Tiny Perfusion Letter #244

Tiny Perfusion Letter

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New Technology Mimics Physiologic Pulsatile Flow During Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Sunagawa G, Karimov JH, Dessoffy R, Byram N, Grady P et al.
Artif Organs. 2017 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print]

2016 survey about temperature management during extracorporeal circulation in China.
Guo Z, Li X.
Perfusion. 2017 Oct 1: [Epub ahead of print]

Perioperative Patient Blood Management to Improve Outcomes.
Desai N, Schofield N, Richards T.
Anesth Analg. 2017 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Postoperative bleeding in coronary artery bypass patients on double antiplatelet therapy: predictive value of preoperative aggregometry.
Della Corte A, Bancone C, Spadafora A, Borrelli M, Galdieri N et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Nov 1;52(5):901-908

No Significant Association Between the Transfusion of Small Volumes of Leukocyte-Depleted Red Blood Cells and Mortality Over 7 Years of Follow-up in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis.
Koster A, Zittermann A, Börgermann J, Gummert JF.
Anesth Analg. 2017 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Medium-term survival after surgery for acute Type A aortic dissection is improving.
Olsson C, Ahlsson A, Fuglsang S, Geirsson A, Gunn J et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Nov 1;52(5):852-857

Stopping versus continuing acetylsalicylic acid before coronary artery bypass surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials with 4499 patients.
Sá MPBO, Soares AF, Miranda RGA, Araújo ML, Menezes AM et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Nov 1;52(5):838-847

Are quality improvement collaboratives effective? A systematic review.
Wells S, Tamir O, Gray J, Naidoo D, Bekhit M, Goldmann D.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print]

von Willebrand factor disruption and continuous-flow circulatory devices.
Proudfoot AG, Davidson SJ, Strueber M.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Nov;36(11):1155-1163

Bleeding and thrombosis associated with ventricular assist device therapy.
Shah P, Tantry US, Bliden KP, Gurbel PA.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Nov;36(11):1164-1173