Fifth International Conference on Pediatric Cardiac Devices

描述（由申请人提供）： 第五届儿科机械循环支持系统和儿科心脏灌注国际会议将于2009年5月28日至30日在德克萨斯州达拉斯的希尔顿阿纳托尔酒店举行。这次会议将与美国人工内部食人魔协会（ASAIO）第55届年会一起举行，但它将是科学独立的，ASAIO只参与行政任务，如登记和住房。儿科心脏外科医生，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，科学家和护士被邀请参加这一独特的学术活动。 本次会议的主要目的是集中在当前的问题与儿科心脏病患者期间和之后的急性或慢性心脏支持。本次会议将汇集尽可能多的杰出临床医生，生物工程师和基础科学家，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：小儿心脏辅助装置;轴向泵、离心泵、旋转泵和脉动泵; ECMO;小儿心肺转流术、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;未来小儿心脏泵的新型设计;机械循环支持的机构间登记; I期缓解后的机械辅助;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，包括主要说明，邀请，幻灯片和海报演示者的手稿，将被同行评审，并发表在2010年1月至2月的ASAIO杂志上。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Fifth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion will be held at the Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, May 28-30, 2009. This conference will be held together with the American Society for Artificial Internal Ograns (ASAIO) 55th Annual Conference, but it will be scientifically independent with ASAIO only involved in adminstrative tasks, such as registration and housing. Pediatric heart surgeons, biomedical engineers, cardiologists, intensivists, anesthesiologists, pediatric perfusionists, scientists,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. This conference will bring together as many distinguished clinicians, bioengineerins, and basic scientists as possible, in order to precisely define the current problems and suggest solutions with novel approaches. This will be the only national/international conference that focuses 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. Manuscripts from all contributors, including key note, invited, slide and poster presenters, will be peer-reviewed and published in the January-February 2010 issue of the ASAIO Journal. (End of Abstract)