AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EXTRACORPOREAL TECHNOLOGY

The National Society of Perfusionists

 

Educational Opportunities
The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology

Volume 35, Number 1 - March 2003

From the Editor

2 Extracorporeal Circulation: A Half-Century of Accomplishment Alfred H. Stammers

Feature Article

4 Education for the Australian and New Zealand Perfusionist Jane Ottens

Original Articles

8 Evaluation of Mimesys® Phosphorylcholine (PC)-Coated Oxygenators During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Adults Gerard J. Myers, David R. Johnstone, Wilfred J. Swyer, Scott McTeer, Sandy L. Maxwell, Chris Squires, Steve N. Ditmore, Clarie V. Power, Lance B. Mitchell, Jan E. Ditmore, Larry D. Aniuk, Greg M. Hirsch, Karen J. Buth

13 Changes of Microvascular Vasomotion and Oxygen Metabolism During Cooling and Rewarming Period of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cun Long, Xiaoqin Hu, Jian Zhang, Ruijuan Xiu, Yulong Guan

17 Effects of Albumin Supplementation During Cardioplegia Administration: An In Vitro Analysis Rebecca Knox, Alfred H. Stammers, Tunisia Ellis, Chen Gao, Bernadette Nutter, Hunter Holcomb, Ryan Schmer, Lynette M. Hock

24 Comparison of Blood Gas and Electrolyte Test Results from the Gem-Premier and the ABL-70 versus a Conventional Laboratory Analyzer Howard G. Walton, David M. Boucher, Rafael Marroquin

28 Quality of Red Blood Cells Using Autotransfusion Devices: A Comparative Analysis Cyril J. Serrick, Mary Scholz, Arthur Melo, Onkar Singh, Dionne Noel

35 Maintaining Adequate Anticoagulation on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy: Hemochron Junior Low Range versus Hemochron 400 Christopher E. Colby, Arlene Sheehan, William Benitz, Krisa Van Meurs, Louis P. Halamek, R. Lawrence Moss

Review Articles

48 Leukocyte Depletion as a Mechanism for Reducing Neutrophil-Mediated Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury During Transplantation Alicia Sievert

Case Report

39 Use of Aprotinin During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a Patient with Protein C Deficiency Alicia Sievert, Mary McCall, Mindy Blackwell, Scott Bradley

44 How Computer Technologies Might be Used to Foster Professional Development: A Case Report of Perfusion Korea Kuna Kim

Abstracts

54 American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology 41st International Meeting Scientific and Poster Sessions

69 31st Annual Meeting of The German Society for Cardiovascular Engineering

DEPARTMENTS

104 Instructions for Authors

108 Calendar of Events