COVID-19 and ECMO: the interplay between coagulation and inflammation—a narrative review (Free)   Abstract Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has...

Safety for all: coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and cardiac surgery: a roadmap to ‘phase’ 2 (Free) Abstract INTRODUCTION The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2,...

Mechanical circulatory support with the Impella® LP5.0 pump and an intra-aortic balloon pump for cardiogenic shock in acute myocardial infarction: The IMPELLA-STIC randomized...

Multi-Modal Characterization of the Coagulopathy Associated With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Abstract Objectives:  Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used to stabilize severe...

Hyperlactatemia: An Update on Postoperative Lactate   Abstract While hyperlactatemia in postoperative cardiac surgery patients was once believed to solely reflect hypoperfusion, either from the...

Factors Associated With Survival Following Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Children   Abstract Objectives: We examined a large single-institution experience in extracorporeal...

Reduction in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery mortality and morbidity during a 3-year multicenter quality improvement project   Abstract Objective Risk-adjusted operative mortality is a...

Multicenter study on postcardiotomy venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation   Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with early mortality...

Single-dose cardioplegia protects myocardium as well as traditional repetitive dosing: A noninferiority randomized study   Abstract Objective The present prospective noninferiority randomized...