AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EXTRACORPOREAL TECHNOLOGY

The National Society of Perfusionists

 

Educational Opportunities
The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology

Volume 35, Number 3 - September 2003

From the Editor

166 - Perfusions ‘Yellow Wood’
Alfred H. Stammers

 

Editorial

168 - Are Perfusion Technology and Perfusionists Ready for Quality Reporting Employing Six-Sigma Performance Measurement?
Jeffrey B. Riley


Original Articles

172 - History of Extracorporeal Circulation: The Conceptional and Developmental Period
Wolfgang Boettcher, Frank Merkle, Heinz-Hermann Weitkemper

184 - History of Extracorporeal Circulation: The Invention and Modification of Blood Pumps
Wolfgang Boettcher, Frank Merkle, Heinz-Hermann Weitkemper

192 - New Zealand’s First Open Heart Operation
Sid Yarrow

196 - Conversion from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Total Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Simplified Method
Melinda S. Dickes, Klayton W. Buckley, Kimberly R. Glogowski, Gary W. Raff,
Dale M. Geiss

200 - Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering—A New Role for Perfusionists?
Joseph J. Sistino

203 - Modified Ultrafiltration PostExtracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Joseph Deptula, Thomas R. Karl, Dee Ann Griffin, Sherrie Fogg

207 - Limitations Using the Vacuum-Assist Venous Drainage Technique During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures
David Jegger, Hendrik T. Tevaearai, Xavier M. Mueller, Judith Horisberger, Ludwig K. von Segesser

212 - Hand-Held Personal Digital Assistant Program for the HEMOCHRON® RxDx® Heparin and Protamine Dosing System
Soumaya El Rouby, Kristin Rinehart, Marcia L. Zucker, Frank M. LaDuca

218 - Membrane Oxygenator Exhaust Capnography for Continuously Estimating Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Kieron C. Potger, Darryl McMillan, Joanne Southwell, Hayden Dando, Killian O’Shaughnessy

224 - A Model of Venous Return While Utilizing Vacuum Assist During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Scott M. Brown, Larry Fennigkoh, Ron Gerrits, Matt Hietpas, Charles Tritt


CASE REPORT AND REVIEW
230 - Unique Considerations for the Spinal Cord Injured Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Utilizing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Arnold M. Benak, Craig R. Vocelka, Edward D. Verrier

ABSTRACTS
239 - 32nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cardiovascular Engineering

DEPARTMENTS
257 - Call for Abstracts
261 - Instructions for Authors
265 -Calendar of Events