You may also like
Peer-Review Of “A History of Cardiac Surgery: An Adventurous Voyage from Antiquity to The Artificial Heart”
The novelty of the book resides it has been written by a cardiac surgeon himself and not by a professional historian. It covers the voyage from extra cardiac operations to “closed” and “open” heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation. The book is strongly recommend to Cardiovascular Pathologists since our discipline was born with the contemporary cardiac surgery.
Bivalirudin Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
We present the case of a patient with heparin hypersensitivity who was anticoagulated with bivalirudin during cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting.
The Nondepolarizing, Normokalemic Cardioplegia Formulation Adenosine-Lidocaine (Adenocaine) Exerts Anti-Neutrophil Effects by Synergistic Actions of its Components
Adenocaine suppresses multiple PMN functions including O(2)(-) generation, adhesion molecule expression, PMN adherence, and transmigration. In addition to inducing nondepolarized arrest, adenocaine cardioplegia may exert cardioprotection by inhibiting PMN-mediated inflammatory responses.