[HTML][HTML] Pneumonia after cardiovascular surgery: incidence, risk factors and interventions

D Wang, Y Lu, M Sun, X Huang, X Du, Z Jiao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Postoperative pneumonia (POP) is prevalent in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery,
associated with poor clinical outcomes, prolonged hospital stay and increased medical …

[HTML][HTML] From less invasive to minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation

K Anastasiadis, P Antonitsis, A Deliopoulos… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Development of minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) served the purpose of
performing surgery while avoiding the surgical stress triggered by a full median sternotomy …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of severe hypoxemia after cardiac surgery

D Wang, X Ding, Y Su, P Yang, X Du, M Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Hypoxemia is common in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, however, few
studies about severe hypoxemia (SH) after cardiac surgery exist. The objectives of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of nomogram models for postoperative pneumonia in adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery

D Wang, X Chen, J Wu, S Le, F Xie, X Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Postoperative pneumonia (POP) is a frequent complication following cardiac
surgery, related to increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. The objectives of this …

Conventional versus Minimally Invasive extra-corporeal circulation in patients undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A randomized controlled trial (COMICS)

GD Angelini, BC Reeves, LA Culliford… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The trial hypothesized that minimally invasive extra-corporeal circulation
(MiECC) reduces the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) after cardiac surgery operations …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges in patient blood management for cardiac surgery: a narrative review

V Rancati, E Scala, Z Ltaief, MZ Gunga… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
About 15 years ago, Patient Blood Management (PBM) emerged as a new paradigm in
perioperative medicine and rapidly found support of all major medical societies and …

[HTML][HTML] Experience in applied veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support catheter ablation of malignant ventricular tachycardia

S Zhang, Y Chou, J Zhang, J Chen, Y Xiong, J Lu… - IJC Heart & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background An electrical storm due to malignant ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-
threatening condition that requires catheter ablation (CA). Most VT arrhythmias evolve over …

Minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation preserves coagulation integrity

H Argiriadou, P Antonitsis, A Gkiouliava… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Coagulopathy after cardiac surgery is a serious multifactorial complication that
results in postoperative bleeding requiring transfusion of red blood cells and procoagulant …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation (MiECC) in Car-diac Surgery: A Narrative Review

B Amac, M Engin, AK As, M Savran… - … of Biomedical and …, 2021 - scipublications.com
The heart remained a mystery for many years and was considered surgically untouchable.
With the use of extracorporeal circulation, there has been a revolution in this area. Due to its …

A novel pulsatile blood pump design for cardiothoracic surgery: Proof‐of‐concept in a mock circulation

E Weber, A Chong, A Liebold, M Hoenicka - Artificial Organs, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pulsatile perfusion during extracorporeal circulation is a promising concept to
improve perfusion of critical organs. Clinical benefits are limited by the amount of pulsatile …