A Perfusionist’s Role in Lung Transplant Preservation

Monitoring Activated Clotting Time for Combined Heparin and Aprotinin Application: An In Vitro Evaluation of a New Aprotinin-Insensitive Test Using SONOCLOT

new so-called 'aprotinin-insensitive' ACT test (SaiACT) has been developed for the SONOCLOT analyzer. In this study we evaluated and compared this new test for the SONOCLOT analyzer in vitro with an established kaolin-based ACT from HEMOCHRON (HkACT).

Reduction of Myocardial Reperfusion Injury by Aprotinin After Regional Ischemia and Cardioplegic Arrest

Aprotinin reduces reperfusion injury after regional ischemia and cardioplegic arrest. Protease inhibition may represent a molecular strategy to prevent postoperative myocardial injury after surgical revascularization with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Cannulation of the Extrathoracic Left Common Carotid Artery for Thoracic Aorta Operations Through Left Posterolateral Thoracotomy

The femoral artery is the usual site of arterial cannulation in thoracic aorta operations through left posterolateral thoracotomy that require cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA).