Click here to access the article. Introduction: Vacuum assisted venous drainage (VAVD) is widely adopted in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. VAVD enables the advantage of using smaller...

Click here to access the article. Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP) is essential for different cardiac procedures in order to perform surgery with a clear sight field. To safely...

Click here to access the article. Background: Impaired cognition is a major predisposing factor for postoperative delirium but it is not systematically assessed. Anesthesia and surgery may...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: The demand for efficient and adaptable life support systems in the field of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) is steadily increasing. To meet this...

Click here to access the article. Background: During cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), maintaining adequate oxygen consumption (VO2i) can only be achieved indirectly either by modifying oxygen...

Click here to access the article. Significance: Approximately 35% of hemorrhagic deaths occur before hospital arrival, with the risk amplified by anticoagulant therapies. To address this, our...

Click here to access the article. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a clinical tool which can assess the heart's perfusion status, thereby revealing impairments in patients' cardiac...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) can resuscitate marginal lung allografts to increase organs available for transplantation. During...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Refractory hypoxemia (RH) during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) support is a complex problem that limits the benefit of...