Cardiopulmonary bypass is a surgical procedure that uses a machine to perform the functions of the heart and lungs. It enables a surgeon to open and repair the heart without interrupting its essential ...
A consortium of thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists has released a guideline that attempts to describe best practices for the use of anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass.
CHICAGO — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), and the American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology (AmSECT) have published the first ...
Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be performed either with cardiopulmonary bypass (on pump) or without cardiopulmonary bypass (off pump). We report the 5-year clinical outcomes in ...
Although perioperative prophylactic glucocorticoids have been used for decades, whether they improve outcomes in infants after heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass is unknown. We conducted a ...
The level of familiarity among a cardiac surgical team—including surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists—does not appear to reduce patient morbidity and mortality but is directly related to ...
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