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An Empirically Derived Pediatric Cardiac Inotrope Score Associated with Pediatric Heart Surgery.
Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Wilcox A, Vuong-Dac MA, Gossett JM et al.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Inactivated antithombin as anticoagulant reversal in a rat model of cardiopulmonary bypass: a potent and potentially safer alternative to protamine.
Bianchini EP, Sebestyen A, Abache T, Bourti Y, Fontayne A et al.
Br J Haematol. 2018 Jan 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Inadequate preoperative nutrition might be associated with acute kidney injury and greater illness severity postoperatively.
Piggott KD, Liu A, Monczka J, Fakioglu H, Narasimhulu SS et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Is cold blood cardioplegia absolutely superior to cold crystalloid cardioplegia in aortic valve surgery?
Lerman DA, Otero-Losada M, Ume K, Salgado PA, Prasad S et al.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2018 Feb;59(1):115-120

Vascular endothelial cell changes in post cardiac surgery acute kidney injury.
Qureshi SH, Patel NN, Murphy GJ.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2017 Dec 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in China: Multi-Center Experience.
Hua K, Zhao Y, Dong R, Liu T.
Med Sci Monit. 2018 Jan 22;24:421-426 FREE

Development of a real-time and quantitative thrombus sensor for an extracorporeal centrifugal blood pump by near-infrared light.
Sakota D, Fujiwara T, Ohuchi K, Kuwana K, Yamazaki H et al.
Biomed Opt Express. 2017 Dec 12;9(1):190-201

Does acute kidney injury affect survival in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?
Devasagayaraj R, Cavarocchi NC, Hirose H.
Perfusion. 2018 Jan 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Cerebral strokes in children on intracorporeal ventricular assist devices: analysis of the EUROMACS Registry.
Schweiger M, Miera O, de By TMMH, Hübler M, Berger F et al.; EUROMACS members.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]

International quality improvement initiatives.
Hickey PA, Connor JA, Cherian KM, Jenkins K, Doherty K et al.
Cardiol Young. 2017 Dec;27(S6):S61-S68 FREE