: Session 1 (20 participants only - Pre-registration required) Jacob Jamesraj

Facilitators: Sharul Amry,

Sivakumar Krishnasamy,
Jong Yuan Hsun,
Zamrin Dimon, Faisal Ismail
15:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK
Demonstrator:
15:30 Dry Lab: Session 2 (20 participants only - Pre-registration required) Dr Jacob Jamesraj

Facilitators: Sharul Amry,

Sivakumar Krishnasamy,
Jong Yuan Hsun,
Zamrin Dimon, Faisal Ismail
17:00 CLOSE

Co-ordinator: Afiq Amin

 MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT WORKSHOP

LOCATION: STRAITS 2 & 3

(Pre-registration required)

Time Topic Lecturers / Presenters

08:00 Welcome and Introduction John Chan

08:10 Managing post-cardiotomy cardiac failure with short-term Jorge Mascaro

mechanical circulatory support

08:30 Managing peri-operative right ventricular failure Jorge Mascaro

08:50 Surgical technique for implanting right ventricular assist, left Timmy Au
ventricular assist, and ECMO devices

09:20 Hands-on with the CentriMag Circulatory Support System Timmy Au / Jorge Mascaro

10:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30 When is long-term circulatory support needed? Jorge Mascaro

11:00 Surgical technique for implanting the HeartMate 3 Timmy Au

11:30 Hands on with the HeartMate 3 Timmy Au /Jorge Mascaro

12:00 LUNCH

13:00 Lecture: Principles of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Lester Wong

13:30 Live Simulation: Setting up the Cardiopulmonary Bypass machine Lester Wong

14:00 Live Simulation: Running the Cardiopulmonary Bypass machine Lester Wong

15:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:30 Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass Lim Chong Hee

16:00 Trouble shooting on Cardiopulmonary Bypass Lim Chong Hee

17:00 CLOSE

Co-ordinator: Muhammad Ibrahim Azmi

 CARDIAC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (CALS) INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP

LOCATION: BALLROOM A

Time Topic Lecturers / Facilitators

08:00 Welcome and Introduction Anand Sachithanandan

Adrian Levine
The Arrested Patient Practical

08:30 Practical: Cardiac Arrest Delegates

09:15 Video: Demonstration of Cardiac Arrest Protocol and Practice Faculty

09:30 The EACTS Guidelines for Resuscitation of patients who arrest Adrian Levine
post cardiac surgery

10:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30 Cardiovascular problems and hypotension Anand Sachithanandan

11:00 Airway & Tracheostomy Emergencies Vishwas Sathe

11:30 Oliguria & Sepsis John Chan

12:00 LUNCH

13:00 Arrythmias & Tamponade Adrian Levine

13:30 Workstations and Practical

1. Emergency airway management in an arrest / Vishwas Sathe

tracheostomy

2. How to re-open a chest, internal heart massage and Anand Sachithanandan

internal defibrillation Adrian Levine

3. Emergency external and epicardial pacing, intra-aortic John Chan

balloon pump

15:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:30 Discussions / Evaluation / Feedback Faculty

16:00 Summary Anand Sachithanandan

16:30 CLOSE

Co-ordinator: Zhafri Zulkifli

 COMMITTEE MEETINGS

LOCATION: BOARDROOM

(Committee Members only)

Time Event

13:00 – 14:00 Fee Schedule Committee Meeting

15:30 – 16:30 Database Committee Meeting

16:30 – 18:30 Malaysian Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (MBCTS) Meeting

OPTIONAL EXCURSION

Time Event

19:00 – 24:00 Bus transport from Doubletree Hilton Hotel to the Melaka River (Jalan Laksamana)

Buses leave Doubletree Hilton Hotel Lobby at 19:00, 20:00 and 20:30.

Buses return to Doubletree Hilton Lobby at 22:00, 23:00 and 24:00.

(Ticketed event)
 DAY 2: Saturday, 21st September 2019
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

LOCATION: BALLROOM A

Time Session Moderators / Lecturers / Panellists

08:00 Free Paper Presentations (10 mins each) Moderators: John Chan,
Venugopal Balchand, Ito Puruhito

1. Less is more: VATS lobectomy vs thoracotomy – clinical Nur Aziah Ismail

and cost analysis in a developing country

2. Vacuum drain in minimally invasive saphenous vein Mohammad Ashraff Baruji

harvesting site for CABG: does it help?

3. Total correction of Tetralogy of Fallot in adult patients: is SN Syed Hasan

mortality or morbidity high?

4. Short term outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve Siam Khajarern

surgery through right mini thoracotomy

5. Different arch method for thoraco-abdominal aortic Hoshun Chong

dissection involving arch: perioperative mortality and fate
of false lumen

6. Long segmental reconstruction of diffusely diseased left Ahmad Bakry

anterior descending coronary artery using left internal
thoracic artery: single surgeon experience

7. The early results of CABG patients with coronary Vishnu Vinodhan Rajakumar
endarterectomy and CABG patients without coronary
endarterectomy

8. Left subclavian carotid artery bypass with TEVAR for Yunxing Xue
complex arch disease: traditional method to solve difficult
problem

Young Investigator Award Presentations Moderators: Pau Kiew Kong, Basheer Ahamed,
09:30 (10 mins each) Weerachai Nawarawong

1. Quality of life of patients after minimally invasive

technique via endoscopic thoracoscopic sympathectomy in Khit Kar Hui
treatment of primary hyperhidrosis: a single centre
retrospective review

2. Artificial chords versus native chords in mitral valve

repair in children: single centre experience Maruti Haranal

3. A cross sectional study of graft patency among

symptomatic post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery See Woan Sheang
patients
 4. Does CABG performed by trainee compromise patient
safety? A single centre experience Mohd Faizal Effendi Zulkifli

5. A retrospective study of cryomaze procedure for atrial Yohesuwary Gunarasa

fibrillation

10:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00 Opening Ceremony

Presidential Address Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

Guest of Honour Lecture Rohaizat Yon

Razali Hashim Memorial Lecture

11:30
Evolution of Mitral Valve Surgery: Lecture: Tirone David
What we should do today Citation: Azhari Yakub

12:30 Lunch Symposium

Innovating Today to Transform Tomorrow Moderator: Sivakumar Krishnasamy

My Thoughts: The new INSPIRIS RESILIA Aortic Valve Jeswant Dillon

My Experience: Physio Tricuspid – Tips and Tricks John Chan Kok Meng

Innovation in Aortic Stenosis Jimmy Hon Kim Fatt

Moderator: John Chan Kok Meng

13:30 Regional Issues & Collaboration Open Discussion
Panellists:
Topics: China: Sun Lizhong
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Database Indonesia: Paul Tahalele, Tarmizi Hakim
Malaysia: Basheer Ahamed, Mohd Hamzah,
Asian Clinical Practice Guidelines
Raja Amin Mohktar, Rohaizat Yon
Asian Evidence-based Clinical Practice Thailand: Peenutchanee Chartiburus, Punnarerk
Asian Training in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Thongcharoen, Pranya Sakiyalak
United Kingdom: Pala Rajesh

15:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK

Tea Symposium
16:00
Role of Multimodality Treatment in Tho Lye Mun
Stage 3 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Anand Sachithanandan

Moderators:
16:30
Best Poster Prize Presentations (10 mins each) Hamdan Leman, Mohamed Ezani,
Peenutchanee Chartiburus

1. Early experience in aortic valve repair using Ozaki Irwan Sam

technique: case series of the initial challenges
 2. Personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) Ruevan Jude Ratnesh
surgery: first case in Asia

3. Beating heart pulmonary valve replacement in severe Wong Kian Boon

pulmonary regurgitation post Tetralogy of Fallot correction:
experience and success

4. Subxiphoid uniportal VATS bilateral mastectomy: first Yohesuwary Gunarasa

Malaysia masterclass experience

5. Surgical outcomes of absent pulmonary valve syndrome: Ashvin Nair

an institutional experience

17:30 CLOSE

Co-ordinators: Afiq Amin, Ashvin Nair, Maheswaran Menon, Syed Nasir, Zhafri Zulkifli
MC: Natrah, Muhammad Ibrahim Azmi
 LOCATION: STRAITS 1

Time Session Moderators / Lecturers / Panellists

Free Paper Presentations (10 mins each) Moderators: Farouk Musa,
08:00 – 09:30 Achmad Faisal, Pranya Sakiyalak
1. Contemporary pre-operative risk models at predicting acute
kidney injury after CABG: a retrospective cohort study in a Rahardian Sigmawan
developing cardiac centre

2. Fenestrated stent for arch repair for acute Stanford Type A Qing Zhou
aortic dissection: a conservative solution for complex condition

3. Characteristics and treatment status of aortic dissection in Wang Dongjin

Chinese population: single centre’s experience

4. Two-stage repair versus primary repair of complete balanced Sabrina Gonzalez

atrioventricular septal defect: an institutional experience

5. A single centre experience: endovascular repair of aortic Ong Hao Siang

transection after blunt traumatic injury

6. Challenges with TEVAR: 5 years’ experience Chang Tze Sen

7. Hybrid arch repair for complex aortic arch disease Angsu Chartrungsan

8. Surgical repair for acute myocardial infarction induced Jun Pan

ventricular septal defect: does time matter?

17:30 – 19:30 MATCVS Biennial General Meeting

MATCVS Council
(For MATCVS members only)

Co-ordinator: Maheswaran Menon

 LOCATION: STRAITS 2

Time Session Moderators / Lecturers / Panellists

Free Paper Presentations (10 mins each) Moderators: Muhammad Abid Amir,
08:00 – 09:30 Alfa Ferry, Punnarerk Thongchareon

1. Can nurse led criteria-based discharge reduce length of stay Denish Apparau
in thoracic surgery?

2. On pump beating heart and ASD closure as the first choice Thomas Francis
for ASD secundum closure: early experience and outcome

3. Impact of intra-aortic balloon pump in high risk coronary Azizan Petra

artery bypass surgery patients with chronic kidney disease

4. Post-cardiotomy exploration for bleeding: when and where, Hysam Abdelmohty

but what if “negative exploration” encountered?

5. Simulation of blood flow in coronary artery on real patient Mohammad Saifulhanif Abdul Halim
data

6. Clinical outcomes of combined valve surgery and CABG Hailong Cao

procedures

7. Does packed cell transfusion affect CABG outcome? Cheng Kok Mun

8. Humanitarian mission in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery: a Ahmad Mahir Shamsuddin

recipient’s perspective

Moderators: Abdul Rahman Ismail,

16:30 – 17:30 Free Paper Presentations (10 mins each) Lam Hong Yoong, Soon Sing Yang

1. A preliminary result of an interventional echocardiographic Kan Chan Siang

screening program for first degree relative of patients with
bicuspid aortic valve: is it practical?

2. Clinical outcomes of different locations of primary intimal Yunxing Xue

tear in Stanford Type A aortic dissection

3. Trans-apical transcatheter aortic valve replacement in Qing Zhou

complex aortic valve disease with J-valve system

4. The bimodal distribution of strokes after myocardial Hysam Abdelmohty

revascularization both on pump and off pump: analysing the
peri-operative predictors.

5. Robotic excision of posterior mediastinal mass: How I do it Adli Azam Mohammad Razi

Co-ordinator: Syed Nasir

 LOCATION: SKYDECK, HATTON PLACE

Time Session

20:00 – 00:00
Faculty and Gala Dinner
(Ticketed event)

Young Investigator Award & Best Poster Presentation

Prize Giving

Co-ordinators: Afiq Amin, Ashvin Nair, Maheswaran Menon, Syed Nasir, Zhafri Zulkifli
MC: Natrah, Muhammad Ibrahim Azmi
 DAY 3: Sunday, 22nd September 2019
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH – MATCVS AORTIC SYMPOSIUM

LOCATION: BALLROOM A

Time Topic Moderators / Lecturers

Moderators:
Opening Session
Mohd Hamzah, Jorge Mascaro

08:00 Welcome Raja Amin, Pala Rajesh

08:10 Aortic Surgery in Malaysia John Chan

08:30 UK Aortic Surgery Geoff Tsang

Moderators
Aortic Dissection Session
Azhari Yakub, Tirone David

For: Mohd Hamzah

08:50 Debate: Replacing the Ascending Aorta is still the optimal treatment
for acute Type A Aortic Dissection Against: Lognathen Balacumaraswami

09:20 Controversies in the treatment of Acute Type A Dissections Manoj Kuduvalli

09:40 Frozen Elephant Trunk in Acute Type A Dissection: UK results Geoff Tsang

10:00 Video: How I do FET in Acute Type A Dissection Jorge Mascaro

REFRESHMENT BREAK (10:10 – 10:30)

Moderators:
Raja Amin Mokhtar, Geoff Tsang,
Aortic Root Session
Lognathen Balacumaraswami

10:30 The Natural History and Genetic basis of Thoracic Aneurysms Sivakumar Krishnasamy
The Evolution of the Re-implantation technique in
10:50 Tirone David
Valve-sparing Aortic Root Surgery
11:20 Personalised External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) Surgery John Chan
Choosing the right patient for the right operation in
11:40 Tirone David
Aortic Valve and Root repair
12:10 Video: How I do Re-implantation Tirone David
Video: Aortic Root Reconstruction following
12:20 Tirone David
destructive Infective Endocarditis
LUNCH BREAK (12:30 – 13:30)
Moderators:
Aortic Arch and Thoraco-abdominal Aneurysm Session John Chan, Hanafiah Harunarashid,
Manoj Kuduvalli
For: Paneer Selvam
Debate: FET followed by 2nd stage fenestrated TEVAR is better than
13:30
open surgery in chronic Type B dissection Against: Jorge Mascaro

14:20 Frozen Elephant Trunk – The Malaysian Experience Paneer Selvam

14:40 Thoraflex Hybrid in the UK Geoff Tsang

15:00 Frozen Elephant Trunk in China Sun Lizhong

15:20 Video: How I do FET in Chronic Type B dissection Sun Lizhong

Refreshment Break (15:30 – 15:45)

15:45 Setting up an Endovascular team: How we did it in Malaysia Sivakumar Krishnasamy

16:00 Descending Thoracic Aorta Replacement: Tips and Tricks Azhari Yakub

16:20 Video: How I do open TAAA repair in Chronic Dissection Manoj Kuduvalli

16:30 Closing Remarks Raja Amin, Pala Rajesh

16:45 CLOSE

Co-ordinators: Shidah Abd Lah, Mariette Naud-Betteridge

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