Click here to access the article. Abstract: Iatrogenic damage to the cardiac conduction system (CCS) remains a significant risk during congenital heart surgery. Current surgical best practice...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology with many benefits, but also risks when applied to healthcare and cardiac surgery in...

Click here to access the article. Objective: Professional standards recommend stopping cardiotomy suction at the termination of cardiopulmonary bypass before protamine administration based on...

Click here to access the article. Background: Healthcare systems are operating under substantial pressures, and often simply cannot provide the standard of care they aspire to within the...

Click here to access the article. Background: In spite of the global implementation of surgical safety checklists to improve patient safety, patients undergoing surgical procedures remain...

Click here to access the article. Rubin argues that the use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) during organ recovery in donation after the circulatory determination of death (DCD) amounts...

Click here to access the article. Background: Anemia, characterized by low hemoglobin levels, is a global public health concern. Anemia is an independent factor worsening outcomes in various...

Click here to access the article. Objectives: Despite significant improvement in patient blood management, cardiac surgery remains a high hemorrhagic risk procedure. Platelet transfusion is...

Click here to access the article. Background: Unfractionated heparin, administered during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to prevent thromboembolic events, largely depends on...