Implementation of an Electronic Identification System in the Setting of Perioperative Autologous Cell Salvage Transfusion: Experience at A University Hospital.

Cardiopulmonary Bypass–Induced Inflammation and Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Stimulates Accumulation of Soluble MER

Soluble MER concentrations increase with cardiopulmonary bypass–induced inflammation and myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in pediatric patients. The utility of soluble MER as a clinical biomarker to identify pediatric patients at risk for exacerbated postoperative outcomes after bypass-induced myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury requires further investigation.

Malaria and the Heart: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

Although there is a paucity of data regarding cardiac manifestations of malaria, an algorithm for appropriate use of diagnostic tools to assess cardiac involvement has been developed in this paper. Furthermore, it is important to note that typical antimalarial treatment regimens can have fatal cardiac side-effects.