Click here to access the article. This review article concentrates on the use of handheld video microscopes for real-time microcirculatory assessment of cardiac surgery patients in the...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: To evaluate the feasibility of continuous determination of the optimal mean arterial blood pressure (opt-MAP) according to cerebral autoregulation...

Click here to access the article. Abstract:To investigate the effects of blood pumps operated in different modes on nonphysiologic flow patterns, cell and protein function, and the risk of...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prediction of vasoactive inotropic score (VIS) on early mortality and morbidity after coronary artery...

Click here to access the article. Objective: The hemoglobin threshold for a decision to transfuse red blood cells in univentricular patients with parallel circulation is unclear. A pediatric...

Click here to access the article. Background: The present article describes three cases of patients in cardiogenic shock (CS) with previous cardiac surgery that made them initially inoperable....

Click here to access the article. Angiotensin II (ANGII) is a vasoconstrictive eighth amino acid peptide, which increases blood pressure within a complex regulatory and counterregulatory system...

Click here to access the article. Background: As patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) progress to a higher stage, the risk for poor outcomes dramatically rises. Early identification of...

Click here to access the article. Background: Modifiable and non-modifiable factors contribute to development and progression of acute kidney injury (AKI) during cardiac surgery. We...