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Intro

Dear colleagues and friends,

As you know, the 11th BelSECT Symposium on Perfusion will be held on the 18th of October 2008 at Autoworld in Brussels.
The BelSECT board, Geert Vanvaerenbergh and Renate Vlaeminck (members of the scientific committee) and in particular our hosts : Leen Vercaemst (UZ Leuven) and Luc Puis (UZ Brussels), have professionally prepared a high level scientific program.

I invite you to mark this date in your diaries, to widely spread this event in your institution and to take an active role in this symposium as speaker.

Hope to meet you soon,

Francine Blaffart.

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.

• Aprotinin Reduces Cardiac Troponin I Release and Inhibits Apoptosis of Polymorphonuclear Cells During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  Christophe Bert, Frederik De Buck, Paul Sergeant, Jan Van Hemelrijck, Ahmad Kasran, Victor Van Duppen, Jan Ceuppens, Bart Meyns, Michel Delforge and Patrick Wouters
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2008; 22: 16-22.
• New therapies in acute decompensated heart failure
  Gauthier, Nadine; Anselm, Anjali H; Haddad, Haissam
  Current Opinion in Cardiology 2008; 23(2):134-140.
• Devices in acute heart failure
  Kale, Parag MD; Fang, James C. MD, FACC
  Critical Care Medicine 2008; 36(1) (Suppl):S121-S128.
• Pediatric myocardial protection
  Durandy, Yves
  Current Opinion in Cardiology 2008; 23(2):85-90.
• Comparison of Mini-Cardiopulmonary Bypass System With Air-Purge Device to Conventional Bypass System
  Lian K. Ti, Bok-Lan Goh, Poo-Sing Wong, Patsy Ong, Si-Guim Goh, and Chuen-Neng Lee
  Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85: 994-1000.
• Carbon Dioxide Field Flooding Reduces Neurologic Impairment After Open Heart Surgery
  Sven Martens, Katrin Neumann, Christian Sodemann, Heinz Deschka, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, and Anton Moritz
  Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85: 543-547.
•  Effect of Pericardial Blood Processing on Postoperative Inflammation and the Complement Pathways
  Bertrand Marcheix, Michel Carrier, Catherine Martel, Mariève Cossette, Michel Pellerin, Denis Bouchard, and Louis P. Perrault
  Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85: 530-535.
• A Comparison of Activated Coagulation Time–Based Techniques for Anticoagulation During Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  Robert D. Slight, MBChB, Rivan Buell, MBBS, Onyekwelu C. Nzewi, MBBS, David B.L. McClelland, MBChB, Pankaj S. Mankad, PhD
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2008; 22(1): 47-52.
• Combined Impella and Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Support to Improve Both Ventricular Unloading and Coronary Blood Flow for Myocardial Recovery: An Experimental Study
  Loes D. C. Sauren, Ryan E. Accord, Khaled Hamzeh, Monique de Jong, Theo van der Nagel, Frederik H. van der Veen, Jos G. Maessen
  Artificial Organs 2007;  31(11): 839-842.
• The effect of hematocrit during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery: Results from the combined Boston hematocrit trials
  David Wypij, Richard A. Jonas, David C. Bellinger, Pedro J. Del Nido, John E. Mayer Jr., Emile A. Bacha, Joseph M. Forbess, Frank Pigula, Peter C. Laussen and Jane W. Newburger
  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008; 135(2): 355-360.
• Randomized trial of hematocrit 25% versus 35% during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery
  Jane W. Newburger, Richard A. Jonas, Janet Soul, Barry D. Kussman, David C. Bellinger, Peter C. Laussen, Richard Robertson, John E. Mayer Jr, Pedro J. del Nido, Emile A. Bacha, Joseph M. Forbess, Frank Pigula, Stephen J. Roth, Karen J. Visconti, Adre J. du Plessis, David M. Farrell, Ellen McGrath, Leonard A. Rappaport and David Wypij
  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008; 135(2): 347-354.
• Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of cardiogenic shock: Clinical experiences in 45 adult patients
  Farhad Bakhtiary, Harald Keller, Selami Dogan, Omer Dzemali, Feyzan Oezaslan, Dirk Meininger, Hanns Ackermann, Bernhard Zwissler, Peter Kleine and Anton Moritz
  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008; 135(2): 382-388.
• Isolated lung perfusion and related techniques for the treatment of pulmonary metastases
  Paul E. Van Schil, Jeroen M. Hendriks, Bart P. van Putte, Bernard A. Stockman, Patrick R. Lauwers, Pieter W. ten Broecke, Marco J. Grootenboers and Franz M. Schramel
  European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2008; 33(3): 487-496.
• Risk Associated With Preoperative Anemia in Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Cohort Study
  Karkouti, Keyvan MD; Wijeysundera, Duminda N. MD; Beattie, W Scott MD; for the Reducing Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery (RBC) Investigators
  Circulation 2008; 117(4): 478-484.
• Body Size, Gender, and Transfusions as Determinants of Outcome After Coronary Operations
  Marco Ranucci, Alfredo Pazzaglia, Chiara Bianchini, Giuseppe Bozzetti, and Giuseppe Isgrò
  Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85: 481-486.
• Effect of Perfusion Temperature on the Inflammatory Response During Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
  Rune Eggum, Thor Ueland, Tom E. Mollnes, Vibeke Videm, Pål Aukrust, Arnt E. Fiane, and Harald L. Lindberg
  Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85: 611-617.
• Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in 120 Consecutive Patients
  Farhad Bakhtiary, Selami Dogan, Andreas Zierer, Omer Dzemali, Feyzan Oezaslan, Panagiotis Therapidis, Faisal Detho, Thomas Wittlinger, Sven Martens, Peter Kleine, Anton Moritz, and Tayfun Aybek
  Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85: 465-469.
• Systemic Leukofiltration Does Not Attenuate Pulmonary Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  Warren, Oliver J.; Tunnicliffe, Caroline R.; Massey, Rachel M.; Wallace, Sophie; Smith, Andrew J.; Alcock, Elizabeth M. H.; Darzi, Ara; Vincent, Charles A.; Athanasiou, Thanos
  ASAIO Journal 2008; 54(1): 78-88.
• Neurocognitive Outcomes 3 Years After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Controlled Study
  Ola A. Selnes, Maura A. Grega, Maryanne M. Bailey, Luu Pham, Scott Zeger, William A. Baumgartner, and Guy M. McKhann
  Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 84: 1885-1896.
• Three-dimensional numerical simulation of blood flow in the aortic arch during cardiopulmonary bypass
  Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Min-Ho Song, Yuichi Ueda, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, Shigeru Yoneyama and Shigeru Maruyama
  European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2008; 33(2): 164-167.
• Effects of Aprotinin Dosage on Renal Function: An Analysis of 8,548 Cardiac Surgical Patients Treated with Different Dosages of Aprotinin
  Dietrich, Wulf M.D., Ph.D.; Busley, Raimund M.D.; Boulesteix, Anne-Laure Ph.D.
  Anesthesiology 2008; 108(2): 189-198.
• Effect of aprotinin on renal dysfunction in patients undergoing on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study
  Ronelle Mouton, David Finch, Ian Davies, Andrea Binks and Kai Zacharowski
  The Lancet 2008; 371(9611): 475-482.

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