Click here to access the article. Abstract: We present historical accounts of congenital heart surgery since the early 1900s, as our specialty evolved from individual heroic efforts into an...

Click here to access the article. Objective: Strategies for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in patients undergoing cardiac surgery have been traditionally anchored to hemoglobin (Hb) targets....

Click here to access the article. Objectives: To study the quantitative potency of plasma albumin on cardioprotection in terms of creatinine kinase-myocardial band mass (CK-MBm) in on-pump...

Click here to access the article. Background: The association between tissue oxygenation with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in adult patients undergoing multiple valve surgery has not...

Click here to access the article. Background: Heparin rebound is a common observed phenomenon after cardiac surgery with CPB and is associated with increased postoperative blood loss. However,...

Click here to access the article. Extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) facilitates ventilation with ultralow VT which may mitigate ventilator-induced lung injury, but it is invasive, costly, and...

Click here to access the article. Ravinetto and Singh argue that better practices can be implemented when disseminating research findings through abstracts, preprints, peer-reviewed...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a vital component of many cardiac surgeries, but it can trigger systemic inflammatory responses, leading to...

Click here to access the article. Background: Patients with valvular heart disease require cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac arrest. Here, we test the hypothesis that exosomal hemoglobin...