This Issue in JECT - Volume 43, Number 3 - September 2011

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

107 In Vitro Evaluation of Gaseous Microemboli Handling of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits with and without Integrated Arterial Line Filters
Saifei Liu, Richard F. Newland, Phillip J. Tully, Sigrid C. Tuble, Robert A. Baker

115 Microbubble Generation and Transmission of Medtronic’s Affi nity Hardshell Venous Reservoir and Collapsible Venous Reservoir Bag: An In-Vitro Comparison
Kieron C. Potger, Darryl McMillan, Mark Ambrose

123 In-Vitro Quantifi cation of Gaseous Microemboli in Two Extracorporeal Life Support Circuits
Jeffrey Burnside, Daniel Gomez, Thomas J. Preston, Vincent F. Olshove, Alistair Phillips

130 Pig Heart Preservation with Antegrade Intracellular Crystalloid versus Antegrade/Retrograde Miniplegia
Eliseo Portilla-de Buen, Caridad Leal, David García-Martínez, Agustín Cornejo, Alonso Zepeda, Enrique Aburto

137 Inhaled Carbon Monoxide Attenuates Myocardial Infl ammatory Cytokine Expression in a Rat Model of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Juan N. Pulido, James R. Neal, Carlos B. Mantilla, Shvetank Agarwal, Won-Yeon Lee, Phillip D. Scott, Rolf D. Hubmayr, Wen-Zhi Zhan, Gary C. Sieck, Gianrico Farrugia, Mark H. Ereth

144 Does Tight Glucose Control Prevent Myocardial Injury and Infl ammation?
Jeremiah R. Brown, Anthony P. Furnary, Todd A. Mackenzie, Dennis Duquette, Robert E. Helm, Marco Paliotta, Cathy S. Ross, David J. Malenka, Gerald T. O’Connor, for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group

153 Lissajous Figures: An Engineering Tool for Root Cause Analysis of Individual Cases—A Preliminary Concept
Kenneth Palmer, Tim Ridgway, Omar Al-Rawi, Ian Johnson, Michael Poullis

TECHNIQUE ARTICLE

157 Optimizing Venous Drainage Using an Ultrasonic Flow Probe on the Venous Line
Joshua L. Walker, Haven A. Young, D. Scott Lawson, S. Adil Husain, John H. Calhoon

162 Blood Component Therapy in Trauma Guided with the Utilization of the Perfusionist and Thromboelastography
Mark Walsh, Scott G. Thomas, Janet C. Howard, Edward Evans, Kirk Guyer, Andrew Medvecz, Andrew Swearingen, Rudolph Navari, Victoria Ploplis, Francis J. Castellino

CLASSIC PAGE

170 Classic Pages of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Jeff Riley

DEPARTMENTS

101 From the Editor

168 Letters to the Editor

180 Instructions for Authors

184 Calendar of Events