SCA 24
INHALED AEROSOLIZED ILOPROST MITIGATES RESIDUAL PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AFTER PULMONARY THROMBENDARTERECTOMY
Eberle B¹, Kramm T², Guth S², Mayer E²
Departments of Anesthesiology¹ and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery², Johannes Gutenberg University Med School, Mainz, Germany

SCA 25
A PULSATILE PRESSURE WAVEFORM IS A SENSITIVE MARKER FOR CONFIRMING THE LOCATION OF THE THORACIC EPIDURAL SPACE.
Umedaly HS¹, Lennox PH¹, White SA¹, Grant RP¹, Fitzmaurice BG¹, Evans KG²
Departments of Anesthesia¹ and Surgery², Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

SCA 26
IS THERE A BETTER ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE FOR LUNG ISOLATION? A COMPARISON OF THREE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES: A LEFT-SIDED DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE BRONCHO-CATH, A SINGLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WITH AN ENCLOSED BRONCHIAL BLOCKER (TORQUE CONTROL BLOCKER UNIVENT
Campos JH, Kernstine KH
University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa

SCA 27
HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA/ANALGESIA (HTEA) IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL.
de Paulis S
Cardiac Anesthesia And Intensive Care, Policlinico "A. Gemelli" Hospital, Ucsc Rome University, Roma, Italy

SCA 28
CLINICAL RISK FACTORS FOR PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER THORACIC SURGERY
Gabovich N, Amar D¹, Barrera R², Shi W³, Thaler HT³, Wilson RS¹
Anesthesiology¹, Critical Care Medicine² and Biostatistics³, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

SCA 29 IMPACT OF INSPIRED GAS MIXTURES ON OXYGENATION AND SURGICAL CONDITIONS DURING ONE LUNG VENTILATION
Ko R¹, Kruger M¹, McRae K¹, Darling G², Waddell T², Morrice D¹, Cheung K¹, Katz J¹, Slinger PD¹
Department of Anesthesia¹ and Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery², Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada