Starting a Commercial TAVR Program: Important Lessons Learned (EP Video)
This presentation describes the lessons learned from starting a commercial TAVR program in a community-based hospital in Honolulu, HI. (54:49 minutes).
Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Repeat Offenders (EP Video)
This presentation will help illustrate the marked differences between acquired versus congenital heart disease in the adult population using both case studies and illustrations (60:34 minutes).
Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready? (EP Video)
Failure Mode Effects Analysis, FMEA, is a technique which will help us to be proactive for risk analysis. Perfusion safety will be defined and six steps to perfusion safety will be reviewed. Practical benefits to having a perfusion FMEA will be discussed to see if your perfusion program is ready for an emergency (45:59 minutes).
Cannulation Disaster Management (EP Video)
By understanding the nuances of minimally invasive cardiac surgical perfusion techniques one can hopefully avoid and if necessary successfully navigate most unexpected complications (47:58 minutes).
Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting after Substernal Gastric Tube Interposition for Esophageal Cancer
Preoperative computed tomography (CT) showed the feeding arteries of the gastric tube were in contact with the left internal mammary artery.
Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest using Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion is Safe for Elective Aortic Arch Surgery
We hypothesized that hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) can be performed with a low operative risk and does not add to the morbidity in elective procedures
Transfusion of Cell Saver Salvaged Blood in Neonates and Infants Undergoing Open Heart Surgery Significantly Reduces RBC and Coagulant Product Transfusions and Donor Exposures: Results of a Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Trial
Administration of cell saver blood significantly reduces the number of RBC and coagulant product transfusions and donor exposures in the immediate postoperative period.
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Cardioprotective Effects of Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning in Open Cardiac Surgery
To investigate the cardioprotective efficacy of remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) in cardiac surgery.
Intraoperative Blood Transfusion of One or Two Units of Packed Red Blood Cells is Associated with a Fivefold Risk of Stroke in Patients Undergoing Elective Carotid Endarterectomy
Intraoperative transfusion of one to two units of PRBCs is associated with a fivefold increase in stroke risk.
The Impact of a Restrictive Transfusion Trigger on Post-Operative Complication Rate and Well-Being Following Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomised Study
A restrictive transfusion protocol was not associated with worse outcome and resulted in a lower transfusion rate compared to the liberal policy.
β-Blockers and Volatile Anesthetics May Attenuate Cardioprotection by Remote Preconditioning in Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-analysis of 15 Randomized Trials
The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the factors affecting cardioprotection by remote preconditioning in adult cardiac surgery.
Bilateral Cerebral Perfusion via Right Axillary Artery Cannulation Alone in Aortic Arch Surgery
We describe a surgical technique that provides bilateral antegrade perfusion to the brain, via the right axillary artery, with no need of additional arterial lines or shunting devices.