Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma with Fibrin Matrix on Healing of Intrasynovial Flexor Tendons
To investigate the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) with fibrin matrix on the healing of intrasynovial flexor tendons in a rabbit model in vivo.
Effects of Preoperative Intravenous Erythropoietin Plus Iron on Outcome in Anemic Patients After Cardiac Valve Replacement
Preoperative anemia is a risk factor for postoperative morbidity and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery.
Clinical Review: Management of Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass After Cardiac Surgery
A sizable number of cardiac surgical patients are difficult to wean off cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) as a result of structural or functional cardiac abnormalities, vasoplegic syndrome, or ventricular dysfunction.
Outcome of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation and Graft Recovery
A retrospective database review was performed for 108 consecutive patients who underwent single-lung or bilateral-lung transplantation at our center between 2002 and 2009.
Early Case Series Experience With a New Unique Portable Heart Lung Machine (EP Video)
Jeff Riley discusses his early experience with the Maquet CardioHelp at the Mayo Clinic (32:10 minutes).
How We Managed to Change Blood Usage with Q.I. (EP Video)
Charles Yarnall discusses how his team managed to reduce blood use through quality improvement (33:03 minutes).
What Makes the Great Ones Great (EP Video)
Don Yaeger provides and inspirational talk at the Mechanisms 2012 conference (66:49 minutes).
The Clinical Utility of Thromboelastography During Long Term Extracorporeal Life Support (EP Video)
Jeff Riley discusses the utility of TEG during long-term ECMO support (35:55 minutes).
ECMO: Where are we Today? (EP Video)
Dr. Nicholas Cavarocchi dicusses the current state of ECMO technology (43:22 minutes).
Bob Dylan, Michael Jordan, and a Few Almost Failures (EP Video)
Peter A. Beaulieu discusses patient safety in the operating room(23.53 minutes).
There Are Easy Ways, and Then There Are the Hard, Expensive Ways: Reducing Transfusions (EP Video)
Raymond Wongs discusses the easy and difficult ways to reduce transfusions in the OR (47:50 minutes).
Transcatheter Therapies for Aortic Stenosis (EP Video)
Vincent Tobin discusses transcatheter therapies for Aortic Stenosis (33:49 minutes).