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Effects of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution on Post-Cardiopulmonary Bypass Coagulation Tests and Allogeneic Blood Transfusion in Thoracic Aortic Repair Surgery: An Observational Cohort Study

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Aprotinin Preserves Cellular Junctions and Reduces Myocardial Edema After Regional Ischemia and Cardioplegic Arrest

Aprotinin has been demonstrated to prevent activation of the thrombin protease-activated receptor, and we hypothesized that aprotinin preserves myocardial cellular junctions and prevents myocardial edema in a porcine model of regional ischemia and cardioplegic arrest.

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Haemoglobin Oxygen Affinity in Patients with Severe COVID‐19 Infection

We have measured Hb O2 affinity curves from severely ill COVID‐19 patients and, in comparison to age‐ and sex‐matched controls, find no evidence for a shift in O2 affinity that would support any change in clinical management.

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Fiber-Optic Intra-Aortic Balloon Therapy and its Role within Cardiac Surgery

Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) technology offers these patients and the cardiac team an easily accessible, cost-effective, mechanical assist device.

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