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Thursday, April 16, 2026
09:30-10:30
PARALLEL HALL 1
AATS-Post Graduate Course
Adult Cardiac
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Session I: Coronary Challenges and Future Directions
PARALLEL HALL 2
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Thoracic Session I: Innovative Paradigms for Early Stage Lung Cancer
PARALLEL HALL 3
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Congenital Session I: Ebstein
10:30-11:00
FOYER
Coffee / Tea Break
11:00-12:00
PARALLEL HALL 1
AATS-Post Graduate Course
Adult Cardiac
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Session II: Aortic Dissections and Roots
PARALLEL HALL 2
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Thoracic Session II: Beyond Screening: AI, Risk Prediction, and the Future of Early Lung Cancer Detection
PARALLEL HALL 3
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Congenital Session II: Heart Valve Transplant
12:00-13:00
RESTAURANT
Lunch
13:00-14:00
PARALLEL HALL 1
AATS-Post Graduate Course
Adult Cardiac
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Session III: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve State of the Art
PARALLEL HALL 2
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Thoracic Session III: From Trial Insights to Clinical Practice: Controversial Management Strategies
PARALLEL HALL 3
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Congenital Session III: Challenges in SV Repair
14:00-15:00
Parallel Hall 1
AATS-Post Graduate Course
Adult Cardiac
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Session IV: Aortic Valve in 2026
Parallel Hall 2
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Thoracic Session IV: Pioneering Uniportal Robotics in Thoracic Oncology: Outcomes, Extended Procedures, and Mediastinal Approaches
Parallel Hall 3
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Congenital Session IV: Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (ccTGA)
15:00-15:30
FOYER
Coffee / Tea Break
15:30-16:30
PARALLEL HALL 1
AATS-Post Graduate Course
Adult Cardiac
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Session V: Niche and Unusual Cases
PARALLEL HALL 2
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Thoracic Session V: Advanced Robotic Techniques in Thoracic Surgery
PARALLEL HALL 3
AATS-Post Graduate Course
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Congenital Session V: Complex and Innovative Cases
Friday, April 17, 2026
08:30-09:30
MAIN HALL
Opening Ceremony
General Session
09:30-10:00
FOYER
Coffee / Tea Break/ Eposter Viewing
10:00-11:30
MAIN HALL
Adult
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Session 1 - Bicuspid Aortic Valve — Surgical Precision in a Heterogeneous Disease
PARALLEL HALL 1
Adult
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Session 2: Robotic Cardiac Surgery — Present Perspectives, Future Horizons
PARALLEL HALL 2
Adult
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Session 3: HOCM - Near misses or wise decisions in septal myectomy. Interactive clinical cases
PARALLEL HALL 3
Congenital
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Session 4: The Adult Congenital Heart — Surgical Frontiers in the Grown-Up Era
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Subxiphoid and Extended Pulmonary Resections
11:30-12:30
MAIN HALL
Adult
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Session 5: Anatomy of a Surgical Error
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Plenary Session
12:30-13:30
RESTAURANT
Lunch Break
13:30-14:15
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Scalpel Meets Silicon: The Future of Surgery in the Age of AI
13:30-15:00
MAIN HALL
Adult
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Session 6: Aortic Stenosis in 2026 — Surgery and TAVI in a Shifting Landscape
PARALLEL HALL 1
Adult
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Session 7: Coronary Revascularization 2026 — Beyond LIMA to LAD
PARALLEL HALL 2
Adult
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Session 8: Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension — Surgical Treatment and Evolving Strategies
PARALLEL HALL 3
Congenital
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Session 9: Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC) Anatomy, Repair, and Limits of Treatment
14:15-15:00
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Lung Cancer Staging: What to Expect from 10th Edition
15:00-15:30
FOYER
Coffee / Tea Break/ Eposter Viewing
15:30-16:30
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Segmentectomy
15:30-17:00
MAIN HALL
Adult
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Session 10: Mitral Valve Repair in the Modern Era Indications, Techniques, and Contemporary Approaches
PARALLEL HALL 1
STS&EACTS&ASCVTS Session
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Session 12: STS/EACTS Innovations in Cardiac Surgery
PARALLEL HALL 2
Adult
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Session 11: New Frontiers in Coronary Surgery — Robotic and Minimally Invasive Techniques
PARALLEL HALL 3
Adult
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Session 13: Surgical Strategies for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
16:30-17:30
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Advances in Tracheal Surgery
Saturday, April 18, 2026
08:30-10:00
MAIN HALL
Adult
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Session 14: The Re-entry Frontier — Mastering Reoperations in the Modern Era
PARALLEL HALL 1
Adult
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Session 15: The Ross Masterclass: Precision, Pitfalls, and Surgical Judgment
PARALLEL HALL 2
Adult
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Session 16: Acute Aortic Syndromes — The Clock, the Arch, and the Knife
PARALLEL HALL 3
Adult
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Session 17: Endocarditis Under Fire — Rapid Diagnosis, Radical Surgery, Durable Reconstruction
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Chest Wall and Transplantation
10:00-10:30
FOYER
Coffee / Tea Break/ Eposter Viewing
10:30-12:00
MAIN HALL
Keynote
General Session
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Presidential Talk & Awards
12:00-13:00
MAIN RESTAURANT
Lunch
13:00-14:00
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Surgery for Mediastinal Masses
13:00-14:30
MAIN HALL
Adult
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Session 18: The Tricuspid Valve — Etiology, Repair, and Intervention Across the Lifespan
PARALLEL HALL 1
STS&EACTS&ASCVTS Session
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Session 19: STS/EACTS Mastering Atrial Fibrillation
PARALLEL HALL 2
Adult
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Session 20: Aortic Aneurysms: From Root to the Bifurcation
PARALLEL HALL 3
Congenital
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Session 21: Vascular Rings: Precision Anatomy, Tailored Surgery, Lifelong Relief
14:00-14:30
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Joint Session with Turkish Association of Lung Cancer,Esophagus
14:30-15:00
FOYER
Coffee / Tea Break/ Eposter Viewing
16:15-17:15
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Innovations and Lung Cancer Screening
16:15-17:45
MAIN HALL
STS&EACTS&ASCVTS Session
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Session 22: STS/EACTS Mastering Valve Disease
PARALLEL HALL 1
Adult
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ASCVTS–ESCVS Joint Session - New Perspectives in Cardiovascular Surgery
PARALLEL HALL 2
Adult
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Session 23: Aortic Surgery Beyond Guidelines: Controversies, Complications, and Reoperations
PARALLEL HALL 3
Congenital
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Session 24: Congenital Valve Disease in Children: Surgical Principles Across the Right and Left Heart
17:15-18:00
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Multidisciplinary Approach to Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
18:00-19:00
MAIN HALL
Presidential Session
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Beyond the Textbook: The Making of Surgical Judgment
Sunday, April 19, 2026
08:30-10:00
PARALLEL HALL 1
Congenital
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Session 26: Aortic Valve Disease in Children: Surgical Decisions From Neonates to Adulthood
PARALLEL HALL 3
Masterclass
Adult
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High-Reliability Surgery: Leadership and Systems Strategies for Safer Cardiothoracic Care
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Asian Thoracic Surgery Academy
10:00-10:30
Coffee / Tea Break/ Eposter Viewing
10:30-12:00
PARALLEL HALL 4
Thoracic
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Nightmares and Successes in Thoracic Surgery
