Welcome Address May I kindly invite you to the 25th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists (EACTA) that will be held in the historic city of Edinburgh from Wednesday 9th until Friday 11th June 2010. The venue for the meeting is the prestigious Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) located in the centre of the Scottish capital. The meeting is designed for all anaesthesiologists who specialise in providing anaesthesia, critical care and pain relief for patients undergoing cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery from all over Europe and beyond. Although the great majority of delegates will be anaesthesiologists, the meeting is also relevant to perfusionists and nurses who work in the areas of cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care. Scientific presentation lies at the core of the meeting and large part of the programme is devoted oral and poster presentations. If you have been undertaking new research, this is great opportunity to present your work to an international scientific forum. The scientific committee selects presentations for oral and poster presentations all get the opportunity to deliver their presentation orally. The deadline of submission of abstracts for presentation at the meeting is the 3rd January 2010. Even if you are not undertaking research, the scientific presentations are great way to find out what is up-and-coming in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care. In addition to the scientific programme, there will be sessions devoted to cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiac, congenital, thoracic, vascular and transplantation anaesthesia, intensive care, complications of cardiac surgery and echocardiography. The targeted sessions are designed to provide delegates with the best current thinking relevant to these areas of anaesthesia. Over and above these sessions, there will be state-of-the-art lectures on important areas of cardiothoracic anaesthesia. The lecture programme will be supplemented by a thoracic workshop focusing on techniques of lung isolation and trans-oesophageal echocardiography accreditation exam. Whilst the scientific and educational programme is at the heart of the meeting, EACTA 2010 will be an opportunity to visit the Scottish capital. Edinburgh is charming, vibrant, historic and famed for its exciting year-round programme of cultural events and festivals. In the city’s compact centre, the Old and New Towns are designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The skyline of Edinburgh is instantly recognisable with Edinburgh Castle perched high above the city on an ancient volcanic plug. The Scottish capital and seat of its parliament, offers over sixty galleries, five major performing art theatres, a host of wide-ranging visitor attractions, an extensive range of quality accommodation and more restaurants per head of population than anywhere else in the UK. Edinburgh also boasts a centuries long tradition of excellence in both science and the arts with Charles Darwin, James Young Simpson, Alexander Fleming, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sean Connery and JK Rowling just a few of the famous names who have lived, worked or studied here. In the 18th Century, Edinburgh was a major centre for the Enlightenment earning it the nickname of ‘Athens of the North’. However, it has also had its darker inhabitants. The body snatchers Burke and Hare, did not just rob graves to obtain corpses to sell to the anatomist Robert Knox, for dissection – but also committed serial murders to do so. Today the city is a global leader in many areas of research and development in medicine, new technologies and the life sciences. Indeed, the first mammal ever to be cloned - Dolly the sheep - occurred in Edinburgh. It is also a major educational centre with four Universities as well as being a financial capital. So please join us in Edinburgh from Wednesday 9th to Friday 11 June 2010 for the 25th Annual Meeting of EACTA. R Peter Alston MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA.

MCI Travel Grant

To help doctors, from less strong economic countries, to participate in future EACTA meetings MCI and the Directory Board has decided to offer of to 10 Travel grants.

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Chairman EACTA 2010
Peter Alston
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• Cognitive outcome and CABG surgery: a case of the Emperor’s new clothes?
• Can Computerised perioperative data be used to improve outcome from cardiac surgery?
• Renal failure after neonatal heart surgery; prevention and management
• GUCH (Grown-ups with congenital heart disease)
• Improving outcome from CPB
• Guidelines and cardiopulmonary bypass
• Anaesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass
• TOE imaging of the right heart with congenital heart disease
• Anatomy of the right heart
• Echocardiographic imaging of right heart function
• Future pro- and anti-coagulants
• Blood transfusion and heart surgery
• Vasopressin in the ICU; friend or foe
• Coronary stent thrombosis in the peri-operative period: prevention and treatment
• TOE for all
• The operation was a success but the patient died; what is a meaningful outcome?
• The UK pneumonectomy outcome study
• How to avoid pneumonectomy: Role of bronchial and vascular sleeve resection
• Anaesthesia for anterior mediastinal masses
• General versus regional anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy
• Pre-operative risk assessment: biomarkers versus exercise testing