Click here to access the article. Abstract: The physiologic impact of pulsatile flow (PF) on end-organ perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is controversial. Using an intra-aortic...

Click here to access the article. Excerpt: The use of checklists in surgery is a best practice. There is a plethora of evidence that suggests using the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC)...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Physiological hemostasis is a balance between pro- and anticoagulant pathways, and in sepsis, this equilibrium is disturbed, resulting in systemic...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Despite the frequent use of prophylactic antibiotics in hospitals for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients, the Extracorporeal Life...

Click here to access the article. Objective: Lower-limb ischemia is a complication of minimally invasive cardiac surgery with femoral cannulation. Herein, we verified our strategy using distal...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Heart transplantation utilizing deceased after circulatory death (DCD) donors has expanded the donor pool through the use of ex vivo normothermic...

Click here to access the article. Excerpt: It is broadly recognised that everyone has a role in making healthcare safe, yet hospitals continue to struggle with incorporating frontline...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the use of recombinant Anti-Thrombin III (AT-III) administration during neonatal and...