Tiny Perfusion Letter #83

Tiny Perfusion Letter

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Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting improves short-term outcomes in high-risk patients compared with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Meta-analysis.
Kowalewski M, Pawliszak W, Malvindi PG, Bokszanski MP, Perlinski D et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Jan;151(1):60-77

Anticoagulation with bivalirudin during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Pericleous A, Sadek M, Fitzmaurice M, Caldwell C, Natividad K, Plestis KA
Tex Heart Inst J. 2014 Dec 1;41(6):645-8 FREE

Brachiocephalic artery cannulation in proximal aortic surgery that requires circulatory arrest.
Unal M, Yilmaz O, Akar I, Ince I, Aslan C et al.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2014 Dec 1;41(6):596-600 FREE

Early and midterm results of transapical and right axillary artery cannulation for acute aortic dissection.
Terasaki T, Takano T, Fujii T, Seto T, Wada Y
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jan 9;10:2 FREE

Perioperative Blood Glucose Levels <150 mg/dL are Associated With Improved 5-Year Survival in Patients Undergoing On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Study.
Mansur A, Popov AF, Hanna AA, Bergmann I, Brandes IF et al.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Nov;94(45):e2035 FREE

Risk Factors for Long-Term Mortality and Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease Associated With Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery.
Xu JR, Zhu JM, Jiang J, Ding XQ, Fang Y
Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Nov;94(45):e2025 FREE

The impact of off-pump surgery in end-organ function: practical end-points.
Parissis H, Mbarushimana S, Ramesh BC, Parissis M, Lampridis S et al.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Nov 10;10(1):159 FREE

Challenges with heparin-based anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass in children: Impact of low antithrombin activity.
Manlhiot C, Gruenwald CE, Holtby HM, Brandão LR, Chan AK et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Feb;151(2):444-50
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Cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation and concomitant malignancy: early and long-term results.
Nardi P, Pellegrino A, Pugliese M, Bovio E, Chiariello L, Ruvolo G
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2016 Feb;17(2):152-9

Prone position for acute respiratory failure in adults.
Bloomfield R, Noble DW, Sudlow A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Nov 13;11:CD008095