Optimizing Surgical Myocardial Protection Techniques Using Pharmacological Preconditioning and Combinational Drug Therapy (Video)

The End Organ Protection in Cardiac Surgery

Mortality and morbidity post cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remain relative stable over the last decades, while the number of patients with increased co-morbidity and more complex cardiac disease increases.

Acute Kidney Injury and Prognosis after Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

CPB-associated AKI is associated with a more than 2-fold increase in early mortality regardless of AKI definition

Cold Reperfusion Before Rewarming Reduces Neurological Events after Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Before rewarming, a 10-min period of cold perfusion significantly reduces incidence of NE.