Aortic Valve Replacement in the Setting of Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (Video)
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To determine whether or not there was a significant difference between the methods of centrifugation (CF) and multiple-pass hemoconcentration (MPH) of the residual cardiopulmonary-bypass volume in relation to biochemical measurements and patient outcomes.
Dr. Claus Juergen Preusse discusses many aspects of myocardial protection during cardiopulmonary bypass (40:43 minutes).
CPB significantly increased the IR-mediated effects on pulmonary endothelial dysfunction. Therefore, the use of CPB during lung transplantation could be deleterious, by increasing endothelial dysfunction.