The is a video CME module from the Mechaisms 2011 Perfusion Conference (220 minutes). The ABCP has awarded 4.4 Category I CEUs for this video presentation.
We documented the association between coagulation activation and organ dysfunction to investigate whether coagulation activation also plays a role in organ injury following cardiac surgery with CPB.
Despite the observed rates of device malfunction and replacement, LVAD implantation confers clinically significant improvement with regard to survival as compared with medical management.
