Tiny Perfusion Letter #31

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Here's another 10 articles to ponder on, in the 31st TPL. Enjoy reading, and don't forget to enjoy the summer as well.

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Effect of perfusion pressure on the splanchnic circulation after CPB: a pilot study.
Lipcsey M, McNicol L, Parker F, Poustie S, Liu G et al
Minerva Anestesiol. 2015 Jul;81(7):752-64

Rewarming Rate During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Release of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein.
Hori D, Everett AD, Lee JK, Ono M, Brown CH et al
Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Fibrinogen reduction and coagulation in cardiac surgery: an investigational study.
Gielen CL, Grimbergen J, Klautz RJ, Koopman J, Quax PH
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2015 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Strategies and Devices to Minimize Stroke in Adult Cardiac Surgery.
Engelman RM, Engelman DT
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Spring;27(1):24-9

Validation of viscoelastic coagulation tests during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Ortmann E, Rubino A, Altemimi B, Collier T, Besser MW, Klein AA
J Thromb Haemost. 2015 Jul;13(7):1207-16

Erythropoietin administration for prevention of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Tie HT, Luo MZ, Lin D, Zhang M, Wan JY, Wu QC
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jul;48(1):32-9

A retrospective comparative study of minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation versus conventional extracorporeal circulation in emergency coronary artery bypass surgery patients: a single surgeon analysis.
Rufa M, Schubel J, Ulrich C, Schaarschmidt J, Tiliscan C et al
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2015 Jul;21(1):102-7 FREE

The number of valves requiring surgery does not affect early and late survival in redo valvular surgery.
Fukunaga N, Okada Y, Konishi Y, Murashita T, Koyama T
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jul;48(1):123-8

"Knife to skin" time is a poor marker of operating room utilization and efficiency in cardiac surgery.
Luthra S, Ramady O, Monge M, Fitzsimons MG, Kaleta TR, Sundt TM
J Card Surg. 2015 Jun;30(6):477-87

Successful Use of Pre and Post-operative ECMO for Pulmonary Endarterectomy, Mitral Valve Replacement and Myomectomy in a Patient with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Williams L, Kermeen F, Mullany D, Thomson B
Heart Lung Circ. 2015 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]