30-Year Followup Demonstrates Prolonged Survival Benefit for Second Internal Mammary Artery in Propensity-Matched Groups (EP Video)

Bubbles in the bloodstream are not a normal condition - yet they remain a fact of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), having been extensively studied and documented since its inception some 50 years ago.

This study was designed to investigate the expression kinetics and patterns of plasma biomarkers throughout the pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedure to help predict those patients most at risk for complications.