Session Details
[CSY1]Cardiac Symposium 1 Rhythm or Protection? Surgical Decision-making in LSPAF：Maze vs. Beating-heart LAA Closure
Tue. Oct 20, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM JST
Tue. Oct 20, 2026 11:00 PM - 12:30 AM UTC
Tue. Oct 20, 2026 11:00 PM - 12:30 AM UTC
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kyoto International Conference Center)
Chairperson: Yosuke Ishii（Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School）, Ralph James Damiano (Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA)
[CSY1-1]Surgical Treatment of Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Ralph James Damiano (Washington University School of Medicine, USA)
[CSY1-2]Robotic-assisted Cryothermic Biatrial Maze for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Vinay Badhwar (Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA)
[CSY1-3]Surgical decision making in Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation（LSPAF）
Randall Kevin Wolf (DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, USA)
[CSY1-4]Pursue Sinus Rhythm in Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The Maze Procedure Achieves Both Rhythm Restoration and Stroke Prevention
Satsuki Fukushima (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center)
[CSY1-5]Wolf-Ohtsuka Procedure in Non-valvular Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Rhythm-control and left-atrial Appendectomy
Toshiya Ohtsuka (New-Heart Watanabe International Institute)