Sponsors Main Sponsor Edwards Lifesciences has been a world leader in Critical Care products for more than 30 years, and continues to evolve with ICU needs. Edwards Lifesciences’ technologies offer continuous cardiac output with the FloTracTM Sensor and the VigileoTM Monitor, and the first real-time, continuous ScvO2 monitoring in adults and children with the PreSepTM and the PediaSatTM Oximetry Catheters. Additional leading Critical Care products include TruWaveTM Transducers, and MultiMedTM & VantexTM Catheters. Edwards has continued building on its heritage of leadership with the release of the FloTracTM System 3rd Generation and GlucoclearTM, the first continuous intravenous blood glucose monitoring system. Opening Symposium Wednesday 9th June 2010 0900 hrs Main Plenary Hall Sponsor The MAQUET Group is the global market leader for Medical Systems, focusing on the Operating Room (OR) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The integrated products of MAQUET are specially designed to deliver optimal clinical treatment and therapy concepts within acute care hospitals. MAQUET provides innovative medical solutions from three Divisions: Cardiovascular with products for cardiac assist (intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation therapy), coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair, aneurysm and vascular repair, peripheral interventions and extracorporeal circulation Critical Care for intensive care ventilators and anesthesia machines Surgical Workplaces for OR tables, lights and ceiling service units, prefabricated OR and ICU suites as well as telemedicine for the OR integration MAQUET is a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Swedish group of companies GETINGE AB, a company with over 2 billion euros in revenues (2008 fiscal year) and 12,800 employees worldwide. In 2008 MAQUET itself generated pro-forma revenues (including the acquisition of Datascope Corp.) of over 1 billion euros. The company now has 5,000 employees in 34 international sales and service organizations, as well as a network of more than 200 sales representatives. » www.maquet.com » www.getinge.com MAQUET - The Gold Standard. Industrial Symposium Thursday 10th June 2010 1330 hrs Sidlaw Hall Patient safety. Medical efficacy. Healthcare efficiency. They’re all priorities for leading healthcare providers. That’s why they turn to Covidien for the respiratory management products they depend on —from acute care to general and home care— thanks to a demonstrated record of safety, accuracy and ease of use. Hospitals and healthcare providers worldwide prefer Covidien’s patient monitoring, ventilation, and airway management, developed with the help of healthcare professionals to deliver performance and inspire confidence across the continuum of care. Industrial Symposium Wednesday 9th June 2010 1330 hrs Sidlaw Hall Fresenius Kabi is the global leader in colloid development and production. We offer a unique and comprehensive range of products and services for the hospital environment. We pride ourselves on our philosophy ‘Caring for Life’ aiming to improve the lives of seriously ill patients worldwide, not simply through the products we manufacture and distribute, but also through the services we provide.

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