EACTA 2012

The 27^th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May 23^rd – 25^th, 2012

Edited by
Bodil Steen Rasmussen (Denmark)
John Manners (United Kingdom)

EACTA 2012 Abstract Committee:
Marcus Lancé (The Netherlands)
Jan Hofland (The Netherlands)
Benedikt Preckel (The Netherlands)
Bas Gerritse (The Netherlands)
Wulf Dietrich (Germany)
Jouko Jalonen (Finland)
Romuald Lango (Poland)
Vladimir Lomivorotov (Russia)
David Charles Smith (UK)
Alain Vuylsteke (UK)
Bodil Steen Rasmussen (Denmark)

Contents

Invited speakers

Haemodynamic control and clinical outcomes in the perioperative setting
Solomon Aronson
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Anaesthesia and cancer surgery: Is there an effect on outcome?
James G. Bovill
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Potential errors and their prevention in operating teamwork
Filip de Somer
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Use of the cell saver in blood management
Hans de Vries 
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Effects of balanced infusion fluids on acid base and kidney function
Paul W. G. Elbers
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Advanced external pacing workshop
K. C. Gilpin, A. Vuylsteke
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Bloodless cardiopulmonary bypass for neonates and infants: an ultimate teamwork achievement
Hanna D. Golab-Schwarz
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Preoperative anaemia and patient blood management
H. Gombotz
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Thromboelastometry-guided coagulation management
Klaus Görlinger
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Coronary artery by-pass surgery in elderly patients: Results of on-pump and off-pump techniques
K. Houlind
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Intraoperative TOE: How do we match effectiveness with comprehensiveness
John Kneeshaw
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Fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate and platelets: Evidence and risks
Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker
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A changing perspective – Teamwork, women
Idit Matot
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Understanding tissue oxygenation
Egbert G. Mik
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Training in cardiovascular anaesthesia: The European experience, a visionary perspective
Chirojit Mukherjee
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Non-conventional bypass systems – Teamwork
John Mulholland
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Cardiovascular anaesthesia & TOE training in Japan or Asia
Minoru Nomura, Mayo Nunokawa, Takae Kawamura
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Point of care coagulation during a cardiac surgery:  How to use the Rotem®
Minoru Nomura, Satoshi Kurokawa, Nobuko Fujita, Yusuke Seino
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Cardiovascular CT: Hype or paradigm – Multi slice CT value in cardiac workup algorhytm
Gianluca Pontone
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Remote conditioning: Molecular mechanisms and clinical relevance
Benedikt Preckel
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Anaesthesia and cognitive function
David L. Reich, Suzan Uysal
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The Jehovah factor in patient blood management in cardiac surgery
Peter M. J. Rosseel
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Preventing damage in single lung ventilation – New insights in the pathophysiology of lung and upper airway injury
Gert Jan Scheffer
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How I do anaesthesia for the Norwood procedure
E. Schindler
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Team performance in paediatric cardiac surgery
Ton Schouten
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Perioperative insulin resistance and outcome
Thomas Schricker
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Lung protective mechanical ventilation in paediatric cardiac surgery
Thierry V. Scohy
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Do inhalational anaesthetics provide clinically relevant cardioprotection in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery?
Manfred D. Seeberger
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To train a multidisciplinary operation team – Impact of team training on procedure outcome
Paul Sergeant, Jan Van Hemelrijck
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From the art of teamwork to the science of team performance in the operating room
Nick Sevdalis
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Aortic surgery: Monitoring and prevention of spinal cord injuries – “Teamwork”
George Silvay
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Praying for healthy bodies and healthy minds
Yoanna Skrobik
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Pre- and intra-operative management of the patient for thoracic anaesthesia, teamwork
Peter Slinger
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Anaesthetic management for lung transplantation
Peter Slinger
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Human error in medicine: Change in cardiac operating rooms through the FOCUS initiative
Bruce D. Spiess
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Critical oxygen delivery, the microcirculation and cardiac surgery: What we know now and need to know!
Bruce D. Spiess
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Guidelines: Blessing or evidence?
C. Spies, M. Kastrup, J. P. Braun
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Delirium in the ICU patient
C. Spies
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Blood pressure management of patients undergoing carotid surgery
Mark Stoneham
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Peri-operative haemostasis
Kenichi Tanaka
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Anticoagulation therapy & monitoring during artificial instrumentation (IABP, LVAD, ECMO)
Kenichi Tanaka
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Intensive care effect of sedation and solution
Palle Toft
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Echo pearls: Highlights from the echocardiographic literature 2011
Joost van der Maaten, Joachim Erb
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Corticosteroids in cardiac surgery – A final answer?
Diederik van Dijk
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Minimally invasive surgery – Maximally interactive teamwork
Evolution of heart procedures – Evolution of (TAVI) teams
L. Van Garsse
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Myocardial protection and cardiac surgery
Harry B. van Wezel
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Problem solving during ECMO
Alain Vuylsteke, Andy Pybus
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Teamwork and progress: A viewpoint from the cardiovascular Institute of the Fuwai Hospital, Beijing
Weipeng Wang, Mingzheng Liu, Lei Chen, Fuxia Yan, Lihuan Li, Wei Wang, Shenshou Hu
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Relax: A practical approach to evaluate diastolic function in the operating room
Patrick Wouters
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Free oral sessions

Oral session I – ‘What about safety?’
Oral session II – Protection & prevention
Oral session III – Patient blood management
Oral session IV – Transplant & assist
Oral session V – Cardiac protection
Oral session VI – Risk & non-cardiac surgery
Oral session VII – Homeostasis
Oral session VIII – ‘New insights, new ideas’
Oral session IX – Microcirculation
Oral session X – Congenital & GUCH
Oral session XI – Preselected best orals
Oral session XIII – Intensive care
Oral session XIV – Outcome 
Oral session XV – Thoracic anaesthesia

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Free poster sessions

Oral session XII – Preselected best posters
Poster session I – Intensive care
Poster session II – Congenital & CUCH
Poster session III – Thoracic & non cardiac
Poster session IV – Patient blood management
Poster session V – Intensive care
Poster session VI – Cardiac protection
Poster session VII – Prevention & prediction
Poster session VIII – Cardiac anaesthesia

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