Blood Glucose Management in the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Review
We discuss our own efforts to improve glycemic management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery at our institution, including keys to success, results of implementation, and patient safety concerns.
Surgical Management of Dissecting Aneurysm; The Use of a Simplified Bypass
The alarming mortality in cases of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta has stimulated the development of a surgical technique which results in re-entry of the dissecting channel.
Application of Veno-Arterial-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Differential Hypoxia
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) through the femoral vein and artery may cause differential hypoxia, i.e., lower PaO2 in the upper body than in the lower body, because of normal cardiac output with severe impairment of pulmonary function.
Antegrade versus Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion for Hemiarch Replacement with Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: Does it Matter? A Propensity-Matched Analysis
The choice of cerebral perfusion strategy for aortic arch surgery has been debated
Brain Protection in Aortic Arch Surgery: Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion and Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion need a Tougher Row to Hoe
Ganapathi and colleagues 1 are to be congratulated for their superb clinical results and well-written study
Timing Underpins the Benefits Associated with Injectable Collagen Biomaterial Therapy for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction
Injectable hydrogel biomaterials are promising therapies
Internal Thoracic Artery: Anatomical and Biological Characteristics Revisited
The left internal thoracic artery has become the conduit of choice
Very-Short-Term Perioperative Intravenous Iron Administration and Postoperative Outcome in Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Pooled Analysis of Observational Data from 2547 Patients
Despite known limitations of pooled observational analyses, these results suggest that very-short-term perioperative administration of IV iron, with or without rHuEPO, in major lower limb orthopedic procedures is associated with reduced ABT rates and LHS, without increasing postoperative morbidity or mortality.
Novel Emboli Protection System during Cardiac Surgery: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Clinical Trial
The CardioGard cannula is safe and efficient in use during open-heart surgery
The Current Place of Aprotinin in the Management of Bleeding
Following its withdrawal in 2007, which is explained in detail in this review, the regulators have now licensed aprotinin for myocardial revascularisation only, which is relatively low-risk for bleeding.
Heparin-Coated Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits Selectively Deplete the Pattern Recognition Molecule Ficolin-2 of the Lectin Complement Pathway in vivo
These findings may have implications for the postoperative susceptibility to infections