From The Editor
4 AmSECT and the Meetings of the Minds
Alfred H. Stammers
Original Articles
9 Combination of Acute Preoperative Plateletpheresis, Cell Salvage, and Aprotinin Minimizes Blood Loss and Requirement During Cardiac Surgery
Shu Li, Hongwen Ji, Jing Lin, Eric Lenehan, Bingyang Ji, Jinping Liu, Jin Liu, Cun Long, Terry A. Crane
15 Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients With Pre-existing Coagulopathy
William DeBois, Junli Liu, Leonard Lee, Leonard Girardi, Wilson Ko, Anthony Tortolani, Karl Krieger, O. Wayne Isom
23 Clinical Evaluation of Poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) in Primary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
See N. Vang, Chad P. Brady, Kevin A. Christensen, Jack R. Isler, Keith R. Allen
32 Accuracy of Temperature Measurement in the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit
Richard F. Newland, Andrew J. Sanderson, Robert A. Baker
38 Temperature Inaccuracies During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Mohammad Salah, Robin Sutton, Gary Tsarovsky, Michael Djuric
43 Is Platelet Function as Measured by Thrombelastograph_ Monitoring in Whole Blood Affected by Platelet Inhibitors?
Lori A. Bailey, Joseph J. Sistino, Walter E. Uber
48 Quantifying Platelet Gel Coagulation Using Sonoclot_ And Thrombelastograph_ Hemostasis Analyzer
Lynsay K. Cassidy, Angela S. Finney, William Cory Ellis, Allison J. Spiwak, Jeffrey B. Riley
52 Thrombelastograph (TEG_) Analysis of Platelet Gel Formed With Different Thrombin Concentrations
William Cory Ellis, Lynsay K. Cassidy, Angela S. Finney, Allison J. Spiwak, Jeffrey B. Riley
58 Quality of Red Blood Cells Using the Dideco Electa™ Autotransfusion Device
Arthur Melo, Cyril J. Serrick, Mary Scholz, Onkar Singh, Dionne Noel
60 Rat Cardiopulmonary Bypass Model: Application of a Miniature Extracorporeal Circuit Composed of Asanguinous Prime
Xiao-Mang You, Fadi Nasrallah, Edward Darling, Mike Robins, Gary Nieman, Bruce Searles
66 Optimizing Management of Hirudin Anticoagulation
Megan A. Measday, Marcia L. Zucker, Chi-Miau Pan, Frank M. LaDuca
Case Reports
71 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and CO2 Removal in an Adult After Near Drowning
Ruben Peralta, Daniel P. Ryan, Alexander Iribrane, Michael G. Fitzsimons
75 Hemicolectomy With Concomitant Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Case Study
Jeffery P. Edwards, Britt Rodenberg, Scott D. Niles, James Ploessl
Book Review
79 Techniques in Extracorporeal Circulation
Edited by Philip H. Kay and Christopher M. Munsch Review by Myra H. Klayman, BS, CCP
Abstracts
80 43rd International Conference of the American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology
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