Abstract Objectives To identify a critical cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration threshold predictive of a complicated postoperative course after elective cardiac surgery in the absence of technical complications and to find..
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Abstract Background Autotransfusion devices concentrate white blood cells (WBCs) within the washed product that may lead to undesirable clinical effects when reinfused to the patient. This quality improvement project evaluated..
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Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a highly prevalent arrhythmia and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Although AF is not a primarily immunologic disorder, increasing clinical, translational, and experimental..
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Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a highly prevalent arrhythmia and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Although AF is not a primarily immunologic disorder, increasing clinical, translational, and experimental..
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Abstract Background: Highly sensitized pediatric patients awaiting heart transplantation experience longer wait times and thus higher waitlist mortality. Similarly, children less than 2 years of age have increased waitlist times and..
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Abstract Leukocytes and endothelial cells frequently cooperate to resolve inflammatory events. In most cases, these interactions are transient in nature and triggered by immunological insults. Here, we report that, in..
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Abstract Vascular hyperpermeability is a frequent intractable feature involved in a wide range of diseases in the intensive care unit. The glycocalyx (GCX) seemingly plays a key role to control..
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