Abstracts of poster discussions and posters presented at the

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
32nd Annual Meeting & Workshops
April 24 – 28, 2010
New Orleans, LA

Poster Discussion I
Saturday, April 24, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1 A randomized, double-blinded trial comparing the efficacy of tranexamic acid and epsilon-aminocaproic acid in reducing bleeding and transfusion in cardiac surgery
Rhee A; Shore-Lesserson L; Lazar D
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Montefiore Medical Center, Woodmere, NY, USA

2 Resistin and Resistin-like molecule beta (RELM-B): Novel pleiotropic cytokines in cardiac pathophysiology, a review and initial findings
Benneh N; Johns R; Angelini D; Champion H
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA; Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

3 The Influence of Mean Blood Glucose Measurements on Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Hargrave J; Xu M; Duncan A
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

4 Choice of colloid influence post operative bleeding in cardiac surgery.
Brouillette D; Verrette L; Nguyen A; Deschamps A; Lebon J; Couture P; Rochon A; Denault A; Denault A; Ayoub C; Qizilbash B; Toledano K; Cogan J
Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5 A Comparison of AKIN Creatinine Rise vs. AKIN Oliguria Criteria as Predictors of Long-Term Survival in Post-Pneumonectomy Patients
Randall K; Meachem F; Kushins S; Martin D; Phillips-Bute B; Swaminathan M; Shaw A; Onaitis M; Stafford-Smith M
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA, Johns Creek, GA, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27707

6 The Impact of Perioperative Blood Pressure Control on Hospitalization Costs in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Results from ECLIPSE
Multz A; Dyke C; Hu M; Wang Y; Williams G; Ferguson J; Getsios D; Ishak J; Alvarez P; Stolar M; Aronson S
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park,, NY, USA; Brazosport Regional Health System, Lake Jackson, TX, USA; The Medicines Company, Parsippany, NJ, USA; United BioSource Corporation, Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada; United BioSource Corporation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Poster Discussion II
Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
7 Altered Neuropeptide Y1 Receptors in the Right Atrium of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Matyal R; Mahmood, MD F; Bianchi C; Hess P; Sellke F
BIDMC, Boston, MA, United States

8 Mitochondrial Genomic Variation Associated with Increased Rates of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction following Cardiac Surgery
Lobato R; Dobson S; Mathew J; Newman M; Podgoreanu M
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

9 Protease Activated Receptor-4 Polymorphism Associated with Platelet Activation and Perioperative Myocardial Injury
Muehlschlegel J; Perry T; Liu K; Fox A; Smith S; Collard C; Hartwig J; Shernan S; Hoffmeister K; Body S
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

10 Translational approach to identifying cardioprotective efficacy of a novel Annexin-A1 tripeptide in the setting of ischemia-reperfusion
Zhang Z; Ma Q; Machensen G; Podgoreanu M
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

11 Biological pathway based assessment of the human left ventricular transcriptome response to ischemia during cardiopulmonary bypass
Muehlschlegel J; Perry T; Gorham J; Aranki S; Shernan S; Seidman J; Body S
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

12 Resistance to Ischemic Preconditioning in Rat Isolated Hearts Is Genetically Determined
Nabbi R; Kersten J; Stowe D; Lazar J; Boelens A; Riess M
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.

Poster Discussion III
Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
13 Perioperative serum creatinine levels are a sensitive predictor of mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Pan W; Tolpin D; Lee V; D C; Elayda M
Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA

14 Acute Kidney Injury and Long-Term Survival Following Pneumonectomy Surgery
Meachem F; Randall K; Kushins S; Phillips-Bute B; Swaminathan M; Shaw A; Onaitis M; Stafford-Smith M
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, US; Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

15 Timing of RBC Transfusion on Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery
Hathaway J; Stafford-Smith M; Phillips-Bute B; Gaca J; Swaminathan M; Shaw A; Hill S; Welsby I
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

16 Storage Age of Transfused RBCs on Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery
Hathaway J; Stafford-Smith M; Phillips-Bute B; Gaca J; Swaminathan M; Shaw A; Hill S; Welsby I
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

17 Hypoxia induced decrease in urine osmolality: an early sign of renal injury which is ameliorated by dDAVP
Voicu L; Halperin M; Hare G; Pang V; Cheema-Dhadli S; Kim N; Mazer D
St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

18 Urinary NGAL and adverse outcomes following adult cardiac surgery: Looking beyond creatinine
McIlroy D; Wagener G; Wang S; Lee H
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

19 Effects of rennin angiotensin inhibitors on the occurrence of acute kidney injury after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Yoo Y; Shim J; Kim J; Ahn S; Kwak Y
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea; Yonsei University College of Medicine,, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

20 The percent decrease in intra-operative systolic BP from baseline is associated with the percent increase in postoperative creatinine following cardiac surgery
Aronson S; Stafford-Smith M; Phillips-Bute B; Shaw A; Swaminathan M
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Poster Discussion IV
Monday, April 26, 2010 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
21 Predictors of cognitive recovery after cardiac surgery
Swift R; Phillips-Bute B; Podgoreanu M; Stafford-Smith M; Newman M; Mathew J
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

22 The PPAR[SPCHAR(gamma)] Agonist Rosiglitazone Ameliorates Cerebral Inflammation and Apoptosis Following Experimental Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
Ma Q; Zhang Z; Podgoreanu M; Mackensen G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

23 Autonomic dysfunction and response to sedation and induction of anesthesia in cardiac surgery patients
Deschamps A; Rochon A; Lebon J; Ayoub C; Qizilbash B; Couture P; Cogan J; Bélisle S; Toledano K; Pagé P; D'Antono B; Denault A
Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

24 Relationship of Impaired Cognition before Cardiac Surgery with Cerebral Ischemia
Maekawa K; Goto T; Fujimoto M; Nonaka T; Otomo S; Baba T
Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan; Ito Dento-Maxillofacial Hospital, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

25 Association of perioperative risk factors and cumulative duration of bispectral index suppression with long-term mortality following cardiac surgery
Kertai M; Pal N; Palanca B; Searleman S; Zhang L; Burnside B; Finkel K; Avidan M
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA

26 Delirium and cognitive dysfunction among the elderly after cardiac surgery: A comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting and valve surgery
Nonaka T; Baba T; Fujimoto M; Otomo S; Maekawa K
Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

27 Transcerebral Metabolomic Profiling of Cognitive Decline After Cardiac Surgery
Chen C; Podgoreanu M; Mackensen G; Stafford-Smith M; White W; Newman M; Mathew J
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

28 Sex, autonomic dysfunction, complex cardiac surgery and the risk of perioperative decreases in cerebral oxygen saturation
Deschamps A; Rochon A; Lebon J; Ayoub C; Qizilbash B; Couture P; Cogan J; Toledano K; Pagé P; D'Antono B; Denault A
Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

29 The effect of clodronate and different levels of hypothermia during cardiac arrest on TNFα levels in selected brain regions in rats
Drabek T; Janata A; Stezoski J; Jackson E; Janesko-Feldman K; Wilson C; Tisherman S; Kochanek P
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

30 Intraoperative multisite Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) predicts elevated blood lactate level in patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.
Chakravarti S; Srivastava S; Nguyen K; Mittnacht A
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY, US

31 Impaired Autoregulation of Cerebral Blood Flow During Re-Warming from Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Its Potential Association with Stroke
Panigrahi R; Joshi B; Brady K; Hogue C
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, US

32 Neuroimaging And Clinical Manifestations Of Organic Brain Injury After Cardiac Surgery
Saha C; Lee C; Katznelson R; Jerath A; Fedorko L; Carroll J; Djaiani G
TGH, Toronto, ON, Canada

Poster Exhibit Hall I
Monday, April 26, 2010 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
33 Efficacy of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation During One Lung Ventilation
Chung P; Veksler B; Kraidin J; Solina A; Grubb W; Ginsberg S; Deangelis V; Denny J; Pantin E; Langenfeld J
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

34 Effect of inotropic support on hemodynamic and bi-ventricular function in patients undergoing valvular surgery.
André A; Couture P; Beaulieu Y; Shi Y; Nozza A; Pagé P; Tardif J; Lambert J; Rochon A
Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

35 Low Dose Dexamathasone Does Not Affect Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting Following Cardiac Surgery
Sherwani S; Patel K; Knorpp H; Gupta D; Murphy G
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; NorthShore University Health Sysytem, Evanston, IL, USA

36 The SPRINT Trial – Initial Clinical Evaluation of Bolus Clevidipine for Rapid Blood Pressure Management in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Avery E; Brennan K; Aggarwal S; Streckenbach S; Donnelly A; Adams M; Cheung A
Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Boston, MA, USA; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

37 Restrictive Diastolic dysfunction is predictive of difficult separation from Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Case Control Analysis
Toledano K; Couture P; Fernandes A; Levesque S; Babin D; Lebon J; Deschamps A; Qizilbash B; Ayoub C; Cogan J; Rochon A; Bélisle S; Denault A
Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

38 Using the Valsalva maneuver and analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability to identify patients with autonomic dysfunction prior to cardiac surgery
Deschamps A; Couture P; Rochon A; Lebon J; Ayoub C; Qizilbash B; Cogan J; Toledano K; Pagé P; D'Antono B; Denault A
Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

39 Size and function or left and right ventricles in septic ICU patients: A clinical echocardiographic biochemical study
Landesberg G; Landesberg G; Giorgieva M; Meroz Y
Hebrew UNiversity - Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, Israel

40 Blood transfusion in the post-Aprotinin era in pediatric cardiac surgery
Mossad E; Teruya J; Fraser C; Reyes M
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

41 Unexpected Complications with Spray Cryo-Therapy for Obstructing Airway Tumors.
Pedoto A; Desiderio D; Finley D; Amar D
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

42 Serum lactate Level Don Not Predict Mortality Appropriately After Adult Cardiac Surgery
Lespron M; Hernández M; Molina F; Figueroa J; Suarez L; Barrera M; Cifuentes C; Vargas C; Zavala J; Rojas E
Institute National of Cardiology, México, México, México D.F

43 Independent risk factors for fast track failure in cardiac surgery patients
Ender J; Lindner J; Scholz M; Mukherjee C; Bless B; Mathioudakis D; Haentschel D
Heartcenter, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany; University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

44 Transesophageal Echocardiograghy Monitoring Decreases Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma with Caval Thrombus
Roby J; Rumjahn H; Roffey P; Mogos M; Thangathurai D
Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA1

45 Mitral valve geometric changes after aortic valve replacement
Fritsch M; Chaudhary B; Mahmood F; Chaudhary H; Subramaniam B; Panzica P; Karthik S; Mahmood F
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Albany Medical School, Albany, NY, USA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

46 Pharmacokinetics of Aminocaproic Acid in Neonates
Eaton M; Haas C; Dawn S; Ronald A; Cholette J
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

47 Heparin attenuates the Hypotensive Effect associated with Heparin-Antagonist PMX-60056
McAllister E; Scott R; Korczak B; Stafford-Smith M
PolyMedix, Inc., Radnor, PA, USA; PolyMedix Inc., Radnor, PA, USA; Duke Heart Center, Durham, NC, USA

48 The Hybrid Cardiac Surgical ICU: the impact of daytime cardiac anesthesiologist/24-hour in-house intensivist staffing on outcomes after ultra-fast track cardiac anesthesia
Kumar K; Gulati H; Heibert B; Zarychanski R; Grocott H; MacKenzie S; Zivot J; Menkis A; Arora R
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; u, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, m, Canada

49 Intraoperative Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography Provided Useful Insights to Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Morphology and Mitral Systolic Anterior Motion Mechanism in a Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Operation
Nguyen H; Anthony D; Alfirevic A
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

50 CU2010, a novel serine protease inhibitor with potent anticoagulation effects.
Szlam F; Tanaka K; van de Locht A; Dietrich W; Levy J
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; The Medicines Company, Leipzig, Germany, Germany; Institute for Research in Cardiac Anesthesia, Munich, Germany, Germany

51 Thromboelastometry ROTEM® for monitoring and treating coagulopathy in cardiac surgery with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest during cardiopulmonary bypass
Lee S; Lee J; Sung K; Lee S; Solomon C
Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Korea; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Niedersach, Germany

52 One Institution's Initial Experience with TECAB Surgery
Dhawan R; Roberts J; Chaney M
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States

53 Axis-oriented volume scanning to facilitate on-cart analysis of real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography
Hirasaki Y; Seino Y; Yasuda T; Tajima K; Nomura M
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

54 The use of glargine as a bridge from insulin infusion in a diabetic and non-diabetic population after cardiac surgery
Fermin L; Rhenman B; Bryning S; Dunn R
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA

55 Algorithmic approach to reversing decreases in cerebral oxygen saturation in complex cardiac surgery
Deschamps A; Denault A; Rochon A; Lebon J; Ayoub C; Qizilbash B; Couture P; Cogan J; Toledano K; Bélisle S; Hemmings G; Jean T; Blain R
Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

56 Anticoagulation Management during Cardiopulmonary Bypass, A Survey of 54 North American Institutions
Lobato R; Carlson M; Shore-Lesserson L; Levy J; Despotis G; Bennett-Guerrero E
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; GTC Biotherapeutics, Framingham, MA, USA; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Barnes Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA

57 Clevidipine + Propofol in Cardiac Surgical Patients: Lipid Loading or Hyperalimentation?
Klopman M; Cabalza J; Ziegler T; Paciullo C; Levy J
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

58 Potential role of statin pleiotropy in the NGAL/creatinine relationship following cardiac surgery
Heerdt P; Wagner C; Chan J; Fontes M; Heerdt P
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

59 Developing a Congenital Heart Anesthesia Database: Cooperation towards Better Outcomes
Vener, M.D. D
Baylor College of Medicine / TCH, Houston, TX, USA

60 A Method for Automating 3D PISA Calculations
Cobey F; McDonald J; Rapo M; Hahm K; Gelfand B; D'Ambra M
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, m, USA; Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH, USA; M.I.T. (alumnus), Carlsbad, CA, USA; Duke University and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Durham, NC, USA

61 Peri-operative Risk and Anesthetic Management of Patients with Extreme Hypertension
Spatz T; Patel V; Ball T; Bohannon W; Culp, Jr. W
The Texas A&M University System Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX, USA; The Texas A&M University System Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA

62 Patients Are Not Normovolemic Following Cardiac Surgery Despite Concerted Efforts To Manage Fluid And Volume Status
Nelson M; Bruce S; Reddy P; Kearney J; Green J; Nicolato P; Brinster D; Kasirajan V
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

63 Real time 3 D guided sizing of the annuloplasty- ring in mitral valve repair
Ender J; Eibel S; Gessat M; Haentschel D; Falk V; Mohr F; Mathioudakis D; Jacobs S; Mukherjee C
Heartcenter, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

64 Perioperative assessment of right ventricular stroke volume using 3D transesophageal echocardiography.
Karhausen J; Swaminathan M; Phillips-Bute B; Mathew J; Mackensen G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, U.S.A.; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

65 Retrospective study of the incidence of seizures in patients receiving tranexamic acid for cardiac surgery.
Mitchel L; Abel E; Blais D; Torma B; Andritsos M
The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, US

66 Efficacy of olprinone chloride in pediatric cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease
Tomita Y; Kurokawa S; Seino Y; Iwata S; Onuki E; Nomura M; Ozaki M
Tokyo Women's Medical University, shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

67 Major perioperative adverse events following cardiac surgery in patients with impaired glucose tolerance
Subramaniam B; Gerstle J; Jidge S; Mahmood F; Lerner A; Khabbaz K; J P
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Poster Exhibit Hall II
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
68 Is the systolic function of the interventricular septum enhanced after reduction of elevated right ventricular pressure during corrective surgery for congenital heart disease?
Kurokawa S; Tomita Y; Seino Y; Iwata S; Onuki E; Nomura M; Ozaki M
Tokyo Women's Medical University, shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

69 Preoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Interventional Electrophysiology Procedures
Keyes Eto J; Chua J; Ho J; Mahajan A
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

70 Effect of intravenous amiodarone on hemodynamic and bi-ventricular systolic and diastolic function during valvular surgery
Denault A; Beaulieu Y; Couture P; Shi Y; Pagé P; Levesque S; Tardif J; Lambert J; Deschamps A
Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

71 Treating Cardiac Surgery Patients for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Based on Easily Available ELISA Results
Manji R; Bell D; Loong-Saw C; Nickerson P; Moltzan C; Menkis A; Jacobsohn E
Cardiac Sciences Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Canadian Blood Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

72 Evaulation of the effects of fresh frozen plasma for pump priming in pediatric patients undergoing congenital heart surgery using coagulation factor assay and rotational thromboelastogram
Kim J; Lee J; Shim J; Ahn S; Yoo Y; Kwak Y
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea

73 The Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Blood loss in Patients with Preoperative Anemia Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Ahn S; Kim J; Yoo Y; Shim J; Kwak Y
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

74 Low Dose Dexamethasone Does Not Increase Perioperative Hyperglycemia in Patients Undergoing Uncomplicated Cardiac Surgery
Patel K; Sherwani S; Lin L; Gupta D; Murphy G
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA; Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA

75 Evaluation of an online teaching aid for standard transesophageal echocardiography views
Jerath A; Vegas A; Meineri M; Michael C; Gordon T; Christopher F
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

76 Depletion of S-nitrosylated hemoglobin in autologous whole blood
Caswell J; Hill S; McMahon T; Zhu H; Stamler J
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

77 Altered left ventricular rotation in a porcine model of acute right ventricular pressure overload
Ho J; Chua J; Zhou W; Mackensen B; Mahajan A
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

78 Withdrawn
79 The Degree of Myocardial Injury during OPCAB Surgery: Sevoflurane versus Propofol- Supplemented Remifentanil- Based Anesthesia
Kim T; Song J; Kim S; Yoon T; Chi H; Shin J
Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic

80 Direct interstitial measurements of tranexamic acid reveals organ specific heterogeneity in pharmacokinetic profiles
Reust D; Uys J; Reeves S; Abernathy J; Dixon J; Gaillard W; Mukherjee R; Koval C; Stroud R; Townsend D; Spinale F
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

81 Predictors of Heparin Resistance in an International Cohort of Cardiac Surgical Patients
Lee K; Suh A; Miao Y; Skubas N; Mangano D; Fontes M
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA; Ischemia Research and Education Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA

82 Comparative Analysis of the Endotracheal Cardiac Output Monitor (ECOM) to Thermodilution in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Ball T; Patel V; Culp B; Song J; Gloyna D; Ciceri D; Culp, Jr. W
The Texas A&M University System Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX, USA; The Texas A&M University System Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, USA

83 The Effect of 6% Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 on Blood Loss and Coagulation in Patients Treated with Clopidogrel Prior to Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery
Ahn S; Kim J; Yoo Y; Shim J; Kwak Y
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

84 Assessment of surgical septal myectomy by real time 3 dimensional TEE
Lee M; Stelzer P; Varghese R; Fischer G
Mount SInai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

85 Transesophageal 3D Echocardiography is Superior to 2D Echocardiography for Measurement of Prosthetic Aortic Valve Effective Orifice Area
Greenberg J; Shook D; Andrawes M; Novak T; Shernan S
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

86 Early extubation in congenital heart surgery – a multicenter prospective observational study and risk score assessment.
Rhee A; Kin N; Weisman C; Hossain S; Bodian C; Nguyen K; Hollinger I; Mittnacht A
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY, US; The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

87 Cardioprotective Effect of Electroacupuncture in Rabbits with Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion: Involvement of Cardiac Norepinephrine Release and Protein Kinase C Signaling
Zhou W; Ho J; Patel S; Mahajan A
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

88 Red Cell Mass Is Not Well Conserved Following Elective Cardiac Surgery Despite Use Of Cell Salvage And Transfusion Guided By Peripheral Hematocrit
Nelson M; Spiess B; Kearney J; Reddy P; Green J; Brinster D; Nicolato P; Kasirajan V
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

89 Pain Levels after Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Results for the first 7 days
Cogan J; Lebon J; Rochon A; Ayoub C; Deschamps A; Bouchard D; Qizilbash B; Denault A; Couture P; Hemmings G; Toledano K; Taillefer J; Blain R; Belisle S
Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

90 The Effect of Single-Dose Etomidate for Anesthetic Induction on Adrenal Function and Cytokine Response in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Rodriguez Y; Candiotti K; Vaughn J; Nhuch F; Barron M
UM/ JMH, Miami, Florida, United States

91 ANATOMIC CHANGES AFTER SURGERY FOR HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: SEPTUM, LVOT, MITRAL VALVE
HILLEL Z; SWISTEL D; BALARAM S; KULCSAR Z; KALAL K; SHERRID M
ST LUKES-ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA

92 The Pocket Echocardiograph: Validation and Feasibility
Culp B; Mock J; Chiles C; Culp, Jr. W
The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine/ Scott and White Hospital, Temple, TX, USA

93 Anesthetic considerations for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement- Initial Experience from South East Asia
SUBRAMANI S; YUEN S
SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL, SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

94 BONE MARROW-DERIVED PROGENITOR CELLS AND ATHEROMA BURDEN IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS
Bhatt H; Swaminathan M; Povsic T; Phillips-Bute B; Adams S; Zhou J; Peterson E; Mathew J; Milano C; Mackensen G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

95 Quantitative echocardiographic assessment of the mitral valve: comparing 2D versus 3D and novice versus expert
McCleish L; Cobey F; Rivera J; Phillips-Bute B; Swaminathan M; Mackensen G
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

96 Clevidipine in a Cardiac Surgical ICU: Extended Clincal Use
Klopman M; Cabalza J; Paciullo C; Zellinger M; Levy J
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

97 Curriculum Management and Asynchronous Communication in Graduate Medical Education: Modeling a Clinical Fellowship
Haddy S
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

98 Acute RV failure with right-to-left shunt through PFO during liver transplantation.
Faraci J; Shillcutt S; Montzingo C
UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA

99 The validity of an Oxygenation Index for reflecting reperfusion injury in children undergoing pulmonary artery ballooning
Yacouby S; Mossad E
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

100 Quantification of tricuspid valve geometry using real time 3D TEE
Robinson P; Seres T
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

101 The Use of an Endotracheal Tube Introducer in a Tracheal Resection
Brandon M; Martinelli S; Feins R; Ben-Or S
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA




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