Tuesday, May 8, 2001

Posters

93 PREDICTING THE DEPTH OF DOUBLE-LUMEN TUBES
M. Y. Chow and M. H. Goh
94 CURRENT PRACTICE PATTERNS FOR PERIOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES
G. H. Morewood, M. E. Gallagher and L. A. Conlay
95 PREOPERATIVE ORAL B VITAMINS PREVENT NITROUS OXIDE INDUCED POSTOPERATIVE PLASMA HOMOCYST(E)INE ELEVATIONS
N. H. Badner, D. Freeman, J. D. Spence and J. A. Doyle
96 MEDICARE POLICIES AFFECT BILLING PATTERNS BUT NOT UTILIZATION OF INTRAOPERATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
G. H. Morewood, M. E. Gallagher and L. A. Conlay
97 METHOD OF CITRATE STORAGE OF FRESH BLOOD AFFECTS WHOLE BLOOD COAGULATION
A. M. Roche, M. F. James, M. P. Grocott and M. G. Mythen
98 UPREGULATION OF ATRIAL CELL POTASSIUM CURRENT BY CHRONIC ALPHA-ADRENERGIC STIMULATION
R. J. Deegan, D. M. Roden, and J. R. Balser
99 COMPARISON OF OPERATING ROOM VERSUS INTENSIVE CARE UNIT EXTUBATION AFTER COMPLETE MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION ON THE BEATING HEART
F. G. Resano, S. C. Stamou, R. C. Lowery, D. A. Sanford and P. J. Corso
100 REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN MEDICARE POLICY DEALING WITH ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND INTRAOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
G. H. Morewood
101 INHALED ISOFLURANE INHIBITS CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO NMDA MICROINJECTION INTO NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS IN UNANESTHETIZED DECEREBRATE RATS
K. S. Chang, J. S. Lee, D. R. Morrow and M. C. Andresen
102

TIME COURSE OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE IN CHILDREN WITH INTRACARDIAC SHUNTS FOLLOWING ROCURONIUM
Y. Gozal, B. Mints and B. Drenger

103 WHAT ARE THE ANTI-ISCHEMIC EFFECTS OF NICORANDIL?
A. Tsuda, K. A. Tanaka, F. Szlam, A. Yegin, N. Sato and J. H. Levy
104 EFFECTS OF MILRINONE ON MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND STUNNING IN THE PRESENCE OF CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKADE IN PIGS
E. B. Lobato, M. Botero, D. S. Kirby, C. R. Browd and A. Sidi
105 PREDICTORS OF HEPARIN RESISTANCE: THE IMPORTANCE OF REFINING PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR HEPARIN DOSING IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS
E. G. Avery, D. B. Willsey, S. deBronkart, L. Grecu, Y. Chang and M. N. D'Ambra
106 PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT WITH AMIODARONE, ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS OR BOTH ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED MORTALITY OR POST CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS VASOPRESSOR REQUIREMENTS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION
I. Redai, B. Mets, J. E. Chen, E. Bennett-Guerrero and N. Edwards
107 SEVOFLURANE VS FENTANYL PLUS MIDAZOLAM FOR THE INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA IN PATIENTS FOR CABG
L. R. Hodgins, C. H. Cassell, J. B. Mark, T. F. Slaughter, and G. M. Sreeram
108 REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION AND OXYGEN DELIVERY DURING HYPOTHERMIC CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J. M. Slater, T. A. Orszulak and D. J. Cook
109 RIGHT INTRAVENTRICULAR MIGRATION OF PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETERS (PICCS) DURING MOVEMENT OF THE ARM IS COMMON
A. Gabrielli, L. Skrumeda, K. Peters, A. J. Layon and N. Gravenstein
110 RESPIRATORY ACTIONS OF DEXMEDETOMIDINE USED FOR POSTOPERATIVE SEDATION IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS
A. T. Cheung, T. J. Ebert, C. W. Hogue and E. A. Ochroch
111 EFFECT OF RAPID VERSUS SLOW COOLING ON THE MICROVASCULAR SHIFT DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (CPB) IN PIGLETS
M. Farstad, P. Husby, T. Lund, S. E. Rynning, J. K. Heltne and M. E. Koller
112 PREOPERATIVE BETA BLOCKER USE IN VASCULAR SURGERY PATIENTS HAS NOT INCREASED DESPITE EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS
J. F. Foss, K. O. Elmore, T. Marum, M. Drum and J. E. Ellis
113 BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS OF CEFAZOLIN AND GENTAMICIN DURING PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY UNDER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
D. Haessler, J. Neidecker, M. Celard, M. E. Reverdy, V. Piriou, P. Brule, D. Bompard, F. Vandenesch and J. J. Lehot
114 RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ATHEROEMBOLISM DURING ABDOMINAL AORTIC SURGERY: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSESOPHAGEAL AND EPIAORTIC ULTRASOUND IMAGING
T. S. Sutton, MD, A. A. Bert, MD, E. J. Marcaccio, MD, J. Slaiby, MD and W. Carney, Jr., MD
115 PARAPLEGIA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF A CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE CATHETER IN A PATIENT AFTER THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM SURGERY
L. B. Heller, MD and M. A. Chaney, MD
116 LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL THICKNESS AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
P. Jiang, D. Berkowtiz, S. Frank, J. Lima, D. Nyhan and R. Jhaveri
117 EFFECT OF DESFLURANE (DES) ON MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE (SAH)
K. W. Park, H. B. Dai, M. E. Comunale and F. W. Sellke
118

PROPACETAMOL HAS NO OPIOID-SPARING EFFECT AFTER CABG
P. Lahtinen, T. Hakala, H. Hendolin, H. Kokki and M. Hynynen

119 HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANALGESIA (HTEA) DECREASES THE INCIDENCE OF POST-OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION P. Gramling-Babb, R. Variakojis, D. Jayakar, M. DeCosta and V. Jeevanandam
120 LOAD-DEPENDENT REMODELING OF MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES IN HUMAN HEART FAILURE
R. Jehle, M. Schlame and P. M. Heerdt
121

ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE C IN FLUMAZENIL-INDUCED CARDIOPROTECTION IN CULTURED CARDIOMYOCYTES
P. Gramling-Babb, M. Chaney, H. Liu, B. McPherson, S. Aronson and Z. Yao

122 THE VALUE OF CARDIAC RISK STRATIFICATION BEFORE VASCULAR SURGERY FOR LONG-TERM BENEFITS: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
S. Mantha, L. A. Fleisher, M. F. Roizen and J. F. Foss
123 MORBIDITY-RELATED SERUM CREATININE PATTERNS AFTER CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY
M. Stafford-Smith, M. Swaminathan, B. J. McCreath, B. Phillips-Bute, P. K. Smith and M. F. Newman
124 REMIFENTANIL BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS IN INFANTS UNDERGOING CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
D. A. Davis, E. A. Spurrier, R. M. Healy, R. C. Raphaely and W. I. Norwood
125 EFFECTS OF COMBINED PDEIII & PDEV INHIBITION ON A PORCINE MODEL OF ACUTE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
E. B. Lobato, M. Botero, D. S. Kirby, C. R. Browd, A. Sidi and R. R. Kirby
126 INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING OF THE HUMAN INTRINSIC CARDIAC NERVOUS SYSTEM
K. J. Hirsch, R. C. Arora, G. M. Hirsch, C. Hancock-Friessen and J. A. Armour
127 MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IS SIMILAR USING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION, OR CARDIOPLEGIA WITH COLD CRYSTALLOID OR COLD BLOOD SOLUTIONS
N. A. Mcgill, D. Shaughnessy, M. J. Herbertson and R. S. Gill
128 A COMPARISON OF THE ANESTHETIC AND HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF DESFLURANE AND PROPOFOL AS MAINTENANCE ANESTHETICS FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY
B. Kaschulis, B. Mets, E. Bennett-Guerrero, L. Gorenstein and M. Ginsberg
129 IMPACT OF NORMAL SALINE-BASED VERSUS BALANCED SALT FLUID REPLACEMENT ON POSTOPERATIVE RENAL FUNCTION: RANDOMIZED TRIAL PRELIMINARY RESULTS
E. Bennett-Guerrero, H. E. Manspeizer, R. J. Frumento, B. Mets and A. L. Hirsh
130 L-ARGININE AND FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS REVERSE NITRIC OXIDE (NO)-DEPENDENT VASODILATOR DYSFUNCTION IN AGING RATS
D. E. Berkowitz, D. Nyhan, S. Kim, A. Shoukas and J. Hare
131

BUTORPHANOL ENHANCES MYOCARDIAL FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FROM ISCHEMIA IN THE ISOLATED RABBIT HEART
J. A. Green, V. Badhwar, M. A. Kovach, J. A. Berry, E. M. Seymour and S. F. Bolling

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