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 ...

A large-scale clinical trial found that intravenous infusion of exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog medication, during heart surgeries involving bypass did not significantly reduce the ...

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 ...