Outcomes of the eighth international conference on pediatric mechanical circulatory support systems and pediatric cardiopulmonary perfusion

The Eighth International Conference on PediatricMechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediat-ric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion was held at the Gal-atasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 13–16,2012 (Fig. 1).Atıf Akçevin, MD, was the local chair ofthe conference. The scienti?c co-chairs of the eighthevent were Atıf Akçevin, Tijen Alkan-Bozkaya,I?hsan Bakır, Hakan Ceyran, Yves Durandy,Huriyet Ersayin-Kantas, Colleen E. Gruenwald,David Palanzo, Linda Pauliks, Kerem Pekkan, ChitraRavishankar, Eugen Sandica, Kyung Sun, RızaTürköz, Akif Ündar, Bonnie Weaver, and John L.Myers.