Tools and Procedures for ex vivo Vein Arterialization, Preconditioning and Tissue Engineering: A Step Forward to Translation to Combat the Consequences of Vascular Graft Remodeling
The present contribution reviews recent progress in bioengineering approaches used to mimic arterial hemodynamic conditions in vascular grafts and vessel substitutes used in vascular surgery.
Hybrid Approach Combining Off-Pump CABG with Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation via Median Sternotomy
He underwent a novel hybrid treatment approach combining off-pump CABG and transapical aortic valve implantation via a median sternotomy
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury in Cardiac Surgery Patients is Characterized by Pulmonary Inflammation and Coagulopathy: A Prospective Nested Case-Control Study
The objective of the present study was to determine inflammation and coagulation pathways involved in the onset of transfusion-related acute lung injury.
Association of Blood Transfusion with Increased Mortality in Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis and Diversity-Adjusted Study Sequential Analysis
The benefit of blood transfusion in patients with myocardial infarction is controversial, and a possibility of harm exists.
Custodiol versus Blood Cardioplegia in Complex Cardiac Operations: An Australian Experience
We hypothesized that a single administration of Bretschneider histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) crystalloid solution (Custodiol) offers myocardial protection comparable with repeated tepid blood cardioplegia.
Late Pharmacologic Conditioning with Volatile Anesthetics after Cardiac Surgery
The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate whether volatile anesthetics used for postoperative sedation have any beneficial effects on myocardial injury in cardiac surgery patients after on-pump valve replacement.
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning: The Surgeon’s Perspective
Remote ischemic preconditioning, with the use of brief episodes of ischemia and reperfusion of vascular territories remote from the heart, has been shown convincingly to decrease myocardial injury.
Clinical Outcome of the PAS-Port Proximal Anastomosis System in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in 201 Patients
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of the PAS-Port® Proximal Anastomosis System.
Pulmonary Perfusion with Oxygenated Blood or Custodiol HTK Solution during Cardiac Surgery for Postoperative Pulmonary Function in COPD Patients
The Pulmonary Protection Trial (PP-Trial) randomizes 90 patients undergoing CPB-dependent cardiac surgery to evaluate whether pulmonary perfusion with oxygenated blood or custodiol HTK solution reduces postoperative pulmonary dysfunction in COPD patients.
Effects of Circuit Residual Volume Salvage Reinfusion on the Postoperative Clinical Outcome for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of washed cardiopulmonary (CPB) circuit residual blood reinfusion on the postoperative clinical outcome for pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Strategic and Operational Aspects of a Transfusion-Free Neonatal Arterial Switch Operation
At our institution, a 3.5 kg neonate, born to a family of Jehovah's Witnesses and postnatally diagnosed with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) and a small muscular ventricular septal defect, underwent a successful arterial switch operation without blood or platelet transfusion.
Effects of 60 Minutes of Hyperoxia Followed by Normoxia before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on the Inflammatory Response Profile and Myocardial Injury
Pre-treatment by 60 minutes of hyperoxia did not reduce postoperative leak of cTn T in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.