Click here to access the article. Abstract: In patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) premembranous venous oxygen saturation (Spm-vO2) is continuously displayed on...

Click here to access the article. Objectives: Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CS-AKI) is associated with adverse outcomes. Single-center studies suggest that the prevalence of...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Severe right heart failure, often overlooked and challenging to manage, has prompted a growing interest in innovative approaches to provide...

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...