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2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery: The Task Force on Patient Blood Management for Adult Cardiac Surgery of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA).
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available FREE

Basics of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Sarkar M, Prabhu V.
Indian J Anaesth. 2017 Sep;61(9):760-767 FREE

Normokalemic nondepolarizing long-acting blood cardioplegia.
Malhotra A, Wadhawa V, Ramani J, Garg P, Sharma P et al.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Jan 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Hospital volumes and later year of operation correlates with better outcomes in acute Type A aortic dissection.
Geirsson A, Ahlsson A, Franco-Cereceda A, Fuglsang S, Gunn J et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Is There a Relationship between Pressure Gradients through Contemporary Oxygenators and Immune Cell Proliferation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass? A Pilot Study.
Stanzel RDP, Henderson M.
J Extra Corpor Technol. 2017 Sep;49(3):160-167

The Effect of Autologus Blood Priming on Cerebral Oximetry in Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients.
Hodge A, Cohen A, Winch P, Tumin D, Burnside J et al.
J Extra Corpor Technol. 2017 Sep;49(3):168-173

Endothelial Glycocalyx and Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Myers GJ, Wegner J.
J Extra Corpor Technol. 2017 Sep;49(3):174-181

Cerebral Oximetry and Autoregulation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Review.
Vranken NPA, Weerwind PW, Sutedja NA, Ševerdija EE, Barenbrug PJC, Maessen JG.
J Extra Corpor Technol. 2017 Sep;49(3):182-191

Heparin: Effects upon the Glycocalyx and Endothelial Cells.
Spiess BD.
J Extra Corpor Technol. 2017 Sep;49(3):192-197

Cardiopulmonary bypass in the newborn: effects of circulatory cell-free hemoglobin and hyperoxia evaluated in a novel rat pup model.
Jungner Å, Vallius S, Bruschettini M, Romantsik O, Gram M, Ley D.
Intensive Care Med Exp. 2017 Oct 4;5(1):45 FREE