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Neurologic complications after cardiac surgery are of growing importance for an aging surgical population. In this review, we provide a critical appraisal of the impact of current cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) management strategies on neurologic complications.

Here we demonstrate that an anticoagulant aptamer-antidote pair targeting factor IXa can replace heparin and protamine in a porcine CPB model and also limit the adverse effects on thrombin generation, inflammation, and cardiac physiology associated with heparin and protamine use.

This study has been designed to analyse what peri-operative variables may be associated with loss or gain in RCV due to bleeding or transfusion.

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We report our operative and postoperative outcomes for cases of aortic arch replacement using whole-body perfusion during aortic reconstruction under 28 degrees C moderate hypothermia.

We report our experience in supporting pediatric cardiac surgical patients with intra-aortic balloon pumping.

Cognitive difficulties have been reported after coronary artery bypass graft surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass.

We investigated the effect of cardiotomy suction blood on systemic vascular resistance in vivo and whether cell-saver processing of suction blood affects the vascular response.

We sought to assess the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and profound hypothermic circulatory arrest on plasma cefazolin levels administered for antimicrobial prophylaxis in cardiovascular surgery.

The goal of this study was to determine whether hyperglycemia in the postoperative period was associated with increased morbidity or mortality.

We looked at the effect of APT070, an anti-complement agent, on human blood during in vitro CPB.

To evaluate the myocardial protective effect of nicorandil when used as an adjuvant to cold hyperkalaemic cardioplegia in open-heart surgery.