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Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children – Risk Factors and Outcomes

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common and most serious complication following heart surgery. We aimed to determine the prevalence of, and risk factors for, AKI following pediatric cardiac surgery.

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

First Clinical Experience With the VSTENT: A Device for Direct Left Ventricle-to-Coronary Artery Bypass

Stent-based left ventricle-to-coronary artery stent (VSTENT) is a newly developed, alternative surgical revascularization procedure (VCAB). We present here our initial experience using this technique.