10th OPCAB Competition in ASCVTS2013 Results
We would like to announce the results of the OPCAB Competition co-sponsored by our company at Hands-on session 4 of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (ASCVTS2013). The winners received 20 pieces of YOUCAN-EX from our company and special participation rights (participation fee exemption rights) to Re-evolution Summit V from Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.
【overview】
Date and time: April 6, 2013 13:00-15:20
Location: Kobe International Conference Center Room 404 (Hands-on Session 4)
Participants: 14 people
Participating countries: 7 countries (Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, India, China, Turkey, Bangladesh)
[Contest rules]
BEAT-S1 (Beat rate 60, Pulse intensity 2, Rolling), LAD position
Anastomosis time: 20 minutes (including incision and trimming)
Assistant: Randomly assigned by Coorinator
Blood vessel model used: Coronary: YOUCAN-S Graft: YOUCAN-EX
Evaluation method: Aggregation of 5-point evaluations on 5 items by 4 judges.
【result】
1st place: Kenichi Kamiya, Mie Heart Center
2nd place Dr. Makoto Hiono, Nagoya Second Red Cross Hospital
3rd place: Dr. Naohiro Shimada, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
【judge】
Dr. Shinichi Kosaka, Director of Yamato Seiwa Hospital
Hirofumi Takemura, Professor, Gifu University
Dr. Seiichiro Murata, Itabashi Central General Hospital
Dr. Takayuki Ohno, Mitsui Memorial Hospital
[Next contest]
July 11, 2013 At the venue of the 18th Japanese Society of Coronary Artery Surgery
