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).
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 Business Practice Sessions (Video)
CME Video from the 2012 AmSECT International Perfusion Conference (112 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.
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.
Working With Hospital Administrators (EP Video)
William DeBois discusses the process of working with hospital administrators (22:23 minutes).
Differences in Perfusionist and Surgeon Retrograde Autologous Priming Volumes of the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit (EP Video)
Benjamin McClain discusses the differences with regard to the perfusionist and surgeon with RAP (13:19 minutes).
Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis to Prevent Aortic Root and Valve Clots During LVAD Support (EP Video)
Dr. Poullis discusses computational fluid dynamic analysis during LVAD support (7:08 minutes).
Hardwiring Safety Into Your Practice (EP Video)
William DeBois discusses the process of hardwiring safety into your perfusion practice (39:06 minutes).
Rate of Cooling and Rewarming in Cardiac Surgery (EP Video)
Dr. Poullis discusses the current trends with the rate of rewarming for cardiopulmonary bypass (4:17 minutes).