Ventricular Assist Devices: What Intensive Care Unit Nurses Need to Know about Postoperative Management
This article focuses on the physiological basis for postoperative nursing management strategies and the most important complications of which critical care nurses need to be aware.
A Stepwise Progression in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock
We present a case of a young woman with a massive anterior wall MI and subsequent cardiogenic shock who was treated with advanced mechanical circulatory support.
Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah’s Witness Patients: Ten-Year Experience
Cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses poses unique challenges. We have developed a comprehensive multimodality program for these patients and have obtained excellent results.
Gentamicin Collagen Sponges for the Prevention of Sternal Wound Infection: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
The study objective was to determine whether the application of gentamicin collagen sponges reduces sternal wound infections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Pharmacokinetic Changes in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation further complicates the management of critically ill patients who already have profound physiologic derangements with consequent altered pharmacokinetics.
Eye-Tracking Analysis of Skilled Performance in Clinical Extracorporeal Circulation
Eye-tracking data on four perfusionists were recorded while they were manipulating the ECC during a series of cardiovascular surgeries.
Bivalirudin and Post-Cardiotomy ECMO: A Word of Caution
Bivalirudin has been proposed as the sole anticoagulant in patients under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or cardiopulmonary bypass.
The Effects of Conventional Extracorporeal Circulation Versus Miniaturized Extracorporeal Circulation on Microcirculation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
To reduce the complications associated with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery, many modifications have been made to conventional extracorporeal circulation systems.
The Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Prime Volume on the Need for Blood Transfusion after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
There is increasing awareness that erythrocyte transfusions after pediatric cardiac surgery have deleterious effects.
Optimal Intraoperative Anticoagulation Strategy in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
The question addressed was what the optimal intraoperative anticoagulation strategy should be in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
Cerebral and Lower Limb Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Adults on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Percutaneous femoral venoarterial (VA) or jugular venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can result in delivery of hypoxic blood to the brain, coronaries, and upper extremities
Long-term Mechanical Circulatory Support (Destination Therapy): On Track to Compete with Heart Transplantation?
Average 2-year survival after cardiac transplantation is approximately 80%.