107th Annual Meeting May 1-4, 2027; Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, CA, USA

Call for Abstracts

The Abstract and Case Video submission site for the AATS 107th Annual Meeting is open and will close Tuesday, October 13, at 11:59 PM ET.

Waiver of mandatory manuscript submission for publication in JTCVS may be requested at the time of submission. The requirement for manuscript submission to the JTCVS does not apply to Abstracts for the C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum, posters, or case videos.

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Submission Guidelines

Submission Categories for Plenary and Simultaneous Sessions

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Clinical and translational studies pertaining to the selection, treatment, and outcomes of patients with acquired cardiovascular conditions.

Sub-categories:
- Aorta and Great Vessels
- Aortic Valve
- Arrhythmia Surgery
- Basic and Translational Research
- Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
- Infective Endocarditis
- Innovations: New devices or novel approaches, preclinical or clinical
- Mitral and Tricuspid Valve
- Other
Clinical and translational studies pertaining to the selection, treatment, and outcomes of patients with congenital disorders of the heart, lungs, and great vessels.

Sub-categories:
- Adult Congenital
- Basic and Translational Research
- Complex reconstructions
- Coronary anomalies
- Great arteries (aorta, pulmonary artery)
- Innovations: New devices or novel approaches, preclinical or clinical
- Neonate
- Outflow tracts (LVOT, RVOT)
- Outlet Valves (aortic, pulmonary, truncal, etc.)
- Pulmonary Vein Disease
- Single Ventricle Management
- Transplant / Mechanical Support
- Other
Presentations that address perioperative evaluation and management including, but not limited to, all pre- and post-operative care and benchmarks of enhancing recovery after cardiac and thoracic surgery (ERAS); patient safety challenges; ECPR and ECMO circulatory management; evidence-based trials of critical care pathways; and ethical dilemmas such as failure to rescue and urgent perioperative revascularization.

Sub-categories:
- Critical Care (Cardiogenic Shock (non-MCS), All Post-operative Care)
- ECMO (VV-, VA-, E-CPR)
- ERAS Cardiac
- ERAS Thoracic
- Preoperative Risk Assessment
- Innovations: New devices or novel approaches, preclinical or clinical, AI, MLA
- Other
Clinical outcomes and/or translational research related to the diagnosis, natural history, patient selection, therapy or new innovation in the structural heart field and valvular surgery.

Sub-categories:
- Aortic Surgery: Open vs Hybrid vs Endovascular approaches
- Basic and Translational Research
- Endocarditis and Thromboembolism: Extraction
- Innovation: New devices or novel approaches, preclinical or clinical
- LAA occlusion Surgical vs Transcatheter
- Multi-Valve Disease
- Pulmonary Valve: Autograft and Homograft Management
- Reoperation: Redo Surgery vs Valve-in-valve or Valve-in-ring vs THV in THV
- SAVR vs TAVR
- Surgical Mitral and Tricuspid Repair vs M- and T-TEER
Clinical and translational studies pertaining to the selection, treatment, and outcomes of patients with benign and malignant conditions of the lungs, airways, mediastinum, diaphragm, and chest wall.

Sub-categories:
- Airway Disease
- Basic and Translational Research
- Benign Esophageal Disease
- Chest Wall, Pleural and Mediastinal Disease
- End Stage Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation
- Esophageal Cancer
- Innovations: New devices or novel approaches, preclinical or clinical
- Lung Cancer
- Other Malignant Lung Disease
- Other
Sub-categories:
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Education
- Safety, Quality, and Teamwork
Limited to original work presented by residents in an accredited cardiothoracic surgery and/or residents in an accredited general surgical training programs who are working in a cardiothoracic surgical laboratory or clinical rotation in North America. This forum is designed primarily for Abstracts concerning basic science and laboratory animal experiments or translational research performed on tissue or blood obtained from patients. Training program directors are urged to have residents participate in the forum and must acknowledge that the material being presented is original work and that of the resident. Authors of selected Abstracts should plan to submit a manuscript four weeks prior to the meeting. Finalists will be graded on their Abstracts and presentations onsite at the Annual Meeting. Two presentations will be selected to receive an award of $1,500 each.