Circuit Surfer’s Has a New Co-Editor!

Plz Welcome Anna Lou Villena 🙂

Anna lou Villena of the Republic of the Philippines- Working in China

Editor’s Note:

Anna is a very inspired perfusionist working currently in China. We did an interview with her a month or so ago, and the quality of her writing as well as her perspective and initiative was substantial enough to invite her to assist here on this blog.

I am grateful that she has accepted. I will leave her introductory post to her.

To get an idea of Anna and what she does- click on the link below to view the interview she did for us earlier.

To view the ENTIRE interview series– click here …

And… Our 1st Really cool response

Frank Aprile

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We report the case of a 55 years old caucasian male patient with cardiogenic shock due to an extended myocardial infarction who underwent SynCardia Total Artificial Heart implantation and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with a bicaval dual-lumen cannula for the treatment of adult respiratory distress syndrome.

Blood Management, Main Zone, Mobile Zone, Perfusion Zone

Thromboembolic Events in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Anticoagulation

Heparinization is thought to be mandatory to avoid thromboembolic complications during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). However, bleeding complications are common. We report our experience of VA-ECMO without systemic anticoagulation.

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Critical Oxygen Delivery Threshold During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Older Cardiac Surgery Patients with Increased Frailty Risk

Low DO2 increased the risk for CSA-AKI in older patients who had cardiac surgery. A critical DO2 threshold of 270 ml/min/m2 was applicable for frail and non-frail patients. The efficacy of a DO2 >270 ml/min/m2 to reduce CSA-AKI in older patients needs further evaluation.

Circuit Surfer’s Has a New Co-Editor!

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Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with a Bicaval Dual-Lumen Catheter in a SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Patient

Thromboembolic Events in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Anticoagulation

Critical Oxygen Delivery Threshold During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Older Cardiac Surgery Patients with Increased Frailty Risk

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