From The Editor
2 - A New Classic
Alfred H. Stammers
4 - Moral Experience and Technicians of the Heart: Reflections on the
Practice of Perfusionists
Stuart G. Finder
Original Articles
10 - Inflammatory Mediated Chronic Anemia in Patients Supported with a
Mechanical Circulatory Assist Device
Christopher N. Pierce, Douglas F. Larson, Francisco A. Arabia, Jack G. Copeland
16 - North American Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Devices: 2002 Survey Results
D. Scott Lawson, Rich Walczak, Andrea F. Lawson, Ian R. Shearer,
Richard Ing, Scott Schulman, Frank Kern, James Jaggers
22 - Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: A Report on 488 Cases
Yulong Guan, Jing Yang, Caihog Wan, Meiling He, Peiqing Dong
28 - Comparison of Methods for Point of Care Preparation of Autologous Platelet Gel
Sherwin V. Kevy, May S. Jacobson
36- The Rheological Effects of X-CoatingTM with Albumin and Hetastarch on Blood during Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Bernadette T. Nutter, Alfred Stammers, Ryan G. Schmer, Rebecca L. Ahlgren, Tunisia A. Ellis, Chen Gao, Hunter B. Holcomb, Lynette Hock, Tab Burkeman
44 - A National Study of Job Satisfaction and Burnout Among Perfusionists
Mary Murphey Ames, Anne Osborne Kilpatrick, James Zoller, Joseph J. Sistino, Mindy Blackwell, Jeffrey Acsell
51 - The In Vitro Effects of Aprotinin on Twelve Different ACT Tests
Karen Jones, Fadi Nasrallah, Edward Darling, Nicole Clay, Bruce Searles
58 - Myocardial Protection of Warm Cardioplegic Induction on the Isolated Perfused Rat Heart Model
Shu Li, Jing Lin, Eric Lenehan, Jinping Liu, Cun Long,Jin Liu, Yong J. Geng
66 - A Clinical Comparison of Two Commercially Available Pediatric Hemoconcentrators
D. Scott Lawson, Greg R. Smigla, Ian R. Shearer, Richard Ing, Scott Schulman, Frank Kern, James Jaggers
69 - TGF-b1 Overexpression: A Mechanism of Diastolic Filling Dysfunction in the Aged Population
Douglas F. Larson, Rene Ingham, Cory M. Alwardt, Bo Yang
Book Review
75 - Hypoplastic left Heart Syndrome
Hani A. Hennein and Edward L. Bove
Reviewed by Cody Trowbridge, MPS, CCP
Classic Pages
77 - Classic Pages of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Jeff Riley, MHPE, CCT
78 - Blood Surfaces in the Extra Corporeal Circuit: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study
Mark Kurusz, Dennis R. Williams
Abstracts
92 - American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology 42nd International Meeting
118 - Erratum
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