The 2013 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Rehabilitation and Exercise and Surgical Coronary Revascularization
The 2013 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update provides focused discussions on the management recommendations on 2 topics: (1) exercise and rehabilitation; and (2) surgical coronary revascularization in patients with heart failure.
Techniques and Applications of Perioperative Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a useful adjunct in the management of antibody-mediated disorders. The indications for TPE now include the perioperative setting. This review updates the anesthesiologist on the relevant clinical indications and precautions of plasma exchange.
Updated Treatment Algorithm of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
The current treatment algorithm may be divided into 3 main areas: 1) general measures, supportive therapy, referral strategy, acute vasoreactivity testing and chronic treatment with calcium channel blockers; 2) initial therapy with approved PAH drugs; and 3) clinical response to the initial therapy, combination therapy, balloon atrial septostomy, and lung transplantation. All three sections will be revisited highlighting information newly available in the past 5 years and proposing updates where appropriate.
Should Patients with Asymptomatic Significant Carotid Stenosis Undergo Simultaneous Carotid and Cardiac Surgery
A best evidence topic in cardiovascular surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether patients with severe asymptomatic carotid and coronary artery diseases should undergo simultaneous carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
Hyperoxic Condition Promotes an Inflammatory Response during Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a Rat Model
These data suggest that it is better to avoid too much oxygen insufflation for attenuating organ damage
Massive and Long-Lasting Decrease in Vitamin C Plasma Levels as a Consequence of Extracorporeal Circulation
The study showed a significant decrease in vitamin C plasma levels during CPB
72 Hours Standby Time of Wet-Primed Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits: A Microbiological Quality Assurance Study
These findings indicate the safe use of primed cardiopulmonary bypass circuits in standby mode for 72 hours.
Management of Severe Craniofacial Vascular Malformation Operated under Bypass: Evolution from a “No-Flow” to a “Low-Flow”
The assistance and adjunct of CBP are a useful procedure in the resection of very large vascular malformations
Level of Agreement between Laboratory and Point-of-Care Prothrombin Time before and after Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Cardiac Surgery
This study investigated the level of agreement between the point-of-care prothrombin time (PT) with central laboratory PT before and after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Endogenous Gas Formation of Carbon Dioxide used for Wound Flooding – An Experimental Study with Implications regarding Gas Microembolism during Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Gas dissolved in a medium becomes released at warming, as confirmed here.
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Standby Avoids Fatality due to Vascular Laceration in Laser-Assisted Lead Extraction
Cardiopulmonary bypass standby avoids fatality due to vascular laceration in laser-assisted lead extraction
A Novel Rotary Pulsatile Flow Pump for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
A pediatric pulsatile rotary ventricular pump (PRVP) was designed