BACKGROUND: The question whether use of minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC)
influences patients' outcome remains unanswered. We performed a systemic review of the …

Objective A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was performed to compare the
effects of miniaturized extracorporeal circulation (MECC) and conventional extracorporeal …

Objective To provide recommendations for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
(ERACS) based on a multimodal perioperative medicine approach in adult cardiac surgery …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac operations is a serious complication associated with
postoperative mortality. Multiple factors contribute to AKI development, principally ischemia …

Introduction: Minimized perfusion circuits (MPCs), although aiming at minimizing the
adverse effects of cardiopulmonary bypass, have not yet gained popularity. This can be …

Miniaturized extracorporeal circulation (mECC) attempts to reduce the adverse effects of
conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) bypass. However, the potential benefits …

Background During the last decades many efforts have been made to reduce transfusion
requirements and adverse clinical effects during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The …

Mini-extracorporeal circulation (MECC) constitutes a novel miniaturized cardiopulmonary
bypass (CPB) circuit, heparin-coated and primed with aprotinin. Its membrane oxygenation …

OBJECTIVES To investigate the combined influence of blood flow and haemodilution with
either a miniaturized (Mini-CPB) or a conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (C-CPB) circuit …

Isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using
minimized extracorporeal circulation (MECC) has been shown to have less deleterious …