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A Prospective Observational Study on the Effect of Emboli Exposure on Cerebral Autoregulation in Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
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Hematic Antegrade Repriming: A Reproducible Method to Decrease the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Insult
Here, we describe hematic antegrade repriming as an easy and reliable method that could be applied with any circuit in the market to decrease transfusion requirements, emboli, and inflammatory responses, reducing costs and the impact of CPB on postoperative recovery.
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