Abbrev

Organisation / Website

AAGBI

AAGBI

ASA	American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/

ASE	American Society of Echocardiography http://www.asecho.org/

ANAES

Anaesthesia

ARTrust

Anaesthesia Research Trust http://www.anaesthesiaresearch.org.uk

ALACTO

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Anestesiologos Cardiotoracicos http://www.alacto.com

ACTA	Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists http://www.acta.org.uk/

BSE	British Society of Echocardiography http://www.bcs.com/affiliates/bse.html

Duke	Duke Cardiothoracic and Regional Update http://anesthesia.duhs.duke.edu/ctu

ECHO

ECHO

EUROPE

Europe

EACTA

European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists http://www.eacta.org/

EACTS

European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons http://www.eacts.org/

EAE	European Association of Echocardiography http://www.escardio.org/bodies/associations/EAE/

ESA	European Society of Anaesthesiologists http://www.euroanesthesia.org/

ESJV	European Society of Jet Ventilation http://www.esjv.org/

ESRA	European Society of Regional Anaesthesia http://www.esraeurope.org/

HACS	Haematology Associated with Cardiac Surgery

INTENSIVE

Intensive Care

ICS	Intensive Care Society http://www.ics.ac.uk/

INT	International

IARS	International Anesthesia Research Society http://www.iars.org/

NHLI	National Heart and Lung Institute http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/

Other

Other

RCOA	Royal College of Anaesthetists http://www.rcoa.ac.uk//

RSM	Royal Society of Medicine http://www.rsm.ac.uk/

SCTS	Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons http://www.scts.org/

SCA	Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists http://www.scahq.org/

SURGICAL

Surgical

ICH	The Institute of Child Health http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk

UK

UK