Tiny Perfusion Letter #54

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Already a week since the last edition; no shortage of material, though

Here's number 54 of the TPL

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Coronary artery bypass grafting in octogenarians: only when percutaneous coronary intervention is not feasible?
Nicolini F
Curr Opin Cardiol. 2015 Nov;30(6):636-42

Hyperbilirubinemia after cardiac surgery: An observational study.
Sharma P, Ananthanarayanan C, Vaidhya N, Malhotra A, Shah K, Sharma R
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2015 Nov;23(9):1039-43

Outcome after Aortic Valve Replacement in Children: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Etnel JRG, Elmont LC, Ertekin E, Mokhles MM, Heuvelman HJ
JTCVS 2015 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Editorial Comment

Are We Overdiagnosing Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Patients Following Cardiac Surgery?
Soni M, Piggott KD, DeCampli W, Ramirez J, Pourmoghadam K et al.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2015 Oct;6(4):496-501

Methylene Blue for Vasoplegia When on Cardiopulmonary Bypass During Double-Lung Transplantation.
Carley M, Schaff J, Lai T, Poppers J
A A Case Rep. 2015 Oct 15;5(8):127-30

Needle Migration to the Heart: An Unusual Association of Hemodialysis and Cardiovascular Morbidity.
Honikman R, Chikwe J, Tokita JE, Mittnacht AJ
A A Case Rep. 2015 Oct 15;5(8):131-3

Preoperative Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution for Minimizing Allogeneic Blood Transfusion: A Meta-Analysis.
Zhou X, Zhang C, Wang Y, Yu L, Yan M
Anesth & Analg 2015, Oct 13 [Epub ahead of print]

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery.
Hausenloy DJ, Candilio L, Evans R, Ariti C, Jenkins DP et al.; ERICCA Trial Investigators
N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct 8;373(15):1408-17

Effects of acute plasma volume expansion on renal perfusion, filtration, and oxygenation after cardiac surgery: a randomized study on crystalloid vs colloid.
Skytte Larsson J, Bragadottir G, Krumbholz V, Redfors B, Sellgren J, Ricksten SE
Br J Anaesth. 2015 Nov;115(5):736-42

The impact of surgical strategy on survival after repair of type A aortic dissection.
Lawton JS, Liu J, Kulshrestha K, Moon MR, Damiano RJ Jr et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Aug;150(2):294-301