Click here to access the article. Background: Patients with simultaneous relevant internal carotid artery stenosis and coronary artery heart or valve disease represent a high-risk collective...

Click here to access the article. Neonates with critical congenital heart defects undergoing open-heart surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass circulation are at risk for white matter brain injury....

Click here to access the article. Neurological pupil index (NPi) calculated by automated pupillometry predicts clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. However, there are few data on...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: Microcirculatory dysfunction after cardiovascular surgery is associated with significant morbidity and worse clinical outcomes. Abnormal...

Click here to access the article. Objectives: del Nido cardioplegia is utilized for myocardial protection in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery; however, no standardized re-dosing...

Click here to access the article. Congenital heart disease (CHD) represents one of the most common congenital malformations, affecting greater than 40,000 births annually in the United States,...

Click here to access the article. Purpose: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a nonphysiological procedure in which inflammatory reactions and oxidative stress are induced, hormones and...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated adverse drug effect from unfractionated or low-molecular-weight heparin that results in...

Click here to access the article. Background and Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the effect of sitaxentan on renal microvascular perfusion via application of ultrasound microbubble contrast.