Improved Health-related Quality of Life after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Is Unrelated to Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
This prospective study was instituted to assess whether the use of the on-pump method or the off-pump method affects changes in health-related quality of life (QOL) as evaluated a year after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Isoflurane Preserves Central Nervous System Blood Flow During Intraoperative Cardiac Tamponade in Dogs
In dogs, intraoperative cardiac tamponade caused comparable changes in RBF under the different anesthetic techniques except that autoregulation was effective in maintaining RBF within the central nervous system only under isoflurane anesthesia.
Outcomes After Usage of a Quality Initiative Program for Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Comparison With On-Pump Surgery
OPCAB surgery using SAS in conjunction with a CEQI initiative improves outcomes for patients compared with on-pump CABG surgery.
Isolated Lung Perfusion With Melphalan for Resectable Lung Metastases: A Phase I Clinical Trial
Isolated lung perfusion with MN combined with pulmonary metastasectomy is feasible.
Platelet Transfusions and Adverse Outcomes
The authors retrospectively investigated adverse outcomes data on the 1,720 patients enrolled in these trials and compared the incidence of perioperative adverse events between patients that received and those who did not receive platelet transfusions.
Concomitant Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Bypass Surgery: Outcome of On-Pump and Off-Pump Techniques
Concomitant carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass is a safe and effective procedure in patients with significant coronary and carotid artery disease.
Lung Injury Persists in ECMO Survivors
Neonates who receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for intractable respiratory failure experience lung injury lasting into later childhood.
Occlusion Less in Radial-Artery Than Saphenous-Vein Bypass Grafts
In bypassing the right coronary artery or circumflex artery, radial-artery grafts provide better 1-year patency than saphenous-vein grafts, according to a report in the November 25th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Combining Liver Transplantation With Heart Surgery an Option
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) performed in a single operative procedure appears to be safe and effective in patients with severe coronary artery disease and end-stage liver disease, according to a look-back at the outcomes of five such procedures performed at a single institution.
The Hemochron Response RxDx Heparin and Protamine Dosing System
The Hemochron Response RxDx represents a complete anticoagulation management system for the cardiac surgical patient.
Internet-Based Virtual Classroom and Educational Management Software Enhance Students’ Didactic and Clinical Experiences in Perfusion Education Programs
Perfusion education students and faculty will have to work together to find computerbased offerings that are equivalent to traditional classroom methods.
The Effect of Dilution on Plasma Coagulation Kinetics Determined by Thrombelastography Is Dependent on Antithrombin Activity and Mode of Activation
We determined that decreased antithrombin activity is responsible for accelerated clot initiation via thrombelastography with in vitro plasma-based experiments. Celite activation of plasma resulted in a linear relationship between degree of dilution and thrombelastographic variables.