Perfusion Management of Chronic Volume Overload during Cardiopulmonary Bypass (EP Video)

Evaluation of the i-STAT Point-of-Care Analyzer in Critically Ill Adult Patients

During a 3-month period, 48 blood samples from patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and 42 blood samples from non-cardiac patients who needed intensive care treatment were analyzed on both the i- STAT analyzer (CPB and non-CPB mode, respectively) and our laboratory analyzers (RapidLab 865/Sysmex XE-2100 instrument).

Coronary Revascularization Outcomes Have Improved in Elderly Patients

A multicenter analysis of data from more than 200,000 adults who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting shows that over the last decade the use of these techniques in elderly patients has increased and their outcomes have improved.