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Introduction
Articles
Calendar of events

Introduction

Dear members, dear friends,

On the 17th of November, we organised theEBCP examination for this year. There were six candidates. At our member-area, you can also find the report of the last EBCP-meeting in Geneva (september 2007).

On the 29th of November, the first meeting of a database committee has been organised in Antwerp. You will be able to retrieve the report at our member area.
If you still want to join the database committee, please contact us. We will also contact every center to inform if they volunteer to join us for this project.

On the educative evening of the 5th of December, Geert Vanvaerenberg will present some information about his visit at the symposuim 'Best practices in Perfusion' in Canada in October of this year. Amsect and the International Consortium for Evidence-Based Perfusion want to work together with different perfusion associations in order to create a evidence database in perfusion.

We hope to meet you at the next educative evening on the 5th of December.

Articles

We have selected some recently published articles for you. The links bring you directly to the publisher's website of the article involved. BelSECT holds no responsibility for the contents of the articles, nor does it wish to favorise any of the author’s or products mentioned.

• The Cardiotomy Trial: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study to Assess the Effect of Processing of Shed Blood During Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Transfusion and Neurocognitive Function
  Rubens, Fraser D. MD, MSc, FRCS; Boodhwani, Munir MD, MMSc; Mesana, Thierry MD, PhD; Wozny, Denise BA; Wells, George PhD; Nathan, Howard J. MD
  Circulation. CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY SUPPLEMENT. 116(11) (suppl I):I-89-I-97, September 11, 2007.
• Would you like some cardiopulmonary bypass with your coronary revascularisation?
  Puskas, John D. MD; Steele, Mark CCP, CCT
  Circulation 2007; 116(16): 1756-1758.
• Cardiac improvement during mechanical circulatory support - A prospective multicenter study of the LVAD working group
  Simon Maybaum, MD; Donna Mancini, MD; Steve Xydas, MD; Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH; Keith Aaronson, MD, MS; Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD; Leslie W. Miller, MD; Kenneth Margulies, MD; Susan McRee, RN, BSN; O.H. Frazier, MD; Guillermo Torre-Amione, MD, PhD, for the LVAD Working Group
  Circulation. 2007; 115: 2497-2505.
• Elevated flow rate during cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with fluid accumulation
  Oddbjørn Haugen, MD, Marit Farstad, MD, PhD, Venny Kvalheim, MD, Olav Bøe, DDS, MSc, Paul Husby, MD, PhD
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 134: 587-593.
• Usefulness of low prime perfusion pediatric circuit in decreasing blood transfusion
  Yves Durandy
  ASAIO Journal. 53(6):659-661, November/December 2007.
• Aspects of bleeding after cardiac surgery in children
  Angus McEwan
  Pediatric Anesthesia 17 (12), 1126–1133.
• Pulmonary function and inflammatory markers in patients undergoing coronary revascularisation with or without cardiopulmonary bypass
  J. H. Heijmans, K. S. A. E. Liem, G. M. C. Damoiseaux, J. G. Maessen, P. M. H. J. Roekaerts
  Anaesthesia 62 (12), 1233–1240.
• Acute Renal Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery: Still a Big Problem!
  Benno U. Ihle MD, FRACP, FJFICM
  Heart, Lung and Circulation 2007; 16: S39-S44.
• B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcomes for children on extracorporeal life support after cardiac surgery
  Omar Chikovani, MD, Jong-Hau Hsu, MD, Roberta Keller, MD, Tom R. Karl, MD, Anthony Azakie, MD, Ian Adatia, MBChB, Peter Oishi, MD, Jeffrey R. Fineman, MD, Address for reprints: Jeffrey R. Fineman, MD.
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 134: 1179-1187.
• Pulmonary lactate release following cardiopulmonary bypass
  Hrvoje Gasparovic, Stjepko Plestina, Zeljko Sutlic, Ino Husedzinovic, Vedran Coric, Visnja Ivancan and Ivan Jelic
  European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; Volume 32(6): 882-887.
• Effect of forced-air heaters on perfusion and temperature distribution during and after open-heart surgery
  Natascha M.W. Severens, Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Gerard M.J. van Leeuwen, Arjan J.H. Frijns, Anton A. van Steenhoven, Bas A.J.M. de Mol, Harry B. van Wezel and Dirk J. Veldman
  European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; Volume 32(6): 888-895.
• Coagulation Management in Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
  Drews Thorsten; Stiller, Brigitte; Hubler, Michael; Weng, Yuguo; Berger, Felix; Hetzer, Roland
  ASAIO Journal. 53(5):640-645, September/October 2007.
• Increased Mortality, Postoperative Morbidity, and Cost After Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Patients Having Cardiac Surgery
  Murphy, Gavin J. BSc, ChB, MD, FRCS(CTh); Reeves, Barnaby C. BA, MSc, DPhil; Rogers, Chris A. BSc, PhD; Rizvi, Syed I.A. MBBCh, MRCS; Culliford, Lucy BSc, MSc, PhD; Angelini, Gianni D. MCh, MD, FRCS, FETCS
  Circulation. 116(22):2544-2552, November 27, 2007.
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Aid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Infants and Children
  Thiagarajan, Ravi R. MBBS, MPH; Laussen, Peter C. MBBS; Rycus, Peter T. MPH; Bartlett, Robert H. MD; Bratton, Susan L. MD, MPH
  Circulation. 116(15):1693-1700, October 9, 2007.
• Maintaining the Standard: A Quality Assurance Study for New Equipment in the Michigan ECMO Program
  Fleming, Geoffrey M; Gupta, Monika; Cooley, Elaine; Remenapp, Robert; Bartlett, Robert H; Annich, Gail M
  ASAIO Journal. 53(5):556-560, September/October 2007.
• Continuous-Flow Cell Saver Reduces Cognitive Decline in Elderly Patients After Coronary Bypass Surgery
  Djaiani, George MD, FRCA; Fedorko, Ludwik MD, PhD; Borger, Michael A. MD, PhD; Green, Robin PhD; Carroll, Jo RN; Marcon, Michael PhD; Karski, Jacek MD
  Circulation. 116(17):1888-1895, October 23, 2007.
• Effects of pH Management During Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion on Cerebral Microcirculation and Metabolism: Alpha-Stat Versus pH-Stat
  Sebastian Dahlbacka, Hanna Alaoja, Jussi Mäkelä, Eija Niemelä, Päivi Laurila, Kai Kiviluoma, Anna Honkanen, Pasi Ohtonen, Vesa Anttila, and Tatu Juvonen
  Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:847-855.
• Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted support provides improved survival in hypothermic patients with cardiocirculatory arrest
  Elfriede Ruttmann, Annemarie Weissenbacher, Hanno Ulmer, Ludwig Müller, Daniel Höfer, Juliane Kilo, Walter Rabl, Birgit Schwarz, Günther Laufer, Herwig Antretter, Peter Mair
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 134: 594-600.

Also check the Thoracic Literature Watch of the third quarter 2007 of CTSNet.
If you're not able to retrieve the full-text, you can always contact our secretary.

Calendar of events

5th BelSECT educational evening 2007

• Wednesday 5th december 2007: E40 AC Motel - Leuven (Heverlee) (direction Brussels)
  Check our website for the program

Congresses/symposia

• 11^th Symposium on Perfusion
  18th October 2008- Brussels, Belgium (website)

You can find the calender of perfusion related events here.