From The Editor
2 The "Meeting of Minds": Lessons Learned from Scientific Venues
Alfred H. Stammers
Original Articles
4 A Review of Risk Factors for Adverse Neurologic Outcome After Cardiac Surgery
Nancy A. Nussmeier
11 Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Surgery and the Risk of Paraplegia: Contemporary Practice and Future Directions
David A. Zvara
18 The Pathophysiology of Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism
Simon Mitchell, Des Gorman
24 Vacuum-Assisted Venous Drainage: To Air or Not To Air, That Is the Question. Has the Bubble Burst?
Timothy W. Willcox
29 Cerebral Emboli During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Effect of Perfusionist Interventions and Aortic Cannulas
Michael A. Borger, Christopher M. Feindel
34 How Effective Are Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits at Removing Gaseous Microemboli?
Timothy J. Jones, Dwight D. Deal, Jason C. Vernon, Noel Blackburn, David A. Stump
Abstracts
40 - Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations for the AmSECT 40th International Conference
Departments
79 - Instructions for Authors
83 - Calendar of Events