SCA 1
RENAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST FOR REPAIR OF THORACIC ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS
Kang DS¹, Ti LK¹, Chow MY², Chong SY²
National University Hospital¹ and Singapore General Hospital², Singapore, Singapore

SCA 2
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF NEWER STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CEREBRAL OUTCOMES AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST FOR THORACIC AORTA SURGERY
Ti LK, Kang DS¹, Chow MY²
National University Hospital¹ and Singapore General Hospital², Singapore, Singapore

SCA 3
PERIOPERATIVE PREDICTORS OF DELAYED EXTUBATION AFTER FAST TRACK CARDIAC ANESTHESIA.
Chamchad D
Anesthesiology, Toronto General Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA 4
THE VALUE OF CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION BEFORE VASCULAR SURGERY FOR LONGTERM SURVIVAL BENEFITS: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Mantha, S¹, Roizen MF², Fleisher, LA³
Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hyderabad, AP¹; SUNY, Syracuse, NY²; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD³

SCA 5
MAJOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ADULTS UNDERGOING THORACIC AORTIC SURGERY REQUIRING DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST
Augoustides JG, Weiner JI, Pinchasik D, Raman S, Fulford S, Floyd T, Jobes D, Bavaria J
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SCA 6
ESMOLOL IN THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Hatzakorzian R, Hill SE, Welsby IJ, Phillips-Bute B, Booth JV
Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

SCA 7
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATIONS OF SILENT BRAIN INFARCTION IN ELDERLY CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Ito A, Maekawa K, Honma K, Baba T, Goto T
Anesthesiology, Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

SCA 8
ROUTINE CEREBRAL OXYGEN MONITORING FAILS TO IMPROVE NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME IN CARDIAC SURGERY
Jalali S¹, Hesselvik F¹, Pierce ET¹, Crowley R², Shemin RJ³
Anesthesiology¹, Perfusion² and Cardiac Surgery³, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

SCA 9
SAFETY OF LUMBAR DRAINS IN THORACIC AORTIC OPERATIONS PERFORMED WITH EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION
Cheung AT, Bavaria JE, Shanmugan S, Pochettino A, Guvakov DV, Weiss SJ
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SCA 10
B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP) AND THE RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Bar-Yosef S¹, Grocott HP¹, Newman MF¹, Smith PK², Mathew JP¹
Departments of Anesthesiology¹ and Surgery², Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

SCA 11
RENAL DYSFUNCTION AND APROTININ IN ADULTS UNDERGOING THORACIC AORTIC SURGERY REQUIRING DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST
Augoustides JG, Weiner JI, Pinchasik D, Raman S, Fulford S, Cheung A, Jobes DR, Bavaria J
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA


SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2003
SESSION B: HEMOSTASIS/INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM
MODERATORS: GREGORY NUTTALL, MD/MICHAEL HOWIE, MD

SCA 12
OFF PUMP MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION AND TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN CARDIAC SURGERY
Jose GB¹, Karski JM¹, Fedorko L¹, Chamchad D¹, Mukherji J¹, Cusimano RJ², Varadarjan B¹, Djaiani GN¹
Department of Anesthesia & Pain Management¹ and Division of Cardiac Surgery², Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA 13
ASSOCIATION OF THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY (MA) AND THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS AFTER MAJOR NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
McCrath DJ, Cerboni E, Hirsh A, Frumento RJ, Bennett-Guerrero E
Columbia University, New York, NY

SCA 14
OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGERY PRESERVES PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN IB EXPRESSION BUT DOES NOT PREVENT PLATELET ACTIVATION
Greilich PE¹, Brouse CF¹, Rinder CS², Douning LK¹, Jessen ME³
Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Management¹ and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery³, University of Texas Southwestern - Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Dallas, Texas; Departments of Anesthesiology and Laboratory Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT²

SCA 15
IN VITRO EFFECTS OF DX-88, A NOVEL INHIBITOR OF KALLIKREIN AND CONTACT ACTIVATION
Tanaka KA, Sato N, Szlam F, Katori N, Levy JH
Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

SCA 16
EVALUATING THE TRANSFUSION EFFECTS ON OUTCOME FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Green JA¹, Spiess BD¹, Reynolds PS¹, Higgins R², Makhoul K¹, Levin J¹, Sutherland M¹, Aron T², McCarthy H², DeAnda A², Kasirajan V²
Departments of Anesthesiology¹ and Cardiothoracic Surgery², Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, VA

SCA 17
POTENTIAL FINANCIAL SAVINGS OF A "BLOODLESS" CARDIAC SURGERY INITIATIVE
Green JA¹, Reynolds PS¹, Makhoul K¹, Levin J¹, Higgins R², DeAnda A², McCarthy H², Falcucci O¹, Slaughter TF¹, Roseff SD³, Spiess BD¹
Departments of Anesthesiology¹, Surgery² and Pathology³, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA

SCA 18
EPSILON-AMINOCAPROIC ACID ADMINISTRATION IN OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED BLINDED CLINICAL TRIAL
Jalbout M, Anca D, Mehta N, Frumento R, Bennett-Guerrero E
Anesthesiology, Columbia University, New York, New York

SCA 19
PREDICTORS OF TRANSFUSION REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO BLOOD CONSERVATION
Moskowitz DM¹, Goldweit RS¹, Cousineau KM¹, Klein JJ¹, Bodian C², Perelman SI¹, Mitchel MB¹, Mahajan S¹, Shander A¹, Rothman H¹, Ergin MA¹
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ¹ and Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY²

SCA 20
DOSE FINDING TO MAINTAIN PHYSIOLOGIC ANTITHROMBIN ACTIVITY DURING AND AFTER CABG
Busley R¹, Dietrich W¹, Braun S², Weipert J³, Richter J¹
Departments of Anesthesiology¹, Laboratory Medicine² and Cardiac Surgery³, German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany

SCA 21
ANTI-ENDOTOXIN CORE ANTIBODIES (ENDOCAB) DO NOT INFLUENCE THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Kent BA, Mathew JP, Phillips-Bute BG, Newman MF, Marica LS, Grocott HP
Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

SCA 22
TRANEXAMIC ACID AND EARLY GRAFT PATENCY AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY.
Karski, J
Department of Anesthesia, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA 23
WITHDRAWN


SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2003
SESSION C: THORACIC ANESTHESIA/PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
11:00 AM – 12 NOON
MODERATORS: EDMOND COHEN, MD/PETER DUKE, MD

SCA 24
INHALED AEROSOLIZED ILOPROST MITIGATES RESIDUAL PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AFTER PULMONARY THROMBENDARTERECTOMY
Eberle B¹, Kramm T², Guth S², Mayer E²
Departments of Anesthesiology¹ and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery², Johannes Gutenberg University Med School, Mainz, Germany

SCA 25
A PULSATILE PRESSURE WAVEFORM IS A SENSITIVE MARKER FOR CONFIRMING THE LOCATION OF THE THORACIC EPIDURAL SPACE.
Umedaly HS¹, Lennox PH¹, White SA¹, Grant RP¹, Fitzmaurice BG¹, Evans KG²
Departments of Anesthesia¹ and Surgery², Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

SCA 26
IS THERE A BETTER ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE FOR LUNG ISOLATION? A COMPARISON OF THREE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES: A LEFT-SIDED DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE BRONCHO-CATH, A SINGLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WITH AN ENCLOSED BRONCHIAL BLOCKER (TORQUE CONTROL BLOCKER UNIVENT
Campos JH, Kernstine KH
University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa

SCA 27
HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA/ANALGESIA (HTEA) IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL.
de Paulis S
Cardiac Anesthesia And Intensive Care, Policlinico "A. Gemelli" Hospital, Ucsc Rome University, Roma, Italy

SCA 28
CLINICAL RISK FACTORS FOR PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER THORACIC SURGERY
Gabovich N, Amar D¹, Barrera R², Shi W³, Thaler HT³, Wilson RS¹
Anesthesiology¹, Critical Care Medicine² and Biostatistics³, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

SCA 29 IMPACT OF INSPIRED GAS MIXTURES ON OXYGENATION AND SURGICAL CONDITIONS DURING ONE LUNG VENTILATION
Ko R¹, Kruger M¹, McRae K¹, Darling G², Waddell T², Morrice D¹, Cheung K¹, Katz J¹, Slinger PD¹
Department of Anesthesia¹ and Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery², Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada