Myocardial Preservation: An Opportunity for Improvement (Video)
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Relative to first-time (primary) cardiac surgery, revision cardiac surgery is associated with increased transfusion requirements, but studies comparing these cohorts were performed before patient blood management (PBM) and blood conservation measures were commonplace. The current study was performed as an update to determine if this finding is still evident in the PBM era.
The novel combination of a continuous and non-continuous form of ultrafiltration, Subzero Balance Simple Modified Ultrafiltration (SBUF-SMUF) here described, seeks to enhance recovery from pediatric cardiac surgery and CPB.
The aim of this prospective randomised, controlled, double-blind study conducted in patients undergoing cardiac surgery was to assess the microcirculatory effects of landiolol given at a moderate dose to prevent POAF. We tested the hypothesis that landiolol could limit cardiopulmonary-bypass-induced microcirculatory abnormalities.