Volume 40, Number 1 - March 2008

FROM THE EDITOR

3 Collaboration
Robert Groom

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

10 Lusitrophic Effects of Dobutamine in Young and Aged Mice In Vivo
Emily D. Hirleman, Qianli Yu, Douglas F. Larson

16 Cardiopulmonary Bypass Recommendations in Adults: The Northern New England Experience
Christian P. DioDato, Donald S. Likosky, Gordon R. DeFoe, Robert C. Groom, Kenneth G. Shann, Charles F. Krumholz, Craig S. Warren, John W. Pieroni, Arnold Benak, Kevin McCusker, Elaine M. Olmstead, Cathy S. Ross, Gerald T. O’Connor, for The Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group

21 Arterial Line Filters Ranked for Gaseous Micro-Emboli Separation Performance: An In Vitro Study
Jeffrey B. Riley

27 Use of Leukocyte-Depleting Filters During Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Review
Shalini Boodram, Ed Evans

43 Factors That Influence the Ability to Perform Autologous Priming
Cody Trowbridge, Alfred Stammers, Myra Klayman, Nicholas Brindisi

52 Non-Activated Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Prevention of Inguinal Wound-Related Complications After Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Nikolaos Saratzis, Athanasios Saratzis, Nikolaos Melas, Dimitrios Kiskinis

57 Evaluation of the i-STAT Point-of-Care Analyzer in Critically Ill Adult Patients
Jacoline Steinfelder-Visscher, Steven Teerenstra, Jacqueline M.T. Klein Gunnewiek, Patrick W. Weerwind

61 A Novel Calculation to Estimate Blood Volume and Hematocrit During Bypass
Cody Trowbridge, Alfred Stammers, Myra Klayman, Nicholas Brindisi

65 Use of a New Implantable Adjustable Pulmonary Artery Banding Device: A Report of Two Patients
Matthew C. Davis

68 On-Line Autotransfusion Waste Calculator
Jeffrey B. Riley, Keith A. Samolyk

74 Rupture of Extra-Corporeal Circuit Tubing During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Cheemalapati Sai Krishna, Palli Venkata Naresh Kumar, Soumya Kanta Satpathy, Kanteti Ram Mohan, Vedangi Ramesh Babu

ABSTRACTS

A1 46th International Conference of the American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology

DEPARTMENTS

77 Instructions for Authors

81 Calendar of Events