Tiny Perfusion Letter #759

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Ever heard of Spyridon Moulopoulos?

Did you know he unfortunately past away, late December 2024, at the respectable age of 98 years?

Did you know he was the first surgeon to perform a cardiac catheterization in Greece?

Did you know he was critical in the development of and the first clinical use of the intra-aortic balloon pump? Read that here (open access)

Fascinating stuff!

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A Mediastinal Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma Radically Resected with the Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Transection of the Ascending Aorta.

Rabelo LG, Tolman C, Jonsdottir B, Gudbjartsson T.

Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2024 Dec 25;40(1):ivae214 OPEN ACCESS

Monocyte Adhesion To and Transmigration Through Endothelium Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Shearing is Mediated by IL-8 Signaling.

Zhou H, Scatena M, Tu LN, Giachelli CM, Nigam V.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 Dec 11;11:1454302 OPEN ACCESS

The Scottish Simulation 'KSDP' Design Framework: a Sense-making and Ordered Approach for Building Aligned Simulation Programmes.

Oliver N, Edgar S, Mellanby E, May A.

Adv Simul (Lond). 2024 Dec 27;9(1):52 OPEN ACCESS

Unifocalization of Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries (MAPCAs) and Native Pulmonary Arteries in Infancy-Application of 3D Printing and Virtual Reality.

Kolcz J, Rudek-Budzynska A, Grandys K.

J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2024 Dec 13;11(12):403 OPEN ACCESS

The Course of Plasma Alpha-1-microglobulin and Haemolysis during Cardiac Surgery and the Relationship to Acute Kidney Injury, a Pilot Study.

Metzsch C, Lindahl O, Klarén M, Grins E, Ekroth A et al.

Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2024 Dec 27:1-7. Online ahead of print

The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Sweep Gas for Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation or Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Chiletti R, Fincher SH, Horton SB, Peek GJ, Checchia P, Butt W.

Can J Cardiol. 2024 Dec 27. Online ahead of print

The Education Café: A Novel Model to Provide Specialist Perioperative Continuing Professional Development during Theatre Downtime.

Ballecer J, Fernandez-Saborit O, Britton C.

J Perioper Pract. 2024 Dec 26. Online ahead of print

Assessment of Renal Vein Stasis Index by Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardiac Surgery: A Feasibility Study.

Goeddel LA, Hernandez M, Koffman L, Slowey C, Muschelli J 3rd et al.

Anesth Analg. 2025 Jan 1;140(1):224-227

Prophylactic Use of Inotropic Agents for the Prevention of Low Cardiac Output Syndrome and Mortality in Adults undergoing Cardiac Surgery.

Gayatri D, Tongers J, Efremov L, Mikolajczyk R, Sedding D, Schumann J.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Nov 27;11(11):CD013781

Association between Intraoperative Starch Use and Postoperative Kidney Dysfunction in Patients undergoing Major Gastro-intestinal Surgery: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis.

Iyer KV, Giri S, Ray BR, Muthiah T, Anand RK et al.

J Perioper Pract. 2025 Jan-Feb;35(1-2):14-21

Changes in Various Forms of Fibronectin in Patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Cardiopulmonary Bypass - a Prospective, Observational Study.

Lemańska-Perek A, Krzyżanowska-Gołąb D, Wysoczański G, Barteczko-Grajek B, Goździk W, Adamik B.

Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 28;14(1):30790 OPEN ACCESS

Impact of Inflammation After Cardiac Surgery on 30-Day Mortality and Machine Learning Risk Prediction.

Squiccimarro E, Lorusso R, Consiglio A, Labriola C, Haumann RG et al.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Dec 9. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Establishing Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in a Developing Country: A Five-Year Experience at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Pakistan.

Aasim M, Aziz R, Mohsin AU, Khan R, Zahid A, Ikram J.

Cureus. 2024 Nov 28;16(11):e74659 OPEN ACCESS

Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery With Combined Arterial and Venous Intrarenal Doppler.

Giles C, Huard K, Denault A, Beaubien-Souligny W.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2024 Dec 23;11:20543581241309976 OPEN ACCESS

The Role of Microglia in Neuroinflammation Associated with Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Meng L, Gu T, Yu P, Zhang Z, Wei Z.

Front Cell Neurosci. 2024 Dec 17;18:1496520 OPEN ACCESS

Comparison of Core Temperature using Tracheal Thermometer and Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Adult Patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.

Park S, Kim HY, Kim HJ, Jung J, Hong SH et al.

PLoS One. 2025 Jan 2;20(1):e0314322 OPEN ACCESS

Milky White Supernatant in the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia During Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Case Report.

Poornima RS, Kp U, Azeez AM.

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2025 Jan 2. Online ahead of print

Standard Variant of the Systemic Veins with Significance for Operations with Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Pfeifer J, Altmeyer K, Abdul-Khaliq H, Poryo M.

Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2024 Dec 18;9(1):ytae670 OPEN ACCESS

Preoperative Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Lung Function Prior to Elective Heart Valve Surgery and Reduces Postoperative Lung Function Impairment and Pulmonary Complications: a Randomised Trial.

Yu P, Luo Z, Wang Y, Lin S, Qin D et al.

J Physiother. 2025 Jan;71(1):27-34 OPEN ACCESS

Do Extended Reality Interventions Benefit Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgical and Interventional Procedures? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Harris E, Fenton S, Stephenson J, Ewart F, Goharinezhad S et al.

J Clin Nurs. 2024 Dec 12. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS