FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PEDIATRIC CARDIAC DEVICES

描述（由申请人提供）： 第四届小儿机械循环支持系统和小儿心脏灌注国际会议将于2008年5月22日至24日在俄勒冈州波特兰的希尔顿波特兰和行政大楼酒店举行。儿科心脏外科医生，科学家，生物医学工程师，心脏病专家，重症监护医生，麻醉师，儿科灌注师和护士被邀请参加这一独特的学术活动。本次会议的主要目标是重点关注当前与儿科心脏病患者在急性或慢性心脏支持期间和之后相关的问题。在这次会议上，我们将汇集尽可能多的杰出医生和科学家，以准确定义当前的问题，并提出新方法的解决方案。这将是唯一一个专注于儿科心脏病患者的国家/国际会议。主要议题将包括小儿心脏辅助设备;轴向，离心，旋转和脉动泵; ECMO;小儿心肺转流，小儿心肺机和膜式氧合器;脉动与非脉动灌注;纳米技术;小儿心脏移植;急性和慢性支持期间的全身炎症;计算流体动力学;未来儿科心脏泵的新设计，机械循环支持的机构间登记，I期姑息治疗后的机械辅助;凝血问题;小移植物保存的新策略;用于心脏成像的新型微机械超声换能器以及急性和慢性机械循环支持对新生儿和婴儿重要器官的影响。科学计划将包括主题演讲，特邀讲座，定期幻灯片演示和主持海报演示。来自所有贡献者的手稿，包括主要说明，邀请，幻灯片和海报演示者将进行同行评审，并将发表在2008年11月至12月的美国人工内部器官协会（ASAIO）杂志上。第四届小儿机械循环支持系统和小儿心脏灌注国际会议将于2008年5月22日至24日在俄勒冈州波特兰的希尔顿波特兰和行政大楼酒店举行。本次会议的主要目标是重点关注当前与儿科心脏病患者在急性或慢性心脏支持期间和之后相关的问题。这将是唯一一个专注于儿科心脏病患者的国家/国际会议。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): The Fourth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion will be held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower hotel, Portland, Oregon, May 22-24, 2008. Pediatric heart surgeons, scientists, biomedical engineers, cardiologists, intensivists, anesthesiologists, pediatric perfusionists, and nurses are invited to attend this unique academic event. The main objective of this conference is to focus on the current problems associated with pediatric cardiac patients during and after acute or chronic cardiac support. In this conference, we will bring together as many distinguished physicians and scientists as possible, in order to precisely define the current problems and to suggest solutions with novel approaches. This will be the only national/international conference to focus solely on pediatric cardiac patients. The main topics will include pediatric cardiac assist devices; axial, centrifugal, rotary, and pulsatile pumps; ECMO; pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass, pediatric heart-lung machines and membrane oxygenators; pulsatile versus non-pulsatile perfusion; nanotechnology; pediatric heart transplantation; systemic inflammation during acute and chronic support; computational fluid dynamics; novel designs of future pediatric heart pumps, Interagency registry for mechanical circulatory support, mechanical assist following stage I palliation; coagulation issues; new strategies for preservation of small grafts; novel micromachined ultrasound transducers for cardiac imaging and the effects of acute and chronic mechanical circulatory support on vital organs in neonates and infants. The scientific program will include Keynote Lectures, Invited lectures, Regular Slide Presentations and Moderated Poster Presentations. The manuscripts from all of the contributors including key note, invited, slide and poster presenters will be peer-reviewed and will be published in the November-December 2008 issue of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Journal. The Fourth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion will be held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower hotel, Portland, Oregon, May 22-24, 2008. The main objective of this conference is to focus on the current problems associated with pediatric cardiac patients during and after acute or chronic cardiac support. This will be the only national/international conference to focus solely on pediatric cardiac patients. (End of Abstract)