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PATIENTS WITH POSITIVE PREOPERATIVE STRESS TESTS MAY SAFELY UNDERGO MAJOR VASCULAR SURGERY WITH PERIOPERATIVE B-ADRENERGIC BLOCKADE.
Park KW
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

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ACUTE, POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT WITH THE NOVEL, INJECTABLE COX-2 SPECIFIC INHIBITOR, PARECOXIB SODIUM, RESULTS IN AN INCIDENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR ADVERSE EVENTS THAT IS SIMILAR TO PLACEBO AND THE NONSELECTIVE NSAID KETOROLAC
Camu F¹, Lau W², Anders RJ², Weigelt J³, Cheung RY⁴
Department of Anesthesiology, Brussels, Belgium¹; Clinical Research and Development, Pharmacia Corporation, Skokie, IL²; Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin³ and Arthritis & Pain Applied Therapeutics Team, Pharmacia Corporation, Peapack, New Jersey⁴

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EFFECTS OF MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION (MUF) IN ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING VALVULAR HEART SURGERY
Lee J, Kwak Y, Oh Y, Hong Y
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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CEREBRAL EXPRESSION OF NOS GENES AFTER CPB IN THE RAT
Blight KR¹, Mazer CD¹, Hare GMT¹, Wang Z¹, Coackley C², Qu R¹, Mak W²
Dept of Anesthesia, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto¹ and Biotechnology Centre for Applied Research and Training, Seneca College², Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA 34
THE ROLE OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA IN MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION FOLLOWING ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION
NADER ND¹, SANTAROSA J², Rusnak L³, Asgeri M¹
Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY¹; Boston College, Boston, MA²; Northwestern University, Buffalo, NY³

SCA 35
PREVENTION OF CEREBRAL HYPERTHERMIA DURING REWARMING FROM HYPOTHERMIC CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Bar-Yosef S¹, Grocott HP¹, Landolfo KP², Mathew JP¹, Newman MF¹
Departments of Anesthesiology¹ and Surgery², Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

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IMMEDIATE EXTUBATION (ULTRA FAST TRACK ANESTHESIA) AFTER OFF-PUMP CARDIAC SURGERY: OPIOID-BASED ANALGESIA VERSUS HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANALGESIA
Fortier JD¹, Choinière, J¹, Basile F², Prieto I², Hemmerling TM¹
Anesthesiology¹ and Cardiac Surgery², Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

SCA 37
THE EFFECTS OF DEXMETETOMIDINE ON FAST TRACKING FOLLOWING OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Warner NE¹, Boyer J², Merrell WJ¹
Departments of Anesthesiology¹ and Cardiac Surgery², Florida Hospital, Maitland, Florida

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UNSELECTED USE OF BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERIES FOR MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION IN DIABETICS DOES NOT INCREASE PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY
Belsley SJ1, Shaw R1, Anagnostopoulous CE1, DeRose JJ1, Safavi A1, Ashton RC1, Swistel DG1, Hillel Z2
Departments of Surgery¹ and Anesthesia², St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York

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IN VITRO EFFECT OF PROTAMINE EXCESS ON BLOOD COAGULATION ASSAYS
Pothula S¹, Inchiosa Jr MA^1,2, Sanchala VT¹, Sarabu M³, Inchosa AS²
Anesthesiology¹, Pharmacology² and Surgery³, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

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ANTI-FIBRINOLOYTIC AGENTS & LUNG WATER IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS: INTERIM RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL
Diprose P, Dawkins S, Gill R, Herbertson MJ, Deakin CD
Cardiac Anaesthesia, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom