EACTA awards – Florence 2014

Prizewinners for best Scientific Presentations at EACTA Annual Congress 2014 in Florence:

Best posters:

1st prize: € 700
A comparison of the efficacy and adverse effects of double-lumen endobronchial tubes and bronchial blockers for lung isolation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

by: Sinclair A, Clayton-Smith A, Bennett K, Adams G, Brown G, Hawthorne T, Hu MK, Tan J, Alston RP
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

2nd prize: € 500
The relationship between hospital surgery volume and surgical outcomes following oesophageal cancer resection
by: Otake H
Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

3rd prize: € 400
Ultrasound acquired cardiac power integral: minimally invasive instantaneous monitoring of cardiac energy delivery in the failing heart

by: Rimehaug AE, Aadahl P, Lyng O, Løvstakken L, Nordhaug DO, Kirkeby-Garstad I
Norweigian University of Science and Technology, Tronheim, Norway

Best oral presentations:

1st prize: € 1,000
Acute myocardial and skeletal muscle injury after serial transthoracic shocks as detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in swine

by: Güensch DP, Fischer K, Yu J, Nadeshalingam G, Friedrich MG
Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland and Montreal Heart Institute, Philippa & Marvin Carsley CMR Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

2nd prize: € 700
In vitro endothelial cell barrier disruption after exposure to plasma from patients subjected to cardiopulmonary bypass

by: Boer C, Overmars M, Koning N, van den Brom C, Amerongen GVN
VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3rd prize: € 600
Effect of anti-platelet drugs on platelet microparticles during on-pump cardiac surgery

by: Tempo J, Englyst N, Holloway J, Smith D
University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK