A Method to Reduce Allogeneic Blood Exposure and Hospital Costs While Preserving Clotting Factor Concentration After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
The Hemobag® technology allows the open-heart team to safely concentrate the residual CPB circuit contents and quickly return a high volume of clotting factors and blood cells back to the patient.
Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: A United States Multicenter Trial
In a prospective phase II Food and Drug Administration trial, robotic mitral valve repairs were performed in 112 patients at 10 centers by using the da Vinci surgical system.
Assessment of Hemostatic Activation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Bivalirudin: Results of a Pilot Study
This study was conducted to assess the effects of the currently suggested protocol for bivalirudin on hemostatic activation during cardiopulmonary bypass with and without cardiotomy suction.
Assessment of Hemostatic Activation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Bivalirudin: Results of a Pilot Study
This study was conducted to assess the effects of the currently suggested protocol for bivalirudin on hemostatic activation during cardiopulmonary bypass with and without cardiotomy suction.
Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: A United States Multicenter Trial
In a prospective phase II Food and Drug Administration trial, robotic mitral valve repairs were performed in 112 patients at 10 centers by using the da Vinci surgical system.
The Effect of Extracorporeal Life Support on the Brain: Cardiopulmonary Bypass
This article reviews the mechanisms of brain injury associated with cardiopulmonary bypass.
A Systematic Approach to the Understanding and Redesigning of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
We developed a system to capture and study detailed information during cardiac surgery that serves as a framework for understanding variation that occurs during CPB. The system allows the surgical team to link unwanted variation (ie, hypotension) and unwanted events (ie, the production of microemboli) to the processes of care.
Glucose and Insulin Influences on Heart and Brain in Cardiac Surgery
GIK may therefore serve to protect the myocardium and promote adequate cardiac and hemodynamic performance that would improve patient recovery.
For Heart Patients, Bypass Might be Best
Heart patients with two or more blocked arteries live longer if they have bypass surgery than if they have their arteries cleared out with angioplasty and propped open with wire-mesh devices called stents, a major study reports Thursday.
Cytomedix and Harvest Technologies Settle Patent Dispute
Cytomedix, Inc. (OTC BB:CYME.OB - News) today announced that it and Harvest Technologies Inc., located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have resolved a patent dispute related to the litigation between them to the mutual satisfaction of both companies.
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Does Not Reduce Lymphocyte Activation
In this study, we test the hypothesis that off-pump coronary bypass surgery might result in less lymphocyte activation than on-pump coronary surgery.
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Does Not Reduce Lymphocyte Activation
In this study, we test the hypothesis that off-pump coronary bypass surgery might result in less lymphocyte activation than on-pump coronary surgery.