PEDIATRIC MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYSTEMS

描述(申请人提供)：首届儿科机械循环支持系统和儿科心肺灌注国际会议将于2005年5月19日至21日在宾夕法尼亚州好时酒店举行。儿科心脏外科医生、科学家、生物医学工程师、心脏病专家、重症医生、麻醉师、儿科灌注师和护士应邀参加这一独特的学术活动。本次会议的主要目的是关注儿科心脏病患者在急性或慢性心脏支持期间和之后存在的问题。在这次会议上，我们将尽可能多地召集杰出的医生和科学家，以便准确地定义当前的问题，并用新的方法提出解决方案。这将是唯一一次专门关注儿科心脏病患者的国内/国际会议。 主要主题包括：儿科心脏辅助装置；轴流泵、离心泵、旋转泵和脉动泵；体外循环；儿科体外循环、儿科心肺机和膜式氧合器；搏动性和非搏动性灌流；儿科心脏瓣膜；儿科心脏和肺移植；急慢性支持期间的全身炎症；超滤；计算流体力学；未来儿科心脏泵的新设计；急慢性机械循环支持对新生儿和婴儿重要器官的影响。 科学计划将包括主旨演讲、特邀演讲、定期幻灯片演示和主持的海报演示。我们还将包括NHLBI儿科循环支持补助金获得者特别小组，他们将被邀请出席本次会议。所有撰稿人，包括主讲人、特邀演讲人、幻灯片演讲者和海报演讲者的手稿都将经过同行评审，并将在2005年11月至12月的《ASAIO期刊》上发表。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The First International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion will be held at the Hershey Hotel, Hershey, Pennsylvania, May 19-21, 2005. 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; pediatric heart valves; pediatric heart and lung transplantation; systemic inflammation during acute and chronic support; ultrafiltration; computational fluid dynamics; novel designs of future pediatric heart pumps, 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. We will also include a Special Panel for the NHLBI's Pediatric Circulatory Support grant awardees who will be invited to present in this conference. 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 2005 issue of the ASAIO Journal.