EACTA awards – Barcelona 2013
Prizewinners for best Scientific Presentations at EACTA Annual Meeting 2013 in BarcelonaPoster presentations
Third prize €300
A comparison of interindividual variability between thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM): preliminary data Lynne Anderson, Katrina Dick, Robyn Smith, Alistair Macfie, Andrew Grant1, Andrew Clark, Myra McAdam, Karim Elkasrawy, Andrew Sinclair.
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK
Second prize €400
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in the modified deep transgastric right ventricle view as an alternative for right ventricular function assessment
Anna Flo, Elham Hasheminejad, Sarah Eibel, Chirojit Mukherjee, Jörg Ender.
Herzzentrum, Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig, Germany.
First Prize €600
Milrinone relaxes pulmonary veins in precision-cut lung slices from guinea pigs and humans
Annette D Rieg, Alberto Perez-Bouza,Till Braunschweig1,Thomas Schroeder, Jan W Spillner1, Rüdiger Autschbach, Eva Verjans, Gereon Schälte, Rolf Rossaint, Stefan Uhlig, Christian Martin, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Luisenhospital, Aachen, Aachen,Germany
Oral Presentations
Third prize €600
Feasibility of contrast echocardiography in assessment of total aortic regurgitation following TAVI
Marian Kukucka, Miralem Pasic, Alexander Mladenow, Hermann Kuppe, Helmut Habazettl,
German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Second Prize €800
Aetiology of preoperative anaemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Matthew Hung, Andrew Klein, Erik Ortmann,, Marcus Ghosh, Fiona Bottrill, Martin Besser,
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
First Prize €1,000
Association between platelet count and platelet function in paediatric cardiac surgery
Birgitta Romlin, Fredrik Söderlund, Anders Jeppsson,
Anaesthesia-Intensive Care, Gothenburg, Sweden