Abstract Background Fluid administration, priming solutions, and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery are likely to promote hemodilution and inflammatory responses, leading to microcirculatory impairment. A new..
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Abstract In order to assess mechanisms underlying inflammatory activation during extracorporeal circulation (ECC), several small animal models of ECC have been proposed recently. The majority of them are based on..
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