Volume 35, Number 4 - December 2003

From the Editor

268 - A Year in Review
Alfred H. Stammers

270 - History of Perfusion
Richard Jenson

Original Articles

274 - The MicroMed DeBakey VAD - Part 1: The Pump and the Blood Flow
Evgenij V. Potapov, Andreas Koster, Matthias Loebe, Ewald Hennig, Thomas Fischer, Ralf Sodian, Roland Hetzer

284 - The MicroMed DeBakey VAD - Part II: Impact on the Hemostatic Systems
Thomas Fischer, andreas Koster, Evgenij V. Potapov, Eckkerhard Gutsch, Matthias Loebe, Roland Hetzer, Herman Kuppe

287 - pH-Stat Ventilation Management: A Simple Method of Achieving this Regimen
Jeffrey R. Acsell

290 - Perfusion Treatment Algorithm: Methods of Improving the Quality of Perfusion
Hunter B. Holcomb, Alfred H. Stammers, Chen Gao, Bernadette Nutter, Tina Ellis, Rebecca L. Ahlgren, Ryan G. Schmer, Lynette M. Hock

297- The Effects of Aprotinin on Platelet Function in Blood Exposed to Eptifibatide: An In Vitro Analysis
Ryan G. Schmer, Alfred H. Stammers, Rebecca L. Ahlgren, Tunisia A. Ellis, Chen Gao, Bernadette T. Nutter, Hunter B. Holcomb, Lynette M. Hock

312 - Improving Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Heparin-Coated Circuits
Craig Vocelka, Gina Lindley

317 - The Neurologic Sequelae of Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Induced Cerebral Hyperthermia and Cerebroprotective Strategies
Todd Scheffer, Bradford Sanders

322 - The Effect of Electrolyte Imbalance on Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass: An Experimental Study
Alfred H. Stammers, Nancy Mills, Scott A. Kmiecik, Craig M. Petterson, Jun-Li Liu, Jeffery D. Nichols, Ryan J. Kohtz, Hong Zheng, Lynette M. Hock

326 - Biochemistry of Serine Protease Inhibitors and Their Mechanisms of Action: A Review
Julie Wegner

339 - Use of Aprotinin in Patients Undergoing Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: A Review
Suganne Huffman-Egger

346 - The Use of Aprotinin in Pediatric Patients: A Review
Jennifer McDonough, Colleen Gruenwald

Articles of Interest
350 - Articles of Interest
Rick G. Smith

DEPARTMENTS
353 - Instructions for Authors
357 -Calendar of Events