Is Time on Cardiopulmonary Bypass during Cardiac Surgery Associated with Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis?
We investigated the relationship between CPB duration and ARF-D occurrence.
The Rationale for Platelet Transfusion during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: An Observational Study
The objectives of this study were to determine the factors that influenced physicians' decisions to transfuse platelets perioperatively and to determine whether these factors coincide with characteristics using chart abstraction.
Aortic Cross-Clamp Time, New Prostheses, and Outcome in Aortic Valve Replacement
A number of sutureless bioprosthetic aortic valves have been recently introduced in clinical practice, their main advantage being a reduction in the aortic cross-clamp time (AXCT).
ECMO Cannula Review
This paper reviews the basic fluid dynamics underlying extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannula design.