The Use of del Nido Cardioplegia is Safe and Beneficial in Adult Cardiac Surgery: PRO (EP Video)

Clinical Effectiveness of Leukocyte Filtration During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

In COPD patients having CPB, systemic leukocyte depletion at early reperfusion was associated with better oxygenation, shorter intubation time, and shorter ICU and hospital stays.

Conventional versus Adjustable Pulmonary Artery Banding: Which is Preferable?

The adjustable PAB was found to improve early survival and also made delayed repair feasible in a better clinical state, with reduced mortality and morbidity.

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery is Standard of Care: Where Do You Stand?

several large, nonrandomized retrospective case series. The studies demonstrated that CABG can be performed safely without CPB (off-pump surgery), and suggested that there are benefits compared with conventional CABG. However, the randomized controlled studies published to date have been, as a whole, unable to conclusively demonstrate advantages of off-pump CABG.