Patient Blood Use and Survival Improvements Employing Smaller ECMO Circuits for Post-cardiotomy Cardiac Surgery Support (Video)

Changes in RBC Deformability and Oxygen-Delivering Ability in Cold Blood Cardioplegia

The deformability and oxygen carrying functions of RBCs did not show a significant difference according to various components of cold blood cardioplegia during 10 minutes of incubation.

The Impact of Intraoperative Vasopressin Infusion in Complex Neonatal Cardiac Surgery

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of intraoperative vasopressin infusion on postoperative liver, renal and haemostatic function and lactate levels in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.