MECC Circuits Should be Utilized for all Adult CPB Procedures (EP Video)

Early Outcomes and Complications Following Cardiac Surgery in Patients Testing Positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019: An International Cohort Study

This study confirms increased mortality and respiratory complications associated with perioperative COVID-19 infection highlighting the need for COVID clean pathways and postdischarge shielding of cardiac surgery patients, caregivers, and relatives. Further work is required to ascertain the influence of delays to surgery on those still requiring cardiac surgery.

A Retrospective Analysis of CO2 Derived Goal-Directed Perfusion Variables Under Normothermic Conditions: Do We Need to Re-Evaluate Threshold Values?

Because CO2 production during bypass depends on patient temperature, a different cutoff value, that may take into account the influence of demographic variables, should be determined during normothermic CPB.