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Introduction
General assembly
Articles
Calendar of events

Introduction

After a successful edition of our symposium, we are happy to present our seventh newsletter.
At the time of publication, the board will be preparing the next general assembly (taking place in february). You will receive an invitation with all the info in january.
We're still looking for enthusiastic people to join the BelSECT board or one of the subcommittees!
As usual, we also give an overview of some relevant articles about perfusion.

If you have an interesting event, postgraduate meeting or an interesting article, please contact us.

General assembly

On wednesday, the 21th of february, the BelSECT general assembly will take place at the E40 AC Hotel in Leuven.

At the same time, we will have our first educational evening of 2007.

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.

• Ultrafiltration reduces blood transfusions following cardiac surgery: a meta analysis.
  Munir Boodhwani, Kathryn Williams, Andrew Babaev, Gurinder Gill, Nusrat Saleem, Fraser D. Rubens.
  European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 30(2006): 892-897.
• Vacuum-assisted apical suction devices induce passive electrical changes consistent with myocardial ischemia during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  Roger Dzwonczyk, Carlos L. del Rio, Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar, John H. Sirak, Robert E. Michler, Benjamin Sun, Nicole Kelbick and Michael B. Howie
  European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 30(2006): 873-876.
• Failure of surface-modified bypass circuits to improve platelet function during pediatric cardiac surgery.
  Paul M. Kirshbom, Bruce E. Miller, Kathy Spitzer, Kirk A. Easley, Christine E. Spainhour, Brian E. Kogon and Kirk R. Kanter
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Volume 132, number 3: 675-680.
• First Clinical Experience With the Air Purge Control and Electrical Remote-controlled Tubing Clamp in Mini Bypass 
  Rien M.A.J.M. Huybregts, Derk P. Veerman, Alexander B.A. Vonk, Alfred F. Nesselaar, Reggie C.E. Paulus, Deirdre H. Thone-Passchier, Annette L. Smith, Roel de Vroege
  Artificial Organs, Vol. 30, No. 9 (2006): 721-724.
• Model of pCO2 Gap During Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
  
  Greg Johnson; Joseph Tamblyn
  ASAIO Journal. 52(5):588-591.
• Anaerobic Metabolism During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Predictive Value of Carbon Dioxide Derived Parameters.
  Marco Ranucci, Giuseppe Isgrò, Federica Romitti, Sara Mele, Bonizella Biagioli and Pierpaolo Giomarelli
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006; 81: 2189-2195.
• Ventricular Assist Device Support in Children and Adolescents as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation.
  Mahesh S. Sharma, Steven A. Webber, Victor O. Morell, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Peter D. Wearden, Julianne R. Buchanan and Robert L. Kormos
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006; 82: 926-932
• An Evaluation of the Benefits of Pulsatile versus Nonpulsatile Perfusion during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures in Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Patients.
  
  Bingyang Ji; Akif Ündar
  ASAIO Journal. 52(4):357-361.
• The role of leukocyte depleting filters in heart transplantation: early outcomes in prospective, randomized clinical trial.
  Lubos Dvorak, Jan Pirk, Stepan Cerny and Jan Kovar
  European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 30 (2006): 621-627.
• Extended use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after lung transplantation.
  David P. Mason, Daniel J. Boffa, Sudish C. Murthy, Thomas R. Gildea, Marie M. Budev, Atul C. Mehta, Ann M. McNeill, Nicholas G. Smedira, Jingyuan Feng, Thomas W. Rice et al
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Volume 132, number 4: 954-960.

If you're not able to retrieve the full-text, you can always contact our secretary.

Calendar of events

BelSECT General assembly & 1st educational evening 2007

• Wednesday 21th February 2007: E40 AC Hotel in Leuven.

Congresses/symposia

• Symposium valve aortique
  Saturday 28th April 2007- Centres Hospitaliers: Jolimont - Lobbes.

You can find the calender of perfusion related events here.