Blood Warm Reperfusion: A Necessary Adjunct to Heart-Valve Surgery in Low-Risk Patients?
The aim of this prospective, randomized study was to determine whether blood warm reperfusion improves myocardial protection provided by cold crystalloid cardioplegia in patients undergoing first-time elective heart-valve surgery, using cardiac troponin I release as the criterion for evaluating the adequacy of myocardial protection.
Autologous Fibrin Matrices: A Potential Source of Biological Mediators that Modulate Tendon Cell Activities
The use of autologous fibrin matrices has been proposed as a therapeutic strategy for the local and physiological delivery of growth factors in the treatment of several clinical conditions requiring tendon healing or tendon graft remodelling.
A Review of the Effects of Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Platelet Derived Growth Factor on in Vivo Cartilage Healing and Repair
Growth factors may enhance current cartilage repair techniques via multiple mechanisms including recruitment of chondrogenic cells (chemotaxis), stimulation of chondrogenic cell proliferation (mitogenesis) and enhancement of cartilage matrix synthesis.
Reliability of Point-Of-Care Hematocrit, Blood Gas, Electrolyte, Lactate and Glucose Measurement During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
In this prospective clinical study, the analytical performance of the GEM Premier 3000 was compared with the Ciba Corning 865 analyser for blood gas/electrolytes/metabolites, and for hematocrit with the Sysmex XE 2100 instrument.
Use of a Large Bore Syringe Creates Significantly Fewer High Intensity Transient Signals (HITS) Into a Cardiopulmonary Bypass System Than a Small Bore Syringe
Significantly fewer HITS are introduced into the CPB system by using standard syringes and slower injection time.
Bubbles and Bypass: An Update
Bubbles in the bloodstream are not a normal condition - yet they remain a fact of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), having been extensively studied and documented since its inception some 50 years ago.
Does Modified Ultrafiltration Reduce the Systemic Inflammatory Response to Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass?
This paper reviews the data regarding the use of MUF in paediatric and adult settings.
Reliability of Point-Of-Care Hematocrit, Blood Gas, Electrolyte, Lactate and Glucose Measurement During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
In this prospective clinical study, the analytical performance of the GEM Premier 3000 was compared with the Ciba Corning 865 analyser for blood gas/electrolytes/metabolites, and for hematocrit with the Sysmex XE 2100 instrument.
Use of a Large Bore Syringe Creates Significantly Fewer High Intensity Transient Signals (HITS) Into a Cardiopulmonary Bypass System Than a Small Bore Syringe
Significantly fewer HITS are introduced into the CPB system by using standard syringes and slower injection time.
Bubbles and Bypass: An Update
Bubbles in the bloodstream are not a normal condition - yet they remain a fact of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), having been extensively studied and documented since its inception some 50 years ago.
Does Modified Ultrafiltration Reduce the Systemic Inflammatory Response to Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass?
This paper reviews the data regarding the use of MUF in paediatric and adult settings.
Bubbles and Bypass: An Update
Bubbles in the bloodstream are not a normal condition - yet they remain a fact of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), having been extensively studied and documented since its inception some 50 years ago.