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Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Evolving Devices and Indications for Use in Ischemic Heart Disease

This review describes current indications for the use of these devices, the types of pumps now available, criteria for initiating ventricular assist device support, complications of their use, and new applications such as a platform for stem cell therapy for treatment of end-stage heart failure.

Propofol is Cardioprotective in a Clinically Relevant Model of Normothermic Blood Cardioplegic Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Propofol may therefore be a useful adjunct to cardioplegic solutions as well as being an appropriate anesthetic for cardiac surgery.

Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass Increases Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation during Combined Valve Surgery: A Single-Centre, Randomized Trial

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two different temperature regimens during CPB on the systemic oxygen transport and the cerebral oxygenation during surgical correction of acquired heart diseases.