From The Editor
126 Going with the Flow
Alfred H. Stammers
128 Guest Editorial: The Only Constant in Perfusion Education is That It Will Change
Bill Horgan
Original Articles
120 A Novel Technique of Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in the Newborn with Critical Aortic Stenosis
Christian Auer, Rudolf Mair, Gertraud Geiselseder, Eva Sames, Peter Buhl, Christoph Gross
133 Limiting Circulatory Arrest Using Regional Low Flow Perfusion
Vicki D. Kilpack, Stephen A. Stayer, E. Dean McKenzie, Charles D. Fraser, Jr., Dean B. Andropoulos
139 Comparison of Heparin Administration Using the Rapidpoint™ Coag and Hepcon® HMS
Jason Newsome, Kerri Stipanovich, Sarah Flaherty
145 A Rapid Platelet Function Assay Used to Regulate Platelet Transfusion Prophylaxis Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery
Kathy E. Shaffer, David T. Pearman, Robert S. Galen, David G.M. Carville
149 Plateletworks™ Platelet Function Test Compared to the Thromboelastograph™ for Prediction of Postoperative Outcomes
Jacob Ostrowsky, Jennifer Foes, Mark Warchol, Gary Tsarovsky, Jessica Blay
153 Observations from a National Multiple Institution Autotransfusion (ATS) Quality Indicator Program
Timothy Dickinson, Jeffrey Riley, Ana Steg, Paul Zabetakis
158 The Combined Use of Extracorporeal Life Support and the Berlin Heart Pulsatile Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Transplant in a Toddler
Eric Laliberté, Renzo Cecere, Christo Tchervenkov, Calvin Wan, Bindu Bittira, Christos Calaritis, Marie Béland, Mary Decell,Teodoro Reyes, Dominique Shum-Tim
162 Evaluation of the Hemobag: A Novel Ultrafiltration System for Circuit Salvage
Ben Roeder, Susan Graham, Bruce Searles, Edward Darling
166 Aortic Valve Replacement for a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report
Susan Jones Englert, Jun Jiang
169 Mechanical Circulatory Support: Reality and Dreams Experience of a Single Center
H.-H. Weitkemper, A. El-Banayosy, L. Arusoglu, P. Sarnowski, R. Körfer
174 Plasma-Modified ACT Can Be Used to Monitor Bivalirudin (Angiomax®) Anticoagulation for On-Pump Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery in a Patient with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Karim Jabr, Joe H. Johnson, Miles H. McDonald, Diane L. Walsh, William D. Martin, Anton C. Johnson, John M. Pickett, Usha Shantha-Martin
178 Argatroban Usage For Anticoagulation for ECMO on a Post-Cardiac Patient with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Brian Mejak, Carmen Giacomuzzi, Eileen Heller, Xiaomang You, Ross Ungerleider, Irving Shen, Lynn Boshkov
182 The Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Support During Removal of Two Teratomas and Hydrops Fetalis
Leighann Burdis, Donald D. Koch
185 The Effects of Leukocyte Reduction on Matrix Metalloproteinase Release in Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Jessica R. Garner, Robert E. Stroud, Laura Finklea, John S. Ikonomidis, B. Hugh Dorman, Francis G. Spinale
191 Rationale of Platelet Gel to Augment Adaptive Remodeling of the Injured Heart
Christopher Mogan, Douglas F. Larson
197 Relationship of Aging and Cardiac IL-10
Victoria Dotson, Katherine Horak, Cory Alwardt, Douglas F. Larson
Book Review
202 Strategies for Optimization of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Filip De Somer
Reviewed by Gary Grist, BS, RN, CCP
Classic Pages
204 Classic Pages of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Jeff Riley, MHPE, CCT
205 Computer Assisted Bypass Management
Thomas Hankins
Abstracts
92 - American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology 42nd International Meeting
118 - Erratum
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