Apparent or Real Pros and Cons of Cardioplegic Reperfusions (EP Video)

Lumped Parameter Model for Heart Failure with Novel Regulating Mechanisms of Peripheral Resistance and Vascular Compliance

To research the change in the physiological mechanism between the heart failure (HF) patient and healthy persons, the physiology parameters, which include the myocardial contractility, systemic vascular resistance (SVR), and vascular compliance, were studied

Balanced Ultrafiltration: Inflammatory Mediator Removal Capacity

Respective ratios of inflammatory mediators in ultrafiltrate compared with plasma, as well as total amount of inflammatory mediators in the ultrafiltrate suggest that balanced ultrafiltration removes a limited portion of the total inflammatory mediator load.

Decreased Incidence of Low Output Syndrome with a Switch from Tepid to Cold Continuous Minimally Diluted Blood Cardioplegia in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Cold cardioplegia may provide better protection than tepid cardioplegia when minicardioplegia is used.