Transcatheter Therapies for Aortic Stenosis (EP Video)
Vincent Tobin discusses transcatheter therapies for Aortic Stenosis (33:49 minutes).
What Does the Culture Safety Look Like in Your Department? A Chief Perfusionist’s Perspective (EP Video)
David Fitzgerald presents a chief perfusionist's perspective on the culture of perfusion safety (51:48 minutes).
Impact of Blood Product Transfusion on Short and Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery: More Evidence
This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of transfusion on both short-term and long-term survival after cardiac surgery.
Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Unsafe at Any Speed? (EP Video)
Aaron Hill discusses why cardiopulmonay bypass can be potentially unsafe at any speed (34:29 minutes).
AmSECT Perfusion Safety Sessions (Video CME)
Video CME from the AmSECT 2012 International Conference (194 minutes). The ABCP has awarded 4.0 CEU Category I SDCE Credits for this activity.
AmSECT Business Practice Sessions (Video)
CME Video from the 2012 AmSECT International Perfusion Conference (112 minutes).
The Association of Blood Transfusion With Mortality After Cardiac Surgery: Cause or Confounding?
We undertook a multivariate logistic regression analysis of the risk factors associated with mortality in 2599 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Garlic, Ginger, Ginkgo and Ginseng and the Effects on the Perioperative Period (EP Video)
Michelle Benson discusses the effect of herbal medications on the perioperative coagulation status (11:48 minutes).
A Comparison of Gaseous Microembolic Load When Priming the Arterial Line Filter Antegrade Versus Retrograde (EP Video)
Jordan Brimhall discusses the GME load for priming the arterial line filter retrograde vs. antegrade (7:36 minutes).
Management 101 (EP Video)
Ronald D. Matheis discusses the concepts of Management 101 in perfusion business practice (24:41 minutes).
Plasma-Free Hemoglobin Levels in Advanced Versus Conventional Extracorporeal Life Support Circuits (EP Video)
Amanda Cornelius discusses plasma free hemaglobin levels on advanced and conventional ELC circuits (11:22 minutes).
Critical Oxygen Delivery Profile as a Transfusion Trigger during Cardiopulmonary Bypass (EP Video)
George Justison discussing using the oxygen delivery profile as a transfusion trigger during CPB (14: 36 minutes).