Cannulation Strategies in Adult Veno-arterial and Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Techniques, Limitations, and Special Considerations

Optimizing Intraoperative Cerebral Oxygen Delivery Using Noninvasive Cerebral Oximetry Decreases the Incidence of Stroke for Cardiac Surgical Patients

The treatment group, which underwent all cardiac surgeries with optimized cerebral oxygen delivery using cerebral oximetry monitoring, demonstrated a signifi- cantly lower incidence of permanent stroke. Because our study is retrospective, a prospective randomized trial is warranted.

The Current Status of ECMO Therapy and Its Implications

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a more or less accepted standard in the algorithm of advanced acute respiratory distress syndrome therapy in adult patients when all other treatment options have failed.

Significance of Positive Mediastinal Cultures in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure Patients Undergoing Delayed Sternal Closure

Patients with positive mediastinal cultures obtained at DSC had a significantly higher rate of subsequent SSI